Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Live Courtroom Showdown

Episode Date: November 24, 2025

On today’s show: Live courtroom showdown to decide if Ben was sabotaged by his daughters and wether he is out of the Mariah game Jono offends a pregnant lady... Megan gears up for a 1.6 km stilt-walking comeback after more than a decade! Dear Megan, Should I keep buying gifts for family who never reciprocate?  Drax Project joins us to chat about their new single Summer Rain, summer tour plans, and they attempt the reverse singing challenge. Jono breaks all the rules in a crowded elevator. How a celebrity basketball challenge accidentally delayed filming for Star Wars! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to Hello Fresh, cook easy, delicious dinners the whole family will love because nothing beats dinner time. Welcome to the podcast. It's been an eventful morning and you're here at all on the podcast this morning. Am I still in the Mariah Carey game or not? That is what we took to a court case live on the radio. She's weird stilting, didn't we? We had it all. Stilts and court cases, what more would you want in one hour of radio? That's right. Action-packed. Because Megan, you're taking part in the Santa Parade in front of hundreds and hundreds. of thousands of innocent children that you could slam into. Yeah, but you're stilt walking, which is, you haven't done for a number of years.

And it's, I did it for like 10 minutes and man, my legs are sore. And we talked to Pam from the Santa Parade on the show today. I have to go 1.6Ks. We know that. We've been saying that. But you'll be very confident about the whole situation. Yeah, it's suddenly dawning on what I've agreed to. Yeah.

It's always a good way to approach challenges. in life is don't think about them too hard until you actually have to do them. That's how I approach everything. Yeah. It's a good way. Otherwise, uh, and you'll deal with it on the day. I'll have adrenaline on the day. You'll make it through. You'll make it through. Just by the way, you've got a big, um, hair on your bed. I think it's from the, the judge wig.

Yeah, we've got a judge's wig for the court case that we did for Ben. Before you go home to your wife with that, because I don't know if she's going to believe. Well, she'll be like, what, a 95 year old, have you been sleeping with great, gray hair? It's my target demo, babe. But yeah So the people decided whether Ben was still in the Mariah Carey game or not After a potential sabotage from his daughters

And you're going to hear that court case right now John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits You are about to enter the courtroom Of Judge John O'Pryor The people are real The cases are real

The rulings are final This is Judge John O. Yes, welcome. Well, yeah, now we need to go through the facts. These are the facts that I think we all can agree on. We're playing our Mariah Carey game, right? We are. That's a game where we can all play

where you try and avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. If you hear her song, her version, you are out of the game, no matter where you hear it, right? But there is the no sabotage rule that's been introduced this year, and this is why we're having a bit of a court case. Well, your daughters, your own flesh and blood,

Siena and Indiana Boyce They bought a builder beer And inside that builder beer They put a musical device Where if you push the poor It would play the song Now they gave me the beer I pushed the beer

They didn't tell me to push the button But I pushed the beer You'll hear the audio right now We obviously beeped out the Mariah Carey part For anyone playing the game A little present for you You're Christmas Do you like it?

You want to say thank you for everything Oh mate but thank you It's nice guys It's lovely Oh that's cute No, that's not... Come out of my game!

You're out. No, that's sabotage. You pressed the button. Nothing. How? You didn't press the button. You pressed the button. No, I'm not.

I'm still on the game. You're out of the game. You're out. No, you're not. Is it sabotage or not? That's why. You need to decide 4487 on the text. Megan, you're going to defend me very shortly.

Yes, and as your lawyer, I want to instruct you to say nothing else. You might incriminate yourself. Yeah, I think I almost did before, actually. So I'll just fire over now to my daughter, Siena. Welcome, the plaintiff from the prosecution. As we did mention, like one of those psychotic criminals who thinks they can defend themselves better than an actual lawyer who went to university for eight years.

It's going to be representing herself. What do you have to say, Siena? Well, good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the breakfast jury. Let's make one thing clear. Dad pressed a poor. He was not forced. He acted on his own free will. Therefore, he is out of the game.

Let's examine the facts. The bear was given by us, his daughters, as an innocent loving gift. That he handed over his credit card for. Yeah, that I pay for it, but anyway. Yes, but it was an innocent loving gift. It wasn't innocent. Yes, there is a strict, no sabotage rule. But members of the jury, for sabotage to occur, we would have had to cause the song to play.

But not. We simply just provided the bear. Dad made the choice to press the poor. chose curiosity and curiosity chose Mariah Intent matters and the only provable intent was Dad's. We intended to give him a fun

gift. Dad intended to interact with the beer and in doing so he mariaed himself. Wow. So thank you. Still gone. He heard all I want for Christmas is you. He triggered it by his own actions and he eliminated himself by the game

with his own thumb. The prosecution rest. Thanks to Sienna and also chat chippy tea, I think, for that one as well. It was a well-rounded argument. Judge Johnna would be a shocking judge because I'm like, damn, that's a good point. She raised a lot of good points there. She did some good work. Okay.

