Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW : Megan is stitched up with a fake interview!

Episode Date: November 4, 2024

ON THE SHOW: We have our best run on the Herald Quiz yet! We're on the hunt for the most wholesome stories! The Mariah Carey Christmas game is heating up, Ben dodges a bullet and we our first person out! Megan admits to a weird food combo, turns out there is even weirder ones out there and you all are admitting to them! Megan interviews famous Blackcap Neil Wagner! ..... or does she? We talk to Manu Feildel about his new Kitchenware set! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Jono and Ben podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts in tastes that Kiwis love. The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Welcome to the podcast on a Tuesday morning where we try and get 10 out of 10 in the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Oh, it's drama. It's some high drama. I don't want to give it away. Oh, I wondered what was happening there. What do you think is the greatest thing you've learned on this trying to get 10 out of 10 on the Herald Daily Quiz journey? Well, I keep thinking the first thing that pops into my mind

is about the snails having more teeth than pretty much every other animal, right? Yeah, than sharks and crocodiles. The Elizabeth Tower holds Big Ben. Oh, that came into play today on the Alpha Quiz. Yeah, none of us remembered. Yeah. It's like a joke. It's hard to remember jokes, isn't it?

Because when you hear all this great information, you're like, oh, fantastic. But then if I said to you, who produces more gas? You were changing it then. You just need a little prompt along the way sometimes. And other times you're like, I've already forgotten that. What do you think? I mean, you had a whole career of doing facts on your show. What's the greatest fact you think you remembered from over the years? There's one about Pepsi.

What's that? I don't know. It's a drink? There's a real interesting one about Pepsi. How interesting is it? No, don't. Tell us more. We did a fact every day.

Yeah. And I can't remember any of them. Wow. So there you go. It's good stuff. Pepsi cleans blood off the road? Was it that? What?

No. It's Pepsi or Coke. They can use to get blood off the road. No, I didn't know that. I remembered, actually, the one that I remember is vanilla, the flavour, used to come from beavers' butts. Did they? Did they excrete it from the bottoms of beavers? Not anymore, obviously.

Now, again, back to this conversation we've had multiple times. Who was the hero that debuted that? Milked a beaver's bottom and thought, I might just taste what's on the end of my finger there. Oh, that was surprisingly good. I'm just looking up. Okay, here's some things you never knew about Pepsi. Just see if these will rejig your memory, okay? Pepsi was once called Brad's Drink.

Was that it? No, okay, you're not listening to me. No. World War could have been the end of the company Pepsi stayed afloat by offering more cola For less money Might be something like that No that's not it

Who's got more interest in your Pepsi fact than you do First soft drink company to use two litre bottles I'm not on that show anymore mate I got away from the facts There were Pepsi mascots in Japan I'm just saying any of these are your facts That you're going to know What was wrong with the vanilla beaver bums That was good You have Pepsi mascots in Japan. I'm just saying, are these your facts that you're going to know? No.

Okay. What was wrong with the vanilla beaver bums? That was good. I just wanted to know what your Pepsi fact was. It was good. All right. Well, on that note, we're going to play you the podcast. This is us trying the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz.

Producer Ellie is in right now to run us through the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We try and do this every day and see if we can get 10 out of 10. Once we get a wrong answer, we stop. And sometimes that happens on question one. I just seen I've been up all night studying everything. Everything on the internet. So I feel pretty good about today, guys. Okay.

All right, Donna. Well, first question. What Premier League football team does Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes play for? Was it Manchester City, Chelsea or Manchester United? It was Man U, wasn't it? You've been studying that? Yeah. I've been studying everything on the internet.

You've been studying that? That is correct, John. Did you know that? Studying everything, mate. Was that just a wild guess? Well, there's two theories. Wild guess or one that's on, you can check it out. The quiz is already up on the New Zealand Herald.

He gets up early, so he could have done that. Do you want the honest answer? Absolute wild guess. Wow. You are so confident. With blind arrogance and confidence. Blind white man confidence. Privileged confidence, my friend.

Can't quite hear you two beneath the old glass floor that I'm walking on here. All right, mate. All right, mate. All right, question two. Here we come. Who was the German Kaiser during World War I? Was it Kaiser Frederick III, Kaiser Wilhelm I,

or Kaiser Wilhelm II? I didn't get to my German war history. German war history. Sorry, was it Kaiser what? I think that's like the leader, isn't it? It's one of the Wilhelms.

Right. Isn't it? So it's below's one of the Wilhelms Right Isn't it So it's below One of the Wilhelms Okay so you reckon It's one Okay Do you want to look at them This is a question too

Wilhelm one or two Let's go World War one And Wilhelm two Okay mix it up We're out here We're out here That's the way it works

So one for World War one No I said two She said two Oh you said two Sorry That is correct Okay, mix it up. We're out here. We're out here. It's the way it works. So one for World War I? No. I said two. She said two. Oh, you said two? Sorry. That is correct. Oh, Megan.

Wow. Okay, two big guesses, and we've got two correct so far. Nice work. Okay, what crime writer's novels feature medical examiner Dr. K. Scarpetta? Oh, Patricia Cornwall. Whoa. Whoa. That's correct. I just got the question. Oh, Patricia Cornwall. Whoa. Whoa.

That's correct. I just got the question. Yeah, my wife reads the books. I've never read the book, but I always talk and she's all like, Scarpetta's doing this and that's retaining my, yeah, yeah. I've honestly never read a book of hers, but there you go. Well done. Well done, Ben. Honestly, are you like, stop banging on about.

Scarpetta, this is coming on. I don't even know who Scarpetta, but thank you. That moment. Wow. Thank you, Amanda. Thank you. You've all even know who Scarpetta is. But thank you. That moment. Wow. Thank you, Amanda. Thank you. You've all got one right. That's great.

Three from three. What's question four like? Question four. I think you could get this. Which Auckland suburb is home to the Auckland Botanic Gardens? Is it Penrose, Papatoetoe, or Manurewa? Oh, it's Manurewa. Yeah, it's out south, isn't it?

