Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan is an Athlete

Episode Date: September 5, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Taylor Curtis from Sky Sport joined the show Megan Claimed she played more sports than Eliza McCarthy.. Pilot Chat A women left her date because her partner did something so yuck and then Jono admitted he also does this.... Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. I mentioned before there's something to do with Taylor Swift and the Auckland University. Well, they're running a summer course to do with Taylor Swift. So you can sign up and it does, on the surface, you're like, what are they going to be doing? And this is costing you quite a lot of money.

How much? Close to $900, New Zealand. What are they going to be doing over summer? This cruel summer, if you will. Yeah, exactly. Are you ready for it? Well, I can tell you. There you go.

It's a little taste of fun. So, yeah. So you think, oh, well, it's going to be like, oh, who's she dating? All the things like that. But, no, they're actually analyzing, as you would think with the university, like her success and how she's gained that success through marketing lenses and advertising and all that sort of stuff. So it actually seems like if you want to look at one of the most successful

people on the planet and how she got there, that's what the course is about. It's like marketing, right? Yeah, so looking at all those things, which obviously makes it a lot more sense. On the surface, I looked at the headline, I'm like, oh, what are they doing? But then when you look into it, you're like, well, yeah, I mean, Taylor Swift is probably a lot of – It's a masterclass in staying relevant how long she's been doing music 18 years or something yeah probably and she's still relevant and bigger than ever before so yeah so

that's what they're doing one of my wildest dreams that i have thought that would have been a class how long is it going for like a fortnight no actually a little long in the fortnight Summer course You can drop out after a fortnight If you want It would be more useful than a philosophy degree There's a lot of degrees that people don't use You probably get into many degrees

What did I just spend 8 years learning about Anthropology for You need to calm down We're getting outpunded our own game. Now Ben, we've got some audio. This is off-air audio. This is just beautiful champagne Ben Boyce.

We're waiting for a lady to connect us up to a Zoom interview. Right. I can tell she's busy concentrating and I'm the king of inane, pointless conversation. But I can tell she's focused on, and I'm the king of inane, pointless conversation, but I can tell she's focused on trying to connect us to the person she's trying to connect to.

She was, yeah. Yeah. Ben tries to spark up some light banter over the Zoom. Have a listen. Or don't. What is that, no bloody play? So we're just waiting. Awesome.

Thank you. Thank you very much. You're a giant. Whereabouts are you? I'm just at home. Is that whereabouts? Australia? Yes, indeed.

In Melbourne. Nice. It's so weird. He just emailed me. So that's a sign there. She's like, so weird. He just emailed me. That's a sign for me to go, okay, back off.

Back off, Banda. I'm just at home. Oh, hey. I was just having a chat. You were very polite. We had a nice little conversation. Just checking. What's the weather like in Melbourne today?

Oh, Jesus. He's coming with what's the weather like. Okay. She's trying to connect us. It's blue sky, so we're like that. That's pretty happy. And we've got Bright Adams.

I felt bad because we were just sort of sitting there, you know, and sometimes, you know. We were all there though, all three of us.

I could just tell she was preoccupied. I could tell she was there. Give me a little bit and that was fine. I got what I thought I was going to get from her because she was busy.

You knew what the weather was found out? But I just thought at least, you know, away rather than sitting there awkwardly. She was busy. I'm surprised I didn't delve into a 45-minute deep dive in that conversation. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Heading into a big weekend of sport.

And to tell us all about it, from Sky Sport. Taylor, Curtis, do people call you TC? Some do. You're allowed to. You can call you TC? Some do. You're allowed to. You can call me TC. We're in the TC zone now. Great. Lovely to have you on, TC.

How are you? I'm good, thank you. How are you? We're doing all right. Good. I think I ended up calling you TZ. Yeah, I think you did too. You really changed.

A big weekend of sport coming up on Sky. All Blacks, kind of a redemption game against South Africa. Yeah, absolutely. And I'm glad we've changed venues. Just because Alice Park is obviously scary in its own right. I hear it's tough to win in South Africa. As Ben mentioned, I've never had a win there. Have you been to South Africa?

Never been to South Africa. Sorry, we haven't won. How good are they? Well, they're like our toughest rivals. Everyone kind of knows that. But I mean, we handed't won. How good are they? Well, they're like, you know, our toughest rivals. Everyone kind of knows that. But, I mean, we handed it to them. You know, we made too many mistakes. And I think the box should be a little bit worried

because All Blacks are renowned for their massive comeback, you know? What would you have said at halftime, okay? You're coaching the team. I would say, put me on. You guys are tanking this. put me on. You guys are tanking this. Chuck me on. Scott Robertson, obviously, you know, new era under him as well.

And it's always tough to win. You know what I mean? He was such a great coach for the Crusaders. He's still a great coach, but it just shows how hard it is to win games. We're Norblectes. Oh, yeah, absolutely. And also it's coming from players from all different backgrounds and different teams, and they're used to different ways of playing but I love that everyone's still you know supporting him. The first year we're always a little bit more forgiving. John I gave you a nickname before TC and

I know he's got Razor Robinson but I thought his break dancing he could be Ray Gunn Robinson you know like we could have our own Ray Gunn. Exactly I mean put them head to head. It's an exhibition match. Well, you're right. For the Bledisloe, Scott Robinson taking on Ray Gunn breakdancing. Yeah, exactly. Pre-match, halftime. You know, they can rework another act. I reckon he's the halftime entertainer.

He's not going to talk to the team. He's going to come out and do a breakdance. Sorry, guys. I've got the breakdancing battle. Yeah, they're like, do you have any notes you want to pass on to the boys? No, I've got one. Bring it on. That's my only note.

Do you think the All Blacks sort of feel like the type of organisation that would have nipped the breakdancing in the bud? Yeah, it does. Maybe a World Cup victory. What do you reckon, Taylor? When do we think the rugby public would allow them to bust out a breakdance? Maybe if we win this. Freedom Cup, you know?

