Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: One Of Us Is Out Of The Mariah Carey Game!!!

Episode Date: November 14, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Why Megan was having a screaming match on the street with her hubby... Lawnmower racing gets viscous! Boss Mando reveals he is out of the Mariah game then you'll never guess who get's out during the show! Saying No to drinks with Coldplay! We chat to Kiwi singer Kaylee Bell and she joins the Mariah game! Jono acts like a boomer again and complains about waving his hand for technology... Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is John O'Bien podcast. Hey, that's us. Brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. We looked at the podcast on a Friday, coming to you from Christchurch. We came down for the Christchurch show and something that we noticed, we were doing some broadcasting with the hits under a little, I guess, a marquee, a quick up sort of marquee, and we noticed a truck, a radio truck. Easy up, isn't it? Easy up. Yeah, easy up.

And we noticed another radio station that we hadn't heard of before, The Fridge, with their arrival radio station, Megan. So we decided to go and check it out in the camper van. Now, they were kids, but they had an amazing setup. Just an amazing setup. You said they were cold as ice, though, because you got interviewed on there and they're like, we're going to give you 20 seconds of airtime. I don't know how quick they are.

They run a tight ship during the day show as do the hits. I didn't realise. I came in with my breakfast banter. Oh, I've got four and a half minutes to ramble on here. And they wrapped me up, which is good because I would have just prattled on

and really killed the vibe. So even at that age. Other shows, it's a very tight ship, Ben. You're not allowed to waffle. I know. So even at that age, they were far superior than me

at broadcasting. They did a great job. But here was us talking to the really talented young kids from the fridge. Radio station. We've come and we've joined forces. We went to Coldplay last night. It was all about love and people coming together. And that's what we're doing right now on the fridge.

And I feel like, I don't know, contractually, am I allowed to be on this radio station? I don't know. But it's great to be here. I'm Ben from Jono Ben. Jono and Ben on the hats. Thank you so much for coming on, guys. It's really nice to meet you.

Is that it? Wrapping me up? Okay. I had lots of stuff to say. You guys keep it tight here, don't you? That's probably why you're probably rating better than us. There we go. Pretty talented.

Pretty talented. As Seb, they're coming for our jobs probably soon. And I'm a bit jealous that they have more advanced software than us. Very, very cool. They had a broadcast truck i know yeah poor connor from the hits he's doing the day show at the canterbury show he's under a tent it's raining he's got like a scone skungeo microphone he's like oh that keeps cutting out so we ended up doing recording it on the phone you go into this caravan amazing oh like just beautiful

yeah they did it yeah so. So, go on. That was awesome. Like the Sultan of Brunei's palace inside there. Yeah, but we better wrap it up, guys, because I've been going too long. So, enjoy the podcast and we'll catch you on Monday. Coming to you from Christchurch today where it's a public holiday. We always wanted to do that thing where you went around all the regions and experienced their public holidays.

Yes. Yeah, I pitched this as an idea. I was like, we could go to everyone. And then they were like, well, you're working in the region. Yeah, I pitched this as an idea. I was like, we could go to everyone. And then they were like, well, you're working in the region. Yeah, and no one else is working. How does it feel being here? I was like, trying to have public holiday chases.

So like, here we are in Christchurch. But then there's literally no one in this office. Everyone's doing their own thing. Could get the day off. Then you could go from place to place. That'd be great. We are getting time and a half, though, because we're technically in a region. Yeah, I love it. Maybe that's the way we do it. We get could go from place to place. That'd be great. We are getting time and a half, though, because we're technically in a region.

Yeah, I love it. Yeah, there you go. Maybe that's the way we do it. We get time and a half to it. I don't think we are. Hope you listen to this, Mando. We demand time and a half. After the Coldplay concert that we went to on Wednesday night, it was quite late.

We get up quite early. 3.45 is my alarm. And we had a chat to a few people. So it wasn't until about 11 o'clock that my husband and I were out on the street. I had organized to get the same Uber driver that had taken us there. He was awesome. So we gave him a text, and he was like, oh, come and walk and meet me here. Great.

Everything's organized. It's sorted. The plan is flawless. Because I just want to get out there And get to bed To be honest You want to make a quick exit From that event So we start walking You know me

In very Like Inappropriate shoes But I was fine She was racing lawnmowers Yesterday in high heels Even in the Even at the Christchurch show

You're right Like I had I bought some gumboots down To fit in You had some fancy sort of shoes But did I Did I complain Because we did a lot of walking

And I always say I don't complain about my shoes because it's self-inflicted. So I never complain. But we were walking for five minutes and my husband after a few beverages was like, stop. I'm just going to check the Ubers and see if I can get

a cheaper price. Because we'd set a price. I gave him grace and I was like, you can have a couple of minutes. But this is price. Right. I was like, okay, I gave him grace and I was like, you can have a couple of minutes. But this is surging time. This is the time. That's what I said to him.

I was like, I've set a price. It is currently surging. It's like a tidal wave. Yeah. It's not going to be any cheaper. No, so he's looking

and he was like, this one's 60 bucks but we have to catch it at 11.30. I was like, it is currently 11 o'clock. I'm not waiting half an hour. So I was like, walk as you look. And I was very aware we were on the street.

There's lots of people trying to leave Coldplay. So you're starting to bicker. I love a public bickering couple. It makes me feel better about my relationship. You start to count down how long you've got to sleep and I was like, I'm losing time. So I was like walk and look. We'll walk towards the Uber and you can look.

And he wants me to stop again and he wants to call someone else and i was like i have booked this guy i have booked this guy he's waiting for us i was like you will have to call him to sort it out and he's like just wait a second we start to raise our voice and i was like andrew and i i wanted to film this I was like, Andrew! And I yelled. Oh, I wanted to film this when I was there. I was like, Andrew, just take the taxi. At this point, I don't care about 20 bucks. I was like, I don't care if you get it cheaper. I do not care.

How many beers has he had? How many beers has he had? He had a few whiskeys. Yeah. You saw him, Ben. He had a couple. He was in fine form. Drunk man.

He's doing drunk maths. And to that mathematician mathematician it all makes sense suddenly 20 bucks to him is like a million dollars and so i did that thing where we're you know we're raising our voices and i suddenly had a moment where i stopped and i became aware of my surroundings and there were people watching us have this this conversation on the street and i was like we're one of those couples having a loud argument? Who won? I did.

From the most wholesome, beautiful concert to a bickering argument. I was like, this is not what Chris Martin would have wanted. His last words is, what the world needs now is more love. And then outside you're like,

I blame you. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Christchurch show. Big weekend, Christchurch. Obviously there's a show going on. the races, another big day tomorrow. And we got to experience, as we said earlier before, the Christchurch show, wandering around, taking part in the rides, amusements, seeing the animals.

