Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan Gets Caught Naked!

Episode Date: October 8, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan's hubby calls the show to complain about her cooking! Producer Ellie has a style mishap! Do you wear this? Our embarrassing tech problems in front of Graham Norton... Is it suspicious to be looking in a bush? Ben needs to call his mum! Do we complete the NZ Herald quiz? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on a Wednesday morning. Today, you'll hear a bit of a, well, a real muck up with Graham Norton. Yeah, we were interviewing him on Zoom and of course, we had issues with Zoom. He's done interviews with all the world's biggest stars, but I don't think he's ever had a shambolic start like our interview with him. No, he did say the Australians, he'd had similar issues just before us. I feel like it was just being nice.

But the wonderful Graham Norton has his own podcast as well today, our full interview with him when we finally got the Zoom technology to work. You've also had a shocker over the last couple of days, and we talk about that a wee bit on the podcast. I was rummaging in a bush and caught naked. Two separate incidences, by the way. Yeah. Not rummaging in the bush naked.

One, that we were located to when you were rummaging in the bush. You and your husband do something, which is smart, but also is a bit weird at the same time. Yeah, and I did get called out for it. And you are not off the hook. There was an intervention in your household. I know, like like my family they turned against me on something that I thought they were fans of that is all on the podcast this morning I don't know how Katy Perry's situation is at home uh with her cooking for her family or you know Philando Bloom's cooking for his family but

I you know like quite often because my wife does work a lot later than me in the evenings I can't it kind of falls on me to you know to make good on you and i enjoy doing it most time i actually enjoy cooking when i've got more time but sometimes you get into like it's busy kids have got school activities and so i'm like we just need some meals that are quick and they're not too unhealthy fair enough so i will go like i you know it's kind of like a fish taco we're calling fish wraps um you know where i'm getting some fish some cold slaw putting them fish wraps, you know, where I'm getting some fish, some coleslaw, putting them in the wrap, you know,

so something quite quick and easy. And at the start, my kids, they can put, you know, if they want to put sweet chili or tomato sauce, whatever they want on top, that's fine too. And at the start, I was like, the family love these. But I just got told the other day that I'm doing it too much. And they're like, oh, and now they're starting to hate fish wraps. How often are you cracking out the fish wraps?

Well, I'm probably putting it every sort of, maybe at the longest every second week and probably sometimes. Oh, that's all right. Sometimes they'll creep into weekly, you know, and it becomes weekly. Most people would have like a weekly rotate though, wouldn't they? Well, this is what I was thinking as well, but my family are not that happy. Actually, by chance, my daughter Sienna is in here for school holiday.

Sienna, come up to the mic. We're talking about – Sienna, we're just talking about my – Your fish wraps. Yeah, well, look. Hey, I think they're a healthy alternative. We're talking some fish, some mackerel, or maybe if you want to put some cheese, whatever, and a little wrap. You make them sound so good.

But if you're having them like- Like fish tacos. Then like not. But they're just like, they're like really bad. What? Sorry. What do you mean? Sorry.

We've just over had them. It's the same thing with croissants. He started making us croissants. I'm like, I love croissants. We used to have them on Christmas day. I was like, this is great. They're starting to become, but then they- I made them for lunch as well. And then got feedback they go these are great and then i

started getting and then he would buy them in bulk okay so is he like what's he doing these fish tacos are they like battered and oh i don't know they're just like because my mom's vegetarian so we can't get chicken wraps which i love chicken wraps because we never had chicken wraps it's just like i don't want to overuse them maybe we we just, that's why we started getting HelloFresh and we loved it because we never had to get fish rats. Hey, good working in the sponsor of the radio show. Jesus Christ. Okay, so this is what's happening at my home.

Now, I reckon I'm not the only one, right? Surely not. I feel like there are meals that people make that maybe someone in the household doesn't like. Maybe this could be the moment, the amnesty to tell them. Like, my mum made all the dinners, bless her, and, like, I love her and all of that, but meatloaf.

Mum, we don't love meatloaf. And no one ever really told her? No. Do you want to tell your mum in the moment? No, you don't. Because you don't want to look ungrateful. And she's just doing her best. And it's a lot to think of a different meal every night.

Oh, so maybe we'll get it off our chest right now. If you want to, oh, 100 The Hits. Maybe they won't hear it, and that's fine, but you'll get it off your chest, and maybe you can get some hell pizza. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, we are talking about my family having a wee intervention,

saying that they weren't happy with a meal that I was cooking too regularly. They liked it at the start. And when you, I don't know, you get positive feedback on something, you're like, great. They love it. You do it all the time. Let's just get rolling with it. Maybe I'm rolling it in weekly. They call it fish wraps. I'd like to say fish tacos, but they're like, it's

a wrap with some fish, some coleslaw, sprinkle some cheese, whatever. Are you crumbing your own fish? Nah, that's probably where I'm going wrong too. Sometimes if I've got time I would, but the other times it's just like grab a frozen box and, you know, put it in the oven. That's the situation. No judge. Yeah.

That's, you know, and it was a quick and not too unhealthy sort of meal, but okay. So maybe I'm doing it too regularly. Sometimes you can do it with the salads, you know, put in there as well. Yeah. I mean, it sounds great to me, Ben, but, you know, the feedback you've gotten is that they want you to stop it. But, yeah, maybe we wanted to do this as kind of an amnesty. Is there something someone's making in your life?

