Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono was being creepy outside a school...

Episode Date: November 12, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono cleaned his whole closet... Late last night! Ben's embarrassing Dad joke that he said twice.. Megan LOVES Benson Boone It's scientifically bad to eat around people you hate! Extreme old people! Happy 79th Birthday Jono!!!!! 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. Welcome to the podcast on a Wednesday morning. And we're going to hear about Jono doing something very erratic last night. Hugely erratic, yeah. Straight away. Too much job for a Tuesday night. I do that.

You mentioned about the kids and that's the way they often attack, cleaning up. Just everything all comes out and stuff. I'm like, just do a little bit. Then you can do that little bit and move on to something else. Then the whole room stops often attack cleaning up. Just everything all comes out and stuff. I'm like, just do a little bit. Then you can do that little bit, move on to something else. Then the whole room stops. I like that. You do little bits at a time. You don't have to like overhaul the whole thing.

Sense of achievement again, that little bit done. And you're like, cool, I've done a little bit. Then I can go, well, like one drawer. And then do that. Then cool. Because otherwise you have to set aside hours. So you can stop at any time easier. Exactly.

That's what I keep telling them. Because they move everything out when they want to do it. Yeah, well, you time easier. That's what I keep telling them because they move everything out when they want to do it. You're going to hear about what I've done. I'm like a child. You're going to hear about what I've done very shortly. But you love throwing stuff out too in a fit of rage.

I kind of ignore stuff for a while and I'm like, and then all of a sudden I'm like, I'm going to get stuck into that and everything's gone. When you do that though, do you go back and you're like, oh, I shouldn't have thrown that out? Sometimes. Sometimes I'll be like, where's that? And I'll be like, I took that out of the clothing bin. I'll tell my family, well, that was my top that was sitting together.

Oh, you're throwing other people's bin? If something's been there for, like, they've had. That was my wedding dress. They've had, like, four weeks of this thing sitting there. I don't need to go to an alteration store. Now it's in the clothing bin. Sometimes. Sometimes stuff goes. I'm like,'t need to go to an alteration store. Now it's in the clothing bin. Sometimes. Sometimes stuff goes.

I'm like, yeah, you need your charts. Yeah, you need your charts. It's there. Yeah. I find it's the, do you find the, there's each lounge area or sort of living area has a table where just you put random collection of items on. The dining room table for us is just like, if you don't know where anything else goes, just sits in the middle.

Two. Do you have one of those tables? Yeah, but that's not, my husband doesn't let that happen for long. That's where I put my gym bag and like my XC stuff on the end of the dining table.

Is he quite a neat person? Yeah, and then I get a passag at the end of the day. He's got this thing, he's like, I'm forcing this new policy. It's a touch once policy. So he was like,

don't put it down and then attempt to move it later he was like you touch it once so you get it home and you put it away I'm like god good plan

it's like dealing with something too rather than going I need to do that later you deal with it right now because sometimes you forget later and I'm thinking about that thing right now I should probably pay that bill

you know I have this fun thing where I put things in the put rubbish in the garage and then I'll put it all out later. He's like, put it all out at once. Why are you collecting it in the garage?

I hear what he's saying. Maybe Ben, Andrew and me can live together in a barren laboratory with nothing in it. Do you remember I'd love to live with Amanda and Jen? They sound great. Enjoy the podcast. Tell you what, she's troubled times in the prior, Cassidale prior last night.

Okay, so I get home and just in the closet in the bedroom, one of the bars, you know, that holds the coat hangers had snapped. Oh, I've had that happen.

Clothes strewn, strewn over the floor. And as you tend to do with that space in the house, over time, over a period of time, things just pile up in there. You know, the organisation goes out, doesn't become functional. Doesn't become functional. So I'm like, okay, these clothes are all out there.

And being the impulsive, impatient psychopath I am, I'm like, now's the time to sort the closet. 7.12pm, okay? All of a sudden, everything's flying out the door. Shoes, clothes, belts. Is this your clothes? Everyone's clothes. Jen's and mine.

Yeah, right. And then I hear, what are you doing? I'm organising this bloody nightmare of a closet. She's like, does it have to be done now? I know deep down. Jen's 100% right. No, it doesn't have to be done now. It doesn't have to be done now, no.

She's like, you've got no, the way you operate, you've got no systems. You've just chucked stuff out and there's a massive pile outside the closet door. She's made it worse in a lot of ways. And I'm like, you know, when you are a kid and you're like, I'm going to clean my room today once every two years and everything goes out the door and then you lose enthusiasm for the project. She's like, you're going to Christchurch because we're going to Christchurch.

