Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Megan's nightmare Saturday morning!

Episode Date: March 30, 2025

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Jono’s mum gives her take on the controversial sex scene in White Lotus... Why is Megan mad at us over a late reply? Ben is now an ambassador for Black Doris Plumbs! We chat with Pat Monahan from Train about how his kids defend his music. We’re on a mission to find the best TV theme song! Head to our socials to cast your vote! What’s Italian Daniella’s all-time favourite TV theme song? Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganInstagram: THEHITSBREAKFAST  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh. Your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast. On a Monday, we're on a quest to find the best TV theme tune of all times. And every time the text comes through, and there's been so many texts on this, you're like, oh my goodness, shows you haven't thought of many, many years. And some shows we don't even know. Okay, well chuck them out there and I'll try and live get them for you.

Okay, let's go, well, Thunderbirds. Oh, yeah, that was a great show. Try and sing it before he finds it. Thunderbirds are gone. I mean, Thunderbirds are go, but yeah. No, it's probably one of those ones when you're... Why is it on my head? Well, you need to just hear the opening bars

and then you'll get it. Okay, go. But you'll probably have to wait for a pre-roll ad. I'm going to warn you. Yeah, what have we got here? A bit of a Faro Fresh pre-roll ad, but hopefully. I'll skip that. Five, four, three, two, one.

Left off. I still haven't got it Thunderbirds are go It wasn't so much Like a sing along jam Was it more just A dramatic Gosh it's very stressful Yeah

It was a pretty epic show The old Thunderbirds For for puppets too. Okay, whenever I see puppets, I just can't help but see Team America now. Yeah. America! Very graphics scene involving two. You can say that on the podcast, Megan, go on.

No, I don't want to. Okay, what's another theme tune that's really caught your attention? Oh, what have we got? MacGyver's come through quite a few times. Oh, I love that. Richard Dean Anderson yeah always

just get out you know never use a gun or anything just use his brain and we'll always outsmart everyone a piece of stuff

chewing gum and a toothpick you've got some wires and some putty and that would blow up yeah the big explosion that's a good

theme song that is a really good theme song yeah so please text 4487 with what

theme tune you'd like to see we've got to narrow it down to 32 it's going to be tough do you remember the Roswell TV show So please, text 4487 with what theme tune you'd like to see. We've got to narrow it down to 32. It's going to be tough. Do you remember the Roswell TV show? That was just Dido, her song, here with me. But do you remember Roswell?

I do remember. I don't think I watched too much Roswell. That's where Catherine What's-Her-Face started. Heigl. Connor Heigl. Catherine What's-Her-Face. Catherine Heigl. And Michelle What's-Her-Face. Oh, Michelle Livingston.

Obama. Michelle Accord. Michelle... Michelle married to Heath Ledger. Oh. Oh. Oh. What?

Michelle Hargraves. Michelle Denison from HR. I'm just naming Michelle's, mate. I'm going to keep going until you end the madness. Michelle, no, what? I'm looking online now. I can't see any Michelle. Wasn't she married to, wait, oh my God.

She was married to. Mate, you've got all the big bangers there. You've got. Oh, wait, am I talking about, no, she was in Dawson's Creek. Yeah, yeah, I was thinking she was in Dawson's Creek. Michelle Pfeiffer. Yeah, yeah. What's her name?

This is so mean. She's in? Michelle Williams. Michelle Williams, yeah. From Greatest Showman and the cowboy one. Yeah, the cowboy. Wish I knew how to quit you. What was that one?

Brokeback Mountain. Yeah, she's in that one. Oh, my God, that was painful. Well, we got there in the end. But Roswell was a great TV show about aliens and teenagers. Well, I'll tell you what's a great show. This podcast you're about to listen to. Enjoy and have a great day.

Michelle Williams. Yeah! Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. One Megan is hoping wins. It's like a dance party. is a banger isn't it Theme song

The White Lotus Not this series though Previous series Season 2 theme song Yeah To be specific Your new episode Is it dropping today

Is it Neon It drops We get it straight from the US The latest episode drops today My mum She came and stayed a couple of weeks ago, and she's very concerned about an upcoming scene that she'd read about and how she was going to tackle it.

So we're going to give Annie a call now. Hi, I've just pulled over. Annie, mum, it's me. Yeah, I know it's you, Jay. I said it was you. Listen, we're on the... Annie, I'm sorry, we're blindsiding you on the radio again. Oh, okay.

Well, I've just pulled over. I'm off for my walk. Sorry, it was definitely probably not worth pulling over for, Mum. Morning, Annie. Well, I have. I've got my flashes on. Okay. No flashing while we're talking to you, alright? Now, Annie, I mentioned to Megan and Ben

that you're a big fan of The White Lotus. Oh, yes. Great show, isn't it? It's a really great show. Really gripping. Yes, I don't like it as much as the first two.

This is fairly dark. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I haven't watched all of this one. Megan's been watching quite a lot of this one. Yeah. Do you think it's dark,

Megan? Well, I do, but I think all of them have been a bit dark. You know, there's always a murder, Annie. Oh, yeah. Murders are okay, though. In the context of the show, of course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Day to day, probably not so much.

Jennifer Coolidge. Oh, yeah. She was really good, wasn't she? Definitely. She sort of did the humour of it, didn't she? Definitely. She sort of did the humour, didn't she? Yeah, you are right. Did they kill her off? Yeah.

