Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Producer Ellie does WHAT during the gruesome forensic files...

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

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The Jono, Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to HelloFresh, your home advantage for delicious midweek dinners everyone will love. Welcome to the podcast. This morning, we start things with producer Ali, who's in her final week with us, getting very, well, sharing a bit of information, right? She's doing that thing where, like, the plane's going down

and you bear your deepest, darkest secrets from your soul. And today's one involving a crime show that really does things to her and her partner now megan's like oh every couple's got their thing they i'm too embarrassed to say my but do you obviously have a thing yeah but it's not we're not turning on forensic files you have a you have a little thing that you basically it's like a human centipede like a hint no it's just if someone lights a candle. It's like... Oh.

Someone lights a candle, it's like... Are you a candle couple, are you? Yeah. But there's not candles any other time. Oh, right. If someone lights a candle, you're like, I can imagine you've been in that moment surrounded by tens of dozens of candles, all lit.

Have you done that? Andrew's done that, yeah. I bet he has. He's a romantic, isn't he? He's definitely a romantic. I've gone home one day and he has run the bath and put candles everywhere. Oh, isn't he lovely?

I love a candle, but that's not a, you know, that's just a candle for candle's sake. But then after, he's like... Yeah, and the smoke alarm goes off. 150 candles, yeah. No one sees the smoke alarm goes off. 150 candles. No one sees the back end of it. Do you guys not have like a... What would you even call it?

Like a little... Like a cue. Yeah. Not that I can think of. Well, I'll think of it, but I don't... Even if her skin just grazes my skin, I'm all on. Just a touch. You touch my arm.

It's like touching another human being. She touched me. She touched me, yeah. But we're going to start the show because Ellie, yeah, she watches a show called The Forensic Files and find out what happens. Yeah. John O'Bannon Megan. The podcast.

The hits. How many times over do you think you've watched The Simpsons? I know you've got all. Not some of the new series, not as many. Yeah, but okay, if you went the old ones, you would have watched them. Yeah, it's probably around, the series, I guess, 8 to sort of 15. I probably watched it so many times over and over again. It's just a real comfort thing, you know, and you pick up more each time, I guess.

And it was always on. It felt like as a kid it was always on growing up. So you turn and go, oh, Simpsons, great, I can watch this. You've got a Bart Simpson backpack. You're a big fan. Do you have like a favourite niche character? Oh, there's so many they're so good at their catchphrase characters you know don't have a cow man yeah it doesn't

say that much anymore right but it doesn't have as many catchphrases no but then they've got all their other characters they've got all their sort of there's so many we won some it's quite a fun game at six o'clock tried to name 100 simpsons characters with the help of the audience it's really fun i actually got there in the end but it it took a while. I like, is it Cletus? Yeah, Cletus, the local. Yeah. So yeah.

With Brandy. Yeah, yeah. I knew you were going niche. Well, Brandy was his wife, right? Yeah.

Yeah. But yeah, you've watched, so you've watched that, what, over 20 times, those early seasons? Some of those,

definitely would have, you know, and then I watched them all again with one. My daughters in particular loved watching it as well, so we'd kind of, we, our thing, we'd do it together, which, them definitely would have, you know, and then I watched them all again with one. My daughters in particular loved watching it as well so we'd kind of, we our thing, we'd do it together

which is kind of special. Have you got a comfort series you've watched multiple times, Megan? Gossip Girl. I've watched that so many times and there is like a big, there's a thing at the end

like you find out who Gossip Girl is. I'm not going to say because that's the rule you don't even say but even knowing who Gossip Girl is, I feel like I had to re-watch it

and I watched it so many times and were there clues all the way through where you're like ah that was the girl of gossip there's still moments where you're like

I don't know how that can be that person in that situation it's hard to explain I've heard of the show multiple times was Blake Lively was Serena

and that was her first I think first big acting gig before the world turned on her before everyone decided she was a capsule, and that was her first, I think, first big acting gig. Before the world turned on her. Before everyone decided she was cancelled. Started gossiping about her. Yeah, definitely started gossiping. That's for sure.

So what do we find out right now? Which is the show that you reckon you've watched the most amount of times out of anyone? 4, 4, 8, 7 on the text, 0, 800 the hits. I reckon there's been a few people, and purely by default, that TV2 is shoving it down our throats. Yeah. On loop. Friends start to finish multiple times. And then it's on Netflix now,

so you can just watch it again and again, right? Yeah. I'll tell you my one very shortly. It's a little bit creepy, to be honest, but I reckon I've watched all 194 episodes. And producer Ali has an even stranger connection to the show. I was loading in the voiceover from the show. Did you clear that she was okay with this? Well, can I clear it with you now, Ali? Are you okay to tell the story? She's going to to the show. I was loading in the voiceover from the show. Did you clear that she was okay with this?

