Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Jono Was The Weird Kid Hanging With The Caretaker.... 

Episode Date: January 29, 2025

  ON THE SHOW TODAY Megan's son saw her pregnant and screamed "why'd you eat me?!?!" Gen Z producer Grace can't comprehend school without social media... Do you remember friendship books and wheeling in the tv? Jono's uses a white lie to make her friend feel bad We call grey power to ask the important question... Who's more recognisable Trump vs Taylor? Megan gets creative to figure out the security guards name... What Jobs are obsolete now due to technology?  Megan's fake tan hack! We get 10/10 on the NZ Herald quiz!!! Would you be able to? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better team. Welcome to the podcast on a show where we do a bit of reminiscing today, don't we? The old nostalgia radio is always enjoyable, isn't it? Something that doesn't feel that long ago. Imagine if your whole radio show was just nostalgia. You remember when, you know?

I think they do that on Newstalk ZB. Overnight. Yeah, they have the nostalgia show show It's actually called the nostalgia There is one on a Sunday night But it's a little before our time This might be a bit of a gap in the market We've reached the nostalgia age Of our era, of our careers

But yeah, there's a lot of reminiscing And Megan, accusations from your son About his creation. Yeah, he was very panicky when he asked me this question. Something you thought you did. I think you'd be more disturbed when you find out actually what you did. Yeah, what's more disturbing? He probably preferred the first option.

You're right. You're like, oh no, but I can tell you how it happened. That's coming up now on the podcast. Finger Boys have been in Christchurch in Auckland, saw some footage for Matty and PJ, the afternoon show, went along, took some listeners last night, and looked like a great time. It looked so much fun.

It looked so fun, yeah. Yeah, major FOMO. Yeah, exactly. I'm a bit late, mate. Sorry, I was trying. Can you go back and just drag out your Venga boys? We're moving on to something else. Oh, the Venga boys.

Look at that. So much fun. I'm bloody huffing and puffing back here. Shoveling coal into the furnace trying to get the song. I was like, at least you could drag out your Venga boys. The Venga boys have left the coach. The Venga bus is gone, mate. It was coming for a while, then now it's gone.

Before I get into this, I promise you it's not going to go to a place where you need to explain to young ears, okay? Okay. Now, I was showing – my son likes to look at pictures on my phone. Oh, where is this guy? Maybe we need to explain this to old ears as well. So Andrew and I like to send each other pictures from time to time. They go on a explain this to old ears as well. No, but he also. So Andrew and I like to send each other pictures from time to time.

They go on a special folder, I told you that. But he especially likes to look at pictures of himself. I don't know what that says about him. I think all kids are kind of fascinated by, you know, when they're little. Yeah. What the changes have gone through. It makes sense. There's a lot to take in, isn't there?

Because you're like, oh, it's a baby. Like, that's crazy. When was I a baby? What? No, he's got no memory of it. Yeah. And so he was looking back on pictures of when he was little, and then he scrolled back a bit further,

and he saw a picture of me when I was pregnant. And he's like, whoa, look at your belly. And I was like, yeah, you were in my belly. And he kind of sat there for a moment, and then he looked really frightened and he was like why did you eat me? I can see how he's jumped to that conclusion. And I

didn't know what to say he's three and I was like we're not ready so I was like no I didn't eat you like that was when you were a baby. Here's what really happened He was like genuinely like why did eat you, like that was when you were a baby. Here's what really happens.

He was genuinely like, why did you eat me? I didn't eat you, you're adopted. Yeah, you're right. John is right. For a kid, it's like, how did I get in there? It's your tummy, that's where the food goes. How hungry were you? He's also watched that

Disney short called Bow where the mum eats the little's like, how hungry were you? He's also watched that Disney short called Bow, where the mum eats the little bao bun, which is an animated kid. So he's like, why did you? This is his only educational tool in that world. One day it'll be like, ah, now it makes sense. So I just left it and I was like, you're okay now. You're still here.

You're fine. But he was quite terrified that I had once upon a time eaten him. So that'll be a discussion for another day. Hopefully in a few more years' time. He's pretty young though, right? I'll just leave it right now. Have you had to have that discussion? Oh, well, my wife's very good at those sort of things

because she's being a school teacher. She has to take a lot of education and that thing. So it's great. It's in her wheelhouse, which is good. I'll just be like, hey, here's a website. I can just walk out of the room. Just come out traumatized. John O'Benn and Megan.

The podcast. The hit. It's the best song or songs, best 100 songs of the last 25 years. We'll be counting them down as voted by you. So head to the hits.co.nz. This is a good song that we're playing in the background. What was this? Timberland.

Tick, tock, tick. It was Madonna and Justin Timberlake. Oh, yeah. Well, that could be one of the top songs. Oh, we've got four minutes to save the world. But we have been talking about the last 25 years, looking back, reflecting. And Producer Grace, who's only been alive for, well, not even all of those years, 24 of those 25 years, right? 23, actually, Ben.