Spoiler alert. Is it a spoiler? Yeah, yeah. Now, Mum, because I know when you were staying a couple of weeks ago and you said you were a bit concerned about an upcoming scene, the orgy, the orgy scene. Orgy? Yeah.

Orgy? I had to correct you in the moment. You were calling it an orgy. The Orgy scene. Orgy? Yeah. I had to correct you in the moment. You were calling it an Orgy. No, that sounds like a children's book, like a sort of Orgy the Friendly Otter. Oh, so you're saying you have no recollection of saying it as Orgy?

No, it was Orgy. I've got audio of you calling it an Orgy. Well, whatever. Anywaygy. Yeah, I've got audio of you calling it an Orgy. Well, whatever. Anyway, potato, potato. You were a bit concerned about watching this content and what you were going to do when it did come up. So how did you tackle the scene?

Oh, wasn't it? Yeah, it was a bit out there, wasn't it? Yeah. We don't want to give it away because it is the latest episode but I'd say probably less of an Orgy, more of a menage-y toi. Yes, yes. Oh, yes, it was, but ooh. Why is it ooh?

Well, I think the people involved in it is a little bit… They're related. Yeah, okay, here we go. They're related. Yeah, okay, here we go. They're related. Yeah, yeah. And it was Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, for goodness sake. You would have thought he taught him better morals. He's not doing...

It's not his real brother. Yeah, Arnie has to come out there and go, you know what, mate? You should hook up with your brother on... Yeah, well, he's an actor. He's got to take the role. We were set up for this, I feel like, in the very first episode. We saw Arnold Schwarzenegger's son naked too, Annie.

Well, naked I can do, but incest is not great. You draw the line at incest. Fair enough. A lot of people do. A lot of people do. Not everyone. I can do it. And what do you call it?

An orgy. No, incest I might like to. Yeah, no, fair enough. Fair enough, too. Did you ever think you'd hear your mum say, an orgy I can do? Incest. So there's a couple more episodes still to go, Annie. You're still keen on the show?

Oh, heavens, yes. But I think I enjoyed the one and two better. I love the location. Do you think, because the theme tune in series one and series two, everyone loved it. In this one, they've changed slightly. Do you think the theme tune was better in the first two series? Didn't really notice the theme tune.

It goes... Does that ring a bell? Oh, yes. It's a really fabulous series. I hope... It really is. It's worth... It's just great.

But, okay. Can I go for my walk now? Yeah, we can wrap you up. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. I was very confused by it. I looked at it.

I was confused. And then in my head, I was like, oh, maybe it was meant for something else. Because you sent it to our radio group chat. And then later on, you explained it. So it was expletive. And then it said, I'll be there ASAP. Now, I knew. It was like, wait, what?

Where are you going? I knew what had happened in this moment. And there was a sadistic part of me going, oh, please come in soon. The people need their news. I was going to message back at 5.30 and go, we're waiting for you. All good. There was a sadistic part of me going, oh, please come in soon. The people need their news. I was going to message back at 5.30 and go, we're waiting for you. All good. We'll hold the show until you're here.

So I had woken up at 5.28 on a Saturday morning and thought that I was extremely late for work. So in half an hour, I was due to read the news. In my mind. So I had that moment. No one likes it when you're just woken up and you're like I'm supposed to be somewhere now Yeah that's gut wrenching Did you start the day? I leapt out of bed

I took my phone to the bathroom And I always lay out my clothes So my first indication was Oh my god I didn't even get clothes out for last night. This is going to make me even later. And then I looked at my phone and I, you know how it says the day? Yeah, right. So I saw Saturday and I was like,

oh, I see what's happened here. But that must have been the greatest feeling in the world. It was, but then the adrenaline had already pumped through my body. I could not go back to sleep. Definitely better to come to that realisation while you're still lying in bed. Yeah. Yeah, and turning over.

I did that once. I woke up. It was like a Sunday morning. But I'd already pumped two bloody coffees into my system before I'd realised what day it was. There's no going back from that. No. Lucky I didn't get into the car and come all the way in. That would have really annoyed me.

But everyone does it. Everyone does that feeling that when you wake up at like 2 o'clock in the morning too and then you realise, oh, I've got another three hours of sleep ahead of me. That's another great feeling, middle of the night feeling. Also, thank you for all replying, no, don't come in. It's a Saturday, you silly sausage. Not one of you replied. No, I was very confused by it.

I thought you said it to another. Yeah, but no one replied at the time. I was like, it's Saturday, bruh. Yeah, but Ellie was like two hours later. Yeah, I could have easily made it into work by that time. So you're right. Two and a half hours later, he went, yeah, have a good sleep in. It was like, what?

We're probably all secretly hoping you did come into work. All right, next, we have started something today, the greatest TV theme tunes. We're probably all secretly hoping you did come into work Alright next We've started something today The greatest TV theme tunes We're doing a big tournament Kicks off Wednesday but we need to get 32 songs Compiled This is going to be hard

It's really hard to cut it down Because every time someone texts through or messages through about a song You're like oh that's such a great theme song Hey yesterday I went to the Weebricks Triathlon That was fun wasn't it That's such a great theme show. John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Yesterday I went to the Weet-Bix triathlon. That was fun, wasn't it? Yeah, it was awesome. Over 3,000 entrants,

and then you couple that with all their supporters and parents, and so over 7,000 people. The biggest turnout ever in the history of Weet-Bix. And they've had over 500,000. I love the stat. I keep saying it. I keep banging on about it. Over half a million Kiwi kids have done it over the years,

which is pretty impressive. There's like 15 of them around the country, 15 events, and it's really cool that the Hits gets involved with it. Big, huge takeaway for Ben because they feed everyone, which is very nice of them. Big takeaway, probably the biggest takeaway from this year's Weet-Bix is the Black Doris plum introduction to your breakfast routine. Yeah, no, yeah. And putting yogurt with Weet-Bix and Weet-Bix is the Black Doris plum introduction to your breakfast routine. Yeah.