Well, can I clear it with you now, Ellie? Are you okay to tell the story? She's going to share the story. She's shrugging being like, fine. I've never watched an episode. Haven't you? Neither have I. I don't even know what,

I couldn't even tell you and I would have no desire to watch or hate programs like this. Speaking of niche stuff, this is incredibly niche, but I'll tell you what's even more niche is what Ellie does when the show starts. No desire to do that as well, Ellie. But yeah.

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. First want to know, because we're in the middle of our best TV theme tune ever competition, what's the show that you've watched the most amount of times? Great texts coming through here. Outrageous Fortune, I've watched at least five times. Watching it again now.

Lying in the gutter. That was a great show. It really was a great show it really was a Kiwi classic that one Friends 100% had the full

10 seasons on DVD which I'd watch on repeat so I'd say I've watched Friends about four times over wow hundreds of episodes too

there's a whole lot yeah I tell you what I have watched I've probably watched through twice to be honest and there was

a period in my life where I had nothing else to do you know you could just sit on it remember those days you just sit on the couch with like a big greasy works burger dangling off my chest ciggy dangling out of the mouth just living the dream

but I would watch so much Crime and Investigation Channel and there was a show on the network on the Crime and Investigation Channel and there was a show on the network on the Crime and Investigation Network, it's called The Forensic Files and I think, you know, probably over 150 episodes I'd say of The Forensic Files and it was comfort viewing for me, strangely. Is it

like true? Is it documentary style? Oh, okay. And it was reenactments of crimes that had taken place and how the detectives or the forensic team had figured out through evidence how to do it. And I always found the actors reenacting the roles looked like they would also dabble in pornography as well.

That was kind of their wheelhouse of acting. They were like, oh, take a gig where I can get a gig. But this is the forensic files. A young nurse develops a fatal illness, and her doctors wonder if she was infected by one of her patients. Forensic scientists, genetic researchers, and even the police join... Great voiceover guy. Always sounded like he was telling you a ghost story.

Now, I thought that was odd. Now, as I'm loading that audio in, producer Ellie, she chimes through the speaker. Oh my God, this is so weird. Now, Ellie, you can come clean. Look, that voice there, it gets me going a bit because organically, years ago, for some reason, whenever my partner and I would put this on our TV in the bedroom, it would mean it's time to go to bed,

if you know what I mean. Oh, things would escalate. Yeah, yeah. Whip up the old pheromones. Exactly. For some reason, that became the hint. No idea. This is the weirdest foreplay ever.

I do. And her doctors wonder if she was infected by it. Oh, yeah. Would it stay on as the soundtrack? Yes. What? Oh, wow. Okay.

That is the weirdest thing. It is a bit, eh? But hey, at least we both knew what was happening. It was like sitting in the boundary. I'm like, all right, let, okay. That is the weirdest thing. It is a bit, eh? But hey, at least we both knew what was happening. It was like sitting in the boundary, I'm like, all right, let's go. Man, if only the forensic... We are meant to be together. The Forensic Files voiceover guy

knew what effect he had on people. Yeah, he'd be like, what's this show? Blood was splattered all over the carpet. Gina, morning to you. Good morning. Great to have you on the show, the series you've watched multiple times. Gina, what is it? Mr. Bean.

Oh, Mr. Bean. It is a classic. My wife, Amanda. She loves it. She loves Mr. Bean. It's been on for over 30 years. Yeah, and it's no words really at all, you know? Like, just incredible, eh?

He's very wholesome. Yeah, he's wholesome. You've got audio of Amanda watching this. My wife watching Mr. Bean, He's awesome. You've got audio of Amanda. I think this is my wife watching Mr Bean. She's never laughed at this, at anything I've ever done in the comedy world for my entire career. Have we got a round?

She's losing breath there And he doesn't talk I love that That's the one she's seen before Yeah, she knows what's happening but just loves it Yeah, it's a good one While Mr Bean was playing

did you like the forensic files? Did you start fornicating Gina? No No, no Didn't do it for you? Fair enough Neither of those shows Shay, morning to you Morning Great to have you on No No Didn't do it for you Fair enough Neither of those shows Shay

Morning to you Morning Great to have you on The series you've watched Multiple times Shay What was it? Well this was when I was When I was younger

As a child I used to always watch Spragle Rock In the morning It's a great thing I don't know why It's not in our final Quarter finals Or semi finals But it's a great one What it. I don't know why it's not in our final quarterfinals or semifinals,

but it's a great one. What it would be on before school, and also Gem. Gem was truly outrageous, remember? Truly, truly, truly outrageous. I don't know why she was outrageous. Looking back, I don't know. Nowadays, she's just running the mill looking. We'll take one more on this.

Kylie, what have you watched multiple times? It's Friends. I'm obsessed with Friends. Love it to bits. It is a great one. Yeah, we were saying before, hundreds of episodes. 236, I think I looked before, of Friends. She was.

So much. I used to, every day from school, I'd come home and watch a season. How many? A season? Yeah. After school? I would watch a whole season. A season?