Right. She wanted to ask us some genuine questions about what school was like when we were growing up. Now, nothing makes you feel, this is like, you know, when your grandparents would tell you about the war, except with less casualties. This is what I feel like now. I feel like an old man regaling. Yesterday we had to explain what an overhead projector was

to Grace. I still don't know if you've got your head around it. When you're explaining it you're like, this sounds archaic. It's like describing an old horse and cart to a current Ferrari driver. Technology wise. So we're talking old school technology. 4487 on the text if you want to reminisce. But you've got some questions

for us, Grace. My first question was, how did you contact your parents? Because I just text my mum. I'd be like, hey, what did you do? You had to go to the school office and you had to say, oh, mum, I've broken my leg on the very unhealthy and unsafe jungle gym. Can you come and collect me? They'd call your parents, but they didn't have a cell phone, so the chances of them answering are coming. but you know what's wild to me now is like i used to walk home like 40 minutes

and that whole time like what if something happened to me very uncontactable back in that day yeah but somehow still contactable you know like you never i can't i don't think back to the time and go geez i had a hard time getting a hold of anyone. Or maybe you were just like... Or you just went out to your friends and come back. Mum would say, come back in two hours. You probably, you know, give or take you would. Wild. And you'd have to phone, like, if you wanted to talk to your friend,

you'd have to phone and go, get over to this chicken, this loafie, please. That's what you had to ask politely. Go through the parents. Ask their parents. And depending on how their behaviour had been throughout the day was whether you had the ask politely Go through the parents Go ask the parents And depending on how their behaviour Had been throughout the day Was whether you had the chance

To talk to them Sometimes they'd say You know like They haven't been good So they're not allowed on the phone And then you're like Okay Or just turning up

At a friend's house And hoping they were home They're like No he's gone to such and such house Oh they're having a play date Without me I walked 10km for this If only there was some way

I could have contacted them Exactly Cell phones It was a game changer Alright Patricia Grace. Next question. What was life like before social media at school? Because for us popularity would be based on who

had more followers. Well, bullying happened in real life. It was, and that set the social pecking order, didn't it? Yeah, pretty much. That was all bullying, and it worked well. It worked well back in the day. I'm glad it wasn't a good thing or anything like that. It was just like, there was all bullying. And it worked well. It worked well back in the day. I'm not that it was a good thing or anything like that.

But yeah, it was. It was just like there was clicks. So there was just like the popular crowd. And then there was like the theater kids. And, you know, it was just clicks. I guess you didn't know any different. So like you're now knowing what cell phones and the way you can contact people. If you went back there, you'd be like, wow, this is weird.

But yeah. Yeah, you stayed in your social group and you didn't move out of it. And it worked well. Some people got beaten up and had their pants pulled down in front of the whole school of assembly. Why were people down-trout? Did they do that for you at school? Did people down-trout? What's that?

When you pull down your pants. Comes up from behind and pulls down your pants. Pulls down your pants and then you get your, and you're like, oh no, my genitals are out in front of me. Well, I thought it was underpants. Yeah, sometimes they get both. No, we didn't do that. Did the boys flick your bra? No.

Oh, wow. Sexual misconduct back in the day. Yeah, totally. I've got one more quick question. Okay, if you wanted to hand in an assignment, did you have to do it in person? Did you get a whole day to hand it in? Because I'd just click a button and be done.

Yeah, you would have to put them usually on the desk. Physically in like a tray or something. Hand them on the desk. Yeah, you would have to put them usually on the desk. Physically in like a tray or something. Hand them on the desk. Yeah, you're right. You're like, oh, yeah. Yeah, we'd write them with our hands. That's crazy. You'd write and he'd say, but at least you guys could use like, dog ate my homework. I can't do that. No, you're right.

You know what I just remembered? Do you remember the classic school caretaker? Always so friendly, the caretaker. And they had in their little shed a giant incinerator. And the caretaker would go around collecting all the rubbish bins from the school and just pour, pour all the rubbish into the incinerator. And it would pump.

Pretty much, I think my primary school incinerator was the reason for the hole in the ozone layer. Just pump black smoke out. And you know the weird kid that would always hang out with the school janitor? It's Jono Okay, well here we go Bullying, see? Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast

The hits Well, we're reminiscing about some old school things from our schooling days Ahead of Stowing the Countdown over the last 25 years Yeah, Producer Grace, she's uh well it hasn't even been alive 25 years and the question she's asking us about our school era over time she she can't even imagine can't even imagine uh i was reminiscing uh last night about a game we mentioned you get to play from time to time carmen san diego at school and going back through watching someone people have been playing the old version on youtube and stuff and then they it was like a show as well do you remember the tv show i do banger of a thing

it's like their own rainbow's endicle isn't it yeah she was on the run from the feeds wasn't she carmen san diego it was kind of an educational game in some ways, going around. What a shoot. Scam in Scandinavia. What a shoot. We want to know on 0800-THAT-4487, what do you remember? Some old school memories. Let's go to Wendy.

Morning to you, Wendy. Morning. How are you? Yeah, we're doing well. Talk to us, Wendy. Old school technology, old school memories. What have you got? Well, remember back in the day we had to carry all our books,

like a hundred of them, in our backpacks. And there's a generation of people with four bags. You kind of had to stack them from biggest to smallest, wouldn't you, just to get the right sort of balance. I had a huge maths book that was like thick. A big sort of textbook sort of thing. Yeah, because then you'd have to take it to class and they'd like turn to page 35. That's right. It's a good memory.

Thanks. Thanks very much, Wendy. Do you? The school sickbay. The school sickbay reeked of hospital grade disinfectant. And had those grey blankets with the red stripes that felt like there were shards of fiberglass. Yeah, that's right. And whoever was running reception, whoever was manning reception also doubled as the nurse as well.

Don't know if they had any experience. Claire, morning to you. Good morning. How are you? We're doing well. Welcome to Nostalgia FM. Old school memories. Friendship books.

