Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Matty McLean loses it over the Billy Bass in studio

Episode Date: February 1, 2026

On today’s show:  Is a multi weekend birthday celebration too much? We panic as our boss announces a competition between us and drive for 10k! Ben has finally realised his wife and daughter are the reason his house is chaotic... Listeners confess to the funniest things they’ve ever been hit in the head with Jono's honest opinion on HYROX We debate whether a country “counts” if you’ve only been to the airport Matty Mclean is MAD about the Billy Bass in studio (we've got his reaction)  We debate whether “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends” was wildly misinterpreted... Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: 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. Hey, welcome to a podcast on a Monday. Producer Grace in with us for right now. We had a big debate on the show today about if you go to the airport in a country, whether you've actually been in the country. Yeah, because you flew through Dubai, swung into the airport and you're like, well, I've been to Dubai now. You're putting that on your list. Yes, so my mother actually texted me after we had that big debate and was like, Grace, you idiot. When you were three years old, you went to Dubai.

I took you to Dubai. I just don't remember it. So guys, I have... Oh, you've been to Dubai. So that whole argument was so... So now where do you sit on your argument? Well, I've still been to Dubai anyway. Yeah, I know.

So you're saying, okay, so you're bad... What happens if you went there when you were young and you don't remember it? I guess it still counts. Well, I feel like I've been to Dubai more being at the airport than taking a whole trip when I was three years old because I don't remember any of that trip, but I remember the airport. So... Well, you can tick that off the list, off the bucket list. So, but where do you sit now that you know you have actually your feet have been on Dubai soil?

now if you swung through another airport would you still consider you visit the... Yep. Yep, I'm still completely on the side that the airport is the country and you'll never change that. Stop looking at me like that, Megan. You're not experiencing any of the country.

But when someone's like... I don't remember anything. I know when someone's like, what was it like when you went to Dubai? Yeah. And you're like, well... I was much of the airport. The airport was beautiful.

Yeah, you're right. But like I said, you could still go to Dubai to spend two nights in a hotel and is that technically going to Dubai more than I went to Dubai? Yes, because you would be outside at some point. I know, but you'd still be in the hotel the whole time.

You'd still have to get to the hotel. Yeah, you wouldn't be just like, you can't teleport from here. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, but I know what you mean. Well, there's more of that debate on this podcast that you're about to hear. And what are we starting? Well, Grace actually, thank you. She compiles the podcast every day.

What are you leading with on today's episode? Megan's crazy weekend is the lead. Crazy or, you know. Sporadic, weird, fun. Details. Very detailed weekend Yeah, there was a lot going on We'll find out about it next

Yeah John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The HADS We know you love a birthday In your family Love a birthday It's extravaganza

It's a frenzy It's an absolute frenzy It goes a lot It's like to celebrate people And it's great you do that You know But you like last time I think last year

You had a big birthday celebration a couple of nights And then we had a work thing The following weekend You're like oh it's my birthday guys You're like But you already had like two nights You couldn't come to some football thing

because you're still celebrating them on the third occasion. But at least you know I wasn't making it up, it's a birthday, extravaganza, goes on. So Andrew, your beloved husband, he's celebrating his birthday. 32 guys. Oh, wow. Geez, don't they grow up so quick?

They do, no. I remember him when he was just so this size. I remember when you were just near little fill up. She's really grown up. Yeah, it's the last time I saw you. It's his birthday today Yes And over the weekend

This is just part one I imagine Yeah well there's more today Yeah so what's So break it down What have you guys done? So Friday night we had our friends over So we break it down into like groups Because otherwise it's too difficult

So we had friends over We did like pre drinks I made food And I made some like slushies Some alcoholic slushies Then we went out for dinner And then we came back And we had a

swim and we had like a little fire with roasted marshmallows. Okay, lovely. Sounds like a great even. Now that sounds like a good birthday night. Done. Yeah. Happy with that.

Yeah, you're like, I've had a great birthday. Look for the next year. But we roll on to part two. No, well, there's other people that want to celebrate with him too. Okay. So part two. Yeah. Okay, good.

So part two was like the family. So the family came over and we went out for brunch. And then we had a cake. I made a cake. A magnificent looking cake, too. So was this cake number two? Or does it have a cake at every occasion? No.

No. So I have had three cakes before, like at every function you have a cake, but no, it's just one cake this time. So it was like a ginger, espresso, cream cheese icing, caramel drizzle. It really is an amazing looking cake. I know we like to give Megan a lot of grief about making everything from scratch. I made hokey pokey, like, crumbs from scratch. But it's incredible.

We really do it. We should put the photo of the cake up on the hits breakfast. I think we should. Yeah, we know. Like, I'd enter that into a cake competition. Oh, bless, thanks. And then, yeah, today it's just with the family, like our little family. So we're taking the kids out with us for dinner.

And then what's it in next weekend? What's it being next weekend? We're going to a hotel. Oh, so it's more? I was like, I don't always you're saying it. I was like, I guess it makes sense, friends, family. And then you're the four core family. And now you're like, you're going to leave the kids.

Do the kids get their own separate ones? just with Andrew as well or just you. Now this is just the kids' ones. He's my husband. Wow, you really do break down things, eh? Does he come in for a work one here? Should we give him one? Yeah.

Technically, it's a workplace too now. I know, he's getting a lot of birthdays. So there you go. Does anyone have more birthday parties than... Don't be jealous. That's a great text poll. Does anyone have more birthday parties than the papuses? Look, I've had messages from people who do week-long extravaganzas.