Wow. Did you get any sleep? No, not really. Did you fail miserably After school? I would watch a whole season. A season? Wow. Did you get any sleep? No, not really. Did you fail miserably at school? I would take it into my room and I would just watch it non-stop. It's a great show. Wow, geez. Well, kids are doing worse things in their room at the moment,

watching worse things than friends. Oh, that is incredible. So how many times do you reckon you've watched the whole thing over and over? Oh, probably like five or six times. I've watched probably every episode. Wow. Do you have a favourite friend? I'm definitely Joey.

I love pizza. Oh, there you go. I'm all Joey. Well, there you go. Well, you're going to have a great day. That is a really – take us out with your favourite line from Friends. Oh, Pivot. There's got to be Pivot going up the stairs.

Pivot, Pivot. There we go. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. There we go. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Bit embarrassing last night. Had to go to a kind of like an adult school parent function, right? And sometimes, you know, you can end up talking to people

and you're like, okay, I need a time out. I need time out from this situation of light banter. Okay. I didn't know that about you, actually. No, I did a lot. I did actually with a staff thing that we had to go to a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know that about you, actually. No, I do a lot. I did actually read a staff thing that we had to go to a couple of weeks ago. I did the same thing there.

I was like, oh, this is too much. So I just went to the toilet. And what I do is I sit in a cubicle. It's the ultimate adult time out room, isn't it, the toilet? Yeah. Sitting in a cubicle, just staring at a wall

for maybe seven to ten minutes. I find seven to ten minutes is enough on the bench. A little refresh. I'll get back out there. That's how you do it. That's how you work a room hard. Harder than anyone. I've always admired that about you.

People need to break from you probably. Maybe that's what I'm doing. I'm pulling myself out of the situation for the greater good of the party. But sometimes at about the five-minute mark, you're sitting on the toilet not doing anything like nothing's taking place and you're just like oh come on

you're better than this you have to give yourself a team talk get back out there that's you like recharging your social battery I actually did that at the client thing

the other day probably two or three times to the point where a lady had caught me she's like jeez you're very frequent excuse me I've eaten something

dodgy. Very frequent. But yeah, once I did it at a festival, but then you're like, jeez, in these portable lavatories, you know, sitting in a sea of ammonia and that blue water, and yeah, that was a bit of a... That's an in and out situation, isn't it? Yeah.

Well, you'd hope so, yeah. That one's probably more chemically induced. You're right, where do you do hope so, yeah. That one's probably more chemically induced. You're right. Where do you do that at a festival to recharge? That's your only option. That is your only, and I've been there. And that is dark. Those are dark times.

But then you give yourself the energy and you're back out there. Back out there again. Ready to go. Yeah, sometimes you do get caught in those situations too where you've said all your things you need to say to someone and you're like,

what's the exit strategy of the conversation? Oh, I hate that. I love it when you do a really, you're like, this is textbook conversation. Bang, bang, covered some great stuff. You want to leave on a high.

You do. That's the kind of. And then you keep going. But sometimes you don't. You're like, I should have left like a minute ago, but no, I didn't. And then there's that awkward pause

and you're like, I should have said that I needed to go like, oh, five seconds ago. And you're like, oh, yeah, cool. You're right. Always,

it's like a radio voice break. You're much like this chap. My boss will be like, 40 seconds ago and you're like oh yeah cool you're right it's like a radio voice break you're much like this chap my boss will be like should have ended 40 seconds ago festival toilets you carried on Ben what were you doing well there you go

I did I'm sorry Matt we'll talk about this afterwards I'm going to go to the toilet for five minutes we'll come back Jono, Ben and Megan the podcast

the hits Fisher, Australian actor you'll know her from Home and Away. She was huge on that. Scooby-Doo, Wedding Crashers, Confessions of the Shopaholics. So many movies. And she plays a reporter in the new animated school holiday movie that's out today, Dogman, based on the very successful kids' books.

Dogman, you only have one job to do. Keep your eyes on those monitors. So if somebody breaks out your favorite chew toy and waves it around, you, you look at the monitors. And if somebody just happens to have an eastern grey squirrel, you, you look at the monitors. Looks very good, Megan. You saw the movie and you caught up with Isla Fisher.

I did. It's got Pete Davidson in it, Ricky Gervais is in it, and it's got Isla Fisher and I did catch up with her. And now she's your bestie, right? I loved her. She said she really enjoyed her time with Megan. They're best friends. However, she refuses to hand over her cell phone number, and she doesn't reply to Megan's DMs. So if you call that a best friendship, let's roll with it.

Here's Megan with Isla Fisher. Hi, Megan. How are you? I'm great. How are you doing? Very good. Very good. We are excited to have Dog Man out in cinemas. It's an animated movie about a dog man who fights crime. And you play reporter Sarah Hattoff. There's an awesome cast here.