You didn't have followers, but you knew how many friends liked you. You wrote a page full of questions all about them, and one of the most important questions was, who are your best friends? And if your name wasn't on it, I think you're very much disappointed. And you used to get all your friends to fill it in.

That little question. They were your followers. They were. Find the right followers, right? And you're allowed to write in it and draw pictures That little question there They were your followers They were Yeah Kind of right Followers Right Right And you're allowed to write in it And draw pictures And you'd look at it

The following year And what colour are your eyes What colour is your hair Kind of random It's like social media Yeah It was kind of like social media They were the crowd

You could influence Yeah That's very good What a great memory James You're on Welcome Morning Great to have you on James We're talking old school memories That's very good, what a great memory James, you're on, welcome Morning

Great to have you on James, we're talking old school memories Well you guys should remember the days When you used to bring in the TV and the VCR To watch informative video Oh the wheel of the TV Sometimes you could never use Know how to operate it No

I had that and I Without putting my hand up I said This is how you use it She says Shut your cage James Shut your cage I'm trying to put

Free Willy on James That was where the teacher Was obviously Just dialing it in That day Sometimes it was Education Or to do with the lesson

Other times A lot of times I hung over You're like Yes DVD day Yes So good Really good James

Appreciate it Keep these coming through We're going to keep talking about that Throughout the week Someone's mentioned the wedgie Oh the wedgie Classic Great form of punishment

Was it Where your underpants Will get pulled Sometimes over your head Yeah I've seen your underpants Being pulled over your head before I know that's right

You wouldn't get away With those shenanigans these days No you're right I mentioned like guys Flicking your bra But sometimes they're trying Like one-handed unclip it. Oh, that's right. Yep.

Why? Whoa. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Jeez, I told a little bit of a white lie yesterday. I was outside my son's basketball and a guy I kind of grew up with,

his boy plays basketball as well, so we were just outside and I was on the phone to Jen, my wife, and he starts going, like mocking me as I'm talking to my wife. I'm thinking. Did you have a baby voice? Yeah, something you do do with baby voice though. Yeah, he does. Do you?

He does. I don't have a baby voice. I mean, people expect that from me, not from you. I might go a couple of octaves higher there's all sorts of names and then he's like okay doll he was mocking and I'm thinking

we're in our 40s but you mock people all the time you've got to get prepared to take it back and that's why I enjoyed it what he didn't know though was that jen had actually hung up but he was still mocking and i was like well here's my opportunity to continue on the conversation you're mean i know what you and then i went oh that's so sad was it a heart attack? And he's like, he just stops mid. And I'm like, she was such a good lady.

I said, well, make sure you tell them that we can help with the funeral arrangements. But I was rambling. It really sucks the wind out of the mockery sails when you chuck a death into it. In a relationship,

all those things stops the mocking. Yeah. And I'm like, how are the kids going? Are they going to be all right? And then so I hung up. He's like,

oh man, I'm so sorry. I didn't realise. I'm like, that's fine. That's fine. These things happen. And I haven't corrected it. Did you not come to me? No, no.

No. This is the ultimate. Well, he knows now. I don't know if he's listening to my show But what if he is He's probably going Good day doll Good day doll

Jono, Ben and Megan The podcast The hits I just need to bring you up to speed Pull back the curtain a bit There has been A completely unnecessary argument That has raged on for three days

Some would say three days longer Than it needed to Between Megan Pappas and Ben Boyce. Classic. She said. It's a bell-doney and lively situation. Oh, hey, hey, without the sexual misconduct. So basically it came about who's the most famous person,

not the most popular, but the most famous person in the world. Would it be Trump or would it be Taylor? Both extremes. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats most famous person in the world. Would it be Trump or would it be Taylor? Both extremes. They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. They're eating the pets. Is it Trump or Taylor Swift? Now, you guys have been back and forth, off-air, a lot of off-air conversation about this.

More off-air than on-air. I've had to sort of mediate. You brought it to the group, but now you're over it. Yeah. So, Megan, you believe Taylor Swift, more famous globally than Donald Trump. I was hanging my hat on like a lot of younger people would know Taylor and not Trump. Now, being you Team Trump, you've wanted to make America great again for a very long time. No, I just thought Trump is more recognisable.

If you showed a picture of someone in the world, more people would know Trump's face over Taylor Swift's. Now, neither of you are changing your stance on this. No one's changing this. Now, we've spoken, and I tell you what, I like to, what I do at the moment, is bump into people and groups of people and go, hey, who do you think's more famous out of Trump or Taylor Swift?

That launches the nuclear bomb, and there's always opposing sides. You can just walk away. You'd love to chuck the grenade and walk away. Yeah, it's a fun little thing to do if you've got nothing else to do on a thursday but we've managed to track down because one of your arguments is all the older people would know trump but wouldn't know taylor yeah yeah well on looks like so we've tracked down someone from the grey power phone we have now. We've got Patricia on the phone. Patricia, how are you? Good, thank you.

Okay, if we showed you a picture of Donald Trump and Taylor Swift, who do you reckon would be more popular that you'd be able to recognise first? Both of them. That does not help us, Patricia. That does not help us. Taylor Swift. Yay! Love you, Pat.

Now, okay, if you don't mind me asking, would you say, age-wise, in the decades, how old? At heart, I'm 21. At heart, you're 21. Okay. But in body and health? Over 50. Okay, that's all I need. Wow, this backfired.