It could be your mum, it could be your partner, that you're like, just, I don't like it, or just I've had it too much. Please stop. Lots of messages have come through, particularly on our Facebook page. You put up a post last night. or just I've had it too much. Please stop. Lots of messages have come through, particularly on our Facebook page. You put up a post last night. Yeah, so Leanne said, my silly husband used to eat my beef stir fry for years before I discovered that he didn't actually like it.

I think Leanne might be on the phone. Leanne, good morning. Oh, hang on. Good morning, Leanne. Hello. How did you... Good. How did you find out that your silly husband,

in your words, didn't like your beef stir fry? I think we were just talking about it one night or something, and he said, oh, maybe we were going to have it again for two years or something. And he said, oh, yeah, I don't really like it that much. And I'm like, what? You've been having it for years. It's quite a shock. I'm with you it for years. It's quite a shock. I'm with you, Leanne.

It's quite a shock when it happens. You're like, what? You've been talking about my back. What's happening there? How many years

have you been eating it? Oh, a couple, at least two or three years or something. But I mean, when you look at it,

you know, what a good husband, you know, really. Yeah, you're right. It's what I give him even though he doesn't like it. And also, like, most of the, you know, what a good husband, you know, really. Yeah, you're right. Because he eats what I give him even though he doesn't like it. And also, like, most of the time, you're not that attached to it.

You're like, well, I was just doing it because it was easy. I know. You should have just told me. Well, Leanne, we're going to hook you up with some hell pizza. We appreciate your call this morning. Now, Megan, you were saying before that it was, oh, things are great. Yeah, there's no complaints in my house, as far as I'm aware. Well, no, and we thought we should really find that out,

because you say it, but we haven't talked to everyone in the household. So joining us right now, I know, Andrew, that's your husband, Andrew. Good morning. Good morning. Hello. Now, are you making, are Megan making fish wraps or croissants or anything too much? I mean, what's going on?

Look, I must say, Megan does a pretty good job with her cooking. And finish there. And I was going to say, even with her baking, back in the day, she wasn't that good, but she's getting really good now.

That used to be my thing. Yeah, you're both very good. You're making all sorts of stuff from scratch. You see it all over your social media as well. You both are very impressive. You're not making,

you're not chucking some croissants in the oven, aren't you, first thing in the morning? Well, yeah, but you know, these, though, Megan's coming in hot. She's been influenced with this whole cottage cheese situation. She's putting the stuff and everything, and I'm drawing the line at brownies. No, the cottage cheese brownies have protein in them. Wow, she brought in bread yesterday.

To be fair, it was nice. Very seedy, like a lot of seeds. The bread is one out of probably a hundred. It's the one that landed out of the hundred. It's protein, guys. You're right. I felt like one of those places you go, like, as a crusher, you've got Willowback where you buy a little bag of seeds

you can feed to the birds. And it felt like one of those in every mouthful. It's a good jaw workout. Yeah. Well, thank you, honey. When I'm eating a brownie, though, I'm not thinking about protein, babe. We can just let it go.

When I'm having a brownie, we're just having those carbs. We're having this. It makes me feel better about the brownie, you know, if I know it's got cottage cheese and extra protein in it. Okay, well, you can make your own dinner tonight. Okay, alright. See you later. A lot of relationships here. Tense time and a lot of relationships.

Ali, you came in this morning and you were shocked that when you went home after the radio show yesterday, your partner was not happy with what you were wearing. No, I was met with disgust, in fact. I walked through the door and it looked like he'd seen a ghost as I walked in. I was like, what's up?

And he's like, oh no. I was like, oh what? What's up? And he's like, oh you didn't wear those, did you? I was like, what do you mean? Because usually, he doesn't even see what I'm wearing. Usually I get home straight away and I'm changed before he even sees me come home. What do you, like get into pyjamas or something?

Yeah, my Udi t-shirt. this is quite rare for him to actually see me walk through the door and i'm like what is it and he's like ellie you're wearing jeans and i was like yeah he's like with sneakers you're not wearing sneans are you and i was like oh well what do you mean i think they look quite comfy they look quite good and he's like no ellie no no you can't you can't be doing that. How many days have you done that for? I was like, oh, like, probably like two weeks. And he was like, oh, no, take them off.

He's mortified by you. So what? The jean sneaker combo, I did that all the time. Yeah, yeah. But it's a certain type of sneakers. You're wearing, like, cool sneakers. She's wearing, like, running shoes. They were, like, white Pumary, like, you know, wearing like running shoes. They were like white

like, you know, they were running shoes, but they weren't like really uncool ones. Well, maybe they were. I wasn't like jolted by it, but now I see where he's coming from. They were runner-esque. You know, you don't wear gym shoes with your jeans. You wear like cool

sneakers. Slightly more fashionable shoes. Oh, I beg to differ. I mean, what is fashion really? When we think about it, what is it? I mean, exactly. Wear what you want, girlfriend.

I would never pull you up on it. And to be fair, he's very brave. He is, isn't he? His face could set it all though. Like it was still like, I was going, what's up? And he was like, oh no.

He's quite good with fashion. I'm not. So there's, it's already kind of a bone of contention in our relationship. He is a pretty fashionable guy. You can just kind of ride it out, though. Some people, like someone somewhere makes a decision and just kind of goes with it.