It's going right away. Yeah. That is correct, Jono. Okay. Nice work. Okay. Nice work. Okay. All right, this one, boys. Speaking of your glass ceilings and your glass floors,

let's see how you go here, mate. How long must a person go without a menstrual period to be considered in menopause? Sorry, I'm not looking at you because I'm sure you know me. I don't know. No, Megan, you're letting us down. Okay, let's go to the answers. You've got all the parts.

Okay, what are the options? Sorry, nine months, 12 months, or six months. Okay, there's go to the answers. You've got all the parts. Okay, what are the options? Sorry, nine months, 12 months, or six months. Okay, there we go. Four, four, eight, seven on the text. This might be the one we go to the text just because I fear of upsetting anyone on this one. Nine, 12, or six. I mean, any of those would be alarming for me.

I'd be like, God, is there another child on the way? So when are you officially in menopause? So how long does that gap have to be when you haven't had a menstrual cycle okay the hits the jonah and ben podcast so uh it's and we've had some toughies too we've navigated our way through some tricky waters yes our way through to a couple but here we go question six all right what is the medical term for excessive sweating? I feel like you can get this Anhydrosis, hyperhidrosis or bromhydrosis Why did you say hyper? Would you go hyperhidrosis?

Hyper... Okay Would you go that? That is correct Super drizzly, super wet Nice So sweaty Alright, question number seven

What is the name of the famous intersection in Tokyo Known for its large pedestrian crossing It's like Shibuza Shibuza Is it A, Shibuya Crossing Shibuya Is it B, Jinza Crossing Or Akihabara Crossing

Shibuya Crossing That is correct That sounds fun It's cool, it's a cool spot Have you seen that clip with the director Of the first Fast and Furious or something And they did a scene through that intersection

but they hadn't been given a permit from the council in Tokyo yeah and so they just did it anyway and people crossing and stuff and like cars like drifting through the

it was wild yeah and then he had a lookalike there so they couldn't arrest him as the director they arrested the lookalike and then he was a free man great play poor guy the look-alike you're like what's the job you've got 20 bucks mate just pretend to be a director oh yeah that sounds sweet you just sit

in this fold-out chair that says director all right we're doing all right you are this is question number eight in which year did Fiji gain independence from the United Kingdom is it 1976 1982 or 1970? That's a hard one. So they are a republic, are they, the Fijians? They're no longer under the rule of the British Crown. I guess so. I'm trying to work it out.

Something's telling me 1970. Yeah, 1970. Yeah, I'm picking as well. I feel like there's someone behind me. There might be someone behind you giving us some hand signals. But hey, charades going on. We're going to trust that. It might be Dylan in the producer's room. But something or someone is telling me 1970.

Just a hunch. That is correct. Yay! Okay. All right. Looking you dead in the eyes now. Okay. No one else.

Okay. Who directed the 2024 film The Apprentice? Was it Christopher Nolan, Ali Abasi, or Martin Scorsese? It wasn't Scorsese. The Apprentice. Can we go to the text if we need to? No, no. We've already done the text.

We've used it. This is all us. Who was the first two? Was it Christopher Nolan, Ali Abasi, or Martin Scorsese? I feel like it's Ali Abasi. I do because you hear when Scorsese does stuff. Nolan's a big player. Yeah.

And I've never heard of Ali Abasi. Okay. So that's why I'd lock him in. You're going to lock it in? Yeah. That is correct. Hey! Nice!

Okay, this is the last question. Can you get 10 out of 10? Oh, whoa! Yeah. How did we get here? I don't know. You've done it. Nearly. Okay. What is get 10 out of 10? Oh, whoa. Yeah. How did we get here? You've done it. Nearly.

Okay. What is the capital city of Cambodia? Is it Siam Rep, Phnom Penh, or Battambang? Sorry if I pronounced that wrong. Phnom Penh, isn't it? Phnom Penh. Or what's the other one? Well, there's Battambang or Siam Rep.

Apologies to- Phnom Penh and Siam Reap and I can't remember Which one was the capital Have you been there? This is on you You've been there All on you The big temple's in Phnom Penh isn't it?

I don't know I haven't been there I think that's in Siam Reap Sorry I'm not helping You can't get involved Let's go Megan Come on you got this 10 out of 10

You got this Same rate Locking it in Lock it in That is incredible It's a 10 It's a 10 The New Zealand Hero of Darling Quiz

9 out of 10 Heartbreak Heartbreak. And that was a tough win. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I was quite pleased to read this lovely heartwarming story this morning. I thought it's worth having a chat about. So there's a boy living in America, small town of America, three years old.

His name's Jon, and he loves trucks. I don't know if your son loves trucks. His daughter would have loved trucks, but he was just, he loves trucks. And every week he'd notice on a Tuesday, the rubbish truck would come. A small town come to outside his house and he'd just watch. He'd stand by the window and watch. And his mom was like one Tuesday, she's like, why don't we get a snack for the truck driver? The rubbish truck driver.

Why don't we take a snack out on a Tuesday? So he chose a snack. It was an apple. Took it out to the guy. The guy stopped the truck, on a Tuesday. So he chose a snack. It was an apple. Took it out to the guy. The guy stopped the truck, had a chat, and he was really thankful of the apple. It was like the best apple I've ever had.

They had a chat, tooted the horn, and then every Tuesday, he'd be there waiting for the truck driver to come back again with a different snack. He'd pick out a different snack.

And for his 15-minute break, the truck driver would decide to take his 15-minute break every Tuesday at the guy's house. He would look forward to it. It was like Tuesdays were the highlight of my week uh just seeing this little boy come out give him a hug he'd let him to look around the truck toot the horn got to see everything he was like this is amazing but then his mom no but then his

mom was like he's going to kindergarten no it's actually a really lovely ending he's going to kindergarten so he won't be home in t mornings anymore. And so the truck driver went to his bosses and he got them to change his route so he can go in the afternoon to the house so he still can continue to hang out with them. He's going to his fourth birthday this weekend. They're like best friends. And I was like, that's a lovely little story.

