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Episode Date: June 20, 2024

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This John O'Bent Podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. We're doing our 90s Friday. All week we've been putting the 90s against the early noughties, which is the better era. And you decided the people voted in this democracy we live in for the 90s. And we've all come dressed as 90 characters. Megan, you've arrived as Britney Spears. Hit me baby one more time, Britney Spears. The classic. Not the 2024 Instagram Britney Spears, which we all as Britney Spears. Hit me, baby, one more time. Britney Spears. Yeah. The classic. Not the 2024 Instagram Britney Spears, which we all would have maybe preferred. But Ben Boyce is about to do his big reveal,

walking through the studio door. Here he is, stars in her eyes. He's Vanilla Rice. Oh, my God. The frosted blonde tips. He's got a full, colourful 90s tracksuit. I feel highly flammable right now. I really do. Yeah. I feel highly flammable right now. I really do.

I brought music in with myself as well. You've spiked up your frosted tips too, which I appreciate. He's got a blue Vanilla Ice t-shirt on. He's got the cheap bling too, the look sharp bling as well, I can see. And he is looking sharp. Very, very flammable this morning. Did you buy that tracksuit or did you own it? No, I got the tracksuit.

I own the t-shirt. I own the Vanilla Rice t-shirt. Where did you even buy that from? Yeah, you're dead right now. Open flames around that tracksuit this morning. It doesn't breathe a bit. That will melt onto your skin. Oh, no, your glasses are broken.

I broke my sunglasses straight away. There we go. But you're looking good. Thank you. Did you do your hair as Vanilla Rice? Yeah, I spiked it. Well, I thought it kind of worked. I had my hair already like this, so I thought I just, I had the hair and I worked backwards

from there. Great. We've got Brittany and we've got Vanilla Rice. I'll try and do my reveal next. I can't wait for that one. It's going to be an exciting morning this morning. Nothing but 90s music throughout the morning, celebrating the decade that was the 90s. We are really looking forward to it.

Now, we have been uh teaching and doing it like a week-long history lesson with producer grace 23 year old producer grace and let me just get my computer because i forgot what we're going to teach her about now what was it uh we're going to talk we're going to take it yeah to go back into we were talking about the things a lot of technology-based things this week and and when it came to the phone book now have you ever used the phone book, Producer Grace? Or the yellow pages? Have you seen one? A phone book?

No. Do you know what we're talking about? No. You know how you've got all your contacts in your phone? Yeah. Well, this was the entire city's contacts in one convenient book. Their name, their address, their phone number. all personal details.

We weren't fussed about it. We were open back then. And it was about that thick and you'd get it delivered and they'd chuck it on your lawn in plastic bags. Now that was the personal directory but then you also had the yellow pages all business related stuff. You want a plumber? Call AAA Plumbers

front of the yellow pages. So these big massive books would arrive once a year. A burden to have in the household if you wanted to look up something you're like all right i'll go look in the yellow pages it's wild when you think about it now that if you could think of someone's name you could look up their address like where's ben boyce live we're an open book you know you just bike around to me because i'm being in your home yeah now and then they kind of just There was a bit of a sad Slow end to the phone book

Wasn't it They got started using As door stops That's all online now Booster seats And the cars and things But yeah We've found a lot

Listen The world is far more convenient Let's be honest If you want to get hold Of someone's number now You can do it in a split second But before You had to

Flick through Probably about I'd say 2000 pages pages it was they were massive easy yeah particularly in big areas so there we go a little uh hark back to something some redundant thing that we went hello no no longer using the hits the jono and ben podcast what a boys to me and the iconic boy group from the 90s they've heard about it yeah send us this us this message. What's going on, John Owen Bennett? It's your boy, Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men. Hey, you guys are in New Zealand and you're having a 90s party. Well, do me a favor.

Do me a favor and turn up our hit song. I'll make a love to you Like you want me to And I'll hold you tight Baby, all through the night Turn it up nice and loud to celebrate But not too loud That you get a noise complaint

It's not a good thing But have a great 90s party Much love Wish I was there That's pretty cool A little pitchy, wasn't he? A little pitchy I'm joking

How incredible is his voice? So we're talking about 90s heroes right now. And have you ever met a 90s hero, a hero of yours on 0800 The Hits? We'd love to know. Megan, this happened just recently. Raw. Just only two weeks ago. If you listen to the show, a lot of you were probably here for it.