Everyone's like, oh, that's cool. What Ellie's wearing. Yeah, I was making a fashion statement, guys. I did comment on your nice jeans yesterday. You did, but you didn't even notice the sneers. Or did I just not say anything Graham Norton coming to New Zealand Very exciting about that

The UK chat show Graham Norton show Iconic show in New Zealand We love it here right I've grown up watching him He's an absolute legend Especially for like us in media He does amazing interviews

So he's going to be joining us after 8 o'clock this morning. You'll hear the interview that we have with him. Ahead of him coming to New Zealand March, April next year, an evening with Graham Norton. But it was a bit of a shocking start for us, wasn't it? We have trouble these days. Like back in the day, you'd either fly over to go and interview someone or they would come to you.

But now after COVID, we do a lot of interviews over Zoom. Yeah. And no matter how many times we do it lot of interviews over Zoom yeah and no matter how many times we do it it seems like there's always one little technical issue now normally the technical issue goes away normally the celebrity or whatever pops up quickly and you have that awkward couple of seconds where you work out that you haven't quite got the mic on but you can see them but they'll be on mute yeah oh there we go and I thought this was one of those occasions we we log on to the Zoom we go through and Graham Norton his smiling Oh, there we go. And I thought this was one of those occasions. We log onto the Zoom, we go through, and Graham Norton, his smiling face is there.

We're ready to talk to him. We can hear him. I can hear myself. I can hear you. I thought everything is going great, but the start was shocking. He could not hear us at all. Hello. Oh, hello.

We can hear you. Yeah, we can hear that wonderful voice. Oh, there he is. Can you see and hear me? Yes, can you see and hear us? Should I be able to hear you? Oh, yeah. Yes, that would be handy, wouldn't it?

Because I can't. Oh, you can't hear us? Oh. Okay, so they can hear me. I guess maybe their fader isn't up or something. Is it on the screen? It's nothing to do. Oh,

in audio. Megan has spotted the problem. Megan's on it. Can you hear us? Sadly, it hasn't solved the problem. It was a good try. Oh my God.

I so wanted to come in and be the hero of that scenario. And I was like, he's saying my name, my name, I've spotted the problem. Yeah. It didn't work. It didn't come through. And I love how I'm still talking away like it. I'm like, yeah, no, I was like, he's saying my name, I've spotted the problem. It didn't work. And I love how I'm still talking away like I'm like, yeah, no, it's like,

we can't hear you, you idiot. I love in that scenario, we had producer Grace, we had producer Ellie and me working on things and Ben's just like, oh, I don't know. I'm kind of thinking, can we get away with what we've got? Like, is that enough to be, I mean, we did have his voice. The girls are scurrying away and Ben's like, I don't know, Graham, I don't know. I'm going of thinking, can we get away with what we've got? Like, is that enough to be, I mean, we did have his voice.

The girls are scurrying away and Ben's like, I don't know, Graham. I don't know. I'm going to check my emails or something on the same computer. But no, we got Graham Norton after eight o'clock this morning. It was a great chat with him. His first time coming to New Zealand. He's very excited about this and excited that, you know, many Kiwis get to see him in New Zealand because many have been on the red chair, right, including myself.

So many times you watch that and you see many have been on the red chair right including myself so many times you watch that and you see um Kiwis on the red chair and I did see when you were on there yeah it was it was pretty surreal moment I got to be on the red chair we were filming some stuff for the our tv show Jono and Ben in the UK and we'd we kind of organized to go along to the show because he was on tv3 and we're the same as us and we're like I would love to go on the red chair and they're like no guarantees you'll make the cut but we can put you in the line of people and see how it goes and by chance we managed to both get on there Jono we were wearing matching uniforms Jono got flipped straight away without even saying a couple of words Seth McFarlane from Family Guy was like oh great a nice prep school uniform just flipped him straight away so that was it and then I had to follow him next in the same uniform took off my jacket because I was like oh Jesus you know um just

for a gag and then I got to tell a story an embarrassing story about my granddad okay so a couple of years ago my granddad had an eye infection and asked me to put eye drops in his eye so I grabbed them from the top of the fridge put about six or seven drops in looked down realized they weren't eye drops, it was super glue. It took about six hours for them to surgically separate his eyelids. Yeah, he sleeps now with one eye open. The crowd will love it. Jesus, they will love it now.

I feel like they really ramped up the crowd effects on that one. So how young do you sound? I do sound really young. She's always nervous because it was like a star-studded line-up. There was Coldplay were on the couch Tom Cruise Emily Blunt Charlize Theron like it was it was incredible

and you got flipped by Seth MacFarlane I know I got to the end of my story and still got flipped as well so you fall sort of backwards and they tell you to kind of flail

your arms a little bit what do you fall on? it's kind of like a mattress type thing it's not it's not like high tech and it's not like glamorous or anything

you're down the side of the Graham Norton show. The Jono and Ben podcast. I don't know how I segue into this. There's no way to segue from it, but what you've done now is probably the best possible way. That will put a pin in that conversation about the horrible hurricane and now we'll talk about something

a bit lighter. So yesterday I was trying to make a gym class and I was running late. So in order to save time, I do have a car park just downstairs. Stop rubbing it in. We didn't get one. Okay. Okay.

