Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan Need The Boys To Pull Up Her Pants!

Episode Date: November 10, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Funniest thing you did sedated... Megan turned into Kim K! Ben CAN'T STOP pacing Can Jono handle a awkward situation... No. Tik tok is ruining our Mariah game! Our entertainment reporter Nicole is lucky to be alive.   Would you nail this quiz? We chat to the cast of Lord of The Rings a musical tale! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Byrne podcast, hey that's us, brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast on a Monday, Megan you're back with us after a day. We hear very shortly a great message after your surgery. Yep, great message from me which I now regret sending. Oh don't, don't. I don't even think I could replicate that voice if I wanted to. No, don't regret it. Hello.

I love the way, because there's a video footage of it as well, too. You can see on the Hits Breakfast Facebook. I love how just in your face, you're in your own face. You're filming it. You are. Up your nose. A lot of face. A lot of face. Maybe I didn't realize it was a video.

No, I don't know if you were still under the influence over the weekend because we were like, this video is so gold. Can we post it? And I was like, well, we need to check with Megan. And I was saying, knowing you as I do, I was like, probably not. not it's a great video but I understand you wouldn't want to do it and then you were like yeah apparently she's all good I think I yeah I'm still on painkillers so I think there's a little bit like I think you were like I've got a husband I think was your reply I'm all good so I'm not looking for anyone it doesn't matter if this video comes out I did say to him

I was like heads up that video is going to go online so I don't know if that's going to make you ashamed I'm just looking at the, you know, how it's got the still image before you click on the video. Oh no, what's the still? Oh, has it done me dirty? You know when the still image does you real dirty? You're like, oh no. I'm not on Facebook.

It didn't have a lot to work with though. Oh, who's on? Oh, sorry. Is it just up my nose? Where is it? There it is. There. Oh, jeez.

Yeah, that's. Yeah, that's happened isn't it that's all right though mate better than being up my nose i'll tell you that video of me being highly intoxicated before and after the radio awards is also on there so i was like ah you're there all right yeah oh well thank you for sharing that and you'll hear the amazing audio of megan uh after her surgery hello that's Hello. That's up next. Hey now, it's great to have Megan back

after a big surgery on the wrist. What was the surgery? Carpal tunnel. It's just where tendons and stuff get squeezed in your wrist and they release it.

She's got bandage all over her left hand at the moment and wearing an army jacket and it does look like you've returned from maybe a peacekeeping mission over in Gaza

or somewhere. So thank you. I was injured a peacekeeping mission over in Gaza or somewhere. So thank you. I was injured at war. Yeah. But I'm back. Thank you for that. You're the real hero. But in reality, you just spent a wonderful weekend on painkillers.

Yep. Pretty much. Had a nice sleep. Why did you go for the full, like... Why did I? Yeah, they could have just given you a local. Like, why did you do that to yourself? Because they offered it.

It sounded great. Like, why did you do that to yourself? Because they offered it. It sounded great. It seems like the grogginess that you're about to hear does not seem worth it to me. No, but it goes for like an hour, the surgery, and I don't want to hear them doing anything. Oh, yeah. Do you even just talking or suctioning or like, ugh. Because I guess you're there, if you are awake,

you're obliged to engage in banter, aren't you? Well, you would be. Everyone else would probably just let people do their job. I don't think I want to be bantering with them all day. They're going to think, hey, I'll leave it to it. We'll talk later on. I'll just be here. But this was you fresh from Sedona.

What stage was this? This was on the drive home. Okay. Yeah, on ours. I had such the best sleep. You guys would be so happy for me. I just had an exam and I've got a pink hand. It's never been cuter.

But you guys want a pink hand? Do you want a pink hand? I can give you a pink hand. It's better than a pink eye. Am I right? You are right. I love how you loved your own joke. Sandwich was pronounced beautifully. I always thought there were too many syllables in the word sandwich. Sandwich. That's cuter, to be fair.

Yeah, it is. How am I giving you a pink hand? I don't know. Well, you promised that. I was really taken by the pink. It was very pink. It is still slightly a shade of pink, isn't it? And I was like, I remember thinking, wow, that's so cool. Is that iodine?

Yeah, I think it's like bright pink now. Oh, there you go. I like what they've done with iodine. Now, we're just going to play a little game here. Was it Kim Kardashian or was it Megan Peppers? Okay, here we go. Hello. No, mine. Mine. Decade ago. I'm here. game here was it kim kardashian or was it megan peppers okay here we go hello that's gonna haunt me forever

so obviously like uh Oh, too. Jade and neon. I love it. Don't tell on yourself, Karen. So, obviously, you like Intensive Painkillers and coming off that. You vaguely remember that conversation that you recorded for us? I vaguely remember, yeah. I remember. But I thought I sounded way better than that. What else?

Did you do any other wild stuff while you were under? What's the time? I may have bought a lot of stuff online. Oh, really? I've bought a lot of online shopping. While on painkillers? Yeah. Well, you can't blame it on the painkillers.

You can't blame painkillers. Well, either I come clean and I blame it on the painkillers, or I'm going to have to, like, drip feed it. Previous weeks, it's blaming it on the sales. You wouldn't get these things cheaper. All right. So what have you done on painkillers? We'd like to know.