You're going to Christchurch, you're going to leave this here and I'm going to be living in this giant mound of whatever this is you've created. And I'm like, no, I'm going to sort it. So at that point in my life, I've got to finish this job. And then I start finding myself getting frustrated with the ratio of clothes she has taking up the real estate in the closet compared to mine. And I tell you you what if you want to spice up your marriage definitely bring this

conversation because i'm like you've got 90 of the stuff in the closet and then we got into a debate back and forth like she's just what she's she's claiming 50 50 right i'm like let's do that let's get them and then we got into a side argument over the who has the most about yeah we have the argument except my household it's the other way around i have 90 of the shoe space do you it has 10 you're like it's all yeah i have more yeah been very fortunate to get stuff from tv shows you have for tv shows over the years and so yeah and just so michael the closet's pretty much mine it's the piece of mine she's got a little clothes? She's got a little bit. I'll give her a little bit. Your wife puts up with a lot, Ben. Does that cause some issues in marriage?

Yeah. She can't even put clothes in the garage because that's filled with her costumes. For costumes. And then I'm taking up 90% of the wardrobe as well. What's your space like? 50-50? We've had that exact argument. I say it's 50-50. Of course you do.

My husband's like, no. I take up most of the closet. He has to have toys in other rooms. Yeah. So he's like, no. I take up most of the closet. He has to have like toys in other rooms. Yeah. So he's like, I can't even get dressed in my own room. Yeah, I tell you what, it's a hotbed of conversation in a couple's relationship. And he's always like, when are you going to clean out? You don't wear half this stuff.

I'm like, well, I've got to find the right occasion. It's a big job. It's a big job. I tell you, it is a big job. I haven't even finished it. I started it last night. And she's right. It is sitting's a big job. I'll tell you what, it is a big job. I haven't even finished it. I started it last night. And she's right. It is sitting in a giant mound on the floor.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I went to a restaurant with my daughters and my family with robot waiters. We've been to one in Common Cone, Rotorua. Oh, yeah. That was the first introduction of AI waiters in New Zealand was in Common Cone, Rotorua. It's quite cool cool but there's one yeah we should go along

that's cool we'll do a show outing what do you mean yeah so they're like these little machines they've got little faces on it

they're very robotic but they sort of travel around they kind of like glide around they bring your meal up and then you grab your meal and then you sort of

punch in a number and say thank you and they go back towards you know to the kitchen and then they've basically got like tables on them that they can or trays sorry that they can travel the meals around and they but when they first get them i think they have to sort of map the restaurant out so they can program in the route that they have to take they know what number table they

need to go to so they say anything like have a nice meal yeah so it's like thank you sometimes they play a little music sometimes they had the program that had sort of music as it sort of came up. They had a little cat face on the one that we had on it. How did I not know about this? It's cool. It's a good thing. Cutting edge. And I was just like, roto roo, cutting edge technology.

The Elon Musk of New Zealand. Yeah, so there's a burger place that's got them, and we went along to that with the kids because kids are quite lucky. Is there a reason you don't want to say the name? Oh, no, it's Andy's Burgers, Sky City. Andy's Burgers has robot brain. Yeah. Wow.

So it's really cool. So we went along there to do that and they bring you along your meal and stuff like that and you can order from an app and they bring it along. And, you know, one of the things I enjoy as a dad

is to make, you know, I can make dad jokes. Comedy. I can make dad jokes. And you want a reaction. I don't care if it's a huh or whatever it is, but, you know, like it's bad jokes, now dad jokes. Comedy. Make dad jokes. And you want a reaction. I don't care if it's a huh or whatever it is. But, you know, like it's bad jokes, now dad jokes. So, you know, for me, I'm like, I'll make a joke.

And if I get a reaction, usually an eye roll. But something audible, I'm happy with it. Just to recognize that there was a level of comedy that was presented. And I get it. I've been stonewalled before. And you're like, guys, something. And normally it's the classics. And I get it. They get, you know, half-ways, you know, lunch, you're like, guys, something. And normally it's the classics. And I get it.

They get half-hour ways, lunch, you're in the kitchen, those sort of things. Those things don't get a laugh these days. And that's fine. But on this occasion, we had these robot waiters. The robot waiter came over, brought the meal. We got the meal. And then we'd ordered some drinks.

And this time it was a real human. She brought the drinks over. So you've involved a third party into the routine. And as she brought over the drinks, I said, wow, the robot waiters are really realistic looking, aren't they? Did you say this to the waiter as well? Yeah, like, thinking I'll get a laugh out of her, a laugh out of my family. Clearly we all know that she's not a robot, very different from robots, nothing. And I thought,

well, maybe no one heard the joke. Oh, God, Ben. You went for a round. Maybe no one heard the joke. I was like, wow, these robot waiters are really realistic, aren't they? Smile from her, but just kind of like smile, take your drink sort of smile. She's like, I heard you the first time. Nothing from the family, just nothing at all.