We have to walk across. Anyway, it's fine. It's, you know, we know where the pecking order is, you know, for people on the show. But my car park downstairs is in kind of... You, Mike Hosking, and I think that's all that gets to the park there in the building my crappy car and then my cost gig whatever fancy car he decides to drive today uh but it's kind of it's against a wall and it's in the corner so it's right away sorry for you no no that's important what i'm about to tell you it's out of the way and it's not near any sort

of cameras or anything and i'd parked facing the wall so I was like no one is gonna see me if I just get changed in my car it'll save me time so I can get to the gym and just get straight in so I took I took off my top and I was endeavoring to put on a sports bra so I'm now I'd hang I hung my shirt around my, but essentially I've got no top on. Okay, yeah. I was going to feel like weirdly asking you these questions, but they are important for the story, I guess. But I was hanging my shirt around my neck to kind of cover, sort of. Right.

But there was a moment where I was like, okay, I have to lift it off and pull my sports bra down. So that's a quick little frantic little, okay, I'm going to do this. So the sports bras, they're tight and it's hard to wrangle into and as I'm trying to get my arm in, I look to the left and someone pulls into the car park right next

to me. Please tell me it wasn't Mike Oscar. No, it wasn't. He parks with a fan. He's like right by the lift. He's got prime position. But no, I think it's someone else in this building that doesn't work. To be honest, if it was someone that I knew, I probably would have felt better. Yeah, right. But it's someone else in this building that doesn't work ever to be honest if it was someone that I knew I probably would have felt better yeah right but it's someone that I I don't know who was wearing a suit and a like serious job and just kind of stood and looked

to long enough to be like what is happening there oh so they definitely noticed definitely noticed but then once they noticed they quickly looked away and I wanted to be like I'm sorry I'm sorry or you're welcome I don't know. Yeah, like what's the – am I apologizing for this or are you like you're flattered by this? You're welcome. Yeah. Years of doing like TV stuff and random stuff in random locations, Jono and I have become weirdly comfortable just getting changed,

not fully naked or anything. I know. But just in other bits around town and I don't think twice about it. Now my family are always like when I'm at the beach, they're like, what are you doing? I'm like, I'll be fine. I'll just get changed here. And they're like, why are you doing this? I'm like, I don't think twice about it. Now my family are always like, when I'm at the beach, they're like, what are you doing? I'm like, I'll be fine, I'll just get changed here. And they're like,

why are you doing this? I'm like, I don't know, I've just done it for years now. I've been here, what, 10 months and I think I've seen Jono

at least get changed three times and I'm like, do you want me to look away? We kind of just do it, hey, you're like, oh, someone's like,

put this on, you're like, okay, cool, I'll take the pants off, put it on. I'm not getting nude or anything. No,

but I've seen a lot. I've seen more than I probably would have liked to. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I've been trying to save a bit of cash, as has everyone. And we are on a gym plan that you can share, me and my husband. So you get one card, one little swipey thing, and you can share it. But the catch is you can't leave it at the gym. You can't leave it with them.

So you only get one card too, right? Yeah. And so you have to use the card to get in. But the thing is, if me and my husband's schedules don't align, sometimes it's hard for me if I've got a scheduled class to go home and get the card and go back to the gym. I don't have time. Okay, so Andrew would go to the gym.

He goes to the gym in the morning. And then you want to go later on, but you don't sort of have a chance to meet up to get the card. Or go home to get the card. So we devised a plan. I love this. I love this plan. Around our gym, which will remain nameless.

Yeah, you don't want to name it because obvious reasons. Or tell you the branch. There is a few bushes. And so we have been, or he has been, leaving the key tag, the swipey, in the bush. So is it on a lanyard or anything? No, no, no. It's just on like a little key ring. Tiny little key ring, yeah.

So he puts the loop over the specific stick in the bush. So I know where it is all the time. And it's just, no one would ever see it unless you went looking for it and it's the perfect hiding spot however yesterday he messaged me a picture and was like I've had to change location actually I don't know why he changed like there was nothing wrong with where we were putting it it was a perfect stick in the middle of the bush so he'd moved it to another bush on the ground and I called him I couldn't find the swipe tag I called him and I was like where have you left it I'm just standing by this bush uh and

he's like it's in there just like burrow in I was like no you've put it in a bush on the ground there's people walking past it's the last place you want to be particularly outside a gym I mean as a dude as well Andrew he's like going into a bush what's that guy doing that's on the gym oh so he had hidden it under this bush and so i'm burrowing in outside the gym and one guy actually stopped and said are you okay you're right and i was like yeah i had no explanation i was just like i am good'm good. Doesn't look like it, but I'm good. So you found the card in the end? I found the card, but I look like an absolute psycho. So I guess the card system,

it works, and I guess it's saving you guys money because you don't have to get a second membership. You're on the same membership. You can share it within your family, so it's much cheaper. It is, and it's good. It's a good one. I'm not having to crawl through bushes or anything like that. I find time to go home.

Needs must. Yeah. But it is a great money-saving tip, sharing a gym membership, if you can do it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're talking about why you're creeping around the bushes, pestering around the bushes at the gym. Don't say pestering around. Me and my husband share a swipe tag.

And he hides the tag in the bush when he's finished at the gym, and then I go get it. But he changed the location yesterday, put it deep in a bush on the ground, so I'm rummaging around looking like a crazy person. But it works. It works for us. It's a very cheap gym membership, and we're allowed to share the tag. Yeah, it's just unusual that you guys leave it for each other in the bush.