It's a lovely story. He changed his whole life. He changed his work day just so he could hang out and just see this for 15 minutes every day every Tuesday, once a week with this little kid. That's very nice. That's a beautiful story. Can't remember the last time I talked to the rubbish truck driver.

No. Can you? No. I think one tooted at me to get out of the way the other day. Well, they didn't even get out of the car these, you know. A lot of them were carrying the pick-up van. I just feel their judging eyes when they hear all my beer bottles tipping out of the recycling bin.

It's a lovely story. It's a lovely story as well. Yeah, sorry, I thought you thought the halfway through, you're like, oh, where's this guy? No, I was like, you're going to do a dog leg and that rubber truck driver's not going to turn up one day. No, he's still there. Yeah, going to his birthday this weekend.

Actually, they documented it on TikTok. The mum documents on TikTok. But I thought it was a beautiful story. I thought he was going to go, this weekend. Actually, they documented it on TikTok. The mum documents on TikTok. But I thought it was a beautiful story. I thought he was going to go, the claw actually picked up the boy and put the boy in the rubbish. Okay, I'm going to chuck this out there, and this might be high risk, no reward. Has anyone got a more heartwarming story? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

So, Jono, you threw it out there. More heartwarming story than that. It was a very heartwarming story. And it reminded me of a conversation I had with Bryn Rudkin, who hosts the Hits Night show. We got back in. We got back in. She was here last night till midnight or something.

She's back in this morning just to tell this story before 7 o'clock. Now, Bryn, and this is not Bryn's self-bragging. I've dragged Bryn in here to tell this story, okay? So what do you tell these people what you do? Well, occasionally I'll go and hang out with some old people. Yeah. Heartwarming. He goes to the retirement village.

Yeah. You mentioned this. You do so many sweet things, though. It's a wonderful thing. So you go and listen, hang out? Yeah, make them cups of tea. I don't give them their medicine. I've been told not to do that.

Someone else would do that. We'd just sit and hang out. I'm a companion. But I find that they're more of a companion to me. Is it the same people that you would get to meet and hang out with them? And there are some real characters in there. Some of them you try to avoid, let's be honest. But that's like here at work. Yeah. There are some real characters in there. Some of them you try to avoid. Let's be honest. But that's like here at work.

Yeah. There are some real characters at work. And some you do like to avoid. Try and avoid. Yeah. Oh, that's lovely. What do you do? My mum worked at Retirement Village for many years.

And she just said, prolific lovemakers. Oh, yeah. Running around. Oh, well, good on them. There's nothing I mean. Hey. Yeah. Like rabbits.

Like rabbits. They are, yeah. If they can still do it, do it then. There's nothing I mean to hate. Yeah. Like rabbits. Like rabbits, they are, yeah. If they can still do it, do it. Do it. Yeah. So that's a very sweet. That's not why I'm there, by the way. Bryn's a prolific lovemaker. That's very sweet.

How many times a week are you doing this? Maybe once a week. I'm going to go today and join in the Melbourne Cup festivities, I think. Aw. Do the sweepstake with them. At the Retirement Village. Yeah. So lovely. Bryn Rudkin.

That's very lovely. Oh my God, you're so sweet. And then tomorrow I'll be there for the election too. We'll watch the US election. You might hear some things. They'd have some hot fire opinions on that, wouldn't they? Well, there you go. Is it a paid gig?

No, no, no. It's just... Volunteer? Yeah. What a guy. He also volunteers at Starship Hospital doing their radio station there too. You make us all look like monsters. I know, that's incredible what you're doing.

That's lovely. Someone said I'm doing community service. It's not that. It does feel a little that way. Having done community service in the past, it does definitely feel that way. Paula, Paula's phone through as well. You think you've got a more heartwarming story, Paula? Sorry, Paula, I haven't turned you on.

Sorry, Paula. Turned you on now. We didn't hear anything you just said. Could have been the most heartwarming shit ever. Oh, it was, mate. It was. But we'll never know what it was. Sorry, Paula.

No, what is it, Paula? Okay, a few years ago when my son was very young, like six or seven, he was very close to my parents. They were immigrants in New Zealand, so a small family. And sadly, they actually became very unwell at the same time and passed away very close together, very young. And so, but he'd

spent the primarily first six or seven years of his life, you know, before and after school and any spare time he had at their house mowing lawns and doing gardens. He's a real outdoor kid. And he loved the wheelie bins. He always put the bins out. So once they'd passed away, and it was not long before Christmas,

I sorted out all the house and was sort of tidying up and we were having the very last wheelie bin run. And we sort of wanted to make it a bit special because, you know, it was his thing. And all the good stuff. So it was the Christmas week and we got big box of beer and choccies and

cake and all sorts of stuff and so there was him and I with the bins which he'd always put out standing on the side of the road in the middle of the day and along comes the rubbish truck guy, really nice guy and he stopped and he hopped out and so my son gave him all the stuff and he was a bit shy and thanked very much. And he kind of knew that I think because the house had been sold that it was the last time.

So we turned around and he offered him a ride in the truck, which was fabulous. He turned around and he said to me, but you have to come too, which, you know, understandably, we know how life works so there we are him and i and the wheelie bin doing the whole round oh that's a beautiful story and and that's kind of how that ended and to be fair to my son he is the only one still to this day he still lives in there who puts the bins out in my sw warm. Oh, that's lovely, Paula. Jesus, the heartwarming. Melting hearts. Maybe we should change the tact on the solar show.

Just put heartwarming stories on every three minutes. Everyone's like, oh! The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Can we front foot up by saying we are excited. We're all excited about Christmas because we introduced the game yesterday and we've been accused of being grinches. We have, yeah.