Drinks got put down and away he went. I was like, guys. Did you go a third time and away he went. I was like, guys, what's up with that? Did you go a third time? No, but afterwards I was like, hey, guys, what was that? You need to back me up in those situations. Just something. Just something. So, yeah, nothing at all from my family.

So, yeah. So you told it on the radio. How did that go down? Well, I thought it was going to be slightly better. But anyway, got the same reaction from you as I did from my family. It was going to be slightly better but anyway. Got the same reaction from you as I did from my family.

It was solid. Retire it. To be honest, one of those had to be there situation. No, I didn't picture

myself there. She comes over, not a robot and then anyway, I'll come, stop it now. The hits, the Jono and Ben

podcast. You're loving Ben Saboon at the moment, Megan. I think I'm a big fan. I think it snuck up on me. He's a cool dude. We've talked to him.

When he first had that first single out, remember we talked to him over Zoom and he did a backflip in his bedroom for us, Jono. That's his thing now, eh? Yeah, well, I don't know if he's going to be backflipping in his bedroom for us now. I was so worried that he was going to go badly. I was like, do a backflip.

Ben's like, don't, don't. I was like, oh, God. He's going to Benson Boone broke his leg or something like that. But he does them all the time. Yeah. Imagine if he landed on his face. You see those ones on YouTube and they're unconscious. I had a weird moment with him.

He was lovely. He came to a showcase and sang and I took my kids along. And it was awesome. And he went around and talked to everyone, which was great. And then I went to get a photo of him with the kids. And then everyone was like, force the flash. Put the flash on. Make sure it flashes because it's too dark in there.

And I fumbled with my phone a little bit. He had his arms around my daughters. And so he took his arms away from my daughters, came over to me within a second. Classic Gen Z move. The light was on. The flashlight was good to go. And then he came back to the girls and was like, Dad things.

He said, Dad things. I love a bit of more now. They had a laugh, and I was like, laugh it up, Boone, laugh it up. But it was true. As the flash worked. He was right. As you're driving home, I deleted that photo, kids. Punishment. You said you love a man who's got the confidence to wear a see-through lacy top.

I'm just looking. He's wearing a black see-through lace top, and he also wears glittery jumpsuits and stuff like Harry Styles. There's something about a man who's comfortable enough in his masculinity to pull that off. When I wear my see-through lacy hot pants to work, you don't say such a thing, do you? Jeez, cover that, whatever that is. Please. It's all right for Boone, though.

It is all right for Ben to Boone. The Hits, the Jono and to Boone I did see something on Instagram I wanted to bring to your attention This is actually quite vintage It starts with Oprah Back in her talk show days But I found it really interesting And I'd never heard this before

Who you eat with Can affect how your body metabolises the food So this is why you should never eat with people you don't like because your state of awareness will influence how your food is metabolized there was a study done in ohio state university where they were feeding rabbits diets that were extremely high in cholesterol and they found to their amazement there was one group of rabbits that never got the high cholesterol levels after a, they found out that the technician who was feeding these rabbits, instead of just throwing the food at them,

he would stroke them and pet them and cuddle them and kiss them and then feed them the same poisonous food. But now as a result of that experience of happiness, they made chemicals inside their brain and the body that turned the cholesterol into a completely different metabolic pathway. So you're wanting us to stroke and cuddle you and nestle against your neck as you're eating? Yeah.

So, yeah, you shouldn't eat with people you don't like, but also at dinner it needs to be a more affectionate affair. Settings. But it's not an affectionate... Well, now and again it is, but most of the time it's not. If you walk in here and I'm massaging Ben's buttocks while he's having his carrots and hummus for the morning, you'll know what's happening.

I probably wouldn't blink twice, to be honest. No, I get it. So if you are in a volatile eating situation, prison must be a fiasco, wouldn't it? You're like, half the people here want to shank me and I'm trying to have dinner. Or even just dinner time with toddlers, when they like throwing it back at you and you're like, I don't want to eat this.

That's not good for your health. Stress eating too. Yeah. Probably not good for your health. But I mean, there's going to be times where you're not a fan of everyone you're eating with. No. We just got to eat, you know. Like I wise my wife up that I don't sit down sometimes if I want.

I just stand up. Well, you stand up and eat dinner. Oh, yeah. Like dinner. Yeah, around the kitchen. Yeah, not every time, but I can stand up around the kitchen. We sit on the kitchen bench. My family will sit around.

I'll just stand up, you know. I'm so worried about you. You live in a very, like, constant state of movement. He's on the go. He's on the go. You know. You've got stuff to do. My wife's like, I'm going to go to the table.

