Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Extreme Proposals

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: WHAT YOU CAN SAY IN THE BEDROOM AND IN THE PLANE  LANA SEARLE JOINS THE SHOW THE MOST AMAZING THING NO ONE BELIEVES MEGAN'S TRUE CRIME OBSESSION  EXTREME PROPOSALS 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. The Warriors have been getting a bit of a hard time this week, you're saying? Yeah, you know, huge Warriors fans, loved the Warriors since 95. They didn't have a great game, they'll be the first to admit they didn't have a great game on the weekend, but that's what happens in sport. And no one, you've always got to think about these scenarios, when someone publicly doesn't succeed,

no one's more disappointed in themselves than the people who are doing and the thing that you're all disappointed about. They wanted to win. Their livelihoods,

you know, live and die by their results on the field, you know. Like us every day, we're out here living and dying

by each word we say. And the Warriors have very passionate fans which is awesome but then sometimes the passion can go the other way and get into negativity and get quite brutal.

Oh, yeah. Sometimes you look at the comments like, sack this guy. End that guy's career. Hire this guy. Do this. It's really easy to coach from a comment section. Yeah, the keyboard warriors pretty much, aren't they, online. And, you know, Sean Johnson.

The one New Zealand keyboard warrior. Sorry, get the sponsorship in there. But Sean Johnson, you know, a great legendary league player, was arguably the best player in the NRL last year. He could have won the big main prize for that one. And then all of a sudden, he's been injured and maybe he hasn't been playing as well as in the past, but he's been injured and he is copping it. And he posted last night, I thought it was really good to get it out there.

He said, just like you, I see the comments and damn, some of of you are savage if you're one of those people who find comfort in slamming others online I hope everything is okay your words don't carry weight this time around but you could for the next person you choose to spew your negativity on think before you type he goes on but um yeah you're right I mean he's obviously like at a stage in his career where he can can deal with that but he shouldn't have to deal with that you know and we're so quick to go you know he was a player that we were we can't do without and he'll be back he's a great player so do you know if someone who doesn't follow league that much i remember not that long ago everyone going on about how amazing he is like two seconds ago and because you know they have a bad game oh you wait wait until they win this week then it'll be a complete

one yeah chill out. I know. You've got to have the lows to appreciate the highs. I tried to defend them on the comment section and producer Taylor's like, you didn't. Not under your actual name. I was trying to turn the tide. Did you actually comment? Yeah.

Oh, that's nice. Nice stuff. I was kind of just saying that the comments, although very negative, are in a strange way coming from a loving, passionate place. Yeah. You know, the fans can be very harsh, but they're very harsh because they love the team so much. But sometimes they need to think that it's real people behind that, and what we can do to real people. Obviously

Sean Johnson feels like he can handle it, but he shouldn't have to handle it. So yeah, but think about that. You could just turn the comment section off on the internet, and it would be a far happier place. I think so. Wouldn't it? I think it would be, wouldn't it? It would be nice. You can't comment on anything.

Yeah, do we need it? Comments off. Do we need it? I don't know. Do we? I think we do. Do we need it? Turn the likes and comments off. There is a lot of joy in bullying your favourite celebrities,

but hey, you could turn it off. Think about it. So yeah, support the Warriors back again this weekend. It really hit home. Sorry to keep talking over you. We interviewed Pink, you know, international pop star. And she said something favorable at Jacinda Ardern. She's like, oh my God, the hateful messages I got telling me to kill myself and all this.

She's Pink. Yeah. And she was like, I was just trying to support another, you know, successful female. And then all of a sudden I'm getting involved in a whole lot of stuff. I said, sorry, I didn't mean to say that to you. I didn't think you were going to read it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It is The Hits, Jono and Ben, on your Wednesday morning.

Thanks so much for hanging out with us on a Wednesday. Now we asked a couple of days ago if we could see if we could get immortalised in cartoon form. Rod Emerson, he does amazing cartoons for the new zealand herald you see him every day in the paper on online and we caught up with him and we asked him if we could get if he could do a cartoon of us and also talked about you know the favorite people the favorite politicians of his to draw who's your favorite person to ever draw like in cartoon form well some people are impossible to draw i I can imagine too, yeah.

Luxon's fantastic. He's so easy to draw. Just a big old bald head. Like a thumb. Like a thumb with dots on it. Could draw cartoons of us. Is that something that you could go away and potentially do? It has a possibility. Right? It has a possibility.

