Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW - We're all saying Chupa Chup wrong! 🍭

Episode Date: March 11, 2026

On the show today: The whole crew is back! We hear more mundane celeb stories (like Harrison Ford joining a conga line!!) Jono got caught in his undies, but turns out he isn't the only one  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dono Ben and Megan On the hits We've been away for a couple days So it's nice to be back It's lovely to have you back The gang are back together Megan came back yesterday After Basties' first day at school

You today So you're doing radio just by yourself Monday and last Thursday Woo-wee Wild ride Wow Wild ride Wow

You see there was a lot of patronising comments After was being like You did really well I don't know what people expect I'm doing the job for 25 years Yeah but it's different doing it by yourself It is, you know.

It's really quite hard doing it by yourself. Because normally you have people, you know, the three of us, we can bounce off each other. Yeah, and I like fake laugh at your shit all the time. You do. So thank you. Have a conversation. Yeah, you're right. And if you're by yourself, you're like, about that one. Yeah.

Honestly, there were times when I was just having a conversation with myself and going, and that's how that ended. Yeah, yeah. Is Taylor Swift on the house. Anyway, great to everyone back. How was the journey to Singapore? Yeah, it was great. I kept thinking the whole time I was getting.

prank. So I was lucky enough to be invited with the family to, on a Disney cruise. They've got a brand new ship called the Disney Adventure, which is like their biggest newest cruise ship. And yeah, it was pretty unreal. Like you go into an elevator and it's like when you're looking, you know, there's multiple elevators and you're like 18 floors. You're like, wow, this thing is just massive on water. 18 stories. It's roller coaster, you know, over 250 meter roller coaster. There's like slides, pools, bars, restaurants. Go into a theater and, you know, oh, let's watch like a Broadway style show. There's a downstairs and an upstairs. You know, like it's a is massive. You forget your own a ship.

Too big. How does that thing float? I know. Yeah. Honestly forget your own a ship. There's like a hotel in an old little world of, you know. Does it sway? No, you hardly thought, most of the time, unless you were standing by the ocean, you see the ocean, you just forget.

What's the point you? I mean, when you're sitting outside on the deck, you see the water. And you're doing a roller coaster over the ocean. Yeah, I definitely knew I was over the ocean. But when you were inside in the shop, you know, trying to buy merch, you know. Mickey Busby, wrote, it was very stressed out of sailing the ship,

all the bloody food that he's got to look after, the catering, cleaning. Was it anything like the poop cruise? No, no. No, thankfully nothing like the poop cruise as well. Although when I came back, it was a lot more like, you know, because you go away for a few days and then you come back a week later and you're like, oh, the admin, the life admin. This is what we actually phoned you yesterday at the airport.

And for some reason, your daughter had your phone? Yeah, she had my phone. And she was like, your phone's ringing. And I was like, well, answer it if you want. want and she answered it and Hello. Hi. Is that Siena?

No, it's Indy. Oh, Andy! You're on the podcast, Indy. What? I'm on a podcast, Dad. Not a good one, not a good one. What I love is, all I love is she didn't know what podcast. She was just so happy to be on a podcast.

Did she be happy or did she sound a bit scared? I was like, what podcast? What podcast? What podcast? Who's podcast? What podcast are you on a podcast? Which podcast will be calling you up just to You want a podcast.

Now, that was really inconvenient timing because you were just coming through customs. Just about to go through. We did ask you, you know, you must have a giant to-do list. We know Ben Boyce loves a to-do list. How many emails to send yesterday were there? Yeah, there was a lot to get through yesterday.

When you come back, there was a real back-to-reality moment picking up. Weeks with a dog poo was probably the moment as well. I'm on the Disney boat. Pluto, not once did I see. I saw Pluto a couple of times. You see the characters everywhere. Not squatting on the deck.

But I hadn't seen any dog poo that. Maybe Mickey's doing a good job of picking that. But yeah, but when you come back and you got, there's a week's worth of this. It was a real back to reality. Not a small dog either. No, no. I mean, we had my mother-in-law looking after the place while we're away, but it was, it's probably an extra step to say, hey, Jane.

Joyce's like, my services only go so far. You can just get out there, just once or twice while we're away. I was not just seven days of just me having to fill up one of those paper bags full of just, just filled with a brim of my ear. I'm back. I'm back to reality. Yeah, welcome back, mate. Hi, hi.

Nice to the low. Jono Ben and Megan on the hits. Just heard some audio and we're like, have we been saying this wrong the whole time? It's blown my mind. Yeah. I don't think, I can't adopt the proper way of saying it. So this is someone who's trying to tell us a really interesting fact

about the package design of this particular product, that it was designed by Salvador. Dali, yeah. The brand logo and stuff. And we're like, oh, that's mildly interesting. But the thing that we've really hooked on, to is how the gentleman's pronouncing the product. Take a listen.

The logo on chupichutes was an artwork done by Salvador Dali for the company. This iconic brand that you see on the tip of every chupichute literally has to be there. They are required because Salvador Dali did this for them to put on the end of every chupichup. You're chupichup pop without this. Chappichups are chupichupe chup. Yeah, so the lollipop, the thing that you're... candy, the confectionery that we will see. We've all had for many years.

Chuppa chaps. That's chuppa chaps. That's what it looks like. No, no, they're chupoops and this has really made me question the last 30 years. Every time he said it, I was like, nope. He's a CEO of 7-Eleven as well, which means he would know how to pronounce him. So it comes, they're a Spanish brand, and it comes from the name, all the word meaning to suck, and it's literally chupa. So it's like, I guess, sucky-suck.

