Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Was the Barista Flirting… or Just Being Nice?

Episode Date: October 14, 2025

On today’s show: What was your town’s version of Rainbow’s End? Ben revealed he used to run through pee-filled tunnels in Masterton... Megan debates whether a barista complimenting her vibe and jacket was flirting or just good customer service. The team discusses the awkwardness of communicating with children under ten, especially during their upcoming 24-hour handball fundraiser. Listeners share stories of having difficult or embarrassing names, including celebrity name overlaps and unusual spellings. Paul Ego drops by and shares chaotic travel stories about cast member Josh Thompson. Are enthusiastic recommendations actually just spoilers? Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFAST Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The John O'Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better team. Hey, welcome to the podcast. Great to have you with us. We're talking about pointless jobs, things that you ended up having to do. And I had it the other day. We remember we were filming something for a kids can.

And I was, my wife's dad had passed away. And so I was like, I just, I was a little short on time. And stuff that they hadn't passed away that particular day. But there was a lot of family stuff. And they were like, we'll try and film your stuff, get you out of there early. I'm like, oh, if you can, that'd be great. And then I ended up sitting there waiting for everyone After I'd filmed some stuff

About an hour, I was sitting next year big And then they went, oh, you were done You were done an hour ago To me I was like, oh, that would have been really good It's good to know, 60 minutes ago Johnny, you were on a roof of Eden Park The whole time you were on the roof, I was done apparently

Oh really? Just sitting there waiting I was waiting, I was like, oh well something will be But that's fine Producer Grace also speaking of pointless jobs In our line of work Producer Grace, we got her dressed up in a costume and we did an interview with five

Megan's favourite band when she was a teenager and we had you strapped to a heart rate monitor and we were like full of video it would look visually funny if we had a doctor in the shot so we got you a doctor's coat I got my doctor's coat actually my granddad he was a cricket umpire and he it's his cricket umpiring coat

oh that's so weird yeah I know so yeah I got that so you get that and I was trying to tell a nice story and you're like that it's so weird anyway I was just telling you backstere and a stethoscope for some reason I've got in the props department at home and Yeah, brought that in for you to wear, so you look kind of doctorish. No one believed that Grace was a doctor. I stood there for about 15 minutes of this interview.

Every so often I'd look at Megan's heart rate, and I was like, what are we doing with my life? And I kept like trying to like, I can't stand still, so I was just like moving, and I was like being a distraction. It was the worst 15 minutes of my life. We didn't even reference you. Did we reference you? On the way, through about some minutes, then you go, oh, by the way, this is I produce of Grace.

She's actually a doctor. And I was like, I was like, I want to leave. This is embarrassing. You're right. I was in my head, I was thinking maybe you were going, We're going to say climbing, guys, it's climbing, and we're like, we didn't have a pre-team. No, we should have had a bit of it, yeah.

I was like, can I talk? I love it how you're also. You're a radio producer and the doctor. She's a producer and a doctor. Side hustle, side hustle. But yeah, next time, let's have a team meeting about what we actually want from Grace before we chuck her in a bloody hook for something. Well, we've got someone else where the course keep coming through, actually,

your pointless jobs on our number here at 0800 of the hits. We take one right now on the podcast. Jenny, it's great to have you on. Hi. You did a pointless job. Yes. So I used to be a bartender, and then one Christmas we had a young lady come in body painted as Mrs. Claus. Oh, yeah.

Classic bar bar bar fodder there. So my job was to stand there for three hours, so no dirty old men could touch her. Oh, you were playing sort of your security guard. bodyguards That's on you men Someone had to be hired To make sure that she didn't get touch That's disappointing really

It is When you're like Don't lump us into that category She said dirty old men If the shoe fits If the shoe fits It is a bad That's a shady sign on society

That's on your kind Hopefully that's not happening anymore Well did anyone try and grope Jenny A few Do you? Oh no Really? So it's not that pointless a job.

There was definitely a need for it. You're right, not pointless at all. Oh, yeah. And so what do you have to say? Can you please stop groping the innocent lady who's just doing her job? The sweet, sweet lady. A sweet sweet lady. Pretty much.

Or just hit their hand, one of the two. Good on. Like they were going for some extra chippies on the table. You're like, no. That's disappointing. I'm sorry you had to do that, Jenny. So it wasn't a pointless job in the end. No, you're right.

No, yeah. Well, enjoy. Have a great day, Jenny. Enjoy the podcast. Yes, thank you. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The Hits.

You know, we're talking yesterday and, you know, I was from Marston. You know, Rambo's End was, I could only dream of going to Rambo's End as a good. What would you, what would you see the ads on TV? Oh, yeah. Take you back to the rainbow. And I'll be like, oh, I want to go, you know. Like, it was so far away, Auckland from us. And, you know, yeah.

And we talked about, you know, we're talking about what you were, what was your equivalent? Like, what was the thing in your town or say that you were like, well, hey, we don't have Rambo's end, but we've got this. another attraction. Let's go to... It pales in comparison in Masterton because we had this thing called the tunnels and I showed you yesterday

and that was almost like you'd crawl through it was sort of a concrete structure with all these sort of tunnels and you'd crawl through like a maze of tunnels at the playground at Queen Elizabeth Park in Masteran and that was the big thing. Our family would on a Friday

you'd get fish and chips you'd go along to the tunnels and crawl through the tunnels and at first they were great and then after a while you'd come out smelling of wheeze smelling of wheeze yeah you would smell of wheeze

Yeah, you weren't dismantled wheeze. I was thinking about that when you told me on the way home. I was like, you couldn't find a more inconvenient location to, you know, partake in such activity because you'd have to be lying down sideways, wouldn't you? Oh, you'd crawl through. Crouched down. Oh, so you'd be crouched down on all fours. Yeah, all like lying down, like through the tunnels going through.