It has a possibility. Some of you do have a face that sort of automatically lends itself to being caricatured. Who looks the most caricatured? You're more thumb-like without your hat on, aren't you, John? Yeah. Just copy and paste the Luxor one. So that was a couple

of days ago with Rod Emerson. He does the cartoons for the New Zealand Herald. Risky behaviour too, getting a cartoonist to draw a picture of you. It's like asking my dad to take a selfie. It's never going to be overly flattering. Anyway, Rod popped down from the New Zealand Herald after the show yesterday. Rod, welcome back. Yeah.

Welcome back. It's been a few days. It's lovely to see you again. Now, we're a little bit anxious. reveal the reveal of the car so when you see someone's face how do you because you accentuate features right so well look what are you worried about what are you worried about oh my god multiple i've got a big forehead i know that chin nose i don nose, I don't know. Because I'm in the... Oh, wow. Jeez. There we go.

There's a picture of us. Well, there we go. Nice. You've given me a little bit of hair. It's very complimentary of you. It is. You've got a little bit of hair. Oh, look, I'm flattered.

Yeah. I'm hanging on to a microphone. It feels like our career, just hanging on for dear life. It is. Yeah. Is that the one behind it? I've actually got two here. That is awesome. Oh, that is great. Thank you. Shit, that thank you that's an honor i like what are you wearing john what's what's going on yeah well i i

you you need to upgrade your photos there's some dusty old photos dusty or rusty oh that is tremendous so there you tremendous We'll put that on the Instagram as well Facebook so you can see it I have a lovely chatting room I really appreciate your time We like to do this

once a week and we get your help in doing it we put a scenario out there things you can say in the bedroom and dot dot dot and then we change

the scenario each week this week it's the airport Now apologies for the music change this week. I'm six years old now. Yeah, I couldn't find the actual music. But this works. It kind of works.

LMFAO. Very thrusty and pelvisy in this video, weren't they? Red foo. We had the pair of the pants from the video, didn't we? The tights. The Velcro tights? Yeah. What have you been doing with those?

Well, they were in my garage, but I don't know where they are. Do you bring them out for Amanda or not? I should. Are they pants you can like rip off? It was like, they were tight little ones. It was almost like bike pants that he wore in that video. Right, yeah, yeah. And we were just filming with him and then I was going to recreate him dressed as him and he's like, oh, you need the pants.

And then he just gave us some pants. He's like, hold on to them, mate. Yeah. We could put them up in Te Papa. I can't believe you have the actual pants. It's sexy and I know it, pants. Yeah, those pants. I mean, I think he's got a few pairs, but anyway. Things you can say in the bedroom and at the airport today.

And thanks to you for these wonderful suggestions. Yeah. First off, here we go. Just remember, airport or the bedroom. Thank you. Okay. The first one here. We're going down.

We're going down. We are going, repeat, we are going down. Things you can say at the bedroom at the airport. There is a slight delay due to mechanical failure. It sounds a lot better calling it mechanical failure. Especially if you're on a Boeing. True. Things you can say at the bedroom at the airport.

Do you consent to a full cavity search? I mean, consent? Yeah. The answer is always. Always for security purposes. I don't even know if I can say this one. What's the time? Brace yourself.

It's a bit slippery on the landing strip today. Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride. We're going to be boarding from the rear today. Have you still got your harness safety system at home? What's that? In the garage. No, no, I've got Red Foods pants from LMFAO, that's all.

What do you mean a harness safety system? Well, he likes to seatbelt in, I keep things safe. He's just making a cheap gag here, Megan. Hanging from the roof? Things you can say in the bedroom at the airport. Let's do a couple more. Sorry, that's oversized. You're going to need to pay extra for that.

Do you like to take a look in the cockpit? The exits, they're located here, here, and here. And one more, Jonathan. Wait, three eggs. Oh, yeah. I don't know. That's what they sell on the plane. I don't know. Three eggs.

Let's pay extra. And one more. Let's finish it off. All right. I didn't feel like he eggs. Let's play eggs. And one more. Let's finish it off. All right. I didn't feel like he was going to get up there for a minute. And that's things you can say in the bedroom and at the airport. Producer Taylor, you're just telling us while that song was playing about a new trend on TikTok.