But now, if you go around going, I'll have a chup-a-chup, not that I say that. day to day but when I do then people were going to go he's saying it I'm going to feel like I'm the person saying it's going to sound pretentious you know I want to have to then explain and be like it's actually chup-chooop it comes from the Spanish

word It's like hey Are you versed in Spanish What I am I'm fluent Yeah but those things as well They really do blow your mind When you're like wow

We're saying that wrong the whole time I know But we're in it felt like for many years We were saying things wrong Until we had like internet With the world we kind of caught up Haven't we had commercials on TV

I feel like we've had TV like we've had chuppa chupps yeah I'm sure we've had chuppa chupps commercials maybe chupichips are like oh we've lost we've lost in New Zealand we'll just roll with it Down here mate you know it is chupp chupp chupp chuppes

We won't have it any different Same in Australia by the sound of it too A lot of Australians on their internet post that we just played They were losing their minds as well So we're not the only one for once Yeah I mean Nike Nike or Nike I didn't even know

We were Nike for a long time and then we went, I think it's Nike, but hey, we might be in the wrong on that one. Edithas, Adidas is another one we keep, you know. I think it's Adidas, isn't it? But no one sees, no one. When someone sees Adidas, you're like, oh, okay. Spanish, he's Spanish. I don't think it's Spanish. The other one that threw me was in the Kanye song, and he's like, every Sunday drive off on a Hyundai.

It was like a Hyundai. A Hyundai, which is Hyundai. Yeah. But that's how they say, Hyundi. Hionda is Handi. Or is he just trying to rhyme and a rindy. Every Monday and Hyundai works. Well, Sunday and Monday.

4487 what's something where Vaboon been saying wrong that maybe is buying your mind. New teller? It's new teller. It's not nut teller. I did see something for that year day. No, it's a nut. It's just texting. Not according to the people who invented it, mate. I would go with the nut theory, right? The hazel, yeah.

You know when you seen a little picture in your text and you sent a GIF, right? It's actually Jif, like the cleaning product. Yeah. But again, if you're like, oh, see me a Jiff, everyone's like, It's Spanish It's not Spanish It's Spanish for mildly amusing image Sheen The website

Shien That's how we meant to be saying it Oh that's how I always say it I thought it was Shian But then everyone else says Shane And I'm like Did you come around to the proper way of saying it mate Sheen?

Tiemu Is Tai Mu I thought we heard an ad And it was like U-U-Tamu Yeah, Teamu Temu But then again

I feel like we're all saying Timu now It doesn't feel like it's just New Zealand saying that one wrong man Yeah The other one I've seen this brand a lot Is it Locotane

The beauty brand I have no idea I know what you're talking about But I have no idea how to say it Loxetan No Loxetan I've been saying

Locatine for years But Loxetan I've read him said once I know, yeah. When you shop there, what? I've never bought Locketain or Locci Tan. Michelle, morning to you. Good morning, how are you? We're doing well, mate.

Lovely to have you on. Brand names we're butchering here in New Zealand. Well, one that I was really confused about was when I first met my husband, he said he was driving a Subaru. And when I went out to take a luck, he was actually driving a Subaru. Oh, yeah, we've been, yeah. I think we know we've been messing that one up, but we'll stick with this. We are still, we're persisted on with that one.

Yeah, you're right. Subaru, just, I think even Subaru ads now just in New Zealand on the radio, say, Subaru's on sale this week. They do. Hey, thanks for your call, Michelle. Appreciate it. Sandy, good to have you on. Hi, good, how you going?

We're doing really well. Happy New Year. Thank you. And to you too. All right, brand names we're butchering, Sando. Well, listen, it's not brand name, but it is Mayor. Not me. We don't say maranise.

We say mayonnaise. Oh, mayor. We just say mayonnaise. It's a mayo. Wayne Brown is the grumpy mayor of Auckland. Yes, he's not a mare. He's not a horse. Mayor.

Mayor. Mayor. I suppose that it's written like mayor, isn't it? Yeah, okay. Now on this show will be the mayor show. Who you talking about? The mayor. It's obviously something that's real bugbear of yours, are you?

Yeah. Hey, good on. You appreciate it. An American living in New Zealand, Kelsey. Hi. Tell us where we've gone wrong, Kels. Oh, it must be so many things. There's so many.

And now I have to, like, code switch when I go back to the States and then say a different when I'm here. But the big one is, like, I drive a Nissan car. It's not a Nissan in Nissan. A Nissan. Yeah, we're doing Nissan. Is it a Nissan in America? Yeah.

Well, I, maybe this is just my husband then because he's like, it's not a Nissan, it's a Nissan. Oh, he's, oh, he's, oh, we're talking it here. I thought it was the other way around. Okay. Oh, wow. Yeah. Your husband's very cultured. Not really.

Did you know about the chup? Did you know about the chupid chupes? I saw that video last night and instantly was just like, nah, it can't be a chupid chook. No, good. You're one of us, Kelsey. I appreciate it. We spoke to when you're away on Friday, Ben, the guy from Moe.

Moe. First question I asked the guy. The champagne. First question I asked them. Do it. Do it. Honestly, I get asked every single time I'm at a party. It's a tough one.