If we go in and win this, I feel like surely, like, it's kind of half expected. Surely he's going to get to a point, though, where he can't do it anymore. Like, I'm not trying to age-shame the man, but, like, the Caterpillar and stuff, like, phew. Yeah, it's a lot of effort. Have you tried doing one before? No, I know my limits. Yeah.

You can put your lower back out too. Yeah, exactly. Now, obviously you played sport professionally. Have you ever had the joy of pouring a giant tub of Gatorade or whatever over your coach? I haven't personally done that, no. I think that comes from people standing on the sideline and finding it, but I feel like I would remember it otherwise.

Yeah, that'd be my greatest fear as a coach. I'd be like, oh God, if we win this, I'm going to get 10 litres of sugary, sticky Gatorade poured all over me. Oh, sticky cell phone, cell phone, cell phone. Like if they've got their phones out of their pockets or anything like that. But anyway, before we let you go, I saw

a while ago on social media, and I never brought it up, that you, obviously twin sister with your sister Sam, that you guys will sometimes try on clothes to go to stores for the other person as well. So you've got a hack around that. Yeah, no, we do. So if we go shopping, we'd be like, can you try that on for me? I can't be bothered today. It's like sweet.

Otherwise, I couldn't make it when I'm tried on the dress. Tried on the dress. Yeah. A different one. Yeah. And then it's like, sweet. Otherwise, I couldn't make it. Yeah, when I'm tried on the dress. Tried on the dress. And they make me a different one. Yeah. That is genius. What a hit. You've just got a spare person that can do things for you. A body double, basically.

Wow. Exactly. Yeah. It gets a bit awkward as she just starts. Have you ever in the past swapped out for each other? We did when we were at school in primary. But then our friend dobbed us in

and we haven't seen her since. Fair enough. Did you kill your friend? Yeah, I can't really comment on that. Thanks so much, Taylor. You're going to have a wonderful weekend.

Awesome, cheers. Thank you so much. You too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Dogs, dogs, dogs. Und to have a wonderful weekend. Awesome. Cheers. Thank you so much. You too. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I'd like to do something on a Friday where we look back at some iconic moments from yesteryear, get to reflect on something. You've joined an elite club of the most viral people in New Zealand.

I'm on the list of the most vile people in New Zealand. Ben Boyce, the most viral people in New Zealand. I don on the list of the most vile people in New Zealand. Ben Boyce, the most viral people in New Zealand. I don't know if I could be in quite the category. I don't think mine was as memorable as a lot of these we're going to play. But yeah, I've been doing these silly little videos on Instagram and TikTok with my daughters, embarrassing them with Gen Z sayings that I don't really know what they mean, but it gets a great reaction out of them.

Going through the drive-through, and I busted out a whole lot. I think we've got a little bit of audio of some of the cringy moments. I'm kind of feeling skibbity, so I've got off my get to come up to Riz up McChicken, please. IRL. That sounds Sigma. Just vibe check. I'm thirsty, so... Yeah, so my daughters in the back seat are just... Slowly dying. Yeah.

Is the person on the other end of the speaker slowly dying as well? Yeah, it's an awkward moment when you sort of pull up and you have to sort of talk to them afterwards i'm like hey sorry about that i was just filming for the thing you know so yeah okay because very patient they've found they're very patient yeah they sort of let you get through that like what's this idiot doing and then to get to the end of it so that's kind of uh what that one particular video then went kind of crazy i think i just looked before 68 million or something on instagram you need to try the um ai drive-through oh yeah see if that works yeah so it's gone now it's five million on tiktok or something so it's just yeah crazy i've never

had that sort of like it's like wow every time you look at it like more people were commenting on it insane uh but still having to get up at 3 o'clock in the morning. Yeah, well, it doesn't affect your life. It should affect your life. My friends couldn't get their head around that. Well, sure, shout. I'm like, I can shout, but I don't think I got money out of that. But you're joining the elite ranks of many of the finest New Zealanders

who have gathered traction online, including this gentleman from your hometown of Masterton. Now, it was pouring down in Masterton. Yeah. Rain everywhere and the roads were flooded, in particular the gutters on his road were flooded. And what he found in the gutters. F***ing raining in Masterton.

Storm. Our streets flooded. I'll show you something, Buzzy. Have you ever had this s*** in your town? You've got motherf***ing eels. Look at this s***. Eels in the f***ing gutter. Yeah, so there was just the eels, like, alive, swimming, just there.

I would love the news to just be real people. Yeah, yeah. We cross live now to Mike in Marston. What's the report, mate? Oh, bro, Buzzy. You know, that would be the news that we would all watch. Maybe people would watch the news. Cross live now to Mike and Marston. What's the report, mate? Oh, bro, buzzy. You know, that would be the news that we would all watch. Maybe people would watch the news.

News would still be a thing. Well, what's Mike going to say? He's dropped four bombs. He's a wild ride. I don't know if he's got too many more facts than that, too. It's all these eels here. To be honest, I think Mike would be a one and done in the live TV game. That would be entertaining.

And then there was a bomb scare in, I think, Otahu a few years ago. Now, the police obviously come to the neighbourhood. They're like, everyone get out. We're going to get the bomb squad here. We're all going to clear up for everyone's safety. And they caught this guy as he's walking out of his house. Tell me what happened tonight. I was just sitting there at home having some thoughts.

And then the police come up, knocked on my door, told me that I have to evacuate just because they reckon it's a bomb threat around the place. And I just tripped out and I was like, oh, shit. But it looks pretty serious. There's heaps of cops here and there. Reckon they're bringing the bomb squad in. Pretty trippy stuff, eh? Now, that was on the actual news, too.