Yes, so it's all over my feed. So it's called Raw Dogging It on a plane specifically. And a lot of people now, as they head off to their Euro summers and all that fun stuff, they're challenging themselves to get through a long-haul flight with no TV, no magazines,

no books, no music, nothing. And they literally just either stare out the window or stare in front of them for 15 plus hours. Well, it's pretty much how the Prime Minister travels on that Air Force carrier. That's right.

Yeah, it is. When we send him overseas. That's, I guess, it's a nice time. I find it a nice, I don't watch anything on the planes and it frustrates him to no end. Well, you watch my screen and then you're like, what's happening in this thing? I might just watch a movie.

Do you turn the subtitles on for him? No. Yeah, good, don't. No, if you this thing? I might just watch a movie. Oh, that's annoying. Do you turn the subtitles on for it? No. Yeah, good, don't. No, if you want to watch a movie, watch a movie. I like staring at people. I like watching people sleep with their mouths open. No, you don't. I do.

I just like looking around. Are you doing this? You don't listen to anything? No, generally not. No. I will do work on the computer, so I'm not completely raw dogging it. Yeah. I'm just dogging it.

Right, yeah. But, you know, know i won't generally won't engage in the entertainment best way to pass the time is watching a movie because you're like it's two hours gone and also like i'm like oh i've always wanted to watch that movie i've never had time or i want to watch that series or listen to that something that no one else wants to watch that you're like oh cool i get to watch this but i have to forced me time yeah might i have to go does the family want to watch this one? Do they want it? I'm like, cool, I can watch it. Yeah. So have you all dogged it to her? Never.

Oh my God, I can't be alone with my thoughts for like five minutes. That's why I'm always talking to you guys in the break. It's a terrifying place. It is. Yeah.

That's a long, heading to the UK, you're talking like 18 hours, aren't you? That's a big trip. Yeah, that's a mental challenge and a half. If you can get through that,

I reckon you can get through anything in life. And like, you're in a fragile state at that altitude. Yeah, that's a mental challenge and a half. If you can get through that, I reckon you can get through anything in life. You're in a fragile state at that altitude. If you watch a sad movie, it really ruins you. So sitting there, you start thinking, what am I doing with my life? I'm this old and I've done nothing. You're going to do a really dark

space. Do you get more emotional on the plane watching the movie? Yeah, it's the altitude. Is that what it is? I always cry. You get more drunk more emotional yeah dude yeah this is like you cried on a plane before heaps like every i feel like not every movie i watch on the plane because i'm not no it's a legitimate thing like jesus really i don't know if it's the intenseness of listening to it and you know headphones and where it is but i just you're always crying even the video, he's sobbing away.

Where are the exits? The tray table folded away. The tray table didn't want to be folded away. I have to put my mask on first. Yeah, maybe not the safety video. There might be the 14 beers you had before you took off. Maybe that's it. Very emotional. Yeah, I get it.

You do get more drunk too. They say like one in the air is like, no, other way around. Two in, no, I don't know. It's double when you're in the air. One in the air is like two on the ground. One in the air, two on the ground. It sounds like a fun time to me. Ariana Grande, pop star at the moment, was on a podcast

and was asked a whole bunch of questions. And one of them was like, who would be a dinner guest you'd like to have to talk to at dinner time? And she said, and she's copying a bit online for this, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. And just because she's fascinated by him and would like to pick his brain, basically. Not saying there'd be BFFs or anything like that. Everyone's like like that's disgusting problem is what does Dharma do

with you after dinner because he's a cannibal you know maybe you will be for dinner or like during dinner during dinner yeah

dinner after dinner party lasts as long what serial murderer would you invite to dinner probably it's probably not my you don't really like I'd go John Wayne Gacy

who's a not really isn't he the clown one he's the clown guy yeah you know he comes with a bit of showbiz pizzazz, a few tricks. It'd probably be Ted Bundy, right? Because he was cute.

You're going for cuteness with your serial killers. Zach Efron played him on... Yeah. He was charismatic. And then you're like, oh, actually, no, he's not a nice man. Now, you're a little bit... Speaking of serial killers and all things like that, you've been a bit obsessed lately with true crime.

Yeah, so it's been 30 years since the Bain murders, and I don't know what got me onto this, but you and I have been listening to Black Hands, which was a podcast done by staff about those murders. The thing is, I get into these, like sometimes they're documentaries on Netflix or whatever, or now I'm into this podcast, and I get so into it.

