Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Ben's surprise 90's icon from a Bahamian band!

Episode Date: June 18, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY We try explaining three-way calling to a Gen Z... Our first ever CDs! TV and Radio legend Jason Gunn We sing to Boyz II Men... Scary movies that still get us! Can you guess the secret sound? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: TheHitsBreakfastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. This week on the show we're looking back at what was the better decade. The 90s or the noughties, on Friday we're going to play nothing but music from that particular decade. I want to cast your mind back to a time in New Zealand where telecom was around. Telecom introduces more innovation for your existing phone. It's called Quick Dial, and it means you can dial any number, even long international numbers, with the push of just

three buttons. Remember that was a spot ad. That was a spot ad. You remember the telecom voice? That distinctive telecom voice? And the little dog, that little lovable dog. Jeez, he went on some adventures.

Spot the dog, didn't he? What was it? Little Cocker Spaniel? I think it might have been Fox Terrier. Jack Russell. Something like that. I just named the dog.

I say that I actually. I don't know. It was a dog with four legs. Very cute, though. Yeah. And, jeez, I love it how they're like speed dial, but it's going boop, boop, boop. And three-way calling. Now, Producer Grace, I was trying to explain to her three-way calling yesterday. Because all this week we have been talking about stuff from like the 90s and the 2000s

and explaining technology and things that we did and Producer Grace, you're 23 years old and a lot of the time you're like, why? Yeah, I have no clue what's happening. This whole week is just completely going over you. And fair enough, it's like a five-day history lesson. Just old people banging on about stuff you don't know or care about.

You're like, well, why talk about it now? We've moved on. But we want to reflect briefly, right? Yeah. When you get into your 40s, you'll want to reflect on better times. I don't know if these will be better times, but three-way calling was a function because you had call waiting. So you could have a landline, and then if someone else phoned through,

it would go boop, boop, and you'd be like, hold there. Then you'd press the hang up button. Then you could go to the other line and go, hello, and then the other person would be listening to boop, boop boop and you'd be like hold there then you'd press the hang up button then you could go to the other line and go hello and then the other person would be listening to boop boop

boop hold sometimes you'd wait for a long time for people to come they're like have they left me have they gone to another conversation it's quite rude actually it was

yeah because you're like two minutes in you're like this is a long time to be waiting and sometimes I'd be talking to my friends and not take the call

yeah I'd be like oh don't be for me and then mum would come sometimes I'd be talking to my friends and not take the call. I'd be like, oh, don't be for me. And then mum would come over and be like, you didn't take the call. Someone's been trying to call us for 40 minutes. Did you hear call waiting? No. What in your thing? Then after call waiting, they introduced three-way calling.

Now this, to tell you what, was the levelling up in the telco game where you could talk to two other people at the same time, like a conference call. Please, fade some enthusiasm. Wow. It's radio. We need more than... Eliminate not what you know about technology now.

Get that out of your head. At the time, this was revolutionary. So I badgered mum, Annie Pryor, Liz, got to get a three-way calling. And gee, I became a powerful player in the primary school play yard because people would phone me and know you know if there's suspicions

of their partner's two-timing on them oh yeah have someone on hold would you yeah yeah sort of entrapment

to catch a predator stuff so then I'd phone you know Holly Chambers or whatever just made that name up if a friend of mine was dating Holly Chambers

and I'd be like hi Holly she'd be like, hi, Holly. She'd be like, hi. And then on the other line, Barry, her boyfriend, would be deep breathing. I'd be like, Holly, have you been seeing anyone else? And for some reason, Holly would be like, oh, yeah, I saw someone else.

And we're like, bam, we got you. And it was the end of many relationships, three-way calling. So was it something you had to add to the calls the end of many relationships, three-way calling. So was it something you had to add to the calls? You'd pay extra for three-way calls. Oh, so it wasn't just part of the feature. Yeah, all these special features you'd add up with telecom at the time. But to be honest, a bit inconvenient because if you had it,

it was quite all like you'd start talking, someone else would start talking and you'd be like, oh, sorry, no, you go. Then the third person would start talking. It was like this radio show. Just three people talking all over each other. You're just on a phone call. Yeah, exactly. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

We're 90s versus noughties this week. We've just been talking about movies that traumatised you. No, Cat in the Hat, Dr Seuss' Cat in the Hat just came through as well. Oh, really? Yeah. So a lot of nostalgia this week, Boyce And you wanted to throw out The first CD that you bought Now Grace Hilliam

Our 23 year old Gen Z producer She knows what a CD is Oh you do? Yeah, she had a CD I do Jono, I do Hey, don't know Jono Me mate

Cassettes may be a whole other conversation No Do you know what cassettes are? Yeah, yeah It's like Spotify Except it's 10 times more of a pain in the ass Yeah What CD did you have what cassettes are? Yeah, yeah. It's like Spotify, except it's ten times more of a pain in the ass. What CD did you have?