No, yeah. And putting yogurt with Weet-Bix and Weet-Bix bites is something that I've been influenced. I've got right now. I haven't got the plums today, but I've

got banana and peaches with Weet-Bix bites. Not just because we're talking about it, just because that's what I've got into the habit of having for breakfast. You haven't been

approached about being an ambassador for Weet-Bix. Or no, a Black Doris plum ambassador for Weebix. Or no, a Black Doris Palam ambassador. Well, it'd be nice to because they're big cans but they're eight bucks.

Eight bucks. Do you know, no, I'm not even joking you. At every event we've gone to, Ben gets on the mic and he's like,

have you tried Black Doris Palam? Yeah. At the Weebix triathlon. He's like, these are great. Go to the breakfast tent, get the Black Doris Palam. You are spruiking them hard.

I'll just call them Doris Plums. He doesn't want to be accused of racism. I don't know the backstory behind the plums. Of a fruit. Hey, there's a lot of things you laugh. There's a lot of things that have been changed over the years. They're black in colour. Are they?

I'm googling. There's a lot of things through that whole thing that got changed, right? They're black in colour. Are they? Are they? I don't know. I'm googling. Are they? There's a lot of things through that whole thing that got changed, right? I'm just googling Black Doris problematic question mark. Oh, yes, the term Black Doris can sound a bit problematic out of context, even though it's just referring to a specific plum variety. So you're safe. Out of context, yes.

I can see why you're a bit gun-shy on the mic. You know? What was it named after? Well, we'll find out. The colour. Is that though? Appearance. They have purple to slash black skin. Stop trying to cancel the plums, bro.

I'm not trying to cancel the plums. It's just like, is the name problematic? We'll find out. He's like, I'll do a campaign for them, but I'll only call them Doris Plums. Just go, boop, Doris Plums.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We've got Pat Monaghan, the lead singer of Train, joining us over Zoom right now. Good morning.

Good morning to you. Hey, very exciting. You and Train, you're coming to New Zealand. Is it true though, we heard a rumour you're only here

to pick up some New Zealand wine for your family? That and maybe play a round of golf. We can fill both those buckets for you. We can do that. How much time a week are you spending on the golf course, Pat? You know, I hadn't played literally for about two and a half months. It's been one of the busiest years I can remember in the last 15 years for me this

year uh but i just played um i played like three times last week oh wow 18 hole jobs or nine hole jobs we i had one nine hole and uh 127 and 118 that's a that's a big day that's a like see you family I'm out all day yeah it was a good day yeah now what is it about training

you know because I was I don't want to throw any other artists under the bus here but I was at Luke Combs concert here in New Zealand

30,000 people and the band all played one by one some songs by themselves and one of them sang Drops of Jupiter and the whole crowd

30,000 New Zealanders just singing I don't know about the music rights whether they pay for that anyway that's for you to deal with but what is about young and old all getting together and singing songs like that from train what is it about it I think it's a you know it's one of those songs that kind of has brought people together for a long time and and Luke's aware of that and it's just a song I'll never get tired of singing. A billion streams. A billion streams for that.

And Soul Sister. That's incredible. I'm so happy to hear you say you're not going to get tired of singing it. Because so often bands don't want to play their biggest hits. And I don't understand why. Because we love them. I never understood that either. I've been to concerts and I've been like, what happened?

What did i miss because drops of jupiter was you know you wrote it about your mom who sadly passed away it was a dream it came to you in a dream now how often since then have you gone to sleep going i need another hit song please wake up every night since has it ever happened again? Is that how we got Hey Soul Sister? No, that was actually just me burning the candle at both ends. I was in New York writing two or three songs a day, and that was an end-of-the-night thing. Do you know when you've written a banger? You don't?

No, no. All the bangers that I thought were bangers were terrible. Oh, really? They are sitting in a computer somewhere. Hopefully no one will ever hear them. Now, you've got two kids at the moment, I think around the ages 13, 16, pretty close to my kid's age group. Now, what do they think of Dad?

Do they think Dad's music's cool? I think, you know, my music is kind of like a sibling. You don't like them most of the time, but nobody else better say anything bad about your sibling. No one's talking any smack about the songs. Yeah, no, fair enough. We've got Pat Monhan with us from Train. Very excited about them coming to New Zealand.

I want to play a quick game, Train of Thought. I say a word, and you just say what pops into your head when I say that word, okay? Taylor Swift. Driven. And you played with her a couple of times on stage, right? Yeah, she is such a driven leader in this industry. She is like watching a gifted CEO,

like really somebody who's thinking beyond the next step. Or maybe a chess master. Okay, next word. Deep fried chicken. One of my favorite lyrics from Drops of Jupiter. You're breaking the rules. That's three words. Okay, deep fried chicken.