Make Megan feel a little better about spending a lot of time shopping over the weekend and phone calls that she doesn't remember doing. We're talking about what you did after being on painkillers, after Megan made a video message for me, which we appreciated. Which I'm never going to live down. We got a lot of mileage out of it on friday hello i had such the best sleep you guys would be so happy for me now there's no going to the system and deleting that megan purpose producer ellie had a cracker one too i don't know if you heard that one on friday we have to fish out for you

here it is i can't feel my tongue i don't know how to use my tongue! How do you use that? I could pour boiling water on my tongue and I wouldn't even know! Swallowing is hard. Swallowing is weird isn't it? I'll be spitting tonight if you know what I mean. There's so many patients here. I feel like I just came out of the vagina. There's a lot going on. I love how I just came out of a vagina. There's a lot going on.

I love how you guys say stuff and then you're like, if you know what I mean. So we wanted to know this morning what you did after you were on painkillers. My dad, he exited the hospital after being there to be there overnight for an operation, but he had an argument with the parking attendant because he's like, I've only been an hour. And they're like, mate, you've been here 24 hours. My stepmom's like, you've been here a little longer than that.

This is ridiculous pricing. What's Keith driving at? Oh, no, he was so upfront the passengers. Oh, thank God. He was still like, no, this is ridiculous. We've only been here one hour. I was like, no, the car's been in there overnight. Oh, let's get Barb on.

That's our friend Barb. How are you? Morena. Good to hear you guys. Morena, Barb. What's our friend Barb. How are you? Good morning. Good to hear you guys. Good morning, Barb. What happened to you on painkillers? Yeah, I had had to have my front tooth removed because I got it smashed and vulnerable.

And they gave me Gijusic, which is just a big anti-inflammatory, but for me it's like over-the-moon ridiculous. So we were helping friends move house in Wellington on a steep street and I was getting in the way because I'd taken the painkillers so they put me at the back of the tray of the truck and said stand there and stop the truck from rolling down the hill. So I apparently did that for two hours successfully. Oh you were just hot leaning against the truck?

Yeah. Oh, no, I was actively pushing the back of the truck to make sure it did not roll down the hill. I feel like they were just getting you to fill in time. Yeah, well, that's it. I was in the way of them trying to move furniture because I was so out of it. That's a good way to get out of moving furniture, though.

Just acted like a nuisance. Appreciate the call. When we went home, I then decanted a whole lot of jam into some plastic containers, but I hadn't taken the lid off the containers, so it was flowing onto the bench and then onto the floor in a lovely red water pool. Barb, you're on a wild ride there.

It's like the hangover. Well, Megan's claiming a lot of online shopping purchases over the weekend. Yeah, there is a lot. I'm going to have to explain when they arrive. Where do these packages turn up? To my house. Oh, they do, yeah. This is an issue, yeah.

Yeah, get them sent to work, mate. What do I do with the parking tickets and the presents? It's too late now. Yeah. Hey, thanks for your calls and texts. Really appreciate it. I actually, over the weekend, got to host something with my daughter, I do with the parking tickets. It's too late now. Yeah. Hey, thanks for your calls and texts. Really appreciate it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I actually, over the weekend,

I got to host something with my daughter, which is actually really cool. We got some of the White Ferns joining us later on in the show, and I got to host a little event with them. They would come along. You could get a photo with a trophy. People could get signatures with the White Ferns. It was pretty cool.

And we got to try and get people, because they were thinking it was in Auckland, so people maybe would be a bit too cool for school. They wouldn't come over. But in the end, they didn't need us, because the trophy and the white ferns are extremely popular. So people would come over. So for two hours, we just talked, and we played little games.

We interviewed the players, and it was lots of fun. But my daughter, first time that we'd ever emceed something together, roving microphones, the two of us. And she did a great job. It was really cool. We did some fun things. People, for people for soft like stress ball type things we're hitting those in the crowd people are diving around people it's not even like catch a million million it was just like just like a squeezy ball guy really committed to the hard footpath it's just for the ball just take

one but my daughter got to experience something that i well i guess I do I'm a pacer I'm a pacer I like to pace and there was no stage area so it was just like wander around play some cricket do some things interview players do whatever for two hours and so I I guess I just walked and she's like stop walk you just keep walking you keep walking and she's like trying to walk with me to stay together but she's like for two hours you just walked non-stop around the round like when i'm on the phone i do it when i'm on the phone all the time how's the how's the old steps on the pedometer i don't have a pedometer um yeah i don't know i don't know if i never really trust the phone one yeah but i just constantly love you've got a clock up about

5k's i reckon i do probably for two hours walk just constant non-stop my daughter was like in between she was like, in between. She was like, could you stop walking? You're just constantly walking for like a... When he talks on the phone, he really does. He clocks up some Ks too. You notice that? Like if you're sitting down and the phone rings, do you get up?

Yeah. Yeah. I get out. At home, I get out and I walk. And sometimes I'll do a full loop of the block. I'll walk and I'll just keep going to phone call. And then I'll be like, well, I've finished the phone call now. I'm nine suburbs away now.

And then I just need to walk back. I always find it interesting, like if you're lying down in the front room because you have to sit up, like, I don't know why, but imagine you, I can't, do you reckon you could take a phone call lying down? It feels too intimate to say that.