I've heard Moe. I've heard all kinds of things. The best way I describe it to people is break the word into two and go mo. And then the second part is wet. Moe-wit? Mo-wit. Mo-wit. Mo-wit.

Mo'wet. Not Mo'ay, not mo'et. No, okay, mo'et. Well, there you go. Mo'wet. Funny side up. Jono Ben and Megan on the Hits. The Hits is normally a place you come to escape

from stuff that's going on in the world. You don't want to start your day by talking about negativity and things that we know are going on. They're gloss over it. We pretend it's not happening. Well, it's not that you pretend it's not happening. It's like you get that everywhere else.

It's nice sometimes to have a day that's filled with. laughter. Where are you safe space? Yeah. Sometimes it's like, you know, what's your favorite meat? It's just good to hear phone calls like that on the radio. I like steak.

I like lamb. We still update you with news and, you know, your sport and all that throughout the, you know, the day. What is your favorite meat? What did you go? If you had one meat to survive on for the remainder of your days. Probably just chickens. Yeah, we're real.

Yeah, chicken's a bit nice. Yeah, chicken's good. Steak. Well, speaking of surviving, speaking of surviving, segues nicely into this. Pending nuclear war. Who knows? Don't know enough about it.

Who knows? I mean, all we know that petrol. prices are pretty crazy at the moment and we may be running out of gas at some stage. Is that one of those things we're going to go panic buying gas? I think so I want to fill up a wheelie bin or something. Don't do that. I think it's very dangerous. That's the sort of thing you want to have sitting around home.

We're going to run out. We've got a wheelie bin full of 91 just sitting in the yard. Yeah, and then you could, well, yeah, it might be a business opportunity. But, God, what were we talking about? Nuclear war. Yeah, the podcast. Sorry, that's right. There's a podcast diary of a CEO. It always pops up in algorithms, isn't it?

It was very successful, the host. And he was asking, so I'm gathering. She's a war, new journalist. She's a journalist. Thank you, Troy. She's on the run, she's Troy. All the information's there. He said, I put it there.

She's a journalist, and he was asking her. Annie Jacobson is her name, yeah. Shout out Annie Jacobson. This is what happens if there's a nuclear war. Listen. There anywhere on this map that is safe in the event of a nuclear war? There's one tiny little place, New Zealand. But you're talking about kind of hunter-gatherer-type people.

Among the stranger conversations I have had was with several billionaires who actually have bunkers in New Zealand. Has she ever seen a photo of New Zealand? Togetherer. Togetherers, I've got a couple. Fades, I haven't hunted eating my life. Not all like that. She's hunted some bargains online. Yeah, yeah.

You've gathered a lot of shoes and stuff. Yeah. I take a fence to that. Yeah, but we, okay, let's focus less on the hunter-red gathering. And more on the fact that we're probably the only safe country if there is a nuclear war. We're so far away, which is a good thing and a bad thing, right? You know, and in this instance is probably a good thing. It's the benefit of being such a non-threatening nation that sometimes is left off the world map.

People forget about it, you know, so far away. I think it was the movie. I think it was the day after tomorrow. I don't know if you've ever seen that movie, there's like a global superstorm that's going to take over the world. And I remember seeing a big map in that movie, and they're like, this is where it's going to. hit and New Zealand's like, oh we're sweet. I remember watching that movie. I was like, 20 minutes on.

I'm like, we're good guys. Hey, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles might not be tour here. But, uh, less we're not going to be affected by a nuclear war. Yeah, so we're all good. We're all good back down here as well. So there you go. What a billionaires? I can't figure out why the building bunkers if it's going to be safe.

Just buy normal house, mate. Well, just hedging their bets. Oh, I see. And we've upsold them. Well done. Whoever's in the bunker market here in New Zealand. Do you do you do well? There's some guy who was like, darling, we're getting into bunkers.

She's like, what? If you can just switch your attention to how we can store gas safely at home as well, petrol, that'd be good as well. We should do a countdown. How many days of petrol do you have produced, Troy, though, saying on New So is it? 29. Let's not whip us all into a friend. We need to become friends with a billionaire to get in the bunker. Yeah.

We'll do a bunker. We'll be given away tickets up for the manifesto. Don't you worry about that, Megan. John O'Novee and Megan on the hits. Bestie, my big five-year-old boy is. at school this week so we're day three now he's loving it oh that's great just thriving

got a bestie yet I said to him so he said after the first day Ben the girls are hugging him and calling him cute which is terrifying and I was like what are their names and he's like I don't know and then yesterday was takes out of half day Andrew doesn't he

your husband didn't he? That's the older ladies and then he said oh I like played with some people yesterday and I was like what are their names he's like I don't know and I'm like you've got to ask people's I mean, there's a lot for him to take it. I mean, you just start playing with people. So when you go out for a drunk and night, well, what are you name?

Don't know. Geez, we had a deep and meaningful. Me meant to go mountain biking this morning, apparently. Yeah. But I have had to do the mum thing where you, like, you have to wait at specific areas at the school. You wait at the gate, and then they let you in, and then you wait at a certain area. Yeah, right. And they bring your kid to you because he's just little.

You can't have, yeah, I understand. There's a security. Yeah. Reason can't have any bloody pest wandering through the school. Yeah. Don't want me wandering around there, looking through the bins. So first day I did it wrong and I got told off. I went like up to his classroom and they were like, no, you don't do that.