She'll go to the table. I'm like, okay, cool, and I'll stay. So when your family's eating at the dinner table and you're standing. Sometimes it's my wife. It's Amanda. She's like, well, going to go to the table. She'll go to the table. I'm like, okay, cool, and I'll stay. So when your family's eating at the dinner table and you're standing. Sometimes it's my wife, just Amanda. She's like, well, I'm going to the table. I'm like, okay. I'll stay here standing in the kitchen. You can start on the dishes while people are still eating.

That woman deserves a medal. I do appreciate when you take time to sit down with the family and have dinner. Yeah, when you do have that time. Which doesn't happen often. Yeah. Because everyone's just on the go. It is nice. It's lovely.

It's lovely. Is it when they get to teenagers? Because we do that every night. We sit down. Do you? For dinner. No. Well, it's just so many after school activities.

Everyone's sort of sprawled out at different times. But when you do all gather around, it's a lovely, it's a wonderful time. We should do it more often, I say. And then the next night, like Ben, just eating up by myself. How are you so busy at that time of the day? You can't even sit down to eat. I can't sit down. The family are sitting around.

I'm just standing up, you know. And so is it like a plate, knife, fork, sit down? Dude, that's so weird. I do it every night, but most nights I'm just going to stand there while they're kind of, you know, they're sitting around. I'm there. You won't even relax. I can sit down or stand in that same spot.

No, I'll stand. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A little afternoon for me yesterday. I was waiting outside. I had to pick my daughter up from school yesterday. And like you, Ben, I find myself at a loose end just on the laptop, you know, knocking off a bit of work, half an hour. Problem, though, is we're hitting these uh you know summer summer days is the the heat that comes

blazing into the vehicle and also the light i couldn't see the screen the laptop screen um and i was like i need to do something about this okay so i had no other option but i took my shirt off and i dangled my shirt you know on the sun visor that flips down. I dangled my shirt on that, creating a makeshift car. I feel like you had plenty of other options. Move your car, go to a cafe. You're topless in the car with the laptop on your lap. I know how it looks.

Outside of school. With it shield. With it like a car curtain. And as if being on your laptop in your car in the first instance isn't suspicious enough, but adding a curtain to the situation. While topless. While topless, yeah. But you always remember those vans back in the day? The old Mazda bongos had the car curtains, didn't they?

Yeah. The little discreet curtain. You're like, gee, some nonsense has gone on inside there, isn't there? So there we go. If you do see me shirtless with a T-shirt covering the window. You're wearing pants. On a laptop. It's all above board.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. And now Tom Cruise. He's in the new Mission Impossible movie. The mission is, well, it's not impossible for him. He keeps coming back and doing it again and again. Mission keeps on going. What number is that? I think it's eight or something. Wow. Oh, The Mission. Well, it's not impossible for him. He keeps coming back and doing it again and again. The Mission keeps on going. What number is that? I think it's eight or something.

Wow. I think we've figured out The Mission is possible. It's possible. But it's pretty cool the way he steps up the stunts each time. Unbelievable, right? Do you think he feels pressure to do something different every time? Probably. Some of them have been filmed in New Zealand in the South Island. Yeah, because I think that

helicopter stunt was filmed in New Zealand because it was one of the only places that would let him do it safety wise yeah we'll give it a go mate should be right Tom Cruise's stunt double sweetest gig in the world

probably like just getting him cups of coffee oh no you're like want me to do it he's like no I got this one so incredible so there's footage of him in the latest trailer

for Mission Impossible hanging off like an old plane right it's on like an old red, right? It's like an old red plane where they have like an open cockpit and he's just standing on the top of it hanging on. And then it goes to do a barrel roll.

While he's on the top of it. And he's calmly talking away as well. Is he? Hi everyone! Building the latest installment of Mission Impossible. Hi everybody, hey. Listen, I hate to interrupt, but we've really Hi everyone Building the latest installment of Mixed Impossible Hi everybody, hey, listen, I hate to interrupt But we've really got to roll

We are losing the light and low on fuel Let's get to movies And the plane does a barrel roll While he's still dangling off the wing We'll just put the clip up on the hits breakfast There's an amazing story Matt Damon Talks about in an interview That he had the same stunt guy as Tom Cruise.