Again, a really honest report. Maybe too honest? Sounds like Taika Waititi. It does sound like it's the Taika when he plays that corg. You don't get a more Kiwi 20 seconds than that one, do you? And then finally, this went viral, I think over 10 million views, actually. This was from a reality cop show. Oh, you were the voiceover.

That I forgot I even voiced over. You were the narrator for the show, weren't you? I didn't even realise it came from this, but this was the Ah, come on guy. A driver should be worrying about his court date. When's your next week? Next what? Next week. Next week.

Next week. Next week. Oh, come on. And then that took off like wildfire. Everyone was going, Ah, come on. For a while, yeah. Where do we live? Where do we live?

But it still happens though, doesn't it? Very demure, very mindful people saying it. People just love saying a saying for a little bit. Then you, oh, come on. Move on, don't you? Tell you what, Police 107 was a great source of vibe. For a while there, we were well catered for cop shows, weren't we? Road cops, Police 107, trucker cops, stripper cops.

We had them all covered. And they just disappeared from our lives. Right, actually. It was a very iconic time in New Zealand. That was today's Friday Flashback. Next, Megan, I want to test if you're better than Eliza McCartney. I've got some audio to play. Oh, no, I'm not.

And one thing, I reckon you might have beaten her in one thing, though. I'm going to play a little bit of audio for you next. It is the hits. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. I'm doing a podcast with my daughter, Sienna, at the moment. It just came out last week. It's called When I Grow Up.

Talking to amazing females about their life, trying to inspire the next generation. It's been really rewarding, actually. Has it inspired the old generation, you? Have you been inspired? I'm getting a lot out of it, to be honest. Everyone we talk to, I'm like, oh, that's cool how they do that. So last week, Jazz Thornton was the first guest.

Today, a new episode drops with Eliza McCartney, who Olympic champion, you know, amazing, amazing person. Ups and downs, pun intended, a pole vaulting through her life. I imagine there would be in a sport like that

because you, and ups and downs for you too because you have to try and organize all these people to come into the pod. You're the executive producer of the show and the biological producer

of Siena. Yeah, yeah. And are you getting credit for booking these people? Like, it's not easy to get these people to come into the podcast. You're the executive producer of the show and the biological producer of Siena. And are you getting credit for booking these people? It's not easy to get these people. You're aligning schedules. No, you're right. I do appreciate every producer that we've ever had. More than I ever had. You were going to say now.

Now, yeah, exactly. I appreciate them now. So Eliza McCartney, get it wherever you get your podcasts, iHeartRadio, wherever. It's called when i grow up uh you can listen to it now great to listen to with your kids uh and you know parents and their kids but eliza mccartney one of the things uh was incredible about her she just tried as a lot of kids do tried so many different sports as as a young kid and this was the list of sports that we found you grew up in new zealand right auckland and you played a lot of sports okay i've got a big list here this is all the sports you played yeah very good go netball cross country

basketball touch rugby squash tennis swimming water polo then into track and field and pole voting that's a very busy schedule it is a bit yes i mean as you can tell i was an active kid i loved any sport, anything that like kind of came across my path. I was like, yeah, I want to give it a go. And so that's why I just ended up playing all sorts of things, which I think is really important as a kid, right? Because if you just kind of narrow down into one sport really young, you don't get to develop skills and all sorts of things. It's kind of a bit intense if you do that as well. You know, that variety is really good for skill development for social development and then just

also getting to know what you're good at i mean i started polvo it was the last sport basically out of that whole list that i did yeah pretty crazy that she went along with a mate who was going i'm going to try this and she's like oh yeah i'll try that and then six years later she's winning a bronze medal at the olympics now the eliza m McCartney of this show, Megan Pappas. This is what I wanted to test, because there was quite a big list there from Eliza. It was a big list. But every time we talk about sports, and Jono, you'll vouch for this, Megan's like, oh, yeah, I played that.

Oh, I did that. I was just doing exactly what Eliza said, trying a whole bunch of things. Which is great. I haven't nailed one and ended up at the Olympics, though. Talking, professional talking. Eventually, you must have landed on broadcasting but as far as sports goes what sports have you played? Not as many as her. Oh really?

I don't think so. Softball, netball, roller derby, rowing, volleyball, water polo and kite surfing which I dabbled in. I think you're on the same as her. She was about seven. Oh really? You've done really well. Did you say kite surfing?

Yeah. This is a new one. Every time we talk to her, she just, I think you just. No, I talked to you about kite surfing. You're right. I've never heard you say kite surfing. I said I dabbled in it because I never actually made it to the water because you have to learn to fly the kite first.

Well, you can't say you've done kite surfing. No, but I bought the kite and I trained with the kite. So you've flown a kite. Is that what you're saying? No, this is a next level. So like, it floats you in the air. And as soon as I got dragged down a hill, kite? No, this is a next level. So it floats you in the air. And as soon as I got dragged down a hill, I was like, this isn't for me.

Just because you bought a kite and got dragged down a hill doesn't mean you've done the kite surfing. No, I bought the actual kite surfing kite. I know, but you didn't do the surfing part. No, that's okay. It's like, yeah, I was only saying I bought a surfboard. I got halfway. Wow.

You flew a kite. You flew a kite. Once and gave up. Where is the kite surfing kite? Oh no, I sold halfway. Well, I'm assuming you flew a kite. You flew it once and gave up. Where is the kite, Stephen Kite? Oh, no, I sold it because it blew me down the hill. I didn't want to end up in the traffic. After 7 o'clock, in about 10 minutes' time, we're going to put someone to the test. We gave them a challenge to listen to our show for the entire week.