So much to do and see. So much, yeah. So much. We also got attacked for being part of mainstream media, didn't we? He did. Or spreading misinformation. That was quite funny because there was like a version of the Eiffel Tower. There was.

It was quite impressive. Like, obviously not as big, but I was like, that's still a funny video at the start. We'll pretend we're in Paris for the rugby this weekend, and then we'll reveal that we're in the Christchurch show. That's what I told you guys. So we started going, hey, we're in Paris outside this Eiffel Tower. And then someone walked past going lies, lies. Misinformation.

Fake news media. And I was like, we haven't even got to the punchline yet. It's a joke. Looked like we were going to be lying as mainstream media. And to be fair, all the show is is misinformation. The amount of disinformation I've spread, half-heartedly research things. Now lawnmower racing is

something we both, you and I have taken part in They basically soup up Right on lawnmowers And you can go Really really fast Around the track Around the grass Yeah we went to

Ekatahuna Didn't we And did it on In a guy's backyard He set up a lawnmower racing track And one of my Big takeaways from Ekatahuna Is they didn't have

Many retailers But they had a Sex shop Yeah they've got an Outdoor shop One of the four shops I think they have there. Literally. It gets very lonely in the Wairarapa.

Either you're driving through and you're like, actually, I'd be meaning to pick up something, or that town is just overrun with them. Everyone gets one for Christmas. Yeah, that and lawnmower racing. But yesterday we got to take part. Well, you guys did. I got to commentate you guys around the track. Megan, I didn't think you were going to take part with your sore arm. To be honest, when you first said lawnmower racing, but yesterday we got to take part. Well, you guys did. I got to commentate you guys around the track. Megan, I didn't think you were

going to take part with your sore arm. To be honest, when you first said lawnmower racing, I didn't realise they could go 60km's. I didn't realise they'd been souped up. I thought it was like, oh, look how fast our lawnmowers could go. But they were like little go-karts. Well, you're an F1, big fan of F1, so you had to get involved.

Here's how it went on the track, lawnmower racing. I guess what we've all been waiting for, the pinnacle of the Christchurch show, it's the lawnmower race. Megan, you're about to start. Now, we thought you were out because of your arm, but you think you can do this? I think I can. It doesn't have power steering, so I don't hold out much hope,

but I'm prepared to give it a go. It's the underdog story. It is the underdog story, Ben, and she comes through with a victory here with carpal tunnel surgery. And a skirt on. And a a skirt and shoes that are not conducive to the academy the crisis show no you're right actually yeah but anyway story in my life really okay all right well good luck so just about you're about to start and so you're saying what happened um one guy first time out rolled like three times broke seven ribs and a punch of lung. Wow okay. Listen to it, lawnmower racing. Megan, they're calling her Liam Launson.

It's a great partner Jono came up with and they're away. Here they go. Wow, Jono has not taken off. How fast can these go? I think our fastest is about 65 kilometres an hour at the moment. That's quick isn't it? Oh yeah. So we're watching Megan right now and Jono.

How do you think they're going? Oh they're holding their own. They're good. They're good. It's hard to tell who's in front now. Yeah I know. There's been a bit of laughing going on there. Yeah gotcha.

Megan, how'd you go? I'm not gonna lie, I feel like I was Daniel Ricciardo with a sore hand and I should have like subbed out. That's one for the F1 fans. But they're very fast. I heard about 10% of what she said, so hopefully you heard that there. You were buzzing afterwards, weren't you, Megan? Oh, that was pretty fun.

Yeah. When you put your foot down and they go... It's pretty cool. I noticed that at one stage, Jono was just really wanting to overtake you at one stage. Yeah, yeah. Helped out for a little bit, and then after a while, he was just like, no, I'm going for it. But it did look like a lot of fun out there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Playing a really fun game that you can get involved in, too.

All I Want for Christmas, the Mariah Carey classic song. You've just got to see how long you can go. Avoiding that song on social media when you go into shops. I had a scary moment the other day going into the mall, and I heard Mariah Carey playing. I'm like, oh, my goodness. I'm out of the game. And then I realized, no, it was another one of her bangers.

Emotions. Listen to how high she is on the song. Wow. Good Lord. That's impressive. I know. So then I went from fear and then to like, geez, she's an amazing voice. Good Lord. That's impressive. Yeah, so then I went from fear and then to like, geez, she's an amazing voice.

Just incredible. And it's not like we don't like this song, All I Want for Christmas. We just thought it's the most iconic Christmas song, trying to avoid it for as long as possible. Can we compare Mariah's singing to your singing of her music? Have we got that grace of Ben singing? I thought you were going to make me sing High like that.

I definitely can't sing that high. That wasn't me. That was Megan too, by the way. I should have claimed that, actually. Yeah, we've done pretty well so far. I think just over two weeks we've managed to avoid All I Want for Christmas. Yesterday, Maddie McLean caught in a cheating scandal. That would have been the salacious headline on the woman's magazine.

Maddie McLean's cheating scandal. But then a listener had set up a burner account on social media and had tried to lure and trap him in to click on a video which had that as a soundtrack. Matty claims he runs his stories on mute when he's running through them. Yeah, so we're saying, okay, we'll believe him. He's still in the game. Our boss, Matt, joins us right now. Good morning, Matt.

You're already out of the game. Good morning. Indeed I am. I have been eliminated. In the least, sorry, in the most surprising way. Not on social media. No, not on social media. So, you know, I'm very loyal to you guys.

Obviously I listen to the hits a lot. You guys, Matty and PJ, I know that this is a safe space. But sometimes when I want some more intellectual conversation. Oh. You've been caught cheating too. No, no, no. Let's not throw the cheating word around No, I was listening to a little bit of Newstalk ZB

And I thought that would be a safe space, right? It's a talk radio station Right wing agenda Technically they don't play a lot of music They don't play any music Except for when they go to talk about The $1.2 million Christmas tree downtown Auckland And Heather Duplissie-Allen came at me with some Mariah Carey

And my mouth dropped and I was out of the game. Oh, so she's doing that. Well, that'll teach it. Also, if you want intellectual conversation, you stay tuned to this show. It's very rude. Find your intellectual conversation anywhere else, my friend. I've been here three years. When's it going to start?

All right, Matt's done for you. Yeah, all right. So Matt's out of the game. You saw because there'd be tripped him up. I think we've got Deborah on 800 The Hits. You saw Zippy trip them up. I think we've got Deborah on 100 of the Hits. Good morning, Deborah. Good morning. How are you, Deborah?