It's protocol. But yesterday I was telling Jono there's a group of women that I've met with all the new entrants. And I waited at the gate yesterday and I found myself in a huddle of mums. She's with the power players now. It's not my territory. What is now? It's your territory now. Being introduced to everyone, I was like, I've already forgotten everyone's names.

Well, maybe like pasty. Yeah. You've just saying he's got to remember the names. Now you've forgotten everybody's name. So, Mum, what were those mum's names? I don't know. I don't know, babes. But they were all talking about, like, different kids and moms and what's happening

in the school and who's who. She's in deep. Two days, she is in deep. I was just, I'm like, I don't think I have the capacity. You're getting raffles, like Jono's. He's getting money. items and stuff so he's deepened well he's fully deep i do a lot of them seeing of school raffles i kind of feel it's the only thing i can offer i can't offer anything else like and i'm not

even really good at offering that but megan i said to you yesterday you need to educate your child to meet you 500 meters down the road in your car you can sit there watch netflix till 310 p m well week one i have to meet him in school after that i'm out i'm out there are different variety hide his appearance. There was always a couple of shady little parents just hiding behind a tree at the gate as well. Just not wanting to engage in banter. Yeah, for enough.

And they each to their own. Yeah. You don't know why the situation's going on with home and the kids and all that sort of stuff as well, too, you know? Yeah. I'll tell you when you're going to find out about the situation in the mum group. Yeah. There was some goss being told.

I'm like, if only I knew who these people were. See their dad hiding behind the tree, divorce. Cheated with his receptionist. And then the one down the story. the road in the bright orange McLaren that's like revving his car, picking up his child. Definitely divorced. Yeah. Divorced, Dad.

It was all go. It's popping off. Well, it's a new chapter and congratulations on reaching it. Thank you. Funny side up. Dono Ben and Megan on the hits. Famous people that you've seen doing pretty mundane things. Oh yeah, some great text coming through.

It's off the back of producer Troy Sunday morning. I saw Ronan Keating eating a depressing airport panini at 730 on a Sunday morning. That's expensive too, an airport panini. That's a whole other price range. If you had to guess what coffee Ronan Ketti when was drinking, what would you guess? Yeah, it would have thrown you. I wouldn't have picked it for it. Oh, really?

He's not like a big bowl latte. Big bowl latte. A pinitia in a bowl latte. Maybe just ordered a latte and it came in a bowl with a pinini. You know, that's often that what happens. My mom would love that in a cafe. Jenny Boys and Ronan Ket would have a glorious morning tea. She goes single shot bowl latte.

So what, that's a milky coffee. That's a lot. It's like the coffee sneezes. It's like the coffee sneezes. in her milk. Imagine the effect that coffee would have on you, Megan, with your sensitive wee stomach. Oh, yeah.

But, yeah, so the most mundane thing you've seen celebrities do. We're going to get some more calls and texts on after seven o'clock. I mean, celebrities need to do mundane things, too. And I don't know why we found it so hilarious. It's just just really, really famous people. It's because we hold them to such high regard. And then when we find out there just like us, it's kind of humorous. So someone saw a system of a down singer,

Serge Tankian, who actually, I think he resides in New Zealand a lot of the time, in Mitre Ten, in his track pants, buying a guard in spade. And I love that. I love that. The rock star is one of us. You've just got to get in there. We were very lucky to see Pearce Brosnan. Now, we were interviewing some people for a movie a couple of years ago,

and we ended up having to go to America, and we were sitting in the room with all the media. The media sort of hang out in a room. And Pierce Brosman, who was part of the movie, just walked in. And we're like, he's in the wrong room. He's like, it's Pierce Brousen. Yeah, it's Pearsen. And you can tell all their minders were like, Pierce, you're not meant to be in here.

You're not meant to mix with the Klebs Pearce. And then he went up to like they had some food out there, you know, for people to help, help themselves too. And he grabbed a tiny, tiny, tiny dessert. Tiny little dessert. You know those tiny little desserts that come in jars? Like a little glass jar. And you have to sort of tackle it with a teaspoon. Was it like a chocolate or?

Yeah, Parfay sort of job. And everyone was watching, but try not to watch. We're all watching. And he grabbed it. We're like, what's it going to do now? What's it's going to do now? What is it? James Bond, Mrs. Doubtfire, so many movies he's been in it.

And then he came over to us. I was, what he did us? We were the only two things they got on a table. I guess everyone rejected from the other media probably. No one wanted to sit next to us. And he's like, do you mind if I sit there? And we're like, yeah, you can sit there. Like how close?

Like a chair buffer or next two. No, it was like the two of us and Pete's brother. It was just three of us. Yeah. And then just watching him, so he was taught, we learned a lot about him. Lives in Hawaii. He was one of us where we were from. And it's just so inconvenient, like, no matter how famous you are,

scooping out dessert from a time. tiny, tiny jar. And you're like, I could have another five of these and still not be satisfied. And you don't want to like scrape the spoon around and around and around? He was going deep. At the bottom, you know, the little sort of bent edge at the bottom? And he just said, we had a lovely chat for a while the whole time. I was like, want to get a photo but didn't, you know, like just with, you know.

And we had a conversation, lovely conversation with him. And off he went. Yeah. So that was the mundane thing we saw Pierce Bros. He should have just been like, I've had such a lovely conversation with you, but I want to remember it. Leferrava. Can we just get the wee photo?