This backfired on you, Ben. Okay, fair enough. 21 at heart, though. Okay, fair enough. 21 at heart, though. Not everyone's 21 at heart. We're having a debate, Patricia. Who's more famous, Donald Trump or Taylor Swift? Now, not necessarily more liked, but just who's more well-known?

Well, I don't honestly think they can be compared. You're not helping us, Patricia. That's where we've gone wrong. It is a tough argument. We've gone wrong. They both go down in history for very different reasons. Taylor Swift for her impact on the music industry and Donald Trump for... All the great work he's done.

Some of the great work he's done. And some very contentious things. The Apprentice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That wasn't a bad show. You're right. The Apprentice. Hey, Patricia, hey, thank you very much.

Well, the debate will rage on. It will. Just tell me, have my answers been aired on radio? They haven't yet. Are you okay with that? Yes. We're just recording. We're hoping to play it tomorrow, if that's okay with you.

Yeah. Yes, that's fine. So which radio station is it because I would like to listen We'll sort this out later Trish That was Patricia from the Grey Power there So yeah the debate will rage on It will continue on We're not going to have an answer

There is no definitive answer That is the thing you're right there's no definitive answer Now Megan you're on a mission this week To try and get the name of the overnight security guard That is a thing. You're right. There's no definitive answer. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Now, Megan, you're on a mission this week to try and get the name of the overnight security guard. I'm calling him the night agent for a topical tie into the big Netflix show. But you're trying to get his name. It's been a year. He greets you lovingly every morning with, have a great day, Megan. And you don't know his name to respond.

No. And yes, I should have asked before it got to a year. But now it's respond. No. And yes, I should have asked before it got to a year, but now it's awkward. Yeah. You've also said, you've set the rule now that I'm not allowed to ask anyone else. No. Correct. Yeah.

I have to get it from him. And, you know, this is a man who would take a bullet for you. Security, a nerf bullet. He would definitely do that. Jen, my wife, was just like, why don't you just look at the stuff? Like, there are obvious solutions. Oh, yeah, there are. Yeah.

We could have ended this four days ago. I know. There's a staff list. There's people we could talk to. There's a lot of stuff. But right now. But that doesn't drag out five days of radio. No, we want to find unusual, like, left of center ways that you can get his name.

Also, I just sound like a dick because everyone's like, oh, do you not know his name? I know his name. I'm like, oh, yeah. Okay, fine. No, I don't know his name. We've never been formally introduced. Well, we tried to phone him on Monday morning, just hoping that he would answer the phone with his name. That didn't happen.

Morning, reception. Oh, morning. Who's this? How can I help you? Very cagey. Very cagey. Then yesterday Megan, we sent you in. This was an elaborate plan from Ben Boyce with a thank you card that we were signing for me for some reason, but no one could find

anything to thank me for. Maybe that's where it fell over, but anyway, he wrote his name on it, but it was very hard to read. So we couldn't make it out. I couldn't make out any letters. Today, what's the go today? What's come through on the text is suggestion 4487. For you to go around with a hat, which John has taken off his hat right now.

Names have been put into the hat. And you're going to go up to him and say, hey, we're doing a little bit of a draw, a giveaway for a free week's worth of hot drinks. Would you like to put your name in the hat? And you could win this prize. He can put his name on a piece of paper in the hat. And we come back here and we'll see what he writes. And we'll get his name.

He's like three days in a row. You've really taken our socialising from zero to 100. Oh, you know, it's great. He knows your name, gives you a great greeting. Now you're giving him a chance to win a week's worth of free hot drinks. And then do I go back later and be like, oh, sorry, you didn't win. Probably had to, you're right. Unless you want to pay for the weeks worth of hot drinks.

No, I'm okay. Okay, good luck. We'll cross live to Megan now. Okay. I don't know if she can hear us, but we can hopefully hear her. I've been to two events recently, just speaking on this issue, with name tags. Jeez, name tags are magnificent. They are really good, aren't they?

Imagine if we all had state-funded name tags. This would never be a problem. Okay, it feels like we've ended the reception. Good. We're doing a draw. We've got like a week's worth of free hot drinks that we're doing. So everyone's putting their name in a hat and then we're going to draw it out. That sounds very convoluted. hot drinks that they're doing. So everyone's putting their name in a hat and I'm going to draw it out. That does sound very...

Do you want to... As long as I can make you happy. As long as it makes you happy, Megan. He's so lovely, eh? All right. Always using her name. What a sweetheart. She's never using his.

It's like she's the head of the social committee where she's like, hey, we're doing a thank you card. Thank you. Okay, good luck. Sounds like something's been written on paper. committee. She's like, hey, we're doing a thank you card. Thank you. Okay, good luck. Sounds like something's been written on paper. Here we go. Have we got the name?

She's walking away. We can see through the giant window here we have in the studio. We can see towards reception. She's walking back right now. Back to the studio. We'll find out what is written. Are you joking me? Okay, so Megan.

This doesn't sound good. Doesn't sound good. We've heard a, you're joking me. Okay, she's. This doesn't sound good. It doesn't sound good. We've heard you're joking me. Okay, she's coming back through the studio doors right now. She doesn't look satisfied. Does the nameless security guard remain nameless? What's happened? Did he write his name on there?

He's written executive security and then signed it. So I thought the signature yesterday on the card looked like an S. Today I reckon it looks like an A. So I'm not, I don't know. He's that kind. He's like, I don't want to take all the drinks for myself. I'm going to share them with the team. Executive Security.