Apparently Tom Cruise wanted to do a stunt. The stunt guy said, no, it's too dangerous. And so Tom Cruise was like, well, I fired the stunt guy. And Matt Damon's like, well, that's the difference between you and I. I would have kept that guy in this recommendation. He seemed to know what he was doing about it. He's like, get me another stunt guy. We're going to do that or stunt coordinator

does the stunt person kick in for Tom Cruise yeah well this was the coordinator of the stunt he's like well I got rid of that guy I got someone who said we could do it why does he sound like he's been to the dentist and the anesthetics are slowly numbing off he's on a plane you've actually wing walked on a plane haven't you

we strapped you to a plane one of the first series of Jono and Ben. Our old rickety old plane, we put you on the air, you were sort of like harnessed to that back on top. Standing upright though. I definitely didn't look as cool, calm and collected as Tom Cruise though. So far, take off. It was a success. Oh my God., my God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. This is the worst fucking thing. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. No, no, that's not the worst thing.

What you just played on radio is the worst thing. Great ending on that one. So we want to know this morning. Different Todd. Yeah. Apologies Tom Cruise I was strapped to the wing of a plane Yeah I get it

But we didn't have the plane Sorry You weren't right now Yeah sorry No Tom Cruise Over 60 He's 62 years old

Yeah It's unbelievable 62 years old So we wanted to know this morning Have you got someone Over the age of 60 Or maybe you're over the age of 60 Doing wild adventurous things Yeah Like playing swear words on the radio morning. Have you got someone over the age of 60, or maybe you're over the age of 60, doing wild, adventurous

things? Yeah. Playing swear words on the radio. It's impressive that we're doing this on your birthday, too. What are the old people in your life doing? Swearing on the radio at 79 years old. What are you doing? Have you pushed your grandma out of a plane,

strapped with a GoPro to her harness? Has your granddad base jumped off the Sky Tower? Probably not. These are ludicrous. My grandma used to play tennis on high heels. Oh, my God, I love that. That was pretty wild, I thought. Is she breaking anything?

She did roll an ankle one time, and I was playing with her, and I was like, anyway, she stuck to it. And then you said she had to walk home. Yeah. She crawled her way home back in North Canterbury. Why did you not take her home? I tried to, but I couldn't either. Anyway.

But you could have been like. That sounds like a very weak excuse. I tried to. But you were like the whole time, why are you doing this to my eels? You don't need to. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. People over the age of 60. It's happened quite a lot in New Zealand, just looking bungee jumping.

A lot of people in their 90s bungee jumping in New Zealand. Do they have an age limit? It doesn't seem like it. Well, maybe not. 91, someone jumped off in Queenstown. 96-year-old jumped again down south as well. Incredible. It's an interesting proposition, isn't it?

If you start all these activities, like if I was today to go out and buy a Harley Davidson with flames painted down the side of it that'd be labelled as a midlife crisis

you know but then you get to the age of 75, 80 you're like oh good on them but if you want to do that do that you know

if you want to get a motorbike with flames on it someone might say are you having it you're like maybe I am but who cares you do it you boo

yeah make yourself happy I'm not in the market for a motorbike with flames in it. Just an example. And we say that, and if you did do it, we would... Talk behind my back. That's right. You need to, you know, it's good to try new things, though. Otherwise you get stuck in your ways.

You go, maybe I won't take up motorbike riding or golf or something. Golf's not too crazy, though, is it? No, true. In the grand scheme of things. You went from extremes there. No, but often people do. You're right. It's not too crazy. though, is it? No, true. In the grand scheme of things. You went from extremes there. No, but often people do. You're right. It's not too crazy.

Or lawn bowls or something wild, like walking. No, it's just being hobbies. But you're right. It's not crazy. Not crazy. All right, we're talking over 60s, the adrenaline junkies. Now, Selina, is this someone in your family? Yes.

So this is my nana. What has she done? So it was in the 60s. She was a policewoman. So it wasn't when she was old, but she's still very much the same. She was working the security for a Mick Jagger concert.

And he told her to go get her some fish and chips. And she told him to step off because she wasn't his slave. Oh, told Mick Jagger. Jeez. Yeah. Yes, Nana.

You're not the boss of me, Mick Jagger. Well, technically on that night he was. Did she, she knew who he was, obviously. Yeah. Yeah, no, she did. She just, she, in the 60s, being a woman working, especially in an industry like the police, like you had to hold your ground.

And she did. And no matter that it was Mick Jagger, she still did. It's pretty wild, him saying to a police officer, like, go and get me some fish and chips. Actually, stop off. That's not my job. He's certainly reached a level of fame where he's just demanding things from people and seeing how far he can push it.

Good on her. I love that. Oi, Dalai Lama, go grab me a beer. He's like, mate, come on, Mick Jacob. You're getting out of control here. Well, that's a great story, Selina. Yes, thank you. She's a very impressive woman.

Is she still going? Sounds like it. Pardon? Is she still alive, still with us? Yeah, she is. She is 83 now. Oh, wow. What's her name she is. She is 83 now. Oh, wow. What's her name?

