Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Was This Waitress Flirting With Ben?

Episode Date: September 24, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Megan reveals her hair removal secrets Craziest bulk buying! We are jealous of all your work perks! Can you drink something in the supermarket if you plan to pay for it? We debate. Ben has to play it cool at this new bar! David Walliams on family dinners with Adele Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Hello. Welcome to the podcast. Feels like inspirational music from like an Instagram sort of video or something, eh? Okay, you've got to say really quickly, you've got to say one thing inspirational from everyone. Oh, Jesus. Jesus.

That is good. Oh, Jesus Jesus that was inspirational now we can't top Jesus first it was blasphemy and then it was inspiration you just need to say it with that inspirational music like Jesus

oh Jesus yeah we've got David Williams joining us on this podcast as well very very funny like I just love chatting to him

he's incredible he's not only a great author a great comedian as well. He's just got great stories about Adele and Prince Harry today. Yeah, and a lovely gentleman to boot, isn't he? Yeah. It feels like someone you could talk to for an hour and a half

and never get bored. That's so weird. One time. What's that? An hour and a half. An hour and a half's pretty long. What are we going to say for ages? It's like an hour and a half. An hour and a half. An hour and a half's a bit too long. We were going to say for ages. It was like an hour and a half.

An hour and a half. An hour and a half's a good long. I feel like if we're at a party and John will be talking to David Williams for an hour and a half, I'll be like, oh, God, he's punished David Williams for an hour and a half. But also not two hours. An hour and a half. A specific amount of time, eh? Or like most people will be like, talk to him for hours.

He's got an hour and a half I feel like 90 minutes Is a good Is a good amount of time I feel like David Williams Well that's pushing the boat So that's a lot of his time That is a lot Like he's probably

I'd say He's got books to write And shit like that He'd be like Far out This guy's talked to me For an hour and a half I reckon at the 45 minute

Mark Williams Would be looking at his watch And I'm like It's only halfway baby Only halfway He's lovely So you got that On the podcast today,

as well as while I might not ever be able to take an Uber. And you accuse me of flirting. Yeah. Flirting. Wow. Yeah, it's all on the podcast. Enjoy it. It won't take you an hour and a half either.

Last night I took Ben. It was a bit of a surprise. I took him out on a date, but my husband was there. Yeah, I felt about that when I got home. Was I awkwardly just hanging, lingering around the whole time? Third wheeling? Yeah. No, well, we...

Did you pick him up? No, I met you there, and he offered to drop me home afterwards. Full third wheel situation. We did offer to drop him home, and he was like, no, no, no, my wife's going to pick me up, and then we go past and need to order an Uber. I was like, didn't want to come. He didn't want to sit in between the car seats. It was very nice of you guys

and now I thought it's an awkward environment to begin with so I don't blame you I was like did I third wheel it for too long because there was people

there I knew and there was lots of Warriors people that I do know of but I was like do they want me to come get it guys because I'm by myself

so I just punished you guys all night not at all because we didn't really know that many people either so we were all just sticking together so it's the launch of the Warriors

The league team They've got their own bar now Full time sports bar It's very cool Near Eden Park Amazingly done It's very flash There's screens everywhere

And you're upset that it wasn't called Up The Bars Up The Bars Yeah it would have been a good name Feels like a missed opportunity Or six more Another league saying 2040 is that one? Yeah.

Top A is that one? I'm like trying to join in, guys. It's our beer. Well, it's our beers. We always talk about the Warriors. It's our year, so it could have been another one. Anyway, they've got a name now. Too late, guys.

Don't worry. So we went last night and there was free beverages. It was good. So we were sitting there and there was like table service so the waitress came over and she was like, what would you like to drink? Ben gets a beer and she's like, okay. Goes off and gets him this free beer.

Why is this lady flirting with you? I don't feel like there was any flirtation. It will become clear later. A bashing of the eyelids? This story has been grossly taken out of context. So then Andrew, my husband, was like, do you want another? I don't remember any of the little shoulder things, the little eye. No, it was like, would you like that?

And I'm like, yeah, like a beer. It was like. Is that how it went down or is my recollection? Don't drink me into it, mate. So he finishes his beer and Andrew, my husband's like, do you want another drink? I'll go get them. So he goes up to the bar and it turns out the beers that Ben has been drinking. It wasn't like they were fancy

beers or anything. No, but the waitress had been bringing him. We're not on the free list. You've got to stop doing the voice. Whenever you mention my wife. And the waitress is like, what would you like, big boy? They were not on the free list

but the waitress had been bringing him these free beers that he's supposed to be paying for. Would you like something to wet your whistle? You look ravishing. A big juicy burger, sir. Yeah, this is awful. I don't know that. And then I was like, oh, I'm happy with another beer.

It was just, yeah. But then she comes to the table again, and she's like, would you like another? And Ben's like, yes. Now his voice has changed. She's fully professional now. This role play's... Now I'm like, yes, you know what I'm like.

You know it, baby. Another beer, thank you. Yes, sweetheart. This role play is... So you're savagely ordering beers that aren't on the free beer list. This poor person, they're handing out free booze. The place hasn't even made a dollar and now you're putting them

in the bloody red. Because then Ben was worried that when he got to the door they were going to be like, right, here's your tab. Here's your tab, mate. But no, they didn't make you pay. I hope you're never a witness

in any sort of crime or anything. The way you recount a story. Either one, the waitress didn't know, or two. Hey, Ben. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome along to the six o'clock club. I'm 60 and I'm not. You are 60 and you know it, and we don't forget it.

Now, I just mentioned moments ago something changed about me, and I was wondering if you two had noticed, and Megan, you did bring up Botox. And it is in the realm of the beauty world. Is it? Made the fatal error this morning, okay, of getting up and going, oh, there's a zit there.

There's a zit there. And I went digging. I went diving in the caves with my fingers and the nails and nothing was coming out. And then you get to the point where you're like, well, we're here now and I've got to keep going. Something's got to come out. Yeah, but the more you do it, the less it comes out.

And then you just end up with a lesion on your face. It's everyone's teenage experience, right? Just really hacking away at your face when you probably should leave it 90% of the time. I would always go, leave it, just leave it. Have you ever done it so bad you leave like a bruise either side of it. And that's just determination. Pure grit and determination.

But did you remember Dallison tea and you'd put that on and it would like sizzle away? It was like raw alcohol. Yeah. It was meant to be good for killing them. I wonder if it still exists. Surely it's still out there.

What, did you put toothpaste on your face? That was another rumour too. Toothpaste. Before you go to bed. And also I dabbed perfume on it, which is just alcohol, isn't it? Just to dry it up. I notice the kids nowadays have got little cute stickers.

Yeah. Pimple patches. You can put little love hearts and stuff all over your face. Maybe I should have done that. You should have. You should have. Yeah, come with like a cute little star or something. A little pimple patch on your cheek. What's been the greatest beauty mistake you think you've made over your years? I mean, you did send us a picture of your eyebrows.