Yeah, good on you. There are people who like to celebrate the ones they love. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. I saw her bloody, and I wasn't AI. I checked. Fact checked this one. That she was offered many years ago,

200 grand in Bitcoin to do a virtual gig. Turned it down. That Bitcoin is now worth 1.75 billion. Oh, oh, Lily. Oh, Lily. Oh, no. You wouldn't have to come to Bloody Spark Arena, mate. If that was the case.

Now, our boss, Matt, joins us right now. nervous. You called this meeting on Friday for live on the radio at 8 o'clock. Yeah, knowing you, Ben, you won't have been thinking about it all weekend. I've been thinking what's it going. What's the guy's going? And you've got from the drive show, the afternoon show, Maddie, representing the drive show, Maddie and PJ. So you want to get everyone on. Morning, Maddie. Oh, good morning. Good morning. Lovely to have you on, Maddie. I'll tell you this much, unlike Ben, I haven't thought about this at all. I completely forgot. I completely forgot who you've been doing. Well, you've forgotten a lot of this things over the weekend.

you've got a shirt at the cross-fit thing you were doing as well, you know? So a lot of things slipping your mind as well. Good on you, babes. You nailed it. I've done on completing Hirox. It's crazy. Thank you, Maddie, for joining us. And just for the record, we didn't bother inviting PJ because we knew she wouldn't.

She never would. She never would. So you can pass the details on. Thank you. So thank you all for coming on this Monday. Last chance. Is this something you want to do live on the radio? 100%.

Okay. Yeah. We're all in this together, guys. The company's got a new strategy to get of people. Do it on air and it can't get too awkward. It always has to finish with a laugh. That's it.

And it's going to be short as well. Three minutes and we're done. So we have got a prize to give away as a radio station. You know, we give away lots of prizes. Yeah. So we've got a lot of money. We've got $10,000 cash. Oof.

Yep, it's, yeah. Oof, indeed. A lot of money. That is an oof. But only one of your shows is going to get to give it away. Oh, don't do this. Oh. You're putting us against them.

You're playing us off against each other for your sick entertainment. 100%. Well, if you think back to the Mariah Carey game, for example, at the end of last year, we know how much you guys love competing with each other. We do. Well, Megan and Maddie's particularly... Straight away, I'm like, what do I need to do? What do I need to do?

Mando, lest we forget this was meant to be the year of regulated emotions for me. What are you doing? We can deal with that. That sounds like a you problem. Okay. So what's happening? What's this big... Okay.

So what we're going to do is we've got $10,000. Okay. We're going to put you guys, basically, like you said before, in a big race. So one of you is going to head to the very top of the North Island, the shows. One of you is going to head to the very bottom of the South Island. And then we're going to get you to race to the Beehive in Wellington. Oh, my gosh. And the show that gets there first is going to get $10,000 to give away on their show.

Okay, so what's stopping us just getting a flight or whatever? No, no, no, don't worry. There's going to be lots of rules. There's going to be lots of details. and we'll reveal that over the next week or so because next week you guys are racing the $10,000 race. Oh, next week. What if I say no?

Well, then the afternoon show gets it. Oh, okay. No. Then it will be a different meeting, John. All right. Okay. Now you'd imagine. Oh, yeah, do we get a choice of which island do we get or what?

We'll take the South Island. Oh, hang on. Why? No, I'm from the South Island. Well, we're both from the South Island Well, I'm from the South Island do you want There we go, and immediately Which is shorter! Immediately the competition has started.

Have you measured it? Which is shorter? Actually, no, would the South Island be worse because you'd have to cross the cook straight on the ferry? Oh, okay, what island do we want if we got a chance? Okay, we need to discuss this before we... Help us out. I want whatever Ireland Maddie MacLean wants. Be only for the content.

Also, we're hamstrung, we've got Jono. No, we've got an extra person too. He's got PJ. Oh, yeah, too shay. She's five of me. Johno Ben and Megan, the podcast, The Hits.

It's going to be a race between the two shows here at the Hits radio station. Our show in the mornings, afternoon show with Maddie and PJ. One show, so what I'm getting this right? So one show's going to start at the top of the north. Yeah. One show's going to go from the bottom of the south, and it's like a race to Wellington. The Beehive.

Yeah. First show there gets $10,000 to. give away to its listeners. Yeah, that's awesome. No way, no better way to bring the team together than make them savagely compete against each other. You're right, Megan.

They're like, we could just fly and things like that, but apparently there's more rules to come. There's rules to come. Now, Maddie desperately wanted the South Island. The South Island produced Maddie out of its sweet, sweet uterus, isn't it, Matthew? That's one way of putting it.

Births you. It birthed you. Where were you born, Matthew? Queenstown. Yeah, which is so weird. Because I didn't, no one comes from Queensland. No, that's right. I think you're the only person ever to be born in living in Queensland.

Everyone lives there. I'm from Queensland. PJ's from Methven. It just makes sense that we do the South Island. I know. Yeah, well, what we're going to do is we're going to take. You're all more than North than they are, though, Megan, maybe. One call to rule them all, Maddie.

Do you get your beloved South Island, okay? Oh, one call. Okay. Or maybe two calls. I know, you do one call. Okay, we'll see what. I tried to create a format and then I see that there's three

there's three calls there I feel like we're not coming up with any of these rules anyway so let's just find out what you think is best I want to know why you think it's the best is it because of the South Island hospitality and the people is that why?

It's partly because I feel like if mum's got a day off she might actually be able to drive us part of the way. It needs to be rusted in no family help. Home island advantage I see.