Wait, I think you're talking about weeing. Oh, how does that get in there? So that's why I was like, maybe it was the sewer, depending on the wind direction, wasn't the old sewer pipes. Yeah, well, maybe it was. I mean, there was an area in the middle where you'd sort of get to through the maze, so maybe you could stand there so maybe people were standing and peeing back through the tunnels

graffiti syringes you name it it was all there no matter where a tunnel is it always ends up getting used for like dodgy things yeah we even found on a picture online and we put on the hits breakfast as well and everyone's like yep

it looked way cooler than what you described to be fair it looks fun but lots of people going yeah I can remember the urine smell like it was yesterday other people had roller coasters Ben had e coli and a torch

And it's all he needed for a good night out of master this. So where were you from? Where did you grow up? And what was your thing? You were like, hey, we're going to this. And it's not Ramo's End, but it's something like the tunnels. And you said you'd come around the corner and there would just be some sort of rambunctious teenage couple just pash. It's furiously passing.

And then you had to back your way back out in the tunnel. Back in my bum towards my sister. We go back. We got back. We've got a passion. John O'Benn and Megan. The podcast. The hits.

Monday you could be coming to join us at Rainbow's End where they've got a brand new pirate ship Rainbow's Pirateship Pacifica. Bigger, better, it's going to be awesome and you could be on the maiden voyage but we... When you're so Maiden Voyage, is this the test audience? No, sorry, the first one, the first official open public. Affishu. Yeah, it's been tested, safety. Yeah, exactly. Now, but we didn't have Rainbow's End growing up in Master, and I'm sure wherever you grew up, you might not have had anything quite as cool as Rainbow's End. So we wanted to know what was what was the thing that you were like we're going to this you had the suspicious tunnels that you crawl through and come out with memories and a mild infection yeah that was right you know

that's what we do we did love as kids or we'd love going along even though it did smell quite urinary yeah we'd love going along you know it's great well you don't worry about what you smell like when you that age do you it was fun it was fun it was fun parents just like let you go through there yeah they go through a whiz yeah a hepatitis that's what we're after character building So, 0,800, you can text too, 4487. Love you to get in touch with New Zealand's breakfast this morning. What was the big attraction in your town? The biggest attraction in your town, Marshall.

Where were you? Nelson. Growing up in Nelson, mate. Natureland. Natureland was a place to go as a kid. Absolutely loved it. Megan, you mentioned Natureland. It's like a petting zoo.

There's like peacops, sheeps. We had a monkey. They had a monkey as well. Yeah, and Ricky the monkey who had severe brain damage because he had got an attack when he was younger from his siblings. Oh, the poor brain damage monkey. Oh, no.

Yeah, Ricky was our special monkey. Oh, poor Ricky. Yeah, and so what, would you cuddle? And he's passed away. Yeah. This is devastating news. I feel like I just got to know Ricky, you know? I feel like I just got to know Ricky was quite famous in Nelson.

Wow. Did you get to cuddle Ricky, Marshall? No, you didn't get to cuddle him. He was his enclosure, sir. But he was great to watch. True character he was. The memories, the memories, Marshall. Who needs rainbows end?

Well, we do, actually, yeah. You're next Monday. Hey, good on you, mate. You have a wonderful day. Appreciate you listening. You too, cheers, guys. All right, Dan, apart from teen pregnancy, what was the biggest attraction in your town?

Drive wheeled at Kiwi 2. Drive it. Oh, with the diggers, you could drive the diggers and scoop up the sand and stuff? Yeah, yeah, it had all the trucks as well. You could sit on, and kids could sit in the cab, and the parents could sit on the back and stare if they had two, The vintage cars

Yeah And the big slide You're giving the old brown sacking Go-that old wavy slide Yeah I remember crush it Yeah It used to fang it down that slide

The carons come along Yeah poor PC crap We'll put a kid in a truck And a doer And the way you're in character building again You could drive like everything Go-carts We need something else like that

I remember I went with my cousins From North Canterbury Through Arana Park And you could drive through The wildlife enclosure And the lions would sit on your car bonnet because it was nice and warm. Yeah, you could park in there, right?

Just your own cars. It was where you went in there. You're not do that anymore. No, no, they don't like your job. No, you can't drive your car into the lion's enclosure now, Megan. I know, it was PC madness. People would open their windows and all sorts. Yeah, no, yeah.

Yeah, hey, Dan, really appreciate your call. Thanks so much. Andy, we'll get you on. What was your big small town attraction when you were growing up, Andy? Yeah, this was in Haskett in Price Church. We used to go up to the Bali silos in Haskett. They're no longer there. but there'd be a warehouse and barley on the concrete floor

and we used to climb up into the two or three stories up into the ceiling and the gangway's there and launch ourselves into the darkness. So you're diving. It sounds extremely dangerous. Jump into silos, would you? Yeah, you know, barley, that's right. Barley followed up on a concrete floor. Sink down and suffocations?

Yeah, you did. Up to your way. This was the precursor to bungee jumping. Yeah. But we were way ahead of that. Barley jumping, way better. Barley jumping, I love it. It would almost have a quick sand effect, wouldn't it?

You'd have to get out pretty quickly. You'd have to waste and then you were fine, and you'd have to scramble out. The problem was it was in darkness, so you had to sort of aim it right yet to make sure there was actually barley there before you jump. Oh, wow, I can't do that anymore. Character building, yeah. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The hits. Now, I wanted to run something past you.