And if they can answer all five questions correctly, they'll win $1,000 and you could be challenging someone next next week to win exactly the same thanks to Dilma that's in 10 on the hits the hits the Jono and Ben podcast they're very exciting the ASB classic returning to the ASB tennis arena it is incredible if you get the chance to go along uh not just the tennis uh just all the entertainment the food the atmosphere it starts on the 30th of December to the 11th of January all the details

at asbclassic.co.nz and later next week we'll be giving away our first double pass you could win went along last year with Patricia Taylor and she struggled

to not talk because you know you can talk out and about out when you're not on set and caught by watching the game. But in between, you've got to be quiet. And she's like, I don't think I can do this.

For how long? Oh, only when they're playing their point. And then afterwards, you can talk. Why did you have to say that was so important? Exactly. There was pockets of time to talk. It's like us on the show. We talk after the songs.

Yeah. It's such a great event. So all the details at asbclassic.co.nz. Now, Ben, you've caused a bit of trouble, a kerfuffle in the neighbourhood, we understand. Started making trouble in the neighbourhood. Yeah, you know, I don't know why we did this, but we were on a family walk last weekend.

Can I guess what you did? What's that? You said you were being nosy in your neighbourhood at the weekend. Did you go to an open home? Yeah, we did. I love doing that. We're not even in the market for any... No, and they want all your details.

They call you afterwards and you're like i was just being i always give my wife's number of that too yeah it's like yeah we've got a number and she's like he's gonna say my number and i do and she deals with the fallout of us being nosy we were i don't know why we were going on a family walk and then we went past and there there was these new little apartment things. And we're like, oh, we'll go have a look in there. I don't know why, but we decided to open up. Nosiness. Yeah. Human nature.

You always drive past the facade of a house, and you're like, I wonder what's in there. So yeah, we had the dog. I sort of tied the dog out in front. And I was like, OK, we're going to go inside. The kids are like, do you want to come inside? And they're like, yeah, we'll come inside. I said, all right.

Well, we've got best behavior. It's not our house. It's a brand new house. We're on Snoop. Yeah. It's a brand new house we're going to go through. And they went inside. They sort of ran up the stairs and all sorts of stuff.

And you're like, oh, jeez, what are they going to do? But go up there. And they're trying to turn on the shower. I'm like, guys, guys, it's me. Testing the water pressure? Yeah, testing. It's fine. They were actually really good in the house.

But then they were like, can we go outside? And I thought outside meant going back with the dock. But what they'd done is they'd gone around the corner and there was a little AstroTurf outside area like that. And we came around to look outside and just hearing a big, loud crash. Uh-oh. And you're like, I know. You know in your gut, don't you?

Your mind's trying to tell you, no, no, it's not them, but your gut knows. Yeah. One of them had decided to do a handstand. The other one was holding up the handstand, lost the other one's legs, smacked into the ear. There was tears because the foot went into the ear. And then some pot plants got knocked on. Fortunately, nothing broke.

A little bit of dirt that we cleaned up. But you're just like, guys, what did I say? Gone out the front foot bath and done the handstand. Especially in a place you feel guilty about being inside anyway. Yeah. And then I had to pretend the guy came out. It's fine, fine. And then I had to, so how long you'll be looking for?

And then I start going into a whole like. Here's my wife's number. A backstory about the whole, oh, we'll be looking for a little bit. This should be great. Just because I felt bad about the pot plants. So my wife will be dealing with the fallout of phone calls. Handstands can go either really well or, you know, The pop lads. So my wife will be dealing with the fallout of phone calls of that at some stage. Handstands can go either really well or, you know,

they're a very 50-50 split, aren't they, the handstand? Especially the adult handstand. Everyone's got a friend in their group who can do a handstand. I know. Have you tried a handstand or a cartwheel as an adult? I've never done it. There's so much pressure on your hands. We're going to do something different next, but next all three of us are going to try handstands.

We're going to film it and see who's the best handstander. Okay, I'll try. One of us is going to end up with an ACC form. All right, then next we'll see how we go with a handstand. Oh, God. After Post Malone, Paul Metrae. We'll do it during the song, okay? We'll film it on Friday.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yeah, we just for some reason decided to have a handstand competition in the studio. You can see it on the Hits breakfast on Instagram. We had old handstands. All three of us, just hadn't done a handstand in a long time and it definitely showed. My wrist hurt. Yeah, this was Megan, kind of got off the ground a bit with the legs. I wasn't wearing a skirt.

Yeah, you are. That wasn't conducive. Not prime conditions though. Ben Boyce almost had an accident where he could have performed in the Paralympics next year. Oh, jeez. Yeah. A man who landed straight on his head. Yeah, I feel like in the NRL I'd be off for like about six weeks if I made someone do what I did to myself.

There's going to be some long-lasting CTE on that one. That's on the Hits Breakfast social media. But first of all, the Hits and Dilma. Do try it. We're giving you the challenge at the moment to get someone to listen to our show for an entire week. Then we'll ask them some questions on a Friday to prove that they've been listening. And if they get them all correct, you will split $1,000 with them, which is incredible. So you can register right now

at the hitstockcode.nz. We want you to do try it like Dilmati and you get a Dilmati price back. And the lady who nominated her mother this week, Nadia Gibbs-Gibbo. How are you? Thank you. Jeez, we've gone from, you know, just think back to Monday. No nicknames, no camaraderie.

Now look at us. Far we've come in a week. Our dear friend Gibbo is back. Now, you nominated your mum to listen to our show and the hits this week. How do you think it's gone? I think it's gone pretty well. Every time I sort of wake up in the morning, she says, Oh, yeah, I listened to the show this morning, and I mean, I think it's going well.

She's taken the job very seriously. Had radios everywhere. She wasn't anywhere without a radio in all parts of the household. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yep, she's got one at sort of all the different corners of the house, just in case she's out by the shed. She's got one in the shed. She's, yeah, if we're down by the pool, she's, oh, she just said she's sick of getting up early.