They're like stop get into the Christmas spirit now this is not an anti-Christmas campaign you wouldn't be anti-anything on the hits no but especially not

anti-Christmas Megan huge backer of Christmas fizz I fizz everything Christmas so but we just thought it's very hard to avoid it's hard to avoid Christmas

and it's hard to avoid one particular song at Christmas time. So we thought we'd make a little game with you listening right now. How long can we avoid listening to Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas? Doesn't mean we can't listen to other Christmas songs. Not even going to play the hook of it. You can't. No, we're not going to.

We played it once yesterday. The start line was yesterday, so the game is pretty simple. If you are caught listening to it, maybe you're in a shop, you're at a petrol station, it plays over the loudspeaker, you're out of the game. You've got to knob it, you've got to dob yourself in. It's an honesty policy. 4487 on the text or 0800 the hits. Maybe you pull up social media and it

plays over that. You're out of the game. You have to say, I'm out of the game, guys. Matty and PJ were listening to this yesterday afternoon and they've decided to opt in as well. We're going to opt into the game right now. It's 3.32. Okay.

Monday afternoon, we're in the game. I'm speaking on behalf of Matty. I don't know how he's going to go though because he is a massive Mariah fan. He's a massive festive fan. For all we know, he could have actually played it in the last 30 seconds. I could imagine it being on his running playlist. Okay, so Matty and PJ are in the game. We're all in the game. You're listening right now. It's not too late. You can join in the last 30 seconds. I could imagine it being on its running playlist. Okay, so Maddie and PJ

are in the game. We're all in the game. You're listening right now. It's not too late. You can join in the game. You just have to see how long you can avoid listening to the song. Yeah, and then once all of us, Maddie and PJ and the three of us have succumbed, then we officially start playing the song on the radio station. Great. Okay.

Now, Producer Ella, you've come in and you've said you may be out of the game. I've got to question, and I want to see what you guys think. So that bit of audio you just heard Jono play, I loaded that onto what we call a button bar this morning. And because I was trying to work out what audio's around it to make sure that I get the right one on the bar, I clicked one that said Mariah Carey on it, Jono being a Megan, but it was the hook of the song.

And that was literally one second, but I don't know. I think you're out. I think you're out. You're out of the game. I'm doing my job, guys. Stop it. Hey, we're all just doing our job.

Stop it. We're all trying to do our job. The rule was the original song, In Your Ear Holes, by Eddie Means. Yeah. And you did it to yourself. Yeah, I'm going to blame John on that.

You can blame John on that. You should have taken that off the button bar, which is what we call it here on radio. Take it off now. Well, I'll take it off now, yeah. I didn't even mean to. Okay, so Patricia Ali's out of the game. It's a 4-4-8-7 at any stage over the next couple of days

where you hear that song. Let us know. We'd love to hear when you're out of the game. Day one. Day one. Yesterday I went, I took a huge gamble. I had to go to a Westfield mall and into the chemist's warehouse. Two prime locations, but managed to dodge it.

Did you hear any Christmas music? Yeah, I heard Christmas music. Yeah. There was a part of me going, oh, this is it. I'm out. Day one. Are you being honest? I'm being honest.

It's a big honesty thing, isn't it, this game? In fact, text 4487. Since yesterday, big honesty thing, isn't it, this game? In fact, text 4487. Since yesterday, since we started this 8.30, have you heard Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas? Are you out of the game? The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

I'm getting a bunch of texts that I've ignored for probably, I would say, going on two and a half months now. And yeah, I'm going to front foot. This is completely my fault. This is in no way the responsibility of the professional organization that's trying to get a hold of me. I keep getting texts from the dentist that I'm ignoring. Do you do that? No, I don't get texts from the dentist. At this point, I feel like I'm getting stand, you know, M&M's stand by my dentist weekly.

Is it like your personal dentist or is it from the company? It's from the company, but I don't know if it's an automated system. I feel like they change each time in tone so I'm assuming there's some human behind it but they keep telling me how important it is for the health of my teeth.

Text one Hi Jono, friendly dental team here quick reminder, check up scale and polish keep those pearly whites and top top shape. Give us a call when you're ready to book. That's the first one. That's friendly and nice. No harm, no foul there.

I've ignored that one. Text two, about a week and a half later. Jono, we missed you. It's time for your routine scale and polish. Your teeth will thank you. So will your dentist in brackets. Lovely. Call us to set up an appointment.

Oh, but they're lovely texts. I'll even use the numbing ointment. So a bit of reassurance, a bit of humour at the end of the ointment. I've ignored that. Okay. Okay, Tex number three. Jono, checking about the overdue checkup, buddy. Your teeth deserve a little TLC.

Let's get you booked in for that clean-up when you've got a moment. Treat those teeth like they're VIPs. Now I can feel some stronger language being used here Text four So I've ignored three in a row Jono, gentle nudge Now I'm getting gently nudged from us Those teeth really could do with some care mate

Scale, polish, let's get into it Let's get an appointment, get those teeth shining bright Please call us, please call us It's coming off a bit needy now. Text five. I've ignored that one. Are you joking? He's not coming back. Jono, we're still here.

They haven't moved. They haven't gone anywhere. Ready for that check-up, buddy. Scale and polish. Be quick. Painless. I promise. Great for your oral health. Call us. Call us. Lock in a time That's where it's ended now I reckon just wait now

I want to see if they said sex By Christmas it'll be like Dick bag mate How many of these can we send you? The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Okay now Megan You're combining two foods

From the breakfast table Which I'd never heard of this combination Have you not? No. It's two normal foods, but I guess putting them together is not the normal way that you eat them. So I don't eat Weet-Bix in a bowl with milk and stuff. Yeah, right.

I get the Weet-Bix, put it on its edge, and I slice it down the middle. So I've got two skinny bits, and then I butter them and put Marmite on them. So it's like Weet-Bix toast. That's like toast. But you don't toast them though. No. No. I don't think they'd survive the toast.