Any advantage is a good advantage though, right? We're going to hit to Greymouth Uh, Jen Hello What are your thoughts Matthew McLean Does he deserve the South Island

In our race next week How on Jean? Oh, I don't know about deserve But personally I'd take the north Why would you take the north? You're from Greymouth too Yeah, you know

Well, it depends on who we want I'd be on the island But really what it is Is that you can get from The top of the north If you have to, you could walk But can you swim the cook straight And there's more people

There's more transport options Up in the North Island Than there is in the South We'll take the north You can have it You can have it, Maddie It's yours I'm with Jotton now, one call

One call, one call to rule them all So I said, one call Timbo Yeah, Johnno Ben how are you? Yeah and Megan's here as well Hey, Tim Hey, Megan, how are you?

Yeah, good Matthew's here too Maddie McLean's here as well Okay Hey, Mickey McLean Hello I reckon you'll get to the North Island fast To the North Ireland from the

fastest from the South Island to the North Island Yeah Okay so you reckon South Island's better to go Yes Okay so Okay well that's totally opposite to what we just had the last Now I'm even more confused Okay

Okay one more call to rule them all Christine You're the decider Does Maddie McLean get the South Island Yes, I reckon the North Island is the way to go Okay, Maddie, you've got the south, we've got the north Bring it on Someone's texting saying definitely the North Island is downhill

Oh, we're going faster, roll down the hill Yeah, but you're going to deal with Auckland traffic Oh yeah And it's more populated island There's nothing in Cape Rangah Oh yeah, that's nothing Yeah, how are we going to get out of there? Yeah, you're right, okay, there's a lot to think

At least there's people in bluff. Do we even get the choice? Do we even get, we'll find out more as this unveils. But it's on, Maddie. 10K for the winner. Bring it. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The hits.

Now over the weekend, Mike Hustl, the end of last week, my wife and daughter, one of them went over to the States. They're over there in New York where it's, oh, geez, cold over there. I see. Have you spoken to them? Yeah, I spoke to them a couple times. You can't go out. They've got big things around there. You can't, not allowed to go out for more than 30 minutes outside.

Otherwise, frostbite, risks of frostbite and stuff. It's like negative 30 one day it was. It's just great. It's not even going to get to freezing point. Like it's below that. Like that would be the, well, they're the whole time they're there. Well, Nicole, who's our entertainment reporter in New York. You said she had a frozen bottle of water.

Well, just water. And she was frozen on their way to work. It froze, yeah, which is unbelievable. So they're over there having, you know, a great time despite the end of the cold weather. It's pretty a magical place to be in New York as well. And my daughter, Indy and I, this is the two of us over the weekend. and I just want to say It's a better household

Well yeah Things are running smooth Well you've got you You've got the two of you We've got the two organised The efficient part of the family We're like a show home situation And not just a show home

But like those people that get up in the weekend And active wear and go for walks And get Asahi bowls And take the dog done by like nine o'clock We are those people We're like we are getting stuff done guys Like there's not There's washing being done

There's something like Well the mess that's nothing I'm like, there's two people that create these mess and they're not here right now. You've got rid of the shambolic part of the operation. How much fun, though. How much fun? You're missing the fun ones. Exactly.

I miss Siena's. I actually do. I miss Siena singing at the top of her lungs in the room and stuff. I do miss them being around, but I'm like, geez, the house is clean. We are organized. We are so good ice. But before Sienna went, we had this issues. I kept banging on about the packing, you know, and it was like clothes everywhere.

And I, you know, she was 10 kGs over the limit and stuff. But I did say to her, I was like, before you go. Her luggage was. Yeah, yeah. Sorry, not her. I'm not fat-shamed from her daughter. It keeps a pretty tight, runs a pretty tight shift in the boys. It was a little bit.

Just the limit I set for her. Her luggage. But I was like, hey. Time for your weekly way in. You're going to be away for like 17 days, almost three weeks. Can you make sure you tidy up all the clothes you're not taking before? She's like, yep, got that. No worries.

And then I looked at her room a couple days ago. She has tidied it. Good on her. Indie did it. No. I went in there and then behind her bed was a washing basket just full of all her clothes. Not for washing, just like a good hack of just clothes that she could have put away. I was like, well played.

It is smart. Well played. You always had that hack as a kid, right? It was like put under the bed and put it in the wardrobe or something like that. Well, she had a washing basket. So, yeah. I still put it in the wardrobe. I'm like, I just put it away.

Out of side out of mine. Yeah, exactly. You're a stuffer. You're a stuffed way. Yeah, I do. I like to keep a clean service, but then behind things are real shambolic in some areas. I'll deal with those later. You know, the garage is a nightmare.

Yeah, like it's an absolute nightmare. Front of shop, though. Pristine. It's all great from the outside, guys. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast, the hits. I don't know if you've seen this video, which has emerged out of Australia over the weekend. If you want to watch it, you can actually text Cher, C-H-A-R to 4487, and we'll bounce the video back to you. That's interactive radio at its finest.

You know, we would usually talk about this in the post-show meeting. The boss would be like, well, you know, how could anyone see the video? you didn't mention it, boom. Yeah, that's a very visual. Very visual. Not now. Text chair to 4487. You can see what we're talking about.

So two guys, they've been ejected from a gentleman's club, strip club, and obviously for being unruly or whatever. They're stumbling out the door on the security camera. One of them's trying to pick up a pole and sort of have a crack at the security guard. Then things seem to unravel where one of the gentleman goes into a restaurant next door and grabs a chair from the restaurant. The man and a mate had been inside but were thrown out. One of them grabbed a chair from a restaurant next door, despite staff and customers there trying to stop him.

