Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: We Try Our Card Trick on the PRIME MINISTER!!!

Episode Date: November 28, 2024

ON THE SHOW TODAY: Ben's painfully awkward winking encounter... Will Coast end the Mariah game? What do I do with a Bee in my car! Megan is HATING on baldies... Ben is too woke for health and safety We chat to Abbey from Consumer NZ on wether Black Friday is a hoax! Facebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono and Ben Instagram: THEHITSBREAKFASTSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This John O'Byrne podcast brought to you by HelloFresh, the experts and tastes that Kiwis love. Welcome to the podcast on a Friday heading into the weekend. Off to Blenheim today. I'm seeing a thing, but it's multi-island. We're into technology, embracing technology. I'm in Blenheim, Ben's in Auckland. You're taking your relationship long distance. I imagine it's going to be just an hour of you going, I can hear you, but I can't see you.

What's that? Sorry. I know you go. I can see your nostrils. Because I'm going to be here in Auckland where there's a building of people and then you're going to be in Blenheim where there's a building of people. So all could go wrong. We'll bring you up to speed on Monday.

That's your neck of the woods.. That's your neck of the woods. Yeah. Or Nelson's your neck of the woods. Nelson, but I spend a lot of time in, I was going to say Blenhole. That's what we used to call it. Beavertown, Blenhole. Love it.

There's a bit of sunshine hour beef, isn't there, between the two, Blenham and Nelson. But it's also like, kind of feel like it's my second home, you know? So I feel like I can take the piss out of it a little bit. Yeah. One thing that I need to do there. Drive around the roundabout with the train track in the middle.

It'll scare the shit out of you. It's got a train track in the middle of a roundabout? It's a huge roundabout. Yeah. Wow. Okay. And when a train goes through, everyone's like, what do we do? Because you could be halfway through it.

Okay. Everyone's just got to wait. Feels like there was a bit of mishap in the town planning. And there's no traffic lights, as far as I'm aware. Blenheim still doesn't have any traffic lights. It's probably like Masterton. I think we had one when I was little, and then they got rid of that. They're like, why have we stopped here?

There's no traffic. We wanted to appear like a big city. Everyone's like, what, this is pointless? So anyway, they're just roundabout, roundabout, roundabout. Town meeting, town meeting. Do we keep the traffic light or not? When you're sitting there, you're like, there's no reason for me to be stopped

right now. Hey, I hope you enjoyed the podcast. First up, Ben, a winking incident. A winking incident. I wanted to explain my story on the radio

and you can choose whether you believe it or not. So I was at the mall yesterday, I had to go to the mall to get something for my daughter.

She wanted to pick up a birthday present and we were all going to the food court. She also wanted chips from KFC. So I'm like, okay, whatever. Oh, good show. Now I want those. So, yeah, so we're on our way doing that.

It's one of the flasher malls in town. So we're going past a whole lot of stores that we normally, you know, you normally walk past. As I say, we're on our way to get chips from KFC. We had no place shopping in some of these flashier shops. But I did notice that on one of the shops, instead of like a poster out in the

shop window, they had a screen playing like a video on loop. And it was Ariana Grande. Of course, there's wicked stuff everywhere all over the place and she's one of the main actors and she does an ad, well, I just saw as I was walking past an ad for those crystals. Swarovski crystals. I've seen it. Yeah, I never know how to say it.

I never know how to say it. But yeah, I was watching that. It's like that other, uh, Bulagavagagari. Yeah, I can't say that one either. Chuck a V in it really throws you. So anyway, Ariana's doing this ad and I'm walking past with my daughter and as I'm watching the screen, it's playing this ad

with Ariana Grande and at the end of it, she sort of holds up the crystal. She's probably getting paid a lot, but she's happily holding them it, she sort of holds up the crystal. She's probably getting paid a lot, but she's happily holding them up, and she sort of winks at camera. Of course she's happy. She's happy to hold those crystals up. She does a nice little wink.

And as I was looking, I was like, oh, a wink. And I was in my head, a wink. And I thought, I can't remember the last time I've winked. This is all my thought process. It's not a daily occurrence, is it? And it's really hard to make a wink look natural too. Where was the last time you winked? I think I just winked at our boss.

Did you just wink at our boss? I was practicing just as he walked in and I was like... This is what happened to me. So in my head I was like, when was the last time I winked? Could I still pull off a wink? It just looks like your face is glitching, doesn't it? I was smiling looking at the ad and as I turned around I smiled and I winked. And I just winked, just thinking, oh yeah

I could still wink. Show me your wink. Oh, no, that's weird. But I was smiling smiled and I winked. And I just winked, just thinking, oh, yeah, I can still wink. Show me your wink. Oh, no, that's weird. But I was smiling. What's wrong with your face? And then I winked like that. But I smiled and winked. And as I smiled and winked, just thinking in my head, oh, I can smile and wink. Yeah.

I caught eyes with a lady, another lady who was walking with her daughter. Uh-oh. And I'm smiling and I'm winking. A misfired wink. And then she looked and she looked at me and she sort of did that take back and we're like, is he winking at me? Did she fully back a wink?

No, she was just, her eyes said, oh my God, that guy just winked at me. He's going to tell everyone. And I went. It's the eyeball equivalent of patting you on the bum,

isn't it? It is. It is. And I went, and we were about 10 minutes away and I kind of went, I kind of waved my arms like, no, no, no.

No to the winking. I said, no, I wasn't. No, don't do that. I just said, no, I wasn't. No, don't do that. I just said, no, I wasn't winking at you, like this. And she, this is all happening in the space of five to ten metres, she turned around and there was no one behind her. And she just went, who were you winking at? Did she say this?

