Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: The long‑awaited fridge peeling ceremony

Episode Date: April 23, 2026

On today’s show:  Today is a very big day! It’s the official peeling of the plastic off Megan’s fridge! Megan claims her house is only “20 minutes away” from anywhere. Ben puts it to the test by leaving during the first break… and yes, it took him 20 minutes from his house. Producer Troy warms up his trumpet skills for the grand opening of Megan’s fridge. We officially peel the plastic off Megan’s fridge...  the most satisfying sound! We ask listeners where they were when the great peeling of 2026 happened. Jono and Ben look through Megan’s perfectly organised pantry… Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better tea. Hey, welcome to the podcast. We're in Megan's house at the moment. We've been here and you'll hear it on the podcast to take the plastic off the fridge. It's been there for five years on Megan's fridge. The protective plastic.

We've got to take it off on the podcast now right now. Megan's going down to the... She's a checking the range. Oh, it's a bit sketchy, isn't it? No, we can still hear you. Oh, I'm in my wardrobe. Like, if you think of like the union, Union Jack and you've got the middle bits and then it goes off to the sides, you know,

like in different angles. That's what Megan's house is like. You've got the west wing, you've got the north wing, you've got the south wing. Right now we're in the centre of the Union Jack, but then you can go out into the region. So that way it's Megan's gone and it's gone too far out of range. No, you can still hear me, right? Come out of the closet, Megan. So you're going to go show your wardrobe, but you've colour-coded your wardrobe.

Oh, well, you guys got jazzed about the, what do you call it? Organised pantry. You are very organized. You'll hear about that in the show. But, yeah, all labels facing in the same direction, your spices and herb range, really. One of the marvels, one of the world's wonders, looking at that pantry.

But, yeah, then you said your closet or your cupboards just as organized, color-coded. My wardrobe is color-coded. Do you live in this house? Yeah, why? That's what people living here. Like, it's all the show-ho. The rippings on the fridge.

The pantry looks like it's never been touched. Is this like a house you just come? to pop over you're like you know we live here and then at some stage the people are going to come home and i did a photo shoot here once and they said oh um have you got anything we can put out it looks a bit bare there's no photos of you or anyone up there the people we know so i'm worried that you know we're just someone else's random's house you know when you buy the frames it's got that family in there yeah okay we'll go to your closet okay uh i don't know where i'm walking sorry we just go down the hallway uh uh wonder i used i used the kid's bathroom before and i uh i uh i i i used the kids bathroom before and i uh

I got some points on Iyer's toilet chart as well. Did you sit on the little potty? I did. It all did what it was meant to do, so I'll give us out the start. I think I might have gone too far out of range that right? Yeah. No, we're back in range. Yeah, I think so.

Oh, there's Leo. He's on my bed. Oh, Leo, the dog. That's not just someone that's come over. Oh, no. Oh, no. Leo, my dog. Poor boy, Leo.

Okay, oh, it is colour-coded. I see. But not just like reds, blacks, greens or whatever. but it just kind of all blends into a nice palette. Is that how you've organised this? Yeah. Yeah. This is like a chemist warehouse in here for Andrew's Cologne too.

Look at your husband. Jeez, I mean it, look. Because it's like that scene off Anchorman, you know, when they open up the cover to Sex Panther and things. Yeah. We're getting an insight into like this way, yeah. Just foscing around someone else's house. Quite interesting, isn't it?

Yeah. Well, yeah, it's your house. Yeah, yeah. Andrew, you smell. No wonder he smells lovely. Yeah, your husband. Can we go to the pump house? Oh, okay, yeah.

Will we have range in the pump house? I'll stay up here and just in case you don't, because I've been down to check that out. That's in the garage right now. That's like a weight bench. Got a whole lot of weights in there. Oh, lovely, yeah. It's got the Pappas Pump House on the wall in a neon light.

Neon light. And you're running a bike and a bit of a bench press operation there. How much you're lifting, Megan? I don't actually use it. Because, you know, I do Pilates at the gym. So this just sits here. This is just that. I don't know what Andrew.

I don't ask him, what are your bench, bra? 90% of gym equipment that enters your suburban household eventually ends up sitting there gathering dust. That's a bone of contention. Yeah, anyway, well, that's... That's the tour of. That's a little inside, and Megan slash someone's show home. I'm not sure.