All one word. So, wait. I only get one word, but you get three? No, you get as many as you want. What pops into your head when I say deep fried chicken? I'm going with clogged artery. Yeah, that's good. Not your best friend always looking up for you. Grammy Awards, because you guys have been to the Grammys,

won awards as well? My words would be, it's been a while. There's more coming. When you're at the Grammys, is it long? Is it boring? Is it interesting? It's all those things. It's long, it's boring, and it's interesting.

Go to a rollercoaster. It is. It's like a romantic comedy. New Zealand Savion Blanc. I love it. Love, love, love. Marlboro. Am I saying Marlboro right? We just say Marlboro. It's our go-to white wine for sure. Are you going to go. Marlboro. Am I saying Marlboro right? Yeah. We just say Marlboro. It's our go-to white wine for sure. Are you going to go to Marlboro when you're here?

I would love to. My favorite is Cloudy Bay. I think that's a beautiful wine. Oh, wow. I think you just secured yourself some free wine there, Ben. Yeah, that's what I was trying to do. Well, it's been so nice talking to you. We're huge fans, and it's great to have you back in New Zealand.

It's been a while. I mean, it has been a while. I'm sorry it's been so long, but we'll make it up to you. It'll be a great time. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The heads. Please tell me that is not your...

TV. And now for something completely different. Battle of the TV theme songs. I'm very excited about this. Now, we got talking about this a week or so ago when Megan and you were talking about how much you're loving The White Lotus and it feels like this series, they've changed the theme tune subtly, right? And people are pretty upset about it.

Not subtly. They've changed it completely. It was a beloved theme song. But yes, you're right. It has changed it completely. It was a beloved theme song. But yeah, sure, it has changed. What are you more devastated about? The White Lotus theme song or Liam Lawson? What's devastating? Oh, Liam Lawson. You like this one. This is the OG.

This was the one that went viral on TikTok. People had dances. It was a beloved theme song and they changed it for the latest season. I'm not the only person that's upset about it. No, you're right. And it's a good theme tune. Now, you wanted to know if this was the best ever TV theme tune.

Now, we're not talking about the best show. We're talking about theme tunes. Oh, no, this is the latest one. Oh, sorry. Is that the latest one? That's not the one. Oh, they were going... They were doing this thing at the start.

Yeah. It comes out. Is it the latest one? Yeah. Oh, listen, I'm sorry, mate. I've let you down again. Don't your heroes always let you down? We'll find the right one, and we'll play it, and that's the one I'm backing. Yeah. Is it the latest one? Oh, listen, I'm sorry, mate. I let you down again. Don't your heroes always let you down? We'll find the right one and we'll play it and that's the one I'm backing.

Okay. Here we are. This is season one theme. Yeah. They sound very... Hey, I don't want to pick bones here, but... So you're putting your weight behind this as the greatest TV theme tune of all time? Yeah.

I reckon. It's also the one that's like latest in my mind. So once we delve back into, well, I might change my mind. But there is so many. And what we wanted to do, and we're going to start it later this week, is we're going to have a knockout tournament. Put them head to head. And we need 32 of the best theme tunes of TV shows of all time.

You need to help us because the more we talk about it, the list is huge. There is, yeah. So these next two days, Matty and Matilda Rice, who's going to be doing the, Matilda Green sorry, is going to be doing... Green Rice? Sorry.

I was going to say Green Rice, you can put it together. I'm sure she'll love that together they're going to be doing it in the afternoon as well and we're going to be compiling over the next two days what should make the cut for the 32 now this is going to be

a hard one to knock down I'm going to put my weight behind Baywatch oh that's epic only because you just go I go back to my formative years and I would watch

and it starts with like drums yeah that's an epic theme tune there was a period there where they would you know three minutes of epicness

before the show would even start yeah slow mo running yeah I think you remember that I was not there for the bodies mate

I was not there for the skin for the flesh I was there for the drama and also it doesn't start slow

he comes in hot yeah so what is the best TV theme it doesn't start slow. He comes in hot. Yeah. So what is the best TV theme tune of all time? We're not talking about the best show. The show could be a pile of crap. It could be a steamer. But the theme tune.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Of the TV theme song. Very excited about this. We want the best theme tunes when it comes to television over the years. There's been so many great TV shows. Yeah, great. But what about the theme tunes when it comes to television over the years. There's been so many great TV shows. Yeah, great.

But what about the theme tunes? The most important parts. So that's what we want to know. We want to get 32 the best together and do a knockout style tournament until we decide

on the best theme tune of all time. Now, Ben Boyce, you are going to be backing your hero that he kind of dipped out of hero status for a few,

about a year or so then he's come back into the hero. Oh, again, you talk about shows that you just used to watch and watch and watch, and I'd come home and I'd watch so many episodes of this, Fresh Prince. Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down and I've liked a lot of shows that you watch and you're like, oh, I think you should just skip, skip. But that one I probably wouldn't skip because I just love it what I liked

was it explained the premise of the show reminded you what the show's about where you come from what do you mean you'd skip the theme song

you couldn't even do that back in the day no I wouldn't do it even if I had the option now on Fresh Prince you'd want to watch it you had to sit through it you had to

you're right it is one of the greats in West Philadelphia born and raised on the playground is where I spent most of my days yeah okay so Fresh Prince you're hoping that's going to make You're right. It is one of the greats. Yeah, okay. So, Fresh Prince, you're hoping that's going to make the cut for the 32? I'm definitely putting my very slim weight behind that one, all right? Yeah, okay.