It's a wheaty, yeasty treat. Now how... You should try it. How did you end up here though? I think my dad did it. So butter and Marmite? Yeah. It's just you split the Weet-Bix

and it's like two little skinny bits of toast. Okay. And it's delicious. I would prefer to eat it that way. Yeah, well, we want to know your food combos. Your strange food combos, 0800, that's 4487. Yeah, because your son as well, too, he's taken some liberties with. So we bought him those little porridge sachets.

We were like, it'll be easy, he'll like it. And he refuses to eat them when they're cooked, so he just likes to pour it in a bowl and pour milk with it and eat it like a cold cereal. So not cooked at all? No. Oh, so he's just eating raw? It's like porridge sachet as a cereal.

Yes, in a way. I haven't tried it. I mean, I've tried it many times heated up. It's very soupy. Yeah. It's going to end up inside you one way or another. Yeah. It'll turn into porridge inside.

Yeah. I just spray Kewpie mayo on everything. Do you? Oh. I should be an ambassador. Like on what? Steak. Steak.

Sausages. That actually sounds yum. Yeah. Sausages. I'll put it on obviously sandwiches or chips. I'll put it on potato kumara. There's not much I wouldn't put. You'll put it on, obviously, sandwiches or chips. I'll put it on potato, kumara. There's not much I wouldn't put. You're putting it on everything.

Put Kewpie mayonnaise on. Okay. Tell everyone what you made yesterday. My lovely Instagram meal, which was with Kewpie mayo too. Put that in there. Kewpie mayo. Put that in with the tuna. Whip that round.

You shred slices of cucumber. Roll it up like a sushi roll. Made cucumber sushi. Yeah. And then I think I doubled down on the Kewpie. Put more Kewpie on top. On top. round you shred slices of cucumber roll it up like a sushi roll make cucumber sushi yeah and then i think i doubled down on the kewpie put more kewpie on top canceling out the health benefits of what i was making yeah so unusual ways you're eating things the unusual food combinations i used to have a friend i feel like he was only doing this to be different he'd put milk in his bowl first and then the cereal and i was like mate no one does that that way. How can you tell how much milk you need?

He just put milk in and then he'd be like, oh, I always do it this way. I'm like, this is just showmanship. Yeah, exactly. Quite ploppy too. A lot of splashback I imagine. Where is that free now? Prison? Yeah, prison guys.

That's what happens. Slippery slope. We went with a guy, too. Whenever you'd have lunch or dinner with him, he would separate his food on the plate, wouldn't he? Oh, yeah, I hear that. And to, like, sort of segregate them out like a prison, into the gangs of prison all sitting on his plate and tackle them one by one.

My daughter, Indy, will do that, and then she'll always save the things she likes the most to the last. Yeah, you save the best mouthful for last. Someone who makes dinner most nights, you're like, oh, okay, I wasn't a fan of that. Without even saying anything now, I know what she doesn't like without even saying anything. Okay, so 800 the hits. Your odd food combos. What are you doing?

You can text 24487. New Zealanders breakfast. Let's get your calls on next. Is there a text coming through there, Megan? How do you feel about Vegemite and banana on toast? Oh, I do peanut butter and banana. I haven't done Vegemite and banana. It's like a yeasty, yes, yes.

Don't you get judging, mate. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We want to know the unusual way you're eating things. So to do with Megan, who's, you know, I get it. How you're eating your Weet-Bix. I'm not the only one. Someone on the text machine does it too so I put it on its side, slice it in half

so you get two little skinny bits you have to be careful but if you get a knife in, they kind of just split and then you butter them, I put Marmite on someone's saying they do the same but then they dip it in golden syrup as well add another layer of someone's backing my

Kewpie Mayo claims up. Jono, my six-year-old daughter, the same with Kewpie Mayonnaise, puts it on everything. We asked her what she wanted for Christmas. A box. A box of Kewpie Mayo for Christmas from Santa. You want to get through that quickly. It's a superior mayo.

It is, yeah. It's really good. Although it does disturb me that there's no branding. There's nothing on it. No, there is nothing. You can't see health benefits, anything. It comes in a bag or something, doesn't it? Yeah, but on the bottle, you're like, what is it?

Just a mystery bottle of white substance. It's a sample. Yeah. All right, so we'll go to the phones. 0800 the hits. Your food combos. Craig, what are you doing? So you make a normal omelette with the ingredients.

You slice up a banana and you put it inside. Cook the omelette with the ingredients, and you slice up a banana, and you put it inside, cook the omelette, and then you have fija cut up on top of it. Wait, so is it a sweet omelette, or have you got, like, cheese and tomato and stuff in there too? Yeah, so normal omelette here, cheese, tomato, bacon, or ham, tasty cheese, slice up the banana, and then the fija is on top. Craig, how on earth did you end up here, Craig? Tasty cheese Slice up the banana And then the fija is on top Craig How on earth did you end up here Craig?

I've had it for years Since I've been about Five years old I'm not going to lie It sounds gross But I also haven't tried it I love it those things That you grow up eating

With your family That you think are completely normal Then you bring them Into your relationship I do these things where I used to soak I used to make this very special french toast it was a little unusual I brought it into my house

and everyone's like how can you eat this you know? How is it very special? Well you put the bread in the egg and you mix it around and you cook it and then you put the cheese on top and you put tomato sauce on top of the cheese so it's like an eggy bread It's disgusting

It's so good and I haven't had it in years, it got banished from my household Hey thanks so much for your call Craig do appreciate your time this morning, let's get Cody on, how are ya? Hey good, how are y'all doing? Hi Cody Ohio Cody Idaho Hi, Cody. Ohio Cody.

Idaho Cody. Idaho Cody. Who'd you vote for in the election, Cody? No, don't ask him that. I'm not going to say. I'm not going to get into that conversation. No, fair enough, fair enough. Now's not the time.

Now's the time to talk about unusual food combinations, though. What are you doing? So you get a cheese toastie and just put some jam on it, some strawberry jam. That sounds legit. Hold on. Oh, it's so good. You started judging my tomato sauce, cheese, French toast, but then strawberry jam on cheese toast, you're fine with.