I had the Hannah Montana movie CD. Did you have one of those cool CD cases? Yeah, it had a poster in it and it was everything. Oh no, but I mean a case you could carry

multiple CDs around. Oh, like a wallet. Like you'd turn it over to a party. No, she didn't have multiple CDs. She had a CD. She didn't have a wallet's worth,

but I know what you mean. You'd turn the pages and you're like, oh, what do you want to listen to? What have you got, Bones, Legs and Harmony? Yeah. Yeah, I know. Those big idiots. You look like the ultimate player,

didn't you, walking into a party? Oh, this guy's got to bring the noise, literally. Don't scratch them. Don't scratch them. Don't touch them with your fingers. So what was the first CD that you ever owned? I signed up to a CD subscription. This is so weird.

So you had to sign up for a year, and you had to buy CDs. And you get the first, you get three CDs at the start, discounted. And then I think each CD you'd buy was like $10. CDs you wanted, or they were just CDs? Well, you get to choose from like a brochure. You'd have to write them back. And at the start, the first CDs I got were Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Three Prince.

Oh, one of the greatest hits. An eclectic mix there. And every month I'd get another CD and then I found a little hack that you could get the CD and then you could like, because you could replace and you'd go just quickly burn it off. You'd like basically record it and then send it back and get another one. But then they went, you need to stop doing that. You can't send it back.

So you were stealing off it. Well I wasn't. I wasn't because I was still buying. I still had to pay for CDs. But I'd see if I could get a couple for the price of one. Yeah, right. And so what? They cancelled you? I got the idea to go to the end of the subscription in the end,

but I ended up with 12 CDs over the year. And then that subscription service ended. Yeah. And then the CD store closed down. I remember my first one, and not an incredible one, was the Simpsons soundtrack. Oh, the Simpsons sing the blues or something,

didn't they have? Yeah. They had a whole lot. And then they had a song called Do The Bart soundtrack. Oh, the Simpsons sing the blues or something, didn't they have? Yeah. And then they had a song called Do the Bartman. Oh yeah. Huge song. Had a music video too, didn't it? TV2 loves playing it back in the day, you remember. It felt like it was filler. If ever a show

finished slightly early or whatever, they'd just put the Bartman on. Chuck, Do the Bartman on was about five minutes because they had that beginning part of the scene in the school school Bart rapped like a 45 year old white man didn't he it was good

but you could hear it all you could understand what he was saying everybody here I am and Michael Jackson was involved with it Gabriel had a writing credit

but then some disgruntled writer was like he didn't write anything oh really yeah but Michael Jackson wrote the line about is there a line about bad luck Michael Jackson or something.

Yeah, okay. And Megan, quickly, what was your first CD? Spice. Spice Girls. Iconic. Iconic. Yeah. All right, 0800 The Hints.

Your first CD, what was it? Grace said that was a boring first option, Megan. And you're like, well, I can't go back in history and re-buy my first CD. They were massive at the time. What do you want me to say? Something a bit more underground from back there would be nice. All right, yeah.

Something obscure. All right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, we want to know right now as we're getting nostalgic a little bit this week, looking at the 90s and the noughties,

which was the best decade. We want to know your first CD. Your compact disc that you used to play. I've always wondered, like, I threw out such an enormous box of CDs. I'm like, are they ever going to make a comeback like vinyl became all retro? Yeah, you wonder that. I've heard cassettes might come back.

I was like, surely not. Cassettes were the most frustrating of all of them. Excruciating to deal with. You've got to wind them back. You're right. You were just remembering a boy you used to date who had uh multiple boys who thought they were really cool and like hot if they had cd stackers in their cars oh yeah usually in the boot because it's too big it couldn't fit in the front how many cds were

there six cd stacker and then they have the cd wallet in the front and they're like you pick a cd wow okay was that worth a passion yeah but you had to try and pick something cool because you didn't want them to, you know. Yeah. Six CD stacker, gee. Old stuff. Another one I remember too. I must have got this straight after I got the Simpsons one. Super Groove Traction.

Oh, yes. Oh, they were, in my eyes, the coolest people in the world. I was like, when I grow up, I want to be in Super Groove. And then I realised, A, I wasn't cool and had no musical ability. So those were the two black marks there. But let's go to the phones. Janae, how are you this morning? Not too bad, and you, mate?

Yeah, good. It's lovely to have you on. We're talking first CD. Yep. So my first CD that I had, it was now something, I can't even remember, that's far back.

Okay, you might need to give us a little more. Like now that's what I call music. Music, yeah. They started Volume 1 and they're still going. They haven't called music just yet. They're still going. And then I also had the CD wallet. I think it had about 50 or 60 CDs that you could fit in there.

Big player, big player. Big player, big player. Yeah, now that's what I call music. When are they going to go? That in there. Big player, big player. Big player, big player. Yeah. Now that's what I call music. Yeah, when are they going to go? That's music. That's music's done. They haven't called it yet, have they?

Rhythm Volume as well. Remember the Rhythm Volume soundtrack? Yeah. The compilation albums? Now that's what I call music number one. Came out in 1988. Did it? Yeah.

And they're still trucking. Still going. They're still fighting through even though we can just do music ourselves now. Connor, good morning. Morning. First CD, what was it, Connor? Fallout Boy.