After the radio awards where I was a little bit of a mess, we had the amazing Jeff Wilson I never wear like sweatpants you had a hood on you should be able to ram rate a shop what's going on here and I forgot that we had Jeff Wilson coming in studio he was like a hero of mine I was big into rugby and was it 95 like the World Cup, yeah, we got food poisoning. Jeff Wilson, Goldie, Andrew Mertens, I was all about it and I've never met him until that moment.

In two hours sleep, partied the night before, not ideal Jeff Wilson conditions. He thought it was funny, I did not. So that's what happened when you met a hero of yours. I was like, oh my god, I can't believe this is happening. I reckon even that morning he was looking at all three of us going, looking like chewed up pieces of cabbage, going, jeez, I can't believe this is happening. I reckon even that morning he was looking at all three of us going, looking like chewed up pieces of cabbage, going,

geez, I'm glad I got into sport. But he didn't care. No, he didn't care. He was lovely. He was great with it. We got to meet Vanilla Ice and see him perform in concert because he came to New Zealand. We actually helped bring him out. Played a 20-minute concert.

He was incredible. Played Ice Ice Baby twice. Played the bangers. And he was really cool to hang out with. And then he was like like because it was a small crew on stage just him and his djs like normally have two people in clown masks to get out and dance but there's no one else here would you two do it to jonah and i were like yeah there'll be an honor to dance on stage but you realize how bad we are at dancing and how awkward it was after the first song i was like i am done but how long were you? 20 minutes.

But you'd never seen two clowns, we had masks on, but you'd never seen two clowns slowly back out of a dance routine. Wow. Just kind of,

just each song we tried to move a metre back into the darkness of the stage. I lost confidence so much through the whole thing

as well too. But it was really cool. It was really cool. The worst hype guys ever. We really were. You don't want unconfident hype men. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, have you ever met a hero of yours from the 90s?

Great texts and calls coming through. Yeah, there are. And I just distinctly remember, too, we got to, very thankful and lucky to interview Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was a hero of mine in the 90s. Arnie, I know, it was pretty cool. We flew to Australia to interview him. You know, Ben will never say his surname.

I knew his last name. He'll never say his last name. Arnie, just Arnie to me, mate. It was one of those ones we were lucky, really lucky to be there with all the other media to talk to him. But I think at the start they were like, you've got eight minutes with him. We're like, awesome. And then as the day went on and things started running behind, they're like, now you've got six minutes.

Okay, cool. Now you've got four minutes. Okay, cool. And we walked in the room and I think they were like, you've got a minute and a half or something. Oh my God, that's hello. From the time you talked, yeah, you couldn't even banter with him. You just had to sit down.

We wanted to talk about kindergarten cop for about 40 minutes. And then Ben Boyce goes, hey, do you know when my dad will be back? Because his famous line, I'll be back. And Arnie was very, very befuddled. He was confused. He was confused by that. He's like, I don't know when everyone will be back. And then they're like, time's up.

Yeah. That was pretty much it. Pretty much our moment with Arnie. Do you know when my dad will be back? And you were like, don't bring up your daddy issues. And then we bickered in front of him, and that was kind of it. So we blew it. Blew it with Arnie.

Kurt, welcome. Have you met your 90s hero? Yeah, I have and it's actually courtesy of you and Ben. Who was it? Vanilla Ice. Oh, were you at the concert, the power station? Absolutely.

Back in 2014, you brought him across to New Zealand on a whim and you got through to them on the phones. And I was there in my empty hammer pants and my American flag jacket. I remember. Wait, so Kurt, does this mean you saw them dancing on

stage? I was on stage with them, wrapping vanilla ice with vanilla ice. Oh my God. Maybe your amazing jacket. That's so cool. Well, listen, you deserve to be up there. stage with them wrapping vanilla ice with vanilla ice. Oh my god! Yes! I'm going to be your amazing jacket. That's so cool. Yes!

Well listen, you deserve to be up there. We certainly do. And make it all the way to my Tinder bio. Oh good. Did it work well on Tinder? Probably not. Why do I want to date a guy who's dressed like a bit of rice? We're going to hook you up with some help,

but lovely to talk to you again, my friend. Amazing. Thank you, guys. We'll get Sheena on. Welcome, Sheena. Who have you met from the 90s? Your 90s hero. Yeah, I don't know whether I'd call him a hero,

but definitely from the 90s. Vince Martin from both years. Oh, yeah, I see why you wouldn't call him a hero. Yeah, well, apologies. Huge name. So they were iconic ads for many, many years. He was like a lounge singer, I think, from America that they used for Bow Repairs. It was very iconic, right?