We should have. Yeah, I know. The whole time I'm like, damn, this will be some getting some insights right now. But, yeah, we played it cool. So what's your name, mate? Yeah. What are you into? Oh, acting?

Yeah, we could have done pretending we didn't know who it was. Talking about famous people doing mundane things. Have you seen them do that? I mean, they've got to do most of these things, right? Yeah, it's so entertaining. I guess maybe you have a perception in your head that they've got, you know, people to do these mundane things for them. So when we hear about them doing Monday things, it really brings us, brings our hearts a lot. lot of joy and we're going to kick things off with Erin.

Good morning to you. Happy New Year. Morena, Erin. Happy New Year. Morina, Erin. Okay, famous people doing mundane things. Who have you seen doing what? So Harrison Ford putting toast in the toaster. We were staying at Likyu Likki Resort in Fiji nine years ago for our 25th wedding anniversary.

And he was there with Tullister and their son. And it turned out, so yeah, they were in the breakfast line. And so we were just chatting as he was putting his toast in. One of those ones, you know, sometimes there are a double toast situation too, the ones that sort of have that sort of conveyor belt, you know, to get the toast right. Yeah, that's tough. Yeah, it was a nice, you know, fancy red one. Oh, is he just a pop-down job?

Yeah, okay. Yeah. High-stress situation, those convey-about toasters, aren't they? Because, you know, first time's never enough. A second time, sometimes it can get too much. You're like, what do I do? What do I do? And it's painfully slow to watch.

You guys are focusing on the toaster. It's Harrison Ford. Okay, what did Harrison say to you, Erin? I can't recall exactly now we're making it pretty low-key, not to make a big fuss. There were other Americans there making a fuss, but as Kiwis, we weren't. They were actually in the villa next to us,

and they'd checked in as the mud family. And the next night, they actually joined the Congo line. So the person who was most disappointed was our then 10-year-old son that Hans told. and Han Solo was with us. Doing the Congo. Was Harrison shaking his hips in the Congo line?

He was shaking his hips in the Congo. That's awesome. I always thought he was nice, but like, you know, kind of a bit grumpy or kind of a bit like... No, he's out there doing the conga. He's toasting his own toast. He's like chatting to people.

Oh, that's so cool. Thanks to sharing it with us. Yeah. Toasting his own toast. He's just doing stuff. Are we going to multi-grained guy, Harrison? Yeah, he probably is. Let's get Tony on. Morning to you, famous people doing mundane things, Tone.

Good morning, guys. I used to work at the body shop when I looked in London back in 2000, and I have Baby Spice as my customer. She used to come in probably every two or three months by a pink body luther. A body lufor? Do you say buy a pink one? Yeah. Oh, I'm so glad.

Yeah. So that was the most mundane. I've ever seen a delivery thing, dude. Every couple of, yeah, buying a body louver is pretty Monday. Every couple of months she was chewing through a body louver. Scraping the hell out of her body. I do love that she's sticking a character and just buying a pink one. Yeah, kind of on brand, as you say.

That's very cool. Yeah, she'd be so stoked about online shopping when it came in. Yeah. Don't have to go see Tony for my two-monthly body louper purchase. Was she nice though, Tony? Did you have a chat? Yeah, yeah, no, we got good chat. The first time she came in, I had absolutely no.

idea who she was. And my team came in and said, do you know who you serve? And I said, no, no idea. And they said it was Baby Spice. So every time she came in after that, I used to make a B-line and server and use herfchat. Oh, good on you, Tony.

Tony, I don't want to stereotype, Tony. You don't sound like a body shop guy. I would not. I want it. That's a story for another day. One thing I did do, actually, and I've still got it to this. is Baby Spice's Epos receipt with her signature on it.

It's all faded, like completely gone, but because she's signed it in Ken, it's still on the transparency paper stuff they use on the Air Force receipt. Oh, that's awesome. I'll have a lot today. I'll tell you why today still carry around. One times body louver. He's coming through. This is so good.

Funny side up. Dono Ben and Megan on the hits. Ben's great to have you back. Megan, great to have you back as well. Thanks. I was here yesterday, but it was... Can't remember you being here yesterday. My memory escapes me. She always had a lot to juggle while I've been away.

You've been away a couple of days. You've held it together. We're proud of me. Jeez, you should have said. Does anyone want to listen back to what you did on the radio? Oh my God, we should. You can text 4487. You know, what was the quality of radio like when I was running solo in those days?

No hurt feelings in this text session, by the way, too. 4487. But I've reached a Or my daughter actually, Poppy Has reached an era in her communication journey Now where my name has gone from dad I'm no longer dad And all I am now is brah

Bro Sometimes on text Bras ha ha ha ha ha ha ha And that's what I've never referred to as dad now And with one simple word Your teenage girl can really sort of tell you how they're feeling with just one bruh. Brough. Yeah.

Bro, where are you? Bro. Bro, ho, ho, ho. Can you pick me up some ice cream? What is? What is the? Where is the respect gone? It's got to the point where like, I've started calling everyone bro and bra. I went to the doctors the other day. I was like, thanks, bro. Bras's a fun word to say that. It's a really fun word to say. I see why they get into a brach. Yeah, and you get, you're right, it's quite versatile. I get texts in my daughters at the time. You're like, can we go to such a sister Friday as I've got this thing and they're like,

You know, that's not like that's great. That's a good, yeah. I think you can call your doctor, bruh. No, no, that was the thing. I was calling the bloody plumber, thanks, bro. Thanks, brother. Brough, when are you coming home, bro? So many, I'm just showing them the text.