Yeah, well, that doesn't sound as bad as what you're doing. No consistency to the feedback. French toast is supposed to be sweet, not with your cheese and tomato sauce. The French are putting ketchup on it. No. Oh, Cody, hey. Cheese and fruit goes really good. Okay.

Thank you so much for your call. If you're going to have a cheese toast, just try it. Okay, well, give it a go. And I'll think of you, Cody. You go have a great day, mate. Oh, we've got one saying, burger rings dipped in strawberry yogurt. Unusual. Unusual. Unusual.

That's weird. A lot of these meals do. Oh, chips and ice cream. People do that. I see it when they get to McDonald's and stuff like that. Popcorn and ice cream. A lot of these meals do peanut butter on Wheat Bix. I have poor milk on my cake, is a text for friends.

A lot of these meals feel like they were designed over an element with a couple of knives, don't they? G'day, Janay, is it? Yes, it is. Morning, guys. Welcome. Janay, your odd food combos. Yep. So back in South Africa, we have a fish that you buy in a tin called sardines,

and I have it with syrup on toast. Sardines and syrup. Golden syrup. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. Yep, golden syrup on toast. Sardines and syrup. Golden syrup. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. Yeah, golden syrup, mate. So I'm married into a South African family, Janae, and they at Easter have hot cross buns with pickled fish on top. What?

Pickled fish? I know. Have you heard of that? No, I've never, ever heard of that. Pickled fish. Yeah. It's not for me. On a cinnamon bun.

It's not for me. Okay. Well, can we try? I would me. On a cinnamon bun. It's not for me. Okay. Well, can we try, I would love to try that. Okay. Experience it. I don't know if I'd enjoy it, but I'll try that next Easter. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Big month, actually, for cricket in New Zealand. The White Ferns won the T20 World Cup, and then the Blackcaps, the men cricketers, India, 3-0. And Neil Wagner, former Blackcap, Blackcap legend, great fast bowler, he's got a new book out. It's called All Out. And he wanted to come in for an interview. I would love to.

I wanted to meet Neil Wagner, big fan of Neil Wagner's. But I was like, oh, well, let's put a different angle on it. Let's put a different spin. Let's get Megan to interview Neil Wagner. Ben wanted 60 minutes of hardcore, unadulterated cricket. Yeah, I did. And we had to dial him back. So you thought of a fun angle.

Yeah. And it was to share your love of cricket with megan who shared her love of painting nails with you you had pink nails for three weeks they didn't chip off so in case you don't realize that when i'm reading the sports news i might sound like i know what i'm talking about i also might sound like i don't at all which i it's not that cricket's um a bad sport it's just not for me I don't know anything about it okay well yeah we got to do this interview and you were quite nervous about this you actually went through your questions with me beforehand you're like are these good questions

for Neil Wagner and I thought they're actually really good questions for him so yeah well we were out of the you were here alone uh waiting as we went and got Neil why am I alone why does this oh it'll just make me sound even more awkward. I'll be like, hello, Neil. It's a bit nervous. And then you started doing your Anchorman style vocal warm-ups. Cricket, cricket, cricket, balls and wickets. Cricket, cricket, balls and wickets.

On the pitch. Definitely won't re-edit that. Because I said field and someone was like, well, you kind of call it the pitch. Yeah, no, so you're great. You're getting into the spirit. And then we finally brought Neil Wagner. We went So I said field and someone was like, well, you kind of call it the pitch. Yeah, no, so you're great. You're getting into the spirit. And then we finally brought Neil Wagner. We went outside to see him and we're like, hey, she's a little nervous.

She has no much but cricket, but she'll be great. Come on in. And we brought Neil Wagner into the studio. There he goes. There he goes. Hello. Is this Megan? Hello.

Nice to meet you. We'll leave you guys alone. We'll come back soon. Oh, okay. Okay, you're leaving. Good luck. Okay. Good luck.

Just us. Have a seat So we left you in there So it's you and Neil Wagner I was so nervous He was wearing a cricket top, everything, he was good to go The only real hiccup was Jono, it wasn't actually Neil Wagner It wasn't Neil Wagner

What we had done there is from chapter 4 of the prank playbook Not in Neil Wagner's book we've pulled a switcheroo. We've pulled a switcheroo. So we've sent in the wonderful Dan, who works in the office. We've put him in, kind of looks like Neil Wagner. Neil Wagner from Timu, I think we're calling him. Yeah, put him in a black cap stop and you began interviewing not Neil Wagner.

Joined in studio by one of New Zealand's fiercest bowlers. He's a legend in the world of cricket. He is famous for his determination, his never-give-up spirit, his incredible ability to make things happen when it matters most. And he is here today to talk about his new book, All Out Neil Wagner. Good morning. Morning. God, you got me blushing already.

I'm not going to lie. Chat GPT wrote that for me. So good start then. We were watching in another room or listening in another room with the actual Neil Wagner, Jotto and I, to see how Dan was going, pretending to be Neil Wagner and how you were going. What do you think so far, Neil? Yeah, he's doing a good job. So far she hasn't picked it's not you.

And she has been reading your book over the weekend. So is that a good sign or not? I don't know. I honestly don't know. The good thing about Dan is he knows nothing about cricket. He knows nothing about cricket. So that was the hilarious bit for us is Dan never watched a game of cricket. You've never watched a game of cricket.

So two people doing a cricket interview and don't know anything about cricket. What is your favorite ball? Red, white, pink or blue? Oh, you've got to go with pink. Support breast cancer. Does that, okay. I'm not going to lie. When do you use the pink ball?

Is that just for special matches? Just special occasions. Okay. Usually just the 2020 events. Yeah, nice. Okay, so now real Neil Wagner's watching this. Listen to his reaction. The pink ball? Is that your favourite ball? No. events. Yeah, nice. So now real Neil Wagner's watching this. Listen to his reaction.