And it suspected he was trying to throw at its security, but instead it hit his mate in the head. Now this guy throws his chair a great distance. It's really far. Yeah, quite far, you're right. Aiming for the security guards, but then get his mate in the bag of head who hit in the bag of head collapses to the ground. I think his mate is okay. He got up a little bit, sore, but yeah. How's his mate doing now?

He's gone viral. How do you think he's going now? His mate comically falls to the ground. It's literally like he cut a tree down. He just goes, timbre. Yeah. I love the security guard's reaction. Oh, the security guard is crying with laughter.

It is a comical series of events. So this is what we want to open up. What have you taken to the head? It seems like the, you know, the funnier the object, the more you're like, they'll be fine. You know, a watermelon or a toaster. You're like, that's funny. Oh, remember that woman in the Amazing Grace that took a watermelon to the face from the slingshot?

Oh, yes. A whole watermelon. And that's funny. Like, yeah, really funny. Like, she might have had some pretty serious concussion, but you don't think about that. No. Like, if it was a watermelon. Like a flying chair is funny.

We've got to double past the Lillian. She's coming to New Zealand in October this year. So if you want to double past the Lillian, the funniest thing, that's hit your head. Yeah. But you're taken to the face. I remember I was playing when I was about. 12 years old, I played golf with my mate, and we didn't know what we're doing. And he hit the golf ball, like off from the tea, and it went, bang, straight into the middle of my forehead.

And I had it. And again, the location's funny, middle of the forehead. Yeah. And the bruise and the egg that formed afterwards. Great. And, you know, it's probably been some long-term concussion effects from that. I would have explained a lot. John O'Bennon and Megan, the podcast.

The Hits. Great feeling. a chair to the head. And that's what happened. A bit of an altercation in Australia over the weekend. Two men got kicked out of a gentleman's club. They wanted to get back in. The security were like, no.

You're not being very gentlemanly like. And so the fight ensued, and one of the guys who was getting kicked out, grabbed a chair from the restaurant next door, through it trying to hit the security guard. But bang, God is made on the back of the head, knocked him to the ground in the security guards. It dropped him.

Rolling around with laughter. You want to say it, text chair to four, 48, 7. and we'll send you back the video. It's a great shot. It really is great shot. Tell you what's amazing is how many people can't spell the word chair. Chair that you sit on. Yeah.

I guess there's different ways you can spell chair, but yeah. So I wait a hundred of the, it's the funniest thing you've taken to the head. And like we said, you know, if it was a fist, then you'd be like, oh, that's a salt. But because it was a comical chair, we'll find this funny. Yeah. Yeah, that's hilarious. All right. Let's get Lori on.

Welcome. Hi. Great to have you on, Lori. it's all timing as well. Timing's critical in these events. What happened to you? What did you take to the head? Well, I just come over from South Africa,

and I arrived in New Zealand in lockdown, and I happened to get myself a little job down the way at a woman's property or farm and a whole bunch of animals. And basically I was looking after it at five horses and it was like this barn-style kind of thing where all the horses are tethered up, you know, all the lawn, and it's pouring with rain,

a typical New Zealand. And... Hey, don't... The weather was unnecessary. You're right, though. You're right, though. I'm busy feeding the horses, and all of a sudden the thing lands on my head, but it doesn't hit my head and fall down.

It kind of lands on and grips on. And, of course, I've got a big frat, screamed really loud and did my thing. All the horses went crazy. They all bashed. They all ripped all their themselves off their leaves. They all went galloping out all on top. of each other and it turned out it was a possum it had there was a living on top of the that was and it slept there during the day time and it fell there obviously falling asleep

it was this little pole that it was sitting on and then it lost this balance while I was sleeping and fell on top of my head and kind of clung on to your head great looking hats oh no david crockett yeah how did you remove the the possum that was latched on to the top of your head I kind of grabbed it with both hands and kind of pry it off and threw it to the ground and I was like, what the hell is that? My God. That is leading the charge.

That is terrifying. Yeah. Oh, that is. You're in the draw for the Lily Allen tickets, Lori. That's a great story to start with. All right, you have a great day. We'll be calling you back potentially. Tina, funniest thing you've taken to the head, mate.

Hi. I was drying my hoe in the lounge, and I needed to tip my head forward. So, tips my head forward and didn't realize that the kids have been playing with those, you know, the shape sorters with all the different shapes and. Oh, yeah, and you put them into the ball sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, the triangle one was on the table, and I would tip my head forward and busted it. Did you have a triangle, Bruce? I did. For how long did you have a triangle on your forehead? Well, I'd bruise really easy. And it kind of goes a horrible green and yellow. So I had it there for like a good week of like going all different colors.

So I had to put like foundation on it to cover it. It used to look like a part of some sort of cult or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I didn't see shapes. I think stars. Oh, that is very funny. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits.

Just talking about the most interesting or humorous song lyrics and Oasis was brought in. Faster than a cannonball So someone's defended Oasis And said maybe the cannonball Was just rolling Yeah Just down the hall Or just had

Was just sitting there You know like yeah Yeah So I think it makes sense And that makes sense But when you think of something Had been shot Have a cannon

It doesn't quite make And it had to rhyme with hall Yeah Yeah Yeah But anyway They gave it a bash And it was

A cannon Cannonball is rolled away From the cannon Yeah I understand A stationary ball Now I don't know

If you noticed Over the weekend Or if your feed was filled up with incredibly fit-looking people competing in what looked like a psychotic cross-fit games called

Hirox. Oh yeah, I saw a little bit of this. Matt McLean from the afternoon show, Mattie and PJ, he was getting involved. Got on him. Got on for doing that. It's pretty impressive. Oh, and honestly, these people are really impressive.