Yeah, he came on every Christmas and used to do a Christmas thing for Bow Repairs at the end of the year. But we were in New York, and we just happened to go and have something to eat at this diner and this waiter came up to us and it was a singing diner. It was really weird. He came up to us and we took our order and we recognised that he was Australian but didn't sort of

put two and two together. And then he came back and he had this badge on that said Vince. And then suddenly we clicked and we said, you're Vince Martin. And yeah, it was Vince Martin. Wow. He's working as a waiter singing in a diner. Yeah, he was working as a waiter singing.

Singing waiter. And he would all of a sudden burst into song. And he said he used to fly over to New Zealand every year to do these Bo Ripia ads. Wow. And then go back to his life as a singing waiter. That is, wow. Yeah. That's bloody interesting.

Always good to meet one of your heroes, eh? It is, yeah. They always say never meet your heroes that let you down, but I don't think it's the heroes letting you down. It's you letting yourself down. I don't want to get into a fumbly, anxious mess. What a cool story. Let's take one more quickly.

Okay, Quinton, you've met your hero from the 90s. Who was it? Yeah, hi. I met Richard Dean Anderson. Oh, MacGyver. MacGyver. MacGyver, yep. The original MacGyver.

Oh, he was a big player. It was a great TV show. Where'd you meet him? I met him at one of the Armageddon Expos here in New Zealand. He came through. That's very cool. What a show. Would have been cool if we were both locked in a toilet.

What would have been weird? Because he said to me, I said, I wish I'd meet you sooner. He goes, oh, you could have come to America. I said, well, at the time I couldn't afford it. So, you know, I said, I would have. But yeah, I said, no, you actually came here. I said, it's this, you know, he was a bit older when I met him.

So he was in his, like, 60s when I met him. But, hey, at least I got a chance to meet him. And I got a bit of stigma with him. And this is why they say never meet your heroes. That's so cool. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Hits this morning playing nothing but 90s music celebrating your favourite decade. They got a lawsuit from Mattel after that song came out.

I can see why Mattel would be a bit rattled. Yeah, they had to write a little thing on the CD saying, Barbie Girl is a social comment not created or approved by the makers of the doll. Just to try and get around that. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. Feels like it went a long way down the track before anyone went, did anyone check with Mattel?

We wrote a song. We did a video. We recorded it. Yeah. Don't know why we're going to do this to ourselves because it never makes for pretty reading but cost comparisons back to the 90s we're doing the 90s show and stuff that cost an insane amount of money like the average house in new zealand have a guess this is 95 i've gone smack bang in the middle okay so average house, you're thinking probably around a million, right? Probably average. Like $200,000.

$125,000. Oh, wow. Can't even buy a cupboard for that now. No. $125,000. The average rent in 1995, $161 a week. Only $160,000. Wow.

I guess, you know, a fancy economist will go, it's all relative. Inflation, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, don't worry about that, mate, it's all relative. Inflation, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, don't worry about that, mate. That's not sensationalist radio, okay? That's not going to arc people up. Do you have the average wage of a Kiwi? It was $39,000. So I guess it's all relative.

Relative. Here's a crazy one. Concert tickets. Big day out. It was basically the rhythm and vines packed into one day. $60. Yeah, I was going to say, and I get annoyed every time a concert's like $250, $300 a ticket. You're like, what?

We used to pay $60. Get a brand new car, $16,000 in 1995. The All Blacks, you can see the All Blacks at any stadium across New Zealand for between $8 to $12. $8 to $12. $8 to $12. What have we done? Maybe that's why they were so popular back then. Bring back those prizes.

Smoking was cool, guys. You could get 20 cancer sticks for $4.50. Wow. Cheap lung cancer. And finally, I know we're running over time, but finally, a Big Mac. Oh, no, two more. Movie tickets.

Four bucks. Oh, stop it. You wouldn't even have to smuggle in your contraband popcorn that you do, Ben. Popcorn was probably only a couple of dollars. Four bucks. And finally, a Big Mac. $2.95.

Wow. That is some stuff to make you sad about 2024. Sad about life. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Playing nothing but 90s music. That's from 95. It was a big song.