This is what she said. And then all she said was that. I said nothing and we just kept walking past. So that was our conversation. You should have just not said anything and she would have been like, did he or didn't he? Yeah.

But I just... So now do you, now you're hoping that what, this story gets passed on to her, the backstory of... Yeah, I wanted to explain that I was watching

an Ariana Grande ad and that was the thing. And you were practicing a wink. I was practicing a wink. Yeah, that's a good story. I just had to lock eyes on you as you walked past me. But you must wink all the time. Every time I'm with you, you must wink heaps because every time I'm with you, people drive past and they're like, Ben, that's a good story. I just had to lock eyes on you as you walked the bathroom. But you must wink all the time.

Every time I'm with you, you must wink heaps. Because every time I'm with you, people drive past and are like, Ben, you're a winker. Yeah, that's definitely a winker. I didn't know he was winking all the time. Yeah, you're a giant winker. So I didn't know. You must be a very prolific winker.

That's definitely me. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we're playing a game. Now, Megan, you've done remarkably well to stay in it And as many people as well have been texting us through The Mariah Carey game How long can you go avoiding the song? And Megan so far you have not heard it

I haven't And I'm kind of getting to the point where I'm like I just want to hear it Because I'm like okay I ooze Christmas at all times We're playing You Listening and everyone on the station's been playing as well. And as soon as we're all out,

Megan being the last one standing, we start officially playing the song on the station. Am I a bit of a handbrake at the moment? No, it's fine. It's fine. We've been playing Little Drummer Boy and stuff like that, man. It's on you.

And Feliz Navidad. That's on you. Every time you hear a... Is that Feliz Navidad? What's it called? It's a song from the Jose. Feliciano Abidat. That's for you. Every time you hear a... Is that Feliciano Abidat? What's it called? It's a song from Jose. Feliciano, yeah. So yesterday you avoided the terrorist Tasha.

Tasha the terrorist who's manipulated the downfall of both Maddie McLean and Ben Boyce. Yep. We played a game of Tasha Roulette. She was on hold and you had another two callers. You had to just go to a line blind. If you went to her, she was definitely going to play it down the line. But no, you picked the right person.

I dodged her. Today, another little fun game we want to play. With another radio station here at work, just across from us, Coast Radio Station. They're playing a lot of Christmas songs, apparently. Oh, yeah. They're deep. Their elbow's deep in Christmas. Now, they've decorated their studio and everything.

And Mariah Carey will be a big banger on their playlist. So what we're going to do is we're going to phone them. They know we're going to call. They're off air, and they're going to put us on hold. Now, when you're on hold for a station, you can hear the music they're playing. And it could be a risk. High probability.

So we'll go through to Coast now. Jase, Tony Street, and Sam. Good morning, Coast. Oh, good morning, Coast. It's Jono Ben-Omega from the Hits. How's it going? Oh, good morning, Coast. It's Jono Ben-Omega from The Hits. How's it going? Oh, Merry Christmas. I didn't mean to say that.

Oh, I feel very early to be saying Merry Christmas. It's funny you should say that, Jase. Mind you, you've got to have noticed your studio, which is around the corner from ours, like a grotto of some sort. It's just beautifully decorated. Oh, I'm sure you guys have got something similar. We've got a Christmas corner.

We just wanted to hold up like a ditto sign and then an arrow pointing to your studio, basically. Send them here, guys. That's right. Hey, now, I know you guys are getting into the Christmas spirit as are we on the hits and playing Christmas music from time to time, right? Mm-hmm.

I imagine you're Christmasing hard. You know it. Miss Claw's in here in Tony Street. She's a big driver of our success. Do you by chance play Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas? Oh, it's one of my faves. Absolutely. We play a lot of Mariah and Kelly Clarkson.

We love the ladies. Great. Well, we've been playing a game where we've been trying to see how long we can avoid listening to that song. So if you hear it on social media, go into a shop, a gym, whatever, you're out of the game. Now, Jono's out, I'm out. A lot of the listeners are out.

Some are still in, but Megan, you are still in the game. They're just annoyed that essentially I've won this and now they're sabotaging me. That's what's happening. Just adding a bit of jeopardy. We're just continuing the story arc with some exciting beats along the way.

That's right. I'm just shocked at this, Megan, because I thought you would have been an early Christmas shopper. Surely you've been out in the way. That's right. I'm just shocked at this, Megan, because I thought, like, you would have been an early Christmas shopper. Surely you've been out in the shops and heard it already. Tones, no. You know I ooze Christmas like you. Yeah.

But I've managed to somehow... Ooze. Ooze. Sounds like you need to see the doctor. It's like beeping everywhere. It's all over the floor. But I've avoided it somehow. Well, I think you should celebrate this win

because I just don't take that jealousy from those boys. So we wanted to do a little thing now. Now, we don't know what song on your station is playing right now if we get put on hold, but we wanted to see if we could just go to hold, and if it's Mariah Carey, then Megan's out of the game. If it's not, she continues on with the game. Ah, all very best of luck. Okay, well, it'll either be Mariah Carey or Abra's out of the game. If it's not, she continues on with the game. Ah, all very best of luck.

Okay, well, it'll either be Mariah Carey or Abra or the Bee Gees for sure. All right, can you put us on hold? Oh, God. Okay. All right, here we go. Good luck, Megan. Thank you. Oh, it is Bee Gees.

It was the Bee Gees. It was the Bee Gees. She called it. Gang him, ping him. I'm still in, baby. You're lucky because in a couple of minutes, we're literally about to play Michael Bublé. Oh, okay. There you go.

Not quite Mariah, though, sorry, but we are oozing Christmas. Love, Megan. I reckon you've got this for another day at least. Yeah, well, can't you get to December 1st? It's rolling around this weekend, but we are oozing Christmas. Love Megan. I reckon you've got this for another day at least. Yeah, well, can she get to December 1st? It's rolling around this weekend. So it'll be a Christmas miracle if she gets that far. Thanks so much for your time this morning, guys. See you, team.