Yeah, I've done my eyebrows. Yeah, well, yeah, I had thin eyebrows. And then again, like I dye my own eyebrows and it does always end up well. Do you dye those yourself? Yeah, but sometimes I leave it on too long. Like, they changed the formula one time and I didn't read the instructions that you're only supposed to leave it on.

It went from 10 minutes to one minute. And so I ended up with, like, what looked like I'd just drawn on my eyes with Vivid. Like a Sesame Street character or something. It looked like someone had drawn on me while I was asleep. That was pretty bad. Yeah, but I mean, you go back to the eyebrows. It was just a trend in eyebrow fashion.

I'm sure we'll go back to the thin eyebrows at some point. Have you ever used hair removal cream on anywhere where it says you shouldn't use it? No. No? Oh, no, neither. Well, it felt like it was one of those things where you're like, sorry, I wish I could share that. Don't do it because it burns. Oh, no. No. Oh, no, neither. I felt like it was one of those things where you're like, sorry, I wish I could share that.

Don't do it because it burns. Oh, really? It tells you not to and there's a reason why it tells you not to. Interesting. Yeah. I would have given it a bash at some point in my life. That's great advice. Don't, yeah.

But were you meant to use it then? I guess like your legs. Legs, armpits. Oh, yeah. I guess your lip if you need to. Gotcha. Hair removal's a whacking great pain in the arse, isn't it? Really.

Who decided we had to get rid of all our hair? Yeah. Well, like, where do you get rid of your hair? Oh, sorry. Nature decided. He's done it. Nature decided for me, mate. Okay.

Nature decided this guy, he's better all raw. Raw and smooth. I wish they could put male pattern baldness on my legs. Yeah, they'd be sick. I'd happily give you some of my hair loss, mate. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I got this originally, we used to have a cafe. So you go to like places, it was like Gilmore's for those who are familiar

where they sell you lots of things in bulk so like you're supplying like cafes and restaurants so it was back then that I was like first introduced to the 3kg jar of gherkins that's a lot of gherkin and I was like yes please

now I've been through maybe 3 jars. Nine kilograms of gherkins. Yep, that's right. So what are you having gherkins on? Anything. Right. But I also just go into the fridge and I'll eat just a gherkin.

Like several gherkins by themselves. Love a pickle. Not opposed to a gherkin, but I don't know if I'm, you know, a three kilogram jar, that would last me four lifetimes probably. I've also, when I went to Disneyland, you know in America they do those huge dill pickles? Yeah. I was the person at Disneyland that bought a big pickle. Like of all the things that you can eat there.

Is it a pickle on a stick is it? No, it's just. It's just a giant pickle. Just a giant pickle, like huge. Really? They give it to you in a napkin and you just walk around eating. It's like I must walk around eating like a cucumber now. A giant pickle.

Yeah. Yeah. Love them. So what did you, this is what I want to know. What do you, what do you bulk buy? What have you got in bulk? Toilet paper was a big one during COVID. Oh, COVID.

We went nuts about that. Geez, we were worried about wiping stuff, weren't we? It's really weird. Now we're good to wipe for decades. It was another pandemic. Yeah. We've got some salad-y, like a bulk thing of salad nuts thing you sprinkle on top of the salad.

You really love nuts, eh? Yeah, I know. We've got that. And we use it every time we sell it. But the kids are like, oh, could we not sprinkle the nuts on another salad? Because every salad I'm like, got to get rid of this bulk thing. How many kilograms of food?

It's probably like a big sort of – it was when we went to that Costco place, you know, and we got that membership and we went along there and we're like, well, buy this in bulk. And we had been using it, but probably too much. The kids are like, just have a salad without the nuts. Like over a kg? Yeah, it's like a big, yeah, big – What are you hassling my three kgs of pickles for?

Yeah, well, I don't know how you can hassle me. It's radio, mate. That's all hassling my three kgs of pickles for? Yeah, well, I don't know how you can hassle me. It's radio, mate. That's all we do is just hassle each other. So 800, that's, yeah, what have you bought? I remember I went into Bunnings once, and they had a big special on wet and forget. I've got like 20 litres of wet and forget. Ironically, I've forgotten to spray the wet and forget anywhere.

It's just sitting there in the shed. I was like, well, that's a bargain. I can't pass up if I ever want to wet and forget something. Some people love it, eh? Some people love buying in bulk because they're like, it does save you in the long run.

But I don't know, sometimes I'm like. Then it feels like a giant cloud that just hangs up, like these nuts that you're trying to get to. I'm like, I've got to get rid of these salad nuts. You have to put them somewhere.

It's like, it's great, but like, yeah, you've got to find space for your thousand bottles of wet and forget. Well, you could be bulk buying something

at the warehouse. Now, you gave me some grief about my segues earlier in the show, but that would have to be one of the top ones. That was a good one. Barbie celebrating her 65th anniversary at the warehouse. Now, we've got $65 for every cooler that makes it to air. What have you bulk bought?

Maybe you're sitting on a stock load of something right now. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Wanted to know what you are. Are you one of those people that buy in bulk, like Megan and her pickles, like me and my salad nuts? Salad nuts. What are salad nuts? You have nuts like a sprinkle specifically for your salad.

Yeah, you sprinkle on top of the salad, they work all fine. You've got nuts from bloody morning to evening in your diet, don't you? Yeah, pumpkin seeds, there's all sorts of seeds, you know. Sorry, did you say how big the bag was of salad? I'm trying to think how big it is. I don't know. It's a jar. You said like over a kg.

Wow. It's a big commitment. A lot of salads you've got to work your way through. So what have you got backlogged in your house? Mandy, you are on the air. How are you? I'm good. How are you guys?

We're doing well. Mandy, hey, just for making it on the air, you've done nothing. We give you a $65 voucher for the warehouse. It's Barbie's 65th anniversary at the moment at the warehouse. Oh, that's exciting. Thank you. That is exciting. Now, what have you got in bulk there, mate?

I have 15 kilos of dark chocolate buttons. 15 kilos? 15 kilos. Jeez, that blows my salad nuts. 1.2 kgs I've got of salad nuts. There you go. That's what I've got, the salad topper. Oh, they do look delicious, though.

But yeah, do you say 15 kilograms? At some point, did you like, oh, I'm going to get into some baking? No. So at Easter, I loved getting the chocolate buttons and melting them on toast or bagels with banana. And I got really excited one day at Reduce to Clear when they had 15 kilo bots for $12.

That's a bargain. Oh, exactly. I thought I'd scored this amazing bargain. Little did I know they were dark chocolate buttons and they don't taste quite as good on the toast with banana. Oh, you like the milk chocolate buttons. I see where you're coming from. Yes, but I can't seem to get rid of them.