And my wife, because I think because we're on radio and we're used to projecting and stuff like that, she's always like, you're talking so loud. And that annoys me that I'm having a conversation around by someone. And you don't want to be the loud talker in front of people because you're like, oh, mate. So he goes out to the streets. Yeah, I go out to the streets.

At least people hear little pockets as they go past the house. Loudly. Ben's on the phone again. If I'm in the house, man, my wife's like, quiet, quiet. No one wants you. So I'm like, okay, I'll go for a wander. The phone actually does, the phone actually does the phone speaker does a lot of heavy lifting too when you're talking the microphone can pick up quite a

lot i know but then weirdly if you whisper into it so you feel like you need to project so i like a pace i like a pace the hits the jonathan ben podcast you can uh we've talked a lot about this uh your surgery yeah i was away on friday because i got a little surgery on my wrist carpal tunnel it's a pretty standard procedure. Do you wonder what goes on when you're knocked out? What are they talking about? Are they just shooting the breeze when they're operating on you? I think so.

And sometimes they play the radio and stuff. I feel like you guys should be concentrating. Obviously do a good job. Well, you think all this weird stuff we cover when the songs are playing, they're doing that while they're doing open heart surgery and things like that. And have you ever had this? I've had it a couple of times now and not anything against the surgeons or anything but like

I had random bruises on my other arm. Like stripe bruises. I'm like what did they do? You're definitely throwing shade. Maybe it was you lashing about or something. And then another time I had like this perfect like round solid bruise after I had a surgery surgery on my stomach.

I'm like, what happened? They can do anything. They can get away with anything. They're very professional. Yeah, I'm sure they are. Sure. Maybe it was moving me from bed to bed. I don't know.

But I had a random stripe bruise. But I can't grip with one hand. It's gripping is my issue, which is why my hair's out today. Because I can't tie up my hair i can't who's been doing your hair for you so i've been getting andrew to do my hair and it takes him ages husband of the year concentrating i'm like just chuck it up just tie it up he's like excuse me i don't do this every day he's not a hairdresser he's like how many times does the hair tie go around it's like it's sweet but it's also infuriating. What other chores is he having to do for you with one hand?

He has to pull up my pants. Because you pull up one side, I can grip it with one side, but then your pants are stuck diagonally halfway down. So what's going to happen here? It'll work. You've got to, you know, if nature calls. Right, well we're pulling straws.

Well, we can't go into the ladies' bathroom. Whose pants would you pull up on the show, Ben? Well, if I had to pull up anyone's pants, I would do it. I feel like he's probably already pulled yours up. Yeah, he's probably pulled my pants up for me. But yeah, just know we're here. We're here if needed. We are actually traveling to Christchurch this week.

Just the three of us. Oh, yeah, well, you're still going to be like... So, yeah, We are going to Pull straws Oh yeah That's love though Isn't it When you reach that

Stage in a relationship Where I was like I would wipe Parts of your body I would do that for you That's love That's love mate Not you Megan

No I don't think I'm at wiping Ass stage Sorry I feel like you were Saying that I was like mate I'm not

I'm talking about A relationship Ben's like I'm not Wiping her butt I'm not quite there With you yet Megan I like, mate, I'm not. I'm talking about a relationship. Ben's like, I'm not wiping her butt. I'm not quite there with you yet, Megan. I might, to be honest. I might pull your pants up. But I'm not.

Ben! Ben! I'm not quite. Do I have my hand to? I would probably opt maybe for more of a hose situation if I could. Can we get the fire hose on it? Someone else would be better than that. It's nice to know.

I can call it for you, Jono. Just all the way. Jono. He's like, that's lovely, do it. Happily do it. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

So I'm walking into an office where we did some filming a couple of weeks ago, Ben. Right. Okay. And I was like, where's my swipe card? So I've left my swipe card in there. So I was like,

I must go and collect it. Oh, so you left the swipe card to end up at the park. Accidentally. Right. card accidentally right okay so friday after the show i was like well now's a good time the week's over i'll go and get the bloody swipe card yeah so as i'm walking towards they've got like glass doors which open up i notice that there's another lady also walking into the glass doors and she's got a fresh fresh baby strapped to her chest okay like a brand fresh smelling new baby yeah and i'm thinking to myself i know what's happening here this is either an employee who's off on mat leave and they're coming to do the office baby parade which we all know and love yeah or it's you know the partner of someone in the office again to do the baby parade and i'm like those could only be

the only two options definitely What are some other options? Someone looking after a baby Yeah Oh well let's not get Into all the options Yeah it feels like There's more options But anyway

In your head there's two There's only two At this moment As I'm walking Okay Yeah And then she's in there Before me

I arrive at the The glass door's shut I arrive at the glass door And I'm like Hmm classic Okay there's 30 or 40 people Gathered around the new fresh baby now. Oh, doting.

Yeah, you got it. Yes, you do. Oh, so cute, so good looking. And then I'm like on the glass door and everyone looks to me and I hear, oh, it's Johnno. All the heads turn. And I can tell the baby's like, bro, you're taking the shine off my... And then I walk in, I was like, it's just after my swipe card.