Let's go to the phones because the text machine and the phones have been blowing up on this one. We'll get Debs on. Good morning to you, Debs. Good morning, guys. How are you? We're doing well on blowing up on this one. We'll get Debs on. Good morning to you, Debs. Good morning, guys. How are you? We're doing well on a Monday. Good, thank you. We're making the list of the 32 songs that are going to compete for the Greatest TV theme song. What do you want to vote for?

I'm going to show my age here and I'm going to go with MASH. Bloody MASH. Now, hang on. Can you tell? This is the theme song. No, it's not. There's no singing. No, the theme song. No, it's not. There's no singing. No, there wasn't.

No, there's a period where there was no singing. Debbie, can you remember singing or no singing in MASH? No singing. Thank you. Thank you. There's no singing. Who are these dreary choir? This is the song.

This is the theme song. Okay, well, no, it was an instrumental. Yeah. I remember you'd come home from school and TV would shove mash down your throat. You couldn't watch anything else. I've got it here. Listen to my laptop. Okay.

Listen to her smash your laptop. See? Yeah. Okay. I'll give that to you. That does sound familiar. Well, they had an instrumental and a non-instrumental version. Yeah, yeah. And both of us drew. Drew, yes. Yeah. But, hey, iconic'll give that to you. That does sound familiar. Well, they had an instrumental and a non-instrumental version. Yeah, yeah.

And both of us drew. Drew, yes. You're like, Dad, this sucks. Iconic. Iconic show. All right. Was MASH a consistent in your household? Yes.

Yeah. Wasn't it on before the news? It was like 5.30. And I wanted to watch Home and Away, and Dad's watching MASH. You're like. They had old bloody Corporal Clinger and. Hot Lips Hooligan. Hot L but like every night. And I wanted to watch Home and Away, and Dad's watching MASH. You're like... They had old bloody Corporal Clinger and... Hot Lips Hula Head. Hot Lips Hula Head.

Hey, there's HR complaints happening right now. Hot Lips Hula Head. All right, let's get another one on, eh? Can we call you Hot Lips Peppers from now on, mate? Let's get Connor on. Good morning to you, Connor. Good morning. Great to have you on.

Greatest TV theme tunes. We're listing 32. They're going to go in a tournament. We have The Simpsons. Oh, yeah. Yeah, iconic. Yeah. Can't beat it.

Surely that's a front runner. Yeah. I've watched every episode. You've watched? How many episodes is that? That's a lot. For sure. They're in the 30s for series number

and now it's been going for a long time yeah I'm just going to google that chat GPT how many Simpsons

765 episodes my son's probably watched almost all of them too he just binged and binged and binged yeah no

Simpsons gotta be in there it's gotta be it's not one of those shows you watch as a kid and then you watch again later and you get a whole lot more It's got to be in there. It's got to be. It's like one of those shows you watch as a kid, and then you watch it again later, and you get a whole lot more of the gags. Right.

You're like, oh, that's what that was referencing, and things like that. Hey, well done too, Connor. It's a handy-mandy thanks to Gas Petrol Service Stations. We've got more petrol than a bloody Saudi prince to give away, and we're giving you $100 voucher, all right? Yeah. John O'Byrne and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. We are talking about the best theme tune from a TV show. Yeah. John O'Bien and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Talking about the best theme tune from a TV show. Please tell me that is not your... TV! Enough of something completely different. Battle of the TV theme songs. We were talking about this the other day.

You're a big fan of the White Lotus at the moment, Megan, as are many people around the world. And you're a bit disappointed how the theme tune has changed. Season three, they changed something that wasn't broken. We had an epic, epic, what? Wasn't broken. Everyone loved it. It's like a dance party.

And they've mixed it up for this series, and you're not happy, but you're saying, regardless of whether they changed it or not, this is the greatest theme tune of all time. It has everything It has a sing-along aspect Granted it's Everyone knows the words

Dancing, good vibes Ben, you're putting a vote Because what we need to do is We need to get 32 of them To line them up in our tournament Which starts on Wednesday Ben, you've locked in the fresh prints Very different Very different from the White Lotus Ben, you've locked in The Fresh Prince.

Very different. Very different from The White Lotus. Virginia, you want to put a vote in for The Fresh Prince too. Absolutely. It's a classic, isn't it? Everyone knows it. Take us back to those core memories. What do you think of when you hear the song?

Oh, you instantly think about Will Smith. Yeah, but that makes sense. You instantly think about the Carlton dance. Yeah, I was just going to say the Carlton dance, and you bet me to it. Do you know, we actually met Carlton Virginia, and we spent probably about half a day with him, and he had the most state-of-the-art family van I have ever seen in my life. Like a people mover. He took me on a tour of it.

TV's in the back for all the family and everything. Oh, wow. The driver's seat, he'd push a button and it would go, and it would turn around to face the back. So you could drive backwards if you wanted to. What's he doing these days? Golf. Loves golf. He's almost professional, isn't he?

Yeah, I think he's very good at it. So he takes his family van around the States playing golf, turning his driving seat around. He was so proud of that van. He was actually. I think I got a tour too. It's a separate tour. Hayley, morning to you. How are you? Good morning.