She reckons. Oh, she's over it. Okay. She's going to need a good old Dilmar cup of tea and a lie down at the end of this. Yeah, no, she's fine. Okay. Well, now's the moment of truth. If you could put her on the phone and we're going to ask her a couple of questions about

things that have happened this week. If she gets them all correct, you guys get to split $1,000 and a Dilmar tea prize pack. Sure. We drink Dilmar tea, just coincidentally. Oh, God. Just coincidentally? Just so you know?

We're not tripping either. Well, Marianne, welcome to Judgment Day. Now, Megan, you've written the questions this week. I feel like you've done a great job of writing them. So, yeah, you should read them out.

He doesn't need a ghostwriter for his questions. I feel like, who am I to come over and go, I'll take these off. All right, I can ask the questions. Over to you, Megan. All right. John is excited about the music he found. All right, question number one. Ben got a new what on his leg?

A new what? A new what on his leg? A new what? A new what on his leg? What day was that? Tuesday. You know what? Tuesday. Was it a tattoo? Yes, right.

Well done. It was an embarrassing tattoo that my daughter's got me to get. So of Gen Z words like skippity and sigma, that'll be around forever, as Jono said. You'll regret that. Amen, sister. We'll give you'll regret that. Amen, sister. We'll give you two points for that one. That was a witty retort. All right, you've got three more to go.

Good luck. Which 90s rocker was less than impressed with your certificate? We made them this week. Brian Adams. We won him over eventually, Brian Adams. But at the start, I think he thought we were taking the mickey. Yeah, I heard that and I thought, gee, he doesn't say much, that guy. He doesn't give anything away.

No, our boss called it excruciating to listen to. We got there. He's like, you won him round. That's good. Much like we're hoping to win you round this week. Next question. What ended up in my mum's house? What animal?

Ah, frog. Yeah. Well done. It was a frog, yes. One more question, Marianne. You've got the $1,000. Yeah, well done. It was a frog, yes. One more question, Marianne. You've got the $1,000. The pressure. Good luck.

What caused Jono to have a fall this week? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was listening to what caused him to have the fall. He was in the shower. He was trying to put his trousers on. Yes. We'll accept pants, trousers. caused him to have the fall. He was in the shower. He was trying to put his trousers on. Yes! Yay! We'll accept pants, trousers.

Double-legged my trousers down the one socket there, Mary Ann. We had a fall. We had a fall. Don't call them trousers. Hey, I've done that, by the way. But I've never fallen over. Mary Ann's done that as well. Maybe it's an old person thing for you and me, Mary Ann.

Yeah, you're getting there, mate. She can blame his on the stroke. What's yours? I love these two. You guys are awesome. Thank you so much for being great sports this week. And $1,000 is coming your way in a Dilmar Tee prize pack because you, like they say, do try it,

and you tried the show, so thank you very much. Thanks. I can throw my knife away now. You can register right now at hits.co.nz The next week Someone else will be put To the test of Do trying the radio show

Yeah you can hits You've done all that Yeah I did You did a great job with that Hey coming up next Megan Someone who A famous person

Who had the same name As another famous person And now they want to go back To their original name It might be a little confusing I see why they changed it The first place Yeah it's the same

As another famous actor. Yeah, I still feel like it's going to be really confusing. We'll tell you who the actor is next in three minutes on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Brian Adams during the week gave him a certificate, didn't we, for winning the best song ever. And he wasn't overly thrilled with the certificate, but I think we're going to, it was a,

what like we say, a draft copy, pilot episode of the certificate. So we're going to go regroup, make a better certificate for when he lands next year. Meet him at the airport. Oh, we should do.

Go to the airport and give him a certificate. We could frame it. Yeah. Give it to him. Why don't we go novelty size check certificate? Oh, that'd be good. Like a giant.

Brian, we got a better certificate with a smile. He was more concerned about the photo that he wasn't smiling in the photo. Exactly. And now, you were just saying before a a celebrity has changed their name.

Well, changed their name many years ago because they had the same name as another celebrity. This is a celebrity you'll know, Michael Keaton. I know Michael Keaton. He's been Batman. And Beetlejuice knew him. He was the original Beetlejuice. There's a new Beetlejuice movie in cinemas right now. Yeah.

And so he's doing the rounds at the moment. And he has said that he would quite like to from now on be known in movies by his actual name. Which is? Michael Douglas. Now, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. There's already another Michael Douglas.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah. So here lies the problem. I think he wants to use his middle name, Michael John Douglas, so that he can be. But also the movie companies are going to be like, Michael John Douglas, so that he can be... But also, the movie companies are going to be like, Michael John Douglas stars in, and you're going to be like, who? Yeah, you've kind of already built the brand.

Now, can we get two Gen Z producers to come on in there at the moment? Because we just mentioned before that, oh, he's got the same name as Michael Douglas. Now, producer Grace, producer Liam joining us now. As I walk through after we've just been chatting about, they were frantically Googling who is Michael Douglas. No idea.

No idea. No clue. He can change his name as much as he wants. I think I know who he is. So I was like, we started looking at movies that Michael Douglas had been in, Grace, and then you went, oh, he was in Ant-Man. You'd seen Ant-Man. Yeah, Ant-Man.

Yeah, so a recent movie. And I was like, well, he's married to Catherine Zeta-Jones. Nothing.. A recent movie. And they were like, he's married to Catherine Zeta-Jones. Nothing. No, no, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Who is she? You don't remember the 1987 film Wall Street? I don't remember that. We're past life for that movie.

Basic Insect was a big movie, but I guess, again, before your time. It's 1992. Yeah, before your time. Don't blame you. Don't blame you. Don't blame you. And Michael Douglas it sounds like a run-of-the-mill chartered accountant

doesn't it? The name. I just showed them pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones and they still don't know. Still don't know. She looks like an old lady. She doesn't look old.