I can't, it's like a book. I can't put it down. So now I've found myself making dinner and my kids are playing around. I'm listening in headphones. I don't have the gruesome details, but I've got like headphones on and I'm listening to like gruesome stuff while I'm like gymming. I'm making dinner for my kids. Like even kind of before I

go to bed have you got a smile on your face pretending everything's okay or you're looking it's just so fascinating and I don't know what it says about me that

I'm so fascinated by all these like true crime docos so you'll watch you'll happily watch those on Netflix or anything like that yeah yeah but I don't

like scary movies but it's weird because often you know scary scary movies, they're not real most times. And I've read that most women, it's more like women who are into true crime. And apparently it's because we think we might learn something. Yeah, you might be able to solve the crime. 30 years on, I think I've got it sorted. We fancy ourselves as detectives. What was that one we all went in on over lockdown?

Oh, was it Carole Baskin's husband? Tiger King. Over here in New Zealand, we'd set up investigation centres. We solved it all. Whatever happened to that? Yeah, I think Squid Game came along or something, and then we moved to another show. And he went to prison.

Hey, coming up next, we need to talk to someone who played the Alpha Quiz with Matty and PJ, an afternoon show on the hits the other day, and they had a bit of a shocker, and there's a reason behind it, why they had a bit of a shocker. They'll bring you up to speed with that next. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A very awkward incident that's gone viral over the last 24 hours was in a UFC fight in the Czech Republic.

A fighter had lost the fight, actually, and then decided to propose. Get down on one knee on the blooded canvas of the UFC octagon and propose to his girlfriend in front of 20,000 people. Nothing sexier than when your partner loses a fight, covered in blood and sweat and broken nose. And he decides that that's the moment. And she said in front of everyone, she looked a little nervous, she looked a bit embarrassed by it, but she said based on everything

that's happened, I think probably not. Here it is, obviously it's not in English but this was the moment that happened. Thank you. but this was the moment that happened. And the crowd just turning on it. Did she need security to get out of there? 20,000 people just booing. Our Czech audience appreciated that too.

So that was obviously her saying, listen, after all that's happened, I think not. Probably not. Now, everyone was like, well, that was quite harsh, but it seems like a bit of a backstory according to some people that know a bit more than we do. He may have strayed. He may have cheated on her. Pants man. Maybe, yeah.

Falling around the octagon with another person. And... What was I going to say? I don't know, you paused like you had something really Really important to say And then I was thinking, pray, you've got nothing You've got nothing, but you sounded important And Carry on that thought, that's fine Joe Biden

Someone be in Biden's ear right now Like, keep talking. Say some words. This is what we want to chuck out there. Extreme proposals on 0800 The Hits. Were your proposals extreme? I know you vehemently didn't want Andrew to propose to you on the radio, Megan. That would have been extreme, right? I'm not, weirdly,

because I'm an attention-seeking Leo, but I didn't want a public proposal. I made that very clear. Definitely not on the radio. But I was going to say yes. I was not going to say no. Why wouldn't you want to get proposed to in a radio studio? The air con unit pumping Legionnaire's disease in here. I didn't want the promos playing over and over on the station.

It's for some people. It's not for us. It's not for me. It's probably hard to gauge some. I mean, hopefully you know your partner well enough what they're going to appreciate. In this instance, this guy maybe didn't. He's gone. He obviously wanted to go in there, win the fight, win the woman.

And then he's come out with zero from two. Yes. He's like, maybe I didn't win the fight. Maybe I can pull things back. But no. So yeah, extreme proposals on our 800th hit. So now you were, when in Rome? Oh yeah, in Rome.

We were traveling through, Amanda and I. Now my wife, obviously. Yeah, in Rome. And I was like, Rome provided a wonderful romantic setting. You know, just a wonderful room. But it was at the time because you weren't allowed to travel with a lot of stuff. So it wasn't to go through. So I had to kind of secretly keep this ring for a few weeks. And that was probably the toughest thing, I think, to do that.

Stressful traveling. Especially because I had dreadlocks at the time too which is not you know and so every time you get like a random search at the airport you're like

excuse me your bag's been and you're like uh oh and you know you and all the other rustafarians how come everyone

in here's got dreadlocks and so the guy started going through my bag it was like I think it was in the Czech Republic your wife's standing there

he's like what's in this little box man he's gotta get the ring I said to Amanda I was like I'm real thirsty can you go get a drink from's standing there. She's like, what's in this little box, man? He's got to get the ring. I said to Amanda, I was like, I'm real thirsty. Can you go get a drink from the vending machine? She's like, okay. And off she went. And then I had to try and explain to the guy.