We need to go whisper away together about stuff that we need to talk about how we come back to them. Don't know how innocent you are, Sienna. The cord is in recess. Go and have a vape. Go and have a smoke. Have a pee. We'll be back shortly as Megan defends me in the case of. The beer that played Mariah Carey, it is the hit.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. We're having something a bit different, a bit of a court case, live on the air. You are about to enter the courtroom of Judge John O' prior. The people are real. The cases are real. The rulings are final. This is Judge Dino.

We've all dressed up in suits. Grace went and got me a judge's wig to, really scratchy wig, to be honest. Which you unnervingly suit. I feel like a Bogan Baithoven or something. He's a photo of all of our court attire on the Hits Breakfast Instagram. We're in the middle of the court case. We've just heard Siena, your daughter's prosecution.

She put her case forward. Now, to recap what's gone on? Okay, so Mariah Carey game, we're all playing. We're trying to avoid listening to Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas is you. If you hear it, you're out of the game. There is a no sabotage rule this year. And my daughters love the song, so they decided. They would buy me a beer that was loaded up with a song on it.

It's Mariah Carey's song that gave me the beer. And I pressed the poor to activate the song. And now I'm like, well, that's sabotage, or is it? We heard from Siena, who said it's all about intent. Their intent was to give you a lovely Christmas present. Your intent was to push the bear's hand. They have said that. Yeah, at no point did they say push the poor.

That was all me. I chose the beer pushing. Can I ask you to say no more, please? Sorry, Megan's representing me. She gets very nervous every time I just keep talking. Yeah. How much you're paying her per hour, Megan? We haven't got to that, actually.

He doesn't realize he can't afford me, that's okay. Pro bono, is that what we're doing? Okay. What's your case for the defence? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today we face the uncomfortable truth that my client, Ben Boys, was sabotaged. Not by a competitor, not by chance,

but by his own daughters. Let us examine the facts. Okay. Ben received a gift, a teddy bear, seemingly innocent, given with love. But unbeknownst to him, the bear was armed with the very weapon designed to eliminate him. Mariah Carey's all I want for Christmas is you. She's right. She's right. He did.

He did what any loving father would do. He pressed the button. Exactly. Trusting his children and the gift they'd given him. Now, sabotage is defined as an action taken to undermine, obstruct or cause faith. The premeditation was there. The intent was there. There we go.

My client's daughters intentionally rigged the beer to ensure he would trigger the song. The result is my client's elimination from the game. This is classic sabotage, ladies and gentlemen. And if we are to honour the spirit of fairness, justice and game integrity, we must recognise who's truly responsible here. his daughters Siena and Indiana Ben was sabotaged

and it is only right that he be reinstated in the game Oh I like this lawyer Stop there Stop there It's good work That's good

That was good Both are the prosecution and defence brought to you by AI We appreciate We should put it into AI And see what does AI decide It was really That was another great point you made there

I have no idea It's very meditation. They knew what they were doing. Okay, so now it's over to you, the jury, right? Now, this is the format, okay? We can't have a hung jury. Well, you can be well hung, but we can't end up hung. Okay?

We need all three... We're going to unanimous. All three jurors to agree, whether you're still in or out of the game. If found guilty, you will be sentenced to 12 months free of Mariah Carey. Okay, well, no, Mariah Carey. Inclusive. You can enjoy it. Okay.

Free to live your life. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits In the middle of our Mariah Carey game Which has made us Have a court case live on the air You are about to enter the courtroom

Of Judge Jano Breyer The people are real The cases are real The rulings are final This is Judge Jano So the Mariah game Which we are all playing here on the Hits Just trying to avoid listening

to the song, my daughters brought me a beer over the weekend. The beer had Mariah Carey's song loaded onto it. I pushed the poor. No denying that I pushed the poor and heard the song Mariah's version and, well, am I out of the game because we've introduced the no sabotage rule this year?

What was your daughter's motive? When the beer is loaded with the very song that would get you out of the game. Thank you, Megan. Megan's my lawyer? The evidence. Very good, Megan. You're pretty good. Evidence, A. It's a bidet.

Who? You're a Christmas. Yeah. Do you like it? You want to say thank you for everything. Oh for me, but thank you. It's cute. Thanks, guys.

It's lovely. Oh, that's cute. No, that's not. I'm not really. The beep is obviously the song playing in the background. So that is what we've been presented with. This was Siena, your daughter. Pitching her case.