And he's like, I'm overnight. Chances are these drinks won't be around when I'm here. Yeah, you're right. It's just written for security. What a champion. A man whose name you haven't bothered to learn. Don't say haven't bothered. He's selfless.

Felt too awkward too. Anything that'll make you happy, Megan, I think we heard. He did say that. Okay, well, tomorrow we need to find another way, Megan. 4487 on the text. That doesn't involve the obvious answer of just asking someone else in the office. That is the obvious one. This will be fun every day, seeing how Megan goes.

We'll find out if she can get the name tomorrow. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast. The hits. Saying technology has made so many jobs obsolete. Even over the last 25 years, when you think I just mentioned the video shop. I know. Boom! It was here at the beginning of the century. I know my friends

used to, you know, their family ran a video store. The video store mastered it. Did you get any perks with that? Oh, you used to go over. It was quite fun when you'd go hang out at his place because you used to be able to watch a movie or, you know, things like that or play a game. But sometimes you'd be mid-movie or mid-game

and they'd come into the place because their place was right next to you. You opened the door and it was the video store and then their lounge was through there. They'd be like, hey, sorry, someone's just rented that. So you'd be like, oh, but I'm watching that. You know, it was like their second copy and you had to loot. Dude, whatever's at the end of Back to the Future, you never know if they made it back.

Exactly, yeah. But that was such a cool thing. You remember going to the video store on like a Friday, Saturday night, like for DVDs and like bust a video easy? If you went with too many people, though, there would be arguments as to what to get. Like me and my brother used to always argue over what, I wanted like something rom-commy, he wanted some action.

Yeah, you can never settle. Look at the back of them going, and then sometimes you'd be like, oh, they're all out. Oh, there's eight copies of whatever it is. I love the staff picks section I had a friend who worked at a video

she was like 17 years old and on Roacatane or something and he was like why are you the movie critic here you put like Shrek 2

as the critically acclaimed staff pick of the week they had a lot of power so what we want to do did you used to

work in a job that's now obsolete from the last 25 years? Yeah, even looking back to jobs you might have done through high school and university and things like that. Looking back and going, oh, that job doesn't actually exist anymore. Are we going to listen back to this break in like five years and be like, ha! Radio. Radio.

The AI bots will be listening back to it and going. I was a paper boy. You know, I had to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning and I'd deliver the paper and I had to meet Mr Pilkington outside the butchers at like 4.10 in the morning. And then he would load me up with what felt like 93 kilograms of papers. And you'd put the thing over the front handlebars. Very front heavy.

Yeah. Very front heavy. And I tell you what, there was, I remember a wonderful morning. It was torrential rain. Mum was like, okay, I'll drive you. And I tell you what, there was, I remember a wonderful morning, it was torrential rain. Mum was like, okay, I'll drive you. And I just sat in the back of the boot with the papers. And then I'd run out and deliver them to the left. I was like, where has this technique been for the last three years?

Mum's driving you around. Yeah. Well, I guess paper boys, probably not really, I think. I mean, there's still like physical papers, but less than this, physical newspapers. Did you ever ditch the papers in the creek? No. I did get into circular delivery. I have ditched a few circulars in my time, but I've also burdened many letterboxes that clearly stated no circulars with circulars.

And I was like, who cares? Just put it in the bin. Who cares? What's the hassle? You've gone into minor tending and you've got no circulars. Just because you can't be bothered putting something in the rubbish bin. Maybe they're trying to save the planet. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. We're talking about jobs that maybe don't exist anymore. Jobs you might have done back in the day. Yeah, we're counting down the top 100 songs of the first quarter century of the 2000s. So for the last 25 years and jobs that were around at the turn of the millennium in 2000, now gone. 2025, some big ones coming through. Remember our friend Ollie used to work in the Kodak photo printing store.

Now, for those not au fait, if you took a selfie back in the day, you had to wait until you had filled up the whole camera and then could be bothered taking it to the Photoshop to get developed. And then you probably got to see the image, I'd say, about four to six weeks after you'd taken it. Exactly. And then it would be blurry and not quite right. One-hour photos, and you'd get like 24 photos come back,

and you'd be like, yeah, no. Was it like $20 or something? Four of them would be good, and the rest you'd have to chuck out. Eyes shut. And orange blobs would just turn up on the phone. And then they went away in the drawer, and you never looked at them again. It's interesting, though. It's all kind of coming back.

What all my kids want is digital cameras. They want old-school digital cameras. And I see heaps of Instagram people where they go, Hey, I'll give you a little camera, disposable cameras. And people take it for a night, and it's a cool little trend that's going on at the moment. That trend was on wedding tables, too, for a while. Remember they'd leave the disposable camera, the couple on the wedding table?

People just put them down their pants. Yeah. We can't be trusted. We can't be trusted. Let's get Craig on. Job you used to do that's now obsolete, Craig? It was the milk run, guys, on the side of the truck. Oh.

Every day too. Jeez, we must have had strong bones back in the day. A lot of calcium. It was over 40 years ago, Steve. We'd be sitting on the side of the truck. The driver would be doing about 60 kilometres and we'd have to jump off with the milk, the glass milk bottles,

get the coins or the tokens and then try and get back on that in the same sort of 60 kilometres speed. So the driver wouldn't slow down at all? No, not at all. Not at all. Do you remember that horn, Craig? Did your truck have that horn?