Mix it with cream and make a ganache and put that on your bagel. That's a good idea. We have done so much baking with chocolate. I bet you have. We can give away some on the radio. More than happily more than happy we're going to hook you up

with that warehouse voucher so you can spend that thank you so much you're cool thank you very much have a great day guys sometimes it gets you I don't know if it's

from time to time I'll order like from the supermarket online and you'll just go oh that's the picture and you'll click on it and then this massive thing of garlic

crushed garlic will arrive and you're like oh it was like the picture's small but we got that, yeah. We did that with the bloody sweet and sour sauce. We got nine litres of sweet and sour sauce. Like a giant, like a Swappacrate bottle of sweet and sour sauce.

They need a little perspective hand next to the thing. Were you not like looking at the prize being like $16? Yeah, no. We're like, gee, sweet and sour sauce is bloody through the roof at the moment. Jenna, how are you? Good, thank you. How are you? It's great to have you. We're doing really well. It's lovely air source is bloody through the roof at the moment. Jenna, how are you? Good, thank you. How are you? It's great to have you.

We're doing really well. It's lovely to have you on the show this morning. What have you both bought? What have you got stocked in your house? Stocked in my house, I accidentally bought a box, a five kilo box of Angel Bay patties, thinking that they'd be great. But when I got them home, opened the box, and they're just tiny, tiny little patties the size of a $2 coin. And there's over 800 of them in the box.

Why have you got, like, miniature little meat patties? I have no idea. So now I've got over 800 tiny little Angel Bay meat patties in my freezer. Are they just for, like, very tiny little burgers? Yeah, for sliders. But they wouldn't even fill a slider burger. Well, yeah, now we also, you have $65 to spend at the warehouse from us as well. Thank you so much.

Why don't you just melt them all together and make one giant meat patty? Like you could get like 12 at a time. Well, that's what my husband did say. And we actually and we've only actually eaten them once and we had to cook like 25 of them up just to put them in the burger. There's like six in a bun.

Alright, well next week we're going to have miniature meat patties to give away and tiny dark, dark chocolate butters. Every caller wins. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It's called Harker Attempt taking place at Eden Park on Sunday, which will be a really impressive 660.

They're going to be there, including Conan O'Brien, the US talk show host. Who's he here? Apparently he's coming to New Zealand to film some stuff for a travel show that he makes. And so as part of it, he's going to learn how to do the Harker and hopefully break the Harker world record, which is currently held by the French.

The French hold the Haka world record in about 4,000 people. So they're hoping to get about 10,000 people on Sunday at Eden Park to break the world record for the Haka. They're going to teach him to do it properly. Yes, they are. Yeah, he's going to be taught how to do it properly.

How on earth do the French hold that record? I know. It does feel like one that we need to win. 4,028 earth do the French hold that record? I know. It does feel like one that we need to win. 4,028 people in France have the world records. We're not over here holding the bloody

croissant-making record, are we? Exactly. Stay in your lane, France. Did you say we-cord? Croissant-making we-cord? That's why we're not holding it because I can't even

pronounce it properly. So you can get along if you want to help out and help New Zealand win that record or we-cord. Sorry, you probably did say this but I switched off. How many people, what is the current record? 4,028. So you can get along if you want to help out And help New Zealand win that record Or weckord Sorry you probably did say this but I switched off What is the current record?

4,028 So they're hoping to get about 10,000 people at Eden Park on Sunday Yeah we'll blow those frogs out of the water Now Producer Ellie you actually brought this up Our new producer Ellie come on in mate Ellie's been with us for a couple of weeks Taylor's off having twins

And you said you used to work at Coca-Cola on in, mate. Ellie's been with us for a couple of weeks. Taylor's off having twins. And you said you used to work at Coca-Cola. I did. One of the greatest work perks, this is what we want to open up this morning, stuff you're getting for free that other minions are having to pay for. What would you get for free at Coke? So at Coca-Cola

in the office, they have vending machines everywhere. And you can literally just go up and get a drink. Whatever's in there, free. Just drink it. Don't need to put money in. I don't want to pick holes in this, but the vending machine is kind of redundant in the process. You're just

unnecessarily putting stuff in a vending machine if you don't need to use it as a payment system. Just a fridge is a Coca-Cola. Great point, guys. I never really questioned it. I mean, you still get the thrill of using a vending machine. Yeah. Yeah, it is exciting. It's like a little raffle or like a little claw machine.

It just makes a little game. But they rotate the drinks. So if you get sick of one, it's okay. You always find another one. Oh, my God. It's dangerous, though, because I've got a little bit. You're not like, yeah. Coke Zero is my thing.

You said you got hooked on Mother. Mother Energy Drink. Not my proudest moment. I love mother. Was it like one a day? Ended up, I tried to limit myself. It was definitely at least two a day, though. But at three, though, I guess it's, you know, you're like.

You know, I mean, my health grew out great. And I make big cans. I did do the little ones. Yeah, so I had the little ones. Yeah. That's a great work pick. Here, what do you get here? Have we given you a free pair of Jono Benamegan socks?

Probably not, though. No, I didn't even get one of those, actually. We've only got limited editions, so I can't promise you that. The perks have really dried up in radio. Oh, it used to be littered with... If we've got a vending machine out there, it's the traditional one where you have to actually pay for the items. But it used to be littered.

You'd get showered in freebies in this industry, didn't you? Get concert tickets. We don't even get those these days. I think the first five years of my career, I was paid in bloody promotional party pills. Just lived off party pills. Remember we'd just give away party pills at all the radio stations?

That explains so much. It does probably explain a lot, doesn't it? Yeah, but now you get nothing. Times are tough out there, but this is what we want to open up. What are you getting for free that others are paying for? Maybe free parking.

There are some towns in New Zealand where you don't even pay for parking. Yeah, maybe it's a work perk as well. A lot of people get travel perks or places that you work at that are attractions. We'd love to hear from you this morning.

We're celebrating 65 years of Barbie at the warehouse this week as well. Giving away $65 gift cards to every caller that gets on the air. And you can take a picture in pink at the warehouse as well. Tagging the warehouse in the hits to go on the draw to win one of 65 Barbie Dreamhouse prize packs worth $600. I take it back. I take it back. Sorry, I've just been reminded that Monday we've got some fried breakfast chicken.

Oh, we do. Oh, we do, yeah. Chicken turned up at 8.50 in the morning. So that was a great perk, too. You've really got to be in a certain frame of mind for breakfast chicken, though, don't you? But it was a lovely gesture. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Talking about stuff you're getting for free that others are paying for. This may come in the form of a work perk. Megan Pappas, what work perks have you got, mate? I actually have park in the building she negotiated a great contract all the things

she's like do you guys not get that? we're like no do you not get that? yeah these guys I don't know even our boss

doesn't park in our building I don't know how I wrangled that but let's just keep it quiet I share a car park with a meth head that's what we're doing

five blocks five kilometres away this is me and Hosking downstairs. Yeah. It's great. So Megan just rolls on in, parks in the convenient

downstairs. I can't compete with that. I can't, no. Yeah. I also forgot too, this industry, as we said, used to rain in freebies.