Members of the jury for sabotage to occur, we would have had to cause a song to play. but not. We simply just provided the beer. Dad made the choice to press the port. Okay. And Megan, Megan Pappas, your defendant,

who's come dressed in a very expensive looking blazer that looks like you're going to have to pay the bill for there, Ben Boys. This is what she had to say. The premeditation was there. The intent was there. There we go. My client's daughters intentionally rigged the beer to ensure he would trigger the song.

I love it how you're the hype man. Oh, yeah, she's good. She's good. Yeah, keep going. Keep going. You're doing well, man. All right, so we're going to go to the jury. It needs to be unanimous. We can't have a hung jury if it's hung.

You walk free and you continue playing the game. Jure number one. Jenei, welcome to the court. Good morning. I think he's out of the game. It's not sabotage. I agree with Sienna. Because if you're walking in a mall or you're listening to a radio,

another radio station, you're scrolling on TikTok and you hear it, it's not sabotage. So I think he's out of the game. Oh, okay, okay. The beer was given to him intentionally. You can't banter with the jurors, mate. That's buddy tampering, tampering.

John O'Corp. There's my bloody thing. He's out of the game. Okay, well, it's not the start we wanted, Megan. Not the start we wanted. Order. It's bloody madness in here. Okay.

Michelle. Hi. juror number two He's in I'm still in He is He is not out He is in

That was sabotage One for one Hung jury Hung jury Have we got one more juror We need one more juror to make a decision If you Do you

No I No Jenae Did we clear him as a juror He's been like talking to the media Yeah I think I knew him from somewhere before Yeah, no, when you have to be thrown out as a jury? Can I get him thrown out? What, after you hear of decision?

Celia, depending on what you say, you may or may not be thrown out of the jury. Welcome. Jury number three, what do you want to say? Oh, he's not guilty. It was clear entrapment from the children, and I think Siener should be charged in Pundale and Doovee. Jury, oh, Jimmy. Are you the one that texts through under the Crimes Act, 1961? It's a no-no?

Yeah, all those years and police must have counted something. Or at least Ben has to tell her she's a doctor. All right, so what does that mean? You're still in the game. Majority rules, baby. Yeah, well done. Well done. Thank you very much to all the jurors.

Oh, jeez, I'm not looking forward to that. Thank you to the justice system. And thank you to ZDM for this great wig I'm wearing right now. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Yeah, crazy. Well, not crazy, but it's an interesting interaction yesterday with a heavily pregnant lady.

Ben, I know you go under the same policy that sort of under no circumstances do I bring up a potential pregnancy. Even if I'm in the corner of the delivery room, the baby's emerging out with a birth certificate in his hand, I'll still act surprise when they go, oh, I'm pregnant, you know? Yeah.

So it was talking to her, and it was just eyes locked in. And she was quite far along. Jew, as I found out in February. Okay. Okay. So the interaction goes on. just a bit of chat. No, nothing baby or bump related.

Right. Okay. Then she goes, oh, well, next year, obviously I'll be taking, you know, nine months off. And I was like, oh, really? Why's that? And she looked at me and she went, you're kidding, right? That's your invitation. And she goes, have you seen?

And I was like, oh, I didn't know. No, I started a gaslighting girl. I was like, I didn't notice that. Congratulations. So then I had to put on a whole performance. pretending that I hadn't seen how heavily pregnant she was. Anyway, she drew it out for a while and she was like, don't worry, guys do this all the time.

They don't even, you don't even want to go there, do you? But as soon as you've given the okay, you know, she was giving you the okay. Like I said, I don't want to know until I've got rock hard evidence. Until that baby is in my arms, that sweet little child. Yeah. Also, don't ever say to a pregnant woman, you're heavily pregnant. don't use that term is that not a term

no why because they already feel heavy yeah don't use it as like what do you think in her head afterwards you would have gone did he not know is am I like did he think I'm like this all the time you know like do you think in her head that would have caused more

more anxiety yeah I don't know I haven't been because there is a point where have you been heavily pregnant there no there is a point where it's like five or six months where you're like oh I just look awkwardly chunky

just look a bit flat and then if you're saying you didn't even notice that it was like a pregnant belly maybe her didn't move mine did go to that there's no winning there's no winning you can't go hey you put a few pounds on you can't go hey you're pregnant you know what do

what is a middle-aged white guy to do she says I'm having nine months off and you just walk away and be like I don't want any part of this conversation I'm good on you enjoy it John O'Ben and Megan the podcast

The Hits And speaking of Dax Project, they've got a new single out called Summer Rain. Yeah, which is just released today as well. They're going to be going on a summer tour, too. Hopefully, not through the summer rain. Over this coming New Year's as well, you can see them live. And this is a bit of a taste of it for you. And they join us in the studio.