I feel like I already know what you're going to say, but I was very excited because. this old girl still got it. I went out to get, well we went out and got lunch and then my husband's like, I need to go to the bathroom. Do you think you could get me a coffee? So I didn't want one. I just ordered one

coffee while I was standing there by myself. And the guy at the cafe was like very chatty and he said to me, I love your vibe. And like gesture to my outfit. He was like, and the jacket. Yeah, the jacket's like, killing it and I was like oh thanks and we had some banter and then I said oh can I have an

almond milk flat white sorry that's you know pretentious and he was like I can totally do that for you and I was like we're having banned this guy Megan I hate to say it not everyone is flirting with you not everyone is flirting with you maybe he was just giving you decent customer service yeah it seems like decent don't say not every I don't always go on about people flirting with me yeah you're either dying or someone's flirting with you those the two options. I live in hyperbole. But when was the last time

someone of the opposite sex was like, I love your vibe. I called the IRD the other day and they said the same thing. You pay your taxes. I love to vibe. Pay your taxes. And then when he finished making the coffee, just as he was like ready to hand it over to me,

my husband came over and like, was like, oh, I think that's mine. Took it off him. Yeah, so this is where we're a pivotal moment. What happens here? well he he kind of looked and was like confused and frowned he's like bro your missus was just flirting with me dude I fully thought she was single she's like hitting on me

saying she likes my vibe you guys should have a quiet word on the way home I said to Andrew afterwards I was like he said he liked my vibe and my jacket and he was like he was definitely flamed oh listen you got you came in the other week and you're like I've just been at the supermarket and the self-service checkout

said, you've got an unexpected item in the bagging area. I'm pretty sure it was hitting on me that machine. So, 0,800 hits. Or not 0,800 hits. Should we do a text poll? Are you a barista? And do you flirt? Do you flirt to get a sale?

To upsell people? Maybe you're a real estate agent. I mean, I don't care if he was flirting to get a sale. I'm just saying he was flirting. I don't care what his motives were. Well, maybe it's just good customer service. Yeah, maybe just being friendly. Yeah, maybe he was chatting.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. He can donate right now and help us raise a whole lot of money for Kids Can. A wonderful organisation that helps provide food, clothing and essentials to 10,000 Kiwi kids in need right now. But there's more kids on the wait list. So help our kids get the basics. And you can do so donating at kidscannball.org. com.

Yeah, because at end of this month, Eden Park. How to Dad, the social media superstar and the three of us, are getting together and playing Hamble for 24 hours nonstop. So that's what we're going to do. do try and raise a million dollars, 10,000 kids that's going to help. Yeah. We did nearly half a million last time. Which was, yeah, it was a huge amount of money. So thank you for you.

Yeah, thank you. So doubling it. But cool. Yeah. Big cool. But hopefully we can get there. That's not what's, I know that's giving you a huge source of anxiety being the million dollars. It's a lot of money and, you know, we'd know how tough things are out there.

But we'll give it our best shot. One of the things that's really playing in the back of my mind is we're going to be, you know, kids are going to be coming and visiting a revolving door of kids throughout the 24 hours, I imagine. Yeah. And my, I have just lost all scope of how to communicate with children, sort of under the age of 10. Particularly the ones under five. I'm just, I'm just going, Gidey, mate.

What's your name little fellow? And they're just kind of staring at me. Like, have you ever seen a human before? And then I went the complete other way on the weekend. We're at a beach dig and there was a little baby. Yeah. And I was like, okay, well, I won't talk to the baby like an adult. Go-day, mate.

How's it got, Matt. So just went, giddoy, you sweet little baby. Sweet little baby And I tried to pick the baby up I don't know why you're trying to pick I mean that's very like Chaos Yeah

Well because the baby's parents Were digging in sand for prizes So I was like well I'll remove the baby And then just Yeah Catastrophe The baby's crying And put the baby back down

That sweet sweet little baby And then me get The baby is like putting its arms up Towards me and going Pick me up Yeah Save me from this scary man So she's smite the baby's smiling laughing

and playing with Megan's face and I'm like, mate, now I'll talk to you like an adult. So, yeah, talking with children, topics of conversation with kids under the age of 10. I don't know, that's making me quite nervous for 24 hours, to be honest. You're pretty good though, Megan, right?

Well, I've got two littlies. Maybe that's, you know, that's why I was probably good with a baby. I've got a two-year-old and four-year-old. But I don't... You're in the zone. You lose it quickly. Yeah.

I can't even pin an age of a baby now. No, you know, so. you're like, oh, that's seven-year-old. I'm like, they're three. Three. Bestie now, I'm at most 25, is he got his own family? Is he four? Okay, geez, they grow up quick.

Yeah, last time he came in, you were like, Gidey, mate. Hey, how's it going? You're a mechanic now? The good thing is most kids don't really want to be talked to anyway. See, that's the thing. You don't have to feel like they're going to walk away. That guy didn't say much to me.

They're not going to say that. You know, they're probably fine with just a little, hey, how's it going on? Yeah. At the weekend, you're like, hey, mate, what's your five-year plan? and the little kid's like, what's your hopes and dreams for the future? Even as an adult, I don't want to be asked a five-year plan. I just want a five-minute plan. I just met someone who wants a five-year plan.

I'm like, I don't know. Getting out of this conversation. The other classic one is when you're growing up and people go, oh, the last time I saw you, you were this knee high to a grasshopper. Or this height. Now I see that, that tradition continues on now, and I see my friends saying that to my kids. And I can tell they're like, yeah, that's how growing up works.