She does. Get out of here. He wasn't looking at Catherine he was looking at you. Who do I throw this pen at both of you okay I ain't under the hits

this is what we're going to open up we want to find the most famous non-famous person listening right now have you got an identical famous name because it would become

the bane of your existence I imagine and then we'll find out if producer Grace and producer Liam know who the famous person was if you've got the same name as alright I'm under the hits 4487 And then we'll find out if producer Grace and producer Liam know who the famous person was. If they've got the same name as.

All right? Yeah. Oh, Andrew, that's a 4487. We've got some help pizzas to give away. Do you have a name the same as a celebrity? Or do you know someone who's got the same name as a celebrity? Love to hear from you. I know, Andrew, that's Mark Ammore.

Belong Together, 7.30. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And now we're talking about the actor Michael Keaton. He was Batman. He's in the new Beetlejuice movie. He was the original Beetlejuice. But I just found out his original actual birth name is Michael Douglas. And he wants to go back to Michael Douglas. The trouble is it's already taken.

And Michael Douglas was here first. But then I guess I was just thinking, you know, there's the Michael Jordan basketball or Michael B. Jordan, the actor, I guess. Is that why he puts the B in there? Probably why he put the B in his name. Isn't that weird? I've never connected that they have the same name because of the B. You've never connected to Michael Jordan. It's the B that did a good job of separating them. Katy Perry, she's Katy Hudson, isn't she? Birth name.

So she didn't want to be known as Kate Hudson because there's already a Kate Hudson. I think David Walliams changed his name because he was an actor or someone back in the day who's probably not quite as famous now as David Walliams is. David Williams, I think, was his name. And so he just went with an unusual pronunciation. Yeah, is there a typo there? Why is he throwing me the Walliams? Oh, 800 of the Hits.

We want to get the most famous, non-famous person listening to the show. Have you got a famous name? Do you know anyone with a famous name? We've got Hell Pizza up for grabs. It's a competition. I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. The stuff we are going through so far, pretty.

Do you know who Benny King is, Ben? Benny King. Ben, we've got someone called Benny King on the text machine. Benny King. Singer. Did you know Benny King? Oh, no. Only because they explained it.

But it's a very famous song. Stand By Me, Benny King. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Stand By Me, the song. Yeah, I know that one. Yeah.

Iconic song. There's someone called Benny King. So they, Benny. Yeah, this one. This is Benny. Yeah. So that's one. A bit of research required for that one.

I used to work with a Michael Bolton, but everyone knew, do not reference it. Oh, really? I hated it. Everyone was like, Michael Bolton, but don't say anything. Oh, really? Don't reference it. That's the first thing I would...

Yeah, it's the first thing everyone goes to. When a man loves a woman. Let's, what's your name? Sorry? Jenny. Jenny? Jenny. thing everyone goes to. When a man loves a woman. What's your name? Sorry? Jenny. Jenny? Jenny from the block?

Jenny Lopez? Who have we got on the phone here? Jenny. Okay, Jenny. So you haven't got the famous name. Do you know someone that's got a famous name? Yeah, yeah. Michael Douglas.

Oh, you know Michael Douglas? Yeah. Does he like the reference to any Catherine Zeta-Jones jokes? We've never done it. Oh, really? You've never mentioned the fact that he's got the same name as Michael Douglas? No. So it never come up

in conversation? No. Wow. So you're aware of Michael in conversation? No. No, that is, wow, you would have thought, so you're aware of Michael Douglas, the actor, and you never went,

oh, okay, all right. That's respect. That is respect. That is respect to the friendship. Now,

this is the first time you've even brought it up and it's on a radio topic. Yeah, yeah. Only because no one knows who I am. Well,

you're Jenny, mate, you are someone to us. Yeah. And we'll remember this day forever, Jenny. Thank you so much for your Yeah. And we'll remember this day forever, Jenny. Thank you so much for your call.

Hook you up with some hell pizza, Jenny. We appreciate your call. Michael Bolton? Yeah. Thumbs up or thumbs down if you've heard of Michael Bolton.

Gen Z producers, put a thumbs down. Okay, there we go. He was sex on a stick Bolton back in the day. He was. He was a banger. Google him. Google him. Okay, let's sing one more was six on a stick. He was. Some banger. Google him.

Google him. Okay, let's take one more quickly. Sing the pants off you, Michael Boltonwood. Who do we have on the phone here? It's Vicky. Vicky. Victoria Beckham. Yeah.

I've got friends. My husband's name's David, and we've got friends that call us Becks. Oh, David and Victoria. That's kind of cool. David and Victoria. Is that the famous connection we've got friends that call us Becks and... Oh, David and Victoria. That's kind of cool. David and Victoria. Is that the famous connection you've got? Well, no, I was going to say I've got a friend called Rachel Green as well. So that's...

Oh, from Friends. Friends. Friends. That was Rachel's character on Friends. Please put a thumbs up if you know what Friends is to our producers. Yeah, yeah. Middling sort of, yes. Half thumbs up.

Look, I've watched it so many times. Oh, there we go. David and Bex, that's a great, that is a wonderful couple, famous name. Does it get you free meals, discounts at the coffee club or anything? No, nothing like that, unfortunately. I'll be using it right to book tables, eh, next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben

podcast. You know, in this job, you record just random bits of audio all the time and you look through your voice memo recorder on your phone. I don't think many other people would use the voice memo really. No. No, not too many I would imagine. Always pulling out the phone to record and stuff, aren't we?

Yeah. Sign of a desperate radio host. And I was just flicking through and I completely forgot earlier in the week I recorded something on my phone. Now we flew to Christchurch. Now traditionally the airline industry has trained their pilots not to open their mouth when they're talking and offering instructions over the pa system you know like nine times and you don't you kind of no. You get like little bits of information.