Do you enjoy our intellectual conversation? Occasionally, yep. Good. Are you in the game or out of the game? I am most certainly out of game. Oh, what got you? I decided my six- and eight-year-old daughters wanted to listen to some Christmas music,

and I indulged them with Kelly Clarkson, Under the Tree, and next in line was Mariah Carey. Oh, so it just recommended it. Do we go straight to it? Oh, no. I went straight to it on YouTube, and I was out. And they were well aware I was playing this game. Oh, no. Straight to it on YouTube, and I was out, and they were well aware I was playing this game, so

Oh, Debra. That Kelly Clarkson song's a banger, though. That is a great song, yeah. We do appreciate your honesty. Thank you so much for playing the game. We've lost another soldier. Another one. Bites the dust, but you go and have a wonderful weekend, all right, Debra?

Thank you so much. Let's get Caitlin on. Welcome to the show, Caitlin. Hello. Good morning. Lovely to have you on, Caitlin. Now, you have a query around the rulings of this competition. Yes. So I don't know if I'm in or out at the moment because the other night I had a dream.

And in my dream, I heard Mariah Carey's version of All I Want for Christmas and in my dream I was like, oh, I'm out. Oh my gosh, I lose the radio game. You guys have clearly had a big impact on my life that I'm dreaming about. But obviously it didn't have the radio playing in real life or anything like

that. It was just in your dream. Yeah, I made it up. That's coming from your brain yeah not external sources i'm gonna rule that you're all right okay i'm still okay you're still like you need to get better dreams too yeah i don't know i'm just listening to you guys too much man the hits the jonathan ben podcast getting into another big weekend with two more Coldplay concerts in New Zealand. But we're playing a really fun game to do with Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. Just talking about before, as soon as you hear any part of that song, you are out of the game.

You've got to see how long you can last heading into the festive season. Yeah, we just spoke to Debra, who was, she was caught out of the game, and Caitlin, too, who, at a query, if she dreamed that she heard Mariah's version in her sleep, does that count her out? We decided well, no, that's not an external source providing that audio.

Yep, so she's still in the game. Now, we have some breaking news. We've got the breaking news thing, Producer Grace, have we got anything we can play right now? Guys! Breaking news. Like, in a stroke of irony, coincidence, karma, I don't know what category you'd put it under. We hang up from Caitlin. We go to the

ads. I do what we all do. Just go straight back to our phones and devices and sit in silence in between songs. Then I'm scrolling on Instagram. Now there's a funny video. Turn the volume down. Turn the volume down. You know how the videos play over and over?

He's just flashing his phone around haphazardly. It's on mute. So there's a funny sketch that a mother's done. She's like, when my son asked me what I got him for Christmas, and it hard cuts to her all around the house going wi-fi electricity oh yeah nice taxi rides yeah it's a hint of sarcasm in her performance yeah and i thought this is a funny sketch i wonder if there's any audio and i foolishly did not look at the soundtrack that was playing and And it was Mariah Carey.

Oh, so he's the art of the game. Now, that means you have to hear some of my rendition of All I Want for Christmas. Now, everyone can comfortably listen to this. Well, not comfortably, uncomfortably, actually. You're the most uncomfortable. Yeah, yeah. But this is the song that we play to all our fallen soldiers. I don't want a lot for Christmas.

That's probably about enough. Is that the Oh there is just one thing I need. Oh God we can't listen to the whole Can we get to the

hook? Can we fast forward to the hook race too? That's when he really starts to ramp up. Oh God. There we go.

We got there. No take backs. No take backs. No take two. I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is none. Now, do you know what? I think we got Joe on 100 of the Hats. Can we get Joe on right now?

Good morning, Joe. Morning. How's it going? Now, apparently my version got someone out of the game. How did that work? It did. So my wife and I, we always listen to you guys on our way into work. And so she's driving and I just get this message from her saying,

oh my God, did you hear Ben's version on the radio? I'm like, yeah, that was terrible, wasn't it? And so she takes me back. She's like, I'm listening to Mariah now. And I said, oh, did you switch stations or how did you end up with Mariah? She said, I just put Spotify on. That was so bad I just had to listen to it. So I forced your wife to listen to the proper version to get out of the game.

Your singing is driving people to the devil's music provider. Appreciate you. Have a great weekend, Joe. Thanks for playing the game. I love it how you're like, no take backs, one take, one take only. You definitely could have done a few more versions. I should have. We've got someone else that's been called out outside of school.

Is that right, Deidre? Yeah, I work at a nature school. So we pulled into the paddock on the farm yesterday morning, and another family pulled in behind us. Windows down, music cranking. Oh. What song were they playing? Mariah Carey. Well, I'll tell you what, Deirdre,

I know there's initially a feeling of disappointment, but now I feel like the shackles have been freed. You are free now to listen at your will. We can listen at our will now. We can now listen to all the Christmas music we like. Yeah, that's right. Get free. I'll tell you what, I'm'm realizing how popular that song is.

It's played a lot, aren't they? I appreciate your call this morning. You have a great weekend. There's some great texts coming through as well. I'm out. I take a guide unit and one patrol did a dance. If you're at a recital and they come out and they do a performance, you can't leave.

You can't sprint out. Once they start. There's a good question, though. Here's one, Megan. You're quite good on answering these questions. Okay. Okay, the questions come through. 4487.

If you hear the first few bars of the song, then change to the station. Are you still in? Because you don't know if it's the Mariah version or not. The singing hasn't started. It's probably going to be Mariah's song. It's probably right. Probably. No, let's say the vocals be Mariah's song It's probably right Probably But no Let's say the vocals

Mariah's vocals No Because then it gives you a chance to tap out I'm saying no I'm saying they're out And someone else is doing it With their workmates For a sausage roll

Whoever hears it first Has to shout sausage rolls for the other team So that's pretty good Well hey Thank you all for playing along. And, well, the first victim on this show. You're out. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. Second night of Coldplay tonight. They're playing a third night on Saturday. Everything you've seen probably on social media just looks just incredible. So, yeah, if you get a chance to go along, they're on stage just after 8 o'clock. Pretty punchy about 8.20 the other night weren't they Megan? I think we were told 8.30 and then they got on at 8.20

early, very punchy 5 minutes early is late that's what some boomers say don't they? That's right and then they played right up until 10.30 their curfew time at Eden Park as well so 10.30 you know you even said the songs you didn't know or weren't as fond of, you still enjoyed because

of the spectacle. Yeah, just what they've got going on. That's true. It's just so much going on, you know, from the screens, the costumes, the confetti, the fireworks, you've seen all that. Puppets. We keep on saying puppets, but that was very surprising, but I wasn't upset about it. Yeah, yeah, you're right.