We might be in a genuine home. Half expecting Simon Barnett to sort of pop up and do one of his ads. Yeah, no, I'm hiding him in the other room. So what he's doing? He's hiding in the other room. All right, enjoy the podcast. It's a big one. It's a history was made today.

Enjoy it. Hello, good morning. We are live from my house. Jono, Megan and No, Ben. No, Ben, he's messaged us and said he's got a little surprise for us. He wants to come on the radio next to announce that. Oh, God. On this auspicious occasion, we're peeling the security sticker off Megan's fridge this morning. What a day.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. We are currently live from my house. Your second lounge. It was just Jono and I. in the second lounge. Having a great time here.

What an auspicious occasion today. History about to be made, Megan Pappas. We'll be talking about this for 20 years to come, peeling the sticker off your fridge, which you've had on there for four years. Yeah. Have you had a little reiki? Have you checked it out?

I have checked it out, and it's even worse than I remember. So we'll be removing that later on today. That's primetime content, though. But Ben, he texted us, and he said, listen, I've got a surprise for you. Just put me on air at... You know, just after six, and I'll reveal all.

Welcome, Ben Boyce. Good morning, guys. How's things this morning? I feel like I'm missing out. Where are you? Well, I'm sitting outside my house, Megan, in the car, in the rain. I feel a bit weird sitting in the street. But, Megan, you always bang on about how your place is not that far.

We give you grief that we need a pass for. We need, you know, carry-on luggage and stuff. You're like, it's 20 minutes. It's 20 minutes. So this morning, Megan, you're going to start the time. I'm going to drive, and I'm going to see if I can get there, keeping to the speed limit in 20 minutes. That is a wonderful test.

You thought Artemis was going to be the most talked about journey this year? I feel like I'm exploring. I feel like I'm going further than Artemis, you know, further than those astronauts. You are such a pain in the ass. You know what? To prove a point, you know? Megan has always consistently publicly said, that's 20 minutes from anywhere, 20 minutes from anywhere.

Because we tried to get the mayor out here to cut the ribbon. He's like, I can't go out that far. You know? Excuse me, we're part of the super city. I drove out and the motorway ends. The motorway is like, well, I've done all I can do. You literally get to the end of the motorway. You do, you do.

Motorways, I've run out of enthusiasm for this journey. Yeah, I mean, as soon as you get the boys to men at the end of the road, you're just going, right? You know, they take the holes on. Yeah. So when you say keeping to the speed limit, that includes not going under the speed limit, okay? Yeah, yes, Megan. I will not drive like Liam Lawson.

I won't go too quick, but I will keep to the speed. And I'll do it legit. I'll do it legit. At the moment, I'm looking in the map that says 21 minutes past this. So I might be okay. All right. I can tell Megan's getting a little nervous. She's wanting you consistently sick to the speed limit.

Okay, it's down to the wire. There's 20 minutes. Now, is anything over 20 minutes? Like if you are 21, 22 minutes, are we calling her fake news? Oh no, Swedish rounding. Hello, if it's 21, we round down. We're incorporated the Swedish rounding system as well. Okay.

All right, so when we're officially starting, we're counting you down now? Okay, yeah, I'm about to head out. You ready? You ready to go? Okay, yeah. Three, two, one. Go. Here he's off.

Here I go. Lights out, and the way we go. Okay, it's 10 past 6 right now. Follow this journey. We are going to get to the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Probably with Ben still in the car. We'll get to that next. John O'Benn and Megan.

The podcast. We're broadcasting live from my house this morning for the bridge pealing ceremony. Big unveiling, yeah. I'm in my tuxedo. I feel like I've overdressed because you're just in a pair of track pads. Hey, I can get changed. It's my house. She's a West Auckland weed dealer.

this morning. But we have been also following a journey of one brave man, a brave soul, who has set out this morning to try and... And prove me wrong. You've always said your house is 20 minutes away from anything. We've said it's always 20 years away

from anything. And Ben left his house just after 6 o'clock this morning and... He needed to time it to prove me right or wrong. Now where are we now, Ben, Boyce? Oh, guys, the things I've seen, I'll tell my kids. and they'll tell their kids about some of the adventures that we've had.