I think that I... Troy was doing some investigating, producer Troy, you basically run a kilometre, you do an intense exercise like push a sled or something, and then you run another kilometre, then you do another exercise, like throw a heavy ball up and multiple times, right? Yeah.

You end up running 8Ks and then doing all the exercising in between the run. Huge commitment. It takes people about an hour and a half, I think. Non-stop exercise for 90 minutes. Your high rate is just like going that whole time. So Maddie MacLean did that. Non-stop for 90 minutes. Wow, we.

So anyway, where I'm located, there's a supermarket that I visit that's next door to the high rocks of you. All right. Okay, like directly next door. So I pop in yesterday afternoon. And the whole place is just littered with, you know, if you typed into AI, you know, create me a picture of the perfect human. It was like, and then click enhance and hearts and hearts.

It's the whole place. Litting with people in like, you know, LKSD and Lulu Lemon and everyone's, everyone's just looking like the perfect specimen. And old, here he is, old bloody giving up on life to wander around the neighbourhood. I go into the supermarket. And obviously all these people are either in between events or about to go to events. So they're stocking up on supplies in the supermarket. The whole place covered with fit, gorgeous looking people.

And honestly, this is without a word of the lie, I had just gone to the supermarket to get myself some chips, onion dip, some hini's. Some hines. And some timetam caramels. You know, the lovely caramel timetam. And so I'm in the aisle, and I'm opposite this group of people on the other side of the aisle,

like inspecting the nutritional you know the table on the back of the almonds like they're really like reading all the paddock carefully you know select it pretty good are they're pretty good I think yeah but these people and they get you know the fresh fruits and they've got all this stuff and you know when you get in sync with some people at the supermarket and you sort of end up in the same aisles

oh mate I got to the bloody checkout these people were behind me with the you know protein bars Armours. And I'm like loading. There's bag of chips. There's the onion chips. Here's my hynicans.

And I could feel the judgment. I could feel, I was very self-conscious. Don't go shopping with bloody fit people. It's probably okay. They probably knew you were going to buy that kind of thing just by looking at. Yeah, I don't know. They were looking at, what does that mean? More surprise.

Well, they weren't expecting you to get like protein bars and stuff. No. I felt like at least I should put an apple or something. Something again. try and cancel it out. But no, well done to all the high rocks people. You're a better version of a human than I'll ever be. John O'Bin and Megan, the podcast, the hits.

I'm producing Grace to you back. He went away for a month. Yeah. To Europe. Had a great time. Yeah, I was hot girl wintering. It was freezing cold. It was like negative 17.

So it's way too hot for me now. Did you have a good time? Yeah. John, I had a good time. Why do you keep saying it like that? I just ask her, I just ask her, do you have a good time and she gets really angry? I don't know what.

It was a bit weird the way you are. How weird, you're like, did you have a good time? I spent all that money. I really hope I had it in time. It just really irritates you for some reason when I ask you, did you have a good time? Anyway, that's not what we're focused on now. But because I flew to London, you need a layover, and I had my layover in Dubai. I spent about five hours in the Dubai airport.

And I think, because I spent time in my layover in the airport, I've been to Dubai. So you would count this as the countries you've been to. Yeah, countries I've been to Dubai. No. Yeah, I've been to Dubai. I was in Dubai. Sitting on a plastic chair in an airport terminal doesn't mean you've been to the country. Like if you go to Frankfurt Airport and eat a pretzel, you haven't been to Germany.

No, but you've been to the airport, so you've been, yeah. No. I mean, technically, you haven't walked out of customs and they haven't said, okay, you're in this country, so you haven't been. You haven't breathed in the air. Where am I? You're like a no man's. Yeah. That's why you can't just walk out of the airport because you've got to say, yeah, I'm here and go to your customs.

I'm in physically, like I'm in Dubai. No, but I feel like you haven't... The only thing you've seen is a Tobaron Tower. That's true. And Judy Freak. I mean... You haven't experienced anything about the place. Yeah, I experienced the airport.

Great airport. You're in that weird place where they can charge anything they want for water and beer and sandwiches and stuff. You're like, where do these prices come in? I was just in Auckland and now this is like $19 for a sandwich. It's like, you know, it's they're in their own country. Not bad. But talking like geography, the airport is in Dubai. I'm in the airport that's in Dubai.

So when you list the countries that you've visited, you are going to put Dubai on the list. Yeah, Dubai will be on the list. So what can you tell me about Dubai? It's really hot. The sun goes up really early. Got lots of great culture. Lots of people travel through.

It's a travel hub. You fill up your water bottle next to the toilets. Yeah, that is true. What was the airport like? It was big. I've been to the airport before, but I wouldn't class that as having gone there. Oh, you don't count it? No, I don't count.

But the airport is amazing. I should go outside and breathe the air because he has to take a bus to a different. They have so many, there were six terminals. So I was busing everywhere. So I went outside and breath there. So you have land to see what you're saying? Okay, this is what we're going to do, a poll this morning. Early morning, 6 o'clock poll for the 6 o'clock club.

You're 60 and you know it. Have you visited a country if you've only been to the airport? Yes. No. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Do you count it as going to a country if you have only been to the airport?

Does that just take another country? off your list of countries you've been to. Producer Grace is adamant she's been to Dubai. I have, because I have been, Jono. I've been to Dubai. I went to the airport. That's Dubai. I feel like deep down in your heart, you know that's not.