Okay, we're here with Dax Project. We're just matches for porridge across the road. Is this all for you? Or have they, like, it's come in two servings. That's the intention is, but now that we're here, we might have to go scoop for scoop and around the table. Well, no, I wasn't trying,

but they've given you in two containers, which I've found interesting. Yeah, and they're both exactly the same. I feel like the first time they've ever had takeaway porridge because the bamboos of them, they put it into two containers. It's not a takeaway food, is it? Just chuck it in your pocket,

like, that'll be fine. Also, for like a cool dude and a band, he's like, can I get some takeaway porridge? I don't pick off ever? sat down for breakfast with anyone ever and they've ordered porridge that's nice

very often very often man porridge is not I'm with you man porridge is nice I've never had a take away slow release energy

oh well great you're great to have you guys in a new single summer rain which is very exciting yeah we had a wee sneak peek at oh you did

yeah very very cool actually very catchy as you guys do great stuff catchy now I want to know now are you allowed to say because it's about a single about a girl

comes and goes like the summer rain is that about anyone in particular killer we actually wrote a song a while ago i can't remember who was about it's it's kind of like she came in there she went it was so long ago she really impacted your life we just got a song out of it i guess yeah there's a line in there and it says till i try forget her and obviously we were quite successful with that so uh so songs that you do write

about people do they know that there's songs written about i just feel like writing songs is like storytelling embellished truth and like probably a combination of a few different experiences but that's kind of our general experience because there's four of us well that's what i was like when you hear uh wonderful hip-hop music a lot of hip-hop songs they're confessing to crimes you know we've been running drugs i've been doing that and i'm like is this are they actually is this going to be evident yeah i mean surely look i was like don't sing about it guys don't you see Hey, something I saw yesterday that I didn't realize you guys did. You lived in Adele's old house.

Yeah. How did that come about? Is that just a house on Airbnb or what's the deal? It was just a rental. Is that pre-19 album? It was when she first moved to LA apparently. But before her, it was Nicky Minaj. And before Nicky, it was Scott Storch.

First name bass is Nicky. Oh. Ridicust. The keyboard dudes. Still dray. You know, like, ding, ding, ding. Oh, wow. Yeah.

So what, this is just a house that you can record. Or is it just a house tip, say, it tells house on the Airbnb? It was our residence in L.A. when we lived there a few years ago. It was on Coldwater Canyon Drive, which is like an iconic row. Anyway, we got a basketball hoop. And I was shooting in the, shooting not really buckets, just bricks in the driveway. But those tourist van buses would go past with no tops on. Oh, I'm sitting in these buses, watching all these people.

So they'd come past, I'm shooting hoops and they're taking photos of me. It was before the days of double porridge, wasn't it? Back when you were, you're a struggle street. You should have seen how much porridge he had back then. Every time I hear a drag song now, I'm just going to think about that porridge. Oh, no. Oh, this is always fun hanging out with you guys. Okay, Sean, we'd love to play a game with you.

It's called the Reverse game. So we get you to sing some of your music in reverse to see how close you can get it to the original. Okay, Sean, you just need to pick a line, one line for you. a song can be one of your new song or one of your songs anything at all and just have to sing that as you would normally she's like summer rain the laughing's going to throw you out okay one more you reverse laugh one more without laughing it's your own song have another go you wouldn't believe she's like summer rain okay now lovely now that was beautiful to you in reverse Can I hear it again?

Hear it again? Oh my gosh, so hard. That's it. Okay. One more go? Yeah, all good. I'm good. Okay.

All right. Now, you're going to sing it backwards. Here we go. Okay, now we'll play it. Forward's that bit and see how close it is the original. She's like some worries. Oh! Yeah, really good.

Wow. That was great. Perfect. I feel so strict. You know it. You made it wrong. I was like, Oh, that's perfect.

How did they go? That was great. It was really good. Yeah, no, it was great. All right. Well, Matt's Porridge is getting cold, so we're going to have to wrap this up. Thanks for coming on to tracks,

Brojee. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the Hits. The Farmer Santa Parade is on this weekend, really getting into the festive spirit, so with hundreds of thousands of people. and we had an idea to do it with megan yeah megan used to walk on stilts how many years ago over 10 years ago i literally just did the calculation so i walked in the nelson santa parade 25 years ago and we and i've not done much still walking since we thought it was time

for a christmas parade comeback uh for me you'd be bragging about how easy it was for you to go around the house to the guttering do things well maybe you could walk the whole santa parade yeah we uh we need to get sign off though and joining us right now the general manager, the big dog from the Farmer Santa Parade, Pam, good morning. Hello. How are you, Pam?

I'm excited. Aren't we all? We are very excited. Taking this to another level, literally. Can't wait. So what do you think? This news that you have is amazing.

Okay, Pam. I don't know what I've got myself into. to just like double-check. Is there any concerns you have for me going into this? No, no. You had to think about that for way too long time. The worst thing that can happen is that you'll trip and fall.