Are you kidding me, bruh? When did this go? This came into play a couple of years ago, but, yeah, I tell you what's a versatile word. Happiness, sadness, disappointment, covers all the spectrum. Well, my kids are calling me Megan at the moment, so I don't know what that means. You already got to the Megan stage. I was like, I'm mum. You know when you're growing up and you call your parents by their birth,

and geez, it makes you feel like an adult, doesn't it? Yeah. I think it's just, but they call teachers by their Christian names now. Some schools do. Yeah, the school with my wife is that, yeah, people, yeah, call her Amanda and stuff, you know. But they know it winds me up, so they do it when they want my attention. Megan. My kids call me Jono when they want my attention when they're out of the mouth.

You want to listen. They're like, Johno, Johno. I don't know why I turn around for Johno. Not me, but they do it. John O'Ben and Megan on the hits. Nice to be back after a couple of days away. I was very lucky to experience the Disney Adventure, the brand new Disney Cruise with the family,

which was incredible. I was saying earlier, like 18 stories of just this massive boat with these water slides and roller coaster and shows and movies and kids clubs and bars. It's crazy. It's awesome, but you're such a dark horse. Like you just, you disappear and then I see you're in Singapore. We're like, has he got a secret family?

Is he a drug lord? We really couldn't piece it together, and then he pops up with Robert Downey Jr. on a Disney boat. What is happening? Who is this guy? You know it hurts my feelings, but you don't tell me your plans.

I don't want to be like, drop it into conversation. I've always felt like, even though I'm talking about it now, I'd be like, oh, you know, I was very lucky to do it. It must have to great reveal though. We're like, where is he?

And then, boom, on social. I'm being excited for you. We're like, babes, guess where I'm going. Yeah. So, you know, I love Disney. You know, we talk about this many times. If it's anything Disney, I really get involved in, you know, So going along on the boat for four nights, I'm like, this is great.

I'm not going to get judge for, well, I don't think I'm going to get judge for, I've probably got judge for costumes. How many costumes did you take? A couple of costumes with me. There's a couple of inaccurate calculation. I added my Mickey Mouse one, and my Iron Man one. I had a lot, every Disney. Did you buy some costumes on, on Disney merch? Yeah.

How much Disney merch did you buy? Oh, like I tried to peel it back and not too much. You've got a new drink bottle. Yeah, well, I've got a couple of things on there as well, you know, but I bought my giant Mickey Mouse hands. ready to go silly hats, t-shirts, I was Disney hard. I'm like, hey, I'm going to be a Disney adult

and be like, this guy, look at this guy, he's awesome, look at this guy. Oh, so you want to be the guy on the boat where they're like, hey, look at these, he's turned up as Mickey Mouse. Oh, you wanted to be that guy.

You know, I wanted to be there. This is my chance. This is around my people, guys. This is my safe space out in international waters. I can do what I want. And I got onto the boat, and then I met another guy whose name was Ben.

And he's from Australia. And he was like, you know, younger than me, better looking than me. You know, all the, and I was like, and he was, he was, he was, he had merch on and everything, and he was Disney harder than me. And I got talking to him and it was, yeah, have a listen. This is Ben.

I come here with Ben from Australia. Now, I thought I was a Ben that was into Disney, but your next level. Yeah, no, you look like a rookie out here in the barracks in me. I'm not like, yeah. I am very committed. You still live in Florida. I've been on 16 Disney Cruise. This is 16, and these are ones you've paid for?

The first stage, if addiction is accepting, you've got one. And I definitely do have an addiction to Disney. So highlights of the cruise I did hear that maybe there was a first kiss on a cruise, you know, at some stage? Yeah, 2012 Disney Cruise in Alaska. Is that goofy? Bluto? Who was that one of the Fab Five there? No, it's a lovely guy I met in the team club.

We still keep in contact today. Magical. Magic at sea. You know where it hurt me? He called you a rookie. He called you a rookie. You are not a rookie. I will not take that on.

You're going to take it. It's like being the best in New Zealand at something, and then you go to the Olympics. Per capita. Ben is killing it on the Disney cruise. You go to the Olympics and then you're like, oh, actually, no, I'm not quite as, you know. I can't jump as high as that guy. Yeah.

The Australians are he was a lovely guy, Ben. He was awesome. But just his next level, just like 16 cruises. He'd be on like a 15 day one and stuff. How did you feel being outplayed, out-Alford by someone with the same name? Yeah, I know. I was like, oh, geez, yeah. He, as you said, though, he paid for them.

Yeah. You should have gone, Pse, call me a rookie, I got this for free, bitch. Suck on that. It just slapped him with your big Mickey Mouse head. Dono Ben and Megan on the hits. There's someone on the street, you've mentioned this before, there's someone on every street known as the Binfluencer.

And they lead the charge on whether it's a one bin week or a two bin week. Yeah, well, Yeah, I don't know if it's the same in every city around the place, but, you know, some weeks it's full rubbish, you know, or every week's full rubbish in other weeks, it's recycling. Partial. Yeah. You know, on and off.