I'm great. How are you? Oh, Hayley. Now everyone, we've meant to say before, everyone gets on the air this morning like you Hayley get a hundred dollars to spend at gas petrol service stations making your Monday a bit better

yes handy mandy fuel free fossil fuels nothing quite like it Hayley so what song are you going to vote for the TV theme tune

I'm going to sing it for you sunny day sweeping the clouds oh Sesame Street. Yeah, again, another one that just takes you instantly back, doesn't it? Yeah.

Reminds me of happiness and rainbows and everybody smiling. You're right, actually. You don't feel bad at all listening to this, do you? That's got to definitely be in the 32. I think we'll say that's a given. Yeah. Yeah. Very hard to narrow it down.

We've had so many great messages coming through. A lot of kids' shows from yesteryear, like Fraggle Rock, the Jetsons coming through. What about Barney? Barney the Dinosaur? Oh. Segwaying into Country Calendar. Country Calendar. That's the longest running TV show in New Zealand.

Mate, you've got them both going. Am I playing both? Yeah. So I'll stop that one. That's why he wasn't before he got symphony over the weekend. Yeah, I know.

This would have been like, sorry guys, hold on, sorry. There's a whole other thing there going on. There we go. Yeah, Country Calendar. That again would have

to be on there. Shortland Street. That theme. Is it you? Is it me? Oh, it's iconic. Shall we get Lynn on? Welcome to the show, Lynn.

How are you, baby? I'm fantastic, thank you. Good morning. Good to have you on, Lynn. What are you voting for? Best TV theme tune of all time? It has to be the Dukes of Hazzard. Oh, the iconic Dukes of Hazzard.

Now, this is a bit before my time. I'm an old millennial. Oh, really? Yeah, but I know the song. Liar. I am. Anyone's millennial, baby. Is that, but I know the song. Liar. I am! 81! 81's millennial, baby! Is that

the one that had the horn? Yeah. A couple of problematic things from the old dukes. Yeah, yeah. But hey, an iconic TV show, nonetheless. They always get in the car and drive on off. You know, weren't they?

Okay, well we'll put that in for you, Lynn. We'll see if it makes the 32. You going to be listening on Wednesday? Sure, I'll do my best to be tuning in. That didn't sound like a commitment from you, Lynn. Sounded like you gave yourself an out. It's ironic that only because I'm running late for work this morning that I could actually call.

Oh, okay. I appreciate that, Lynn. Well, it's starting on Wednesday. Get a new job, it's worth it. Hey, can I throw another one in just for fun? The A-Team. Another iconic one from the 80s as well. Mr. T,

the iconic character. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. I feel like I've sent a passive-aggressive email and I didn't intend to. a passive-aggressive email, and I didn't intend to. No, no. Did you do the dot, dot, dots?

No, we've learnt about that. They're right. GNZs get highly offended. You've scorched their earth if you do a dot, dot, dot. Now, I had two people that I was corresponding with, two different people, and they both had the same name. And I'm not going to say who their real name is. Let's just say their name is Sophie. So one works with our agents, with our agency.

And the other one was I was trying to get involved in a bit of, you know, back form, explain something in detail, you know. This is all on the same email? Yeah, but two separate emails to two separate people. So I sent a big email to one Sophie. Really just, you know, going into quite a lot of detail. He loves a long email. And then the other one I went, oh, they'd also email me back. I better just reply with a thanks, Sophie. Really just going into quite a lot of detail. He loves a long email. And then the other one I went, oh, they'd also email me back.

I better just reply with a thanks Sophie. But what I did do is I'd send this big long email to this one Sophie, and then a minute or so later I sent a passive-aggressive, well, I said thanks Sophie to what I thought was the other Sophie, but it was a follow-up. Separate email to the other one I'd sent a very long email too. So she's got the really long email from me and then moments later going,

thanks, Sophie. Not intended for her. Intended for another Sophie. Did you end up thanking the Sophie that you meant it to? Yeah, I did. But I was like, that was less important now. Because I was like,

oh no, that's got to look really passive-aggressive, isn't it? Out of context. I've sent this whole thing with like, could you come back to me on this and all this sort of things. Did you not sign off that big long email

with like, thanks Sophie? I probably signed it off and then I came back with another whole separate email just a thanks Sophie. And I was trying to think in my head is any way that would sound all right, you know? Well, did you come back with a third email and go, hey, that thanks Sophie was meant for another Sophie

that was meant to thank? I've already thanked you. Maybe I should have. I mean, that just sounds even worse. It doesn't explain the situation he's got himself in. It does feel like kind of a bit passive, like thanks, you know? There's no way it was intended a nice thanks Sophie,

but for another Sophie. And so now I've got myself into a passive-aggressive email hole. I got a bloody gentle reminder over the weekend. This is a gentle reminder. They're never a gentle reminder. It's like, you idiot, I've emailed you four times. I was looking into it. The most passive-aggressive things you can send on email.

As per my last email, which means translation. I've already told you this, but apparently you don't read. This is Goddard's article. Had a few as pers, yeah. Just circling back on this. Again, translation. Why've already told you this, but apparently you don't read. This is Gordie's article. Had a few aspers, yeah. Just circling back on this. Again, translation. Why are you ignoring me? I'm going to keep sending this

until I get the answer. Hope this helps. Translation, it won't, but you should have figured it out by now yourself. It's good. For future reference, you put that on

and it basically means for the last time I'm explaining this to you. I'm CCing in someone. That means you're in trouble. Or that's a good ass cover to the old CC. I've got all these people looped in here so I don't have to explain myself later. And this one's quite good.

