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Episode Date: August 12, 2024

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. What are we going to talk about today? The Olympics are over? I know, so sad. I'm actually really sad about it. Obviously the Paralympics are coming up very shortly, which will be exciting. But until that, I'm like, oh, I'm at a loss. I feel a little bit empty inside, don't you? What a great closing ceremony as well. Did you see they flew Snoop Dogg back to angeles and he did his whole show on the beach in california i did see i saw a snippet over there but i wondered if that was pre-recorded or if that

was him like actually you're a logistics guy yeah i was like oh surely they've already filmed that so i don't know maybe they had but you're like they're flying the back so maybe they did i don't know well now i'm now i'm questioning you know they could have filmed it already it was dr dre snoop dogg on the beach of california Because that's in Los Angeles in four years' time. I know. Exciting. Yeah. But, yeah, no.

Gives us something to talk about if radio's still a thing in four years' time. What do you reckon? What do you think? Head your bench. Even if it's not. Are we going to be here at the Hits in four years' time? Yeah, you can come over to my house. We'll do a show in the garage to ourselves.

Hopefully we are, but who knows? Talk about the Olympics. Yeah, so the Olympics. No association with the Olympics has now ended, but we've got a torch. Yeah, our ceremony, our torch ceremony continues on. Now, to put this in perspective, last Wednesday, 6am, we turned this torch on. It's your stock standard dolphin torch, and the batteries in there,

we have had experts come in. We've had crisis meetings about how long this thing could go on for. If it's LED, we don't know. I reckon it definitely is because it's going so long. Yeah, it could last, some say, seven years shelf life. Could be here at the next Olympics. Well, we won't be. We won't be, but we'll pass the baton on to the next show here at the Hits

to continue on the torch ceremony. But you can guess when it runs out of battery at the Hits Breakfast on Facebook, and if you're the closest, then you'll win $500. We will give that away at some stage, but last night I took it home, went to netball, my daughter Indy's netball game. Well, it's dark at netball, so it would have been... It's actually quite, like in the mornings getting to the car and stuff, it's actually really handy, having a torch, like getting all your stuff out the door and stuff. I'm like, it's a handy thing

sometimes you see those people running when you're driving to work and they've got the torches on their heads they look cool they do but light is quite handy

isn't it at that time of night you're right so I think at some stage today after 7 o'clock maybe we should give it see if everyone the receptionist

the security people will keep an eye on it here at work are you shirking responsibility I don't know well just maybe they can have it for a day or two. You've had it for two nights. I looked after it over the weekend.

Are you feeling like the other lights in your house are getting jealous? I don't mind it. But, you know, security need a torch, you know? So it's great to have one. If they need to inspect any suspicious noises in the dark, you're right. Do you know you could win $500 with this? But obviously we talked yesterday about the lotto, the big lotto win, $44 million. It has been claimed.

It's been claimed. But what I was reading this morning is a good little hack the person did. So the person played the same, the person who won played the same line, same numbers, but then took the same number 10, played it 10 different times

with 10 different bonus numbers. So the same six numbers and then the 10 options for the Powerball number. Was the same? Yeah, so they went 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 at the end of it. And obviously they got the Powerball as well as First Division because they played it 10 different times. Has that been their theory all the way through?

Yeah, it must have, yeah. So it's pretty cool. So your whole ticket is littered with the same numbers? Same numbers, but then with a different Powerball number going through. So obviously they got First Division, then they had themselves. And they did. And so that means they won not only the Powerball, but they won the first division prize 10 times.

Genius. Yeah. So there was like 14 people that won first division, and they got $66,000 is what they ended up splitting. And so they got $66,000 times 10. So already they're winning $660,000 dollars is what they ended up splitting and so they got 66,000 dollars times 10 so they're already they're winning 660,000 dollars

plus you add on your 40 you know 40 what do you have 40 more 44 million on top of that do you know that so you know when you're

scrolling through your Instagram or stuff and then some like young bloody hot shirtless dude is like giving you financial advice he's like

it's simple man we do the same lines divide that by 10 you come up with that's 66's 66 000 times 10 what does that equal that sounds like you're like you're talking about right now yeah i mean obviously it's all got to come into play which is pretty hard but it has it's coming so there you go it's well done the hits the john and ben podcast now uh ray gun gone viral the aust the Australian breakdancer for sort of the kangaroo breakdance on the world breakdown stage. And we. I felt like, you know, like, as I say, I thought, good on her, good on her.

I felt like she was having fun, but I felt like it would be like if you and I went out there and did it. 100%. Yeah. How did she get through the Oceanas? Well, she won it. She won it. She deserved to be there. So good on her.

And she had fun. But she's become an internet sensation be there. So good on her and she had fun. But she's become an internet sensation. Yeah, and we've just done a bit. Adele was talking about her in concert. Adele was? Yeah, Adele was on stage going, have you guys seen this? The breakdancer from Australia.

She has captured the world's attention. The Ray Guns, the Hoctoos of this world. Meteoric rises to fame. But what happens to them years from now? And we've done a deep dive into some of your favorite viral uh internet stars and we're going to start local uh with our dear friend levi hawkin uh nick minute guy i left my scooter outside the dairy nick minute levi's a really good person he is amazing skateboarder that's the thing if If you didn't know, or if you do anything today, follow Levi Hawken on Instagram.

And he skates down, like he would skate down Baldwin Street in Dunedin. Yeah. Steep hills. He goes to San Francisco and skates down those steep hills. It's wild what he does. And that neck minute, it was like a sketch. He was just doing a joke. He was doing like a caricature sort of thing as well.