You're like, oh. Also with the development of technology, why aren't the speakers better? It's always like... It's either air-bleedingly loud or mouse quiet. Yeah. There's no in-between. But I think for the first time in airline history, we had a clear, concise pilot offering a message.

Have a listen to this. A nice tailwind at the moment. Pilot offering a message. Have a listen to this. Nice tailwind at the moment. About 180kmh wind pushing us down the crushage. Clear diction. The weather for our arrival was just reasonably brisk. Subtle breeze. And a bit of personality too. Not too loud.

Just a little bit of scatting power, but there is some thundershowers. That's very good. That's what you want. That's so just a little bit of scatting fat, but there is some thunder showers. That's very good. That's very good. That's what you want. That's so clear. I'll tell you what, once I had, I flew into Wellington, and, you know, Wellington can be quite a hard airport to land in, but, you know, we're there.

Windy, turbulence. And it was almost like the pilot left the mic on, because he did a, whoa, there big fella, as he landed. Whoa, there big fella. Was there anything around it? It was a little bit It could be a bit of a bumpy You know He sort of gave us an update

And then I got a Whoa there big fella And there's he I've always wondered When they're doing the voice You know the talky bit What happens if they hit Turbulence during that

They'd be like Whoa whoa whoa Panic panic I'm sorry I like to think They turn the microphone off And they're like Back on

We'll be waiting. Please remain calm. But I quite like that, you know, maybe you could have like a, you know, you could listen to their commentary. I like sports. Like an audio sort of option. No thanks, because if anything's like kind of not right. What are they talking about?

Oh, oh, they're talking about this. Oh, there I might go, chicken or fish or you're going to go for the most mundane conversation. Hey, coming up after eight o'clock. My mum go. Chicken official. You're going to go for the most mundane conversation. Coming up after 8 o'clock. My mum, actually. Huge news. Oh, this is huge mum news. Now, what turned up in my mum's house?

Very unbelievable. Like, she's been living up north 10, 15 years and has never encountered one of these. I've never encountered one of these. Usually it's me at his mum's house, but this time it was more frightening than Jono at my mum's house. What is it? We'll find out soon on The Hits. Who's just on the podcast, Call Her Dad, a huge podcast, talking about how a year away from her relationship with Orlando Bloom really helped their relationship in the long run.

And they went to couples therapy and all kinds of things. The best thing for their relationship was having that year apart and then realising all the things that they loved about each other. How did they break up? Yeah, broke up for a year. When?

About 2017, I think. Didn't tell us about that, did that? Well, they probably did. You're probably doing other stuff in your life.

You mentioned before there was someone getting some flack online and you're actually behind the person. Yeah, so this woman has revealed that she left her first date

before the meal even came out. It was very early on in the date. And the reason she left, it'd be interesting to ask you about this, Jono, is because the guy took out his Invisalign at the table. Yeah, that's me. I've got Invisalign. I pull it out, and every time you take it out, it comes out with about half a dozen strings of saliva.

That's it. So he pulled it out, and she was like, the saliva, the string of saliva that he pulled out with it. She was like, I excuse myself, went to the bathroom, then caught an Uber and left. Listen, I don't blame her. Nothing is sexier than watching someone pull Invisalign or any mouth guard from their mouth. You can't, there's no. There's no good way to do it. There's no classy way to do it.

No, but if you did it at the table too, that's probably something that you go uh you know i get very self-conscious about doing i sometimes if i if i'm a public place i just put my jersey over and everyone's like what's he doing is he what you're doing huffing glue what's going on there but yeah because my husband's got invisalign he instead of doing the the saliva trail he does something which i can't decide if it's worse or not. He pulls it out and slurps it. Suck back. That's a good option. So every time he pulls it out, I'm like, okay, there's no saliva trail, but it's the slurping sound.

It's like if we were on a first date, mate, I don't think we'd make it further. You look like an old man in your 90s when you're doing it. Slurping your dentures. Yeah, exactly. It's not good. But, you know, if you don't know what they are, they're invisible sort of mouth guards. They kind of act like braces and sort of, you know, bully your teeth into place.

If you pull them out, there's no way they're not going to have saliva on them. I get it. And not do it at the table. If you're doing that on the table on the first date, like how disorganized are you? You knew you were going to a restaurant. At least like take them off on the way in. Yeah, exactly.

So I get that. Maybe he was like, well, this is me me this is me 10 years into the relationship you may as well you want to get to know him because you don't want to slowly over time realize oh this guy's an absolute slob you want to know that they're a slob from the get-go no you always save you crazy till later so i don't yeah listen i don't blame her for uh for walking out on that what's an ultimate red flag for you like an ultimate if someone had a bad trait, you're like, I could never spend my days with this person. Doing that to people, like clicking your fingers at a table.

Like, excuse me. You know, just the arrogance of that. Gets results though. Is anyone ever, is any of the help, I like to call them the help too when they're there. God, no. Is any of the help never not come when you click your fingers off? They come with a scowl on their face.

Next, my mum. I showed you this photo. This is incredible mum news. Next. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We wanted to know, 0800 THE HITS or 4487, mum news today. The best mum news. From the week that's just been.

Yeah, so you could be a mum yourself or this could be news about your mother. Your mum had a frog in her house a couple of days ago, Megan. I don't know how that happened. She was chasing a frog out of the house. She sent pictures. Well, my mum also had something in her house. Pretty unbelievable, actually. And she joins us right now, my mum, Jenny.

Hello. Hello. Mum. Yes. Hey, I feel like we should be calling from the news or something because big news ended up in your house. It was a kiwi bird. I know.