We're talking Pete Davidson. He plays the naughty cat. Ricky Gervais is in there. Billy Boyd. But do you actually get to act with them? Do you get to record any bits with them or are you in a booth by yourself? On this guy, I just came into a booth and recorded. Do you like this? Because in my mind, how this works, you could literally like turn up in pajamas or like track pants. You're not being

filmed. There's no hair and makeup. Is this how it actually goes? Exactly. It's a dream come true. You do come in sweatpants. They send you an email saying, what do you feel like for lunch? Which is amazing. And then you show up, eat snacks, act out a character, chat everyone over Zoom in LA and then get on your merry way. I know this isn't your first animated film, but your kids, do they think you're cool? Slash do they watch your movies? and have they seen this one? Okay, my kids all came to the premiere in London and they loved it. My son is obsessed with Dogman. Oh, amazing. Yeah, all my kids love Dav and love the books and love the world

and so this was huge for them, yes. So do they understand that you're like a movie star and do they care? I mean, they definitely don't care but occasionally like my I remember my recently my 14 year old middle daughter came home and said that one of the boys in her class had a crush on me and she was totally bewildered by this as was I um anyway so they don't really understand or see they're definitely not impressed if they do yeah now I I read this could be absolute fabrication um but I read that you have something of Jennifer Aniston's in your house that you didn't know you had yeah I've got a wedding vase it's really beautiful and it says at the bottom

like congratulations Brad and Jen and it's in my house yes does she know that you have it and then i gave an interview and stupidly brought it up just and you know and then i haven't heard from her but i i feel like i should have maybe told her in person before i announced it you said it's really beautiful now you're like do you give it back well i don't even know where where it is now. Let's pretend we didn't talk about it. Let's just pretend we didn't talk about it and if you get to put it up I'll say I was just joking. Yeah whatever. You are an Aussie at the moment. Do you miss it and what is the one thing that you miss the most when you're away from home? First of all I'm a complete Aussie. I miss it the whole time. I am devastated every minute I'm not on Australian soil. And the one thing that I miss the most, oh my gosh, that's such a tough call,

but I'm just going to go with the color of the sky. I think it's just so bright. And I've never been anywhere where sky is as bright. If you were, say, an alien or say you're doing it to AI, landed and you had to explain what it was to be an Aussie, how would you explain it? I think I'd just crack open a beer, add some flies to the scene and tell them to relax. I love it. Okay, so what's one thing that makes you anti-Aussie? I'm a Kiwi, and Waddy's tomato sauce is like,

you lose your Kiwi card if you don't like it. But I am against jandals, thongs. Oh, I love a jandal. I'm not. But is there one thing that is like... Okay, I've got to tell you. I'm going to go with, it's funny that you say, I don't like men in flip-flops. I don't think of hairy toes necessary, nor should it be seen.

I don't find it remotely sexy. I agree. I don't think men should be allowed to wear flip-flops. Oh, my God. I agree 100%. Speedos or flip-flops on a man? Like budgie smugglers? Speedos.

Speedos. Yeah. Depends what's being smuggled down there there's nothing wrong with the speedo it's the flip-flop that it's maybe the combos a lot but I I'm I'm for a speedo and against a flip-flop amazing well it's been great chatting to you I love dog man I can't wait for everyone to see it um is there anything else you want to say to your Kiwi fans oh I just I love you guys I love you I I just did an advert for Air New Zealand and I'm just a big fan of your

country and your people. And yeah, can't get enough. Oh, thanks so much for your time, Isla. No wuckers. There's your bestie. Problem is being best friends with an actor too. You're like, are they acting? Are they my best friend? Are they pretending? But that's good. Is she going to be in the New Year New Zealand

safety video? Obviously that's an exclusive. No, it was an ad. Oh, it was an ad. Not the safety video, yeah. Oh, well there you go. Well done, Isla. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. The reason we actually started this whole thing was to do with the White Lotus theme tune. That Megan was a big fan of season number two White Lotus theme tune

and not the later ones. But the final was this week. Yeah. Big banger on Monday. It was an hour 20 long. No spoilers, I don't think. That was your thing. You were wandering around all day with your hands on your ears. No spoilers, I don't want to know.

I haven't seen the whole thing. When can you spoil something? Yeah, what's the... I feel like it's gotten worse because back in the day, everyone used to watch it on TV together and you allowed a few days for those who had recorded it. Now people can just wait. They're like, oh, I'm going to watch this before I get to the White Lotus.

I feel like you can never spoil it. Never spoil anything. I think the only acceptable time you can spoil a movie or a TV show is if there's a sex scene that you don't want to be watching with your parents or something. And you're like, I'm just going to go home and watch, you know, what would be something? Well, a part of the White Lotus. A part of the White Lotus. Yeah, that weird episode,

the one before this episode with mum. And you'd be like, whoa, whoa. Incest. So, yeah, maybe not with your fam. Yeah, so we wanted to play a game. It's called Safe Spoilers. How does it work? Yeah, well, I've got some sort of things.