But that became his thing. I guess it was probably the best thing and the worst thing. And maybe that happened to him more in that one moment, you know? And yet, what, 10 years later, we're still talking about it. It was great. It became such a popular phrase in New Zealand. Everyone's saying Nick Minnick. Yeah, I see him on the skateboard.

He'd be like, he'd be 40. He's our age. On that skateboard. And I'm like, bro. He's incredible. Even Tony Hawk would look at him and go, bro. Also, Ben, you've actually met this girl. Cash me outside.

How about that? Now, she was being interviewed on Dr. Phil, sort of a delinquent teen. Cash me outside. How about that? Huh? Cash me outside. How about that? Cash you outside?

What does that mean? Well, you did cash her outside. We did. We saw her outside a hotel when we were over there for work. And Sharon, who we were working with at the time from The Edge, she was like, oh, it's the Catch Me Outside girl. And I was like, oh, cool. And then she's like, someone needs to get a photo with her.

And I'm like, oh, okay, well, you can. She's like, I'm not photo ready. She didn't even make up on. She's like, you need to go over there as a fully grown man and talk to them. And no one else came over with me. She was like 15, 16. And I was like, you go over there as a fully grown man and talk to them. And no one else came over with me. She was like 15, 16. And I was like, you go over there. And she had a security person with her.

And I was like, hi, I'm from New Zealand. We don't get many celebrities. Awkward. You know how awkward I get in those situations? If you don't mind, I'd love to photo with you. And she took credit. She took a photo with me. It was great.

She looked miserable. She looked miserable in the photo. Fair enough. You were like like thumbs up finger pointing at her I didn't want to put my arm you know

that was one of those weird sort of hover holds why is this old man a fan of me but now speaking of fans and cash

she is cashing it in outside and also inside 57 million dollars on OnlyFans yeah she is crushing it right

I thought we should have a competition. You and me sign up to OnlyFans. Who can earn the most in a month? Oh, we could try that. I will do stuff. Yeah, probably. I'll push boundaries. And also, this is going to be a two-part series.

We're going to get back to this tomorrow as well. But also, Sweet Brown. Do you remember Sweet Brown? Now, her apartment complex had caught fire, and she had bronchitis. And then the smoke got me. I got bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that.

That's true. Nobody has got time for bronchitis. No, but people had a lot of time for remixes of that, didn't they? They did, like, dance remixes. Is she all right? She's doing well. She did the loop. She went on all the chat shows, the Kimmel's, the Fallon's.

The bronchitis is gone, obviously. She's suffered from the bronchitis, and now she's still in that same apartment block. Is she really? Still living there. And she's gone back to her work at an accounting agency. So all's well. All's well in Sweet Brown's life.

And tomorrow we're going to come back to what happened to viral superstars from yesteryear, including this girl from the Miss Universe competition. I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education... She's just doing what I do every morning on the radio, just a collection of words that may or may not make sense. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights on TVNZ and TVNZ+.

Taskmaster, six comedians get put through the paces by Jeremy Wells. Yeah, hilarious show. And, well, one of the people that are doing the tasks this season is the wonderful Tom Sainsbury. And he joins us in the studio now. Welcome. Hi, thanks for having me. Just googled Tom Sainsbury. You know the most asked question about

Tom Sainsbury? What's that? Is Tom Sainsbury broadcaster Mark Sainsbury's son? How often do you ask that question? I get asked it a lot or I get confused. People don't know the difference between us despite

you know 40 years ago Mark Sainsbury those who remember Mark he used to host the 7pm current affairs show he had a wonderful moustache Mark Sainsbury

they called him the walrus people will confuse you for Mark Sainsbury will they? we do there's been reviews about my shows where I've been called

Mark Sainsbury I'm like if it's a bad review that's fine but I'm also a huge fan of him and and, you know, I do love my dad, but Mark would be a good substitute. He looks like good dad material, doesn't he? He does.

Wonderful dad. Now, Taskmaster, great show. A whole bunch of comedians get set the tasks, and you have to perform them all by yourselves. Random tasks. I suppose going into it, there's no way you can prepare for this sort of show, right? No, absolutely not, and they film multiple tasks on a day, so by the end of the day you're

like, what fresh hell is coming my way for this last task, what do I have to kind of do? Then you have to be humbled in the studio in front of the audience as you watch back all of your efforts. All of your efforts, and also when you work out out when you see all the other competitors they do the task and they have nailed it they've worked it out they've worked out the trick and you're like my one is coming where i did not know i did seven hours trying to work out this thing and i never got there so that's like looming that would be the worst because you're like you know you've

tanked it but all these ones are playing before yours yes 100 that's the worst part of it what's is there one task that you can tell us that you think you nailed? There is one short film. You have to make a trailer for a movie and they kind of give you the genre and elements to go into it and I got a wonderful genre and thankfully, let's just say

I could use my Birkenstock sandals as like a major prop. Oh, and I love the pronunciation of Birkenstock therestock. I know. Very European. Now, what's the most meaningless task that you hate doing around your household? Oh, ironing.

Ironing. I hate ironing. And it's like, the shoes are just, and then you put them on and they crinkle anyway by the time you get to the event. I agree. It doesn't iron. I feel like they'll get,

eventually they'll uncrinkle, or like you say, or they'll re-crinkle. They'll do what they need to do when you're wearing them right? Who decided our clothes needed to be crease free? Somewhere in history. Well it does look smarter and when you do it you're like I can't you know often times I've

dressed up and about to leave the house I was like I look like I've slept under some bush somewhere. Let's just do the ironing. Oh you can't leave the house in an unironed shirt. No. I'm pretty sure Jesus Captain would have been crinkled. Jesus? Yeah.