An incredible journey. Step aside Frodo, step aside Sir Edmund Hillary. I feel like I might be close, but I'm not entirely sure. Hang on. Can I just do? Oh, he's knocking on the door. He's knocking on the door. Leo's cracking off the dogs.

Hi, do you speak English? Well done, Ben. Hi. Welcome. Welcome, grab a microphone. He's dressed in his tuxedo bowtie. You look like you've seen some stuff. Oh, the things I've seen, guys.

You'll never believe. The people, the civilisations, the amazing places on the way here, but I made it. Now, me getting in all honesty, at this time of the morning, around about 20 minutes. Okay, well done, baby. Well, we'll quit the gags. Yeah, but during the day, I would say hours to days. Are you excited? Are we all excited about the fridge unveiling?

Oh, you need to go. Yeah, take a look at it. It's even worse than you remember, buddy. Oh, my goodness. It's fraying on all four corners, the sticker. Just flick some of the plastic to the microphone. Just give it a wee. Yeah, it's a sticker that's been on there for four years.

For protection purposes, Megan. Yes, for my little kids. They're five and three now, so, you know, potentially the fridge will be okay. Do the kids know what sort of fridge they've grown up with? I reckon that's going to change your childhood. You've shaped some... Just been out there, ask Bastion if he... if he knows like the, what's going on with that fridge.

Has he seen a normal fridge in his lifetime? Basty, do you like the fridge with its peel? Oh, yeah. You do like it. Do you mind if we take it off today? Oh, yeah. He's very agreeable, isn't he? Hey, can your mum give me a hundred bucks?

Yes. Great, yeah, there you go. Some champagne, kid question and answer session from me. High risk high reward going to kids, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. I think I know the answer to a lot of those questions. I was going to ask. Anyway, it's going to be a fun morning.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. The hits. Very big day today. We're going to take the fridge, the rapper, the protective rapper, off Megan's fridge. It's very exciting. It's happening just after 8 this morning. Yeah, and producer Troy, God bless his soul.

He's really turned this occasion into a memorable affair by creating a soundtrack. for the event Megan. Oh, okay, wonderful. Like something you sang? Yeah. There's a bit of bono contention because producer Troy, he can sing, but also Megan's husband

is more of a professional singer. So every time we're like, oh, we should get something sung for the show. Troy puts up his hand, and Megan's like, oh no, Andrew could do it. No, no, you guys say that. You say that. I've never sass.

Troy. No, there was a bit of sass. There was a bit of sass. A little bit of sass. I mean, hey, Troy, where'd you come on to X Factor again? I didn't make it. He auditioned, though. That's the main thing, right?

Troy, Troy, were you in a boy band that went over to America? No, Andrew, Andrew was. Okay, Andrew was, okay. But anyway, we'll see, well, we can all judge the quality of this. Poor Troy. It's really good. Let's play a couple now, and then if you like it, we'll play some more later. So what's your new single here, Troy, today?

What do you like to play? Well, upon trying to come up with some soundtrack that I've found, there's so many songs that rhyme with peel or fridge. Oh, okay. So I've turned some of the world's favorite songs into fridge-related parodies. Grace, can we play number one, please. Man, I peel like a fridge. Famously by Shana Twain, but Man, I Peel Like a Fridge.

Yeah, I like that. And another great hit, made famous by Aretha Franklin, but parodied by me. You made me feel. They'll make me feel like a refrigerator. They're very good. They're very good. And I love the fact that he paid homage to the original artist. Because they'll be like, oh, like our royalties, thank you.

I don't think they want any association with him. French bangers. We've got more of those coming up to see them. Refuretorator. As well, I'm like, what's he going to do with the actual woman? Well, he did a good thing there. We are coming live from me. estate this morning peeling the security sticker off the fridge.

That's happening prime time stuff there being 8.30. I don't know if you can hear me over here in the West Wing about five kilometres away, my friend. I can hear you, but I can't see you. Okay, listen, I'm over here in the kitchen, the morning madness. Megan, for some reason, has put pressure on herself to make everyone breakfast. It's not, yeah, okay. It's a bit harder than I thought it would be with the kids. Not just make breakfast.