And smash into an innocent family. Now, you don't want that happening. Or just hurt myself. Yeah, or hurt yourself. but it sounds like you're pro at this. Oh, I don't know who told you that. You probably, you've been turning it up. Look, it's one of those things that I've done.

I do actually own stilts, but it's been in the attic for a long time. But I'm hoping it is like riding a bike. Cool. That's not what Pam, as the organiser wants to hear. Do you maybe want to do a practice every day between now and the parade? Yeah. Okay, I can do that. I can do that.

I don't know where I'm going to do it. Like, I don't know if I want to walk down my street. Well, the neighbours will be like, what is wrong with you? Yeah, it's a long way walking on sticks, isn't it? It is a long way. And the other thing is, it's not like at pace. It goes very slowly. Like, how long from start to finish do you think the sand parade is?

Okay, because you're at the front of the parade. Oh, great. You know, it's probably looking at between 50 minutes, max an hour. It's a long time stilton. That is a long time on stilts. That's some stilton. Now, Pam, we don't need to talk in front of Megan, but we want to arrange a costume. Can we talk to you about this offline?

Can we take this offline? Yeah, sure, sure. Because I don't like own stilt pants or anything like that. So I was thinking maybe like a candy cane or like a cute Mrs. Claw. I'm sure I'll sort it out. Well, you know, it'll be taken on board. Something really cute, Pam. Okay, now I'm trying, I'm looking at the costume that we have.

Oh, you've got one, yeah. Okay. It's very, it's very colourful. Oh, that's good. That's good. Unfortunately, not a candy cane. That's okay. No.

You've probably got enough of them in the parade already. Yeah. And we've got pants, long pants, and yeah, it could be a wet warm. Would you say it was a sort of sexy costume? Megan wants to be looking, uh, well, not two sexy, it's. It's a family-friendly sexy. Yeah, we don't want you're showing too much stilts. Is it a cute costume?

She'll be well-covered with it. Oh, good, good, that's good. Oh, well, Pam, hey, looking forward to this. How long have you been doing the Sander Parade for, Pam? Oh, maybe too long. It's been lost. What, like, talk of decades? Yeah.

Really? And you work on the Sands Parade all year long? I do. There's always every day. stuff to do it's it's a tradition that we've got to try and keep going hundreds of thousands of people turn up like it's a it's a huge thing it's such a special thing to have yeah yeah it's got incredible support so we hope everyone comes out and supports it again well in case you don't hear it enough pam thank you for entertaining thousands of people and bringing us some christmas magic every year

oh that's cool thanks and thank you for putting megan on stilts in your parade like That's cannot, you know, the fans wanted it, the public wanted it. The innocent bystanders, who knows if they'll want it? They think they want it. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Yeah. Dear Megan. This is blowing up on the socials, according to producer Troy,

loads of comments, and then he's like, those comments are getting likes. So some great engagements. A lot going on here, but here's the scenario we'd like to get your thoughts to help this person out. It reads, Dear Megan, I recently told, told my husband that I don't want to buy Christmas presents for his sister and her husband anymore. Every year, they never buy us anything. So I feel like it's a one-sided effort. Every year it's the same and it's starting to feel unfair. My husband was upset when I pitched this. He says it's not cool to stop getting them presents just because they don't reciprocate,

especially since they aren't as well off as us. He was like, the spirit of Christmas is about giving blah, blah, blah. I get that. But I also don't want to keep feeling present for every year. I'm the one who always does the Christmas shopping and I'm sick of putting thought and effort into their gifts to be honest. Do you guys agree with me or am I the jerk? It just feels so unfair. Yeah, I, like I saying, I see the husband's point. I see it's not, it's the reason for the season's about giving. If they're in a position where they can afford to give presents, why wouldn't you to make people feel good? But also in the same breath, sounds like he's not doing any of the heavy lifting.

A lot of the comments that are just reading on the Facebook page, you're like, well, get him to do it there. It's like, okay, sweet. Away you go. If you want to be the reason for the season, so that I completely agree with. So that's what, like half of the comments on the page you go, get the husband to do it. It's easy to sit on the couch and go, mate, don't ruin the reason for the season. Yeah.

Are you going down to the warehouse? Yeah. You keep saying reason for the season, but I, you know, I love rapping presents. I love buying presents. I love giving to other people. But it's not the reason for the season. And I get annoyed at this. is you don't need presents for the magic of Christmas, right?

And it's nice to get them. But, like, if you're giving them and they're not giving anything a maternity, you don't want to give it anymore, don't. Just don't give it. It doesn't mean you love them any less. It is the reason for the season. Why else do you want to hang out with your family?

Because they're giving you free stuff, right? That's why they invented it. People put so much on the presents, and, like, if you get a present, it's nice. But, like, hanging out with your family and, like, doing the special thing. is what Christmas is actually about. Yeah, sure.