Bye. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, because, of course, we are learning a party trick, we wanted to learn a party trick for the holiday season. So we learned a trick, a card trick, a magic trick from magician Cosentino, who's in the country right now. And we have been trying to practice it on people in the office and then we saw, by chance, the Prime Minister,

Christopher Luxon, in the building. We could see him. He was on his way upstairs to a better radio station. And we're like, he looks like a guy who doesn't have much on. Come in here. Come in here. We've got a magic trick to show you. Yeah, right.

But there's no more higher stakes than, you stakes than trying to perform for the Prime Minister. Yeah. And this guy, this guy's seen some magic. This guy has seen Winston Peters be the Deputy Prime Minister with the Labour Party, magically disappear, then come back and be the Deputy Prime Minister with the National Party. That's amazing. That is magical. So our trick, if you don't know, it's a card trick.

It involves a sort of a knife or a sharp instrument, choosing the card at the end. It's got blindfolds. I'm blindfolded. Megan, you start things off. We all take turns, yeah. Now, the practice rounds that we have done so far have been wildly unsuccessful.

This is us trying out on Producer Ellie. Is this your card? No. Six of spades? Okay. Well, hang on. Is this your card? No. Six of spades? Okay. Oh, hang on. Is this your card? No.

Okay. Is that your card? No. Okay. If we just keep doing this, eventually we'll land on your card. Yeah, it's not very

magical anymore, though. So Megan's nailing her part. Yeah. Megan's nailing the first part. Where I feel like the wheels are coming off, it's on me. Well, it's on you and me because there's some stuff we're not giving away. The trickery is some stuff we need

to do together to work it, to make it good. And as we got to the end of it yesterday, I was like, oh dear God, I don't know where the card is. It's one of a few, but I don't know which one it is. And here's what happened. In front of the Prime Minister. Is this your card, Prime Minister?

No! No, it's not. Was this your card, Prime Minister? No. Okay, we've got more to do. What are these baits? Yes, yes, very good, very good. It's not that great.

I've got lots to do, very good. It's not that great. Third time lucky. Damn it. Yeah. Okay. There's only, what, 10 more days to go. Okay, Jesus, not a great start. Okay. Well, you got it on the third go.

What was it, 52 in a pack? So, I mean, that's not too bad. It's shocking. It's not good. We've got one week to go if you want to see us. We'll see Constantino text MAGIC to 4487. He's touring around the country right now. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Got one week to go if you want to see us. Or see Constantino. Text MAGIC to 4487. He's touring around the country right now.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Now, Megan, you had a bit of an ordeal in the car. There's a lot of roadworks around us at the moment. Like, full on. We're getting a new bridge and everything. So there's a stop-go situation, which I'm very thankful for yesterday. Because is there anything more terrifying any time when you feel something on your leg and it's like a little tickle, tickle, tickle,

and I was like, please tell me that's a hair. Please tell me it's just a rogue hair. Yeah, right, never is. No. I was using Johnny's hand with me and I'm like... That's terrifying. Get out. I'm glad you said you.

Yeah, yeah. I was going to put it the other way on Megan, but I was like, no, that's not going to happen. 2024. Yeah, yeah. I was going to put it the other way on Megan, but I was like, no, let's not go there. 20, 24. Yeah. So I was driving at the time and I felt the tickle tickle. No, Jono wasn't in the car with me. Jono.

Tickly hands again. But I looked down and there was a bee crawling on my leg. Okay. And I was like, okay. So when you're driving, I was like, well, I don't want to be stung, but what am I going to do in this moment? So I kind of like, a natural reaction was flick it off my leg, but then it's crawling down around my feet amongst the petals.

And so I pull up to the stop-go and I was like, thank God it stopped. But then I like jumped out of the car and I'm like, the stop-go person's like, are you okay? And I was like, no. I'm being attacked. There's a bee. He looks and there's no one in there. A handsy bee crawling up and down my legs. Bless them, though.

Like, came around and helped me, like, shoo out the bee. Oh, did he? Yeah. Helped me shoo out the bee while everyone was stopped. And so we managed to get the bee out. Did he get stung? No. No.

I don't think. I think they were a bit unwell, the bee. You've got to save the bees. I know, I didn't want to because I was like, I could just stomp my foot on it, but I don't want to do that. Very important in the ecosystem. Because we're protecting the bees. Yeah, don't go slapping bees around.

They're the backbone of the ecosystem. Sounds like it might have been on its way out though, right? Yeah, it doesn't look very happy. Oh, listen, we don't have to mourn too hard. This is one bee. I mean, don't get me wrong. My message, there's still thousands of them out there. The scary thing is when you get a bee in your car,

it could fly and you're driving. Because I've had spiders crawling on my dashboard before when I'm driving and I'm like, you stay where I can see you. Yeah, it does add some jeopardy to driving, doesn't it? Panicking and concentrating at the same time. Yeah. It's a great skill set. So have you been attacked by anything in the car?

My auntie got attacked by a seagull. So she was eating chippies and had her window down and it saw the chippies and it came in. No, she was driving. Oh, really? Eating some chippies and the seagull was like, yes please. Flew in? Yeah. She had to pull over. So we had seagulls, my friend Brad, we were driving, and he got attacked by a chili bin.

The guy had been, I think he'd been at the pub. He'd won a chili bin in the raffle, and he was cycling home. And we were stopped at about, it was stop sign, about to turn left, and the guy just ran straight to the side of the car, holding his chili bin. And my mate Brad got bang. He had his window open. Oh, the chili bin went through the window. He put the car, holding his chili bin. And my mate Brad got bang, he had his window open. Oh, the chili bin went through the window?