But that's fine. That's fine. So we that you guys leave it for each other in the bush. But that's fine. That's fine. So we wanted to know this morning, cash saving tips. We've got the Hits Live Free Bills Edition coming up after 8 o'clock as well, where you can win some money towards your bills. Jo, how are you guys saving money in your household? How do I go?

I catch buses. Can I tell you I actually go to a community meal too? Do you? Yeah. $5 and you get a meal and a dessert. That's good. That's good value on it. At our London Union Church. Oh, that's really nice that they put it on for the community.

That's awesome. Yeah. What kind of like dinners are you getting? They do meatloaf. Sometimes they do silver side. Sometimes they do a roast. Sometimes they do a roast. Sometimes they do all sorts of things. You get two choices

and do two different things. They give you a choice as well. That's awesome. We're going to hook you up with some hell pizza as well so you can have that for one of your meals. That's so nice of you. Thank you so much for calling. We appreciate it. There we go. Riding buses is something that you did for the first time a couple of weeks ago,

and you actually really enjoyed it. I did enjoy it. The only problem is I can't catch the bus at four in the morning. It's a big issue for us. But I sat at the front of a double-decker bus, and I loved it. That would save you some money, catching the buses. Producer Grace is very passionate about something to save you money. I went flatting for the first time, and my partner, he was just using the oven like nothing.

He just kept using it. I was like, Jack, you're wasting so much money. I went flatting for the first time, and my partner, he was just using the oven like nothing. He just kept using it. I was like, Jack, you're wasting so much money. Use the air fryer. So I'm very passionate about not using the oven. I was very anti-air fryers for a little bit until I realized about the power situation especially because, you know, you're heating up a whole oven to bake one thing sometimes. Exactly. Use the air fryer.

It's so good. When we were flatting back in the day, People used to use the oven sometimes to warm the flat Really? It's not a very economical way to warm the flat But you know Someone else in my flat also used the timer To wake up for work once too On the oven?

On the oven I was like, jeez, there's surely some sort of alarm clock situation as well So they had to get out of bed to turn it off Yeah, I think they fell asleep on the couch I just put the oven timer on and I'm like, again, you just run the oven for like an hour twenty or something like that. That's crazy.

Cold weather rolling across the country over the next ten days which is not the best news. Polar blast. Oh, that's going to be when we go on our tour around the country. Oh yeah, true. Great. The never have you ever tour. During a polar blast.

That's great. Great timing to be doing that. I don't know if your parents do this, but I've noticed a couple of things that seem to happen. I mean, maybe not just older parents do this, but mine do anyway. When they leave you a voice message, they love to tell you the time that they've left the voice message,

even though when you clear your messages, it says message received at 3.32 p.m. or whatever. They'll just go, hey, Ben, it's Dad. First, they always tell who it is. Yeah, you're like, I can tell. Also, it tells me. Always say the time. Do your parents do that?

No, but my mum does. She calls me and she says, hey, it's just me. I'm just checking in. Okay, see ya. That's a message. I have to go and clear that. I know, sometimes you're like pointless messages. And then the other thing I've noticed that my dad in particular does,

it's great that he texts and corresponds, but he always signs off with his name. It's like, for dad. And I was like, I know it's dad. Your number's come through. Even on the vo And I was like, I know it's dad. Your numbers come through. Even on the voicemail? Yeah, on a text or anything. If he sends a text, it always signs it off with love.

Oh, love dad. And it's like, I know it's dad. I know it's dad as well. It comes up when you message me. Yeah, it's one of those things you're like, jeez. He treats the text like a letter. Yeah, he does. Regards, dad. Kind of formal, you know, dear Ben, da-da-da-da-da.

It's not just like a K, all those sorts of things. But good that they're dipping their toes into that. Do you text him back? I do. I'm a bit slack sometimes in doing it. One of those things I'm like, I should give more rather than just a quick response. So then I'm like, oh, I need to come back to that text. And have you called your mum this week?

No, I need to do it. I know, I know. This is an ongoing thing. Ben's terrible at talking to his parents. You're very good with it, aren't you? Yeah. Yeah. Like, how often would you call your parents?

At least once a week. Oh, yeah. That's good. That's a good amount. How often are you talking to Jenny? Oh, like at least once every couple of weeks. We're corresponding a lot, you know. We call her for radio bits.

We have great stuff. She grew you. She did, know. We call her for radio bits. We have great stuff. She grew you. She did, yeah. You call your mother. You do realise too because you always think of it when, you know, because obviously we've got kids now. And then you think if you were in that position later, you'd be like, of course you want to hear from your kids. I know.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ellie in with us this morning. Good morning. Hello there. Hello. There we go. Check one two. Well done. Nice. I did check the microphones just before and I was like, I've got this. It's that one. Well, no, you didn't get this, but that's okay. That's okay. Yesterday we

did actually okay. I mean, I say we, Megan did a lot of it. You guys on the text did a lot of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz, trying to get 10 out of 10. We keep going until we get an answer wrong and then we tap out. So these questions pop up every day. They're completely random. Could be current events, could just be general knowledge,

random questions. Yes, correct. I think they do a morning one and an afternoon one at the New Zealand Herald as well. Some of my friends are very addicted to it, get into it every morning, start their day. I think it's probably just prolonging work for them.