I feel like you can argue it. Yes, but think that's the same thing. If I would go out for a night and just stay in my hotel room all night, but I left the airport and then I just go back to the airport, people would be like you've been to the country. But I pretty much, you know what I mean? I've been to the country. I'm just, I'm going from the customs angle.

You have to like clear customs. You care. I would have cleared customs, but I just didn't need to because I was already there in Dubai. It just feels like if you haven't seen local landmarks. Yeah, I just feel like you've really haven't been there. It's dumb. Yeah, okay. You're already cheating yourself.

You are. You are only cheating yourself. Nadine, good morning to you. Good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Show catch race. It's catching on.

Nadine, talk to us. I think if there's a stamp in the passport, then you, you've been there. So would you've got a stamp? You wouldn't have, because you wouldn't have gone through customs, right? But now I'm thinking about it. I don't think my passport got stamped anywhere.

Sometimes they don't, right? Like, I went to London definitely, but I don't know if I actually got stamped. No proof. You need to be stamped. Do they not do much stamping now? You can ask for a stamp. Sometimes, but then all the times you have the electronic passports and stuff.

Oh, yeah. Nadine, so going by that theory, how many countries have you visited? Only one. One stamp? She's honest. That's good. I like it.

How are you good on you, Nadine? Happy New Year to you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Warren, good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Should a catchphrase, catching on.

Okay, Warren. Where do you sit on this debate? You must put your foot onto the physical ground to say you've been to the country. But my thing is, because Dubai is so big, I did go on a bus to another. terminal so I put my foot on the ground of Dubai. I've flown over China, Russia and all the way around the world I've flown over it but I haven't touched it. But what happens, okay, I'm not supporting you so much British Grace but she's saying what

am she gets off the plane there, she touches the ground getting onto a bus to the airport. What about the end? Yeah, that's fine, you're off the plane. You're on the physical ground. He's on my side. But better if you have to go through customs. Yeah, right, but he's going to count it. I'll say you've visited

Tienicality there. You might have gone. And I suppose you've interacted with locals. Yes, the workers. Yeah. So, we have. You've experienced.

Yeah. Breathe in some air outside. But still, I don't know. Are we coming around? Yeah, it's iffy. Have a great day, Warren. Thanks, go. Airports definitely not, says this text.

It's an insult to people who actually made the effort to go to the country. John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. It's had news over the weekend. Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor Catherine O'Hara passed away at 71. You'll know her from movies like Home Alone and series like Schitts Creek as well. She was in Beetlejuice as well.

Amazing actor. Kevin's not here. Kevin's not here. What? Famous line that one. One word. Very famous line. I saw one of those Instagram tribute videos that people make up and there was a reporter harassing her in the airport.

And he was like, you're my favorite actor. And she's like, come on, I'm not your favorite actor. And he said, what's your favorite role you've ever done? And she says, the role of a mother. Aw. And then it went into, like, the emotional music, and I got a bit teary. Good, good edit, good edit. The role of, yeah.

That's lovely, you say. Too young, 71. Now, Maddie McLean from the afternoon show, Maddie and PJ. You know, like, we all share the studio here at the hits. It's like a flating situation. But a flat where it's full of shift workers, so no one. really crosses paths. Yeah.

But they get the mess of the others. So if you don't clean up properly, you hear about it. There's a lot of passive-aggressive notes in this flat. Yeah, there's things we do, you know, like really pulling back the curtain. There's things you can do like every month. You say your opinions on things. It's all anonymous. Someone complained about a bin here in the street.

We don't know who it is. It's now gone. So it's now gone. It was just a little mini rubbish bin. And to be fair, Jono used to always empty it. He used to empty the rubbish bin. Remember that morning I tipped it out and I got all the bloody bin juice? The bin juice.

Trimble was Jono that complained about it. Drimling down my pants. But, you know, there's been a bit of a back story with particularly Ben and Mattie's relationship because they share the same workstation here in the studio. Logging out of the computer was a big issue for a while. Yeah, we don't have that issue anymore because the computers have changed now. So that's fine. Ben would log out and then Mattie would have to log back in, but it would take, you know, half an hour for the computer to log back.

Yeah, yeah. So anyway. So what we, we've moved on for that, Jono. We've moved on to that. But we've moved on to something else. So I've been wanting one of these, you know, we've been talking a lot about the 90s. We had a singing Billy Bass fish in the 90s that sung a couple of songs. In your household, yeah.

And don't worry, be happy was a big banger. And take me to the river. And I'd want a one for the studio. I thought it'd be great to commemorate the 90s countdown with one in the studio. So we got one cent. I'll be Adam from Graham. Yeah, thank you so much, Adam. I don't need it.

So I saw all these guys at the radio station, you know, after this fish, I said, I'll send her up. I don't know if it's working So I took it down, took it home And played around with it She's going, got his goal And I carried her up So it's doing us a favour, mate, you know It's doing us a huge road

Thanks so much I love your email as well And it's so awesome From that part of the country It's like us coasters, we never disappoint So, I'd see it So, soul to the earth True Blue Kiwi Hero

Yes, we've got the fish in the studio I haven't put up on the wall yet But it's just sitting on the desk In front of us Can you turn it on? It's got a little stand though You were so happy, wasn't he when he received the courier package from Adam.

He cuddled the fish. Look at the joy of brings Ben. So good. So good. I don't know what they started that part of the song. Why don't they start on the hook? They started a really unusual part of that. So I don't know what Maddie's reaction was when he came into the studio and saw it for the first time.