And here, there's a ring I didn't want her to see. But otherwise, it would have been very romantic. Another Czech Republic proposal. At the airport security. Yeah, proposed to in customs. So this is what we want to check out there. The extreme proposals. Did someone go big?

And it maybe didn't pay off. Because sometimes, my theory is, you know, a lot of those celebrity ones, the bigger they go with the proposal, the more doomed the marriage. You look at Kanye. Hired the entire stadium, had an orchestra playing his own music. On the big jumbotron, it had, please marry me in capitals. Like when my daughter's texting me asking for a sleepover. And unfortunately, that didn't pan out too well, did it?

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. We're talking extreme proposals after a guy, a UFC fighter in Czech Republic, lost the fight and also lost the, took an L with the marriage proposal as well, didn't he? I love it because this clip is certainly not lost in translation. Have a listen to the moment he proposed and she politely declined. We came to see someone get knocked out and some love.

My two favourite things, romance and vicious blood sports. Very awkward spot for her to be in if he had, in fact, cheated on her and then publicly proposed to her. Maybe you're just going on the theory, I'll go big. Yeah. I mean, in that position, Megan, if that was happening to you and the backstory of the philandering had taken place,

what would you do? Well, I'd still say yes and make them feel better in the moment and say no later. If he cheated on her, I would have said worse, to be honest. I'm surprised she's ever had the fight. Nah, you're a cheater. No. Well, we're talking epic proposals this morning.

We'll go to Alan. You're on. Welcome, Al. G'day. How is it? Yeah, we're doing well. Al, you little romantic puppy, you. What did you do?

Yeah, well, I was in Paris New Year's Eve and went up New Year's Day, top of Eiffel Tower, and proposed to my girlfriend up there. Oh, what a beautiful spot. Yes. Did everyone turn and clap for you? Yeah, they sort of did. And I was there with a, a mate was there with us, and he asked if he, you know, if he wanted to go around,

if I wanted him to go around the other side of the tower. And I said, mate, there's 50 other people here. You might as well stay as well and watch. All right. So your mate was there as well, awkwardly? Yeah. Oh, well, that's nice. And how'd the relationship go?

Still married? Yeah, still married, three kids. Oh, there we go. Very cool. Epic proposal. Yeah, that is an epic proposal. Thank you so much. Going public is a risk, too.

Well, you were saying you started getting costed by some sort of peddler trying to sell you overpriced roses. Roses, yeah, because I did it quietly to Amanda in Rome. Quietly at the Trevi Fountain with hundreds of other people. I was like, yeah, quietly, you know, like just a nice moment between the two of us. And then she was like, oh, you didn't get down on one knee, just giving me some grief, so I had to do it again. And that's when the hawker with his roses was like jackpot.

This guy's going to buy all of these. And then he was pretty much part of our, I think he's still living with us, that guy. Was he part of the proposal? He was, very much so. The love sniper. 0800 The Hits, epic proposals this morning. We've got Katie.

Katie on the phone. Good morning. Hello, how are you? Your proposal was... Yeah, extreme. We're talking extreme proposals. Where was it? In Namibia... Yeah, extreme. We're talking extreme proposals. Where was it? In Nimbabia.

Right, yeah. We were skydiving and a little bit hungover from the night before. Anyway, I jumped out of the plane and we were tandem. So the guy with me had this piece of paper in front of me and said, Catherine, I love you. Will you marry me? Love, Robert. Is this the skydiving instructor or your future

partner? Skydiving instructor held it out in front of me, but the note was from my mate. At least I said Robert, otherwise you'd be like, I just met you, mate. I'm in love with you. It's quick. We're strapped together, but I don't know if we're going to stay together. Yeah, yeah, no. So in the, whatever, 92nd free fall.

And then we caught up mid, like, free fall and were chatting away. And then he went down. And by the time I went down, he'd come over and presented me with a ring that he'd bought from the Pokemon toy shop that day. One of the toy shops? Yeah. Oh, what was the ring? Oh, a plastic pretend diamond. It was awesome.