Yeah, it had like a, a bit like a Mr. Whoopie horn, sort of thing. It was like, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. And then you'd be like, oh, here's the milk bottles out. Mum told me to put the milk bottles out.

The tokens out, you know. So you run to the gate and put the bottles out. Wow. Yeah, good idea. As long as they might, someone's just texting too, Craig. bottles out. You run to the gate and put the bottles out. Wow. Someone's just texting too Craig the rubbish truck runners.

So they would sprint off the back of the rubbish truck empty the bin we weren't too phased about separating plastics

back then. Dump the bin and then chuck the bin back and again that truck would never stop. Felt like that

was running about 60 k's an hour too. Yeah but I think the milk run was a bit tougher. Those boys were a bit soft. Was there beef between the rubbish truck and the milk truck? Sounds like it, right? Always.

Always. Hey, thanks, Craig. Appreciate it. Rachel, morning. A job you used to do that's now obsolete. Morning. I used to use the typing pool. What's the typing pool?

So the typing pool is where you've got a paper set out the back, well, it was set in an area of the office, and clients would, whatever clients were entitled to, they'd have an interview and the results or the outcome would be typed up in a letter and posted out to them. So we used to type up the letters, actually type them on an electric typewriter. So this was about 30 years ago.

Wow, the typing pool no longer around. No. Yeah. How many words per minute were you hitting? I don't actually know. I never tested. Are you still super fast at typing? Yeah, pretty fast.

I probably wasn't doing that one finger, one hand typing in the testers. Are you still super fast at typing? Yeah, pretty fast. I probably wasn't doing that one finger, one hand typing in the typing bowl. I remember when I first started on the radio, there was this, because they have to record the radio station if there's any complaints, and you have to keep it for a certain number of months. But then you had to like,

they were recorded on tapes, cassette tapes, and you had to wipe them. And it was my job to wipe them on this device that I'm pretty sure is responsible. i'm pretty sure the bulk eraser sort of thing the bulk eraser it's pretty responsible for my third testicle i think to like rub the yeah it was a guy at broadcasting school used to do it to his head and i was like i don't think any part of this is a good idea we've lost lost him. Is he with us? It's a very good question. Whatever happened to him?

Great text here. I used to service these telecom phone booths. Wow. Well, keep these coming through. These are so good. They're still around. Pick the kids vaping. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. We're talking about jobs that are obsolete maybe in the last 25 years because we're counting down the top 100 songs in the last 25 years. Next Friday we're doing that. And some great jobs coming through. Andrew, good morning to you. A job you used to do that's no longer around?

I used to work at Georgie Pie in Hamilton. Oh. I want a pie. So good, Georgie Pie. The $1, $2 menu? Yeah, $2 menu, $3. The chicken was a good one. The chicken was a good one. The chicken was a great pie.

Nothing really over $5, was there? No, it was good. I think McDonald's bought them out. That's right. They bought it back, and then I think everyone, oh, that was good. We had it for a bit, but we kind of failed. There's probably better pies out there now.

Yeah, that was the problem. Pie advancements. Yeah, the technology he had. We're like, oh, these are quite thin and soggy. A lot of food for your money. Georgie Pie was huge, wasn't it? I remember the ad and there was the family and they'd been out the day fishing

and it ended with, it looked like they were measuring, they were talking about measuring the fish but they were holding their hands up. Looking back on the ad, it looks like they were measuring something else and but they were holding their hands up. And looking back on the ad, it looks like they were measuring something else and sort of showing off. Oh, that's good. Georgie Pie, yeah.

RIP. Yeah, appreciate your call this morning. I remember my local Georgie Pie that was wild. You know how rumours would swirl around the schoolyard that it had to close down because they found sawdust all through the pies. They were sprinkling sawdust into the Georgie pies.

Some great texts coming through on 4487. Used to manage a video easy store. 20 years ago it was still in operation. It was huge as I say.

It was one of my highlights of the week. Been going there Friday, Saturday night. We went to I think a video shop. It was one of the last remaining video

shops a couple of years ago and it had turned into sort of half video store, half dream, a video shop. It was one of the last remaining video shops a couple of years ago and it had turned into sort of half video store, half dreamcatcher crystals store. It was kind of a combination of the two. It felt like a husband and wife had taken both of their passions

and combined them into one shop. Yeah. And the phone operator comes through on 4487. Oh, doing collect calls when you used to have to call up. Was it 018? I want to make a collect call and then they'd put you through and you're like, to who? To anyone. You're like, I used to call

like, oh, someone's on. Are they on there right now? Okay, we can find out some more. Is this Lisa from Video Easy or the telephone operator? I used to manage Video Easy. Oh, Video Easy! Too much nostalgia pouring in on the phones. We'll come back to the phone.

You hold that one, Ben. That's right. We'll just jump back to the Video Easy one. Lisa, memories from Video Easy? Actually, I actually loved it because I used to watch all the kids in the small community grow up. So I was there for 10 years. But it was just seeing all the kids in the small community grow up. So I was there for 10 years. But it was, yeah, just seeing all the things come and go

and the different videotapes go to DVDs. Yeah, were you part of the Be Kind Rewind era? Campaign? Yeah. Rewind your videos? Rewind, yep. Were you part of the, you wouldn't steal a woman's handbag, you wouldn't steal a car era?

You wouldn't pirate a movie? Yeah, no. Not part of that era. What would you, now, honestly, people, there would be a little section, either hidden behind some saloon doors or... Like those hanging tapes. The beads. The beads.