Great band. It was a good one. It was a great band. Yeah, thanks for the memory. Did anyone do Thanks for the memories As a parody No I don't think so

Please tell me I think you've missed The moment It's too late now There you go I had the idea About 10 years too late That's a great album too

Let's go to Amelia You're on First CD What was it Backstreet Boys Iconic I had this one too CD's obviously

Not really a thing anymore But you listen to the album, all the songs I remember Backstreet Boys too Each boy had like their own page With like a picture of them and a bio A biography I was like oh my god I'm a Nick girl What did that CD mean to you Amelia?

Talk us about the memories Backstreet Boys I had all the All the posters up and everything. Used to collect all those books and everything and all the posters, yeah. Who was your favourite? Aaron. Yeah, right. Haven't they come back recently?

Yeah, they did a new re-show with us a bit. Yeah, right. Why are you mouthing Aaron? Do you mean Nick Carter? Nick. Yeah, yeah. a new re-shows of the book. Yeah, why are you mouthing Aaron? Do you mean Nick Carter? Nick. Yeah, yeah. Aaron was his brother. Oh, yeah. Right, yeah.

You were like, Aaron? What do you mean Aaron? There was no Aaron in the backstreet boys. She calls herself a true streeter. Hey, good on you, Amelia. Have a good one. And we'll get Gemma on. We're talking first CDs, Gemma.

What was it, mate? Hi there. My first one, Gemma. What was it, mate? Hi there. My first one, because mostly for financial reasons, we bought soundtracks from movies, was the Sliding Door soundtrack. Oh, did they have Turn Back Time from Aqua and Dido in it? Thank you. Yeah, all of the good stuff.

I remember that. With Gwyneth Paltrow. That was a good movie. That was a good movie. I watched it recently. It was very good. Yeah. Again, the old movie soundtrack seems to have fallen in popularity too.

Yeah. Yeah, I used to love the movie soundtrack. Well, good on you, Gemma. Thanks so much for your calls and texts. Really do appreciate it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. ...this great TV show with Jason Gunn and Thingy. Looks like if you find it... Yeah, look, I know it's mine. It's got two wheels, a seat and some handlebars. show with Jason Gunn and Thingy.

The Son of a Gunn show was just one of many shows that Jason Gunn hosted through the 90s, many more in the 2000s, and he joins us right now, Jason Gunn. Hey! There he is. So nice to talk to you. How are you? Been too long. Who is this right now, Jason Gunn? Hey! There he is. There he is. Oh, so nice to talk to you.

How are you? Been too long. Been too long. Last time we ran into you was at the WorkSafe SightSafe Awards, awarding safety in the construction industry. And I tell you what, I was most impressed with your knowledge of overall safety. And things were safe. No one got injured?

I don't think anyone got injured that night, but you were incredible that night because you spoke for like an hour and to be honest, we were like, oh, it was an hour by yourself. That's tough going. And you were just incredible. You had everyone captivated telling your story, the emotional things you've been through, and also great life advice as well. It was amazing to watch.

Oh, bless you. Every now and then I just check out the back to see if you did nod off, but I can't say anything. We say we've thought about it at the start, let's be honest, but no, you kept us captivated. This week, we're on the radio, and well, clearly you know that now. First thing out of the way.

We're debating 90s versus noughties. You know, the better decade. Oh, shivers. Wow. Because Son of a Gun, let's take it back, or Son of a Gun and Jace TV, I mean, that would have been through the 90s, right? Exactly.

Yep, the launch of Jace. Yeah, absolutely. I remember I'd get home from school and you had a really cool, colourful, stripy T-shirt. Yeah, back then, I think fashion was more forgiving. You know, I see you remember the striped shirt

and the colourful shirt. Oh, vividly. I tried to get my mum to buy it. I was like, I want the same t-shirt as Jason Gunn. And I tried to get her to buy me one.

It was a Reebok one from memory. Look at you, my God. I don't know why it stuck with me. It was a Reebok one. Yeah.

It's getting freaky. So you would have been very young doing a TV show back then. Did you kind of like, in a lot of ways, learn on the job? I did. I'm not going to lie. So four gorgeous children now that I have, they're all doing great. But every now and then, if I think they're getting a little bit too big for their boots, I remind them that their father at 18 had a television show with his name in it.

And none of you have that. 18? It's a lot to live up to. 18, mate. Straight out of school. Megan, who we work with, she's really nervous about talking to you today. No, it's not Megan.

I grew up watching you and you, to me, are like a real New Zealand celeb. Oh, stop. You know I don't believe in that word, Megan. No, I know. But still, that's very kind of you. Well, you know, let's be honest. They were good, simpler days, weren't they?

We gathered around a screen and there wasn't as much going on. I couldn't lose my audience to TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. We lost a few good kids to the young and the restless. I'm not going to lie. And Mesh. And Mesh. It was good and Mesh. Damn you, Hawkeyes.

Damn you. You mentioned in your talk that we saw the other night that you always wanted to be that friendly, welcoming face when you came home from school. And you were that for so many kids.

I always say to people, when you talk to everyone, you talk to no one. So I always really tried to think about who's that one really special kid that I could go, hey, how are you doing? It's good to see you. And, you talk to no one. So I always really tried to think about who's that one really special kid that I could go, hey, how are you doing? It's good to see you.