Yeah, he wasn't worried about ironing, was he? No. He wasn't letting that happen. What would Jesus do? Not iron his caftan. Exactly. What would Jesus do? You're right.

What would Jesus do? It's a great question we could all ask. Well, people do ask that question, but you're right, not in the ironing sense. Hey, Tom, always love to catch up with you, buddy. And good luck for the show, Taskmaster. And we'll speak soon. Yeah, speak soon. Thanks, everyone. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

The Riddler. Thanks to Dilma T. Really great supporters of this radio show. We love having them as part of it. Do try it. Do try that, Dilma T. We love Amrit and Dilhan, who are our Sri Lankan homies. That's right, yeah.

We love them over there in Sri Lanka. Now, you just mentioned a sexism scandal in last week's episode of The Riddler. Yeah, because normally we do a riddle for the team and then we throw it out to you. I know I hundred the hits. Last time I got to do one, I threw a riddle to you your way and... It involved, it was like something about doctors. A doctor, yeah. it was like a doctor had done something and who was his brothers or sisters or and it turned out the doctor was a

was a woman yeah and so this was my answer paul is not related to the three different doctors three doctors a woman mate they're sexist they're all sisters they're all sisters absolute sexism scandal So I'm going to Give you a chance now To redeem things back Is it a racial scandal now? No it's not too bad

It's just one that Sounds a bit more ruder Than maybe it is It was the Asian guy No okay So here's the riddle For you Jono What holds your buns

Firmly And makes them look Round and pretty Can I ask what sort of buns we're referring to? Well, that would give it away, wouldn't it? That's the thing. It makes it sound like it could be like a G-string or, you know, like some sort of thong situation, right?

The way you're smiling and grinning, I'm gathering it's not there, but you want to lead me down that path. That's where I wanted to lead you down. You go, oh, that makes your buns look pretty. Kim Kardashian spanks or something like that. Skins. What would I say? Your buns look round and pretty, like an oven?

It was a good guess, actually. It's a hair tie. Hair tie. Yeah. That was very disappointing. I know. I know. It was disappointing.

I wanted to... I feel dead inside after that. Okay, here's the one for you on 0800THEHITS. And this one wound me up But I'm going to do it anyway Because it was winding up Lots of people on TikTok What because it's stupid

Yeah And I'm not going to tell you Why it's stupid But in the end I was like Well this is annoying But anyway Okay

There's a woman in a boat On a lake Wearing a coat If you want to know her name It's on the riddle I just wrote What's the woman's name Woman in a boat So there's the woman's name?

Woman in a boat. So there's a woman in a boat on a lake wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, it's on the riddle I just wrote. What's the woman's name? So the name is included in there? Yeah, 0800, that's 4487 if you get it. Is her name a woman? $100. No, it's not woman, but $100.

And a Dulmar tea hot and cold tea prize pack. Oh look, the phone line's lighting up. There's a woman in a boat on a lake wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, it's on the riddle I just wrote. And again, when I found the answer out of this, it annoyed me. And I reckon it'll annoy you too. Alright, so disclaimer, it will frustrate you once you know the answer. Yeah, it's, yeah.

Let's go to, should we get Fiona on there? Is this our mate British Fiona? It is indeed. Oh, we haven't spoken in years. Navy Fiona. Navy Fiona.

Navy British Fiona. So many nicknames. It's all gravy in the Navy still. All gravy in the Navy. We tried to get the catchphrase going like the cool radio and it stuck for about

a week and a half. I like all gravy in the Navy. It was good. Are you still in the Navy, Fiona? to get the catchphrase going, like the cool radio hodiki, and it stuck for about a week and a half. I like all gravy in the Navy. It was good. Are you still in the Navy, Fiona? I'm still working there, yeah. Oh, good on you. I'm not actually in the Navy. I'm a civilian instructor.

Oh, good on you. Okay, now we've got the Navy chat out of the way. Well, you should like this one because it's still with boats. The riddle. There's a woman in a boat. In your wheelhouse. On a lake wearing a coat. If you want to know her name, it's in the riddle I just wrote. What's the answer?

There. There. Yeah. Her name is There. And this is where it annoys me. But there's not a name. There's a woman in a boat on a lake wearing a coat. Yeah. So there is. There is. Yeah. There's a woman. Yeah. There is. Yeah. Oh there's a woman. Yeah.

And it annoyed me because who's going to call themselves there? Fiona, does it annoy you as much as it annoys us? It did. It was my husband that actually got it because I was going, no, don't be stupid. Oh, right. So you just raw-dogged this. You didn't know the answer. No, it was my husband that got it.

Your husband? He's the more intelligent one. He's in the Navy too, isn't he? He is, yes. Everyone's in the Navy. It's all gravy in the Navy.'s in the Navy too, isn't he? He is, yeah. Everyone's in the Navy. Who's in the Navy? It's all gravy in the Navy. This is a perfect song, yeah. Woodie yourself $100 in a Dilmar tea hot and cold tea prize pack.

Well done for working out that frustrating riddle. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I know Megan's away with COVID, but I'll pick up the entertainment pop culture mantle here. See old Shabuzy's dating buddy Emma Ratajkowski, the tennis player. No. No.

You're half right. Model. The model. Does she play tennis? No, Ratakana, I think is the tennis player you're thinking of. Yes, that's who I'm thinking of.