Thanks in advance, which basically means you don't have a choice. Do it. But I'm thanking you in advance. And here's my thank you. You can get around it as well. So there we go. International language of office warfare. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Oh, the familiar strings of Daniela's favorite song. Welcome, ciao. Morning. Bonjour. Buongiorno. You improving day by day.

Thank you. I missed your song. And you guys, how you been? We're doing all. Thank you, Miss. She's strong. And you guys, how you been? We're doing all right. Now, you've been in Australia. You went over there on a conference. Must be nice. Can you hear my accent?

Can you hear my... Do your Aussie accent. Do your best Aussie. Good day, mate. How are we doing? Can you do your best New Zealand one? No, that's the same. Good day, mate. That's up your pace. That's it. one? No, that's the same. Good eye, mate.

That's it. Yeah, that's good. That was a pretty good decent Australian accent. Tell you what, I thought of you, Dalialla, because it was in Wellington. I went out for dinner with my dad, and we went to a lovely Italian restaurant. It was quite, well, it felt like, I'll say authentic Italian.

I'm not sure if that, you know, I'm not from Italy. But I went to go to the bathroom. Now, there's one door going into the bathroom that says toilets. And then you go inside and then inside a little courtyard or a little area, there was just two doors in front of me. Now one was obviously for males and one was for females, but they had no men or women written on it. They only had the Italian words. And no pictures. And no pictures, no nothing.

And I stood there and I was like, oh, dear God, which door is it? And I'd been to Italy, but I could not for the life of me remember which was male and which was female. And it wasn't like it was obvious to me. And then this lady. Famaglio. This lady ended up walking in too. And the two of us stood there as we both looked at both doors going, which one do we got? Which one do we got?

So can you teach us right now the words for men and women in Italy? Yeah, it depends which word they use it. Because if they want to be funny, if they want to be professional. One was Donna. I feel like one has something like Donna. And one was Umeo or something from memory or something like that. Well, Donna's a female. Yeah, but in that moment, I'm like, I don't know.

Correct. Donna means woman. Because like prima donna. Brava, prima donna. Okay, prima donna. Brava, prima donna. Okay, prima donna. And uomo, U-O-M-O. That was it, yeah? Yeah, that is the man, like that's it, you know?

I'm like, am I uomo or am I donna? I was like... You are uomo, yes, I'm sorry for you. You are uomo. That's fine, that's all right. Uomo. Yeah, but I was like, and as I opened the door, I was like, thank God the urinals were the

first thing I saw. I always just go on the theory, if you're outnumbered, you're in the wrong place. Well, go in and see if there's a urinal. Yeah. I don't want to just open the door and just see what was in there. I need to say, they're cheeky though. Very cheeky. No picture.

That was very cheeky. I love it. That was good. It was good. Yeah, I was talking to the guy afterwards. He was like, it does have a lot of people. We're doing a huge competition, Daniela,

for the greatest TV theme ever. People are going to vote on it. Is there a TV show? It doesn't matter about the quality of the show, just the quality of the theme song. What about growing up in italy was there a show that you know you would watch or everyone would watch you like i had a great theme

show could be a show not from italy either you know just something that was popular there oh well now i need to say big or when i was a teenager yeah big big big was the the big brother everybody was watching Big Brother. It was actually the first edition. It was so awesome. And the Big Brother house was behind my house. Oh, in Italy. Correct.

Red. Well, that sounds familiar to me. Wait for it. Wait for the drop. Does that ring any bells to you, that theme music? No. No. I need to be honest with you.

No, it doesn't. No. Stop being honest with us. I will never lie to you. I will never lie to you. Well, it would be quite handy now if you just went, yeah, no, that's the song. Oh, yeah, that's it. Oh, my gosh.

Let's put a vote in for that. I'm not one of these people. Yes, no. I am telling you the truth. Just go along with us. No one's going to know. Well, Danielle, we'll put a vote in for Big Brother Italian theme song. We'll see how that goes in the competition.

No one remembers. I don't think I will have much success. I'm sorry. But anyway. Lovely catching up with you. We'll do it again next week. Bye-bye. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. anyway. Lovely catching up with you. We'll do it again next week. Bye, ciao. Jono, Ben and Megan.

The podcast. The hits. Here in the middle of the New Zealand Herald Daily Cause, we're up to question number four. Okay, but we really do pour our heart and soul into this every day. We do. Just for you. All right, so the question was, quote,

life moves pretty fast if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. It's a famous line from a 1980s movie, Return of the Jedi, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, or Weekend at Bernie's. Now, let's just look at the films. What? That seems like quite a deep thing to say. I'm leaning towards Ferris Bueller. Same.

He took the day off. He basically wagged school, didn't he? He set up the whole elaborate thing and so he went off. So I feel like that would be the theme to that movie. It's not the return of the Jedi. And Weekends at Bernie's where the guy was dead and they pretended he wasn't, right? Yeah, that's right.

They carried him around. Okay, so let's go Ferris Bueller. I might be wrong, but let's lock it in. That is correct. Well done. Sarah Jessica Parker's husband. Matthew Broderick, yeah. He was Ferris Bueller.

Oh, I didn't know that. There you go. There you go. That's what happens when you watch old movies. Have you seen it, Megan? Yeah, a long time ago. It's the one you'd watch regularly, but it's a classic. All right, question number five.