It's a great play from them. Even if you don't like our music, at least we'll bamboozle you with our special effects. I mean, they played all the bangers, which is great, but you're right. Because there's always songs that you maybe don't know. Normally there's a guitar solo from some guy that goes for 10 minutes. Here's Greg with his guitar solo.

While the band go out. Give it up for Greg. Have their vape or whatever they need to do, but this didn't happen with Coldplay. Here's the saxophonist for 19 minutes. Actually, because the bands you've talked about lighting up, there's a video we'll put up on the HitSpread for explaining the technicalities behind the bands and how they make them work in different zones.

The wristbands. Yeah, it's a little bracelet wristband. They do light up. And we're like, how does this technology work? Because at some stage, there's like a heart shape that people in the area make with their light up. As always with everything, when they explain it, it's so simple. You're like, oh, yeah, that makes sense. Like magic.

Yeah, we'll put it on the Hits Breakfast Instagram for you. But it's a good bit of banter. Jono, you like those sort of topical things to lean into for banter when you run into people. And I was sitting down waiting to get my hair cut the other day and just chatting to the guy who i you know had met before and we're talking about stuff and then i went oh you're going to call play you know topical topical reference yeah and he was going along uh on saturday night and so was good and he goes you know what i saw them many many years ago and he was saying maybe 15 years maybe more uh and in

edinburgh he was doing like his was doing his OE with his partner, and he saw them when they played to 200 people. Oh, wow. Wow. Yeah, they didn't have wristbands there. No, they didn't have light-up wristbands there. They were filling out time with the guitars. Yeah, probably.

Yeah, he was like, yeah, the people basically knew. It was a friend of a friend knew the band, and they were like, this up-and-coming band, you should go along and see. Come and see my friend's band. Yeah, come and see my friends. I'll get your name on the door. And they're like, okay, we'll go along and see this band called Coldplay in Edinburgh or something. So they went along.

Stupid name, never catch on. Tuesday night or something. Yeah. And then they got there and then apparently their name wasn't on the door. And they were like, oh, hey, someone should have put our name on the door. As the person who was sort of taking the names and stuff went, oh, give me a second, sort of ran away. At that point, be honest, would you have been like, too hard? Too hard.

I would have been like, hey, that's fine. No, that's fine. I was looking for an excuse not to go. They came back and they went, yeah, it's all good. I've spoken to the band. You're all good to come through. And they were great. And then that same person came up to them later on and said, oh, look, hey, Chris, who sings in the band you're all good to come through and they were great and then that same person came up to him later on and said oh look hey Chris who sings in the band really feels it feels really yeah it

feels really bad about the fact that there was a mix-up when you came inside uh if you want to afterwards come have some drinks with the band come have a drink afterwards you know just to say sorry about the mixer I mean they still got into the concert they didn't miss any of the concert and they were like oh that's lovely that's't miss any of the concert. And they were like, oh, that's lovely. That's lovely. I will let you know. And then they left afterwards. And now he's like, oh, my goodness, I got invited for a drink with Chris Martin. And he turned it down.

He ghosted Chris Martin for an apology drink. I know. How lovely is that? I mean, the nicest band in the world, right? But even on stage, when you watch him now, he still seems like that guy. Yeah, the nicest guy in the world. And now he's like, oh. But he's certainly not inviting people back for guy. Yeah, the nicest guy in the world. Now he's like, oh. But he's certainly not inviting people back for drinks.

No, it's just a few many. Apology drinks. Yeah, it's like 50-something. Sorry, you didn't get the seat you wanted. Yeah, so he was like, oh, man, I always think now. I was like, oh, I could have had a drink with Chris Martin. They could have been friends. They could have sparked up a lifelong friendship.

Yeah. To be fair, though, at the moment in time, he's asked to have a beer with some rando called Chris. Yeah. Who he doesn't know at the moment in time he's asked to have a beer with some rando called Chris. Yeah. Who he doesn't know. No, he doesn't know.

He's a friend of a friend's band. He said they were incredible. He went afterwards and was like, wow, they were amazing.

Not amazing enough to stay and have a bevy with. Think about all the people you've had drinks with. Have they gone on to do anything

cool like Chris Martin? No. That was a once in a lifetime situation. Okay, 0800 the hits.

Let's open this shall we? 4487 on the hits. Let's open this, shall we? 4487 on the text. What do you regret saying no to? It could be an invite. It could be a job. It could be a party. That's also an invite, obviously. I'm trying to think of really bad examples on the spot.

I actually did get a phone call from a friend who said, I know you love betting on horses, Megan. He was like, whatever you do. Actually, I did get a phone call from a friend who said, I know you love betting on horses, Megan. He was like, whatever you do, whatever you do, put money on this horse. Join our little conglomerate. I was like, no, $120,000. What? Each?

As six group of six them. Wow. And you said no. I do regret that. Is that $30,000 each? Oh, wow. And you said no. I do agree with that. Yeah. Is that 30,000 each? Yeah, wow. That's impressive. Yeah.

God, that's going to be awesome. Okay. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Nights of Coldplay, Friday or Saturday night, which will be incredible. And as I was saying before, I met someone who could have had a drink with Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, many, many years ago where they were just a sort of young up and coming band and he turned it down. And now he's like, damn it, could have had a drink with Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, many, many years ago where they were just a sort of young up-and-coming band and he turned it down.

And now he's like, damn it, could have had that drink. Speaking of awkward. He's certainly not being invited back now to have a drink, is he? He's going to the concerts. That's right. Yeah, you're not going to meet them. We've got a text through this. Almost met Jono, another celebrity encounter.

Awkwardly said hi and went for a handshake on Queen Street and got rejected. Ha ha. Me? It doesn't sound like you. It doesn't sound like you at all. It's terrible. Let's re-meet. It's usually him putting out his hand and getting rejected. Let's re-meet. But I've got the smiley you know, the laughing emoji cry laugh sort of thing, so yeah. Listen, there's no

don't regret anything about not meeting me. You dodged a bullet of anything. We met some wonderful people yesterday at the Canterbury show, didn't we? We were saying before, a guy who was accusing us of fake news, mainstream media, disinformation, misinformation. And then I was filming him for some reason that went on too long. Yeah, way too long. And Andy was like, I'm over this now.