And, you know, I'd really just try and talk to that one kid because there were a lot of one kids out there who didn't have the love and the support and didn't have the self-belief. So I thought if I could just possibly connect with that one kid and on a bad day, try and turn it into a good day and the most humbling thing over all the years has been the number of beautiful people who've grown up and said to me hey jace i just want to say mate they weren't all good days that i had growing up but

but thanks for being there and i just think the most beautiful thing and it's a very i never take that for granted and it's it's very humbling. Let's not forget also about the wonderful Thingy, who for many, many years was right beside you as well. And you have mentioned this on our show before, but for people that haven't heard it, the eye-popping-out incident that everyone remembers wasn't actually on TV. It was from a blooper that you ended up releasing later, right?

Yeah. Many things happened in the making of the Son of a Gun show that really should not see the light of day, you know? And so you're like, okay, but it was pre-recorded, so we could go back and do it again. So when Thingy's Eye popped out, we thought, yeah, no, that could terrify a child. We'll do that again. And then we did it again. And then about six months later, someone said, hey, you know, the start of the end of television, we're making a bloopers show and we thought okay, you could have that blooper, like

I don't think that's going to go anywhere. So that went on the bloopers show, YouTube came out soon after and then Jeremy Wells had a show Eating Media Lunch that he put out and on the opening titles of that he included thingies eye Eye Popping Out. And then everyone just remembered it as

I Remember Thingy's Eye Popping Out. But then I've spent the rest of my time going, Liar! And that's not actually what happened. Jason, okay, all of this being said and done, 90s or noughties, what are you going to put your good name behind? I'm going to go 90s.

I'm going to go 90s because it was kind to me, and so I can't turn my back on it. And I think the noughties started well, but I don't know. The wheels are falling off. The wheels are falling off, exactly. So the 90s were kind to me. I'll be kind to the 90s. Let's lock in 90s.

There we go. Lovely to hear your voice. We love catching up with you. Thanks so much for your time. Love what you guys do and the difference you guys make. Thanks, team. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Really fun week, and we're loving doing this,

trying to decide which is the best decade, the 90s or the 2000s. The 90s or the noughties, up to you. And we've got a wee competition running between the three of us to try and get a message from someone iconic from one of those decades. Megan, you kicked things off with a real bang yesterday. I got David Arquette from Scream. He was Deputy Dewey in the Scream franchise.

Was he playing a simpleton in that movie? Was he? I don't know. I think he was a bit. He was a bit bumbling, I think. Oh, bumbling. I always get confused with the parody version of that movie. Yeah, scary movie or something, eh?

Scary movie. Yeah. Yeah, you're thinking of scary movie. They morphed together for me. They were very good too, weren't they? Yeah. But this was the message that Megan got from David Arquette. Hello, John Owen Ben

Your friend Megan Says you're celebrating the 90's Well count me in It's Deputy Dewey And David Arquette The 90's were the greatest The best And I have one question for you

What's your favourite scary movie? Yeah pretty awesome, eh? What a David R get. Great, you set the benchmark really high on that one. So now the pressure's on you, Ben. Yeah, I was scrambling around messaging a few people here and there, trying to call in some favors. Pestering people.

Yeah, an iconic song from right in the middle, basically, the year 2000. This was a smash hit. Number one in New Zealand. Pretty much number one right around the world. Who let the dogs out? Oh, my God. The Baja Men.

You know, the Baja Men. I mean, just a huge song. Used in movies, used in shows. Don't tell me you got one of the dogs. The dogs are still out, unfortunately. But I did manage to track down the lead singer of the Baja Men. Oh, using shows. Don't tell me you've got one of the dogs. The dog's still out, unfortunately. But I did manage to track down the lead singer of the Baja Men. Oh, my God. Now, this message has just come through.

Even I haven't heard it. Oh, wow. Dyson. Dyson is his name, but producer Tyler has just loaded in the message from Dyson, the lead singer of the Baja Men. So here we go. Hey, Juno. What's up, Megan?

It's Dyson Knight from the Baja Men. Yo, you know the time who let the dogs out who? Well Ben put me up to this he said I should record a video and let you know that maybe maybe you should actually let your dogs out you know just just let them free leave the open. I left my gate open. Wasn't a good scene. In fact, I also took my dogs to work one time. And I heard that you, you took your dogs to work.

Can we just pause that there? Did you want to pre-listen to this? He's going on a weird dog rant. Yeah, he's talking about don't bring your dogs to work. And he knows about your story, Megan. Oh, my dog. They actually left their mark. Dogs do that.

They go to the bathroom anywhere. But I can recommend a few carpet cleaners that can get that stain out. Or just leave it there. You know, dogs deserve to be remembered. But Ben, Ben is a cool dude and he has given me an open invitation, says that you guys won't mind if the Baja man pop into New Zealand so maybe I can work on that

I've never been to New Zealand and I'm sure they have lovely dogs there that I can let out yeah that's the plan Juno and Megan I'm Dice Knight The Grammy Award winning band Bahamian Shout outs to Ben Your good friend And I'm out

I'm about to head out And uh What I'm gonna do now Okay I'm gonna leave some gates open Sounds like a really good Yeah the dogs barking in the background What I love about over there

They're chill They're just chill He's taking his time He's not on the background. What I love about over there, they're chill. They're just chill. He's taking his time. He's not on the radio in Russia, is he? No. I'm like, oh, man, I had a dog once. And you about your dog?