And then it was awkward silence. You know when you enter a room, you're like, everyone's just stopped a conversation for me. And they are just waiting for me to leave so they can continue on the conversation. Yeah. Oh, let me just go find it. So then I was ready to go find it. Someone had to go find it. And I'm standing in awkward silence.

And I'm like, it's a cute baby. That's all I I'm like It's a cute baby That's all I can say It's a cute looking baby Well done Thank you strange man Whoever you are And then got the swipe card And I'll leave it to the cute baby

And on the way The only way that could have been worse If it was someone going My dog's died I've had to put my dog down You know for example. Well, true, yeah. I feel like I've been through far more awkward things.

I thought you were going to say something far worse in that situation. Well, in that moment, I've ruined this. Gender, you know, wrong or something. You've done that before. You've said someone has said, we named our fish after you. And you're like, the baby. Oh, you named your babies after us. I was like, didn't say babies, but anyway.

And I misgendered Bluey. Oh, yeah. You've had lots of good on you. It wasn't too bad for you, was it? You're on the scale, true. You're right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. 11th of November, so just over a month till Christmas.

Not long to go, and we're getting into the Christmas spirit in a roundabout way by trying to avoid the most iconic Christmas song ever. Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Not long to go and we're getting into the Christmas spirit in a roundabout way by trying to avoid the most iconic Christmas song ever. Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. How long can we go without hearing the song? So far, so good for the three of us. Yeah, clean slate. I do forget sometimes that we are

playing the game and I find myself in a surgery of a doctor's listening to easy listening radio. You know, the breeze, the coast. Yeah. And I'm like, this could pop up at any time on these. Yeah.

What is easy? What are we considered? What category? Uneasy. Uneasy listening. Frustrating listening. Yeah. I'll tell you what,

easy listening is easy to listen to. Yeah. So supermarket for me over the weekend was very scary when I noticed they were playing Christmas songs But unfortunately for me No Mariah Carey on the playlist Oh god I'm in the supermarket

And they are playing Christmas songs I've got Let It Snow cranking out I don't know if you can hear that But I've got to get around before Mariah plays Because I'm pretty sure that'll be on the playlist Here we go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Yeah, they had some great Christmas songs but all the while I was shopping I was just like, it's going to come up, it's going to come up, I'm going to be out. It's so weird making radio recordings in public, isn't it?

I noticed you were holding it quite breathy. Yeah, I was being all around you. Why is he talking out loud? The guy with the radio is like, does he still think he's on radio right now? I've got to get around here before. So you do it quite quietly.

Now, listen, I don't want to put a spanner in the works, but I understand the afternoon show, Matty and PJ could be sabotaging the game because they're playing with us as well. As soon as all five of us are out, we're going to officially begin airing All I Want for Christmas on the station. Nathan, you've been tuning in to Matty and PJ.

What are they planning? They were talking about getting someone else that works there to play it on an elevator or something along those lines. Oh, a stitcher. Oh, to try and get us out. Yeah. Oh. Were they now? Cheeky.

Were they now? Nathan's a knark. I they now? Nathan's a knock. I love it. Nathan's great. The hole in their plan is they were hatching their plan on nationwide radio. Yep. Okay. Good to know.

Our informant Nathan there. Thank you. Appreciate it. Reporting back. Yeah, a lot of people, we need to think more about that actually, guys, don't we? We're not on the radio. Why would you hatch that plan on the radio? Rookie era there. But anyway, are you still in the

game? That's what we want to know. Carwin, are you still in or you're out? It's Kavan and yeah, mate, yeah, no, I'm out. Sorry, Kavan. I was having a scroll on TikTok last night and landed on this beautiful video of a nice bit of meat, a nice bit of brisket being smoked and then I clicked

to play Mariah Carey. Oh, yeah, not to not. Yeah, I had one because my sound's off on Instagram, so I was scrolling through, and someone had the little, you know how when the song comes up, they have the artist picture? Yeah. And they were obviously playing it from the radio, and it was Mariah Carey, and I didn't, I had the sound off.

I'm like, thank God I had the sound off, because that would have been gone. Kavan, how was it? It got me good. No, Kavan, it's a pleasure playing with you and thank you for your honesty coming forth. The brisket obviously must have looked very delicious for you to click on that video.

Oh, very good. I need to hear what this brisket sounds like sizzling. Thanks, Kavan. You can join in right now even if you haven't started playing. We're happy for you to jump on board. You've just got to try and avoid Mariah Carey's song for as long as possible. A lot of people on the text, social media seems like it's really screwing people up.

Minky, are you in or out? I am unfortunately out. When? What happened? Saturday morning, I was in bed and I scrolled on TikTok as well. TikTok and there was a live hack. I was in bed and I scrolled on TikTok as well. TikTok. And there was a life hack. And with the life hack, Mariah Carey's song came up.

All I want for Christmas. Did you do any, Mariah? This don't seem fair. Like, brisket and life hacks. She should stick to the Christmas content. You're right, actually. Because then you know what you're dealing with. I'm sorry, Minky.

TikTok's got a lot to answer for. The misinformation and the overuse of Mariah Carey. Well, all good. Thank you, guys. The misinformation and the overuse of Mariah Carey. Well, all good. Thank you, guys. The kids are happy. The Christmas tree lights is up. Oh, good on you. You're going to have a wonderful Christmas.