He put the bag straight in his head. It's the guy who hit the car and fell back on the road. Was the chili bin all right? Yeah, it was all right. I just won that. My mate Brad was a little like. Well, I won my head when I was born. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We wanted to know, what have you been attacked by while driving?

Well, attacked is really, when you said a bee attacked you, it really was just massively crawling across your leg. Yeah, but it's got a stinger and it can use it. But it didn't. But once they use the stinger, they're gone. I mean, they don't want to. They don't want to use their stinger. Plus, I was wearing a skirt and it was crawling on my leg.

I was like, action needs to be taken. So, yeah, 4487 on the text, 0800 the hits. What have you been attacked by in the car? I'll tell you what I've been attacked by while driving. The bloody New Zealand police with so-called infringement notices. Oh, there we go. Okay. Got another one yesterday.

Did you? John O? On that fixed camera. Keeps sending me tickets. That's on you, babe. Fixed camera. Keeps sending me tickets. That's on you, babe. It's on you. It's not moving. You know about this.

I do know about it. And I haven't been speeding past it. We're going like 40. So what do they do? What do they do? I don't know. They send them to me. For two sliders.

Because I'm under attack. That's why I've been attacked by a wheel driving. Oh, God. You need to stop driving. I think that's what they're trying to make you do, actually. You and Joe Biden need to stop driving. Mel, what. You need to stop driving. I think that's what they're trying to make you do, actually. You and Joe Biden need to stop driving. Mel,

what have you been attacked by while driving? Mel? This is in Wellington. A girl flew into my car when I was driving. Oh, like Megan Zarnik,

an actual seagull. It wasn't a seagull. You know the bigger gulls? Oh, God. That's terrifying. Oh, my gosh. Like the size of an albatross sort of thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, those big dudes.

What lured it in? I don't know. It was a really hot day and my air con wasn't working, so I had my windows down and it just flew in and was basically sitting by my gearbox. I got a hell of a fright. Yeah, you would have. How did you get it out, that situation?

He got behind me, tooted aggressively, and then the guy realised that actually he saw what happened and then he got out and was like, are you okay? And I was like, yep, I just had a visitor. Well, the bird's like, it's bloody hot out there, mate. You got some aircon blasting in there? It was a beautiful bird, but yeah, they're pretty impressive looking, but yeah, it made me pretty stunned for a bit.

So it wasn't flapping around, it wasn't attacking you, it was just politely sitting? No, no, no. No, it was just sort of telling and sort of staring at me, and I was like, okay, dude, you need to be on the outside of my car. Yeah. I don't have any chips. Yeah, Bird's like, this is not good for either of us. It's all right, I just picked it up and put it outside.

Oh, good on you for picking it up. Well, I appreciate your call. Thanks so much. Cheers. Great text here that's come through saying I was attacked by a ladybird that was in my knickers and it was biting me, the ladybird.

Do they bite? Well, obviously they don't. Maybe if they're in your knickers. Well, the ladybird's like, she's a... It's in your pants, but a ladybird's a whole other thing. Yes, they are indeed capable of biting humans. They prefer not to, but when threatened... Where am I?

If I had a choice. Ladybird munching away. So someone's texted in, say we have a panel shop. Someone came in and they'd written their car off when a bee flew into their car. See?

It's dangerous. Yeah. Keep this coming through, actually. There's some horrific text coming in about the ladybird. I was about to read that. Yeah, I was the same as you. That's why I paused too.

I was like, oh, there's another. No, no. There's another ladybird. No, no. You want me to read that? You are being cheeky this another. No, no. Oh, there's another lady. No, no. You might be reading that on radio. You are being cheeky this morning.

We're smiling. Yeah, but we're not reading it on radio. Not for broadcast. Oh, there's another one? Okay. Now we get what you're saying. Poor boy. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

Now facing a bit of backlash for charging nearly $600 for her new album. Now, it's multiple records. Yeah, three records. And it's got like a book that commemorates her Vegas. It's for the Vegas residency. Yeah, and it's like limited edition. It's got confetti from the show and stuff like that. Yeah, so it's a pack.

People are calling her greedy, but it's just like, don't buy it then. The words limited edition are hard to roll together, aren't they? Limited edition. Yeah, I had to really pause on that one. Yeah, well, I mean, hey, you don't have to buy it then. The words limited edition are hard to roll together, aren't they? Limited edition. Yeah, I had to really pause on that one. Yeah, well, I mean, hey, you don't have to buy it. Yeah, no. And people will buy it, you know? So it's like, oh, backlash.

Who's backlashing? Who's backlashing? I don't know. I'm pretty indifferent about it. Calling her greedy. Yeah, the greedy. That's how she makes a living. That's right.

And now your husband, Andrew, has done something. He's been talking about this for a while. He's done it. He's done it. Can I just say I take huge offence to this whole scenario? Do you? Her stance on this whole scenario. Oh, her stance.

I'm so good at that. No, it's not the same. It's not the same. You're getting triggered by this. Oh, soz. Well, this is what I'm stuck with. This is my day-to-day. But anyway.

And I'm like, ooh. Yeah, you go ahead. Yeah, you go ahead. That's fine. You do what you need to do. I wonder if he's always wearing a hat. Self-conscious. So he did have beautiful curls.

She actually demanded in her contract that I wear a hat every day because I don't want to see that ugly head. I'm used to bald dudes, working with bald dudes. I'm very used to it. They wear hats all the time, mate. Yeah. No, he had beautiful curls. Beautiful, like he's got South African hair and he's grown it out for years.