Make the buns from scratch. Oh, no, Megan, come on. Oh, that was the least of my issues, because I did that before you got here. So, and Andrew, her husband, we've woken him up early. He's in a musical at the moment. He didn't get home to like 12 o'clock last night. Iyer, you're looking forward to the sticker coming off the fridge? Great chap.

Great chap. Great chat. Electric chemistry between I and me. Well, we are looking forward to it's happening after 8 o'clock today. We're going to peel the protective wrapper off the fridge. We wanted to, you know, make it a big deal. We're here this morning. We're in tuxedos.

And producer Troy, you were like, well, let's get a ribbon. We need to cut a ribbon to open up the fridge. That's what you do in these big events. A big ceremonial ribbon, yeah. Like I've made it pink. I love that. I got it to say that. It's Megan's fridge peeling ceremony.

You ordered it from Christchurch where apparently that's the epicenter of celebratory ribbons. It's the first thing that came up on Google. And they do the NZTA when they open a road. They'll make a ribbon for NZTTA to cut it. Well, they've got a new stadium of Christchurch today, you know. so hopefully we haven't taken them all way from that. Yeah, exactly. It's very good quality.

Like, I would have just got a reel from, like, you know, the $2 shop or something, but you've gone all right. It's like sash quality, like beauty pageant sash. You put that on a miss world. You could wrap that around a miss world. And I just wanted, like, enough to just cover the front of the fridge so we could just tape it to either side, cut through the middle, and then to clear the fridge open.

So what are we talking, a meter at most? A meter, maybe two. Yeah. And I got the order form, and it said, 100 millimeters times 10. And I was like, okay, that looks fine. Order. It was $170.

And I was like, geez, these guys are the best. You've got to pay for it. No, wonder. I didn't know the price. I wonder the bosses were, pissed. Oh, I see why. You want the good quality stuff? You got to spend money to make money.

Well, yeah. You want to wrap this round of Miss World. She can't end up with a rash, you know, with a lesser quality material. There was nothing in you that thought to question $170 for a metre of ribbon. No, look, John O'Benna, you want a ribbon? No, we have a fantastic ribbon. Nothing, it's brilliant, but there's a lot of it. So what actually arrived was that 10 didn't stand for millimeters or centimeters that stood for meters.

So I've got 10 meters of this pink ribbon. Okay, so we're not going to use it all. Even with cutting the ribbon, we're not going to use it all. So we thought this morning, why don't we give some of it away? So if you want some of this ribbon and we've got a lot to give away. You just need to tell us what events you're using it for. Could it be the opening of a netball club?

Do you have 922 presents to wrap ribbons on? Are you holding a Miss World competition? You know? What about if you change the duvet on your bed? That's great. Put it across the door. Exactly. Anything that you want opened or celebrated,

you just call us, 0800 the hits. And we'll give you a piece of this 10 metres. of ribbon that we have. You can request how much you need. How many metres do you need? Well, I've only got ten. Less than probably eight. Okay. And we're just having a message from our CEO, Michael Bowles, he said, can you

meet me at 1030 and bring a representative? John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Broadcasting live from Megan's house this morning. Not sure the area code, what part of New Zealand we've travelled to. We've travelled a long way, but we're here. Just tell our families that we love them.

no Megan we're here for a really big occasion to take to remove something that's been with you for four years yeah yeah it is I guess it's a big occasion the free the the the peel is coming off my fridge well no it been pointed this out before I mean there's two of us who believe this is a big occasion we've turned up in tuxedo you're wearing track pets well it was all like I like I almost stayed in my pajamas because I only had to roll out a bed today If there was a visual representation of who thought this occasion was important, well, you can look at it right now. And producer Troy, bless him, he's gone to the next level for us as well. He has ordered some ribbon so we can cut the ribbon today,

but a slight over-ordering of the ribbon, you might say? Well, that measurements weren't clear in his defence, but he has ordered 10 metres. $170 should have been clearly, right? Yeah, it's got $170 for a ribbon, although it is bespoke. It does say Megan's something for it. So you don't really use it once in some ways.