Yeah, I say that to my nephew all the time. like 14 and I'm like oh you've got so tall every time I see you he's like yeah but on the other end on the adult end it is surprising because the last memory you have of this person is tiny and then you're like oh bestie you've got a beard and a family now maybe we should do it with adults and just go up and go geez megan you've got old this is the last time it's so well no people do say that to you too yeah true they do actually john o ben and megan the podcast that's someone yesterday a kiwi guy who has the the Guinness World Record for the world's longest name yeah his name

Lawrence Watkins. Well, that's some of his name. Longest personal name in the world. So I've got 2,253 first names. So Lawrence Watkins, but in between that, there's 2,253 other names. Yes, yeah. Can you list them all, not now, but can you remember them and list them all? Or do you only know them written down?

I only written down, Megan. I got them, my new birth certificate has six extra pay. pages. But my favourite is Calphocca-Mat-Tel and also A-Z-2000, which means I've got names from A to Z and I've got 2,000 names. So yeah, and he's got a driver's license too, which would have been, like it's a, he's made a rod for his own bag. Passport has six extra pages for his name, I think, without a word of a lie. Lawrence is just here for a good time. He is. A long time. He should just have his passport on his USB stick and plug it in him. So imagine when he goes to write out his full name or

anywhere. It's a bit of a hassle. It's a nightmare name. So this is what we want to open up this morning. 0-800 that hits the phone number 4487. Have you got a nightmare name? It could be you're named after a celebrity. That's a risky game because you never know. People make mistakes, including celebrities. You know, for many years, little baby Harvey Weinstein went through life

without a care in the world. Then it's just your name change, isn't it? Will Smith? There'll be a few Will Smiths out there. Yeah, but, yeah, I know. I mean, Harvey and Will. Yeah, I would maybe Harvey or a Wills out there, but I don't necessarily have to have the first and, you know, and you'd have to be the last name of Smith to go Will Smith, right?

Yeah. You'd have to be a huge fan to name you baby. Did you used to work with Michael Bolton? Michael Bolton? I do know Michael's got. Yeah. That's right. How can we be lovers?

I know you never did that. He didn't appreciate. Oh, really? That would be a nightmare name. Yeah, it would be a nightmare name. If you have got the same name as a celebrity, because you're just having the same conversation every time you introduce yourself to people.

Like as I just came back from overseas and Ben with a New Zealand accent, is a nightmare name, you know. Bin, Pin, Bean. And I try to over pronounce it, you know, and I get Bean or Bian, B-I-A-N. I was like, oh, what is this? But yeah, but it's a nightmare with a New Zealand accent.

That's on me. That's really on me. But I just don't know how to say it. I get in my head about my own name overseas. It's a nightmare. Producer Troy, we'll get producer Troy and his partner, Neve, which is not a nightmare name

when you say it out loud, but the spelling of it, it's almost like someone said, yeah, I can type your name without looking at the keyboard and then just had a crack at it. Welsh, right? Irish. Irish. The Celtic. How's it spelled? N-I-A-M-H. And what, she must get, Niam-A-M-H. N-A-M-H. Some people try and do the H. Well, I can imagine, I can see why they do it. Yeah. N-M-A-M-A-M-oh. Yeah, so that would cause a bit of it. She rolled with it? She rolls with her other problem was with her middle name

because her first name's Irish, her middle name is Chinese and so she's, Neve has to spell that and then her middle name is Shia Shia Shui Oh really? X-I-X-U-E Okay, so even if she's going, Niamma I've made it over the first hurdle And now where do I go?

Now in the trenches. John O'Ben and Megan The podcast, The Hats. Just after Nightmare names, why is your name an absolute nightmare? We spoke to a guy with over 2,000 names. Legal. He's got that all registered, and his passport is six pages long with all his names featured on it.

So why is your name a nightmare? You think you might have burdened your daughter, Megan? I think so. Aya is her name, but every time everyone, no one can say it. Everyone's like, A-A-A-A-A-A-A, and then you have to spell it out. Yeah. I tried to write it phonetically, so it would be easy, but I know. It will be a bug bear.

Is it A-I-Y-A? Yeah. Yeah People will understand that If I can get my head around it I can see why I can see why but it's going to be Yeah

Yeah let's go to the phones Why is your name a nightmare Adele I feel like I know what you're going to say Hello Hello It's me Hello

I was going to say Can we go through this conversation avoiding it But no we can't Meaget's started Hello from the other side Of the phone Oh jeez

I'm sorry Adele Sorry Is that why it's a nightmare Yeah, yeah I, the last time I spoke to you guys When I won insurance ticket You did the same thing Oh

Sorry, I'm sorry, Adele Have you contemplated a name change I know because I was Adele Before Adele was a girl Yeah, you're right It's her name She should change her name You know, Adele, a singer, exactly

problem is she's more rich and famous though So she wins the name by default Oh, yeah, maybe But we know who the original Adel was I promise next time we talk to you We won't do it Oh, thanks As long as I'm winning something

That would be great Okay Hey good on you Adel You go and have a great day Appreciate you're phoning through See you mate We've got Holly on the phone How are you?

Good, thank you, how are you? We're doing well You've got a nightmare name Oh yeah kind of I'm known after a carbure brand for Holly Oh, so it's spelled like H-O-L-E-Y, your name, right? Yeah, so it also comes under a spelling issue as well for a lot of people. Sorry, I've lost my voice.

That's all right, that's right, Holly. So when you found out that you were named after a carburetor in the engine, were you flattered? Oh, apparently they're all right, so I'm okay with that. I've heard the name Holly Carburetors, so there must be a leader in the market of carbureating. Apparently. It's very niche, like, for your parents to really like that carburetors. Well, it's better than, like, here's a little baby exhaust pipe or something.