Lovely. South African locks. Important for South Africa. No, he's got like thick, like tight curls. You could have South African hair. Featuring real bits of Bill Tong. South African hair. And he, I don't know why, I don't know why, but he decided to give himself,

not give himself, he went to a barber, I don't know why, but he decided to give himself, not give himself, he went to a barber, got a buzz cut. I was anti it. I was so anti it. What number has he gone? It's like a two. Number two, are you? I think it looks, I've seen it on social media.

I haven't seen it in IRL, but I think it looks great. Shush. You shush your face. This is the problem because people are coming up to him saying, you look fantastic. Just like, he walked in the door. And like, this is the problem because people are coming up to him saying, you look fantastic. Just like he walked in the door. And like this is the thing about me, I'll always be honest, because sometimes he's like written songs and I'm like, that's not great.

I'm always honest. And he came home and he's like, do you like it? And I was like, I liked it better when you had hair. Now, everywhere we've gone, everyone's going, you look great. You look more masculine. I love your hair. And he just looks at me with a grin. I'm like, no. Can you all stop it, love your hair and he just looks at me with a grin and I'm like

no can you all stop it please you know what he looks like he looks like one of those hot prison inmates you're like

oh yeah and everyone like posts his mugshot around everyone I'd do some time with him sort of you know no everyone's like

you look manly and grown up I'm like that's the hair he had when he was in a boy band when he was younger so I don't know

how that's happening I like it that you went into it, he still did it anyway, and I like the fact that you're still not into it and he's fine with it. I love everything about it. Because sometimes you're like, oh, I won't do it. It's like, great, he's doing his thing, you're doing your thing, and no one's changing.

Yeah. And I'll always be honest. I'm never going to tell him I like it if I don't like it, and that's fine. Fair enough. And I was like, are you going to keep it? But no, are you just being stubborn? Do you actually like it?

No, I don't. No. I like, are you going to keep it? But no, are you just being stubborn? Do you actually like it? No, I don't. No. I mean, I'll get used to it. Sure. Bored men repulsed. Oh, that's what I'm thinking. I'm trying to give her an opportunity to go, actually, it doesn't look too bad.

Oh, sorry. She hasn't backed down. Jono. If anything, she's gone harder. But, like, if you could have beautiful curls. Yeah, I'm not making this about Andrew right now. Deep down, do you actually go, oh, it doesn't actually look too bad, actually? No, it doesn't look too bad. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not making this about Andrew right now. Deep down, do you actually go, oh, it doesn't actually look too bad, actually?

No, it doesn't look too bad. Yeah, yeah. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Speaking of great songs, the cat version of Billie Eilish's song, I don't know why it's going viral, but it's one of those things. I even noticed that Billie Eilish

in concert now is starting to do it when she starts the song. Just because it's so viral, when she starts singing the actual lyrics, everyone else is like, meow, meow, meow. She's like, guys, guys. No matter how hard Billie works, or even us, all of us over 20 years, how much you pour into your craft and your career, you'll never beat someone meowing a song. Yeah.

Never going to beat that. Never. There's a whole channel. That is so oddly, like, relaxing. It's quite soothing, actually. Yeah. When we came in first thing this morning, you played that to me.

I was like, oh. It is a soothing song. Now, what I've found, though. Maybe it should be our national anthem. We all know the words for once. It's great. Now, I've found some other songs. There's a whole internet YouTube channel that has people meowing,

you know, doing meow versions of popular songs. Amazing. I thought I would play a couple for you now, and you guys can see if you can first guess what the song is. Okay. You can play along if you're listening as well. Okay, here you go. Meow number one, please, Jonas.

Meow, meow, meow, meow. Meow, meow, meow. Let it go. Yeah. Oh, God, I, Johnna. Let it go. Oh, God, I hate that movie. All right, Megan's got that one. Okay, here we go. Here's another one. Meow, number two.

Please, please, please. Sabrina Carpenter. Meow, meow. You just play this game, Megan. No, no. I'm fine. I'll just push the buttons. These are in my wheelhouse. Okay, this is one in everyone's wheelhouse.

Okay. Here a listen. There is an Olo of Christmas. It's still in the game, baby. Another version of the song that you can listen to. All right, we've got two more. Another one. Oh, Bits of Bone. Beautiful things.

There we go. Is it Imagine Dragons? Yeah, well, there we go. That's the meow game. That'll never be back because we probably haven't got enough songs to bring that back, but it was fun. One and done. I want to listen to the full versions.

I think there's more life in that. There's definitely a couple more days in it. Well, they need to record more songs. I was still going through going, I guess you could do that one. Are you putting pressure on the meow singing community? I want more meow versions of songs and then we'll bring it back. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast.

You're on air, Megan. You can hear the sounds of Megan outside. She's in the foyer here at work. High-vis vests are back on again. The road cones are out because we'll be doing the black catch for the black clash. Megan outside. She's in the foyer here at work. High-vis vests are back on again. The road cones are out because we'll be doing the black catch for the black clash. Can I just say, witnessing this health and safety regime over the last five days, it reached an absolute peak of madness yesterday where Ben was in a high-vis vest catching a literal feather

that was being dropped from three stories above. The feather took 12 minutes to come down. It took a long time to come down. PC madness. I caught the feather and I'm glad I did because it would have been a really embarrassing catch to drop that one. The prize is gone but we have all these items that the show's invested in

so we're going to get the most out of them. Megan, very, probably participated I'd say in most sports on the spectrum. Yeah. I have done a lot of sports. One of which remember I told you I used to be a catcher when I played softball? Softball. Oh, great.

So you're ideal for this. So we've got the remainder of the items. Ben's decided Producer Ellie is going to chuck them all down in one hit. Yeah, all down in one hit. Oh, what? So see how you go. See how you go. We've got a tennis ball.