Thanks to a Levi's jeans commercial. I remember that. Became number one around the world not long afterwards. And he's joining us. The man himself, Shaggy. I think I can see him over on Zoom right now. Whereabouts are you? I am in, yeah, I'm in Jamaica.

My home in Jamaica. Oh my God. It's so nice to see you. We are big fans and New Zealand are big fans of you. I have a lot of friends in New Zealand, man. One of my favorite places to go. I've played concerts there so many times. Big Ragamuffin Festival is always a big festival.

It used to be down there. I've been there a couple of times. The thing that hits me is right as I get off the plane is that sulfur smell that hit me. Oh, yes, in Rotorua. Yes, of course. Yeah, Rotorua. At Rotorua, yeah, you just go right in.

It's like, bam. I'm like, oh, yep, I'm here. I thought something else would be going up your nostrils at Ragamuffin, not the sulfur, the smell of something else. I was reading that some fans have called themselves or their kids Shaggy and Boombastic after you. Is that true? You know what?

There's a woman that actually told me that her son was called Boombastic. That's a cool name. And said that the kid was actually conceived to Mr. Boombastic. She said, just so you know, that means you were there. I looked at her and I said, no, it wasn't me.

I'm not paying any child support for this kid. Shaggy, you've lived an amazing life, you know, with all the success in music, the Grammy Awards, the millions of albums, but you're also in the U.S. Marines for four years. Yeah, I did four years in the Marines. I did six and a half months in uh the first golf war you know all of that was something that just kind of shaped me for who i am you know and it really kind of prepared me for music and i didn't even think it would but you know in music you have to

get up early morning you do early morning shows you do clubs at night and you jump on a plane and you're on another continent doing the same thing over and over again. It takes a lot of discipline to do that, and the military was what really... I'm scared now. He could kill us. Shaggy could kill us right now. Don't ask the wrong question to Shaggy. Even though he's in Jamaica, he could end us right now over Zoom.

Now, the name Shaggy was given to you in high school. Is that the correct story? You know, there's a couple of stories. It's really because my hair was shaggy. I learned about the word shag. Oh, shag is the same in New Zealand as in the UK. Shag means to make love. I didn't know that.

In Jamaica, it's not that. And I watched Austin Powers and realized that that's what it meant. And then I was like, wow, I always hated my name. All of a sudden, I think my name is cool. It's brought a whole new meaning. If you could name us after our years. After our years. Jono's not a lot, and I've got a little bit more.

What would you give us? You know there's technology for that now. Where it looks natural. Look at mine. It's working. So could my nickname be technology? Question mark. Hey, Shaggy, I feel like we're getting on.

I feel like we're mates. We want a scoop. I mean, it's been a lot of years now and you've said it wasn't you. Can you admit to us that finally it was? That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thank you very much. I feel like she caught you.

She caught you with her eyes. You're on security camera. She even walked in the bathroom. There's a lot of evidence sacking up. The big thing about it is deny, deny, deny, deny. I mean, we've been saying it. You know, the funniest thing about that song is not even a cheating song. It's an anti-cheating song.

Y'all just never listened down to the end of the song where the guy actually apologized and said, okay, I'm not listening to this idiot, right? Because he's wrong. But that was almost not really a single, that song, right? And it became such a huge international smash hit. You know, in your career going up, you sometimes write these amazing songs, and there's always some guy in the record company that thinks he knows what's better than you.

Over and over again, this is a story that has been a part of many artists' lives. Times have changed now, and it's great that we're in charge of our destiny. When you break it down, even when it comes to movies, TV shows, executives, it's all just down to one person's opinion. Hey, we're seeing it happen every day, bro. Hey, Shaggy, before we go, it's been so good catching up. A quick quiz about some New Zealand food for you. If I said hokey pokey, hokey pokey, what do you think that would be?

Hokey pokey. I'm thinking something naughty. Oh, what's that? When I hear hokey pokey. Ice cream. There you go. We've got some ice cream. Hokey pokey is a flavor of ice cream.

It is naughty for your hips and waistline. Okay. And the final one are ginger nuts. Ginger nuts. I figured out your your nuts are ginger yeah and then yeah there's some there's some biscuits uh called uh ginger cookies yeah cookies yeah you got some cookies but also actually while you're there hey shaggy it's a huge highlight for us to talk to you you are awesome we love your work take care of yourself man all right All right, my brother.