Carol. Shout out to Carol. She's my hero today. Is she still telling people to stuff off? She absolutely would if she needed to. Yeah, good on Carol. Okay, there we go. Adrenaline junkie Carol.

Lots of people who my granddad used to skateboard. Text 4487. That seems like a sport that's not conducive to... No. I know there's a line you're like, you do you, granddad, but I'm worried about you. Like if you fall off... Especially if you haven't been doing it all your life.

Like maybe if you've been doing it. Like I imagine Tony Hawk as a granddad will still be skateboarding. Yeah. My friend's... It's another text here, 4487. My friend's father is in his mid-70s and has now found his nightclubbing era.

He comes out with us till all hours of the morning. That's got to come. That is good. Nothing left to lose, is it? No. Cram it all in in the last 20 years. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. A play in the country, as mentioned before.

Three nights, Eden Park, the first tonight. Causing a lot of chaos between that and Pearl Jam I think for domestic travellers. They reckon the busiest of the year has been this week. So a good reminder for us that we can't have too much entertainment on at one time here in the country. Wild, 150,000 people

will see Coldplay over the next few days 200,000 people were waiting in the virtual queue for tickets when they first announced it. 200,000 people. waiting in the virtual queue for tickets when they first announced it. 200,000 people. So that means at least another 50,000 would have liked to. They could have done it another night. Yeah.

It's just wild. And probably could have done it another night on top of that. Now, Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, used to be in a relationship with Gwyneth Paltrow. Jeez, that would have been... Consciously uncoupled. Yeah. Did they?

Yeah. That would have been the most amicable break-up. Well, they started that term consciously uncoupled. Did they? that would have been the most amicable amicable amicable breakup well they started that term consciously uncoupled did they? yeah that's what they said everyone was like

we're broken up oh no you take the couch oh you need something to sit on oh no I'll buy another one oh yeah no it was me no no it was me

okay it was both of us yeah so Chris Martin he's the lead singer and you know we wanted to chat to him like every other radio station and we got a number for well Chris Martin exclusive he's the lead singer. And, you know, we wanted to chat to him like every other radio station. And we got a number for, well, Chris Martin.

Exclusive. No, we're going to call the number. We called this number yesterday. It's Chris Martin. Hello? Hi, Chris. Oh, no, this isn't Chris. It's Claire. Oh, Chris's PA?

I'm sorry? Are you Chris's PA? I'm sorry? Are you Chris's PA, Chris Martin's PA? Oh. Are you his personal assistant? I guess I am. Where is Chris? He's in the bathroom at the moment. Can we have a chat with him?

Yeah, I guess so. Hang on. Shaving. Hang on. Is he shaving? Is he shaving? Is he shaving? Oh, this is not going to go great. He won't be long. Not Graham.

What's he doing there? Not your Graham. Graham Lee. It's not Graham. It's not Graham. It's definitely not Graham Lee. It's, Graham Lee. It's not Graham. It's definitely not Graham Lee. It's not Graham Lee. Graham, other one. Hello, Chris speaking.

Hi, Chris Martin. How's it going? Not too bad. We're very excited to have you in the country, head of the concerts this week. Three big concerts, Eden Park. I believe I was seen in the city yesterday You were?

Yes, that's you Now obviously not your first time in New Zealand What do you love about the country? You're right Oh, you don't love it? You don't love Australia more, do you? No comment on that You're not here against your will, are you?

We're very excited to have you in the country. Thanks very much. It's going to be incredible. The concerts are such a spectacle. What's your favourite song to perform? I don't have a favourite. They're all like babies, aren't they? Like children, they're all your favourites.

Yep, definitely. What do you want to say to your fans? Millions of them around the world, thousands in New Zealand. What do you want to say? I've got no comment. No comment? Cards close to his chest. Sorry, who am I speaking to? It's Jono, Ben and Megan

from the Hits radio station. We're just trying to line up an interview with Chris Martin from Coldplay. Have we got the right Chris Martin from Coldplay? No, I don't sing. I don't play cricket. It was a Chris Martin cricket, it wasn't there. Something like that. What does this Chris Martin do, it wasn't there? Something like that. What does this Chris Martin do?

He's a retired gentleman. He's retired anyway, if not gentleman. Well, lovely to meet you, Chris. We're Jono, Ben and Megan from the Hits radio station. I wouldn't even know who you are. That's fair enough. How does that make you feel? It's a very honest answer.

It's a common answer. Yeah, it's fine. What radio session do you like listening to? I listen to Magic and Coast. Oh, yeah, nice. Tony Street's a lovely person. She works next to us. Oh, I can talk to her about a book.

Yes, you can. Have you read the book? I have. I thought it was excellent. It was written from the heart. Yeah. We can pass that on to her. She is lovely. So now you've had a very brief experience on our radio show.