A large period of my life too, I was just dressed in free promotional alcohol merch, like, you know, Woodstock bourbon merch or like purple goanna bucket hats and things like that. That was good work perks for you ben yeah well no i mean yeah they have dried up there used

to be cds back in the day didn't they when cds were a thing and you used to be able to take them down to a store and get either store credit or cash and that helped you out when you were a young person in this industry they ended up just with a large quantity of like, we don't need 32 Matchbox 20 CDs. That's the thing, yeah. I'd go down and I'd give them 12 of the same album. Did you really love Nickelback and then all of a sudden have a change of heart? I bought 12 copies of the Fearless. I mean, I love the Fearless, but I

bought 13 copies and I don't want to give 12 to this store, you know. Let's go to Vaughan. Welcome to the show. How are you in Parmy, Vaughan? Hi Good and you boys? Yeah we're doing well Work perks

What are you getting for free That the rest of us are paying for? Well it's not actually work perks It's school lunch My boy started He thought okay cool I'm going to take a burger home to dad And it was average

And then the school lunch Started changing to Subway And I said to the little man He's only five by then I said look boy If you bring me a school lunch home every day i'll give you a dollar so every day he started rolling in with lunch right so i'm getting free school lunch so i'm paying a dollar for a subway uh to him it's free and and he's getting pocket money um so yeah i don't know why you say school lunch. So he goes to the subway, bloody underground. I love the way you say school lunch. Well, I'm not going to mention the school, but I must say, I wish I was a student there because, damn, it's not back in the day.

He likes the school lunch. This is a subway with a little fruit and stuff, so yep. So you're getting him to bring you home his school lunch. Is that kind of how it's going to be? Yes, because he doesn't like that there's letters on and stuff. You know, they try to make it healthy for their kids. And I'm like, I've got no problem with that. A nice chicken wrap for a dollar.

I'll take that any day. Yeah. And what do you eat it for? For lunch. Then I just put it in the fridge tomorrow morning, take it to work. That's my lunch. My smoker for the morning or whatever. Genius.

An illegal underground sandwich ring. That is one of many. You know, like when you walk through your countdown, well, Willie's now, they're hungry, then they eat a banana. I'm like, well, organise that, a banana too. Are you eating the kid's fruit, are you? I'm eating the rest of his fruit. That's a nice way we're going to hook you up with $65.

There's a work perk for you To spend at the warehouse So enjoy that I guess as long as The child's hand Pulls the fruit Out of the basket And they started eating it

That's fine Nikki you're on Atamaria Now your work perk What are you paying for That we Well you're not paying for Sorry that we are

Morena Well first of all I want to say All gravy in the navy All gravy in the navy all gravy in the navy it's catching on Megan we're bringing her back trying to get a show

catchphrase off the ground that means she gets show socks though oh we did promise them yes you got socks every pair comes with a spare the unlosable socks Jono, Ben and Megan socks

so congratulations Nikki awesome thank you well I'm a wee bit lucky at the moment so we've got family friends that are in the process of opening a cafe. So I get to be the, I suppose, taste tester of the, like,

barista training, ston, baking, everything. So it is amazing. Free? All for free? All for free, yep. And I have to give my honest opinion, which is quite hard because you're kind of like, that's more like a black white than a latte, but, you know.

Are you getting quite snobby on your coffee too? Oh, 100%. Yeah, good on you. There you go, free coffee, baked goods for Nicky. That's a great work perk. Yeah, a friend of ours, his brother, was getting into the tattoo game, and obviously tattoo artists, they have to start somewhere, right? They do, and so he started on our friend and there was some shaky years.

But they were free. Everyone else was paying $160 an hour. Now, I was telling you guys before the weekend, we had a busy weekend of activities, which is great. Ideal weekend for me. And one of the things we did Friday night, we went with some friends to the arcade with the kids and families and stuff. It was, you know, there was a bar area there and arcade games.

So it was a fun night. And I managed to get injured though at the arcade by standing too close to the punching machine when my daughter was doing it. And she punched, not straight, but to the side and the punching bag smacked me in the face. That sounds like tactical from you. Why are you standing right beside the punching bag? I was kind of, and it was my own fault, going, all right, go on, just give me your best shot,

because I had to go, and then she was having to go, and I was next to the punching bag, and then she just punched it. Maybe it was tactical, because it went off to the side. Seems like a very dangerous location to be standing. Yeah, it smacked me in the face. So anyway, apart from that, wonderful evening. I went out to, you know, I went home to order an Uber. I ordered the Uber.

It said one minute away, as you do, you know. Yep. And so we waited for a bit. And then you look at the little, you follow the little car. Yeah. Like a little game that you can't play. And then I was like, oh, that's a bit further than one minute's away. Then it recalculated to like four or five minutes.

And then I was like, he's 2.4 k's away. And you're like, oh, this is not going to be one minute away. And so my wife sort of grabbed, you know, had a look at the phone. I was like showing her. And I was talking to my kids. And then she was like, oh, this is ridiculous going to be one minute away. And so my wife sort of grabbed, you know, had a look at the phone. I was like showing her. And I was talking to my kids. And then she was like, oh, this is ridiculous. I'm telling him some stuff. And she messages and starts messaging some things.

And I'm thinking, oh, okay. She's the one in the family that would get involved in. In disputes. Yeah. I'm like, okay, cool. If the wrong meal's been sent out, you'll leave it to Amanda. I mean, she's just not rude or anything. She just, you know, like.

And you're well within your rights. Exactly. I don't make a scene. I mean, she's just, no, she's not rude or anything. She just, you know, like. And you're well within your rights. Exactly. I've just, I don't make a scene. I don't make a fuss. What was the greatest story you told? Like they had sent, you got some takeaways and they put the wrong meal in and she's like, you go back and sort it out. I went back in with her as well.

And he told, you do it. And I was like, hey, sorry about this. And the guy's like, it's okay. And you keep going, it's all good. It's all good. And Amanda's like, it's not all good. It's not all good. Why did you keep saying it was all good? It's our good. And Amanda's like, it's not all good. It's not all good. Why did you keep saying it was all good?

It's our fault. We probably should have just eaten it. Yeah, exactly. So anyway, this occasion, she's messaging back the Uber. I'm like, oh, yeah, that's all good. She's doing her thing. That's fine. And then I realized, oh, no, this is on my login.

This is on my login. Not Ben Boyce's login. Can't have confrontation on my login. You know how you can message the driver. She's like, this is ridiculous. It's taking longer than it does. What did she say? This is longer. Can't have confrontation on my logo. You know how you can message the driver. She's like, this is ridiculous. It's taking longer than it does. What did she say? This is ridiculous.

These used to be back going, hey, I'm caught in this thing. I'm like, what? Told us one minute. Now it's not. And I'm like, oh. This Ben Boyce guy is rude. And I'm like, oh, jeez. And then she's like, oh, can you sit in the front?

And I'm like, oh. Because the kids are not in the back. I'm like, oh. And I'm trying to overcompensate, you know, being polite. You're like, oh, mate, how's your night going? He's going to be like, this guy's Jekyll and Hyde. You were literally just giving me crap about being late. Yeah.