And thanks for your honesty. Again, you can just text in 4487 if you're still in or out of the game. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Nicole, who's our US correspondent, she does a radio show in America. We talk to her every week from New York. We were actually just talking to her while we were recording some stuff and about something I'd seen on social media.

She had Jimmy Fallon, the talk show host in the studio, and they were talking about something that happened to Nicole. Jimmy listens and he just busts in the studio, which I'm like, fine, you can bust in my studio anytime you want. But yes, he is the best. He listens. He's like a friend of the show now. And he came in and we gave him our last year's

Ugly Christmas Sweater, which featured me getting hit by a sleigh because I was hit by a car. So that was making fun of me. So we need to talk about that. So here's Jimmy Fallon. People will know him in New Zealand. He's a big, huge American talk show host,

comedian as well. But here's him receiving his gift from you. Nicole Ryan, Stanley T. Nicole's getting um hit by a sleigh uh in tribute of her or getting hit by a car last year um she she yes so what you got hit by a car what happened there i did um i did like a year and a half ago it was very bad i was crossing the street and a car ran through a red light and took me out i was in the hospital for for 17 days i shattered my i shattered my clavicle my whole entire pelvis eight ribs i had staples in my

head it was like pretty intense what i usually yeah i'm hey i'm still here can't keep a good girl down jesus are we at laughing points at this now? I was laughing in the hospital once I could walk again. They did say we don't know. Oh, yeah. We don't know the story. We just see Jimmy Fallon. He's like, run over by a sleigh gag on the ugly sweater. We're like, oh, this must be a funny story that they told. It doesn't sound like a

funny story at all. Not funny, but that's how I and now the boys on my show deal with epic, crazy situations. Like yes, it was so scary. They didn't know if I was going to be okay. Blah, blah, blah. But once I was okay,

it was like who gets hit by a car? Like do you guys know anybody that's ever been hit by a car? Like that's something that happens in a movie. Did you not say, hey, I'm walking you. Just like that. But they just kept going

and they took me up and took me down. They're like, well, I'm driving here. And you've got to pay for your own hospital bills over there too don't you don't even get me started yeah i just i ignore i just keep deleting the bills i'm never paying i guess i have hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of hospital bills i'm never paying it i don't care there's like homeless people that go in and get care and you think they're ever going to go pay no so. So I'm not. Crazy story.

Yeah, wild, isn't it? So this is what we want to open up this morning on 0800-THE-HITS-4487. Why are you lucky to be alive? The more dramatic, the better. I'm not going to lie. We're after, we're shooting for the stars here. Are you lucky to be alive? Well, no.

Well, no. We are. We're all lucky to be here. Yeah, you are. But nothing like that. Nothing is like, I can't compete with being hit by a car that ran a red light, that's for sure I mean, you did, you know, written off two cars in one drive, right? Yeah, but it was very low, low speed sort of crashes, things like that, you know He's talking down to Zach

Well, it's hard to come off that, isn't it? Yeah, right Megan, you lucky to be alive? Well, I mean, I had major surgery last week Major surgery, Megan? I know, yeah, like, I mean, stuff can go wrong I guess I'm lucky to be alive? Well, I mean, I had major surgery last week. Major surgery? I know, yeah. I mean, stuff can go wrong. I guess I'm lucky to be here.

Yeah, she's got a new wrist, bionic wrist now. Yeah. Wonder wrist, we're calling her. So I just started calling you that. It could be a nickname. We'll put it on your email signature. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We've mentioned before this whole Diddy fiasco that's going on. If you don't know, have a quick goog.

But there's two camps. There's people who are deep in the Diddy hole and people who, like Ben, who are just getting on with their lives. I am and Megan. We're both deep. Deep inside the Diddy hole. You guys have your own chat groups you talk about a lot. I'm listening to a podcast dedicated to it.

If you're into that, you're into that. I just, yeah, I find it all quite disturbing. Oh, so do I. Less known about it in my life. It's like watching a car accident though, isn't it? Some people can't look away. And I keep getting fair ditty content, you know. From me.

From you, yeah. You're sending me a lot, mate. You've really buggered up my algorithm. So thank you for that. But one gentleman who, he was like, I've got the inside word on the whole thing. I'm like, great. Click on the link. Start watching.

Have a listen. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'm going to let y'all come in on this one. I ain't going to waste no time, though. Great. I don't like time wasting. Good.

Straight to the info, please. I ain't going to waste no time, though. Right. Okay, now you've said you're not going to the info, please. I ain't going to waste no time, though. Right. Okay, now you've said you're not going to waste any time now. I'm no expert on wasting time, but it feels like you're doing a lot of time wasting to begin with. Anyway, okay, great. What's the info? Keep going.

We're going to get straight into this thing. Good. I ain't going to waste no time, though. You've said that. Told you I'd be back on this P. Diddy thing. You did? You did? Yep. What's the info? So on this P. Diddy thing. You did? Yep.

What's the info? So I got to keep my word. Yeah. Right. Okay. Keep my word with the P. Diddy. Yes, you've said that. I ain't going to waste no time.

You're wasting more time. He goes on for seven minutes. I'm going to get straight to this. And so what is it? I never got to it. I never got to it. I never got to it. So there we go. Straight out of the time-wasting playbook there from chapter one.