So he's not dating... Model, actor. Yeah. He's dating Ratajkowski, not Ratakana. Not the tennis player. I don't know what her tennis skills are,

but I like maybe... She's probably quite handy. Might be a good tennis player, but I like maybe. He should probably be quite handy. Might be a good tennis player, but yeah. So that's why we miss Megan. Now, we met someone yesterday and looked at their phone. They sort of pulled their phone out of their pocket, and it was shattered. Like the whole screen was shattered, you know,

like a before shot in a glass commercial, a glass repair commercial. Like the spider web sort of thing all across the screen, and're like oh no that's that looks you know like you'd cut your fingers when you do it he's like do you know what i bought this phone a week ago dropped it on the ground landed on the corner and just shattered the whole screen so six or seven days into uh the new phone ownership now this is this this is the period when you want to tend for that phone like a newborn baby. Like you do with sunglasses, you're like,

oh, wipe these sunglasses. I know, I'll put them back in the little bag or whatever. And you're opening up beer bottles with them. Once you get the first scratch or two on the sunglasses, you're like, oh, they're gone now. Same with the phone. Like you still wear them, but you're just like the care factor about them.

You'll sit on them. You've lost all tender care for them, don't you? But the phone's an interesting one. I think you've got like a, with anything like a new phone or new pair of sunglasses, you've got probably a one to six month period where you just, you look after that thing. But eventually, like a child, you start to go, you can go and fend for yourself out there in the world. It is frustrating. I reckon this morning, we want to know the stories of the quickest breakages.

Like whenever you've got something and it's just basically, pretty much straight away, you've ruined it. Yeah. This was interesting too because he was like, previous to this, I had a phone for eight years. Nothing happened to it. Yeah. Within seven days days I've

smashed and ruined this brand new one I did that with a new pair of sunglasses I for once I was like I'll buy myself a nicer pair of sunglasses because I'm kind of like you I feel like I lose them or whatever and buy you know pretty cheap sunglasses I have a theory uh don't spend anything over ten dollars yeah well maybe a little more yeah so it burns the retinas in my eyes but i spent you know upwards of like close to a hundred dollars on a pair i thought this is quite a lot for me and then i was trying to take care of it i was like shall wear it out whereas i got out of the car for the first time i was like no no i'll leave them in the car put them you safely on the seat you know what i did when i got back into the car who leaves sunglasses and i shouldn't have sat

straight back down on it. I was like, what's that? Oh, the sunglasses. The sunglasses inside my butt cheeks. That I'd safely put on the seat but not so safe.

So that's a good lesson. That's a good lesson. That was a pretty, I think it was the first time wearing the sunglasses and I'd broken them. Okay, this is what we want.

Quickest breakages. Now, it doesn't necessarily have to be phones or sunglasses. A car? A car. Yeah. A TV?

When you purchase the car or when you crash the car. Oh, did you take it out of the car? Anyone listening, take it out of the car yard. And had a car crash, please. Oh. Quickest breakages. That's what we're after on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning. You know you can get a hold of us on 0800THETS and text anytime as well, 4487.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Just talking quickest breakages of anything, from the date of purchase, time of purchase, to the time you broke it. Samantha, welcome. Yeah, yeah. I bought a Suzuki Swift, brand new, out of the box, and that same day I hit a curb and scratched my mags.

Oh, the mags, that's the annoying thing. The mags are annoying. Because, oh, yeah, I've done that. I've done that. And you're like, whenever you see scratched mags, you're like, jeez, they must just be so disappointed in themselves. Yeah, well, look, I was pretty mad at myself. I was so mad, I was shaking.

I don't think I've ever been that mad in my life. Do you know, you can get them repaired. There's people that go round Oh really Yeah they come round to your house and stuff It's not like wildly expensive either So if it's irritating you that much They are fixable

But I find There are a lot of people right now Feeling your pain There's not I know I know Do you know my wife did that I was in the passenger seat of her car She scraped her mags

And I was like Oh Good one No I said good one And that was not that was not the right thing to say in that moment and you know what karma came and got me because the next

day she was in my car and then I went and did it to my wheels karma with a C-A-R too yeah well you have a great day really appreciate it thank you we've got Heather joining us we're after the quickest breakages Heather oh yeah I ended up having to

buy my son two cell phones in three days. Two in three days. What happened? Well, the first day he took his phone to school before we'd gotten it a case, a girl sack tapped him and it came out of his pocket in a hurry when he bent over

in a hurry. A girl sack tapped him? Please, one of us is saying don't say and the other's going, please describe everything in detail. I think it's fairly self-explanatory. I just know that he was bent over in a hurry and it fell out of his pocket. Oh yeah, so it's exactly what we're thinking.

Maybe it's like an ankle tap or something, but no it's not. We do that around the office here, don't we? Yeah. Fun little office game to play. And so, okay, you lost one through a sack tap. Yep, and less than three days old. I was not impressed.

No, don't blame you. Remember I went through three drones in a day. It was over Christmas. My son, who's younger, he's like, I desperately want a drone. So we weren't like blowing. They weren't like central high intelligence drugs or anything just cheap ones and the first one uh i was like let me show you how to do this son and i flew that straight into the roof of the house so he's like i was like i'll go get your replacement one that went down to sunny's again

and got another one second one he flew but the wind got hold of it and then kind of went off into the distance i was like don't worry i'll go third time's a charm went off into the distance. I was like, don't worry, I'll go. Third time's a charm. Went back to the sunny shop, got a third drone, and then I accidentally pushed home. Now, home, you would assume home is coming back to where you're holding the remote. Yeah, you think so, right? You know, that would be the logical. But turns out home's in China at the manufacturing

plant. So the drone just went, going back to see my family. So it's gone. It went. Going back to see those tiny little children that made me. Like their hands. Why do they have that function? I don't know. It seems like who wants to send their drones back to China

if you just purchased it? Hannah. Hi. You're on the air. Lovely to have you with us. Quick as breakage. Thank you. A Mercedes Benz.