I've come up with it. Basically, the line About the movie Spoiling it Or the TV show But I'm not trying To say what it is Okay For example

White Lotus Spoiler could be Alright Someone dies You spend eight episodes Figuring out who it is But it's probably Not the person you think

Spoiler That's what happens Pretty much Is that how it ended up? Yeah Without spoiling hard Every series I've watched so far That's pretty much how it is

Okay White Lotus So we'll do safe spoilers You don't mention the movie Or the TV show You just phone us up And you just tell us the spoiler Okay

Leonardo's boat sinks Very slowly Okay We don't need to know the movie? I won't tell you what it is Hopefully I never watch that movie Okay It's in space

And the bad guy turns out To be the whiny kid's dad. He is his father. But I'm not saying what it is. If you haven't seen it, hopefully that hasn't ruined it for you. Okay, what about this one? The girl finds a glass slipper and the prince is really bad at faces. I don't say what it is.

That's on him. Owen Wilson's All right. That's on him. Owen Wilson's dog dies. It's really sad. That movie sucked. Unpopular. It was a long, slow death. By the way, it's a really long, slow death. So it really ekes out the emotion in you.

Okay. She has a Manchester sale every weekend for the next 35 years. Not necessarily a TV show, but on TV. Yeah, right. He sees dead people. Yeah. a TV show, but on TV. Yeah, right. He sees dead people. Yeah, well that's true. Bruce Willis was dead the whole time. Just when things were looking good, he slapped

tariffs on the entire world. Is that a movie or is that real life? I hope it's a movie. They steal cars, but mostly talk about family. That's a great one. That's how it works. The safe spoiler line, this is a safe space. We're not here to spoil anyone's

Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits in the show. But I do understand that a lot of people, and I get it, don't want to hear, you know,

don't want things spoiled beforehand. So we're doing safe spoilers right now. You can text through, some great suggestions coming through. A theme park with dinosaurs isn't a good idea. That's a safe spoiler for about five or

six movies. They just never learned their lesson, did they? Even from the one, maybe I'll give you two. I'll give you two stabs at it, but then you've got to be like, guys, this is a truly shocking idea. Now are we bringing back wolves in real life? Dial wolves.

A true news story yesterday, right? Why are we doing that? Someone's a bit upset that you mentioned Dan. I don't even know what the Dan reference is, but apparently that's really playing with fire. It's really Pivotal's word. Something, right? Yeah. No other reference.

In this modern era of technology, we could have a chip installed in us which alerts people, oh, they're only up to season, episode two of Adolescent, so I'm only up to season one of The White Lotus? So people know, not to say anything. Yeah, exactly. So we'll go to the phones. Ellie with us.

It's the safe spoiler line, Ellie. Morning, team. It is the lady that rides the dragon gets killed by her boyfriend, who's also her nephew. No names. No names. No nephew. No names. No names. No names. No names.

I wouldn't know what that was. Okay. Yeah. Well, I was disappointed by that ending. Have a great day, Ellie. James, lovely to have you on. Welcome to the Safe Spoiler Line where we give away the ending, but we don't say what the film or TV show is.

What is it? Good morning. So, old man commits sickness benefit fraud and then he gets busted in his life visiting a chocolate factory. Without saying what the movie is, they definitely did commit some benefit fraud, didn't they? He got up and about pretty quickly, didn't he? I sure did. but, you know,

at least they got to change his sheets while he was out of bed. So that's a bonus. The only thing you can think about is, like, how manky is that bed? Four in the bed, too, in the kitchen. I feel bad for his two wives and his other husband. And there was a lot of cabbage being consumed, too. Do you think the rest of them, were they playing the system as well or they legitimately deserved the benefit?

We're never going to know. There was a gas explosion from all the way up there. That house is a hole in the ground. Thank you so much, James. Have a good one. No worries. It's a fun game to play, isn't it? The safe spoilers.

One more for you. It turns out the call was not from his daughter, and now he has a particular set of skills. Oh, great. John O'Bannon Megan, the podcast, the hits. I'd like to catch up with Nicole. She hosts a radio show in New York. She's our entertainment correspondent.

Nicole, a lot of talk about Donald Trump and his tariffs. He's going to be pausing them, I think, for every country except for China at the moment. But one of the things he wanted to do was bring down, of course, ticket sales. And you posted something during the week. From 1991, it was a ticket stub with Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Nirvana all playing. How much, Nicole, was the ticket price? Yeah, $19.

Now, granted, I was like, and those are like three of the greats, right? Like three of the greatest rock bands ever. And I was in middle school when I fell in love with them and yeah that's what it was like now and then now we're in such a different world and again i do think the whole like eras tour is changing the way that everything happens but now it's like every person i'm talking to about any show that they're buying tickets to you can't get a ticket for lower than 500 doesn't matter what artist it is i don't and it's just it's taking the fun away from the music we love and being able to go see live music.

It really makes me sad. That's why I posted that. You don't even get a bloody bottle of water for $19.50 now, would you? Right? Did you actually see Kurt Cobain in the flesh? No, I never saw Kurt Cobain in the flesh. I've seen Pearl Jam easily like 10 times. Eddie Vedder is like, I'd die for him.