I don't know. How are you about your dog coming to work and doing an accident on the floor, Megan? I feel like someone might have told him that story. Might have told him a little bit about that, you know? Oh, well, Dyson seems like a lovely chap. Yeah. Did you invite him to New Zealand? I said, mate, come to New Zealand. Did him a message.

So obviously he's keen. So we can, yeah, we can. Did you invite him to New Zealand? I said, mate, come to New Zealand. I sent him a message. So obviously he's keen. So we can, yeah, we can let some dogs out together in New Zealand. I can't wait to see what Jono's got. David Arquette, Dyson from the Baja Men. We've set the Baja high. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Today out, you know, walking my dog, Bo,

trying to get some stuff done in the afternoon, get a call from our boss Matt it's actual number coming through as you said before I don't really answer unknown numbers so it was Matt the boss calling I'm like oh he doesn't really call me I mean it's never like just a catch-up call no has he ever phoned me like hey buddy what are you doing it's not a catch-up no maybe a message about the warriors and stuff like that. It's nice. But never a phone call. Never a phone call. You're like, oh, God, what's happened? What's going on?

Turns out it was part of a pranking, a pranking from the afternoon show, Matty and PJ. Oh, jeez. Something I'm not doing that obviously is upsetting Matty McLean. They've been trying to do this for five or six weeks. Yeah, they were harassing me. They're like, Ben, we're trying to get Ben. He never answers his phone.

I was like, you're never going to get him. He won't answer. Well, they worked out how they could make it look like man that was cool yeah matt the boss was calling and this is what happened hey man how you doing i'm good mate how are you all right sorry i just got to your phone and i missed your call no you're all good mate phone tag you know what it's like you know what it's like sorry have you have you got one minute yeah man what's up perfect hey i know it's been a really busy couple of weeks with conference and everything last week but i was just hoping to get something um in your calendar it have just given me a call and they've been looking through their systems and processes at the moment and it's come

up on a report that you're not logging out of the studio computer at the end of the show ah okay yep um and because it's a shared computer they're concerned about the access remaining open and they need to make sure the processes are streamlined you know what it's a shared computer, they're concerned about the access remaining open and they need to make sure the process is a streamline. You know what it's like with the Herald and everything else and the security risk. So I'm just, I've just got a form with them at the moment, but basically I need to book you in for a session with them. It'll be probably about 45 minutes just to run through the logging out process. Just to log out.

Just to log out. I know, mate. I know. It's one of those things i said are you serious like to to seriously click log out on a computer but apparently it's they reckon if they can get through it quickly it'll be 30 minutes otherwise it'll be about 45 wow okay um what what day works best for you next week um oh look at the calendar probably early afternoon yeah i can start doing it will that help or would you need to run me through it like yes it would help ben because

every single day that i come into this studio i have to spend at least five minutes logging out from your bloody profile. Got him. Very good. Very good. Now, I did say that after that, saying, well, you can switch the user on the computer. So you two share a computer. There is one little button down the bottom that says switch user, which you can push and then log in. Yeah, yeah.

There's only one way for retribution. We call Matty McLean now and we tell him, first thing in the morning, let's go live. Oh, you're injured. Let's go. We'll call Matty McLean now, and we tell him, first thing in the morning, let's go live. Oh, you're in, John. Let's go. We'll call Matty McLean. 20 past 6. 20 past 6. And have you got his number?

Now? Shall we plug it in, Grace? Plug Ben's number. It's coming from Ben's number, so he answers. And then we go, mate, switch user. It's an option. There's one button. Yeah, because I did say that to him.

Once you open the can of pranking, the worms are out. You're so nice, though. You're like, oh, okay. I would have been like, Matt, just log out. Okay, we need the dongle. Okay, we'll come back. We'll come back. We'll call him in just a moment.

We'll call Matty McLean. We'll put this issue to bed. Okay, we'll sing in the morning. Well, he's probably in bed. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Trying to decide the best decade because first there's some pranking to do. Our nostalgic week has been railroaded by a prank. You were blindsided yesterday, Ben.

A call out of the blue from Matt, one of our bosses here at The Hits. Yeah, really busy couple of weeks with conference and everything last week. But I was just hoping to get something in your calendar. IT have just given me a call and they've been looking through their systems and processes at the moment and it's come up on a report that you're not logging out of the studio computer at the end of the show. And because it's a shared computer, they're concerned about the access remaining open and they need to make sure the processes are streamlined, you know what it's like with

the Herald and everything else and the security risk. So I've just got a form with them at the moment. But basically, I need to book you in for a session with them. It'll be probably about 45 minutes just to run through the logging out process. Just to log out? Just to log out. I know. Yeah, so yeah, 45 minutes is what I was like, oh.

You know, in my head, I'm like, oh. But he got you with streamline and processes and security risk. Corporate buzzwords, mate. They'll get you every time. And it is important, you know, the my head, I'm like, oh. But he got you with streamline and processes and security risks. Corporate buzzwords, mate. They'll get you every time. And it is important, you know, the security. I get it. You know, we have to watch these videos every month. They take a while, a little bit longer than they need to be, maybe, the videos.