He knew that this day would maybe come. Because you did phone him and you said, hey, I'm thinking, I'm hoping we're going to get one of these. How do you feel about it? And he's like, I hate every part of that. Yeah, but how was his reaction? Let's have a listen. It's so ugly. Ah!

This is going to go off every time we walk past it. And where's it going? On the wall? It's giving man cave, and I hate a man cave. And I don't want the studio... It's gone off again! I don't want the studio to become a man cave. I hate it.

Oh, he... So that's a big yes. He hates it. That's, uh... Because you know I'm on about that. I know, we need to put up behind so it's, and it was camera shots too. Like, it needs to sit behind us.

Uh, this Billy Bass fish. So thank you to Adam. Uh, bringing us a lot of joy and Maddie no joy at all. Jono Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. Also a really, really awesome thing happening on Thursday. The Hits. The Hits.

Top 99 of the 90s. Yeah, before we get to Waitangi, we have the best 99th. songs counting things down for you are from the 90s on Thursday as voted by you you can vote right now at the hits dot coo dot end z and we are talking about everything 90s on the show on the station and well there's a some a song lyric that got pointed out on instagram to me that the guy was like was this quite possibly a lyric that maybe they were going to change later and they didn't come back to change it yeah i always wonder that was song lyrics is uh you know it has to go through

a series of people to before it's even recorded and released Yeah. You know, and at no point along this process did anyone go, hey, should we try and find something else to rhyme with ghosts? Yeah, this is from Desire. Now, Desire, great song. This is a great song. But this particular lyric we want to focus in on.

Have a listen. It's the sight that I fair most rather have a piece of toast. Watch the evening news. So she had a ghost, and then she rhymed that with rather have a piece of toast. Yeah. I mean, if you had the option of seeing a ghost or have a piece of toast, you're probably going to pick option B. That's true, actually.

Would you like, yeah, do I see a ghost? A piece of toast and watch the news. You're true, actually, Megan, you're right. But, yeah, either so I'll just have a piece. Yeah, like a piece of toast is a great option. You're okay, today, Ben Bush, you can see a ghost with your own eyes, or have a piece of toast. Yeah, I'm taking the toast all day every day. So, yeah, there we go.

Maybe it's a bit more profound than we think. 4487 on the text. What's the worst line? Does it have to be from the 90s. It's just can be one of those lines from a song, you're like, what were they thinking there? I've got a great submission. Shakira, whenever, wherever I think is the song.

This always baffles me that this managed to get past the gates. Sorry that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with nothing stuck up. Sorry that my breasts are small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains. She does have very humble.

Would you prefer your humble bosombs or mountainous bosoms? Probably humble. Mountain's quite a big leap. Quite a big leap from small and humble to mountains. And also so you don't confuse them. For a landscape. You know, like it was, yeah. I reckon the song was sung in Spanish and then they did a...

They went and did the translation. And they didn't do any... It's not as poetic. Polishing of it, the translation. Can I check another one in Sir Mix a lot? Great song, but it was like he had to confess to something. It's like, you got me, guys. You got me.

I like big butts. I cannot lie. All the things you can lie about, he can't lie about that. Yeah, say what you want to be able to do mix a lot. Oh, 800 of the, it's okay, the worst song, lyrical, maybe there's just one line from a particular song that really, just grinds your gears.

Now this poor lady, we bullied, we bullied really badly. Do you remember Rebecca Black? And she was a young, sweet girl who... She was 13. 13 at the time, and she released a song about, you know, her favourite day of the week. I don't think she had in 10. to release a song.

She just went to a thing her parents pay for her to record a song as part of a fun thing to do and then it got somehow got released. If it was getting released it was meant to be like I'll send it around friends and family

type thing. And then it went viral. Yeah. And unfortunately for this poor girl she got bullied. It's a catchy hook. Yeah, it was a catchy song. She ended up in the Katie Perry video

but then she also basically quit music went into hiding for many years because of it does what the world did to her and has now come back. She said, maybe just a little nasal delivery too. And she's like, yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday.

Well, black my piece, they had a, they listened to the days of the week in their song as well, do they? No one mocked them. You're right. No one bullied them out of music. Craig, David. Yeah. Oh, yeah, all the days of the week, so yeah, you're right. What he was doing?

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. And looking for, let's say, we don't want to be a hater show, so we won't say the world's worst song lyrics. Say the most interesting songs. Yeah, the most amusing ones that you're like, oh, okay. Well, you know, we're all, they all. They all had a bash, and they're all memorable. Yeah, one that stuck out to you from the 90s was Desiree.

Yeah, she was talking about ghost, and then she carried on, you know, see a ghost, and then she said this. It's the sight that I fair most. I'd rather have a piece of toast. Watch the evening news. Hi. She managed to get most in there, too. Most ghost toast. Yeah.

Well done, Desire. She fears the most as a ghost. So we're going to go to the phones. 0800, the hits. Telephone number, Shelley. Happy New Year! Happy New Year, everybody Lovely to have you on, Shell

Alright, what's the lyric that sticks in your mind? Well, there's a song You know, pour some sugar on me And then I'm hot, sticky sweet Oh, yeah, deaf leopard Okay, we've got it here Yeah All the way down.

Well, you would be after they poured A lot of sugar. I hope it's not All on a sugar. Yeah, and you'd be like, Are you sticky? Why are you sticky? Why are you sticky?

Why there ants all over you? You're like, oh yeah, well, hey, it's the sugar. And you've got another one we understand. Oh, no, no, no, that was the same. No, it was just just the same one. Okay, it would have been great if you had another one. But anyway, Shelley, you had a good one? No.