Yeah. Oh, I love it. So is this what you've continued to wear, or has he upgraded it? No, I still have it, 22 years later, but no, I don't wear it. It's a really lovely, almost like a really cool sentimental thing that you've got, this little toy ring. I'll tell you a rather more random thing that's just off topic here, but I remember when my wife was pregnant with Sienna,

we didn't realise she was pregnant. We were at a basketball game. I bought her a drink, like an RCD can, and she was like, oh, I haven't told him yet because she just found out she was going to tell afterwards. And so she's kept this can unopened since then. We've got this random RCD can that just sits in the carriage because that was the thing. She was like, oh, I've got to tell you something about it.

I was like, well, she's not drinking. Anyway, I had to tell me until later. So there you go. I'm surprised you didn't pound back that vodka cruiser. If you're not going to drink that, I'll drink it. Give it over here, mate. Mate, I didn't even know I was drinking beers watching basketball. I had no idea she wasn't drinking. Oh, that's incredible. over here, mate. Mate, I didn't even know I was drinking beers and watching basketball. No idea she wants to drink it.

Oh, that's incredible. You literally fell in love. That's a wonderful story, Kate. Something like that. It cured my hangover of that morning anyway. Yeah, it does. There's a lot to take in. I know.

You're like, jeez. Very cool story. Thank you for sharing. You're welcome. There's a movie out this week, actually. It looks incredible. It tells the story of a very heated period in New Zealand history, the land wars that went on in the Waikato in the 1860s,

and it stars the legendary Tim Morrison. It's called Kawhiwhai Tanu. Yes, it looks fantastic and the wonderful Tim Mwera Morrison joins us on the phone right now. Morena! Morena, morena brothers. Oh nice to talk to you. Last time you came into the studio, we weren't in here, but, geez, you really ripped into us, and we loved it. I've decided not to do that because you guys are still working in the industry.

Because you've been doing it so long, I've decided not to give you a hard time. You deserve to be where you are. Quite the odds. Quite the odds. Remarkable. The movie looks incredible. Set in 1864. I think that's when we started in radio. We've been hanging in there that long. I think you are remnants of those people

yes, from 1864. Yeah, we might have been the colonial people. Yes. Ke Whāwhaitonu is the name of the film Tim and looking at the project It must have been very dear to your heart Yes, the thing was It was my friend's story

The director, Mike Jonathan He's a very dear friend He shot all my videos when I wanted to go to Hollywood And I would record many of my auditions Did everyone's documentary for nothing Everyone's music videos for nothing It was also a bit of payback time to give the love back to Mike. He had supported me in the past.

I had a dream to go to Hollywood. Now he had the story that he wanted to direct. I said, yep, well, I'll play the role of Rewi for you, mate, since he's my tupuna as well. It's such a pivotal time in New Zealand Aotearoa history as well, the land wars and the Waikato in particular. But making a movie set in the 1800s, you have to be really careful. Obviously, there's no aeroplanes, watches, things like that. It must take a bit longer to film because of those things. Yeah, especially when a car walks past in the back of your shop

or an aeroplane or a ship goes sailing past as well. It's a period piece. or an aeroplane or a ship goes sailing past as well. So yeah, very period piece. I worked on a movie called The Piano, which was also a period piece. But yeah, those things are quite demanding because you said in the 1860s, yeah, just another one out there making its mark. Now, yeah, great.

I suppose you can't have any of the other chiefs or the soldiers answering their cell phone mid-battle. It really pulls you out of the story. You just go, another project done. And you've done so many projects, Tim. Is there one that you're like, wow, that was a fave? I'm kind of one of those guys that, you know, just grateful for the job,

just grateful for that project to happen at that particular time. I have been a bit lazy in the past. Sometimes I do a project because I want to get out of New Zealand because of the weather. Seems like a good reason to do a Hollywood blockbuster. Yeah, yeah. So I tend to go sometimes just because of the weather or I know there's a great restaurant there.

Tim O'Hara-Morrison with us. You know, you've had such an illustrious career, Tim, and always remained very humble, and you've taken it all with a grain of salt. But is there anyone that you've met or worked alongside where you were starstruck? I worked with Marlon Brando. No did you? Our younger generation might have known who he was. Funnily enough I watched his movie Streetcar Named Desire over and over and over again when I was getting ready for Once Were Warriors. He played this character called Stanley Kowalski.

And I got to meet him. I got to work with him. He was very generous to me. And yes, I was a bit starstruck. I was jumping in on every line and anticipating. He even gave me a few acting lessons. So I was just buzzing. Wow.