And then one of the kids won some sort of jelly. You know how you go to the arcade, you win tickets, and you can spend it on whatever it is. That's a rort. Whoever invented the bloody ticketing system was having a laugh. They did that. They bought some sort of jelly, these little packets

of like, they're kind of like sweets but also jelly, like whatever it was. Yeah, whatever. They went to eat one of that and it sort of spat out and landed on the guy's arm.

And I was like, and then I was like, oh, sorry, sorry about that. And I was like, oh God, now does he think I spat on him?

And I was like, that was what the kids, the kids were like, oh, sorry about that. And I was like, oh, God, now does he think I spat on him? And I was like, that was when the kids were like, oh, dear God. I'm like, now I can never take an Uber again. What was the rating? What rating did he give you? I actually don't know. I should have known. Yeah, he had your star rating going down. Have a look.

He's going to be like, this guy is a roller coaster. He's like, he's abusing me. Then he's overly friendly. Then he's spitting on me. And I was like, that was when the kids opened the things. And then when he left, he's abusing me. Then he's overly friendly. Then he's spitting on me. And I was like, that was when the kids opened the things in the back. And then when he left, he's like, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you. Oh, no. So it really was a real roller coaster of a ride up the arcade. Hey, next. Megan, you told us yesterday something that you have. How many liters of this thing do you have? It's three kgs. Wow.

That was a lot. How quickly I go through it is pretty grim. I wouldn't have had that probably over in a lifetime. Really? Three kilograms worth. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, I mentioned yesterday we got into a heated debate too as to whether you can use the petrol station facilities

if you're not paying for any, you know, petrol, snacks, nuts, little miniature nuts that Ben likes to pay for. Guilt nuts, I call them. He buys those and I use the toilet. He won't stand for it if I walk in there and use the petrol station toilet without paying for anything. Yeah. Very nice of you.

You do love your cranberry trios, your almonds. I suppose a little mini pack of almonds. I do love little snacky nuts. Well, another one I want to chuck out there that I saw yesterday, two days in a row. So in the supermarket, guys wandering around with a trolley, puts a bottle of Coke in his trolley and opens it up and starts drinking it and shopping as he goes about his day.

Now, from what I can gather, ultimate boss move, absolute power play. Congratulations. Nothing illegal at this stage. Hasn't shoplifted because probably the intention to buy it at the counter, you'll just scan it through.

But can you do that? Because if this is a thing we can do when we're shopping, we can eat when we're shopping. Technically, you haven't bought it, though, have you? Yeah, no, technically, that's what I was going to say.

You haven't yet bought it. You've just gone in and grabbed something. Started consuming it. Yeah, because I have seen someone else do that, eating something from the deli counter. Like a sandwich or something. Yeah, well, I think it was some sort of like, I can't remember what it was, they were snacking away,

and then I saw them later screwing up the bag and just putting it in an aisle. And I was like, well, that's – And I was like, well, they were just walking around, and then they put it away. You know, and that's the sort of thing that could happen. He could have – and I'm not saying he did. Discarded the bottle, yeah.

Discarded the bottle. Did you narc? No, not me. I don't like confrontation. I think someone I was with did narc, but, yeah. At the time, I was like, oh, that's it. Oh, I don't want to narc. Don't narc.

Hey, you guy over there. But, yeah. Don't narc, yeah. It was like, oh, that's it. Oh, I don't want to knock. Don't knock. Hey, that guy over there. Don't knock, yeah. Did you knock on people in COVID? You know, when people were having friends over at their house? People were so wild with that, weren't they? Yeah. Yeah, but it's an interesting one because I know it's interesting when you've got kids

and they're getting a bit hungry and scratchy, like, you know, like a squeezy yogurt or something like that. Maybe, you know, because it's kids. But then that's why, like, a lot of the supermarkets do fruit for kids now. Yes. You know, but this theory, you go, well then you'd argue a case that you're not allowed to read the magazines while you're waiting in aisles. Well, you're probably technically not. Because you're digesting

the content, you're putting the magazine back. Yeah, but it doesn't disappear when you digest it. You can put it back and someone can buy it. But you've got to pay to digest, they have the right to digest that content. But you probably should buy the magazine. I'm sure the magazine people listening right now will be like, well, he gets to be able to re-knee them,

waiting with their trolleys. Speaking of shoplifting in San Fran, basically you can just walk into a shop and take anything. Sorry, were you speaking about shoplifting in San Fran? At what stage during that conversation were we talking about shoplifting in San Fran? I was going to let him have it. Hang on, I was just like, talking about shoplifting and San Fran I was going to let him have it I was like well hang on

I was just like speaking of shoplifting and San Fran that worst segway Jono you should have been like yeah it's pretty much shoplifting

speaking of which it's San Fran yeah you're right I was like no point doing that conversation when we're talking about

shoplifting and San Fran did you just hold your head through that segway did you take a trip to San Fran yesterday? No, go on. You want to talk about shoplifting in San Fran? You know, on another show, a more professional show,

they wouldn't have acknowledged that. They would have just gone, oh, maybe we were speaking about shoplifting in San Fran. I felt like an elephant was stomping through the room, though. I was just hoping that you didn't remember that we were talking about shoplifting in San Francisco. But it's illegal. You can do it over there.

What? Up to $950 because it's rampant crime in San Francisco. So the lawmakers have said, well, if you take anything to the value of under $950, it's a misdemeanor, which ultimately means the police will never investigate it. And the shop workers,

they've been told, well, don't try and stop these people for fear of violence it's like the bus drivers not being allowed to ask if people haven't paid their fare crazy just wandering and take stuff so you like look at the tv price tag you're like 950 and that's good out we go how's your little how's your little narking sandwich now mate? Yeah. The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast Last night Megan you were like what are you doing?

Six o'clock and I didn't have anything that I was having to do. It was like a lot of trust from you. I was like right I need to book you out from six till eight.

Tuesday night too. On a Tuesday night. So a Thursday you can handle but a Tuesday you're like we are only at the start line of the week. Yeah. So I took you out to the opening of a new bar. Yeah.

Owned by your favorite team. I know. The Warriors got a new bar. It's called Full Time, the bar. Well, this is like your Disneyland. Yeah. And he already loves Disneyland. I do, yeah.

So thank you very much for that. I did try and play it cool because I do get quite excited, particularly being in the same room or near Warriors players. There were a few there. There's Dallin. I was like, come and say hi to Dallin. He was like, no, don't. Oh, no.

Keep him away from Sean's Johnson. Yeah. I didn't see Sean or his Johnson there last night, but he might have been there. But I tried to play it cool, you know, just because Megan was there and, you know, Megan's husband, Andrew, was there. And I was like, I can't be just fanboying out over Warriors

or ex-Warriors or ex-players or, you know. But he did point them all out to me as the coach. He used to play, he used to play. Oh, yeah, Stacey Jones is there. Did you rattle through all the previous Warriors teams since 95? But I didn't punish any of them as well. I wanted to. I was, like, quite keen just to see Ben be like,

oh, he was... What's that? Didn't you want the bar to be called Up the Bars? Up the Bars was one of the names that I thought was quite good. That's great. What did they call it? Full Time. Full Time, which works well.