The pink ball? Is that your favourite ball? No. Because the special pink ball test, right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. Okay, so his cricket knowledge is fully abut, but she doesn't know anything about cricket. Did you get suspicious here? That was probably one thing I was like,

I don't think the pink balls are for T20. No, they're not. You're right. But I was like, who don't think the pink balls are for T20. No, they're not. You're right. But I was like, who am I to question Neil Wagner? He knows what he's talking about. He knows. He's the one. And then eventually after probably about 15 painful minutes,

we came in with actual Neil Wagner. As you're interviewing Neil Wagner. Oh, wait, what? I just got Neil Wagner for our interview. Who's this? He was a bit late. This is Dan from The Office. Oh, my God.

I don't know who you're interviewing, but you're well... I talked you up, mate. I feel like it went really well. Apart from your favourite moment in your career not being in your book, I think it went really well apart from your favorite moment in your career not being in your book i think it went really well did you at any stage i think you weren't doing no idea are you ambidextrous no at one point were you saying you bowled with both arms no i didn't say that no he batted with both sides oh come on john come. Don't get ludicrous. It was hilarious.

Neil Wagno, Black Camp. Great sport for doing this. He's got a new book out called All Out. And there's a video. Which his face is on the front of. And I read all weekend. We've got a great video of you interviewing what you thought was Neil Wagno. It's We Watch.

They'll be coming out in the next couple of days. Dan from the office is like, I work in the office with you. You're a terrible person. He does. I heard him say that. He said, you're a terrible person for not recognizing me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. All I want for Christmas, Mariah Carey,

it feels like as soon as the opening notes of that song play, Christmas has begun. The runway to Christmas has begun. Yeah. And we're not trying to delay the runway at all. No, you can celebrate Christmas all you want, but we just want to see how long you can go about avoiding hearing that song. And as soon as you hear that song, you could be in the mall,

you could be at the gym, you could be anywhere at all. You could open up social media like, happened to produce Ellie today. Oh no, that was actually something she loaded into the system, but she heard it. It was Jomo's fault, yeah. She heard it and you're out of the game. You have to nominate and you have to call up and say,

well, I'm out of the game. 4487 on the text, you're out of the game. Matty PJ hosts the, and you have to call up and say, well, I'm out of the game. 4-4-8-7 on the text, you're out of the game. Matty PJ hosts the afternoon show here on The Hits. They do a wonderful job. They heard us talking about it yesterday. They're on board. They're going to play as well. We're going to opt into the game right now.

It's 3.32. Okay. Monday afternoon, we're in the game. I'm speaking on behalf of Matty. I don't know how he's going to go, though, because he is a massive Mariah fan. He's a massive festive fan. For all we know, he could have actually played it in the last 30 seconds.

I could imagine it being on its running playlist. So they're going to have a tough time, particularly with Maddie's love of Mariah. Now, I didn't want to get out. None of us wanted to get out on day one. We started yesterday. Of course, you can just join in now. We can all play the game. But you took huge risks.

Huge risks. Yeah, I had to pick up some stuff from the chemist. So I had to go into the Westfield Mall and then into a chemist to crime all i want for christmas locations and you heard christmas music yeah there was yeah it was playing loud and clear how about you did you go anywhere i went to the gym but i had headphones on okay that's good and i doubt i doubt it would have played gym's prop maybe not christmas music who knows i went yesterday supermarket as soon as i picked up my daughter indy and I was like, oh, I don't want to go on first day.

So I was like, you go on. She was very confused but she hadn't obviously been listening to the radio. She's like, you haven't sent me into the supermarket

to do a show before. Quickly explain it, gave her my wallet, quickly explain it and then she went in and went out and I recorded her. Can you go to the supermarket

and get some milk and bananas please? Why? I'm just going to sit here because I don't want to hear Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. This is so random. It is random. Okay. It's what we're doing.

But thank you. All right. Here we go. They were playing it. Were they playing it? Yeah. They were. We dodged it.

Why? It's not even December yet. I know. Well, that's, I know. But we're trying to avoid it. Here we go. Yeah, we actually have had our we're trying to avoid it. Here we go. We actually have had our word actually plug out. But good radio drama from Indy.

Yeah, great radio drama. She's got the radio genes running hot. I was like, this is a great tactic. I was like, sat in my car, did some work. She went into the shopping. I was like, send her in. I'm like, this is great. I can get out of all these things because I'm trying to avoid listening to the song.

Okay, so well done. Send your kids Into the campus They're great Sit in the car Yeah Should have sent them in To get me antidepressants Yeah

Question Yeah So we started with everyone Yesterday morning right Yes So anyone who started with us On the show Then listened to PJ

In the afternoon And PJ Played a little snippet of it As everyone in the afternoon Started Oh yeah okay Well that's fine Does that knock out She's having to reset PJ in the afternoon And PJ Played a little snippet of it As everyone in the afternoon Started Oh yeah okay Well that's fine Does that knock out

She's having to reset Her audience there In the afternoon Can we consider that A bit of a reset Okay reset Yeah So that's

I mean we can all go from now You know But you Want to know Are you already out Like did you start yesterday And you're already out This feels like one of those

When you're in your car As a kid And you're holding The breath competitions Okay now we start. The official hold, okay. I mean, we've started, but I don't want to stop people from joining in.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 50 days to Christmas, and we're playing a really fun game at the moment, which you can get involved in. Just see how long you can go living your life trying to avoid hearing any of Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. As soon as you hear it, you're out of the game.

And soon as all of us are out of the game, we'll play that song and fall on the hits. We've got Tess with us. Good morning to you, Tess. Hi. Question from your daughter who's playing the game. What does she want to fire out? Yeah, she wants to know if she's out of the game

because one of the girls in her classroom started singing it yesterday. No. Okay, because we kind of make out the rules as we go along. It has to be the official recording artist, Mariah Carey's rendition. Okay. You have to hear Mariah. She's still in the game.

Okay. Awesome. She'll be glad. No covers. No, not even a band doing it. It has to be Mariah. Okay. Oh, sweet.