But you have to answer a question at the end of that, you know. And sometimes we're like, yeah, they do like to make you go through the processes, don't they? That's all I was thinking in my head. So you share that computer that you're using this morning with Matty McLean in the afternoon, does the show with PJ, Matty and PJ. They were the masterminds behind this prank. And you've got a simple solution.

You don't have to... Switch the user. You can just switch the user. There's one button that says switch user and then you can log in. Don't have to log me out if you don't want to. Yes, I can try to start logging out, but you can just switch the user. It's a game changer.

Someone says that Manny needs to do the IT course. Yeah, it does. You were busy walking your doggies today afternoon, inconvenient timing for a pranking. Well, we're going to wake Manny McLean up, get some answers. Tell him about Switch User. Ryan will be like, can you answer that bloody phone? You might have it on do not disturb.

Maybe, yeah. Or does that, does it ring? It does, does it? Hey, it's Matty here. Sorry I couldn't take your call. Either leave me a message or flick me a text and I'll get back to you. Hey Matty, I'm having some issue logging out of my computer. I'm trying to do it for you, but it's not quite working.

I think I might need a seminar or something for like 45 minutes. To figure it out. Ben's issue is why can't you just push switch user? Yeah, the switch user. That's why I sent it, Megan. There's one button, Matthew. You just push it and then you can log in. You don't have to log me out then. But can just, but obviously it's, you know,

like I understand you've come from TV and, you know. People log out on TV, yeah. Here on radio, mate, we're always ready to work. People log out for you on TV. Now, the good thing is we've left this on a voicemail so you'll clear it in about 2029. Love your work. All right, you'll probably sleep anyway, so that's fine.

Wake up There you go Maddy McLean Rattled me Rattled me yesterday You were so polite about it Like oh yeah I can do a 45 minute seminar

On logging out I didn't want to Tell you I didn't want to These are the day to day issues Affecting officers Across New Zealand though Exactly Those are very relatable

Enough to speak to One of Boyz II Men I think it was last year We were trying to get their song affecting officers across New Zealand though. Exactly. It was very relatable. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I have to speak to one of Boyz II Men. I think it was last year we were trying to get their song into the Hits Best Song Ever countdown. Spoke to Nathan Morris and at the end we thought we'd sing to him just to prove that we really wanted the song in there and this was the awkward moment. Do you mind if we perform I'll Make Love To You?

To you. Okay. That sounded like a confident yes and we can't sing but this is how much we want I make love to you to get to number one in this countdown we can't sing

this is going to be terrible but we're going to sing just a little bit of the chorus for you just so you can get an image just so you can get an image in your head I've gone your sort of mid 9090s look with the circle glasses,

the baseball cap and the blazer, white crisp T-shirts. I feel good. I won't lie. I feel good. Okay. Well, let's see what you got. Okay. I can tell Nathan's not feeling too good right now.

Okay. Okay. Three, two, one. I'll make love to you like you want me to. Okay, all right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

We didn't even. Hang on, Simon Cowell. Was that it? Yeah, that's the best part. Oh, I didn't even get to tell you that I wanted to hold you tight. Maybe all through the night. None of that. No, I'd rather you not hold me tight.

Yeah. Coach, you guys are embarrassing. It's so bad. Because he's cool. He's cool. They're all cool. I mean, he's a lovely guy. Yeah, took a little old Nato over.

We got him in the end, mate. Got him with our wit and charm. Our lovable wit and charm. Jeez, we are embarrassing you. We are. Listening to those, I was like, don't, don't, don't. Don't do it. Don't do it.

They're going to do it. You're right. At any stage, we've got to pull it out of the ring. Oh, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're talking this week about the 90s and the noughties. The movies right now that you watch, we want to know, that scarred you. You probably watched a little too young.

And I feel like back in the day, maybe your parents were a little bit more lax than some of the parents are now producer taylor um want to bring you in because the movie that you watched how old were you when you watched this movie oh i would have been like seven or eight if that yeah my mom um thought it would be hilarious to show my brother and i the movie poltergeist um and yeah it does sounds happy it does, but things take a turn. They end up on the TV, don't they? Yeah, she gets sucked inside the TV and she's in the underworld and the family trying to get her back to the real world because they moved into a house that was built on a burial site

and I just cried and cried and then my mum goes, it's bedtime and I said, no, you made me watch that, I'm sleeping with you and she goes, no, no, get out. And that was it. I'm looking at Poltergeist. It's PG. It's parental code. Really?

Really? Apparently it's received an R rating. And then Spielberg, he disagreed with the rating. And they're like, oh, right. We'll pull it back to a PG. And that would have triggered traumatized mini-childhoods. How can you go from R to PG? I feel like M's a safe balance in between.

Okay. That was your one, Megan. I remember watching Scream, Scream 1, which is obviously the Thrasher movie with the mask. What are they? Ghostface mask. You like scary movies? No, I don't.

What's your favourite scary movie? I don't know. You have to have a favourite. What comes to mind? Halloween. The one with the guy in the white mask who walks around and stalks babysitters. to have a favourite. What comes to mind? Halloween. You know, the one with the guy in the white mask

who walks around and stalks babysitters. So many jump scares in that movie. And they make that sound all the time. Yeah. I still can't get my head around

why she was engaging in that phone conversation. For a long time. Like, you've got, I've got, I've got, I've got,

mate. They're like, telemarketers dream, wasn't it? Yeah. They're getting the full survey done. Tell you what, I'd be like, mate, telemarketer's dream, wasn't it? Yeah. Call her. They're getting the full survey done. Tell you what, the census people should call her.