So at that moment where sloing in bed, got to bed and realized, oh, oh, it's a bin day tomorrow. And it's a, you kind of, you factor in your head, how full is it? Can you last another week? Couldn't. There was content vomiting out of the top of this. The lid, you know how the lid sort of sits on an angle, you can't shut it. Yeah. And one of those things, too, because sometimes we get up early, you're like, I'll get

it out in the morning before. But to remember in the morning is quite hard sometimes. And it's noisy, really noisy in the dead of the night, wheeling over. Sounds like thunder, rumbling. Yeah. And you go, what? Either really disorganized person is putting their bin out at 4.30 in the morning

or very organised person. So I was like, okay, I'll do the mad dash. It's pitch black in my underpants. I'll just run it out. And so I took the first bin out, looked over to the bin florencer, went, uh-oh, it's a double bin week. Yeah. Had to run back, grab the second bit.

Now, this moment, my neighbour from across the road comes out with his bit. He's like, good-day, mate. And I'm like, oh, this is not ideal conditions in my underpants to be caught in a neighbourly conversation. You're topless. Topless, just full, whitey, white ones too. Just white underpants, big pasty white thighs, Megan, you know what they look like. I do. And then he started to have it.

I noticed there was some roadworks that, you know, was on the edge. He wants a chat. He wants a chat. And so I find myself kind of trying to hide behind the rubbish bin. Because he's seen me full. And then as the conversation is going, I try and maneuver behind the rubbish bin just to keep my legs and underpants out of sight. Is that a 4.30 a.m. No, no, sorry, this is late at night.

Oh, thank God. No, so, yeah, not an ideal position to be caught in. And that's what I want to open up. When were you caught in your underpants? That's on you, because I thought, okay, four. 30 a. Fine, you're in your undies. You don't expect to be caught.

What are you doing now on the street? 10pm. 10 p.m. undies seems like a safe option. I don't know. I don't think it's the right time to be out there. 10 p.m. in your undies.

Well, when did you get caught in the undies? I do remember like getting a choreo come to the door and to get a package. And I was just in my undies at the time. I was sweet. Okay, cool. I just grabbed it and whatever. And he's like, I need to get a photo. And I was thinking you just get the package.

But I was like, the way he angled. He needs a photo with the package. I'm definitely all in this. I was trying to get out of the photo and I'm like trying to lead down the way of the baggage both packages and shop please somewhere around there I'm like

there's a photo of me and my undies holding but why did you answer the door like that? I don't know I was like quick in and out and there was still there and he's like get a photo you're like you know where he thought he'd gone and you know now I'm like trying to get out of them I'm like definitely there's definitely on a group chat

yeah that's for sure so yeah where have you been caught in your undies have you been caught anywhere in your I've been caught naked not so much I wish it was in my Andes when I was staying in Australia and I opened the curtain and there was a cruise ship in the

dock right where my room was. I wasn't sure, looking straight in. But I wasn't sure that they could see me so I was like, oh, you know how it's hard to see into a hotel window? But then some people started waving. So I was like, oh, they... Is that a stop drop and roll situation?

Literally. I hit the floor. Not in a good way. Oh, Tanya. How are you? Happy New Year. Good. Good.

She's like, we're not getting into the catchphrase Happy New Year with you. Play the game, Tanya. Play the game. She's like, in this madness. Some people had it. Some people had it off, we're persisting on. Tanya, you were caught in your underpants?

Were you? I was, and I actually did tell a white lie because I actually didn't have any underpants on at all, but I didn't want to say that until she just said she was caught naked fully. Oh, so now you're opening up. It's a safe space. I am.

I am. So I was at home in bed in the middle of the night. There's some hedgehogs outside making her of a noise. I grabbed my jandles, a spade. Went outside through the hedgehog over the fence. Oh, you're scurping and throwing the poor thing. What were you going to do? Oh, jandles on your feet.

I thought you were going to whack it. Oh, no, no, no, no. So they make a noise hedgehog. I thought they just sort of snuffled away. I'm not sure. I think maybe they were mating. I'm not too sure. Oh, I've never heard hedgehog.

God. And then I turn around to come back in the French doors with a spade and my pair of jandals and my husband had since got up and gone to the bathroom, noticed that the French door was open so I locked it and I got locked outside naked with your jandals. No, naked and your jandals. That was the universe giving you karma for making the hedgehog the neighbour's problem. Yeah, the hedgehog's looking under the fence being like, suck on that. Yeah, so it was rather funny and I was knocking on the door, he was standing there in the kitchen

and having a glass of water and I'm like, why are you not opening the door? He's like, why are you in naked with a shovel? He's like, not every day with a naked lady with a spade turns up at your front door. I'm going to enjoy this. Hey, good on you, Tanya. Thank you so much for sharing. Thank you. We've got a text coming through saying when I was a teenager, I was boarding with a couple

and the house, turns out they were growing some stuff that they shouldn't have been growing in the house. It was a full police drug raid at the property. I was in my underwear at the time. They wouldn't let me get changed. Oh, the police wouldn't let you get changed. Please. Please.

This is an evidence. You're going to take photos of me? They're underware as well. Get this coming through. 4487 on the text. That's what you never think about a police raid, do you? Shout out to those heroes who had nabbed in their underpants. Funny side up.

Dono Ben and Megan on the hits. Now, my husband is a singer, and he's in a musical coming up called And Juliet. It's about Juliet's life if she didn't actually die when Romero. died. She moves on from Romeo. And my husband is playing Romeo. Now, when I, yes, okay. He's dead as well, but obviously not. He comes back. He comes back to life.