In what year did civil rights activist Martin Luther King deliver his I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial? Was it 1963, 1953, or 1973? I think it was 63. 63, I think he had a dream. All right. That is correct.

There you go. Well done. 60s. Yeah, he has 60s for it. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right.

Question number six. Who painted the Mona Lisa was it Vincent van Gogh Michelangelo or Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo that is correct

well done guys here we go this is number 8 this might be one for you actually Jono question number 7 oh no

what American rock band was formed in 1996 in Seattle by Josh Holm? Oh, Queens of Stone Age. Oh, well done everyone. Yay! Alright, question number eight. In the cartoon series Scooby-Doo,

what is the name of the van owned by Fred? Mystery Machine. That is correct. Oh my god, guys! Are we up to ten? This is nine. Oh, okay. Okay, how many hearts does an octopus have? One, two, or three? Before you said it, I thought three.

Yeah, it has more than one. Yeah, I feel like it has more than one. Maybe I've heard that somewhere before. We're locking on three? That is correct. Do you know where I think I saw that? Has everyone seen that documentary with the photographer? Yes.

It has a relationship with the octopus. Yes. Is that right? It sounds stupid, but it's so beautiful. It is so nice. Is that an Oscar or something? Yeah, that's right. I know what you're talking about.

Yeah, the octopus teacher, I think it's called. What, they become friends? Yeah. Yeah. You should watch it. It's actually fascinating. The octopus, every day, he dives in and he meets up with his octopus friend. Again, sounds stupid.

I promise you, it's really good. Okay. Yeah, I want to try thinking about it. Okay, question. Again, sounds stupid. Promise you it's really good. I want to try thinking about it. It does sound stupid though. You're dead right. It's no Ferris Bueller, mate. That's what we watch every day. Alright. Final question. What actor portrays country musician Johnny Cash in the 2005 biographical

Fucking Phoenix. Yeah, we've done it! We've done it! What a start to the week. It's not a worry as we came through the end. And that was a well-earned two. Yeah, sometimes we fluff our way through. Well, yeah, the start was looking shaky, but there we go.

That's the start to your Monday, that was. That's a good feeling, ain't it? John O'Byrne and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The hits. All right. It's time for the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Now, producer Ellie got a dog over the weekend.

Quiz queen Ellie. I did. I'm a dog person now. And a cat person. And a cat person. She was a full cat fiend. Now she's come. What's her dog?

It's a miniature Schnauzer. She's five. Yeah, we've rescued her because she needed to be rehomed. And she's so cute I want to go home Can I go home now? Producers Grace and Ellie Have always been cat people

Yeah And now you're You're annoying Grace Yeah I'm both I love both No you're not You've diverted I don't annoy heaven

Once you've had the love of a dog You'll Cats I mean cats are great They're there But they're just not as good They're there Oh I'm getting just not as good They're there Oh, I'm getting a death stare from Bryce I love my cats

Alright, question number one Here we go, the Herald Quiz, let's do it Alright, what band had a hit with the song It Must Be Love in 1981 Was it the Thompson Twins, Culture Club or Madness Ooh, is that the nappy one It must be love Love, love It must be love Love Love

It must be So we'll have to do elimination here I think So it was either the Thompson Twins Culture Club or Madness It wasn't Culture Club was it That's Culture Club That's kind of a chameleon Yeah

That was George Michael wasn't it I feel like the Mad Was it Mad What was the other Madness Should we lock that in That's our house In the middle of Maybe that's why Is that their one I think one? Madness. Should we lock that in? That's our house. Oh. In the middle of the street.

Maybe that's why. Is that their one? I think that's Madness. Well, maybe they had two big bands. Yeah. Okay. Let's lock it in. That is correct.

Well done. Well done. All right, question number two. The River Nile empties into which body of water? Is it the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, or the Mediterranean Sea? Is it the Red Sea? Or Atlantic Ocean, or the Mediterranean Sea? Is it the Red Sea? Or the Mediterranean Sea? The Nile.

The Nile. So through Egypt? Yeah. Where does that go? Imagine the Mediterranean. You look at Ben and he's like, I don't know. Who are you talking to?

Okay, so this is our lifeline. Or did you say the Dead Sea? No, no, that wasn't an option. Or did you say the Dead Sea? No, no, that wasn't an option. Atlantic. Alright, well a lot of people are calling.

Should we go and phone a friend? Who do we have here? You've got Fiona. Oh, Fiona. Well, we can reward you

with $100 at gas petrol service stations. Now reward us with the right answer, please. I believe it's the Mediterranean

because I've sailed through the Nile. Have you? Amazing. Is there anything you haven't done, Fiona? Yeah, there's lots of things I haven't done. Gee whiz. And are we going to lock in the Mediterranean?

That is correct. All right, Fiona. Thank you so much. You always come through for us in the morning. You have yourself a great week. And you guys. Thank you. All right, let's have a question to go to the break.

All right. Question number three. What is the official currency you'd use in Rarotonga? Is it New Zealand dollar? Australian dollar? It's New Zealand dollar. Sorry. I was going to say one question at the break.

It's New Zealand dollar. That is correct. Okay. Question number four. Make it one we can't answer. We'll go to the break. Okay. Sweet.

Quote, life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Love it. There's a famous line from what 1980s movie was it the return of the Jedi

Ferris Bueller's day off or weekend at Bernie's oh okay well let's go to the break then yeah we can go

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