That's true. I know, it could be a lot worse, for sure. Little baby muffler. Yeah, exactly. Oh, good. Performance engines as well, you know. It's that look nice. Is your dad a petrol head?

Sorry. Your dad's a petrol head. Oh, I don't actually know anymore. I haven't had a lot to do with him, but yeah. Oh, way to bring the vibes down, Jono. Why did I ask that question? I'm sorry, Holly. Oh, it's okay.

It's because he named me after a carmereyla. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. Now, I realize that people don't like things are getting spoiled. People like, spoiler alert, you don't like to know critical parts of movies and series and things like that. Yeah, now you always try and spoil Formula One for me, where Liam Lawson came? He's got to, he doesn't believe him when it's a live sport event. He's like, that's on you. That's on, yeah, that's on the radio.

Yeah, that's on the radio. Yeah, that's not something that, yeah, it's live. We've got to talk about on the radio. You're rolling your eyes, Megan. It's like election results, things like that. You've got to say live on the radio. Because the one time where I didn't watch it live was the one time you insisted on telling everyone his result. Since then, haven't given a toss where Liam's come.

Have not announced. Excuse me, four by third. It just whining up. Yes, I understand they upset people. It doesn't worry me, but I understand. I don't go around trying to spoil stuff. But my daughter, I didn't realize, Indy, she, next level, she loves,

one of her favorite movies is the Truman Show, Jim Carrey's Truman Show. She loves the Truman Show. Really? Yeah, she thinks it's really cool, loves the movie, she's watched it quite a few times. And you've been banging on about a TV series

called Severance for a while. Yeah. And I kind of watched a few episodes of it, and it was kind of reminded me a little bit of the Truman Show. And, you know, in the style that you're kind of trying to work out, the person is, like, is he's being watched, is part of an experiment, all these things.

And so I said to Indy, I was like, oh, hey, you might like this series. And it's called Severance. And I was like, and I just started to tell, not the synopsis. It's about this guy that works. She's going to stop. And I'm like, what? But he works at, I don't want to know.

I don't want to know anything about it at all. You're just doing the job of a movie trailer here for you. It's like, you watch a trailer. She's like, that's too much. She's like, the trailer's spoil too much for her. But don't you want to know some percentage of what you're coming in to watch? That's what I said to her. I'm like, I'm not going to give you, I know,

I'm not, I'm giving you critical plot points and things that are like surprises. I'm not going to give you that. I'm just going to give you like, he's working in it. She's like, no, you've said too much to her any. But then what if she tunes on as like a Russian football team and everything's having, you know, and translated and stuff? She's got a Cold War football team. You're like, this is not what I'm into.

Yeah, but then I was watching an interview with Jack Black, and he is kind of the same as Indy. Have a listen to this. I want people tell me, before I go to see a show or a movie, anything like, let me just tell you. I'm not going to, I'm not going to spoil it. But the thing that I just want to, it's so magnificent because, and this is all I'm going to say. And it's like, it's spoiled. But you telling me how great a show is ruins the show.

It is a spoiler. It is. Don't tell me how much he loved it even. Really? He doesn't know that even. He's like, he wants to have that experience for the first time going, oh, I loved it rather than someone else telling me I love that. Because then he's like, I'm going into it going, I need to love this.

And I agree when you watch trailers, I often watch a trailer and I go, oh well that's the movie it does ruin key plot points in it for me so yeah you do so I do agree with them on the point sometimes when something really takes off and everyone's like this is the greatest thing you'll you need to watch it and then you don't get onto it quick enough it only ends in disappointment

or you watch it going and going yeah it's got to be it's got to be the best thing ever and then you're like oh it was good but it wasn't you know I was kind of like that was squid game yeah right you know because that was the peak of COVID everyone was squid gaming their faces off weren't they I got onto it, and I was like, oh, yeah. But I got on to it, like, three or four weeks too late. But then if you had been one of the first to see it, you'd be like, wow, this show, this is great.

You know, so I kind of see his point. So I'm not going to spoil it. Formula One races for you, Megan. Well, after the fact, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. But not critical plot points, all right? Yeah, I love to do that. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.

The Hits. They had an electrician popped over to the house and I just had to do some. Just do it yourself, mate. Not electrical work, surely. that's the attitude though megan it is yeah get it done yourself uh he had to do some stuff in a relatively sort of dark cupboard space uh and he said off i my uh head torch or whatever isn't uh isn't working though what he would usually use to shine light on the situation so he's like can you can you stand there and shine light on on what i'm doing so i can see what i'm doing

i absolutely will help you out and then i was to use your phone torch or did you get in a Torch Torch. No, I've got to use my phone torch. Yeah, that's fine. That works fine. Yeah. And then, why's that light going? What does that mean? It's the phone. Oh, who's that? Hello. Hello. I missed the call from the memory yesterday.

Oh, well, listen. It's the inland revenue. It's the inland revenue. You owe $98,000. You have a lovely day. She's very confused. There was a hotline calling. There was lights and flashing and stuff. Very distracting for Jono telling a story. It's like your story, maids. So I'm shining this torchlight And it's about 13 minutes into it Oh my God

This is probably the most pointless job of Ever done There were like little bits of Wood on the wall He could have put the torch on But you're there, moral support Yeah And I've been got like

Quarter of an hour in and I was like Do you still need me? I was like Could I just place it? And he's like Yeah, you probably could And it was exactly the same result It's me just standing there

As he's doing something useful Nothing makes you feel more surplus to requirements than when someone is actually doing something handy and you're just standing there helping. Oh, you do find you get distracted and then suddenly you realize you're not actually shining the torch on the right spot. It was quite good because I could clear like, you know, just flick through Instagram and stuff and pretend I was focused fully on the job. I had a torch holding incident actually with my phone overseas. There were a whereby trebe fountain in Rome.