I went and bought a Mercedes Benz, and when I got some work done on it, probably altogether was about anywhere between $16,000 to $18,000. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, so it had to have a lot of stuff in it. It was really cool for the kids. There were TVs in the back and got it all set up all nice. And then, yeah, driving it home and someone pulled out of an intersection

and drove straight into the side of my car and rode off my car this is just the same day you've had all these modifications done i bought the car and then took it home and i took it back and i said the engine lights on we need to fix this so i ended up paying a lot of money to get it fixed but it took about two weeks so when i went back to pick it up and i was like yes i've got my car um yeah i didn't have it for very long oh my god written off it was written off it was one about one and a half to two thousand dollars over what it was insured for so it got written off mate yeah now there we go yeah and then what's the lesson learned from that um that other people can't try oh good on you and i really appreciate you sharing you're gonna have a great tuesday the hits the jonah and ben podcast four million dollars claimed uh in lotto now you must see you

were sharing just after six o'clock, the tactic, the theory behind Lotto Winners' approach to Lotto tickets. So they played the same numbers for all 10 lines, but each line had a different Powerball number. So that meant they covered their bases if they got first division and all the options, the potential options for the 10 different Powerballs. And they won Powerball 10 times over. So they won the one Powerball once, because one of the things. And they won Power Bowl 10 times over. So, well, they won the one Power Bowl once, because one of the things,

but they won First Division 10 times over, because they had the same numbers. Same five. So, yeah, they would have got $66,000 for First Division, because that's what I shared. But no, they got 10 times that, plus you add on to your $660,000, $44 million for Power Bowl.

Great tactic. So, for someone to go, hey, I got First Division. Oh, we got 66, great. Yeah, $660,000, $44 million for Powerball. Great tactic. So for someone to go, hey, I got First Division. Oh, we got 66, great. Yes, 1,000. What about this guy over here? What about old John over here? What he got? 10 times what you got for First Division.

Oh, and a cheeky $44 million. Well, don't worry. Old John over here is not that smart, so he definitely wouldn't have done that. Amazing though, eh? Yeah. Tell you what's not smart, us turning on a torch Wednesday last week

At six o'clock A torch ceremony We thought would be Wrapped up Yeah With another ceremony That was taking place In Paris

But it's still going Our dolphin torch And Ben you took it Home last night Went to netball With me and my daughter You know Went out and about

It's a big responsibility It reminds you of School when they made You take home an egg To pretend like You were looking after A child or something too. I was like, if you can't look after an egg

for 24 hours, you're doomed kids. But this is the responsibility that's hanging over our shoulders is because someone needs to be there to know exactly when the torch runs out of battery. You can submit your guesses at the Hits Breakfast on Facebook and the winning time will get $500.

But we want to hand it over to someone or a team of people who are awake 24 hours. Yeah, I think this is a great hack. Yeah, safe pair of hands. We have a security team here at work. They're here around the clock. Yeah, you know, if there's cameras in the building, they can keep an eye on it. So we're going to phone Gunjan, head of security. Is he head of security?

I've just called him head of security. No, I've not promote him. Yeah, let's see if the security team here at the radio station will accept our torch. Morning, I'm the security man speaking. Hello, is that Gunjan? Yes, who's that?

Gunjan, it's Jono and Ben here We're about 10 to 15 metres away in the room over here Yes, I can see you How are you? Now Gunjan is the security guard here at work He is, to reference a very dated movie, he is the bodyguard to us He is the Kevin Costner to my Whitney Houston You have been guarding my bodyney houston you have been you

have been guarding my body haven't you gunjan oh yeah oh yes he's uh i tell you he'll take a bullet for you this guy a nerf bullet but it's still a bullet yeah now gunjan we have a favor to ask of you go ahead and the wonderful security team that you know work here do you know about our torch that we've got at the moment oh yeah i saw that video that ben has that torch yeah the torch it's our torch ceremony and we turned it on last wednesday and the torch isn't bloody running out so we need someone to keep an eye on it overnight to make sure make sure that it doesn't die or if it does die mark down the exact time it runs out of battery yep sure we'll do that oh Oh, because I think I can see you,

if you've got a torch over there, you're shining towards me. Oh, this is like a game of spotlight. You've got a torch. How would you like a better torch? He's flashing a torch. Okay, well, we've got a look here. Here's a torch coming from me.

There's a better torch. There's a better torch. How would you like to have our torch? I've got a Discord torch. Okay, so do you want to go and deliver the torch live now to go into the handing, the passing of the torch? I'll call your phone there, Ben. I'll run it in. Okay, we've you want to go and deliver the torch live now to go into the handing the passing of the torch? I'll call your phone there Ben Okay, we've lost gun John

He will just commentating the live torch passing the ceremony Come through to the reception area here at work the torch of holding a laugh like Snoop Dogg The torch has been handed over. There's been a hug and embrace. What do you want to say to New Zealand? Oh, I will provide light.

We'll provide light. We'll provide light. You're right. You're right. Touching words from Gunjan. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday on the show,

an innocent story I was telling you about, you know, I said I got my wife Amanda's car cleaned and she kind of took it that I'd cleaned it. And anyway, I thought maybe I shouldn't take the credit. So you were like, let's call her. Let's call Amanda. I was like, oh, she's at school.