I'd bow down. I've seen the Red Hot Chili Pe times. Eddie Vedder is like, I'd die for him. I'd bow down. I've seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers a few times. But it's all real. It wasn't, I guess, 1950 back then. It was probably quite a lot back then in some ways. I still feel like that's a bargain. Yeah, and I wonder, was that a bargain then? Was that like a random show

that they were doing? That couldn't have been the norm. And back then, I guess they would have been 90s, I'm trying to think. It was just like one of those gigs that someone's like oh come along you're like oh who's playing i've never heard of any of these bands read hot chili people and then later you'd be like oh damn it i could have gone to that yeah do you know that anthony kiedis was the first celebrity sighting i ever had when i moved to new york city and i was such a nerd like we were crossing the street down in soho and I was like, I know you. Hey.

And just kept walking. It was like I blew it. I totally blew it. I do have to say, you did not blow it with Jack Black. I did see what happened. Very impressed. That was when he was in the country,

obviously filming Minecraft and Kung Fu Panda, but he came in and said, yeah, the guy surprised me with Jack Black. I wasn't expecting that. You were kind of stalking me, following me down the street. You were able to redeem yourself after just being a total creep

and taking a picture of his back. Yeah, I did. I didn't post the photo, but I was like, no one's going to believe this. You know, one of those occasions where you just saw him on the street and i'm like no one's gonna believe this i'll take a photo to show people and talk about it because they'll be like oh you didn't see him and then i just look like a creep he is the coolest legend loveliest positive man he's a legend i love all the promo that he's doing for minecraft at the moment as well did you see him

like surprise the the kid from love on the Spectrum? I almost cried. Like, it was so sweet. He's just, yeah, he's just, he's one of the good ones. He spends, we were saying, he must just get home at the end of the day and just sit in a dark room in silence. He spends so much energy. Yeah, he must be exhausted. Yeah.

He has kids, too. And I think the last time, we've interviewed him a few times, and I remember saying, like, and I say this often to celebrities, like, do your kids know how cool it is that like you are their father, you are their parent? Like he's so fun with everybody, so he must be a fun dad. But he is. He kind of has that energy where you're exhausted hanging out with him.

He must just crash. He must just like power down at the end of the day. Get home. Not today, kids. Not today. Oh, yeah. Like what's the movie? And he's so good in the movie, but every line is like he's saying a hundred lines.

He puts so much energy into it. Imagine if his wife's like, he doesn't speak at home. Yeah, he probably does. He probably does. I would not blame him. Holy mute. Are you guys having the same problems that we are here? Because they've been having the cops called to the movie theaters because the kids are

getting so rambunctious and and throwing popcorn and screaming and just acting a month so it seems like it's almost a trend going around social media particular lines in the movie uh one of them is cowboy chicken yeah chicken jockey oh chicken yeah that jack black says and when they say it in the movie the movie theater erupts popcorn incorn in the air. Everyone's filming it. They're like yahooing like you've just won the Super Bowl. And everyone, you must be sitting there, other people going, what the heck is going on? And there's a whole lot of those things happening.

But sometimes you're right. Cops are getting called to movie theaters. Yeah. Well, it's like right in that little, like that little, like there's tweens there too, right? It's not like that young. Like Minecraft, kids like it, like maybe through high school.

So they're just old enough to cause a problem. And if they're getting dropped off by their parents, they're going to do whatever they want. And they clearly are. I kind of want to go to one of those screenings. I know, I know. Yeah, just, I feel like it would be so much more fun. I had a list of like 10 things that every time something happened,

it was like, yeah. Minecraft bingo. Yeah, it was. It basically was, yeah. Yeah, it's good. Jono, Ben was like, yeah. Minecraft bingo. Yeah, it was. It basically was. Yeah. It's good. John O, Ben and Megan. The podcast.

The hits. Guys, if you're in a relationship, and you probably realized this from the start, that you can be to very different people, and that's fine in a lot of ways. That's fine. Sometimes that's the best way to be. Yeah, exactly. You know, you bring different things to the team. Don't know what I'm bringing. And when it comes to, you know know like my wife's uh wife's got

a car little runabout car that she kind of uses to get from a to b and i've got my car and we kind of stick to our cars as it is and every now and again when i'll get into amanda's car i'll be like oh geez it's messy it's stuff everywhere stuff has been dropped off and i usually probably the last three times i've taken it and cleaned it and stuff like that okay every time i get into it and then about three months later i'll get in again I'll be like oh my god when you say when you say stuff needs to be dropped off is there a whole like stuff that you're like taking to school this has got to go to a clothing bin this is okay so I'll start doing some of those things this is on you babes yeah probably is it probably is because you're doing it I know this

is the thing so I've done that the last maybe three times over the last year every time I've got in i just go i've just got to clean it i can't do it you know and she's cool with it it's whatever she's got a lot of stuff going on with her life and she doesn't mind that part being messy she's not like crazy messy at home or anything she's lowly lowly younging it yeah exactly we got a dog and stuff his hair's everywhere and that's fine you know so yeah but then a couple weeks ago i got in a car and i was like it's a bit messy you know. But then a couple of weeks ago, I got in a car, and I was like, that's a bit messy, you know. But I'm not going to do anything. I'm not going to clean it. You're proving a point.