You had a good one. Hey, Shelley, give yourself a great day. We appreciate your call. Oh, good. Thanks, guys. Bye. A lot of great texts coming through on 4487 is the text number. Paige, Paige, oh Paige, you know, lightning fast.

Great text from Paige. What's the lyric that you think is a bit odd, Paige? If you want to be my lover, you've got to get with my friends. Being to giving a full pass out. I love it if you haven't gone for Ziggasigar in that song because that was like, what is that? You're right. It's like, I guess it's being friends. Yeah.

Impress her friends. Yeah. Be friends with my friends. But it is very unusual. You're right as well. I'm not reading it that way. You're not reading it that way. No.

Oh, you told me to pass all your mates. Sorry, I thought I had a pass. I definitely got the wrong memo there. Hey, good on your page. Have a wonderful week. Appreciate you listening. Thank you. See ya.

Lots of texts coming through. Oasis. I hadn't thought of this one. Slowly walking down the hall faster than a cannonball. comes through Oh you're right It doesn't quite make as much sense does it Well I mean if you shot one down the hallway

It's Was it a wonder wall eh Champagne Supernova Supernova So yeah I guess But if you're slowly walking down the hall A cannibal would have to be not going Like a cannibal

You shoot a cannibal out of a cannon That's going fast right You're not slowly walking faster than the cannibal Unless the cannibal is just sitting there on the ground Which is unusual No one's ever questioned that, Lurie. Oh, you're right. Yeah, well, I really appreciate all your calls and texts on this one.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. But, you know, something I've noticed you're just getting into this morning. You keep playing the same part of a particular song over and over and over again. That's my favourite song at the moment. We play it on the hits. It's been playing around for a while. It's a great song.

I feel like you've really latched on to this late, because I feel like every other. Everyone was trying to learn this part of the song. Oh, okay. Like a couple of months ago. Like all the other radio stations, everyone was doing it. Now you're like, now this is my thing. Okay, sad. Well, yeah.

It was a bit of sass for Benin. I think I pitched this is an idea. I was like, everyone's doing this. We should do this as a trend. And everyone ignored me and probably was doing other things and we carried on. I was like, okay, fine. But now Megan's like, I've got to learn this. I don't remember you pitching it.

Yeah, I was like, we're going to do it. Everyone was trying to nail that part of the rock did it. You know, all these people were doing on interviews as well. Yeah, it was. Oh, okay, well, I don't want to do it, yeah. Well, you do, you do. Okay, stop then. No, I can't.

You can't. Yeah, you know, I know you can't. I can't until I get it. This is the hyperfixation. I'll get, like, so focused on it until I get it, and then I can move on with my life. This is what we have to deal with until the Formula One season starts. Yeah, so far.

Don't worry. Okay, so this is the part that you're trying to learn. It's a tough part of the song. It's the, oh, go so fast. This man, it's testament. So you're going to try and learn that and see if you can gnail it. Yeah.

Okay, well then we may as well, since it's taking your focus, we may as well do some content with it. Thursday. Yeah. Big performance. Like, just of that particular day. Oh, God. Yeah, just that bit.

Yeah, it's just that bit. To who? Yeah, just on the radio, just life. Okay. Just see you. Great. Well, not just to, you know, it goes out to lots of people, but yeah. I'll pretend it's just you.

One shot. Okay. When is it? Thursday. Thursday. Oh, that's not fair. It's a short week. It's a short week.

Yeah. But you've got time. You're hyper-fixated on it. You should nail it by tomorrow. I'm literally going to be listening to like 10 seconds of one song over and over in my car. Yeah. Well, listen, it doesn't have to be Thursday. If you nail it by tomorrow, come in tomorrow.

Done. Case closed. We'll see how you go. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. A bit of a worrisome weekend. You feel you might be scams? Well, I don't know.

I mean, there's lots of scams going around these days. But this one, a direct message that came to me. very detailed and I feel like they've put too many details in it for the scam to work. Yeah, well we were having a crack at the scammers, weren't we, towards the end of last year. You know, sort of saying they've become lazy. They're just like, you know, they're hoping that you've got 47 unclaimed packages that you're waiting on. Click this link. You know, we're having to do all the heavy lifting.

Yeah. So I do appreciate the thought that's gone into this. Yeah, so this one, the message came through. I got a DM and I said, oh, what's this? And the message starts with, they've been chasing me recently. sorry, they've been chasing me relentlessly lately. I'm like, oh, it's driving me crazy. I'm in serious trouble.

Okay, so it got my attention straight away. It's good, like a movie plot. Yeah. To protect us, so I guess that's the person and me, I need to go to hiding for a while. I've converted all of our money into cryptocurrency and deposited it into this account. Account name, password, balance.

A lot of balance. There's over $3 million, US dollars. That is, yeah, that's good. It's all our money, how money is in this account. Did they consult you before turning into crypto? No, I don't know. I missed this along the way. There's also a website as well, and then it goes on.

Please take good care of it and look after our child. You are my everything. My love for you is beyond words. Wish me luck, please. Love heart. And then an important note, please immediately take a screenshot with this account information and keep it safe. This is extremely important.

So, wow. You sure is on your wife, eh, overseas. She's in America right now. Take care of your child. You've got one of them here. Oh yeah, it is too. It's for a man. No, no.

She's been hanging on about crypto. Yeah, I don't think she's delved in the crypto. She has. Good on her for putting all this money aside. But you're right. She gets three million from. Maybe they have tapped into this. Yeah, please look after our child.

I'm like, okay, yeah, well, you're right. It's just me and India at the moment. My wife's in the States. Does she talk to you like Matt Damon in a movie? No, it would be very good.