But anyway, that's fine. But we want to know, we're a cycle. Save the Planet. What do you want the ribbon for? Yeah, $170. The radio is just keeping its head above water, buddy. What sunk radio? Oh, one day this got ordered 10 metres of ribbon, and that was the end of radio.

All right, we're going to go to the phone, see if you got an event, a celebration or whatever that you need this ribbon for. Kirsty, happy new year to you. To get you on, Kirsty. Lovely to have you on. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Up in here. And to you, my friend.

Okay, you tell us how many metres of ribbon you'd like and what you're going to use it for. I need about 12 metres of ribbon. I've got three boys. I've got a one and a half, a five and a seven. The one and a half keeps taking for anything. My cell phone has even taken and throwing it in the toilet or the rubbish bin, the remote. Everything in the rubbish bin. The five-year-old is obsessed with basketballs, takes the basketballs inside, bounces in the

the walls. The seven-year-olds, okay, but constantly trying to get his device. So I need to type these kids. They're always on holiday. I was like, where are we going? We were all like, what do you need the river for? You want 12 metres of it. That's going to cost us another $170. We'll send you out some, right? Yeah. We'll at least send you enough to tie up two of your kids. I need three.

Sorry, the basketball ones. He's going to be loose. Oh, that was really good, really good, Kirstie. be a cool. I think we're all going, where is Kirstie heading with this? Lisa number one, we've got two leases to go to. Lisa number one, welcome to the show. Good morning, how are you? What's an auspicious occasion? Would you like some of this 10 metres of celebratory ribbon for? We are actually making ugly dolls in my class at school. My juniors are making it from scratch so they have to design their pattern and all that. So some of the girls have actually got

ribbons on their ugly dolls, so I need some for that because I don't have any. Okay. Worthy course. How much, how much we're looking at? One, two metres. How much do you need? Three meters, please. Sold.

Okay. That'll be $700. And let's go one more. The other, Lisa. Good morning to you. What do you want to, what are you on this ribbon for, Lee? Good morning. Happy morning.

Happy new year. Happy new year. I'd like the ribbon for my door. I'd like the ribbon for my door. Stop. Stop, John. No, you carry on, Lisa. You stop, John.

Thank you. Go, Lisa, please. I like the ribbon for my daughter. She's graduating today from Elite Beauty School, so two-year course, and her favourite colour is pink. Oh, that's beautiful.

Congratulations to her. That's awesome. Yes. So what, you're... One or two metres. Lisa, what do you want? I think probably maybe one meter, and it's for Savannah Brown.

Yeah, it feels like one meter. is sufficient for any celebration joy that's what you think right wouldn't you John O'Benn and Megan The podcast The Hats It's a big day in Christchish today Takaha 1 New Zealand Stadium is being

opened today and we don't want to take the shine off that amazing stadium with the fridge unveiling that's going to be happening around about 830 this morning I know at the half time show they're going to have the wonderful Scribe performing you couldn't have probably picked a better artist to christen the new Canterbury

Stadium and we have our own musical artist here today who is going to be celebrating the peeling of the fridge. Just as much street cred as Scribe, it's producer Troy. Now, producer Troy, basically, you've made a series of fridge-themed songs, which we appreciate you doing. We've highlighted some of them already this morning. Would you like to present the next batch? Yeah, I would.

I did mention before, so many songs have the word feel in it that rhymes with peel or bridge that rhymes with fridge. So it was really easy pickings yesterday. Here's another one. My dad, were you loving that one, a bit of Simon and Garfunkel. I was like, who was this? Back you, Ben. Many car trips I've been listening to that cassette, mate.

Oh, now, Troy, also, that's one of your musical talents, but also, you can work your way, you can work your mouth around a trumpet, can't you? He can. Ten years ago, I played the trumpet, yeah. And he's going to be doing the celebratory trumpet performance today. You know, you are like, well, I don't know if the trumpet's rusty, been a little bit rusty, you know, you haven't played it too much of late, right? I played it once in the last 10 years, and that was at our end of year show at Snow Planet last year.

That's right. Now, you said the conditions were working against you inside the snowy cold conditions, and that apparently affects the trumpet. It does. What are you going to blame it on today inside my house? Room temperature? Yeah. Yeah, no, I think at prime conditions today, and I've got the sheep music, and I've learnt the 20th century fox. A little teaser.