Thank you very much, man. I appreciate you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. As I said before, it's captured the attention of not just all New Zealand, but people overseas. Fran Drescher, the nanny, has sent us this message. Have a listen. Hi, Jono and Ben.

It's me, Fran Drescher. I hear you're having a fabulous 90s party. Am I invited? I hope you're having a fabulous 90s party. Am I invited? I hope you guys have the best time and just enjoy yourself. And if you need anyone to take care of the kids, do you need a nanny? Much love to you both. She was standing next to like an outdoor fountain. It wasn't like she was having a shower or something.

Or sizzling bacon maybe she's cooking her bacon it's morning time so here you go Frangie it's spreading far and wide people texting in

loving the 90s oh you've just been harassed here Ben and sorry says Ben in Capitals you ruined the end of the Spice Girls song you did

that annoyed me too sorry about that apologies say sorry to Mel C. And another one. Loving all the 90s music, guys, except when Ben ruins the end of the Spice Girls. Dancing around the kitchen all morning. This is such a fab show.

We'll keep on going until nine. Appreciate you guys hanging out with us this morning. We want to talk about 90s schoolyard games or schoolyard moments. What do you remember the most about doing in lunchtime or interval, Megan? I remember doing knuckle bones i think they had to like ban them for a little bit because people were stealing knuckle bones and like you know same thing when anything gets to fad level like kids start arguing and but we did knuckle bones did you ever play yeah i remember knuckle bones i could never get sort of quite hard after you get you had to throw one up pick them up and then catch the other one

yeah right and then get two different levels and then catch the other one. Yeah, right. And then you'd get twos and threes, and then it would get really tricky. It was the evolution of the marble, wasn't it, the knuckle bug? Yeah. It was a big one. I always remember the schoolyard, just, it's burnt,

literally burnt into my memory, the slide, the metallic slide, how hot it was in the playground. And I was always the idiot that would go for, yeah, it's playtime, go down, and you'd just burn your thighs and upper thighs. Chuck that out on a mid-January day. Unless you didn't have a skirt.

Like, I would wear a skirt, and then as you slide down, your undies got your bum, so it's just cheek on slide. So hot. And you'd be like, it's hot, it's hot, it's hot. What should we make this slide out of? I don't know. Stainless steel? Stainless steel, yeah.

The kids will be sliding down it. Yeah, it'll be fun. It'll build some character. Thankfully, they decided, yeah. The kids will be sliding down it. Yeah, it'll be character. It'll build some character. Thankfully, they decided at some point to turn them into plastic. Yeah. Yeah, there's some smart individual. Do you remember the wonderful, the key to the school pool was always attached to a whacking piece of wood.

Piece of wood. Yeah. We later discovered that was because if it falls in the pool, it floats. Bloody smart. And you probably don't lose it either because it's big. No idea it's taking it home in their pocket or something at the end of the day. I can just remember ball...

Well, you always mock me for this. We called it Tiggy in Auckland. I know. How pretentious does that sound? It was Tag. It was Tiggy. It was Tiggy. Bloody Aucklanders.

Tiggy. Were you Tag? Yeah, we were Tag. Yeah. Well, we played ball Tiggy. While drinking your almond soy mochaccinos. Damn right. I'll take that mocharing.

Driving your four-wheel drive. Sliding down our marble slides. All right. Far smoother on the buttock. So that's us reminiscing about our favourite schoolyard games. What did you get stuck into? What was banned at your school? We'd love to hear from you next.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We had Andre joining us. We're all dressed like Kmart or Timu versions of famous pop stars. You're dressed like Vanilla Rice in very highly flammable polyester tracksuits there, Ben boys. You're like Slash from Timu. I do. Tell you what, hard to put our headphones on with a top hat. Yeah.

Really not conducive. And Megan's Britney Spears this morning. But I love each of us have tapped into our own characters. Like some of that you own, some of this I own. You probably own that leather jacket, right? Is this my daughter's Moana wig? Yes it is.

So thank you to Disney as well. We want to know this morning on Oh 800 The Hits, the schoolyard games that you took part in back in the 90s. What were they? You were just saying knuckle bones and then the grim history of knuckle bones. Because I was like, hang on, they're shaped like knuckle bones. So apparently the ancient Greeks used to literally find bones like knuckle bones

and start playing, you know, how many they could pick up as they threw them in the air. With actual knuckle bones. I guess using every part of the body. Way to bring the vibes down, bro. So yeah, give us a call, 0800-THE-HITS. Roxy, we'll get you on the schoolyard games you remember, mate, from the 90s. We used to play kiss and catch.