What do you think of our show? I still don't know your show. I come from a very noisy phone call. Yeah, it is a noisy phone call. A lot of three people laughing. Sorry about that. We really interrupted your day. Well, lovely talking to you.

This is as close as we're going to get to Chris Martin, who's the singer, but lovely to talk to you. Good. Have a great day're going to get to the Chris Martin, who's the singer, but lovely to talk to you. Good. Have a great day, Chris. You too. See you, mate. We do the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz every day, first thing in the morning.

Yesterday, producer Ellie, you were away, and first question, we're out. Yeah. One and done, mate. I heard. I heard. It was ugly. You didn't have my faces pointing at you, did you?

I know. You're a bit graceless. Much better poker face. Yeah, yeah. I heard, I heard. It was ugly. You didn't have my faces pointing at you, did you? I know. Much better poker face. Yeah, yeah. So, Producer Ellie, here we go. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Fresh from picking her boyfriend up from Cambodia. Yes, yes. Not that she purchased a boyfriend from Cambodia.

He's been in Cambodia. Yes, came back in the weekend. Yeah, no, so he's back. Alright, question number one. Which type of nut is commonly used in pesto, in classic pesto? Almonds, walnuts, or pine nuts? Pine nuts. Yeah, we're going to lock that one in. That is correct.

Well done, Megan. Yeah, well done, Megan. Congratulations. Thanks. All right, question number two. In Frozen, what is the name of the snowman who loves summer? Ben. Olaf?

Yeah. Kristoff or Sven. Yeah, Olaf. Yeah, nice. Dumb movie, but I know the snowman. She hates Frozen. Unpopular opinion. She'll die in a ditch for that opinion.

All right, question number two. This one needs to be for Jono now. It feels like we've played into each of our strengths so far. Disney for me me cooking from scratch for Megan alright Jono Budokan is an indoor

is an indoor arena known for its live concert performances in what country is it? that is Korea yeah there we go

what? how did you know that? I don't know I remember the D4 remember the rock band the D4 I'm pretty sure they played there. They were big in Japan, weren't they?

They were huge in Japan. Oh, there you go. Yeah. Well done. Well, geez, it's all worked out all right so far for us all. It has. All right, question number four. What are the names of the two brothers who formed the Everly Brothers?

Don and Phil, Duane and Greg, or Ray and Dave? Don and Phil, because it's Don and Phil. Don and Phil. Kevin Boyce loves the Everly Brothers. I bet he does. I wish I paid more attention but I think it's Don and Everly, yeah. That is correct. Do you know his dad has a hundred songs he can play on

acoustic guitar at any moment, at any party. Really? He can play more but he will go along, in his wallet he carries a list of 100 songs that he plays and so if you go like into a party whatever he's got his guitar he's like and they're like oh what songs do you play you bring out this list and you pick it's like oh god well it's amazing until you're like i'm gonna be here all night at this house and fall asleep on some random couch or whatever it is as a kid you're like, we're never. As soon as that note came out, it's all over. We're not going home tonight, kids.

All right. Question number five of the New Zealand Herald Quiz. Plane manufacturer Messerschmitt was taken over in 1989 by which high-profile aerospace company? Was it Boeing, Airbus, or Lockheed Martin? Well, if it's high-profile, I've never heard of Lockheed Martin. So we're eliminating Lockheed Martin. I, if it's high profile, I've never heard of Lockhead Martin. So we're eliminating Lockhead Martin.

Lockhead Martin sounds like a hair transplant. It does. We can go to the techs. Should we do that? Let's repeat that question one more time. So plane manufacturer Messerschmitt was taken over in 1989 by which high profile aerospace

company? Was it Boeing, Airbus or Lockheed Martin? All right. Sorry, I don't know if I'm pronouncing that right. I don't know if you're pronouncing it correctly at all. Understood more of your A.I. song, mate. The New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz is like, how we like to start the show. We're about question five down.

On to question five, and it is producer Ali. All right. Plane manufacturer Messerschmitt was taken over in 1989 by which high-profile aerospace company? Was it Boeing, Airbus, or Lockheed Martin? Going to the text machine, someone said aerospace, someone said Boeing, and someone said Lego as well Which I thought was an unusual I think that might be from another textbook Are we running another competition are we?

Lego diversifying I mean Lego Biggest manufacturer of tyres in the world aren't they? Yeah Crazy fact don't you? All those tiny little bits of rubber on their Little Lego cars Make more tyres than anyone else

Oh my gosh Isn't that wild? Oh you mean little tyres. Oh yeah, I mean when it comes to... Collectively. Collectively, they make more tyres. Yeah, you're right.