Oh, yeah, because yesterday you picked it up. from the wonderful people at the rock shop, KB, who learned the trumpet today, and they made you play some of it in the store. He left the trumpet in front of me while he went to the cash register to sort of some admin out, and he goes, just play around, have some fun, warm it up, you know, don't feel shy. In front of people? In front of paying customers. And he's like, don't worry about the noise, just go for it, mate.

And so I packed it up and just, br-h-h-h-ha-R-R. They were testing your credentials. You know, KB is like, we're not handing out our trumpets to somebody, too, but... He did say he goes, after I played, it takes about two weeks to get the hang of it again. All right, so a quick, a quick taster before we head to the news. Not stop there, that's enough. That's not bad.

That was better than I thought. Well, we're hearing the same thing. What? That was better than a snow performance. Snow performance. It's a bit cold in this room, right? It's a bit cold. He's doing him a disservice by telling him that was good.

Different times I'm here, too. It's like when your mom says, You're a good singer. Oh, John O'Bennon and Megan. The podcast. The Hats. Today, we are here gathered.

It's Megan's Fuddy for the removal of the protective seal that has lived on our fridge for four years. And it has irritated us to no end every time we've come to this house. We haven't come out very often. But every time we're here, we're like, oh, geez. You complain. You can't. You sit there and you complain about my fridge. Yeah, protective, you know, I get it.

But it's all started to get all sort of ratty and, you know, at the ends. It's bubbled and lifted. and curled over and... Yeah, so the removal, the ceremonious removal of the peel is going to be happening in about 20 minutes' time. You do not want to miss this. This will be one of those occasions,

Zana, where were you when? Yeah, it won't it? And you'll want to be here for this because they'll be talking about it for years to come. Well, and you have made me nervous because in the lead-up, you've questioned now whether the peel will actually come off. And one bit, will it take the skin off the fridge?

And that thing, too, when you peel... It's going to come out like a newborn in your fridge and gasping for air. But sometimes when you peel stuff off, it leaves the sticky adhesive on the surface too, which is that's another concern. And maybe, you know, it's had a bit more sunlight in the bits that have been, you know, they're not under the... You know, all things could go wrong. Should we do a wee test peel right now? Please do, beg, because there's so much tension associated with this moment that we don't want to be disappointed. We don't want to let down the hordes of audience members who are...

Oh, Megan's come to watch. Okay, so I'm going to just take this... Just flick that curly bit. All four corners have peeled back. We'll get a picture of this and put it up on the hits breakfast for you. Oh! That's a clean peal. Oh, that was aggressive.

That is clean. Why would you do it like that? It's like you're waxing. That's going to come off like a three-week-old scab. That's going to be beautifully, beautiful clean peel. It's all right. Began's worried. You look concerned.

I don't know why you did it like that. It really gave me a fright. Sorry, I've never done. I'll just test the bottom one here just to see what that is. You're not like waxing something. Oh, yeah. No, that's going to be great. Right.

Yeah, no, don't you worry. Conditions are perfect. It's good conditions, good conditions. The pill, it's happening 8.30 this morning. But we wanted to play a little game with you right now. You give us a call, 0,800 the hits, and you tell us three items in your fridge. Yeah, fridge bingo. Okay, you just named three items in your fridge.

If they match up with three items in Megan's fridge, we're going to give you a special limited edition, money can't buy refrigerator magnet. Over to you, producer Troy, who's just shoving a bacon bun into his mouth. Yes, we've designed five magnets, limited, very limited edition and they say, this fridge is officially certified peeled

by John O'Ben and Megan. Great, and we've got some supermarket vouchers to give away as well. But can I, I'm going to rule out milk, butter, cheese, you know, some of the staple stuff. Let's go some exotic items. Like, you know, a beetroot chutney, I'd like to chuck that into the mix. Have we got a beetroot chutney in the fridge? Well, I don't know, Megan, have you got a beetroot chutney in the fridge?

You've got chutneys I saw before. Did you go into the fridge? May I'll be too deep inside the fridge. Yeah, there's beetroot chutney. Well, does beetroot relish? Yes, you've got a beetroot relish. Okay. I'm going to chuck this out.