Get to work and they're like, all right, let's have a look at that New Zealand Herald quiz. I'm here, technically. Yeah. So, well, you throw it to us and if you can help us out on the text machine, 4487. All right. Coming on the text machine here

because I do feel like this could be a hard one to start with. Oh, not straight away. Or maybe not. Okay, so number one. Who directed Black Swan 2010, a psychological thriller about a ballerina? We know the movie. Was it Ridley Scott?

Ridley Portland was the main actor, right? Yes. I can't even tell you that. Was it Ridley? Me, the coonus was in it too. Oh, yeah. Okay. All right.

So we're good so far. We know the movie. It's not the answer though. The three answers are Ridley Scott, Darren Aronofsky, or David Fincher? Oh. Oh. Oh. Which one are you going to pick? It's B or C.

I reckon it's David Fincher. Well, see, I'm- Because doesn't he do, like, creepy, like, because that was his psychological trauma. He's pulling out her nails and stuff. I feel like, well, I feel like if it was Ridley Scott, we'd know about it, right? It's not Ridley Scott, no. Darren Aronofsky, or- I've never heard. Darren Aronofsky or... I've never heard of Darren Aronofsky, which makes you think maybe it was

him that did it. What was the third one again? David Fincher. Because Fincher, I've heard of, but I couldn't tell you. Let's go B then. You're looking at me. Don't put it on me. You're looking at me? Okay. That is correct. Apologies to Darren

Aronofsky or whoever he is. I did not know that he directed that. Neither did I. Number two, which English city is the focus of the TV series Geordie Shore? Is it Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne or Manchester? I think I said that right. Is it Tyne or Tyne? I don't know.

Geordie Shore. I don't know. They just talk like Geordie. I'm going to go And look at the text machine And see if anyone's Okay What is the

Three choices again It was Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne Or Manchester It's Surely it's A or C Yeah You'd think so right

Liverpool Isn't it Liverpool Liverpool Manchester Anyone on the text there Got me Okay 4487 Ge Geordie Shore.

We can't phone a friend on question two. Manchester. Are we going to? Liverpool. I feel like maybe Liverpool's a bit of a different accent. I don't know. Feels like Manchester. What's the second one?

Newcastle upon Tyne. Or is it that one? Because we don't know what it is. Yeah. Okay. Do we want to go the text machine on this one? 4487. Stick around.

Come back. Because I feel like we could be all over at number two. I know. Yesterday we were like, oh, this has got the five. We've got six. What have we got to now? We barely scraped through on the first one. Okay.

4487 on the text. If you can help us out this morning. Those three options again. We're Liverpool, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Manchester, and the question is, which English city is the focus of the TV series Geordie Shore? Okay, all right. Please help. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Trying to get 10 out of 10 of the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

We're at question two. It's a bit of a tough one. Like we thought we'd try and get through to question 10 and we're at question two. And phoning a friend. We struggled already. But on the text machine, people wanted to lock in B, where Geordie Shore was filmed in Newcastle.

All right. That's what people were saying. It's a Newcastle accent. Do you know what that is? Well, I was the Liverpoolians more. Oh, God. Doesn't it? I know the Beatles is from Liverpool and then Manchester is like that, isn't it?

I don't know. I don't know. Okay. Let's look at B because that's come through on the text. B is correct. Oh, thank God. Okay. Well done.

Newcastle of Hontine. All right. Dan Reynolds is the lead singer of which band? Is it The Fray, One Republic, or Imagine Dragons? It's not One Republic. No, it's not. That's Ryan Tedder. Yeah.

Is it Imagine Dragons? I don't know. Just you. So what's the first one? The Fray. Okay, so The Fray. How to Save a Life. I know that song, but I don't know.

What's the name? Dan Reynolds. Dan Reynolds. For some reason, I feel like song, but I don't know. What's the name? Dan Reynolds. Dan Reynolds. For some reason, I feel like it's Imagine Dragons. Let's lock in C. Nice, that is correct, guys. Okay, good. All right, which land animal has the largest eyes?

Is it a horse, an elephant, or an ostrich? Elephants have really small eyes. Horses' eyes are bigger, right? Well, you'd think the elephant would have the biggest eyes, but you might be right. Ostrich. Ostrich is bigger than a horse, isn't it? I'm trying to look at Ellie's poker face right now,

producer Ellie right now. She has really long lashes. I have no idea. Yeah. I reckon ostrich. Okay, you're going to go ostrich? Yeah. That is correct.

Oh, yeah. Oh, now we're on a roll. Now we're on a roll. Okay. All right. Which jersey numbers did Kobe Bryant wear during his career? 8-24. Oh, that's correct.

Oh, nice. There you go. Don't even give me multi-choice on that one. Love it. Love it. Which airline alliance is Qantas a member of? Is it One World, Star Alliance, or Sky Team? Star Alliance.

No, Star Alliance in New Zealand. Yeah, I know, but they're a part of it, aren't they? Are Qantas part of it, aren't they? Quanta's part of it, or is it the other one? I feel like maybe it's not. What's the other one? There's One World or Sky Team? Is it Sky Team?

I think it might be... No, I don't know what I'm confident about. I was confident about Kobe Bryant. Okay, Kobe Bryant. Oh, Ben, if we get this right, then we've done better than yesterday. Personal best. You've got to get this. Okay, you got it.