How can you believe it? We've been here 10 years, and I've never even seen one. I don't think anyone's ever seen a kiwi, ever. I think you've found the first ever kiwi. Yeah, unbelievable. So just to give the description, Jono's obviously here, Megan as well, but to give a description, John is obviously here, Megan as well, but to give a description, you've got like a little cabin downstairs where you live outside, and it went through the cat door? It went through a cat flap door thing, whatever you call it,

and it came into the bathroom area, and it woke up the lady that's there, and she thought, what's going on? And here was, it's evidently by the size of it, a teenager. So it was either hungry or it was on an adventure. Oh, wow. Looking for a vape or a ram raid or something. Yeah, ram raided into your house. Ram raided Kiwi.

So what happened? Because it was fossicking around the bathroom. Yeah, checking out, seeing if there was anything I think to eat because, you know, maybe, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. You tell me. I'm confused, and I'm absolutely excited. Yeah.

And the big question, Jenny, what did it taste like? No. No one's doing that. No. I stick to fruit. So did you have to escort it out of the house, or? Yes, we shoo it out, yes. It was gently sent on its merry way.

That's pretty incredible because I know up, you know, up north where you live around Russell, they have signs saying, you know, protect the Kiwi,

and I'm like, who's seen a Kiwi here up there? I know, I know, I know, I'm so excited, so I'm on the watch

for more. I want more. That's probably a one and done. You saw one, okay, but yeah, I don't think that's going to happen twice in a more. I want more. That's probably a one and done. You saw one, okay. I don't think that's going to happen twice in a lifetime. No, exactly. Is that the most interesting thing that's ever wandered into your house, Jenny?

Can I pass on that one? I'm a cat. All you get to say, yes, it is. Makes us think, what other things have been wandering into your house? Well, it's certainly got the longest beak I've seen. makes us now go what other things have been wanting to do but anyway well I've certainly got the longest speak I've seen I don't know where we're going

with this now but I definitely want to pass on whatever this conversation is getting oh thank you so much great mum news great mum news thank you Judy

great mum news oh yeah very exciting see you mate the hits the Jono and Ben podcast who's having the best weekend love doing this every weekend Very exciting. See you, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend?

We love doing this every weekend as we head into the weekend with Hayley from the north, Connor from the south. They both work for The Hits, and we find out which island's having the best weekend. Now, lovely to have you both on this morning. How are you? Yeah, good. Good, yep. Now, behind the scenes, there's been a mix-up of communications.

I'll take the hit on the chin. Is that what you do? You take a hit on the chin. We'll take this on the chin. I'll take this on the chin. No one told you that we're doing the best weekend today, you two. Oh. No, but I'm ready.

Nobody, but I've also been lying on my gastro bed. Oh, my God. I haven't been across on my gastro bed. Oh my God! I haven't been across what's happening, but I'm quickly feeling confident that I can beat Connor. I like how Connor's like, I'm ready at all times. Put me on coach. And Hayley's like, I'm lying here dead

with gastro. Can we give you one to help you out Hayley? Because we were just reading before about in the North Island this weekend in New Plymouth the Red Hot Chili Peppers the world's best Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band are playing in New Plymouth this weekend. What? Funny you said it, that was my event. Oh was it?

So now, come on I know you're dead with gastro, now we steal your event. Oh I was trying to help you out because I thought you didn't have time so I should have let you go first. I actually didn't have anything so that's great. Thank you. Do you have any more details on that gig?

Yeah, $69 for tickets if you'd like to go. Over 30 songs as well, the Chili Peppers songs. Also, the logo's exactly the same. He looks like, it says Preppers, mate. It doesn't say Peppers. It's like typo. It looks incredible. Yeah.

So, Hayley, that'll be your submission for what's happening in the North? It is, yes. And also, I think we've got the Fringe Festival happening in Auckland. Help me out here, guys. I'm already trying to help you out. The Fringe Festival happening in Auckland, too. That's live from a bit of gastro.

Oh, my God. I feel so bad for you. Yeah. Now, Connor, who is ready to crack. He's ready for a Best Weekend competition any day of the week, even when it's not the weekend. What's happening in the South, Connor?

I'll tell you what. Starting last night was this Illuminate Festival, which is the largest sound and lighting festival in New Zealand at the Botanic Gardens. I went along last night. It is awesome. All these displays, lights you can walk through, interact with. They make

sounds. There's a massive spaceman. There's a dragon that breathes fire. It is awesome. And then what you do, right? You go to Illuminate and then you walk home via Rollickin Gelato into our very own The Hitch Gelato flavour we've made. S'more house ab. To there toasted marshmallow sea salt

caramel with our beach pickies rolled in there as well oh now i like the red hot chili preppers pun but i also like small house air that's good too you're playing into this bunny heart yeah uh and you love botanical gardens too i do you right. Huge fan of Botanical Gardens. You love the daffodils. So this is Factory and Gastro, puns, Botanical Gardens. This universe, that's happening in Auckland. Oh, mate, it's too late now. We've moved on. You can't just Google things while Connor's talking. To be fair, though, Connor had more time,

and he just picked something he went to last night. He didn't know about it either. Let's not get below the belt personal here. I mean, I love lights and gelato, but like, she's got gastro. Okay, so you're going to say that Hayley? I'm going to say Hayley wins. Well, I would just argue that getting ice cream isn't an event. To be fair, Rollick and Gelato's there all the time.

I woke up with a bit of a cough this morning. I woke up with a bit of a cough this morning. I woke up with a bit of a cough. Hayley, at least gastro's an event. Exactly, exactly. And it's still going on in my house. Oh, geez, all right. We need to give it to Hayley because of what she went through. You guys have a wonderful week.

Well, Connor, you have a wonderful weekend. Hayley, you're not going to have much of a weekend. Oh, I'll feel better soon. Thanks, Connor, you have a wonderful weekend. Hayley, you're not going to have much of a weekend. I feel better soon. Thanks. Get better. Sorry, I'll email you next week and tell you we're doing it, okay? All good, all good. I appreciate it.

Best weekend.