Oh. Catch and kiss, yeah, before meningitis. Before meningitis and consent. Yeah. You're right. You're right. You'd run slow. I used to not kiss And I used to just run

I was going to say You run slow And it was like a boy you liked She's like Oh I'm running so fast Oh you caught me Oh no Don't catch me

Yeah that one hasn't aged well Has it No No now you'd be like Are you okay with this Can you please sign this form Are you sure Are you sure

Can I get you on video Saying you're sure We'll get a couple of witnesses Saying you're okay Yeah that's the thing Let's get you on video saying you're sure? We'll get a copy of Witness you saying you're okay. Yeah, that's something. Let's get Sophie on. Thanks for your call, Roxy. Sophie, welcome to the 90s show. Hope you're enjoying it.

Oh, happy Friday, guys. Happy Friday. I used to play Space Monkeys until I got so injured that I ended up in hospital, and it was, like, banned from school. What was Space Monkeys? What was that? So it's like a really, not a great game, but it's, you know, at the time it obviously was a thing in the 90s because we were,

you know, a bit crazy. And it's where you like bend over and you like hyperventilate really fast and then you stand up really quickly and one of the other persons puts like a, you know, a school sweater or something over your neck and then you pass out on the floor in shape. Yeah, I remember that. I remember that. I never did it, but I saw it happen. A little bit of strangulation.

You're pushing boundaries. Yeah, a little bit of strangulation. Did you consent to that? Oh, wow. Stephanie, that's a good thing that's not played so much. Did you end up, what, in hospital or something? Yeah, because no one caught me and I like hit my head on a metal piece of filler on the wall. So I ended up with fluid around my brain and was in hospital for a few days and off school for a while.

Oh my goodness. Oh man, we were dumb. Yeah, so don't do it kids. No, it's true. And thanks to you, that was the end of Space Monkeys. And we give it a cute name. You're like, I played Space Monkeys today. Your mum's like, cool.

Wow. And now I'm probably a bit of a space monkey for the rest of my life arrived in your costume so just to recap Megan you came as Britney Spears the school girl outfit from Hit Me Baby One More Time which I think you were wearing well no I was going to say I was trying to make a joke

there but it wasn't going to work because I was going to pull out because of whatever nature charges us I was going to say, I was trying to make a joke there, but it wasn't going to work. He was like, I'm going to pull out because I'm going to have an HR disaster. I was wearing red. No, go, go. I was going to say. He self-centered himself. I did, I did. It's probably best not to.

Okay, so. Now we're all going, what on earth was he going to say? No, what I should have said is what your husband was wearing At school when you met him He wasn't by the way I started saying you And it didn't work for the timeline I've covered his vanilla rice Very bright colourful neon costume

Looking sharp And you've just come in as Slash From Guns N' Roses Can I send a shout out to Slash He had a lot of hair to deal with that was the visibility at an all time low

kind of feel like Cousin It from the Addams Family it is weird going from not a lot of hair to an extreme amount

and he constantly had a ciggy hanging out of his mouth flammable hair cigarettes really took his life in his own hands but ironically

we didn't even communicate with each other. We've covered the span of genres. It was a surprise for all of us. Grace is dressed as Tupac in overalls as well. She's come as Tupac. So we've covered bases. Now, a lot of people around the world have heard about this show.

Pretty incredible. And from an iconic show of the 90s, The Fresh Prince, we got a message from Alfonso who plays carlton i know and ben from new zealand alfonso ribeiro here i guess some would say y'all know me as as uh carlton from the fresh prince of bel air i understand you guys are having a 90s party well come on you gotta have a 90s party and you're gonna be dancing dancing like Carlton all day long, y'all are going to hurt a little bit. So have a great 90s party, y'all.

Jesus, capturing the hearts of the world. Reaching the four corners of the earth. Up until we played sunscreen, and then we kind of lost a few people. But anyway, Megan was loving it. Hey, I loved it. We're pulling it back. We're pulling it back. Next, it's a huge weekend right here in 2024.