Should this person just pitch and just go, hey, why don't we just get... Because we've done this often in our family the last few years. It's like, let's just get stuff for the kids. Yeah, you know, and there's the adults. It's where you just, you know, like we can just hang out and be together. They don't even have an agreement because it's not a two-way street. Just stop buying them.

They can't be angry. What are they going to say to you? Where's our present? They're not going to. The problem is when you set up a present agreement or an arrangement, Someone always breaks the bloody arrangement and buys a present and it throws the whole equilibrium out

they can't do that at it at all yeah because I'm like because you've done that before than Nanda and then she got you a present my wife said no presents I'm like great this year and then she pulled out one on Christmas day and she was like I did see this

I was like no you monster no no didn't she say I don't need a present yeah yeah that's different we've spoken about that I don't need a present my love but I would really love it

he listened I listened I kept my the bargain up. Okay, so what are we going to suggest to this person? That's what we need your thoughts on. Oh, 800, the hits, 4487. Do they just not get a present? Does the husband go out and get the presents?

Or maybe they get them something. A lot of people suggesting, like, well, why don't you get them some food? Or home baking? You know, like, do something, you know, a bottle of wine or some biscuits or things like that that they can... Give them your time. Okay. I know those disgusting fruit loads with big nuts in it. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast.

As we mentioned before, just our four weeks, the Christmas. Not long to go now. It's just a month and we are getting into a bit of a Christmas debate this morning. Dear Megan. Yeah, someone sliding into Megan's

DMs and Megan underscore Hot Lips Pappas. Is that the Instagram handle? What do you call it? Megan Louise Pappas. This is Hot Lips. Making,

making, where was Hot Lips from? Hot Lips Hoolahann from that bloody MASH show. That was the bane of all our childhoods. Yeah. So this one is Christmas related, it was bound to happen.

I recently told my husband that I don't want to buy Christmas presents for his sister and her husband anymore. Every year they never buy us anything, so I feel like it's a one-sided effort. The husband got upset, and he said, it's not cool to stop buying the presents just because they can't give back, and Christmas is about giving.

Yeah, and you're saying the large percentage of feedback on the Facebook page on the Hits Breakfast is, well, get off and Yeah, you do it. You buy a present. Husband. You do it, then. Your sister, you do it. She definitely, like, if they decide to do presents, that's 100% what she should do. And say, okay, cool.

Sweet, you're in charge this year, you know. I just keep thinking it's actually not about the presents. Like, it is the spirit of giving, but give them your time. Spend time with them, hang out. Like, especially at the moment. Like, some people are like, it's the worst thing you'd give someone a good time. Greatest present. Greatest present is not turning up.

Sometimes you're like, oh, do I want to hang out with these people. I like this message from Tarnia on the Facebook page. They probably can't wait for Christmas as you get them something special. Christmas is a hard time for so many families. If you can't afford to, give, because one day you might be in the opposite position. It might look forward to it. Yeah, lovely advice. I hope Andrew, your husband's listening to, too, that you really don't care about the presents at Christmas time too, Megan?

Oh, no. That doesn't apply for him. Oh, it just applies for the radio. No, babes. I really like presents. Jamie, welcome. Hi. What do you reckon on this one, mate?

Well, we've got quite a few adults in our lot, so we've decided. a long time ago to do Secret Santa. So you set a budget that everyone can afford and then you only have to buy for one person and everyone still get something. Yeah, it's a great tool. That's what we do in our family.

It's also a great technique for passive aggressive bullying through gift, isn't it, too? Yeah. You know, what you give me some rogay? What's this for, you know? You can kind of get little stabs into the family. Appreciate it, Jamie. Yarn with us on 0800 of the hits.

Welcome to Dea Megan. Hey, guys, how are you? Hey, good. Oh, look, I live by my wife's rules And my wife says If I want to buy somebody a present I buy the present And so I completely agree

If he wants them to have presents He should go out and buy them There's no one saying that they don't deserve presents So they shouldn't have them But if you want to make the call to give him You should go get them Yeah, fair enough Nice yawning with you

I like that coming from a guy Yeah, you're right Yeah, Alison, dear Megan, what do we do on this Christmas present dilemma? Oh, hi. Yes, I had a similar situation. I used to buy for my in-laws every year, and nothing back. And it's always to get a bit resentful about it. So then I thought, when you're bugger out, I'm not going to do it.

And to be honest, it was a relief on both sides. We just stopped since then, and, you know, it's like, in fact, it makes Christmas a little less awkward in a way. Yeah, I agree. Any words said when you didn't give a present, or is it was unspoken? It was unspoken. It was just, you know, we all sit around.

We were having a meal. It was all jolly. And then there's no present. It was like almost a sudden relief. It was interesting, actually. Some people do like the like Secret Santa type situations or you just buy for one person or things like that. You know, there are other ways rather than feeling that obligation to buy for everyone.