Not everyone has one of these. Annie Pryor, a big fan. Not me, myself, but a marmalade. Are we running a marmalade in the fridge? Well, Megan, there's a lot of the sort of jams and stuff up on top left. See, I know my way around your fridge now. Yeah, you do. Have you got a marmalade?

Oh, she does too. Oh, she does. Breakfast marmalade. Yeah, none of that sweet stuff. It's a real bitter one. Has she got a tiny pretentious jar of a fig-based something. Oh, dick. Yeah, yeah.

You've been in my fridge. The tiniest of pretentious charge. You would have looked. Feet-paste. Yeah. What a white. What a weird. John O'Benn and Miga hats.

Yeah, we're very excited about this. This is something that John O' and I have been wanting to do for a long, long time. Every time we come to Megan's house, we're like, oh, the plastic protective wrap is still on the fridge. And it's starting to get all sort of frayed and ratty at the end. It's... It is. Yeah. It makes our heart sad to even look at that fridge.

So we're here today for... And I'm peeling. Good Thank you Producer Troy Oh is that Michael Booblay I'm not sure Yeah I don't know

Okay so it's a very Aspicious occasion We're in tuxitos Megan you're in a fridge costume Thanks Ben And the doors actually open on the fridge If you reveal the items in your fridge Like a flashing of produce and meats

Resting on shelves So look at those watermelons I feel like this is some weird fantasy event Has your wife been wearing this? Put on the refrigerator. Please. Okay, so we've got a wonderful ribbon, $170.70.

Let's not talk too much about how much it cost us in the company. 10 metres of ribbon. Missordered ribbon. Hey, it's good quality. And it says on the pink ribbon, Megan's fridge peeling ceremony. Megan, it feels like you should do the honors of cutting the ribbon. Yes, the day has arrived. Do I peel and then cut?

Now, cut the ribbon. We've got to order to the ceremony. What is wrong with you? Why would you peel, then cut a ribbon? Well no, because I peel it so it's ready and then I'm like, it's open. Oh, I see what you're... Oh, okay. We've got an order.

We discussed this before, so let's just stick to it. Okay, so Megan, you're going to cut the ribbon and it feels like a birth is about to happen. A royal birth. Here it is. It doesn't, but yeah. We're cutting the... Oh, she's good. And officially...

Yes, the ribbon has been cut. Okay. Open for business fireworks, gracing the screen of the television in the lounge time. 12 hours of it on YouTube, but now we're going to go around to our... Trumpet extraordinaire, producer Troy, for the official trumpet performance. Stop laughing.

Stop laughing. Stop laughing. Okay, here we go. Take it away, Troy. Thank you to the Rock Shop at KB for loading us that. You say that trumpet for that. It was worth it. It was worth it.

Okay, now the time has come for the official peeling ceremony. Final words, final words? Thank you for your service. I hope that you don't feel naked under here. My hand was forced, but I think you're going to look gorgeous. Okay, here it is. The first time we've seen the fridge without the... Megan Pappas, using her red fingernailed fingers to remove the plastic fridge.

It's not coming off clean. It's not as easy as I thought. It is wrapped around the inside of the door, which doesn't give it a good yank. It's quite stuck on there. Satisfying. I'm going to help. So satisfying. I remember when Kylie Genese said she had had no surgery on her face,

and she came out looking magnificent. Look at this fridge. I just wad myself in the head with the freezer door. So satisfying. There we go. Is it as good as you anticipated that feeling? Better. Better.

Look how good this looks. Okay, this is amazing. Oh, 800 of the hits. Four for eight, seven. This is history. Where were you? Where were you when history was made right now? Let's not forget this moment.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. Oh, what a day. We've taken the protective wrapping the peel off Megan's fridge. It's been there for five years, really irking us. Megan, you've done it for protective reasons, obviously, but it seems like... God, it doesn't she look good now? Brand new. We're at Megan's house this morning. Megan, do you want to take the last little bit? We've left it for you right now. This is it. This is off there. You know, you're operating with a quad-door fridge here, so there were four big doors worth of peel to remove. Ready?