Should fill out the whole thing for you. What are your scary movies? Do you like scary movies? No, I don't. No, I find them quite, I get very anxious, I'm anxious at the best of times, but anxious to watch. My dad as well, maybe I get something wrong. I remember going to see, as a kid, Jurassic Park. And it's actually an amazing movie,

but there is those sort of scary moments with the dinosaurs, and my dad got such a fright, realistically, he stood straight up. I remember at the movie theater in Marston, he stood up with a fright, and I was like, dude, dude, sit down, because there's lots of people around from school and stuff. That bit when he's on the Port-A-Loo toilet or whatever,

and the dinosaur snaps him. That is etched into my memory. Yeah, but mind you, at the time, they were very realistic, those Johnson. And that is a lot of special effects for a humble man from Marsden to get up to wrap his head around.

He needs to stand up in the movie. Not even scream or anything. He's just like, upright. Okay, this is what we want to chuck open this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast. The movies that traumatised you as a child. Maybe they still trigger you today. I know Jaws had a huge effect on many upbringings over the years.

Maybe you don't swim in the ocean because of it. I don't like cinema toilets after those bloody scream movies because they're dark. Oh, is there a scene in the cinema? Oh, I see. They come after you. To this day, I think about that when I go into the cinema toilet. I thought you were just going for hygiene purposes.

You don't like cinema public toilets. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Which was the best decade, the 90s or the noughties? And we're looking at things like movies, and sometimes there's movies you watch during those times that really stuck with you, kind of traumatised you a bit, right? I know what you did last summer.

Oh, yeah. Jennifer Love Hewitt and that fisherman with the big hook thing. Was that like a yellow fisher sort of outfit or was that something else? No, I think he was in a, it was like a dark grey one. Very scary. You're not thinking of Georgie and It with his yellow raincoat and red balloon? Yeah, that's another traumatising movie, right? It's hard, I find now, especially as my kids get older, sometimes you're like, oh yeah, that movie's fine. And then you watch it and you go, okay, it's another traumatising movie, right? It's hard, I find now, especially as my kids get older, sometimes you're like, oh, yeah, that movie's fine.

And then you watch it and you go, okay, it's not fine. But it's too late then. It's too late then. Take it back, erase that from your mind. Yeah, it's very hard to erase those things. Scary movies, like I can't avoid, like I don't avoid them, but you tolerate them, don't you? Like sort of a racist uncle on a Christmas day.

You try not to engage. Some people love them though, eh? Some people really, my wife really loves them. But you tolerate them, don't you? Like sort of a racist uncle on a Christmas day. You try not to engage. Some people love them though, eh? Some people really. My wife really loves them. She gets huge frights and she loves it. She loves that, you know. And she goes, ah, you know. I end up closing my eyes and just constantly asking my husband.

He's like, why are we here? Do you remember, I can't remember if it was a movie or TV show. It was called V. And it was about aliens who had come to Earth, but they looked like humans and they would just spend the whole time deep-throating rats. And not even chewing them,

straight down the gullet. I've never been able to eat a rat since. Not a single rat. I could see the scene right now. It's funny, it's just etched into your memory. So what are those scenes? What are those movies for you? We'd love to know uh carmen good morning to you good morning what was it what was the film that traumatized you um arachnophobia right eight legs two fangs and an attitude

eight legs two fangs and an attitude weren't they Avondale spiders? Didn't they get them from... They were. Yeah. What age did you watch this movie? I think I was about, like, five or six. Oh, my God. Very young, very young. Has it had an effect on your relationship with spiders?

Yeah, totally. To this day, I can't... There's this particular scene where there are pulsing egg sacs of spiders and then they exploded and all of these spiders, just thousands of spiders just exploded out everywhere and they just kind of came out. And so to this day, any time I see egg sacs of spiders, I'm just afraid that they're going to come out and explode out. How often do you see like egg sacks of spiders I'm just like afraid that they're gonna come out and

How often you come across the egg sacks of spiders Eight legs two things in an attitude. Well, there we go. Thank you, Carmen. Amy, movies that scared you as a child? Yeah, mine was Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins, the delightful Disney movie. What about it? It was this scene where the kids were in the bank with the banker, and he was, it's hard to explain, but because I was about five when I watched it,

and he was just really creepy to a little five-year-old, like, with his cane and everything. Well, the banker terrified. I thought you were like, I haven't been able to see someone flying with an umbrella. And banking is quite scary sometimes. No, just in the bank. As an adult, I'm scared of the mortgage rates at the moment.

What was the other one? Oh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. With the child catcher. AKA the child predator. Just go around and swoop into a town, collect up all the kids and get on his way, wouldn't he? That was frightening. That's creepy, yeah.