He called my bluff too long. And he kind of awkwardly, so I should have shaken that guy's hand as well. I regret not giving him an apology for filming him. Well, you want things you regret you said no to, much like Chris Martin. So 0800, that's the telephone number. Now, Amazing Grace, our producer. Hello, hello. We've got Paul on the line.

Ah, Paulo, welcome. How are you this morning? Good, good, good, guys. How are you? We're doing well. It's lovely to have you on this Friday. Are you heading along to Coldplay? No, mate. No, it's not my jam. No, it's your jam. You don't sound like a Coldplay guy.

No, no, no. What do you regret saying no to? So I was out golfing one day with my mate, and we were chatting away, I think it was a Sunday, and we were chatting about Lotto and stuff, and he goes, oh yeah, last week I had a dream, and the numbers came to me. And this is no ball winning, and I said, well, what happened, Brian? He goes, oh, I woke up, wrote the numbers down, and I said, did you get it? And he goes, no, I forgot to buy the ticket.

And don't tell me the numbers came in. The numbers came in. No. What? He just laughed and I said Brian I just want to punch you in the head at the moment Oh my goodness So he actually remembered the numbers from a dream

Wrote them down Woke up, wrote them down Wow And did nothing with it And I'm like Oh my goodness How much was it jackpotted to? I don't know I can't remember It was a few years ago And I'm like, no. Oh, my goodness. How much was it jackpotted to? Oh, I don't know.

I can't remember. It was a few years ago. And I'm like, every time we were talking about Lotto, I reminded him. Yeah, I was like, bro, what the? So for like a $20, you know, roughly ticket, it could have been millions and millions of dollars not falling through. Jeez. Hey, well, thank you so much for your call, Paula.

You're going to have a great weekend. That's an amazing story. Not amazing for the guy who didn't do the numbers. That's why you've got to listen to your guts, don't you? Yeah. Not all the time. Sometimes your guts are completely wrong. For every one of those, it's like, what did I put?

The one time. Why was my dream going to bring me the low numbers? I see why he didn't follow through. She's joining us in the studio right now, Kaylee Bell. She's got a brand new single called Cowboy Up. And it's a cool track. And to tell us more about it, Kaylee, good morning. Great to have you in the studio.

Good morning. How are we? We're doing good morning, great to have you in the studio. Good morning, how are we? We're doing good, nice to have you back in the studio. It's so nice to be back here with you guys this morning. Now, the song, you've just been telling us before, you've been teasing this song for a while now, the new song. For the longest time, like eight months, maybe? Heck of a tease, hell of a tease. We do a lot of teasing on radio, we're like, we'll tell you the end of that story about

the dog with the chocolate bar in three minutes. we do a lot of teasing in radio we're like we'll tell you the end of that you know story about the dog with the chocolate bar in three minutes yeah that's probably like the normal amount of time so i've really put people on the edge of their seats with this but it has kind of blown up on tiktok million views or something yeah it's gone crazy so i actually okay i'm gonna tell the story wrote the song and then i just kind of i teased it just like literally didn't really think anything of it and then it kind of went one of those kind of viral moments and you're like oh god okay so I need to do something with the song and then I don't know I just couldn't get the production right on it and the song has actually been produced by a guy um called Travis who's made all the Dasher music yeah Austin yeah so it's been

quite a journey but I feel like it's been a journey that has landed the song where it needed to land in terms of production world and so it's been quite fun actually just to like take my time and get it right and um now just like hopefully people will stop abusing me and enjoy the song that must be the hardest thing for a musician is like deciding when the song's done yeah I feel like you can work on it forever it's like but I guess the same with a chef right you're like when is this thing cooked and ready to go out like I don't know the answer but at some point you've got to let it go. And that point is eight months.

That was eight months ago. Well, actually speaking of which, you're a very busy, busy artist and you probably don't get the time to answer all the questions in your comments section. Sometimes you do though, we have noticed. Yeah, I try, I try. But there's some that go way deep that you haven't had a chance. First one from the site manager. I thought we could just answer these on have noticed. Yeah, I try. But there's some that go way deep that you haven't had a chance.

First one from the site manager. I thought we could just answer these on the spot. Hey, Kayleigh, do you come to London at all? Question mark. I wish. Especially this week. The Wicked Premier will be on. Oh, true.

So you haven't been to London? Not yet? My friend Navy lives in London. You guys know Navy? Yeah, we know him. So I'm due a visit for Navy. Okay, due a visit. There we go.

He needs to do a visit for Navy. Okay, do a visit. There we go. Matt to Hunt says he's got the goats emoji. Oh, I like it already. And he's got, you know, 100, 100, 100, heart, heart, heart, go girl, dash, keen to play my 21st. Well, I thought he'd never ask. Good gig, good gig. Des Des, Kaylee, love your music. What's your favourite sport? Well, I guess spectator sport, tennis.

I'm obsessed with tennis and basketball. I know you're a big Breakers fan too. Yeah, you've been to a few Breakers games. Yeah, it's such a good, it's just such a vibe. Stella says, love the song. Do you have a dog? Do I do have a dog? You do?

Stella? Yeah. Not called Stella. Yeah, I mean, the dog's called Thunder, but it's kind of gone through a lot of variations and we've kind of landed. He gets called Sunny now. From Thunder to Sunny.

And it came from the Oklahoma Thunder. So basketball again. My wife always comes back to either country music or basketball. Can you do me a favor and say the sentence, it's the first warm March morning? It's the first warm March morning. Is that what they are? Are you getting the answer? Yeah, yeah. It's an first warm March morning. It's the first warm March morning. Is that what they are? Are you getting the arse?

Yeah, yeah. It's a Nashville thing. Okay. I actually found that about after three months of songwriting in Nashville and people just weren't understanding what I was saying, I was like, you know what? Did you adopt that? Something's going to have to change here and it's not them.

It's going to be me. So you kind of embraced a little bit of it? Just a little. Because everyone's like, oh, you're from the South. That must have been growing up. I was like, no, no, no. You don't really start rolling your R's till about Dunedin maybe. But yeah, just the songwriting thing.

I just got so frustrated with people not knowing what I was saying. Also ordering coffee. We've actually had coffee together in America. We have. Yeah, I get pin and bin. And also it's a B. These are the eyes aren't good, are they? But in your head, you're like even over-announciating.