Did he go to Europe? Yeah, I did. Sorry, I've stopped banging on about it, but just reminded me. And someone came over and said, could you take a photo of, as you know, could take a photo of us? And I, you know, went, and I went, I've got my daughters here. They're a lot better with that sort of stuff than me. So I gave my phone to my daughter.

So, you know, she went and took the photo. And she's like, Dad, can you hold up the torch? You're on the phone, just get a bit of light. Yeah, nice. So I ended up having me to hold up my phone as a bit of lighting. And then everyone around was like, oh, this is good lighting. And then for the next 10 minutes, I'm holding up a torch. Well, my daughter takes matters for everyone else around.

Same thing. I'm like, oh, now I'm just a light. A light stand. I didn't really want to be part of this You're doing the role of a poll Yes, exactly Photos look good, but hey, yeah Well, should we open this up? Okay, 0800 the hits, 4487

What's the most pointless job you've done And it might be in your line of work Where, you know, someone in management's like Because the car park across the road There was a while there where lifts weren't working So they said work, some of those they wouldn't, right? So if they weren't working, you'd have to walk to the next door down And just go down the stairs

they had stationed a sweet, sweet lady there, so many sweet, so many sweet people on the show today. And she would sit there all day. And her main role was, this door's locked, go to the next one. Yeah, like a sign. It could have a sign, but no, but no, she was there doing that, right? Yeah, all day. She's doing the job of the song.

She just says it's working today. Yeah, all that one's not working. Or they both work? Yeah, so, yeah. So, hey. God, I hope she's on to it. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits.

They had an electrician pop to over to the house. And I just had to do some Just do it yourself, mate Not electrical work, surely not That's the attitude though Megan Get it done yourself I had to do some stuff In a relatively sort of dark cupboard space

And he said off My head torch or whatever Isn't working What he would usually use to shine light on the situation So he's like Can you Can you stand there and shine light on On what I'm doing?

so I can see what I'm doing. I was, I absolutely will help you out. And then I was... Did you use your phone torch? Did you get in a torch torch? No, I used my phone torch. Oh, yeah, that's fine. That works fine, yeah.

And then, uh, why's that light going? What does that mean? It's the phone. Oh, who's that? Hello? Hello, um, I missed the call from the memory yesterday. Oh, well, listen. It was always going to be.

It's the inland revenue. Is the inland revenue? You owe $98,000. You have a lovely day. She's very confused. There was a hotline calling. There was lights and flashing and stuff. Very distracting for Jono telling his story.

So your story, mate. Yeah. So I'm shining this torchlight and it's about 13 minutes into it. Oh my God. This is probably the most pointless job of ever done. There were like little bits of wood on the wall he could have put the torch on. But you're there. Moral support.

Yeah. And I've been got like quarter of, three quarter of an hour in and I was like, do you still need me? Yeah. I was like, could I just place it? Yeah. And he's like, yeah, you probably could. And it was exactly the same result. It's me just standing there.

As he's doing something useful, nothing makes you feel more surplus to requirements than when someone is actually doing something handy and you're just standing there helping. I do. If you get distracted and then suddenly you realize you're not actually shining the torch on the right spot. It was quite good because I could clear, like, you know, just flick through Instagram and stuff

and pretend I was focused fully on the job. I had a torch holding incident actually with my phone overseas. there were by Treve Fountain, Treveldon in Rome. Did he go to Europe? Yeah, I don't know. Sorry, I've stopped banging on about it, but just reminded me. And someone came over and said, could you take a photo of, as you know, could take a photo of us? And I, you know, went, and I went, I got my daughter's here. They're a lot better with that sort of stuff than me.

So I gave my phone to take the photo. And she's like, Dad, can you hold up the torch? On the phone, just get a bit of light. Yeah, nice. So I ended up at him and hold up my phone as a bit of lighting. And then everyone around was like, oh, this is good lighting. And then for the next 10 minutes, I'm holding up a torch. while my daughter takes matters for everyone else around there

but same thing I'm like oh now I'm just a light light stand I didn't really want to be part of this but anyway you're doing the role of a poll yes exactly photos look good but hey yeah well should we open this up okay oh 800 the hits 4487 what's the most pointless job

you've done and it might be in your line of work where you know someone in management's like because the car park across the road yeah there was a while there where lifts weren't working Some days they'd work, some of days they wouldn't, right? So if they weren't working, you'd have to walk to the next door down and just go down the stairs. They had stationed a sweet, sweet lady there, so many sweet, so many sweet people on the show today. And she would sit there all day.

And her main role was, this door's locked, go to the next one. Yeah, like a sign. It could have a sign, but no, but no, she was there doing that, right? Yeah, all day. She's doing the job of the time. She just says it's working today. Yeah. Oh, that one's not working.

Or they both work. Yeah, so, yeah. So, hey. Okay. I hope she's on to it. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. A bit of a surprise guest.

Just come on and join us in the studio from seven days. Paul Ego, joining us in the studio. Now you just waved through the window before and now you're in here. Like magic. Yeah, look, it's, well, look, it worked for meeting my wife, Ben. So I just saw her in the office and went, that's an attractive woman. I'll wave at her and she gave me an interview. 37 years later, we're still together.