Saying you ain't going to waste no time. But he wasted a lot of time. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We like to do something on a Monday. High, low, buffalo. It's quite a lot to get through. I was thinking over the weekend. It's too much content.

We burn a lot of content. Well, do we just choose a high, low or a buffer low from each of us? Yeah. Because sometimes last week we didn't even get to Jono's. We spoke for like four minutes. But I was fine because then I was like, well, I've saved three things to talk about this week. So you could just choose one thing from the weekend. We're like the high.

We're exploding all our content at six past six on a Monday morning. A high, low. Nine bits of content in total. Yeah, I know. It's too much. It is too much. I introduced the game. It came from a friend's daughter.

And now I think it's too much to do. So your high, your low, or your buffalo. Buffalo, for some reason, is the funny thing. So, Megan. The first part's two parts make sense. The highs and the lows. The buffalo just don't think too hard about it. I feel bad only having a low, though.

That's right. That's great. That's fine. That's life. My high was being high on bakeless over the weekend after my surgery. But my low was I still haven't put my Christmas tree up. Oh, still. Because I've only just realized now that I'm doing things with one hand.

Admin. You had your operation for carpal tunnel syndrome. Yeah. And you can't use that hand, can you? I can't like grab anything. With your army jacket on and your bandage, you look like a veteran that's returned from war. Thank you for your service.

Bringing your dog that you haven't seen for three months. Look at this reaction. This will make you tear up. It's a war veteran returns home to see the dog. Thank you for all your hard work overseas. You're welcome. I appreciate that. Okay, I'll go. I don't know if this is a high or a low

now I know I said I'd stop banging on about laptop laptop based is this week three? we had some feedback too but then I get a call because I took a laptop in to get fixed did you? I took it in the other day the guy's like mate it's fried

I was like cool I'm going to buy another laptop just going to do it and you'd think that would be the end of the story yeah but guy rings me in the weekend fix the laptop and I'm like

oh ah I bought a new one I bought a new one yeah so now yeah so he's fixed the laptop did you not wait until he no because it took like

it's been like I haven't been on three weeks yeah it's been three weeks he's been working away I kept checking on him he's like mate it's fried I keep working away't been on three weeks. Yeah, it's been three weeks. He's been working away. I kept checking on him. He's like, mate, it's Friday. I keep working away. I don't know my hair.

You'd given up on it. Yeah, I'd given up on it. I needed a laptop. Hey, now you've got a backup. Yeah, now my daughter's got a laptop for school. So there you go. He was like, I am going to resuscitate this thing if it's the last thing I do in this game. So I don't know if it was a high or a low, that one.

Jono, what about you? What would be? I'd say a high. I went to a Pearl Jam concert last night. Nice. They played in Auckland on Friday night and Sunday night. And I would say the most gracious crowd ever. The most gracious middle-aged crowd ever.

People were going, no, no, you go first. No, no, you wait. And politely waiting. That's good. Because concerts can be an angry place. It was. It's like Trump. The best crowd ever.

The most amazing crowd. And some bootleg. Do you want some bootleg recordings? Here you go. Miami talking. You not singing well? Yeah, no. I'm trying to just keep my singing quiet.

I'm very wary that I'm recording. Anyway, don't tell Pearl Jan that I'm playing these bootleg recordings. But I tell you what, amazing. Still got an amazing voice, Eddie Vedder. I saw you brought Neil Flynn up onto stage from Train House. It was pretty cool. We're not going to lie, that recording sounds like a lot of like... Well, they were going to sound the best, aren't they,

in a recording of a concert. Mate, it is through my phone! Like Dolby Digital surround sound. Yeah, it's fun. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Every day we like to start our day with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Until the New Zealand Herald find out and say you can't use our quiz. Stop pilfering our gear.

But we'll keep going. You can find it at the New Zealand Herald.co.nz. And they're like, if you'd like to play, you can sign up for a premium subscription. Podcast award winning producer. What? Producer Ellie. The only time anyone is ever going to win an award for a podcast between us. What podcast award did you win?

We won Best Nonfiction Podcast at the Newaland web fest last night for a podcast called behind adhd and me which was um a podcast my friend and i did based on a web series we did also about adhd it wasn't a very good explanation but it was pretty good summed it up beautifully for me thank you guys i've never heard the podcast so i know i know what it's about thank you congratulations thank you guys good to be here all right to make a speech no oh yeah sorry i did i did um which was quite intense. But that portion of the awards was on Zoom, so it wasn't as scary. I could just sit in my own computer and do that.

And then the physical awards were last night. I got my little trophy and stuff. Good on you, Ellie. Thank you, guys. All right, well, we're not going to bathe in the glory of your success, mate. Time for some real wins, the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. All right, question number one. In which country did the tradition of the bride wearing a white dress originate?

Was it the UK, Turkey, or Switzerland? Ooh-wee. It feels like a very British thing to do. For some reason, I've got no other way to back that up. It just smells of monarchy and sophistication. Like a debutante thing yeah

what do you think Megan any idea I'd probably go UK you go UK it seems like a pompous British thing to pull into gear well done

you've got it correct nice work guys alright question number two which horror film features a videotape that causes viewers to die seven days after watching it

The Ring The Ring. The Ring. Yeah. That is correct. That was terrifying. She crawls out of the TVA. That's right, yeah. All right, question number three.