How could you speak any clearer right now? How many syllables does bear on here? I know. And then I get bean and dean and all sorts after that. We are heading into Christmas now. Before we go, we're playing a game on the show. It's the Mariah Carey game. Now, we're trying to see how long it takes until we hear Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. We're trying a game on the show. It's the Mariah Carey game. Now, we're trying to see how long it takes

until we hear Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. We're trying to avoid it. Not because we love the song. We just thought it's iconic. So do you want to play the game too? I would love to play it. You just have to let us know when you're out of the game. At some stage, when you hear it,

it might be scrolling through social media. Oh, no. And then you're out. You're out. But then you get to listen to it freely. Yeah, that's right. Okay, okay. Are you in on the game now?

Yeah, I'm totally in with this. Okay, cool. So the only condition is you need to let us know when you're out of the game, okay? There's no other consequences. Are you guys still in the game? We're still in the game. We're hanging in there at the moment.

Are you just like walking around with headphones on and not like paying any attention to anybody? Yeah, the mall, the supermarket is a scary place. Most people are getting out on social media, but I'm just like scrolling like I don't care and I haven't come across it. And you're just not going to the grocery store. I'm trying not to. I send my kids in a lot.

Just go on and do this. Just reading an article about Donald Trump's diet. Not a great diet. He's a big McDonald's fan. He loves it. His most common order he will have for lunch, two Big Macs, two filet-o-fish, and a chocolate milkshake. Every day?

Well, not every day, but that's a common order that he will have. Dana White, who does, you know, basically UFC is his business. He said he spent, you know, five years with him. Oh, sorry, had a relationship for 20 years, spent a lot of time with him, and never once seen him drink water. Never once. He's been on flights for five hours and things like that. Diet Coke's his jam. He's not saying he doesn't drink water.

He must be rotting from the inside. But he's never once seen him drink a glass of water. So there you go. Apparently he listens to Kendrick Lamar's They're Not Like Us on repeat. Donald Trump loves it. Really? He's just reading an article. He's like, it's my favorite song.

It's the most American song ever. Wow. There we go. It's Kendrick Lamar. Yeah, I don't know how Kendrick Lamar would feel about this. He might have differing opinions on it. Yeah. But yeah.

Now, can I just raise an issue that's starting to affect my life? I'm sure yours as well. Too much waving of things required at technology nowadays. So at the airport yesterday, you have to wave your barcode in front of the thing and it never reads the barcode. Then I'm in the toilet at the airport. We land. Where did we land yesterday? Christ. Went to the lavatory and

I understand for hygiene reasons, there's no touching of the tap. Wave your hands under the tap and it doesn't, the sensor doesn't get in. You're like waving like Donald Trump during a political speech with your hands. Then wave your hands under the dryer. Wave your hands to get a little towel out. Like what? What happened to just

using the hands? I know, and then waving your pass to get onto the plane. She was like, just do it slower. Wave your pass, yeah. Wave your card over the top for a pay wave situation. Your phone or whatever. Too much waving. I don't like the bathroom one. It's always the fan and it's like, pew, pew, pew.

You're like, oh, for God's sake. And then once you finally get your hands to recognize the sensor of the water, of the tap, it drizzles out like a light drizzle of, you know. And then you have to try and find it. Anyway, boomer complaint there. Well, yeah, but it's something that more and more every day you're having to wave your arms out or something And I'm always misfiring

Are you? Yeah I don't mind doing it But it's just the fact that The technology doesn't seem to be like Super sensitive The soap one for me is always like Put your hand on

No not working Put your hand You take your hand away Oh there's God And then it goes You're like oh come on Great It's like it's set up on prank mode or something

Make the sensors bigger or something. I don't know. Get Elon Musk onto it. Because I don't know where the sensor is in it. I'm just putting my hand underneath it, and that's going to take it off. Are you all right? No, I'm with you on that one. Same.

We're all jumping on board. It's that sort of complaining radio show. That's what we do. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Catch up with her every week. Originally from Italy, now here in New Zealand. She works at The Quest in Tauranga. Daniella is her name.

You cannot see me, but I'm dancing. It just happens. Get the legs pumping there, Daniella. How are you? Buongiorno. Buongiorno. Oh, this tarantella is perfect for start of the day. Oh.

Oh, it's an actual Italian banger. It's not just production music. Oh, there we go. How's your week been? Well, yeah, what a week. I was very busy at the hotel. My husband finished his old job, then we had a goodbye party. Oh, yeah, what does your husband do?

He used to be the manager at Harvey Norman in Taurico, and now he's become a real estate agent. Oh, an agent. Okay. That always sounds way more exotic when you say it. It's more exotic, correct. Is your husband from Italy?

Yes, yes, he's from Rome, like me, yes. What's his name? Daniele. You will not believe this. Stop! Are you Daniele and Daniele? Yeah, he's E final, I'm A final. Daniele.

You wouldn't get a more Italian-sounding... I was thinking you were going to say Giovanni or something. Yeah, no, sorry, that's old school names. We're a little bit more younger than that. Is this a new wave of Italian names, is it? Yeah, Giovanni, old generation. Yeah. Right. What's like a young, hot Italian guy name?

Luca? You know what happened in Italy? Everybody got an English name if you want to be cool at the moment. Oh, really? Yeah, I know. That's boring, eh? I wanted to call my daughter Giada, which I think is like an English name if you want to be cool at the moment. Oh, really? Yeah, I know. That's boring, eh? I wanted to call my daughter Giada, which I think is like an Italian name. Oh, Giada is beautiful.

It's a stone as well. Yeah, but then I thought everyone in New Zealand would call her Giadia. Yeah. It's the first thing I thought of. The water. Yeah, you get it from the water, don't you? Yeah. Giada, yeah.

Oh, beautiful Giada. Ciao, Giada, if you hear the radio. No, she's too little, but that's okay. She'll be Giada to us. She'll be Giada, if you hear the radio. No, she's too little, but that's okay. She'll be Giada to us. She'll be Giada or Giardia to everyone else. I got Giardia once at a school camp. Nightmare. Oh, did you?

Nightmare. Yeah, you get it from the rivers and things, don't you? Yeah, the water's not proper. All right, hey, now, lost and found. We'd like to... Oh, let me go on my draw, on my beautiful draw. She's got a lost and found drawer, anything that Daniel... I've got still a soup-a-bowl.

Oh, the soup-a-bowl, which was a soup-bowl we discovered. So we haven't found an owner for the jersey or the soup-a-bowl. Okay, what's lost this week from the quest, Tauranga? I've got a lot of stuff. I pick one, okay? I pick one that is the hairpods. Oh, the hairpods. Stop it, Megan.

You need to be my, you know, the girl's called. Yeah, you need to be on my side. I'm laughing with you. She's not laughing, Megan. You're laughing quite loud. Yeah, I'm with you, Danielle. What is Italian for airpods? Cuffiette.