Yeah. Yeah, we used to call it the blue section. The blue section. Now... People go, oh, jeez, I don't know what I want. It's Yeah, we used to call it the blue section. The blue section. Now... People go, oh, geez, I don't know. It should be red. That's where your face goes. I wandered in there.

I didn't know what that was. That was a very vulnerable way to purchase a movie of that sort. Would you cast any judgment when spicy content was being purchased or rented? No, no. But you'd see them come up sort of like very timid and hiding the cover so that nobody else would see it. And then, of course, it would be all women working behind the counter. Just put that number four after the back of the future. Especially if they had a specific taste, you know, if it was very niche.

It was very niche, but they'd be very, very nervous about handing the car over. I'm demoralising you. Degrading! Sorry. I just like big busty ladies. I appreciate your call.

This is so good. We have to come back to this another day. Sorry, you had something else to say? What else were you going to say, sorry, Lisa? No, they would hide them between the kids' videos so that nobody else would see them as they were walking up to the counter. And, of course, then when we were sorting them out, we'd be like, oh, gosh, here we go.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hats. I've got a fake tanning tip I would like to bestow upon you guys. Yeah, okay. So I have one that's called Ultra Dark. Right. So I get a really, really, really dark fake tan and I put it on for only an hour

rather than, you probably don't know, but you keep like lighter ones and you leave them on for like six hours or overnight even. Okay. So you go hard and heavy. Yeah. So that's what I did yesterday. I was multitasking. I needed to mow the lawns You don't mow the lawns, do you?

Yeah, it would take me about an hour But you don't mow them in nice straight lines No, I did yesterday Because I was trying to impress my husband I was like, I'm going to do it properly Usually you just go erratic You run around in circles in whatever way I want Yeah, I did it in straight lines, you'll be pleased to know

But I put my fake tan on before I did the lawns because it would take me about an hour. And I was like, perfect. And then afterwards I'll shower. How big's your property? Jeez, now that's... I've got like three different patches of lawn. And so I...

On the estate? Of course, we live in the whops. Don't the help do it for you? Shut up Those people you've immigrated from Mexico Don't they do your gardens and lawns? Says the inner city boys I live out in the WAP WAPs

Anyway So I put my faked hand on I also like I don't know if it's too much information But I didn't want lines So I had like just my top on No bra on But I was like

I'll whip around I'll do it real quick. It's fine. It's on my property. So I did it. And then the neighbor out the front yard decided to come and talk to me when I was out the front. All I could think about was like, oh, I've got no bra on.

I've got no bra on. And he's like, eh. And that's all he could think about too. It was really cagey. She's got no bra on. You've got no bra on. It was really weird and cagey. And I was like, oh, my God. He knows. He knows. She's got no bra. It's really weird and cagey and I was like oh my god. He knows.

He knows. He probably doesn't but you know in your head that you're probably thinking that, right? I don't think he does. I think the reason he was cagey was because I forgot that I had ultra dark fake tan all over my body, including my face. Oh, you were getting into dangerous territory.

I see. Canceled territory. He must I see. Almost got cancelled yesterday. Cancelled territory. He must have been looking at me thinking, what are you doing? You're like, wrap this conversation up. I need to get back inside and brush. I've got no bra on. We were worried about two different things.

But yeah, don't do that in public. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. All right. Welcome along to us fumbling and guessing our way through the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We're five deep.

Yes, well, you're on to question number five, so actually four deep. Don't get too far ahead of yourself, mate. This has been our problem this week. All right, question number five. Which European city is known for its vintage store scene in neighbourhoods like Camden and Brick Lane? London, Berlin or Amsterdam? It's London, isn't it?

London and Camden. Yeah. That is correct. Yes! Well done. Alright, we're into politics now. You guys got this. Local or international? It is local. Okay. And you guys might be old enough to remember. No, I'm just kidding.

I'm out. Norman Kirk. Michael Joseph Savage That's my era Alright Which political party Did Winston Peters leave To establish New Zealand first

Was it Labour, National or Act He was National I feel like it was National Yeah Oh was he He's been all over the place Surprisingly I think It was National

Yeah he was in National That is correct Well done What did you think of it? I don't even remember that. It was too young. You weren't allowed to vote back then. That's sad.

I know. I was terrible. I was a getter. All right. Question number seven. What is the height of Mount Maunganui? Now, I'm guessing this is in metres because it doesn't say the, what is it called?

The measurement? You know what I mean. Is it 200 metres, 170 metres, or 230 metres? So, yeah, what's the height of Mount Maunganui? This is a pure guess. It is, isn't it? Yeah, you're right. It's all around the same.

We climbed up there one day. We were broadcasting in Tauranga And we were like Oh we'll go get a photo at the top of the mount And I don't know how we screwed it up But we somehow got lost climbing up the top of the mount Like it's very clearly marked And then we ended up

A lady directed us to She's like oh you can just go up there Literally It was almost like a 45 degree Angle We had to like climb ladders It's like the goat track Yeah, literally. It was almost like a 45 degree angle. We had to climb ladders. It's like the goat track. It's a little easy if you kind of walk around.

Not easy, but you can kind of go around the outside. It takes a bit longer. More leisurely. We were in our work clothes going, what are we doing? And that felt like 200 metres. Okay, at least. At least 200 metres. It felt like that.

Interesting. What's the highest? 230 okay 230 probably felt more 230 actually that is correct yeah nice work guys question number eight which cancer treatment involves using the body's immune system to fight cancer cells is Is it chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or immunotherapy? Immunotherapy. That's correct. Bang.