Well, in New Zealand, it's definitely Star Alliance. this right, then we've done better than yesterday. Personal best. You've got to get this. Okay, you got it. Well, in New Zealand, it's definitely Star Alliance. But Qantas, aren't they like mortal enemies? Well, they're probably not mortal enemies. So why would they be part of the same? Yeah, I'm going to just say I don't think they're aligned, is what I would say. Okay, so yeah. The third one.

Sky team. Or One World. Let's go Sky team Or One World. Let's go Sky Team. Let's go One World. No, Sky Team. Okay, Sky Team. That's wrong. It was One World.

Oh, Megan. Ben. Sorry, Megan. Okay. Okay. Good try, though. Okay, so we've got the same as yesterday. Well, you've got the same as yesterday.

Okay, I'll tell you what. One more question. I'll tap out. I'm out at five, okay? Okay. Okay, I'll tell you what. One more question, I'll tap out. I'm out at five, okay? Okay, so you got one more. This is all on you, Megan. This is to see if you can go one more ahead. But we can't claim to get 10 out of 10, even if you get this right. All right.

Which logo is used by Danish logistics company Maersk? It's M-A-E-R-S-K is the name. Good luck. Is it an anchor, a white star on a blue background, or a blue whale? Isn't that that shipping container place? Don't ask me, mate. I don't know. I don't know.

Red anchor. An anchor? Yeah. That is incorrect. Okay, so we dipped down to five. Okay, tomorrow we come back and we try and get to six, okay? Very hard. Do we have a word to someone upstairs?

Yeah, don't they? Can they make an easy one for us tomorrow? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Some etiquette experts overseas to finally make a decision

on if you're sitting somewhere like on a plane and you're in the middle seat, who gets the armrest? They're saying that the middle seat person gets both armrests. Because I guess

they get both armrests and then people on the other sides get the single arm rest. You're not happy with that? So that means the person in the aisle gets ripped off. Well, they kind of, yeah. Like the person in the window gets the leg room and they can lean and the arm rest.

But the aisle you can always get up and you can wander about to the bathrooms. You're not happy with that? Okay, mate, we'll talk. Don't have it up with me. Have it up with the etiquette experts, whoever they are. They don't even want to be named as well because they know people like you are not going to be happy about it. I'll never be happy. So you're people not happy.

Now, my wife, Amanda, and I, we've had a debate for a long time in our house that we live in. We've got a garage which, yes, is big enough for a single car to fit in. And she's always had a dream of driving that car, her car, and putting it in the garage. There would be so many people that have that dream because we have that as well. But it's full of stuff. Yeah. And most of the stuff, and I'll put my hand up there, most of the stuff is just props, costumes, and stuff that I have collected over the years through terrible TV sketches and radio sketches.

I've just taken it home and just collected that. You know, you talk about animal mascots, you talk about Halloween outfits, you talk about all sorts of sports apparatus and stuff. It's all there in the garage. And it's a mess. It is a mess. If you see Ben, like when you were in New York, you had costumes, right?

Those were all yours. In case you were wondering why Ben would hire a costume to take to New York. He didn't. They're from his garage. Yeah, I bought costumes over with me. I was like,

planned out things as well. I went to the mountain the weekend and I bought a full Ken outfit. Of course you did. The Ken from Barbie and Ken, the rollerblading Ken. I had that in the garage and I was Ken, you know, from Barbie and Ken, the rollerblading Ken. I had that in the garage. And I was like, oh, I can take that away

with the rollerblades and embarrass my daughters. So I've got all these costumes in the garage and it's, you know, school holiday time. My wife's a teacher. She's like, we need to clear this up. And so we're working on like a bin situation, taking some stuff and giving stuff away, you know, things.

It's amazing how much if you put stuff out by the road, people just come past, pick it up and take it away amazing it's quite good but there was a whole lot of the kids old toys in there stuff they haven't played with for years and so i was like cool we'll put it out on the road or we'll take it down to salvation home or someone donate the stuff i was like to my kids can you have one last look and just check there's nothing else boxes they haven't played with for years. Bad idea. Because they come down, they're like, oh, these.

These. Oh, these Shopkins. Oh, these Aluelda. Oh, these. And now they've taken three of these boxes inside the house. And now the house is just a mess of them playing with these. And it's great to see them play with them again. But at the same time, you haven't even thought about these for like three years.

Yeah, you made it top of mind. You should have just got rid of it. You got it out of the house and into the garage. I should have, and now as well. But yeah, but I'm slowly getting through some costumes. So if you've got a garage or anything, I can store some costumes in there.

No, mine's full of just junk. You sure you don't want a Twitter bird or anything like that? No. An emoji poo? No, anything like that? Of course you have an emoji poo. Yeah, I've got,

oh, it's all there, mate. I could start hiring it out for Halloween. Maybe, yeah, you need a costume shop from your garage. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Got some socks. Jono, Ben and Megan socks, the pairs that come with spears, they come in a set of three. So there's a Jono one, there's a Ben one, there's a Megan one. They're white socks with the Hits logo on one side.

And so it means if you lose a sock, like I often do and you probably do right now, you've got a pair. You've got two there. So it's good to go. So we wanted to know, we want to get our last remaining few pairs of socks in some iconic places. We want to know if you're going traveling or anywhere that you can wear our socks that's pretty cool and take a photo. Like you can wear our socks. That's pretty cool.