High concept stuff for a kid to get their head around. Sarah, good morning. Movies that traumatised you and now trigger you. What was it for you, Sarah? Oh, hi. It was Children of the Corn. So explain that one. What was, yeah, like I know the title,

but I don't know if you ever watched it. Oh, so it's like a farm. You saw the maids and everything going around the farm. Just these like possessed children that lived in there. And get the people that lived in the house. Oh, possessed corn children. Yeah. We went to Corn Evil in Edgecombe in New Zealand

and like I did not enjoy that. I did not enjoy Edgecombe. What was it? Corn Evil. Corn Evil. Oh, well there you go. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The 90s and the noughties this week, trying to decide the best decade.

And right now we're talking about movies that you probably watched during that time that traumatized you a lot. Yeah, there's some great texts coming through here from Werner. I was 10 and I watched Nightmare on Elm Street. That was freaky. Big mistake in Capital Letters. Because it got you in your dreams, they'd get you. That made me not wanting to go to sleep. Can't get away.

Oh, Roald Dahl's Witches, yes In that weird hotel And they all took their wigs off And it was all like, yeah Yes They turned children to mice and rats Yeah, they did, yeah That was terrifying There's another text through here

Which we just mentioned before The Candyman Have you ever heard of Candyman? If you look in the mirror, you say his name five times. Candyman, you don't have to believe. Oh, that guy's voice is so good, eh? Listen to that velvety smooth. You don't get that nowadays.

See the old... Did you watch Candyman? Yeah. My brother used to force me into a mirror and say his name. I'd be like. You only let Ben say it five times. No, we thought it was three times. So I've got two more up my sleeve.

Don't tell him. To traumatize you with. Someone else texted in too. And I remember it was the Garbage Pail Kids. Do you remember that? They were like cards. Yes, cards. They were really gross, weren't they?

They were. Like a vomiting one. Valerie Vomit. Yeah. Yeah, cards. They were really gross, weren't they? They were. Like a vomiting one? Valerie Vomit? Yeah. Yeah, she was kind of like, and she could just go at a moment's notice, projectile vomit, like a 20-year-old at R&B.

And that really stuck with me. I was looking at the bio on the film too. Garbage Pail Kids in brackets played by dwarf actors in costumes. Oh, okay. Yeah, it was a time where you could chuck a dwarf actor in a costume and not have to face any repercussions.

Gave them some good jobs too, didn't it? So yeah, that one's come through multiple times as well, so thank you very much for your calls and texts. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we're looking back at some iconic games from radio. I was going to say from yesteryear, but some radio stations are still doing

this one. Still doing them, yeah. This is The Secret Sound, which has been around as long as radio itself. I think bloody Winston Churchill phoned through for it. What's that sound? It's the sound of me bombing Germany, baby. But your old radio station, Megan, my issue with their version of the secret sound, ZM, they drag it out for too long. You know?

What's that? It's always something. Well, it's always it takes ages for people to get it very obscure what's the sound of a shoelace being tied up

on a Sherpa's boot you know very obscure sounds right not here mate we're going to do the not so secret sound it was a successful promo

we don't keep the fans waiting Ben but we also don't have $50,000 so this is the not so secret sound you phone up And you can have

Any one of the prizes From our old school prize pool That we've managed to get Over the last couple of weeks From Trade Me Tamagotchis What's that one What's the skipping one Oh the skip it

Skip it Skip it where you put it Around your ankle And you have to skip the ball And chain Yeah We've got a bloody Nintendo Game Boy

We've got What's that one Oh Littlest Pet Shop It's great for kids And my kids still love Playing with these and chain. Yeah. We've got a bloody Nintendo Game Boy. We've got, what's that one? Is that a, oh, Littlest Pet Shop. It's great for kids. I mean, kids will still love

playing with these, all right? So if you've got a kid in your life that would love one of these, 0800 the hits, we're going to play what? What's this game called?

This is the Not So Secret Sound. So you phone up, we'll say, hey, well, here's Jasmine, for example. Good morning,

Jasmine. How are you? I'm good. How are you? Welcome to the Not So Secret Sound. Here you go. What was that? A'm good. How are you? Welcome to the Not So Secret Sound. Here you go. What was that? A doorbell.

Well done. Oh, my God. RIP doorbells. Oh, yeah. Don't get the doorbell. So you can have your pick. One of the old school ones, eh? Yeah, we'll send you one of the old school toys.

No problem. So thank you for listening this morning. You've got a Polly Pocket, all right, Jasmine? Perfect. Thank you so much. All right, let's get Melissa on. Welcome to the Not So Secret Sound, Melissa. Here you go.

How are you? Yeah, here's the noise. What's that? It's a sneeze. Pardon? Did you say someone's sneezing? Yes. Well done.

Yeah, see, when ZM gives away $50,000, they want it to go for longer than just one caller. Yeah, let's put a sneeze on there. But anyway, that's fine. I'm going to give you this. You can have the Nintendo thing. Well done. Nintendo DS.

Nintendo DS. Thank you very much. We've got time for one more. Emma. Hi, how are you? Not so secret sound. Here we go. Any idea what that could be?

Oh, it's a pig. It's a pig. Well done. Nailed it. If it was $50,000 each time, we'd be giving out a lot of money. $150,000 in one break. Just like that. We'd be a far more popular radio show if we were doing that, though.

Well done. You won yourself a prize from the old school prize pool. Yeah, you got the light, bright, glowing pigs.