You just want me to get an egg on my face. We've got an egg. Just concentrate on the egg then get an egg on my face. We've got an egg. Just concentrate on the egg then if you don't want it. And there's a balloon. Yeah. Either the tennis ball or the egg is going to get me. Oh, hey. Which one do I catch?

I don't know. The egg's going to come down and I'll have a bit more momentum. Yeah, as Jo said before, the Hot Springs Spas T20 Black Clash in association with Wolf. We're back in Hagley Oval next year, January. 70% of the tickets sold so far, so get your tickets right now at blackclash.co.nz. Now, we'll count down from three.

What are wind conditions like out there in the foyer there, Megan? There's no wind, John. We're inside. Okay. I mean, gassy. That egg is going to get me. Okay, three, two, one.

One. Let's just say there's a clean-up in aisle two. Oh, really? What did she get? Did you get anything? Nothing. No, but then I turned around and the balloon was still coming down, so I probably could have caught that.

You didn't get a single thing. You didn't get the balloon, you didn't get the egg or the tennis ball. Do you know the rate at which that egg fell? Yeah, that came down very quick. Blubberting. It's like three stories high. Hello. Yeah, we'll clean it up.

It's okay. And now that is a health and safety issue. Now we've created our first health and safety issue. Thanks so much for the Black Clash. Go along and see it. Team rugby, team cricket. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We've been trying to catch items thrown down inside our building

from a third-storey balcony. There's like a foyer area that we've been trying to catch items for. The Black Clash, it's happening in Christchurch. And you really stamped your foot yesterday. We deal with the lovely Jo Riddell, who looks after all things with the building. She's a fabulous woman. Does a magnificent job. Works very hard. Prior to this, she's like, hey, Jo Riddell, who looks after all things with the building. She's a fabulous woman. Does a magnificent job.

Works very hard. And so prior to this, she's like, hey, dealing with building management, we need to make this safe. So we had 932 little mini cones around. We had road cones, yes. Ben, you were dressed in a high-vis vest. No, I get it.

Every day we're catching some random items, you know, some things like eggs or, you know, whatever we're throwing down. It could be a banana. It could be anything from the office. I get it. Some stuff could be potentially dangerous if anyone walks underneath, I guess. So we had to make it safe and healthy.

And yesterday we – Spun a wheel and it landed on a feather. Feather. So Producer Ellie, she's three stories up. She drops this feather that you have to catch. Now, I'm like, do I have to wear a high-vis vest for the feather? Like, this is where I was like, I mean, I'm happy to wear a high-vis vest, but I was like, for the feather?

This is PC madness. Go woke, go broke. But you're obviously not happy to wear the high-vis vest if you're complaining about it. Well, I'm happy to do it, but I just feel like it was a very unnecessary... I'm happy to do it, but... It's an unnecessary step. Christopher Luxon walked past with his security team, the Prime Minister.

And his security team were on the lookout. There's a guy on a hovers bench looking up, like, what's going on here? Is there a security risk? Yeah, but that's your dumb fault because you told them it was a feather. You should have said it was something heavy. I'm like, I'm waiting for it to catch a feather from three stories up. Even the Prime Minister now, he's got a large part in all these rules. He's like, oh, really?

Yeah. And you can have a look on the Hits Breakfast Instagram, like when it was thrown down. Like, honestly, I watched it. I watched it. I looked over at you guys and reacted. Oh, Megan went and got a facial. I went and had a lovely meeting across the road.

The full version of Wicked for two hours, 40 minutes. And then I came back. And the feather landed. And then I caught the feather. I was just like, well, I'm glad I wore a hiver's vest, so no one was underneath that feather. That felt like a little overkill for me. And I overthink things.

Out of anyone. Anyone that can jump to a conclusion of what could possibly go wrong, it's me, okay? I can do that. I really like it when you get on a rant and it's about the strangest thing yeah it's just my favorite he's gonna die in a ditch over this high of his feather situation i did it but it was unnecessary and i was happy to yeah pc going mad i wanted to say that i've never said that before phone news we've gone broke guys tell

you hosking would like to hear this story. Maybe I'm destined for ZB. So, 0800 with the hits, this is what we want to open up. Health and safety madness. I mean,

it's great. Don't get me wrong, we love being healthy and stuff. Yeah, yeah. But you know, sometimes,

like I was, a gentleman came over to our house a few weeks ago and he was looking at some stuff. This is so funny. And he had a high vis vest on.

I'm like, okay, granted, I'm used to the high-vis vest. Everyone needs to be highly visible. I get it. Ironically, you're still visible without the vest, but yeah, I understand. It's authority.

It's official. It needs to be done. He then puts a helmet on. And I'm like, what's with the helmet, mate? And he's just traipsing around the lawn. He's like, I noticed you've got a walnut tree there. I was like, yep. Walnut could fall on the head. Oh. He's like, I noticed you've got a walnut tree there. I was like, yep. Walnut could fall on the head.

Oh. I was like, I guess. We've been here for like five years. I've never been in the head with a walnut. At the time, ironically, he wasn't even under the tree. Oh, really? No. He was preparing.

Yeah. I mean, an anvil could fall on the roadrunner's head. An anvil or a helmet. The Hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Okay. So I had to wear a h-vis vest for catching a feather. We're surrounded by road cones.

That'd make you wear a hard hat. No, true, actually. Next time maybe I would have to. Someone's text through, right, about having to wear safety goggles. Yeah, they said, lucky you don't have to wear safety glasses. I have to wear safety glasses at work all day long. And there's only milk powder there. But potentially the milk powder could blow.

Blow in your eyes. In your eyes, yeah. True. Does it dissolve or does it... Inside dry ball. Yeah. What's wrong with that? Although you see those things pop up on social media, don't you?