Yeah, it's next to Eden Park, if anyone's in Auckland. I think it's open from tonight, so it's pretty cool. But I tried to play it cool. Warriors scene bars. You like Warriors stuff everywhere? There's a few Warriors scene, but is there a lot of Warriors stuff everywhere? There's a few Warriors things, but still other sports as well. Some amazing screens, like a real wraparound screen around the bar. I don't know how the technology works.

There's screens everywhere. You can't go anywhere in that bar without seeing the screen. I don't know if they're always going to be playing one thing, but there'll always be sport that you can see, that's for sure. And so did he drop you home afterwards? No, we offered to drop him home, and he was like, oh, no, Uber. But to be fair, we have two car seats in the back, so

he would have to squeeze in the middle. I put him in one when I take him in. I was half, you know when you're talking, I was talking to you guys and talking to other people, you don't want to be that person on your phone. So I was half getting messages from my wife because she was going to pick me up. And then later on, I was just to you guys talking to other people you don't want to be that person on your phone so I was half getting you know messages from my wife because she was going to pick me up and then later on I was just like I've ordered dinner and stuff and I was half looking messages it seemed like I was meant to pick up the dinner and get an uber home that's what the message is for but I'm like regular when are you coming to pick me up she's like no I told you the

dinner's there to pick up across the road from where you are and take an uber I'm like oh well I'm like an hour late for you guys. So sorry about that. I know, because Ben was like, oh, my wife's picking me up. And then we walked past and he's waiting for an Uber. And I was like, ouch, he really didn't want to ride. I get home, had a few beers. And dinner's quite late for the kids. Cold too.

Was it sitting there for an hour? Yeah, it'd been sitting there for a while. But anyway, yeah. At least it was past so he could reheat it. So it was fine. So that was nice. So thank you, Megan. That was very fun.

Good surprise. Good surprise. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're in the country this weekend from Friday. He's doing some shows for kids, shows for slightly older kids as well. It looks very funny. David Williams, author, comedian.

It'd be great to have him in New Zealand. And he joins us over Zoom now. David. Hello. Hello. David Williams. There he joins us over Zoom now, David. Hello. Hello. David Williams. There he is. Right, yeah.

You look very rested in a wonderful little hotel room there. I am, yes. I've been enjoying myself. I've been watching the dirty movies on the TV. Do you still watch dirty movies in hotel rooms? You know there's the internet. I don't think there are any anymore We're very excited

You're coming to New Zealand this weekend You're going to be here You're in Australia Now I noticed from your social media You had people on stage You were kissing one of them There was all sorts going on It was

It's been really fun actually Because the show is sort of well planned out But there is plenty of chance to sort of be loose and to be playful as well. And obviously with any comedy, really, the best parts are often the spontaneous parts, aren't they? The bits that the audience wouldn't have seen last night and are not going to see the next night. I was in Newcastle. Oh, no, that's where I am now. No, no, no. Am I in Newcastle. Oh no, that's where I am now. No, no, no.

Am I in Newcastle? Yeah, no, I'm in Newcastle, but I was somewhere else. Where's all the churches? Where's Adelaide? I was in Adelaide. Sounds like your tour itinerary is quite spontaneous too.

I was in Adelaide, yes. I just wake up and go, I was in Adelaide and it was so much fun. And the audience was such a big part of it. It was Saturday night. They'd had a few drinks.

And so they were kind of keen on getting involved, which I encourage. It must be frightening for you going, opening the floor to questions from the audience. Especially when you don't know what city you're in. But the best questions are the ones that's rude. I had this great, this woman came up, she was like in her early twenties or something like that.

And she said, yeah, my mum was meant to come tonight, but she couldn't make it. So she gave the tickets to me and I'm just 22. So I just want to ask, who are you? Great question. Yeah, there was a boy who got up in Sydney and he was like, I've read all 43 of your books.

When are you going to write a good one? These are the ones that get the best laughs or the ones that, you know, that put me down. So please, rude questions, listeners. Because you've got the shows that are earlier in the day, which I guess are a bit more catered around the books and kids and yeah so family shows in the day for people who like my books and um shows in the evening i mean it's not that adult but i wouldn't take your eight-year-old teenager and they'd seen little britain and stuff i think it'd be fine how do you navigate between

doing the comedy for you know like a pg audience and then moving into something a little bit more adult related um well I kind of I feel like it's the same me but it's just it's just slightly it's just slightly different you know I'm not I don't I feel with the kids you know as a children's author I don't patronize them you know like I don't go, hello, kiddies. Time for book time. You know, it's still me and I'm still an archie. But obviously I just know not to drop the F-bomb.

We're very excited. I think we're all going at various stages over the weekend. Do you think about your career? Because I was reading yesterday you started, you know, back I think at Edinburgh and things like that, performing to just a handful of people. And now you're selling out in New Zealand and Australia and you've done amazing comedy shows and books. Do you think about that journey that you've been on?

Yeah, always. I think you've always got to feel very grateful because, yeah, me and Matt's first ever gig together was to three people. Who were those three people? That's as big as this gig right now. There's three of us. Yeah, it was you three. Day one is baby.

Yeah, just three. But then that's how it all starts. Everyone's used to it in a humble way. And it's good because it keeps you grounded and makes you grateful that you've had your success. And I think it's just really important, isn't it? Not to take it for granted. I just always remind myself when I was a lifeguard

at the local swimming pool of what I used to get paid an hour to be there and then i'd think about what i got paid now and then we just go okay david stop complaining yeah and you don't even have to mouth to mouth anyone nowadays actually it was the lady in the audience you were quite hooking into i think she needs mouth to mouth i'm very big with the older lady did david williams actually have to save anyone from drowning in your years as a lifeguard? I didn't, and I was desperate to.

You know, I just wanted him to push children in the pool. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We just discovered that you used to go to the same gym as Prince Harry. Is that correct? Correct, until he moved to america which is very selfish of him because we used to yeah we used to sit in the steam room together and uh did you he's a very well-built young man i must say well i'll take that what is what he's great really fun really friendly real laugh i know i know this is silly you know but there's not like you know you

have to call him prince harry or something you know what did you call him when you're sitting there in a towel i called him big boy i just he's cool you know just call him harry because it was like it's you know i think he was he's the most down-to-earth and the most normal of the lot of them and good luck to him you know know, I've always liked him. I've always thought he's great. If he, like, forgot his swipe card, would you be able to swipe him into the gym? Or is there, like, a $500 fine for that? This was a gym that had no swipe cards.

No swipe cards? Okay, a fancy gym. You're not Snap Fitness or anything? No, but he was very popular there because he was just a laugh. And just always fun, always full of energy. And just, it was no, like,, oh my goodness, it's Prince Harry. You know, he has to be kept away from everyone else. He just, you know, everyone loved him.