Do you remember what he told you, what the acting lessons were? He said, never anticipate, my boy. Never anticipate. You know, always wait, you know, because sometimes I was anticipating what he was going to say. And very relaxed. There was no difference. When someone yells out action, he just sort of stays.

He just adjusts his clothing. He'll have a drink of water. The guy's already said action about a minute ago, but he sort of just takes his time. He's like, I'll start when Marlon wants to start. It was like that. I'll just start when I'm ready. They're like, we're wasting a lot of film.

It's like a few minutes. He actually cheated a little bit. He'd have an earpiece in his ear and the lady outside in the caravan telling him his lines because he couldn't be bothered learning. That's a great acting, Taffy. Oh, my God. He's like, never anticipate, and you can't when you don't be bothered learning. That's a great acting, Taffy. Oh, my God. He's like, never anticipate, and you can't when you don't know the lines.

That's right, never anticipate. He just makes up his own lines. So nice to talk to you. We're always so proud when we see you. You're on the screen, and then we see you in Hollywood blockbusters. You're popping up in Aquaman and voicing in Moana. It's so awesome.

You've had such an amazing career. So congratulations on everything you've achieved. Thank you very much. Thank you. And all the best to you guys too. Really appreciate your time and your support for the film. It's about just letting people know it's there. You know, some of our people get a bit frightened of the title these days,

Ka Pa Paitono, but yeah, it's worth a look. It's all about us, how we settled this land. So beautiful, mate. Nice to talk to you guys too All the very best Megan, Jono, Ben And all your hit listeners You have got listeners right

Good on you Tim A couple A couple That's good See you mate Awesome Tim Morrison Joining us there

The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Extreme parenting Happens from time to time Taylor you were just Sharing a story of your wonderful Sue Lombardi. Yeah. When you were growing up.

Great mom. Yeah. Absurd parenting techniques, which one of them I was about 11, 12 years old. I asked mom if I could go down to Cronulla Beach with my friends. She was like, yep, cool. But she gave me a curfew. And in Cronulla, it's like a small community. So you just walk down.

Mom, can I go down to the beach with my friends? Yeah, Georgia. And she was like, go for it. You just need it back by this time. And you need to text me. She got me a phone so I could text her. And then didn't text her all day. Just spent a really nice day down at the beach

and thought I'd come back home around 6pm. First of all, not good move because she didn't know if I was eating dinner or not, and that always... Yeah, but does it wind her up? Mate up if you want to see her go from zero to 100 don't tell if you're eating dinner or not yeah right she doesn't know how much to prepare yeah that's the whole thing and then she thought i'd been murdered naturally because your mind goes straight there um and then she goes sit down you want to do that again to me you're watching this documentary and this is exactly what's going to happen to you.

And it was really horrifying. True story. These two girls travelled from out west to the beach in Cronulla, the exact beach where I was. They took their younger siblings with them. They decided to leave their younger siblings on the beach and they met a guy who was spearfishing and both murdered. Really sad.

So she made you sit down and watch this documentary yeah like 12 11 12. okay yeah and then i had nightmares and then the next day i was the most popular girl at school because i retold the story and then i ended up getting in trouble because parents rang up saying that their kids had come home and had nightmares that was wonderful storytelling though yeah well yeah i can capture a nation mate this is well this is all on sue lombardi it is and then and then my mom ended up getting in trouble and my mom said well like sorry like it's the reality of life isn't it you go to the beach you're gonna get murdered yeah and this story was back in the 60s so it was like like school 60 years prior whatever

do the math um but yeah obviously it touched a nerve with her and she thought she'd share it. I do love extreme parenting. Sometimes they just get so wound up. Text 4487 if you've, when you were growing up or maybe you have been an extreme parent. I do like the ones, I'll pull this car over, make you walk home.

Friend of it, Juliette used to work on this show. They were in the States, family trip, and her brother was being a rat bag in the back. And her parents were like, we'll pull this car over. In a foreign country. Yeah, LA, yeah. And he was like nine or 10, dropped him off in Compton or somewhere. Just teach him a lesson.

And it took a while with the motorway system to come back around to get him. Oh, dear God, we left our child in Compton. Oh, my God. That's terrifying. It would be terrifying. You always hear those stories Back in the day too If someone was caught Smoking a cigarette

The parents would make them Smoke the whole pack All at once Stick them all in your mouth It's a punishment But also getting your child More addicted to nicotine At the same time

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