Nice work. Okay. All right, we're going into history now. Question number nine. What century was the first Geneva Convention Agreement signed? Oh, God. Yeah, sorry.

Was it the 19th century, the 18th century, or the 20th century? How long has that been around for? Let's just take, purely we're going to have to take a... 19th century. Okay, let's go with that one. Megan says 19th century, the 18th century, or the 20th century? How long has that been around for? Let's just take purely, we're going to have to take a... 19th century. Okay, let's go with that one. Megan says 19th.

That is correct. Hey! Well done. We're on to question number 10. 10, guys. I did know history. Maybe it stuck. Okay.

Here we go. Known as Louis the Last, which French king was executed in 1793? Was it Louis... The last? How many Louis were there? Louis XIII, Louis XVI, or Louis XIV? Or Louis the Fly? He didn't last long.

Louis the... XVI. XVI, because he's the last Louis. No, but how do you know that there was a Louis XVI? Yeah, they might... I see your rationale, though. You're right. 16th because he's the the last Louis out of them but how do you know that there was a Louis the 16th but yeah they might I see your rationale though

you're right but you think that yeah let's go with logic let's do 16 Louis get another name yeah hide it out no but I'll go with

Jono's logic we need something King Jeff at 4 minutes 30 we need something so let's go 16 that's correct

oh Jono Ben and Megan Let's go, 16. That's correct. Keita, it's you. You're a daddy quiz. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Jacinda Ardern's got a documentary just come out in Sundance. It's going to be out in New Zealand later in the year. Mixed reactions, I was reading.

Said it was really good at humanising her, but maybe not quite political enough for some of the people that reviewed it. Was it called Jacinda Hard-Earned? Hard-Earned. It doesn't look like she's worked hard. She had a hard-earned role. Clark Gafford was the producer. Maybe you should have texted him about that, mate.

Was he the producer? He was one of the producers. Oh, that would make a lot of sense. What's it actually called? I don't actually know. Jacinda. Yeah, it's all about her being a leader, though. And so, yeah, be out in New Zealand mid-year.

Right, now, can I tell you what's not going to be out mid-year It's here right now It's the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz With Quiz Queen producer Ellie Who comes in every day And plagiarises content from the New Zealand Herald I sure do For our benefits How's the Quiz Queen been over the last 24 hours?

Yeah, good, thank you How are you guys going? Are you feeling good? We're feeling smart It's the tail queen been over the last 24 hours? Yeah, good, thank you. How are you guys going? We're feeling good. We're feeling smart. It's the tail end of the week. Yesterday we did alright in the quiz. Let's see how we go today. Still haven't had a 10 out of 10 this year.

No, you're right. We have been suckling from the sweet tea to the battery. Dude, it's only like two weeks in. It's almost the end of January though. Alright, let's have some winning water. We got this. Okay, question number one. Which car company produces the Mustang? Ford.

That is correct. There we go. Good start. Nice. All right. This one's for you, Megan. What material, or both of everyone, but what material are F1 car bodies primarily made from? Is it carbon fiber, steel, or aluminum?

Carbon fiber. That is correct. All, steel or aluminium? Carbon fibre. That is correct. All right, Megan. Two from two. Okay, the car stuff's working well. Feeling good. Two car questions. All right.

Ben, how many wheels does a car have? Three? No. Cars is not really my forte, so yeah. All right. Which notorious criminal Was known as The Son of Sam And terrorised New York City

In the late 1970s I do know this Was it Richard Ramirez Yeah Ted Bundy Or David Berkowitz It was Richard Ramirez

Was 94 wasn't he Yeah He might have been The Night Stalker Ramirez What were the other ones Bundy Ted Bundy Or David Berkowitz. Bundy was earlier.

Did you say it had to be in the 90s? It's in the 70s. Oh, 70s. This person was known as the Son of Sam and terrorised New York City in the late 1970s. Where was Bundy? Was he in New York? No, Bundy. I don't think Bundy had a nickname.

No. No. And I think Ramirez was, wasn't he in the 90s? I watched that docker on him recently. Okay, so you're saying by process of elimination, it's old David Berkowitz. Who's David? The son of Sam.

He could be the son of Sam. Oh, this is a huge defamation case. All right. Thanks for putting my name in there. Just an accountant. Everyone thinks I'm a serial murderer. Okay, so you're this girl with David? David Berkowitz.

That is correct. Yay! Well done. Have you seen Richard Ramirez? Ooh, incredibly handsome. Yeah, he is handsome. Oh, okay. So is Bundy.

Was it Ted Bundy? Yeah, wasn't he? He had a bit of charm, didn't he? Although, like, everyone goes on about how hot he was, and then you look back and you're like, eh. No, Ramirez definitely had the lovely cheekbones. Yeah, he did. And see why he lured people in.

All right. He would have got you. He would have. He would have had me. He was away with me. Question number four. Which historic trail in Victoria is known for its gold rush history? Uh-oh.

Is it Great Ocean Road, the Murray River, or the Goldfields? Well, let's put it At the text machine Yeah You don't want to go By the name No let's put it At the text machine Someone listening right now

Maybe from Australia Been to Australia Has heard of Australia Any of those things Yeah 4487 on the text Please help us out This is our lifeline

The question again Producer Ellie Which historic trail In Victoria Is known for its Gold rush history Is it Great Ocean Road The Murray River

Or the Goldfields