So who knows where this is going to go? Can I just say you need to do, the, the world. work on your hand signals because there were so many confusing hand signals about what Paul was actually needing whether he was wanting access into the studio for an interview we couldn't quite figure it out you were like coming in now we had a guest but another guest but anyway we worked it all out it was a bit weird yeah it started as a wave and then I think I was trying to do like the time that I should come this is why I got what the circle was yeah that's what it was you probably thought it was a giant apostrophe like why is he doing apostrophe this is why I got

fired as an air traffic controller like I crashed three planes just doing it with your hands to grab my hands they both just went off the tarmac hundreds die oh it's terrible you're hitting the road

with seven days the live tour again yeah we certainly are yeah it's been a few years now we're doing it and it's just such a great way to end the year and a good chance for people

you know if you want to get together with your workmates but you don't want to see them in December when you're seeing your family and sort of mentally clocked out good chance to do a work do in November

so everyone all the comedians perform stand-up comedy and then you all get together and do like seven days on the telly but probably a little bit naughtier for the room, I imagine. A little bit noughty, a little bit looser. We sort of try and cater it a little bit more

to whatever city that we're in, like we kick off in Tadoring, I think we finish in Hamilton. There's about 10 dates all, you know, seven days.com. It's got them all there. Each of us do stand-up comedy, so myself, Die Hanwood, Ben Hurley, Jeremy Corbett, Josh Thompson, and then there's a break

and then we do, if you haven't seen the show before, then we do a live seven days, and it's pretty chaotic and great fun. When you say you cater it to wherever you are, what do you mean? Well, we check out what sort of news is happening like in the local rags in that day, like say if we're in, say, Napier. We'll pick up a copy of the Napier Gazette. I'm guessing it's the Gazette.

I thought it was like, well, you know, the Napier newspaper. Hawks Bay today. It will be Hawks Bay today. And see what's been going on and try and, you know, put that in the show somehow. Yeah, yeah. What do you find, obviously Hamilton's low-hanging fruit with the roastable towns, but what's the most enjoyable town? but what's the most enjoyable town to make fun of? Oh, Nelson's pretty good fun.

You know, I think they've got like one roundabout that people just get stuck in like for hours and hours and either end up in Greenham or back at the ferry and picked it. I don't know. So each town has their distinctive possibilities. On the road, because we spoke to Jeremy Corbett when you first announced the... I'm so sorry.

We said who was the worst cast member to travel with? He said Josh Thompson, wildly disorganised, turns up late. he checks out ladies running, he's forgotten his laptop charger when you're in the van. Oh, I can understand why Jeremy chose Josh. Josh is kind of like worst and best. He's sort of like, you know, if you've got kids, he's kind of like that kid that you've got who just doesn't follow the rules of the other two.

Like you nail it with the first two kids and you think, we're on to this and then you have a third kid and they're just an absolute whirlwind. And you're like, we've done exactly the same things with this child. That's what Josh is, you know. Josh is the reason you don't have any more kids. That's right. You go on tour once with Josh Thompson Then you get a vasectomy

He came in Like we had him like Because he was following up Jeremy So we're without a word of a light We're like the week after We're like a redemption We'll get Josh to talk about You know he booked to come in

I saw him in the foyer area I was hey Josh And he said hi And then he walked to the lift And I was like Oh maybe he's getting something from the car He never came back Our interview was in five minutes

And he was leaving waving to us as he left It sounds like Josh The last time we did did a gig together. I think it was down in the Taranaki where arranging to meet at the airport and the flight was like 11am, texted him at like quarter past 10 and said, okay, I'm at the airport

I've checked in, I'll see you here. He said, great, two minutes away. And then literally 10 seconds later I get another text saying, going back home, forgot my shirt. He drove all the way back to West Auckland and made the flight with like three minutes to spare. Oh my God. Halfway to the airport, he's like, I'm sure I've forgotten

to buy my feet cold. I did a football game. game for MS. Oh, I saw that. That looked amazing. It was amazing. And Josh was on the other team. And so before the football game, you'll line up at halfway, and they do a little, you know,

welcome along and da-da-da-da-da. Josh is sprinting onto the field as the game started, putting his shirt on. We'd all been there for a minute. We're told to get there an hour and a half earlier. He's running on, pulling his socks up as the game's starting. He literally always looks frazzled every time you talk to us. He does, yeah. I think eventually one day on his tombstone will just be the term.

sorry guys because that's been the first thing you ever remember sorry guys well hopefully he'll be on tour I'm sure you'll make sure he's there and done

he'll be there seven days heading around the country all the details as you said before on seven days dot co dot nzc John O'Ben and Megan the podcast

The Hats Ben you suffered a couple of months ago a horrific incident on social media yeah that I couldn't bring myself to talk about for many months

but something wardrobe malfunction that's the same in a video that was up for a while, something popped out and I just wasn't noticed by everyone, but enough people did notice it and traumatised me. It did trauma, yeah. They're always saying, I always hear that apparently the key to social media is share more of yourself. Yeah, well, true. Yeah, that's what people say. And you did that. I did, yeah, probably too much from my liking.

I've got great engagement on that. That's been through the roof, all the comments and stuff. But what now if I was like, hey, here's the video. Everyone goes to see. I hope you took the stats before you took the video down. weighing up, weighing up the number of views compared to, you know, the increased views to the decreased dignity. Did it balance out? Not really, to be honest.

But, yeah, so I shared this story, and I was hoping that other people might be able to share their stories of when things accidentally popped out. We got this great call yesterday. I said to go and, like, check the chickens and feed them and get the eggs, went out, did all that, saw the farmer in the paddock next door, waved, he was back, when he was a bit strange, looked down, spice my tips.

we're right out yeah no beating around the bush there she'd been breastfeeding and you know and in that frazzled sort of newborn stage as well but yeah your boobs are out so often like you're not really sensitive

to when the air is touching them yeah and she just said it was a dairy farm so the guy next door obviously is used to working with her yeah she's every day I'm throwing them out at all okay do we want to open this up again yeah let's do this again

I reckon there's more people. There's more people to share their stories. To help me feel a little bit better today. One accidentally popped out. We have had a text already, a lady who was on a school camp. And one of the, well, the dads were coming down the hydra slide. Uh-oh. Loose to hogs.