But hey, let's give it a go. She might answer. She's a teacher, by the way. When I say she's at school. Clarify that. It's not some sort of Drake, Kendrick Lamar scenario. Kendrick Lamar going to write a song about you too. Sorry to interrupt. I was just like, oh, geez, I better just say that before.

She's a teacher. Fully qualified adult. Fully grown adult. Yeah, exactly. But the people are wondering, because we phoned Amanda, and someone called Gary answered the adult. Yeah, exactly. But the people are wondering, because we phoned Amanda, and someone called Gary answered the phone. Yeah. And there have been calls on probably the biggest feedback we've had

for anything that's happened on this show. Messages, DMs, who is Gary? Is Ben's personal life okay? What's Gary got to do with anything? Yeah, a lot of questions from me. It really blindsided me in the moment. Have a listen. We'll just say, did she notice anything different about the cleaning?

Oh, yeah. Because you put a lot of effort into it into it oh so i'm still going to take some crap for it yeah i'm not here to throw you out of the house right hello oh who's that oh hello hi this is gary hi gary um i feel like oh gary uh what are you doing with my wife's phone? Okay, Gary. We'll take this off the radio. You're on the line, Gary. I've just got some words.

I've got some things I've got to. Sorry. Yeah, no, I said there's a lot going on, Gary. I'm getting my head around that one as well. Who's Gary? Okay, now I'm not so worried about the car clean. I like him. He's got charisma. Gary. Who's Gary? Okay, now I'm not so worried about the car cleaning. I like him. He's got charisma.

Gary, the mysterious Gary. What is going on? Last night, I thought I should, you know, confront my wife, but do it in a sort of a casual sort of way. Yeah, you don't want to be, yeah, because if anything's going on, Gary would have, the cockiness of Gary to answer her phone in the first place, if anything's going on. Yeah, I know.

But then Gary would have told her. He would have alert answer her phone in the first place, if anything's going on. Yeah, I know. But then Gary would have told her. He would have alerted her. So you need to come and solve. So I had a secret, just sort of secret, illicit recording. My phone sort of hidden away, and I sort of just approached Amanda. She was in the busy. She was moving some stuff around. There was a lot going on, and I tried to ask her.

Well, I tried to say that Gary had phoned today. Gary phoned for you today. Who's Gary? What's that? Who's Gary? I phoned for you today. Who's Gary? What's that? Who's Gary? Oh, he phoned for you. You tell me, who's Gary? On your number.

No, on your... Who's Gary? On what phone? Who's Gary? Don't come back with questions on my questions. Now you've seen the recorder. Who's Gary? His name's Barry.

We call him Baz for short. It sounded like his name was Gary today. Who's Gary? His name's Barry. We call him Baz for short. It sounded like his name was Gary today. Who's Gary? No idea. No idea? Honestly, no idea? No idea. The milkman.

We don't have a milkman. You're not getting straight answers out of her. No, there was a lot of questions. You know, we had some quick questions back and forth. Don't you question me. I'm questioning you. Yeah, exactly. This is that one occasion when you go into a confrontation, you know you're right. Yeah, I question me, I'm questioning you. Yeah, exactly. This is that one occasion

when you go into a confrontation, you know you're right. Yeah, I was like, I have nothing to hide. You're like, I'm put on the spot. Now, Cody's phone through, like we said,

multiple messages. We put the video online. Comment section, who's Gary? Track down Gary. We need answers. The people need answers. Our boss texts us.

It's like, we need, you know. Follow up with Gary. Cody. Yeah. You haven't slept all night. I haven't slept all night. I was more blindsided than Ben. Thank you, Cody.

Who the hell is Gary, Cody? Exactly. Who the heck is Gary? And then your show ended and I had no answers. Well, I had no answers. I tried to get answers. My wife bamboozled me with questions back. Well, Cody, guess what?

What? We've tracked down Gary. Okay. Gary joins us next for his exclusive tell-all interview. Well, it's about time we find out who this guy is.

If you've got questions, they will be answered next with Gary. One-on-one. World exclusive. No one else has got Gary Dex on the radio, that's for sure. That's why you need to stick around and see us breakfast. Love your work, Cody. Have a great day.

Awesome. You guys too. See you. That ain't stick around for Gary Dex. The Hits, the Jonah and Ben podcast. Who is Gary? Who is Gary? Who is Gary? The nation wants to know.

We phoned Ben's wife Amanda yesterday. This detail probably doesn't really matter, but you had taken her car to a professional car cleaner, brought it home, and then you didn't really tell her that it wasn't you that cleaned the car. No, I wasn't trying to take the credit. I was just like,

hey, did you notice I got your car cleaned or whatever, and she took it as I cleaned it. She said, thank you so much for cleaning the car and then i realized oh she thought i did it and i didn't say otherwise and i felt weird taking the credit so i just thought we'd phone her uh yesterday on the show this is 24 hours ago we'll just say did she notice anything different about the cleaning oh yeah you put a lot of effort in, so it's still going to take some crap for you. Yeah, I'm not here to throw you a little glass. Oh, right. Hello? Oh, who's this? Hi, Amanda's phone.

Who's this? Oh, hello. Hi, this is Gary. Hi, Gary. I feel like, oh, Gary, what are you doing with my wife's phone? Okay, Gary. Rattled you. Really rattled me. I rattled the nation.

Team of five. They took their eyes off the Olympic closing ceremony for a second there. And overnight, people, your inbox has been flooded. The DMs, who's Gary? Are you okay, mate? You know, professional counsellors reaching out. You know, we can work through this. Yeah. But I've managed to track down Gary. Oh, good. Okay.