And take a photo. Like you say, it's the last couple of pairs. And yesterday we did it. And some people wanted to take our socks to some really, very cool locations. They're going to be my lucky socks when we go to Vegas. Oh! I'm off to Finland in February next year. And I'm going ice fishing. And I'm going to the Santa Village.

Oh, no way. Well, we're actually also going to Las Vegas, but I'm hoping they're going to bring luck to the Warriors because we're going to go watch the Warriors next February. Well, give a pair to you, but you have to promise me that one of the socks you wear to the game

is the Ben one, all right? Just so I can feel like I was there. Oh my God, now don't do it. Just move on on, Megan. That's a good gag, I was there. Oh my God, now don't do it. Just leave John O and Megan. That's a good gag, actually, Megan. If she just leaves you and John O's sock. Then you're really not there. I know.

Leave me at home and just take your words. Ben is desperate to go, as we all are, to go watch the Warriors in Vegas. I know. Nicole, who we talked to, entertainment reporter in America, she's going. And she's like, you guys need to come over. Up the what? How has that argument worked with our boss so far? Ben she's like, you guys need to come over. Up the what? How has that argument worked with our boss so far? Ben keeps on going, but she gets to go.

What about us? I know. It's not working well. No. Anyway, but we have socks. We have socks. That's great. And we can give them away to you.

Now, where are you going? What are you doing? I want someone maybe running a marathon in our socks or doing something cool like that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Is that too much to ask?

No. Okay. All right. Are they the kind of socks you wear when you run a marathon Yeah, okay. Yeah. Is that too much to ask? No. Okay, all right, good. Are they the kind of socks you wear when you run a marathon? No, I don't know. I've never run a marathon. Neither. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Seeing where people want to take our socks.

We've got Hits socks with a Jono, a Ben and a Megan sock. They come in a pair. Well, they come in a set of three, and then you can choose two to wear, and you've always got a spare. Pair with the spare. Hopefully you never lose my sock. But you'll have the Jono and Ben socks. The only thing's more whiter than the Jono and Ben themselves

are the socks. We would love to know where you're going to take them, though. We want them to go to iconic places or do some cool things and get some snaps with our socks. So going to the phones this morning, oh, 800 the hits. Amy, where would you like to take our socks? Is that me? Yeah.

Sorry. I'm doing the goat track along Pimorero, so it's like around 20 k's of just brutal inclines. Yeah. Is that the track that has the, you know, the track, the wooden track across, and then it has the beautiful reflection that everyone gets a photo in. Am I thinking of the right spot?

I think that's a Tanaki one, but I also have no idea because I've never done it before. I'm like, oh, yeah. You might have that, Megan. You might have that. I'm sure I'll have some beautiful... I'll take a photo on the boardwalk

with the socks. Okay. And I was thinking everyone can be there. I've got John on one foot, Ben on the other foot and Megan,

you can be on my hand. Oh! Okay, so all the... Okay, amazing. Okay, alright. You get a pair of our... one of the last pairs of our socks. So good luck for your big walk.

Thank you. Yeah, let us know how you go. Kim joins us as well. Kim, where would you like to take our socks? I would like to take your socks with my son to the Dean. To meet and greet. So they could greet Dean Lewis and potentially I could really embarrass my 16-year-old son.

Oh, okay. So you've got a Dean Lewis concert. Okay. And you wear the socks. Your phone just cut out at the start. So you wear them to embarrass your son? Yep. I love it.

So you may wear one of them too. Yeah, technically we can go to the concert. Yeah, I like it. I like it. You can show Dean Lewis. He'll go, I don't know who they are, but that's great. I love that as well. And I love all about embarrassing your kids.

It's great. All right, you can have a pair of our socks. Right up your alley. And Shannon, where would you like to take our socks? Good morning. Good morning, Shannon. Hi. Hi.

There we go. We got you. Where do you want to take the socks? Hello. This has been like a champagne introduction. Things are going great

for Marion. Are you there, Shannon? Yeah, yeah. I'm just making it a speaker. Oh, that's right. Okay, perfect. Well, you didn't notice a speaker. Oh, that's all right. Okay, perfect.

Well, you didn't notice at all. It was smooth and seamless. Hey, where would you like to take our socks? I was going to say work. I'm probably going to Kaio around Christmas. You're going to where, sorry? To Kaio. It's up north.

Oh, okay. Up north? Yeah, yeah. Beautiful. Also, is it your birthday today? Yes, it is. Okay, well, happy birthday. I just felt it in my jellies.

No, producer Ali gave me a heads up. It's your birthday. So I feel like you just need a pair of socks for your birthday present anyway. Yeah, I messaged her and said, Hey, it's my birthday. Can I get some socks? Oh, you can get some socks. Some socks coming your way. Happy birthday.

Thank you. We'll get her some hell pizza too. Lots of great texts coming through as well. I don't know if we can give socks to all these people, but we'll try. Someone wants to wear them while conceiving. How cool are you with that? I don't know how sexy it is when you still get your socks on. Plus, who are they wearing?

Are they choosing John O'Meara? What's the sexiest combination? My sister running the Auckland Marathon. I'll make her wear the socks as well. That's pretty good. And someone else going to Nepal in two weeks. Wow. So we should try and get some socks for them.

Doing Everest or just base camp? A charity expedition in Nepal. Wow. Climbing Pikey Peak on our bikes. Visiting schools and hospitals that Sir Edmund Hillary built. We definitely need to get some socks over to them as well.