Yeah. So I was like, oh, I'll take a leaf out of the council's book. I was like, I'll send a text. I'll go, hey, this is a friendly reminder that your car clean is now overdue. Oh, did you do a text? This will be interesting to see how this one goes. God, you are brave. I got a ha-ha back, and then I got a little bit of a conversation going,

oh, that was funny about the text. I was like, oh, great, great. I'm in a sweet spot. This is humorous. It was a good way of saying. A couple of weeks later, I had to get into a car for some reason. I'm like, well, it's still not clean. If anything, it's worse.

Yeah. So that's where I was like, shall I double down? Your car clean is now overdue it's not so friendly it's like the way that's what the council would do right it's now overdue slower the parking ticket required yeah that's what i said didn't get any reply from that one and then i got into a car about a week ago so i was like oh should i do it one more time did you go for a third one you've one? You've had no indirection. I went final notice.

And got nothing. So I've got nothing since. It hasn't been mentioned at all, but I feel like maybe second, third time. Don't go again. Don't. Don't. You're poking the beer. Best thing is just clean your car first.

Yeah, I feel like that's what she's waiting for. And you're probably right, Megan. That's probably right. That's my mantra. Don't get good at what you don't want to do. If you don't want to clean her car, don't keep doing it. But she's also like, oh, Ben will clean it. Yeah.

But she's got a final notice. Ben will drop off those clothes for me. She's happy with the mess. She knows you're not. It's her car. Leave her in her mess. Okay. All right.

I'll do that. Don't yuck her yum, as you say, Megan. Don't yuck her yum. Hey, next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. About to get into our Megan. Don't yuck your yum. Hey, next. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. About to get into our quiz, but speaking of quiz news in New Zealand,

The Chase. They're going to do a New Zealand version of The Chase. Four episodes has been commissioned. It's going to be filmed out of Australia because they're doing an Australian version of The Chase. Oh, we're tacking on to the Aussie one. There'll be the Aussie chases on there as well. I imagine they'll get a Kiwi host as well.

But if anyone wants to apply, you've got to provide your own accommodation and flights over there if you want to be a contestant on it. But still an amazing thing to get on the chase. What? Yeah. Have your own flights and accommodation? Do you?

Yeah. That's the way things are in the world these days, mate. We've been doing four episodes. Four episodes of the New Zealand version of the chase we're doing it in Australia with Australian chasers

yeah I imagine they'll have a New Zealand host I imagine but if you want to go and do it you have to pay your own way

and then instead of winning prize money you have to pretend you've won prize money I don't know about that and act like you've won the prize money

I reckon they won't have any trouble getting I mean I reckon they're about one in three or one in four Kiwis watch the chase I mean if won't have any trouble getting I mean yeah I reckon they're about one in three or one in four Kiwis watch the chase I mean if you're

going over there anyway for holiday do the chase I mean the other option is you just get Australians on there but they put on New Zealand accents

that's true good eye mate alrighty well she has not paid for any flights or accommodation to get here this morning producer Ellie

welcome back our quiz queen from the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Maybe we could fly over there, see how we would go on the chase. I don't think we'll go that well. Yeah, don't waste your money. Rude.

All right, question number one. What US rock band was formed in Atlanta in 1984 by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson? Oh, that's the Black Crows. Correct, Jono. Well done. I've never even heard of them. Good to know.

You would know some songs. Okay. All right, question number two. What actor stars in the films The Descendants, Gravity, Up in the Air and Solaris? Is it Brad Pitt, Bill Murray or George Clooney? George Clooney. That is correct, Megan. Well done.

Well done, guys. Here we go. We're on a roll. Book the flights to Aussie. What is the name of the pub frequented by the characters in the TV soap opera Coronation Street? Rovers. Rovers Inn, is it?

Rovers Return, is it? That is correct. Well done, guys. It's the landlady, Jack. They spend an extraordinary amount of time in the pub. Oh, do they? I don't know. All right, question number four.

More British soap operas. The British soap opera EastEnders Is set in which Fictional London borough Is it Redfield Harlingborough Or Walford Oh jeez Is this the one

The Mad Butcher really loves Is he Nah he's Emmerdale Farm Oh jeez The Mad Butcher loves Emmerdale Farm He does It's even more niche

He does He loves it He hasn't missed an episode Of Emmerdale Farm Yeah It's not going to help us Right now Okay I reckon We use this as our lifeline.

I tell you, Fiona, our British lifeline, she will be through in a matter of seconds on the text, 4487. Yeah, 4487, if you think you know. Yep, she's text. Okay, what's the answer? Walford? That is correct. There we go.

Thank you, Fiona. I have to throw it out there. Okay, this one we might have to throw out there. Okay, next question. All right, question number five. For what sport is Joe Montana famous? Oh, he you, Fiona. I have to throw it out there. Okay, this one we might have to throw out there. Okay, next question. All right, question number five. For what sport is Joe Montana famous? Oh, it's football.