I've got Gary's number. So we're going to go through now and ask some hard questions, good. Okay, I've got Gary's number. So we're going to go through now and ask some hard questions, Ben. Okay. Hello? Hi, is that Gary? Yes, it's Gary. Gary! Gary, Gary. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits

here, Gary. Good morning. Morning. So many questions, Gary. It's Jono and Ben from The Hits here, Gary. Good morning. Morning. So many questions, Gary. Firstly, who are you? Yeah, you know, I mean, obviously, what information do you want to give away about yourself, the mysterious Gary? Oh, gee, I just want to say the, actually, you know, the car grooming service does a really good job. Yeah. Hang on.

These are really strange. Hang on. I thought Jono said, Jono told me off air as I tracked down Gary. It was miscommunication. It's all good. We're going to clear the air. And now I'm even more confused. What's going on?

Not a speaker dust in there, the car, was there, Gary? No, absolutely not. There was a bit of mess after you were done with it. Hey, hey, hey. Look, can I be honest here? Gary, I misdialed a number, and we ended up with you on the air, and my sincerest apologies.

People want to know, who is Gary? Firstly, do you know Ben's wife Amanda? Actually, no. No? Okay, good to know. Great. Secondly, who are you? Yeah.

Yeah, I'm Gary. Yeah. No, I, yes, I live in Auckland. Great. So, yes. Yep, I'm just Gary. He's just Gary from Auckland. That's all we wanted to know.

And what do you do, Gary? I work for a bank. Oh, there we go. I'm sure you were very confused by that. I was a little. Yeah, lucky I didn't hang up. Yeah, well, sorry. Yeah, listen, I had to phone Gary yesterday afternoon

because I was like, what number did I dial? And I went through about five different numbers to try and get you. I had a Bruce, had a Susan. Did you? Yeah, had a Charlie. I think you even called my wife at some stage. You actually called Amanda. I was like, oh, you. I was trying to get a hold of you this morning.

But no, I eventually got a hold of Gary. Explained it all to you. You were sufficiently confused. But thank you for coming on the air today and clearing things up and making Ben's marriage a happy, healthy one again. You sure know things. I appreciate it. I feel like I owe you a car clean or something like that after that, Gary.

I loved talking to you. Thanks for being such a good sport. No worries. All good. Case closed. So it was all your fault. You missed the older number. Can't help but feel partly responsible for this whole thing. A huge part of that was all your fault. Entirely responsible for this whole event. I huge part of that was all your fault. Entirely responsible for this whole event.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry to you, Amanda, Gary. I apologize. Gary got dragged into this. In the nation. It was on me and my big fat fingers. Oh, a huge scandal. The hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. The Olympics is over and, you know, it's like how do you fill up your life now with the Olympics? Well, I think I've found the answer. Yeah, the empty void. And you mentioned to this as we were walking out of the studio yesterday and I'm like, you're in deep again. I know I do.

I get swept up in, you know, a fad, a craze. And I do, but I enjoy it. I get, and I do. And my wife's like, oh, what have you done? Because at the moment, and this is not paid for or anything like this, it's just me just being who I do. And my wife's like, oh, what have you done? Because at the moment, and this is not paid for or anything like this. It's just me just being who I am. You know, the closest supermarket to us is a Woolworths store. At the moment, they're doing these.

I love Disney, and they're doing it. And I love a collection, and they're doing Disney cards. At the moment, you buy your groceries, and you get a packet of cards. And I went there, and I was like, ooh, there's a new collection on. I go do the shopping in the household. I bet there's also, like, you can buy an album to store. Oh, yes. This is the thing.

I came back with cards, dipped my toes in once, and yeah, and Mindy, my daughter and I were like, this is fun. This is good. The next time I went back there,

I saw the book, saw the album, and I bought the book. And then I bought that back and my wife's like, what are you doing? What is going on? How many are there to bloody collect?

And this is what she said. She's like, firstly, how much did the book cost? I'm telling you that it's not important right now but the book is necessary to house the collection exactly and it came with three free packs as well well i guess you pay for the packs but i was like three free packs with the book her equivalent is coming home saying uh look i got this on on sale it was on sale but not telling you the price of the item that's true that's a good you're right um so anyway i right. So anyway, I was like, well, yeah, compared to that,

I'll say 11 bucks. 11 bucks I paid for the book. And you don't regret any of those $11. And then she's like, well, how many of these things do you have to collect? I was like, I looked at it and I was like, oh, 108. So that's a big collection. He's locked in now.

But now you're in too deep. You're in too deep. You have to finish it. I've got the book. I did this with, and I did, and she's like, and she reminded me of it and you reminded me of it there was the dominoes

the dominoes and I collected that I even went to a swap meet with like seven year old kids to a Saturday morning swap meet and he's like so I was like what are you doing this weekend

oh tomorrow I'm going to a countdown domino swap meet I haven't got bloody Elsa or something oh it was Nala or something I had to get from the Lion King. I was like, go on and swap it around. What have you done with those dominoes?

Have you played dominoes? Have you stacked them up? I put them in a book in the book sits. Was there a dominoes book? Yeah, they're in the

garage, in a book in the garage. But yeah, that's what my wife said. How often have you looked at it? How often have you paid?

I was like, it doesn't matter. Just once I get into the collection. You are a poster child for a brainwashed sucker consumer. But it's fun. It's a fun thing.