I know it sounds better. Very losable items, the airpods, though, aren't they? It is. It's a JBL black case. Very dusty. That's from the 11th of November on Room 103. Okay, Room 103, a dusty set of JBL earpods. How long do you hold on to these before you, like, give them out amongst the staff?

Now, usually what we're doing is I send an email, a text message, and a phone call. That's the three messages that they receive. And after I tell them on my message, two weeks they will be here after they go be in charity. Oh, you get them in charity? Yes. You'd have a great to be in charity? Yes. You'd have a great little collection for Secret Santa presents. No, we cannot do this. This would be stupid.

That's naughty. You don't want someone else's ear pods, really. Something you don't know. Like a waxy ear. No, please don't do that. That's mean. Now you're going to Coldplay i wish i wish i was there want to buy the ticket so it sounded like you were going to go oh i got tickets expensive i'm very

honest here the the minimum was 680 dollars and i'm not paid that i'm sorry what what yeah that's what was left over maybe Maybe it was some cheaper. Yeah. But no, I said no, I'm sorry. It definitely was some cheaper. I bought some and they didn't cost me that much. But that's, wow, that's expensive. Jeez.

Yes. We have got a double pass to Gladiator 2, the movie. Set in, you know, around Rome. In Rome. Yeah. Do you? Yeah, we can see you along to the movies. How's that sound?

Oh, we love that. Oh, there you go. Okay, sounds like a date. Don't tell my husband. And Daniele. Daniele and Daniele. Don't tell Daniele. Oh, you put a smile on her face every week.

You did the same. And you know what? This week I got a lot of customers came in and they said, we know this voice. And I said, really, do you? Yeah, they said, we hear your voice on the radio. I said, that's me. Do you want an autograph?

I will do that for you. Oh, that's nice to know there's someone listening. You guys are popular. Oh, Daniela, lovely to hear from you. We'll speak again next week. Have a lovely week, guys. Arrivederci. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. From the ACC, the Alternate Cometry Collective, G Lane. Mike Lane, good morning. Good morning. Now, you're doing a really cool thing for Movember, getting on board. Yeah, Movember, obviously it's written on the tin what Movember is. It's been around for a while. I'm a big fan of the moustache.

Yeah. I have mine 12 months ago. You do? I was going to say, yeah. Every month's Movember for you. Absolutely. Yeah, for men's health And this year we've decided to Do something a little different

We did own a 1998 Ford Falcon Some people are going to know what you're talking about But it's the Ford Falcon Ute That was only around for a couple of years And it had the kind of thin little Eyes around the front It was the first Ford Falcon little eyes around the front yeah it was the first ford falcon ute after the after the flat grill right before it went into something

a bit more cooler everyone would have a friend whose dad had one of those yes absolutely 98 ford falcon ute it probably deserves a better owner than the acc and um for a while there we had our faces all over it um and disappointingly for storm purpose um where that we filled it up with petrol was where her mouth was so every every petrol stop would stuff a petrol thing down her throat she's like really really anyway we've so we've so this month we've partnered with uh auto trader and with movember and we're going to sell our ute and all the proceeds are going to go to Movember. That's awesome. And not just the ute though. There's a whole lot more being chucked inside.

Yeah, absolutely. In the glove box there's a few treats. There's an iPhone 16 in the glove box. Just left there by a star. Yep, brand new. Half a bag of smokes. Some weird pictures on it. Yeah, it's under a hits contract

So it's all good Also a Marshall amp A beer amp fridge You know the amps They look like a Marshall amp Beer fridge We've got a Makita site radio And thanks to you guys

We've got $1000 worth of grocery vouchers And $1000 worth of petrol vouchers That you guys have chucked in the glove box as well So the ute comes with $5000 worth of goodies in the glove box and in the tray already before you even start bidding on it. It's on Autotrader? Yep, it's on Autotrader. All you need to do is text Ute to 4487 and you'll get a link directly to it.

Now, men's health, obviously, MoVema, important. And not to bring the tone down, but, you know, the vibe's down. But you obviously had your own men's health battle. Yeah, I got a very rare form of skin cancer in my head five years ago. And I've just had my last surgery this year. I've had seven surgeries to remove that and put my head back together. So it is important because guys, we always say it, guys are pretty useless at checking in on themselves. But it's getting better.

Like guys are talking more, particularly around mental health, but you can't forget your physical health. And going and get, and I do a warrant of fitness every year. So July every year, go to the doctor, get a baseline of your health and then go every year

so you can see any changes. So you've got to look after, you've got to make sure you look after each other, look after yourself more importantly. And November is a great month to focus on that. Because a lot of the other

months are you know it's look i must admit women are way ahead of men in terms of everything emotional intelligence fundraising you know breast cancer awareness yeah who doesn't who does not love breasts you know they are the elixir of life you spend your first year of your life attached to one no one and so it's quite easy to market that and raise funds. But then you look at things like testicular cancer and prostate cancer. First of all, one's up your butt and the other one looks like spare elbow skin. Super unsexy. Not as sexy.

Super unsexy. So that's why with kind of Movember, it's about all men's health. They fund a lot of research around prostate cancer, but also around mental health as well. So it's a great month. It's a great month to grow your lip toupee. That's why they've done the moustache, because that's pretty sexy. But can I pitch to you, Jelaine? Yes.

You have the moustache all the time. Yeah. Why don't you do like a handlebar, like a chopper, or like a full goatee situation? Well, the goatee, that's an interesting one. I think the goatee is probably more confronting than a moustache. Don't tell our CEO It's kind of sad It's kind of sad

Yes It's you saying that Not me mate I'm a big backer Of the goatee Love the goatee G-Lane Really appreciate you coming in

And good thing Now in all honesty Was this classic vehicle Becoming too problematic For the company And so you've decided That we need to auction it off For charity

You've seen through the matrix You've seen through the matrix You can't keep paying the maintenance cost of this car from the 90s. We'll smoke screen it with some surprises. Charity. Charity. God damn you guys. You're like the first people I've seen through my matrix. Charity with treats.

And just quickly before we head into the weekend as well, always great weekends of sport every weekend. This weekend, All Blacks. Yeah, All Blacks, France. And great time, nine in the morning on Sunday morning. What was last week? Was it a Friday night in Ireland game? Yeah, see the Irish, they're sneaky, aren't they?