In which book does the character Atticus Finch appear? Is it Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, or The Great Gatsby? I feel like a mockingbird. Yeah, I'm thinking mockingbird too, To Kill a Mockingbird or The Great Gatsby? I feel like a mockingbird. Yeah, I'm thinking mockingbird too, To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus Finch. Yeah. Sounds familiar. Yeah, it does.

Are we throwing that to the text on question three or are we backing ourselves? I like how she said Ellie's facialism. It's like a mime in the studio. You can't see. Tell you what you're not going to win an award for is keeping a stoic face. My bluffing's a little more. I feel like to kill a mockingbird. Yeah, but I haven't read the book, but I just feel for some reason.

Should we back it in? Should we back it in? Yeah, let's back it in. If we get it wrong, we're out. Go with your gut. You're correct. Hey, there we go. All right.

It's amazing the amount of just, I've never read the book, heard of the book, but the stuff that just seeps into your brain. Yeah, and your gut just knows about it, eh? All right, question number four. Which river, one of the longest in the world, flows through Peru? Is it the Amazon? Amazon? Sorry.

The Amazon. The Amazon. I was reading the next one, which is Yangtze or the Nile. Sorry, Amazon, Yangtze or the Nile. Through Peru, it'd be Amazon, wouldn't it? South America. We all agree it's with Jono. I don't know.

Jono's sitting there hard, so I'm going to go with him. That's correct. Yeah, nice. Nice, Jono. Four from four. Yeah, good start. Good start. All right, question number five.

Who is the author of the novel Murder on the Orient Express? Is it Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, or Edgar Allan Poe? Okay, so I think it's a movie. I've seen that movie. Yeah, a movie, but I don't know who. Okay, so that's probably a good time to throw it out there. 4487 on the text. There's a whole series of those. Yeah, they're very good movies, but I don't know

who they were originally written by. Okay, are there three authors, sorry? So the question is, who is the author of the novel Murder on the Orient Express? And the three authors are Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie or Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was a poet though. murder on the orient express and the three authors are dorothy l sayers agatha christie or edgar allen poe edgar allen poe was a poet though so you'd eliminate edgar wouldn't you the hits the jonah and ben podcast going to get 10 out of 10 from the new zealand herald daily quiz what are

we up to producer ali we're up to question number six six five uh speaking of producer ali uh Six? Five? Wow. Speaking of Producer Ellie, speaking to her little nephew, and he said, what sort of juice does Producer Ellie produce? He thought she was a professional juicer. Not once has she provided any juice for the show. Producer. Producer. You're just lacking in one area of your job description. More juice required

Alright, I'll note that down Alright, question number six What is the tallest structure in Tokyo? Is it the Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower or Tokyo Empire? He's been there! I have been there This is on you, baby I feel like it's the Skytree, but

Did you go up it? No, we didn't go up the Sky no we didn't go up the sky tree what's it what's the other options again there's tokyo tower or tokyo empire i feel like we went out to tokyo tower and it was really it was the same situation as when you and i went up the empire state was very like couldn't see anything overcast oh geez i would you what was the other one sorry that is the first one you mentioned totree. Yeah, that feels like a sky tree feels like it would be a lot taller. Yeah, let's go Skytree. Let's go Skytree.

Yeah, that's correct. Hey, there we go. Just sounded taller. Yeah. Okay, good. Great work. Okay. Are we six down?

Yes, we're up to number seven here. In which Australian soap opera did Margot Robbie first gain fame? Davis. That is correct. Great work. Question number eight. Okay. This could be a 10 out of 10 day.

This could be a great start to the week. Okay. Japan acquired what island in 1895? Following the first Sino-Japanese War? Sino-Japanese War? Was it the Paracel Islands, Taiwan, or Senkaku Islands? Oh, my God. You can't see him have been in his eyes closed.

Like, that was going to help him. I did go to Japan, you're right, but I didn't... Did you go deep in their history books? No, I didn't brush up that much on their history. Oh, no. A little bit, but not that much. We can't throw it to the text, can we? No, we've done our text, we've done our lifeline.

Oh, gosh. It's all right, it's okay. Give us the options again, they text, can we? No, we've done our text. We've done our lifeline. Oh, gosh. It's all right. It's okay. Give us the options again. They'll mean nothing to me, but please just give them again. Okay, so it was Paracel Islands, Taiwan,

or Senkaku Islands. Japan acquired what island in 1895 following the first Sino-Japanese war? Megan, you're back. You're back. Is Taiwan an island? I think so. Isn't there always a bit of contention around Taiwan?

Like what is their land and what isn't? Yeah, but that's all muddled up with China though, isn't it? I think now it is, yeah Now it is, but maybe not back then Maybe the Japanese were like, we'll take this, thank you Should we lock in Taiwan? I feel like Taiwan could could be it but yeah that is correct nice to it guys all right question number nine wow here we go yeah okay how many

grand master chess players does new zealand have is it one two yeah yeah not joking is it one two or three oh so this is just purely we're gonna have to guess this right yeah how many grand master chess players i don't feel like we'd have an abundance of them. So you'd say one? I know, but three still is an abundance. Three's not a heap. See that? Okay, can I go one?