It is. Super Rugby Final. Coincidentally It is. Super Rugby final. And coincidentally, the first Super Rugby competition was 1996, which the Blues won. And now, after their, what was it, 20-year drought, they're back in the finals. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. But 90s music, all morning celebrating the 90s. It is 628, but we need to jump back to 2024 because it's a big weekend going on this weekend of sport particularly on sky sport and joining us from

sky sport is taylor curtis good morning how are you morning how's it going we're doing all right today we're celebrating the 90s uh every song from the 90s and you were born in the 90s yes i was 96 actually vague memories like mate i don't even know if any of them were real i always wonder You were born in the 90s. Yes, I was. 96, actually. Vague memories. I don't even know if any of them were real. I always wonder what age your very first memory is. We spoke to a lady who reckons she can remember being inside the womb. The womb? I know.

It was weird. You definitely want to forget about that memory. I know. And coming through the birth canal as well. Yeah, you probably don't want to know about that one, right? So it is a big weekend of sport here in 2024, but we're also going to pay reflection to the 90s as well? Yeah, you probably don't want to know about that one, right? So it is a big weekend of sport here in 2024, but we're also going to pay reflection to the 90s as well. Pay respects.

Yeah, that's right. Because ironically, 96 was the first year you were born and the first year of the Super Rugby competition, which the Blues won. Yeah, that's insane, eh? Like, what a good year. The amazing team, when you look back at that team from the Blues Can I check out some names and see if they were in there?

Okay, go on Was Sean Fitzpatrick still playing? Yes John Kirwan, was he in the team? No, your wingers on that occasion John Olomou and Joely Vendieri Vendieri, yeah What about Gary Wettin?

Or Alan Wettin? No, no Wettins in the Zinney? Yep, Zinzan Brook was there Michael Jones, Carlos Spence. Pretty amazing line-up. Oh, my gosh. That stacked.

Yeah, stacked team. And the Blues this weekend as well. Patrick Tuapolotu back. I thought he was out for six or seven weeks. Yeah, that's remarkable. Like a knee injury too, right? Like, he's the Blues man, isn't he? He has big legs.

He came down, as you did, came down to our handball and played handball. And his one leg's like the size of two of mine together. It's just big legs. Gorgeous legs. Gorgeous, gorgeous legs. Yeah, he's just leg. He's a tall, length leg. He's a whole leg.

Yeah, such a big leg. I've made this weird, haven't I? I've made this really weird. It's focused on the rugby. The crowd, sold out crowd. Awesome to see. The Chiefs, Blues.

It's going to be a heck of a game. Who are you putting your good name behind, Taylor? I'm going to go Chiefs. Chiefs? I'm going to go Chess with the upset win.

Yeah, I know. Especially because no one really has upset the Blues, the Crusaders. And they've got a real good home streak there. But I just think Crusaders, and they've got a real good home streak there.

But I just think the Chiefs, they've got final experience and they're just very unpredictable, whereas Blues, you can kind of see the game plan. Okay, all right. Kind of like our career. I see what they're going to say next. It's a bit predictable. What pun they're going to do next.

But then you would imagine the crowd would be pretty split given Hamilton's only down the road. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, I can imagine there'll be a lot of Chiefs supporters there as well. It's sold out, which is incredible, but you can watch live coverage of the Super Rugby Pacific Final. Blues, Chiefs, Sky Sport 1. Stream it now on Sky Sport Now.

And Sky Open, free-to-air delay coverage. It's pretty cool from 9 o'clock. All right, the Warriors, they had a tough loss last week. They looked good against the Storm, and then things kind of fell away at the end. This week, they've kind of got to start winning those close games, right? Yeah, absolutely. And especially because it's a real tight contest between making that top eight.

There's a lot of other teams that are putting their hand up there. I went to a Warriors media session earlier this week, and they were just saying how gutted they were with their complacency. And so hopefully they just need to be a little bit more disciplined and a little bit of a redemption against titans. Throwing it back to the 90s, which you're doing today, the Warriors started in 95 too. Well, I was born a year after.

Apparently there was massive flames there. Do you know what's sad is I distinctly remember that opening game and you weren't even existing. It was nothing but a thought. Running out of the tunnel. Oh, yeah. Oh, and the drums. As a young kid, I was very excited about that. It was nothing but a thought. Running out of the tunnel. Oh, yeah. Oh, and the drums. As a young kid, I was very excited about that.

It was very exciting. But we can remember that. Yeah, yeah. I can remember that. That's fine. You can go back and watch old footage. It was in colour back then, too. Just so you know.

Thank you. Glad. Taylor, always appreciate you coming on and updating us on what's happening in the weekend with sport. Have a good weekend. Yeah, you too. All right. See you.