They only gave us a six-day turnaround from England. So they go, let's put them on a Friday night. And that's given them one day less of recuperation from Twickenham. But the Frenchies, far more friendly. They've given us a full 7 days so we've got 8 days actually from that Friday so yeah, 9 o'clock in the morning, stick it on Sky or turn it on

iHeartRadio as well because we're ACC are commentating on iHeart The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Hey yesterday we went to the Christchurch show, the best that Canterbury has to offer, I reckon 50,000 people over the week will experience everything from rides, amusements, animals,

entertainment, food, vendors. A lot of fun. Rock solid handshakes there too, did you notice? Really had to level up the intensity of my handshakes. And Megan, you've just recovering from carpal tunnel. It's not my handshaking hand, but do you know what I found? That people were a bit reluctant to shake my hand, because maybe they thought

it was, because I've got a bandaged hand. Oh, yeah. I can see why. No one wants to clench a bandaged hand. Yeah, yeah. But no, it was fun. Fun day. It was.

It was a lot of fun wandering around. One thing that did backfire for us, though, Jono, there was a free hearing place. Triton Hearing were doing free hearing. And it's always been a joke in the radio studio how loud Megan's headphones are. They're like a speaker. It feels like a boom box blasting out.

I do have them quite loud. I don't know why. It's just how I like it. Sometimes you hear those cars that have the big PA speakers on their roof. Those are her headphones. And so we were like, that'll be funny. Free hearing test. We'll get Megan to do a hearing test.

She went away, came back, perfect hearing. She said the word perfect. I was like, oh, that bad. Audiologist said perfect. Well, that's great for you. That makes zero sense to me. Totally. It does.

Yeah, it was a lot of fun taking part in a whole lot of activities. One of my favorite moments was when you had a go at trying to pull, like you were a trailer almost, pulling a trailer along. Yeah, it was like a truck and trailer situation. It was testing your strength. Your strength. Here's Jono on the pulling machine. What are you doing right now?

You're about to pull a... Pulling scout. See your towing capacity. Okay, what's your... See how strong you are. Are you a good puller? All right, here we go. Okay.

I am. All I can say... It sounded weird, didn't it? Metaphorically, I am a puller. Champion puller. Pulling all the time. There we go. We've got a...

63, 64. 68, 60, 72. Oh, 76. What's the leaderboard? 90 kilos is the lowest. He's like 80. Oh, no. Okay, you got the lowest.

I popped a hemorrhoid. Oh, okay. A lot of effort there from you. For not much reward. It's like when you go to the arcade and you hit that boxing bag thing. You're like, oh, never, never strong. Now, you were quite excited about some of Canterbury's sexiest animals on display. Well, I did feel like at those shows they do,

all the Argo animals, they're left in the paddock. You know, they're not taking them to the bloody show and putting them on display. These are the finest, sexiest animals Canterbury has. Horses, llamas, alpacas, sheep, pigs. Yeah, all of them. And we got to see an amazing horse, a Norwegian horse. Have a listen. First Norwegian horse that I've met from the Frozen movie.

Yeah, from the Frozen 2 movie. The horse has like a mohawk, but it's black and white hair. It's really cool, eh? It's like a zebra mohawk. Would you like to hear our joke? Go for it. Megan should we do it? Do we have to?

Okay what's the deal? I'm sorry. The horse, why the long face? Already it's got a long face to start off with so it's not going to enjoy this but anyway you go. Why do all of the Norwegian naval vessels have QR codes on them? Couldn't tell you. So they can.

Scandinavian. I'm going to laugh at you, Megan. That was right. It was a pity. Megan and the horse long faces right now. Stay close. I got you. Yeah.

Yeah, so the joke didn't go down. Well, it went down okay. But you were. It's a good joke. It's a solid joke. It's just because you've heard it before. It's something that we will play this hour that you guys got to take part in. Lawnmower racing.

Now, Megan, I thought you would have been out because you had, you know. I saw hands. You saw hands. I've still got one working hand. But you're like, no, good to go. She looks like David Goggins. And these things can go up to 65 k's an hour, these lawnmower races. We'll have it before 7 o'clock.

Someone actually rolled and broke seven ribs. Yeah. So when you said lawnmowers, I thought you meant just like slow old, like lawnmower racing? No. No. Right on ones that have been souped up. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, so we'll have that for you in the next 20 minutes. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Tim Park on the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. You know, and we try and do it every day. And quizzes, they can be hard. The Prime Minister himself got quizzed just yesterday on a podcast.

Eight-year-old boy was quizzing him about some quickfire maths questions. Time stables and have a listen. Quickfire questions. Five times five. 25. Seven times eight. 42. 56.

56, sorry. 56, you're right. Sorry. 12 times 12. 144. Good job. Thank you. I 56, you're right. Sorry. 12 times 12. 144. Good job. Thank you. I'm glad you got that.

Shivers, I'm glad too, mate. So the middle one wrong, just off the, yeah. That was my worst nightmare. I know. I've been using my fingers and really. Just firing them off back and forth. That's good banter from that kid. Yeah, really.

Price of cheese. Exactly. So even the prime minister can slip up on quizzes. That's of cheese. Exactly. So even the Prime Minister can slip up on quizzes. That's all I'm saying. So let's go into today's one. The last thing he expects is to be grilled

on a time stable. Yeah, you're right. Producer Ellie, are you there? Hello, hello. I'm here. How are you? Thank goodness.

The pivotal part of this daily quiz. Thank you. I was hoping you'd say that. Also, I love how you're coming in hot here saying, oh, the Prime Minister's bad, so if we lose, it's okay.

Oh, okay, guys. All right, mate. Well, we're not running the country. Yeah, it's all right for us to suck. Nah, fair enough. All righty. You're not going to be able to see my face today, so you're on your own.

You really are. Yeah, because your facials do give us a good clue. That's all right. It's not going to go well then. All right, question number one for the New Zealand Herald Quiz. Which timekeeping device was invented by Christiane Huygens in the 17th century? Was it the sundial, the pendulum clock, or the hourglass? Oh, the hourglass feels...

Sundial feels like that's Aztec sort of. Yeah, that's probably your OG swatch. Would you go the hourglass? These are the days of our lives. The hourglass and then what was the third? There was a pendulum clock. Nah, hourglass. Is that a timekeeping thing?

The pendulum? Okay, yeah, hourglass. Yeah, let's go with hourglass. We're locking in hourglass? Yeah. That is incorrect. We needed your face. Us and Christopher Luxon.

Oh, we're on our way out for quizzes. What was the answer? It was the pendulum clock. Yeah. Hush my mouth. How does that tell? I guess it tells the rhythm of the time, the ticking. Yeah, all right.

Yeah, I guess so. Oh, that sucked. What a way to end the week, guys. Well done, guys. Cool. Three brains coming together to make one. A terrible one.