Oh, dear. I don't need to finish the story. We're only going to take calls if you show us the video. Oh, well, I'm not showing you my video. What do you want to see with the video? I'm not sure. It's not impressive. It's not impressive at all.

John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. I shared a little too much on social media accidentally a few months ago and shared the story reluctantly on radio and it's been nice as I said before to have so many people talk about their sort of wardrobe malfunctions. But the problem is every time that we reset it, you need to just quickly recap what happened.

There was a video he was doing for a client and some people dropped merch, Ben dropped something else out of his underpants. Accidentally. Accidentally, and it wasn't super obvious. you know, well, I edited the video, sent it away to my agent, the client and stuff, and no one picked up on anything, wasn't until, like, I got a text, and I was like, oh, is it, maybe that, maybe, I think it's the lighting. I think it was a lighting thing.

It was a lighting thing, doing me dirty. And then a couple days later, I realized that, oh, no, maybe it wasn't lighting. No, it's just saggy undies doing your dirty. Mind you, when you're editing, you're never, you're not looking at, oh, I wonder if my testicle was wearing underwear. Like, it was last thing on your mind. Like, they're sensitive, right, so did you not feel? a breeze.

No, but I was that I was spring. Anyway, enough about this. The undies are meant to be secure and safe. You're right, yeah. So when something popped out accidentally, let's get Michelle on this morning. Happy Wednesday, Michelle.

Thank you. Happy Wednesday, guys. It's great to have you on. Now, this was Christmas Day. Oh, God, yes. And we were, the kids were quite young then. And my son was, he would have been two or three years old.

Christmas morning, early morning. I'm running around, trying to get, you know, beautiful family photos of all the smiles and things like that and spent most of the morning doing that, taking photos, taking photos. And about, you know, back in the day, a week later, I had to go back and pick these photos up from the shop, as you did back in the day. Yep. And I got a bit of a smirk from the pharmacy guy. And I thought, oh, well, oh, well, carry on. Got home going through all the photos.

and there was a particular photo of my husband at the time. He was sitting on the couch and my two or three-year-old son was sitting on the floor in between his legs, opening a present, smiles all around, beautiful photo until you realize that he was sitting in his boxer shorts and they certainly let him down. The candy cane was hanging out. Oh, it ruined the beautiful photo. Yeah, boxes, yeah. And you can't Photoshop those old-school photos.

You're right. You could, like, get a vivid maybe and scribble over it? Draw face on it. I don't know. It was... That is very funny. Oh, dear. People developing photos would have seen some things.

Oh, back of the day, you're right. Yeah. Especially those, I've mentioned it before. The very trusting wedding couples who left the disposable cameras on the guests' tables and they'd be like, you know, take some beautiful photos of the day. And you're like, I can see my mate grubby off to the loo with that thing. and you're like, this is, you know, you're going to get these back. You're going to have a family.

Should we go through the photos as a family? Why do guys want to take a picture down in their pants? It's not flattering. No, no, no. Why do we love it? Why do we love it when we see one drawn on a wall? You know, you just can't help bring a smile to your face. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast.

The hits. The tales of what accidentally popped out, and we've been talking about this one for about 10 minutes and finally got it on. Sharon joins us on the show. What happened, mate? Beautiful summer's day. I decided to go down to the beach, having my toogs on, like the nice halterneck one,

because, you know, I had a few kids. I've got to hold everything. And then I noticed that there's a bit of a cruffle and a young guy, I think he was maybe in his early teens, had been pulled out of the water. He was in and out of consciousness. So I thought, well, I work in the hospital,

so, you know, I'll have to go down and help. I stabilize his head. I'm holding onto this young guy's head, and he's kind of looking up at me like, oh, what happened? And, you know, I've had a few kids. Things are kind of, like, when I lie down, it's like two bald men and headlocks. It's not a good look, really.

Are you talking about your chest? Yes. Oh, right. So it's like two of my heads. So I sort of tucked them into the top. As I was leaning over the sky, they both just fell completely out of the top and right onto his face. So, yeah, they were pretty, they were absolutely horrified. You're now resting on this teenage boy's face.

Yes, they are. And it was kind of like, oh, my God. And I sort of heard like a, because the crowd was kind of going, you know, there's people on the beach not wanting to get involved. And it was quite a busy beach. And you could hear people sort of going, oh, oh, oh, it's concerned. And then going, oh, my God. And then like, oh, my God, that lady's birth.

Because obviously you're doing a great thing. You're helping out someone. You're using your medical expertise to help a person in trouble. And then you're like, oh, hello. I kind of scoop them up and try and put them back in again. And so I sort of, they were, honestly, they were like pumpkins in a pair of old types. And so I just kind of slung them back into this whole thing and sort of pinned my, pinned it there in place while trying to talk and pretend that this hadn't happened. And people who were resuscitating on the other side or kind of like, did that just really happen?

They just fall out. And they're not, they're not small. But I don't know, he looks kind of like a bit dazed. I think he thought he was either still in the water and two poor poises were coming towards him. He's gone to heaven. He's hallucinating, yeah. I haven't done the St John's course for a while.

Is that part of the course now, or is that that's... He probably should introduce that. He's got anything to get a bit of a perk up sometimes. It's like the test they do. You count the 10, can you see what? Oh yeah, no, I can see you. Thank you for a call, mate.