Exactly. And who's to say that the people you're buying for don't feel awkward? Because if they're not in a position to reciprocate money, wise, you're probably just making them feel bad. Mind you, they are giving you a gift. They're giving you a gift of nothing so you don't have to get rid of any packaging, don't have to find a space for the present in your house. Pretend you like it.

That's right, all of that. I tell you what, if you actually eliminate presents from Christmas, the stress of this time of year, really, turns to nothing. Yeah. All right, Megan, we need to go back to this person with a consensus. Well, I think the overwhelming consensus is by it yourself, mate. Yeah. I'm not going to do it.

it anymore. If you want your sister and her husband to have a present, you do it yourself. Here we go. If you love Christmas and the reason for the season so much, mate. It's not the reason for the season. Yeah. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hits. Joe LaGai, a famous actor from New Zealand,

been on many, many things over the years. It was on play school. Water rats. Yeah, well, that's true. I love water rats. Man, I love water rats. I'm sure that he was stoked. It was his whole career you brought up Play School. Yeah, well, yeah, I think it was the Aussie version of Play School as well. I'm at play school. He's been a mini

Hollywood blockbusters as well, Jay LaGai. Yeah, and his daughter Catherine is, she's Moana, which in the live action and I mentioned it briefly. She looks perfect.

That I, well, that you actually mentioned it that he broke his legs. He smashed his knees, he broke Jail Gai's kneecaps. Yeah. Now, Jay La Gai owed him a bit of money.

Yeah, it does sound like when you say I smashed his kneecaps, it does sound like, I went out there with it. No, yeah, he came, the first ever episode of a TV show that I made many, many years ago was a sports comedy show.

And we... Pulps sport. Yeah, Pulps sport. And we, you know, very low budget. Just kind of out of broadcasting school, didn't really know what we were doing. You know, we basically borrowed all this gear. So it was very low budget.

There was about three or four of us that made it. And we were very lucky to get people like Jay LaGai who gave up their time for free to come along and take part in these sort of sporting things. Wouldn't you pay them in boxes of beers? Well, yeah. Yeah, we couldn't pay them on anything until, yeah, if this stage we didn't even have beers.

So this is just him coming along, being just an amazing person. But he came along to help us out. And our very first time we were filming one of these was like celebrity challenges. And we'll like, we'll get him, we'll put him with a basketballer. He liked basketball and we'll do a few funny little things throughout the morning. We didn't even get to the funny little things. They were just warming up, him, J. LaGai, and basketballer, Dylan Boucher.

And he must have just, we were filming it. But he must have just turned funny. And his knee, he was like, uh-oh. And he just went down. And we're like, what? He's like, I think I broke my kneecap. and his kneecap had split in two and he was like just like

he was like I think it must have been obviously a bit of shot but he was just pretty calm and we were just freaking out and he was just amazing he was like it's what you're gonna need to do guys

we're like we'll get an ambulance and all that but you need some shots to get others you can have to pick up shots with me and he was like thinking about all these things to get us out of them we're like oh my goodness

and so yeah all guy had to get an ambulance come to hospital we didn't you know and then you're gonna need to film the operation guys get in here Get in the Amber. And then, yeah, and then he was meant to do Star Wars.

And then they had to delay the filming of Star Wars. And then his, like, people were like, do you guys have insurance? And we're like, oh, no. Did bloody George Lucas want to go yet? Yeah. Like, we're like, we don't have insurance. We've got a box of beer. You pissed off George Lucas.

Yeah, so apparently we delayed some of the filming of Star Wars. Yeah, so just, yeah. Wait, so he just turned funny. He didn't land on the ground. No, he just must have just pivoted or something funny on his kneecap. And he somehow split his neckcap, the poor. the poor, yeah, and just an amazing person to just be so calm through that situation

and to talk us through that whole thing and also to come into a show free. He's like, I'm not even doing this for anything. I know. He felt so terrible afterwards. They could have written it into the storyline of Star Wars. What's happened to him?

He's been playing basketball up in space towards and did his buddy, Ian, nightmare. Space, no gravity in space. You'd be sweet. Did you send them a box of beers afterwards? Yeah, I think we sent him some flowers and stuff like that. Yeah.

I didn't have beers at those days. Yeah, but yeah, so that was how that story came to be. But, yeah, so thanks to Jala Gai for being amazing. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits. Now, Megan's accusing me of being a sociopath, and she's like, what does a sociopath actually mean? Then she just Googled it, and she went, oh, no, you're not one of those. Well, because it says exhibiting antisocial, impulsive and manipulative behavior.