Like, look at the health and safety in Thailand and there's some legend dangling off a high-rise building, holding on to their friend's ankle who's holding on to the building. And they've got a water blaster strapped around their waist and they're cleaning the building. You're like, this is... Although I just cast my mind back to the weekend where the Santa Parade after party were hosting on stage,

thousands of kids in the audience. We had a high-velocity T-shirt cannon gun. Loaded with gas. And everyone was quite nervous about where we need to fire it. John O got the safety briefing, and then he pulled some guy wearing a Grinch mask out of the audience. He was dressed as a Grinch, yeah. He was an unsanctioned performer.

And then when he go, mate, why don't you fire this into the audience as he's spinning around and doing all sorts of moves, I'm like, this is going to go horrible. That was the moment I was like, we needed goggles, we needed safety things. You're giving it to a, like, who's this guy? I didn't know who he was. Still didn't know. Never saw his face. Why did you give him the thing?

Anyway. Bit of showbiz razzmatazz. And he was really waving that gun around in our faces, and in the band's faces. And then you gave it to him again. I was like, great, I got it back off him. And then you're like, oh, crank it up, mate, let's do it one more time. I'm like, jeez. Fast and loose. But then, hey, did anyone get shot in the face with a t-shirt? No, but it was a real miracle.

It was a real risk. It was a Christmas miracle. It was a real risk. That was a risk. That was the medication of my, dear God, I would have killed for safety goggles. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Black Friday, so many sales around the country. And we wanted to know, other sales, are they too good to be true?

We've got Abby Damon from Consumer NZ. Great to have you here. How's it going, Abby? Lovely to be here. Now we're talking Black Friday sales. We're seeing them everywhere. We know a lot of businesses building up towards it. Are they in some ways too good to be true?

Yeah, sometimes when a special looks too good to be true, it is. And I think Black Friday is a massive marketing opportunity for businesses. I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find a company that's not making the most of them. I've even seen that Pack and Save is hopping on the Black Friday. Oh, they do a Black Friday special. I saw that. Black Friday meat. Yeah, it's like, okay.

But, you know, I think retailers are just working really hard to try and get your attention. And I think we also know that people are making the most of Black Friday because our wallets have been so squeezed and we're hurtling towards Christmas. But, you know, we hear over and over again that sometimes the specials we see out there aren't actually as good as they might seem. How does that happen? Great question. How does that happen?

And why does that happen? You know, it's not actually illegal for traders to change the price like that. What's potentially a breach of the Fair Trading Act? If something says this is the absolute best price ever, but it's actually been cheaper, then, yeah, that's not on. There's lots of sort of pressure tactics, particularly for people online. They might look like the countdown timer. Oh, they get me every time.

They really get me clicking. Yeah, there are 10 people looking at this. So-and-so in Auckland is buying three of these right now. And if you don't buy it, you're going to miss out. And they're really intentionally designed to confuse you, overwhelm you, and often those claims aren't real. Really? They've got me plenty of times. Yeah we see you know you can think about Teemu where there's a lot of gamification.

These sorts of tactics are really effective in getting you to part with your money and part of that's because they're designed with behavioural psychology in mind. They know that they're effective and yeah yeah, they do work. So we really want consumers to be on high alert in this, yeah. So when you say like a lot of the countdown clocks or so many people are looking at this or even when, so sometimes the prices are lower months ahead and then they hike the price and then they bring it back down a little bit,

all of those tactics are happening. Why are they not kind of illegal? Well, because a business is entitled to price their products however they wish. The Fair Trading Act is in place to make it illegal for people to mislead you. So that's the key point, really. It's about not misleading you. I think there are some rules around like, you know, a special has to be a meaningful

opportunity to save money for a limited period of time. They're still allowed to hike the price, you know, say a few weeks before Black Friday and then they can be like, oh, 50% off. But it's 50% off the hiked price. It depends on what context we're saying that. It could be misleading if they've said this is the absolute best price, you're going to get it. It's so dizzying. There are so many specials coming at you left, right and centre, so many different ways of people presenting what a discount looks like.

Are you going to get involved in Black Friday or you think, not for me, not getting countdown clocked? Yeah, I don't want to get countdown clocked. Don't make me spin that wheel. Oh, but the wheel's so tempting. I love that wheel. You can get a discount. Click it on the top.

100% off. Wait, what? So are you going to get involved in Black Friday, or you just think it's a bit of a... I mean, I think I am representative of a lot of New Zealanders and that I feel, when I see all these specials, I'm really tempted, but I also know I can't trust myself. So I'm actually spending

less time on social media at the moment because those ads are targeted at me. They know exactly what I want, but it's not what I need. I just don't have that money. It just looks, it's so tempting. Let's say someone does want to do it. Someone wants to get their Christmas shopping.

What are the things you need to watch out for? What do you recommend? Yeah, so beware of the pressure tactics that we've talked about. Don't rely on the sales line. Do your research, and you can use those free price comparison tools like Price Spy or Price Me, which will let you look at the historical price over time of a product. I don't have all that time. There's a countdown clock.

I've got 60 seconds to buy 20 mattresses I don't need right now. Oh, no. Well, thank you so much for your time, Abby. Appreciate it. And it's just so, it's just a double pump on the side of the phone. You don't even think of it as cash sometimes. Yeah, pay it. What a society we're living in. Hey, listen, Abby,

yeah, really do appreciate your time this morning from Consumer NZ. You go and have a wonderful Black Friday, avoiding Black Friday. Thanks so much, Dave. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. To start our day with the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz, you can play along to wherever you're going to this morning. We try and get 10 out of 10,

but as soon as we get one answer wrong, that's it, it's all over. Yeah, now the quiz queen, producer Ellie, comes in. Ben's also got another nickname for you. He calls you the fun sponge, doesn't he? He does, actually. He does sometimes. And bits of your face, not behind your back or anything. You come on in, you're like, all right, guys, down to business.