Now coming up with... Anyway, enough about him. Sorry, it's about you, Governor of New Zealand. I'm not promoting Prince Harry. He's going to be fine. He'll sell tickets to his own show. Yeah, we're excited to have you in New Zealand this weekend. How long does it take you to write a book

and is it like a constant cloud hanging over you like you're in the middle of writing books now? I've been writing one as we've been speaking actually I just finished it It takes a few months but you know again I just keep reminding myself

although you know sometimes it feels like hard work because you're stressed and you're working late into the night or whatever. And, you know, you get frustrated and all that. But, you know, I just keep reminding myself, yes, it's not actual real hard work. You know, it is daunting. But at the same time, by the time you sort of filled it and created the story, it's really exciting. So actually, I always can't wait to get on to the next one oh we're very excited about you here the final question i went to look on an article last night it's from the age and it said david williams um his advice for adele

and then i had to pay for that to subscribe and i didn't do that so what what's your advice for adele that i i think this story is what happens you say one thing yeah and then chinese whispers it gets reported in all these different sites well basically adele used to be my neighbor so i'd see her a lot and she came around she came around with her for dinner and she brought her oscar so i said i'll bring her she's really really nice and um anyway and i was talking to her because it was like a long time between the second and the third album. And so I said, I said, you know, is it difficult, you know, just come up with a song? And it's like, yeah, because, you know, you've had these massive hits and now you're sort of competing, you're not competing with other people, you're competing with yourself. And she was like, yeah, I suppose it is, because I guess if you've written a song like Someone Like You,

you're starting to write another song and then you think, oh, it's not as good as Someone Like You. It's just something in your head, even though it may be better or different or whatever. And so anyway, she took that advice and now look at that. She's gone great. You wrote her lines. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that was your – thanks, Ian.

No, I help all the big showbiz staff. I've got a note for everybody. Stephen Spielberg, I've got something to say to him. Prince Harry in the sauna, you've got them all. Harry, I've got something to say to you. We love catching up with you. We're so excited.

Put some cold water on it, Harry. David Williams in New Zealand this week. Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. We can't wait to see you in New Zealand. Are you coming? harry david williams in new zealand this week friday saturday monday wednesday auckland wellington in christchurch we can't wait to see you in new zealand are you coming well yes i'll be there friday night i think uh john i'm going on saturday so yeah i can't wait to see you i can't wait will you come backstage and catch me in my underpants when i'm getting dressed i'd love to i don't know if i'll be allowed to what do i say is there a password okay maybe that's his first question can i come back to see you in your underpants?

Yes. That would be a great question. Probably because I'm such a terrible show-off, I'll probably strip off on stage. Okay, great. Well, I'd love to see you in your underpants. I'd love to see you on there. Okay, please promise me you're going to ask that question.

Okay. Yeah, okay. Okay, right. Sounds great. All right, I will. Can I come backstage and see you in your underwear? And I'll ask it at the children's show. Not ask it at the children's show.

I don't want your dark and disturbed mind. All right, we'll see you Friday night. See all of you Friday. See you, David. Bye, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. About the Auckland FC. New Zealand's got a brand new team in the A-League football.

The Auckland team. And we want to get them behind. Matty and PJ have, in the afternoons, they've got themselves a move. Which I don't know exactly what the move is, but we're like, we're coming up with a move. We're going to inspire the fans. And we're like, well, hang on. Why don't we try and pitch a move? So this is like a celebration move.

So after they score a goal, the players and everyone on the stands can do this move. Yeah. As a celebration. I feel, hey, far be it from me. I've never invented a move before. But I feel like we're doing, do we want to score the goals first and then come up with a move? Or do you need to have the move before the goals are scored? Because the team hasn't even played yet and we're already inventing a move.

I feel like we're in order of things of priorities. Yeah, but then you don't know what goal's going to happen at some stage. And then you want to know what to do, right? You want to be prepared. Yeah, otherwise you're like, oh, no, we didn't come up with a move. We'll score another goal. And then, you know, which would be great. We'll just sit there applauding.

Yeah, which is great. Which is great. You do applause. Failing to prepare, preparing to fail. Yeah, yeah. So we put a couple of moves out on our social media as well

we went to the football grounds we ignored the signs that said keep off the grass and we went out there and we very soggy shoes I now know why it said keep off the grass

yeah yeah and there was a very there was a medley of moves there was the trying to get on the property ladder where we would all try and climb on the goal. So the goal scored and we all try and clamber up the goalpost.

Because they're an Auckland-based team. So we're like, let's come up with an Auckland move or a night because they're called the Black Knights. They were some options. So like John said, there was the property ladder. There was the Ponsonby Road. I was like a very poor table too. Sorry, things would be sliding off the table.

I was on my hands and knees. you guys were pretending to drink lattes. There was the pile up on the motorway where we all just piled on top of each other. There was the ram raid too where you were a shop door and then I drove through with the shirt over my face. The problem is that it needs to be a move that not only the players can do but also the people in the crowd can do. Yeah, the ram raid would be difficult. It requires three people. move that not only the players can do, but also the people in the crowd can do. And so a lot of the moves. Yeah, the ram raid would be difficult.

It requires three people. And a lot of movement, you know, and to be able to do it in the seat. So pretty much 99% of our moves were not good for the crowd. Very physical. That's why the Phoenix have done a great job of just taking their shirts off and just swinging them around their head. Anyone can do that no matter where you are. Yeah.

Now, Megan, you've cracked it, I think, you know, with the name. I don't know if it was i just took inspiration from the name so not like hugely original but i went for a move that i'm calling the knighthood uh so the player bends down on one knee and another one knights them tap on the right shoulder tap on the left shoulder and you can do that to people next you in the crowd you can bend down if you can but if not you can just turn and knight the other person two person role play. Love it.

Okay. So is that the move we're putting forward? That's the move we're putting forward right now. That's the move. That's what, what have Matty and PJ done?

We don't know. I don't know. No, I don't know what's going on today, but it's shrouded in secrecy. Knowing PJ, probably nothing. Something shambolic.

She'll scramble something together in the last five minutes. The five minutes to the deadline. Yeah. So that's our move for the show. We'll put it up on social media today and we'll get some votes and we'll see if we can make Maddie and PJ

for their move, which we don't know what their one is yet. Okay, and then the one with the most votes, obviously, is Democracy. That's the one that we're going to be pitching to the club. Pitching to the club, pitching to the fans,

and then ultimately, then our work is done. It's not up to us anymore. Will it take off or will it not? I mean, those things, you know, it's very hard to create those things. We've tried to start catchphrases in the past, but we're not catchphrase people. It does take – it needs to catch on like wildfire, and that's the unknown. Who would have thought up the wars would have been a thing?