Here go. Go. Oh, that's satisfying. so satisfying. Please, if I do it again, please don't make that sound. A little bit down the bottom, a little bit down, a little bit more. Is that last bit? Last bit, last bit, yeah. Oh, yeah, that's it.

That's it. And I'm going to put on now, thanks to the sticker guy, sticker guy. Dotcoe. We've got some magnets that we're made. Bespoke magnets. You can make fridge magnets from the sticker guy. It says this fridge is officially certified as peeled by Jono, Ben, and Megan from the Hits.

We've got some of those to give away right now, thanks to the sticker guy and some supermarket vouchers. Yeah, well done, Ben. and even managed to turn the ceremony into a revenue gathering opportunity. Thank you so much. He's always thinking of business. The ceremony brought you by sticker guy, guys. Now, a lot of people have been messaging in 4-4-8-7, Megan,

with some wonderful heartwarming messages. Oh, thank you. Yeah, just of where people were when history was made this morning. You remember these moments, though, right? Why does it feel like I burst the fridge? Kim Fowler, Kim Fowler. I was on a work-Zoom meeting when fridge history was made. Megan, thank you for being so brave.

You're welcome. Thank you so much, Kim. Megan's in a fridge costume here, but you did well. He did great. Sarah, I was in the bathroom doing my hair for work. I got the JBL speaker in there just so I didn't miss the auspicious occasion. So satisfying and worth it. Thank you so much.

Julie, I was at Z, fueling up when you fridged. Thank you so much. I did it drug-free too. All-natural, unpealing. I was like, okay. I was a good. Yeah, I was thinking, no. I was like, epigurals to the sit-show.

Oh, I see. Yeah. I was like, no one was questioning if you're on drugs at all. You didn't really have to throw yourself. Now that's all I am questioning. I'm comparing it to her bird. What's you like every other day? I don't know.

But right now, let's go to the phones. I went under the hats. Let's go through. Where were you when the fridge got peeled? Andrea, welcome to history. It's lovely to have you on the show. Hi. Hi.

Talk to us. Where, Andrea, where were you? I just dropped my daughter off at school when I'm sitting in the garage, thinking about my TV that still has the plastic on it from when I bought it in 2021. Today could be the day. Do you need us to come over?

Today could be the day, Andrea. Andrea. Let me talk you through it. I. Oh, you're going to hear it for us. Peel it, Andrea. Oh, my God, peel it. It feels good.

There you go. She's doing it. Andrea, this is a double peeling serum. We do you get two peels. It's a peeling, do everyone. This is like when someone comes to your wedding and then they propose to their partner. She's upstaged your fruit.

I'm okay, I'm okay with that. Andrew, we're going to figure out a $20 supermarket voucher and one of these magnets as well to put on your friends. Thank you so much. Good on you, yeah, Andrew. It's so weird that we're in my kitchen and you guys are in tuxeders and we're just all pacing around. If anyone walked in on this, it would be a lot of questions. Carol, good morning to you, welcome to history. Lovely to have you on.

Happy New Year. We're going to, Carol. Happy New Year. I'm going home from work. From work. Were you doing the night shift? No, no. I have two clients that I go to early in the morning.

Carol's the one who looks after the elderly people. She couldn't sleep last night. She was so excited about it. That's why she was up and at him this morning as well. Always remember when she was driving. Carol, well done. Thank you so much, a limited edition fridge magnet for you too. Jamie, it's good to have you on.

Welcome to history. Jamie? Oh, hi, sorry. James. No, so it's a little overwhelming, I understand. It's a lot to take in this morning. A lot to get your head around. Where were you when the fridge was?

unveiled, peeled. I just did my supermarket shopping and I've been waiting for this all week too and just the sound of that coming off the fridge off that's like so satisfying. I won't forget it, I won't forget it. How did you feel about the sound that came out of John Owen's mouth?

Oh, it was great. A bit disturbing. I don't think it's up there with Neil Armstrong's little quote. Okay, and one more. Usually after those noises I'm apologising. And one more really quickly. I think we've got Louise on 0800 the hits Louise

Hello Hi Lou, where were you mate where were you? I'm in Invercargle but I was dropping off my two grandkids at daycare

And the kids The kids will remember that For the rest of their years Won't they? Yep They'll never forget Just agree with me Just agree with me

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