I'm like, oh, who's going to suck their life out of the room right now? No, I do appreciate it because I like to get on to stuff. Exactly, Ben. I thought you'd appreciate me of all people. Would you appreciate being called fun sponge in front of your face or behind your back? I hate to think what you call me behind my back. I like that lovely thing, actually. All right, let's get into it.

Question number one. All righty. What is the national fruit of India? Is it mango, papaya or banana? Wow, it could be any of those. It could, couldn't it? It could, you're right. That's how, of course, questions work.

Normally they don't give you one, you know, normally they're one of the answers. Let's go to our foodie. I feel like it's mango. I think I read that recently. Okay. All right, we'll lock into mango. The mango came from, I remember exactly where it came from.

Okay, lock it in. Thanks Nadia. Oh my God. There we go. Let's do it. That is correct. Yeah. I read that literally the other day.

National fruit of India, a mango. There you go. Love a mango. Yeah. Same, of India, a mango. There you go. Love a mango. Same, it's my favourite fruit. Have you tried the dried mango? Yeah, it's good. That's bloody good, actually. It's good, yeah.

Yum. Okay, question number two. Sorry. That was so fake. Sorry. Question number two. Australians, jelaroos, play what sport? That's the rugby league.

That is correct. Hey, oh, well done. Playing in our strengths today. Yeah, jelaroos. Rug rugby league. That is correct. Playing in our strengths today. Jellaroos. Rugby league. Alright, a plant that completes its life cycle in one year is called what? Annuals,

biennials or perennials? Annuals. You put your hand up. I was waving to someone going through. Sorry. I thought you were going to put your hand up. You were like, To someone going through Sorry I thought you were Putting your hand up You were like I know this

Guys I know this I was like Don't come to me It is your turn Yeah it is my turn You guys have nailed The other two But um

Wait it's annuals Bi Yeah annuals Biennials Or perennials And it's yearly Yeah Annie Pryor

She's a bloody green finger Annually you think Would be But maybe they're Tricking us with annuals. Bilenials. Bilenials. Bilenials.

Bilenials. Bilenials, yes. I just want to correct that. Bilenials sounds great. Should we go bilenials? Does it? Does it? No, it's two.

That's like, isn't it two? Annuals yearly, right? But then. Maybe that's two of them. I don't think it's perennials. I don't think it's perennials. I do. Shut up. You can't just say Easter. I'm just going to go with annuals then. Let's too obvious. I don't think it's perennials. I don't think it's perennials. I do. Shut up.

You can't just say Easter. I'm just going to go with annuals. Let's go annuals. Let's lock it in. If we're wrong, we're wrong. That is correct. Thank God. Thank goodness for that.

It would have been stupid if we didn't get that. The comment seats came through. Question number four, New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. Popular YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson is also known by what name? Mr. Beast, PewDiePie or Marshmallow? I love it when he answers so clearly. PewDiePie. Mr. Beast.

Is he Mr. Beast? Is that your final guess? Yeah. That is correct. Oh, you recovered there. Nice work. Question number five. How many great walks are in Fiordland?

Is it four, two or three? Oh, dear. Walking sucks. No one's is not great. Number five, how many great walks are in Fiordland? Is it four, two, or three? Oh, dear. Now, walking sucks. No one's as great. I thought that you would love it. No, I do like a walk. I'm just being silly.

Great walks. Yeah, in Fiordland, four, two, or three? It's a beautiful part of the country. I don't know the answer. No, I don't. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. First out, we're trying to play the New Zealand Herald Daily Quiz. We got pretty well today. We're up to question number six.

Seven days ago, we had a win too, might I remind you. So maybe Friday's our lucky day. We fasted loose on a Friday. Okay, here we go. Thank you to everyone that's texting so far to help us. Question number six. Which Native American tribe did Pocahontas belong? Was it the Choctaw, the Pofartans?

I really am sorry that I'm probably translating these wrong. Or the Cherokee? I might just show you them because you might need to see the spelling. Was it the Cherokee? The Cherokee, I'm pretty sure isn't. Yeah, it's hard. That is a tribe. That is a tribe, yeah.

And I feel like that was a Disney movie a long time ago. They would go with like a... Should we lock in Cherokee? Yeah, let's do that. Locking in Cherokee? That is incorrect. Oh! Damn it!

Sorry, guys. It was the Pow... What? Pow-attons? Poor-attons? Poor-attons. I'm really sorry. No matter how many times you say it unconfidently

it doesn't help you out I don't think I've seen Pocahontas like legitimately I don't think I've seen that movie years and years ago I saw it

yeah I really actually need to know how to say this word now I'm really sorry for butchering that that's alright thanks for that

give it another go Paul Hattons I think P-O-W-H-A-T-A-N-S it's hard because we want to pronounce it like Māori, you know? But I don't know if that's how they pronounce it.

I'm going to Google our mate. How do I spell it? P-O-W, this is great radio, what's going on? H-A-T-A-N-S. P-O-W-H-A-T-A-N-S. Yeah. Here he is, here's our mate. He's the, you know, welcome to the... He's the guy that, if you want to know the pronunciation of everything,

well, we go with this guy. He's, like, tried to pronounce so many words. Any word you can think of, you've got an ad right now popping up on your YouTube, so I'll just keep talking through this. Kiwi Mobile. Okay. Hold on. See, these are a painful 15 seconds, aren't they?

They are, aren't they? It was a painful radio, too. Four, three, two, one. But then it will take a while, guys, if you are looking. Powhatan in American English versus Powhatan in British English. Powhatan. Powhatan. Take it back, Ben.

There we go. He got straight to it.