They add up to probably be the size of one normal tyre. Yeah, right. We're not here to talk about Lego. We're here to lock in an answer. And where are we going to go?

Are we going with Boeing then? Yeah, all right, Megan. Let's go with Boeing. We're going with Boeing? That is incorrect. The teeth you shaved did us dirty. Yeah, all right, Megan. Let's go with Boeing. We're going with Boeing? That is incorrect. The text machine did us dirty. Yeah, it did. Someone said Airbus.

Everyone's texting in Airbus now. Oh, now they're coming through. Where were you literally two seconds ago? Yeah, two texts come through straight away. Airbus, Airbus. Was it Airbus? Oh, yeah, it was Airbus. How many times have we texted that question?

Oh, no. Too late. Oh, yeah. So there we go. D? Oh, no. Too late. Oh, yeah. So there we go. Dipped out on question number five today. Yeah. We'll be back again tomorrow to see if we can fear any better. Yeah, nice.

What are you up to over there, John? I'm going to call. You just asked where they were a minute ago. We're going to find out where they were a minute ago. Oh, okay. Oh, now they've hung up on us. They're like, oh, God, they're calling me on the radio live. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Big day today. Coldplay in the country. But're like, oh, God, they're calling me on the radio live. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Big day today. Coldplay in the country. But it's your birthday, Jono. So happy birthday. Happy birthday. Thank you very much. Only silver lining is I can still run for the president of the United States.

Still in the running. Still in the running. Now, producer Ellie, you've managed to put this together. Now, we haven't heard this. Yeah. So sorry if it sucks. I was like, how did it go? You're like, yeah, together. Now, we haven't heard this. Yeah, so sorry if it sucks. Yeah, I was like, how did it go? You're like, yeah, yeah.

So Jono loves AI. Yeah. So we thought, what better way to celebrate you, Jono, than to make an AI song for your birthday, you know? Thank you. We chucked a whole lot of stuff your way on the messages yesterday about Jono, but I don't know what's made the cut and what's got through gatekeeper Ellie. Ellie's keeping her producer cards

close to her chest. I feel like we should listen to it and then afterwards read what we wrote about you. Yeah. I don't know what has made the cut. Ben would like to be across us. He would have liked to hear it.

I came up before and I was like, how's it going? You're like, oh, there's some bits you can't hear, but we'll edit those out. And I'm like, all right, but I'm not going to hear it until we play it live on the radio.

Where is it? Ben is so stressed that I've absolutely screwed this up and you're just going to have to deal with it. How long is this thing we're about to play? It is 90 seconds, but we can talk in and out where there's a bit of, you know, an instrumental and stuff. Is it a scene that you've come in to play a new single, like you're an artist? Yeah, hi, thank you so much for having me. I've been working on this for about five minutes last night. And this is a birthday song for Jonono since he loves ai so much so i would love to wish you a happy birthday jono oh thank you uh no i'm still looking for it it's

called jono surprise oh is it yeah on the old great i can't find on the ground what i'll do is i'll control f uh is this how you saw this guy no not at all That's too much of a surprise at the moment Even Jono doesn't know where it is Here we go Alright, birthday song from AI to Jono It's very simple plan-esque 20 years ago, nice Jono, it's your birthday

It's a song for us to you From Batman and the listeners It produces two You've got stories From planes where you talk and you chat Where strangers get punished, you're famous for that He's Jonah, he's Jonah, bullet courts and surprise From tiny copies to caps lock replies

Even if he's older, he can't get any bolder Happy birthday you from all of us, no one's bolder Got a dog tattooed, a snow guest sing on his leg Park me blind by the lock he's in a driver's bay. Forgets to eat lunch falls asleep on the spot.

Keeps a pillow in the car for those naps he loves a lot. Oh Jono you're Jono. Jono. Texas ain't your friend

but you love AI that's just in the end riding all caps you've never heard to last with demerit voice stacking what a wild hot mess

whether fleeing from trees or lost in his dreams or sipping on coffee that's smaller than it seems He's quirky, he's odd But in all that he does He's the best kind of friend And he's loved just because But there's one thing, Jono

We all know who's true You'll hold open a toy Or a friend tried and true Here to be your birthday Quirks, naps, and all Follow all of us, Jono May this year be a ball I got a dog tattoo, spunk and sick on his leg

There we go, nice. I hope you understood about 30% of that song. I did, and I suggested some of the things. I was like, what's that bit? What's that bit? But it's very well done. Thank you, Ali. Thank you, team.

I get to have Ben when he's listening he's like squinting trying to understand him and he's like no it's all too big

oh yeah would have entered that out I did listen to a lot of that kind of music back in the day so I feel like I'm

used to that guy I'm saying again you know