One? Okay, let's go one. That is correct. Oh my gosh. Yay. We are guessing our way to 10 out of 10 here. Okay, here's the final one. It doesn't feel as good if I'm honest.

No. This is not based off knowledge. Yeah. Okay, final question. This is not based off knowledge. Yeah. Okay. Final question. What is the largest inhabited castle in the UK? Is it Windsor Castle, Edinburgh Castle, sorry, or Leeds Castle? I was going to say.

What was that noise? No, I don't know. Roaning into the microphone. No one wants this. Okay, okay. Let's not get in an art trip. Windsor's small, isn't it? Like, I feel like Windsor's not that big.

And this is about the largest inhabited castle, so people were actually living in it. Right. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle. I feel like Edinburgh. Edinburgh.

Edinburgh. It's coming hot. Okay, that is incorrect. Don't say Windsor. Was it Windsor? It was Windsor. The guessing luck was going to run out. Not a bad ever.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. This week is Lord of the Rings live, a musical tale telling the story of all the Lord of the Rings movies and books live on stage. It's a huge success overseas and it's finally here in New Zealand, here until the 1st of December, and joining us in the studio right now, two of the stars from the Lord of the Rings, the live show, we've got Spencer and Michael. Thanks so much for hanging out.

Hey, thank you for having us. We're excited to be here. It's lovely to have you in the studio. You've only been in New Zealand for a week and a half. What's your one big takeaway so far? Oh, man. Just the lovely people and the amazing food, honestly. It's unbelievable.

I'm from Chicago, so I'm having a lot of... Regret? Confusion. It's the springtime of Chicagoago with the plants of like of a tropical island i don't know where i am but it's but i love it and i want to keep staying here that's jet lag that jet lag will do some things to you yeah well it's great to have you in the country a lord of the rings a musical uh you're performing here now we love lord of the rings i don't know if you know that in new zealand oh we we got that yeah we were in harborton oh my gosh that place is absolutely incredible now are you guys obviously big fans but there's

one person in this room that hasn't seen any of the movies john hasn't seen any of it i haven't seen it's not anything against the movie it's i feel like the horse bolters well you're still tired it's out you know there was a there was a period there where everyone was watching it, you know? And you weren't. The period lasted like 20 years, man. Every year another one would come out and you're like, I need to watch the first one again. It's been 20 years of avoiding it. It really is.

Okay, but what we've got is I've got some very simple questions I'm going to get you guys to ask Jono. These are questions that hopefully he will know just from picking up on something. Second-hand knowledge. Okay. If he can get all these correct, we'll give away some tickets to the show. So this is for listeners right now. So you can go one for one. See how excited people are to come here just because the movie was filmed here.

I know. And you're just like, nah, go ahead. I'm excited to be here. I know. He's like, oh, yeah, whatever. First one. What is the name of the hobbit who carries the one ring to Mount Doom? It's Frodo.

Yeah, well. There it is. These are super easy questions, so don't feel like you're smart or anything. Do you know Frodo's last name, though? Frodo Baggins. Yeah, well done. That's good.

Just making sure. Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? Tolkien. Who's Tolkien? Let's give him a break. He got the name. He got the name. Jur. Yeah, Jur. What is the name. He got the name. He got the name.

Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Yeah. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Yeah. Jirrrr. Jirrrr.

Yeah. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Yeah. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Yeah. Jirrrr.

Jirrrr. Yeah. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. Jirrrr. That's a lion. That's a lion. What is the name of the dark lord who created the one man- Oh, that one's kind of hard. Gollum. No. I've got it.

You know, this is tough because you never see him. It's Sauron. It's the eye, the big eye, the big evil eye. Yeah, I definitely want to go that one. Okay, well so far we've just lost some tickets. Sorry about that. We're only one down, or two down, aren't we? It's okay. You got this one. Where do the hobbits live? Hobbiton.

Very good. I'll accept that because Hobbiton is a town in the Shire, which is where all the hobbits live. What type of creature is Legolas? Well, he's Legolas. No, he's not Legolas. No. Orlando Bloom. He is Orlando Bloom. He's legless. No, he's not legless. No. Orlando Bloom? Yeah, Orlando Bloom. He is Orlando Bloom. Oh, he's a creature.

He's an elf. He's an elf. Yeah, well done. But he became famous from that movie you never saw. That was his first film. Did you know Orlando Bloom was in it? I knew he was in it. Oh, okay.

Was it his first movie? Wow, I don't know if it was his first movie. No, I don't think so. Was it also Elijah's first movie? I forget. I think so. Might have been. I'd like to see those guys sing and dance their way

Who says the famous line you shall not pass Yeah, just pick that 20 something years of like everyone talking about Spoiler alerts for you don't ruin it for you this 26 year old movie yeah Noah tell them how it ends alright he needs to go along and watch the musical oh yeah just come along

and see it in a three hour compact beautiful it was made it was like it was made for you that's why they brought it to New Zealand

well lovely to meet you guys Spencer Michael Lord of the Rings musical tale on in November here at the Civic in Auckland get all your tickets

right now as you see from Ticketmaster yeah Ticketmaster that's right