Yeah, American football. That is correct. Well done. All right, we've got one more question to go to the break. Yay. Okay, number six. Sax. Of which British heavy metal band is Bruce Dickinson the lead singer? Oh, that is correct.

Well done. Sure though. Are we up to eight? This is seven. Seven. Yeah. In Greek mythology, who was the god of the sea? Neptune, Poseidon, or Helios?

It's Neptune, isn't it? No, it's Poseidon. Poseidon. Poseidon. Yeah, it is Poseidon. It is Poseidon. It is Poseidon. Well done.

Thank goodness. Wait, are we going to the race? It's in that song from the Lonely Island, I'm on a boat. I know that one, you know. Don't you ever forget it. I got a note called the Bashmina Afghan. Okay, carry on. Okay, question eight.

In what year did the Sydney Opera House open to the public? Was it 1973, 1963 or 1983? And that's where we'll pause. Yeah, good idea. Jono, Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Do that to him.

No, he does not like that. He doesn't like it when you say his name to him. Yeah. How do you interview him then? Do you just go? Well, you know, it goes, Jason Derulo. We interviewed him quite intoxicated. That was the gag.

That was the gag. It was like. Maybe you're the reason he doesn't like it anymore. But that was, we'd organise it through the record company. We're like, we want to do these sort of intoxicated interviews. We won't drink during the interview, but we'll turn up, you know, drunk. Is that cool? And they're like, yeah, absolutely.

He's all on board. Then just before going in there they were like hey he doesn't know about this maybe don't say you've been drinking we're like whoa jono was quite well yeah it was like it was very hard to pull it back i was like the sober guy at the you know trying to talk slowly jono's off the thing it was where is this interview at the end it was very funny there was some very funny moments and stuff but geez it was like one of those things where, what, but that's the whole point. We've been drinking for hours. I don't think Derulo noticed.

No, he definitely noticed. That's definitely what every drunk person says. No, I noticed. All right, here we go. He was being trying to get his sober mate into a bar. That was kind of, you know. He's like, he's going to go. I'm going to get my mate into a bar, yeah, yeah.

All right. I was just saying, he's got a car wash company now, Derulo. $2 billion it's worth. Wow. $2 billion it's worth. Wow. $2 billion. That is so random. People need to wash their cars. Yeah, that's true.

Is that? Yeah, okay. Are they washing money or are they washing cars? They're washing cars, mate. Okay, we're at the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We're trying to get 10 out of 10 with your help. We've done really well so far today. You have.

You're up to question number eight, and the question was, in what year did the Sydney Opera House open to the public? Was it 1963, 1973 or 1983? Feels like an 83 thing to me. Oh Ben and I were saying surely

it's before 83. Yeah I was thinking that I'd kind of ruled out 83 but anyway. Feels like it's been a lot longer than that.

John was deep diving into Rulo's car wash. Yeah sorry. Do you know what he does on the car wash? So it's a subscription-based model. So you pay a monthly fee anyway.

Wow, interesting. I was going 63 or 73. Megan, you were 63, 73. I thought 73. I just went middle of the road because I didn't think it was 83. I reckon it's before 83. I'm going to go on a limb on that. So I'm happy to go with you.

73. Okay. Lock it in. That is correct. Oh, God. Thank you for not. Lock it in. That is correct. Well done. Thank you for not listening to me. Bottom of my heart. All right, question number nine.

Mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. Is a famous line from what movie? Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump. I was waiting for the twist. Was it written by who or something? No, just what was the movie?

It was Forrest Gump. Well done Question number 10 What was the name of the first dog In space Was it Bonzo, Laika Or Vladimir I think it was Vladimir

Wasn't it the Russians sent the dog up Bonzo sounded familiar to me Did it It wasn't neither of those Bonzo sounded familiar to me Did it? Yeah Did it? I was going to say neither of those Okay Say them again

So Bonzo Laika Or Laika And Vladimir Do you know I don't know I would bring the vibes down But I don't think things worked out that well

For the dog Oh really You know how those people were up there for nine months Well they didn't do that for the dog Yeah Why did they send the dog up? Exactly Exactly Yeah It's not like the dog could report back On what was people were up there for nine months? Well, they didn't do that for the dog. Why did they send the dog up? Exactly, exactly. It's not like the dog could report back on what was going on up there.

They'd be so lonely. They need somebody. Yeah, every year is like seven years. You know how long it is for the dog, too. God, we've really brought it down at the end. Yeah, sorry. Okay. I don't think it's Vladimir.

Okay. I thought the Russians sent him up. I actually don't know any other context. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a Russian thing. But I might be wrong. I don't hang on okay I thought did the Russians send them up I actually don't know any other context yeah I'm pretty sure it was a Russian thing but I might be wrong but I feel like

it's one of the first twos I don't know Bonzo let's lock in the what did you say Bonzo Bonzo

yeah Bonzo that is incorrect oh god it was like it yeah I don't like it I don't know how to say it