Awesome. Thanks. Still in there, Tess. Last question for me. What if Mariah Does like a live version And you see it on Facebook Or something No you're out

Okay You're out She's singing her song You're out Okay That's a lot of Texts coming through here I got caught out

By Instagram last night guys Yeah That was your concern too Yeah social media People will pull As a background Won't they On their videos

Cody Cody from Idaho Welcome back Hey I'm back. How's it going? Great. Most important cast member of the show, Cody. I guess so. Have you avoided it so far?

Yeah, so far so good. Yeah, good. Because we are being accused of being grinchy. Yeah, but we're not. We're into the Christmas spirit. We just thought it'd be a fun game to try and avoid the most iconic song for Christmas. Where did you go yesterday, Cody? Well, not much.

I went to work. I went home. I did go to a physio, but they weren't playing music, so not good. Yeah, well, you don't think we're being grinchy? No, not at all. It's the most overplayed Christmas song in the world. Cody's being grinchy. Hard to avoid.

Hard to avoid, isn't it? Well, thank you so much, Cody. Now we've got Monique on the phone. Merry Christmas. Thank you. Hi, how are you? We're doing well. Are you playing the game?

Are you trying to avoid listening to All I Want for Christmas? Well, thanks to you guys, I started craving it as soon as you refused to take it. So I got straight on to Spotify and played it. As soon as you're deprived of anything, you're like, I want it right now. I know. It's not my fault. So you're out of the game. You've played it.

You're out of the game. Yes, and my husband's not going to be happy with you because I'm going to be thrashing it at home now. Oh, so he'll be out of the game too. Self-sabotaging yourself out of the competition. Well, I've continued on. I've gone a whole day without hearing it. You too?

Yeah. Yeah, so far so good. But I love the song. Like, I do love the song. Yeah, me too. It's my favourite. But I love the game. I love the game more.

He loves the game. He's in love with the game. Yeah, don't hate the player, hate the game. Well, I love the game. It's a stupid game. It's a stupid game. Oh, it's with the game. Don't hate the player, hate the game. Well, I love the game. It's a stupid game. It's a stupid game. Oh, it's a fun game. I think most of New Zealand is going to agree with me.

Yeah, well. You're probably right. Don't hate the game, hate the player. What are you going to do? You're going to hate something. Hey, good on you, Manique. Go and have a great day. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Now, Manu is a chef and judge on My Kitchen Rules, the New Zealand and Australian version. He's got a new exclusive kitchenware range with Spotlight, which is available in Spotlight stores across New Zealand and online. Inspired by Manu's French heritage, the culinary company by Manu range. Looks very fresh. And he joins us now. Good morning, Manu. Good morning, Kia ora. How are you?

We're doing all right. How are you doing? Are you still in New Zealand? Do we understand you might be in New Zealand? No, we just came back about 10 days ago. And you did not even come and see us. So rude. He's like, I don't even know who you are. I mean, we've chatted to you maybe two to three times. I thought that's definitely a coffee, a beer, or a meal outright.

I'm sorry, mate. I'm sorry. Next time, next time, brain beer, or a meal outright. I'm sorry, mate. I'm sorry. Next time. Next time. Brain chicken. Hey, very exciting. You've teamed up with Spotlight to bring out a new range of kitchenware and cookware and dishware and nappery.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's fantastic news. You know, it's all about, my life is all about cooking and eating, and now I've got stuff to cook with, which is brilliant. Can I just ask Tom, I've used nappery. Did I even say that correct? I don't even know what it is.

I don't know. I don't know. I'm French. That's an English word. How would you say it though, Manu? Napperay. Now, is this the first time that the announcers have been confused

about the word napperay with you? To be honest with you, I've never heard the word before. As I said it, I went, I read it off a piece of paper and I'm like, did I just make that up or what happened? Whatever it is, you've got your own line of it, mate. Exactly, it's got my name on it.

Now, I've noticed you've got a 16-piece cutlery set. Now, we had a big cutlery debate the other day on the radio. Some people thought it was pointless. I got involved. I was leading the charge. To what order you put the cutlery away when you're putting them away in your drawers in your kitchen?

You know how sometimes they have little allocations for your spoon, your fork, your knife? Is there any particular order that you would put yours away in? No, no, no, no. I've got all the spoons together, all the knives together, all the forks together, but it's not such order. So you don't mind?

Because I was going fork, spoon, and then a knife because that's the way I'd lay it out if I was laying it out on the table. But a lot of people were going, putting a knife and a fork together. Fork, spoon. But listen, the way you lay it on the table

is going to seem to do the way you lay it in your drawer. Because when you pick up all the forks and all the knives and all the spoons in your hand, then it's certainly not in order anymore. No, that's true. So it doesn't correlate. You're right, Manu. Something's pleasing to my eye about it. So I don't know.

I just like it. No, you're a monster for that. But I'm in the wrong. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, no, you're not in the wrong, but you're not in the right either. What's the most basic, embarrassing piece of food you've eaten recently? Oh, that happens a lot.

I don't mind having a two-minute noodle sometimes. Oh, do you? Do you? Do you do anything to it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've got a little recipe thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I put the dry noodles in a bowl, and then I put all the spices and so on,

pour the boiling water over, and then when it's cooked, I drain the broth into a cup, and then I put cheese and butter in my noodles. Oh, cheese and butter. I can eat the noodles and then slurp the broth. Oh, okay. So you're drinking the broth out of a mug? Yeah. Legend.

Oh, I love this. Wow. I'm going to try that today. I cannot believe you eat two-minute noodles. Yeah. I mean, imagine he's not eating every day, but it's in there to get. That's right. Sometimes you're lazy and you're a bit pissed at night Sometimes you're lazy and it's like, you know,

you're a bit pissed at night and you're hungry. You're like, what I know. Manu, it's so nice to catch up with you again. Go catch Manu's exclusive range

of kitchenware at Spotlight online and in stores around the country. Even get some nappery for your home as well. Manu, it's always good

to talk to you and we'll catch up with you soon.