It was like a hugely massive thing. We tried to get – all gravy in the Navy was going to be the show's catchphrase. When anything's good, oh, that's all gravy in the Navy. Do you like that? Do you like that? We did it for a week

and then really peed it out of us. I know. Gravy in the Navy. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. The school holidays just around the corner

and there's a new live show starting today. Roald Dahl's Matilda. The story looks really good at the Bruce Mason Centre in Auckland, running for the school holidays. And we've got two of the stars joining us ahead of opening night. We've got Rebecca, who plays Miss Honey, and Juliet, who plays Matilda,

one of the few that play Matilda. Welcome to the studio. How are you guys going? Good. How are you? You're looking amazing. Yeah. Thank you.

Matilda the Musical, Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna. Incredible production, Matilda. It's a great show, isn't it? Yeah. Lots of great songs, lots of... Yeah, it's probably one of my favourites. Yeah, well, it's a pretty amazing role. All I know I learnt from Tully.

They really joined in on that one. The bigger the Tully, the smarter... The man. Why do you know so much about it? I went to Matilda the musical a couple of years ago had the time of my life that's really good

I know the songs though good on you really big role though isn't it Juliet for you how has it been getting that amazing role

it's definitely the biggest role I've had I've learnt all my lines but it's quite nerve wracking that's the key thing learn your lines

don't forget them thank you Jono if you could have her powers what would one thing you'd like to move um probably like my sister pick her up and really thought about that too yeah that's great answer now how's it been working because a cast of adults And kids as well It must be challenging But also amazing

At the same time Yeah yeah It's pretty incredible And we have three Matildas Working on the show as well And then two sets of kids So it's been super fun And super fresh

Rotating casts And everyone brings Different energy Which is super fun Who's your favourite Matilda? That's such a dangerous Question to ask One you don't have to answer now publicly.

Julia, now people might not know this, you're actually a broadcaster Tony Street's daughter. Um, yeah. Am I? Felt like Julia didn't know that. As she was looking at me, I was like, dear Godda. I hope she is. But you are.

And Matt, your dad, is out there. Now, we've got a wonderful, wonderful history, Matt. Oh, don't bring up the running incident. We're on holiday over New Year's. Rebecca, okay, you can judge this, okay? Okay, so we're on holiday over New Year's in Whangamata, Matt. And I was running along. You weren't on holiday together, though, were you?

No, Matt was running and I was running and we collided at an intersection, not literally. And I was like, oh, where are you running to, mate? He's like, I'm just going for my morning run. And I was like, I'll run with you. Now, the entire time I talked, I talked as he was running. I was asking him questions. I'm so sorry, Matt. It was basically like a slow-moving interview for about 40 minutes.

And then I got to the end of it. I was like, oh, we should do this again tomorrow. He said, probably not. Probably not. Too much talking for his liking. Yeah, fair enough. Did Dad come home and talk about that, Juliet? Um, no.

We've got Juliet and Rebecca from Matilda the Musical. Tickets to give away. If Jono and Megan can answer four questions about Matilda. Okay, do we have the tickets? Jono knows all the songs so he might be great. I feel like Jono should be able to get these. Let's just make it on Jono then because he seems like he's the expert on Matilda.

I've sung one song about a TV. Okay, so the first question here, do you want to ask the first question, Juliet? What is Matilda's special power? She can make things move and float and all that sort of jazz. Should we give them that one? Sort of. You don't seem overly satisfied. It's named telekinesis.

Oh, telekinesis. That's one ticket. One ticket we have so far to give away. Okay, Rebecca, next question. What kind of business do Matilda's parents run? They used car yard, didn't they? Yeah, they did. It was a bloody grubby Used car Yeah

The dodgy things He was running the clocks Backwards and stuff Okay Next question What's Matilda's last name Oh Matilda's last name

She's kind of like Beyonce She's just The single name Green The musical Yeah It's not the musical

Matilda the musical Matilda Green No that's Matilda Green was married to Arthur. Oh, yeah. They had the bachelor. Oh, what was her last name? Wormwood.

Wormwood. Oh, I did not know. Okay, you got me on that. I'll lose out on that ticket. Okay, and one more for the third ticket. What food item does Bruce Bogtrotter eat in the musical? The musical that you love so much. Oh, the pudding! He's eating it.

Trunchbull makes him eat the whole cake. Yeah, well done. There we go. And she is a very experienced shot putter, wasn't she back in her day? Oh, don't throw it. That's not one of the questions. Hey, thanks for coming in, guys. Enjoy the show. Thanks for having us. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

We're up early, so we like to know other people that are up early, what they're doing around the country, part of the 6 o'clock club. I'm sexy and I know it. You're sexy and you know it. You just have to phone us up and tell us, A, why on earth you're up at this hour of the day, and also, B, what's on the agenda today? Highs and lows of what's on your day. We're going to go to Ashburton.

Hi, Georgie. Good morning. How are you? We're doing really well. How awake are you right now, percentage-wise? Oh, 100%. Oh, wow, you're frothing. Oh, nice. How long you been up, Georgie?

Started at four. Oh, wow. What do you do? I'm a career driver. Jeez, that's an early hour to drop off packages at people's houses. Four o'clock. Oh no, they don't appreciate it. The businesses are fine. Are you out honestly delivering parcels

at 4.35? Really? To businesses? I guess some businesses are open 24 hours, aren't they? Have security on and stuff? Yeah, or they give us a key or something to drop it off. Do you decide that? Do you just want to get a jump on the day Have security on and stuff? Yeah, or they give us a key or something to drop it off. Do you decide that? Like, do you just want to get a jump on the day and avoid traffic and stuff?

Well, no, because we just go, go, go all day. The earlier you start, the better your day is, basically. I don't mean to get personal, Georgie, but I imagine you've got magnificent calf muscles. You look at the legs of courier drivers. They've all got great calves. Oh, that was the heyday, I think.

I reckon they're still good. I can tell those calves are still strong, Georgie. They're sure. I bet. A lot of running. I like it because next door, we've got a cafe here next door to work. And they are trusting because I noticed the guy who drops the milk, he's just got the key to the place.

Oh, right. Yeah. Yeah. It means they get it before they even start work so they don't have to wait i would not be trusted i could not be trusted with that responsibility the keys to businesses all over town yeah yeah that's pretty impressive do you uh do you steal stuff packages uh no no no that's why you keep your job that wouldn't go down too well no that's a great test.

What's the craziest thing you've had to deliver, Georgie? I don't know. Some of the stuff is just super expensive, and you don't realise until someone tells you. And you're just like, holy heck, you're lucky I didn't drop that. You're still taking photos? Like, sometimes the couriers take a photo of you leaving the packages or when you get your package, right? Yeah. No, we take a photo of leaving the packages or when you get your package, right?

Yeah. No, we take a photo just so they can see where we've dropped it and it kind of proves that we've put it there. Does it go anywhere? Because once I got a photo taken when I was holding the package and I was in my undies outside the front of the house. Oh, we post those ones also. I was like, I don't know where this is going,

but I'm holding a package in my underpants at home. I'm like, where's this going? It must be like a courierpicks.com website or something. Well, Georgie, we're going to hook you up. Thanks to the warehouse with a $65 gift card. You can spend that as well.