I mean, Jono's definitely not antisocial. He's too social. We've all agreed on that. You said something yesterday broke etiquette. So cast your mind back This involves everyone on the show It's making me nervous We all shared a lift yesterday

We got into the lift and it was full There was a lot of people on the lift And they were all standing at the back of the lift We all got in Jono gets in last And he turns and stands at the door And faces everyone in the lift Oh yeah, yeah

And starts to make awkward conversation we're all standing there facing the door looking down at the ground being like in this lift ride and Jono's facing everyone being like how's your day? Oh you don't go face to face in a lift You face the door

It doesn't matter if the door is touching your nose You face the door Yeah they can be really Turned around and faced everyone It was the most confronting thing I've ever seen Sorry well that's a good takeaway That's a good lesson Did anyone else find that weird?

Yeah now you're saying it I'm really picking up on the word It was like it was an audience for him Yeah It's like he was performing Like a bus cat Okay here we go And they can't go anywhere

You're stuck Hello everyone No one wanted to be there Like no one It was the longest Like two floors ever How are we Yeah

I was like please don't start No one was really bantering back Who are they No one always bantering Even the best talkers Don't like talking in the life Yeah There was another Gen Z standing beside me

And I was directly down And she was making eye contact with me And I was like I'm so sorry hon I'm so sorry have to be here. Don't, yeah, just don't make eye contact. For our generation, I'm sorry, is that what you're saying to? Yeah, I was apologising on behalf of the audience. Oh, sorry, okay,

no more talking and lift. Yeah, no. Or just don't face everyone. Yeah. We're so close and you're turning and like staring everyone down. Okay, I apologize. I apologize for interacting with people. How are we? Not staring at a screen, ignoring people. That's how everyone wants to be, staring

at a screen though, right? Yeah. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Santa Parade is on this Sunday, and Megan, you mentioned a couple of days ago about how you could walk around on stilts. And we thought, well, there's stilt walkers and the farmer Santa Parade. I wonder if we could get her walking along side of the hits float. Yeah, and we spoke to the organiser, Pam, the wonderful Pam earlier this morning. But it sounds like you're pro at this.

Oh, I don't know who told you that. You probably. You've been checking it out. Look, it's one of those things that I've done. I do actually own stilts, but it's been in the attic for a long time. But I'm hoping it is like riding a bike. Cool. That's not what Pam, as the organiser wants to hear.

Do you maybe want to do a practice every... Every day between now and the parade. Yeah. Okay, I can do that. I can do that. So Pam's booked you. Pam, you can hear the nerves in Pam's voice. Yeah, well, yeah, it's your organiser.

She's your organiser. We're all a bit nervous about it. You're very different talking to Pam than you have been off the radio about it all, Megan. You're like, oh, of course I can do it. I'm literally on the stilts now. How long have I been up? But I'd say 10 minutes. We'll head to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram, Facebook. We'll put the footage of this up right now.

Megan, the issue you're saying is because you're, what, 10 foot tall right now. 10 foot tall and bulletproof right now. And you said the issue is you need to constantly keep moving. Yeah, well, because they are poles. So if I stand still, I will topple over. So my feet are kind of treading at the movement. You keep walking around the studio and we keep trying to get out of your way and stuff as well. You know when you're quite jumping and you've got a really full bladder,

that's kind of what me looks like right now, just shaking back and forth of the leg. Good though. You're good. Like I was worried, like, once you're getting up, well, look, nerve-wracking, but once you're up, you're sweet. Yeah, no. Oh, no, just so I say that, you almost well out of. Don't try to avoid the desk.

Commentators, course. Yeah, no, I am confident on them. It's more when you have obstacles. So I've got, like, lights and cameras and I've got the desk I have to navigate. and then steps to get out of the studio, all of that. But like a street, like a road, all good. My confidence levels have gone through the roof, like Megan's head is right now.

I feel like she's going to nail it. In the next order of events, we need to get you a gorgeous costume. Costume, yeah. We need a costume, sort of, yeah. I want, like, a Christmas fairy or a princess or, like, something cute, like a candy cane. I can't remember any awkward. It's just like jumpy, sort of stilty princesses. Have you ever run into any of them with a kind of like?

bouncing back and forth. Too much energy running through the veins. Okay, well... I'm sweaty. Can you make it an airy costume? Okay, we'll see what... I can't imagine you need a specific costume, right? It needs long legs.

Yeah, but preferably something breathable. Okay. Okay, all right. So, how are your confidence levels? Mine are fine now, but you seem a little bit shaky because you've got to go over one kilometre... One point six K's, apparently. So we'll go to the costume shop

or we'll borrow some pants from Stephen Adams. Something else will happen. What happened? I'm just like, I'm actually really sore Like I just, I have a long way to go Before I'm ready for this Well, just don't plummet headfirst Into any innocent bystanders at the parade

That's all we ask, it's bad branding for the hits We don't need that damage Okay, Megan Pappas stilting The Santa Parade, you'll see you this Sunday