I know people go, you know, you go to New World and you get the knives or things like that. You did the Little Garden too? Yeah, I did that. Now they're just, what are they, there's weeds in the garden? What is the Little Garden doing now? Yeah, well, the Little Garden's turned into, you're right, I know I have a grind garden at the moment. But there's people listening right now that will get swept up in the fat. The people listening right now would want to swap with me.

We should do a swap meet. Is this what this is about? Are you wanting to get people on with their cards? Eventually, eventually. We'll see how we go. You're not at that stage yet. No. But this is what we love about you.

Literally, you were caught on camera. There's like a little eight-year-old child inside of you. I know. It's weird, eh? It's real weird. But you were on camera. On camera after nearly every Warriors game, you're the only adult on the sideline

waiting to get signatures from the players. You're like, Roger, two of us are sick. It's time, my chest. And all the other little kids are like, they've got their boots and things they need. Sometimes it's all my kids. At other times, it's just me. I'm like, yeah.

But for years, you've been able to hide behind the cloud of your children. Now they've moved on. They're turning into like, Dad, mate, do we have to wait two hours after a Warriors game for you to get Dallin Watanee's Lesniak signature for a tenth time? How many Dallin Watanee's Lesniak photos have you got? How many selfies have you got? A couple.

He's one of my favourite players. He's probably got his own little album on your photo stream pops up the apples made one of these best pals the warriors or something best friends forever all the warriors are probably oh god it's him again have you guys seen my cards my countdown maybe i'm the reason they've lost some games this year i'm too distracted that guy back oh god he's back again if we drag the season out to the You guys see my cards? My countdown, my bullets, guys. Maybe I'm the reason they've lost some games this year. I'm too distracted. Is that guy back?

Oh, God, he's back again. If we drag this season out to the finals, he's going to keep coming to the games. Oh, OK. We'll throw it out there. 0800 to the hits, 4487. Have you got swept up in a collection? Have you got, you know, it doesn't necessarily have to be through a promotion. Maybe you just started collecting beer cans or elephants or whatever it is,

and you're like, oh, my goodness, I've got lots of these lots of these yeah my friend's mother obsessed with coke memorabilia the entire house was like a coca-cola museum oh really yeah not like snorting devices and things all right mirrors and bits and pieces the collection craze it is a good thing for me should i continue with it or should i just stop do i need an intervention i'd love to hear i had some help they need some help. They need some help. Post below. Maybe I do too. It is The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now we're in the middle of an intervention. Ben Boyce, an absolute sap, a sucker for a

novelty supermarket campaign. Collection campaign. They get me. Not the knives and plates like normal adults. I've dipped my toes into the knife game very briefly but yeah i don't know what it is yeah like i've got the disney dominoes now i've got the disney cards i've just started shops i've let it know look that was the other one i think the bloody the little supermarket oh a little mini you you were hooked on that with a little mini items of you know washing powder and palm olive and things you had the. You actually built the cardboard supermarket, didn't you?

Yeah, we did. We got the Lego. I've done it. I've done it all. I've done it all. And they bring it back, I think, just for me. So now I'm back into the Disney cards. Why don't you get, like, a healthy addiction, like gambling or something?

Something a little bit more street cred. Yeah, true. So what's he hooked on? Oh, okay, Disney cards. Oh, the little shop. Okay. I guess so. Oh, Cody, you're back on. Yeah, true. So what's he hooked on? Oh, okay, Disney cards. Oh, the little shop. Okay. I guess so. Oh, Cody, you're back on.

Welcome, buddy. Hey, I'm back. How's it going? Oh, good to hear your voice again. Codes, what are you obsessed with? What are you collecting? Oh, I think Ben and I are collecting, you know, like kindred spirits. Kindred.

Yep, I do the countdown cards. I've done all the shopping stuff. And not only that, I also do the Funko Pops. Oh, he does Funko Pops. I've had to put like a stop on that because my wife hides them and gets rid of them and stuff. So I'm like, oh. But yeah. She's like, how many Dwayne Rock Johnson Funko Pops do you need?

You've got three. And I'm like, yeah, but, yeah. She's like, how many Dwayne Rock Johnson Funko Pops do you need? You've got three. And I'm like, yeah, but they're different poses. But, anyway. He's flexing different muscles. This is his biceps one. This is him, you know, flexing his quads. Cody, we're going to have to run this off the radio, but I think we're going to start a little swap meet for these cards at some stage, all right?

This is the only airtime I'll get on this, but, you know, all right, we'll make that happen, okay? Yeah, I've done that too., so we'll see how it goes. No, you're good on your toes. All right, Cody. Appreciate you listening, mate. We're going to go to Tau Dong and Miriam. You're on. You've gone collection crazy.

Hi, I started this when I was living with my mum and I started to collect Thai beanie boots, the little... The beanie boots, yeahanie booze the little and you can get them in massive sizes and medium sizes and little sizes all the sizes, you name a size so how many you got?

a lot are we talking dozens Miriam? I'm probably looking at like 50 if that. If that. 50 or more. Jeez, you're into your elbows deep

into these Taibini booze. Yes. Well, thank you very much for your call. Appreciate it. We've got a lot of texts coming through on this. Should we continue this on?

0800 the hits too. Collection crazy. Have you gone mad? There's a great text here. Earrings. How many earrings has this person got? It will blow your mind. Oh. How many. Have you gone mad? There's a great text here. Earrings. How many earrings has this person got? It will blow your mind.

Oh. How many do they buy per week? Per week? What? Let's try and get them on next. Per week? Keep your crazy collections coming through.

We'd love to hear from you on 0800 The Hits. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.