Is Juliet like, oh? Yes. You're the last person I've expected to see. Pretty much, because she has moved on. I've got a husband, some kids. I really don't need this right now. We're starting primary school. Yeah, it's a little awkward, yeah. And I was a little bit psycho.

and I googled whether Romeo needed to kiss Juliet in this, because, you know, she's moved on. Google told me no, so I never said anything. I was like, fine, this is great. And when we were in a cafe a couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, it came up in conversation, and my husband admitted that, yes, he does indeed have to kiss Juliet. Yeah, so there is a smoot.

A pivotal bit of information. I think he must have been in the same camp that we were, that you just assumed that the two were. would connect via lips. Well, he was the one who's told me all about this story and he was like, you know, Juliet moves on, she's found someone else. And you're like, oh, she must be really happy in her new relationship. Yeah, yeah, yeah, trying to patch him and begin back.

Hey on, hang on, who's this guy Romeo? Come back into your life. Who do you think he is? Yeah. So, okay, I was reeling with the fact, okay, he has to smooch Juliet. And now. Practice, it rehearses in it, too. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, you don't want the kiss to happen for the first time on stage. You need to know what you're doing, don't you? He needs to know where her lips are located. It's pivotal. Can we go through Andrew? Yeah, let's get Andrew on because he can... Because I've got another bomb. If you record your name and reason for calling.

Oh, one of these. Good morning, team. What have I done with you? We're about to record our name and the reason for calling, but yeah. I thought you were going to screen us. Lovely to have you on, Andrew Pappas. Looking forward to... We get phone calls when I've done something wrong.

What have I done? Oh, man, you're kissing other ladies. That's the first port of. cool. You, Jono, you did not tell me that you have to smote someone and your musical.

Yeah. I mean, it kind of just slipped my mind. It's like not that important. It's not pivotal to the character, you know? It's just a little moment. It's just a little moment. Yeah, it's kind of a side thing. It's not really that important. There's lots of other things going on.

When you come watch the show, you'll see. We've been reading lines together. that and I noticed that part of the script has never come up. Yeah, because it only happens at the end and see, we didn't run those lines because we just kind of didn't get around. Was Megan Tung you down in the rehearsal stage?

The lines. Didn't quite get to the end. No, but every time he asked me, I'm like, oh. I'm so supportive. Where for art now, Romeo? Give us a kiss. I go, I read the thing and I'm like, blah, blah, blah.

And then I read the end. also Andrew Yes hello Is there a second girl Playing Juliet That you also have to practice smooch with Look So there might be

How many are there There's two Julietts Because it's quite a big show It's a big thing So they alternate And the other Juliet She gets one show a week They alternate

You told me she was the understice He also has to kiss the production coordinator, but that's just for morale. That's morale-based reasons. Are you going to tell me they alternate? Like, yeah, alternate under-sign, minor detail sort of thing. These are the top roles, Megan. Same character, same character. It doesn't matter who's playing it.

Alternating kisses. Andrew, can we pitch something? Yes, what's up? Can we come along to one of your rehearsals and just throw some alternatives to kissing? Like maybe... Not more people, but options. Like a shucker. A shucker, a handshake, maybe.

Maybe at the end, maybe Romeo could be wearing a motorcycle helmet. Guys, it's not bring your wife and mates to work day, okay? We're trying to do a professional show here, guys. We just like our ideas better. Who knows? She haven't tested them. Some minor scripts changes. Just a little chest bump or something.

Yeah, that would be great. That's great. Also, is this like that time you had to kiss Evita and you told me it was just a kiss and then there was a butt grab involved as well? You got gropey? That was all Andrew. Yeah, that was. Maybe Romeo motorboats Juliet at the end.

Dono, mate. We're in this together, please. If I'm going down, you're going down too. Oh, geez, well, we've got some suggestions. 4-48-7. Oh, we're all laughing now. We are all laughing. We're trying to find a safe alternative so me you can go along and enjoy the show,

and Andrew can keep his marriage a jack. Can we bring back COVID? That's all I'm saying. We'll do that later on Thursday. We'll hopefully pop along and see Andrew. Good luck rehearsing. Cheers, guys. I'm just heading in now.

Definitely not doing any kissings today. No good thing today. Final scene happening today. Funny side up. Jono Ben and Megan on the hits. John O'Bin and Megan, married at first side of Australia. Seems to be the talk of many offices and workplaces around the country right now. We got hooked on the first or second episode when we're on the road, Megan.

I never went back to it. Maybe not got back, right. I wish I'm, to be honest, a little relieved about it because it's a huge commitment. Yeah, it's the commitment that stops me because it's on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. You don't feel comfortable about the experimental side of it and the mental health side of things. Yeah, I get about, yeah.

Makes you uncomfortable. A little bit like that. Just worry about everyone involves, you know, what they get put through. But nowadays, I guess more than ever, these people know what they're getting in for. A lot more. Yeah. But sometimes they're like, are they ready for the, what they say to be out there and be judged on that or what they do? Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, well, probably not much point doing this now, because I feel bad. I feel guilty. Sorry, but people were really into it. People love it. You know, and don't let me stop, yeah, for that's your thing. If bullying people's your thing, don't let me stop.

Maddie's more Maddie's thing than my thing. Manor McLean. Good morning. Sorry, Maddie to take the wind out of the math sales there. Maddie McLean vowed. He wasn't going to get sucked in this season, but he's back. And this is it.

I mean, no one hates me more than I hate me right now. You know what I mean? I mean, you know what you're witnessing, but you can't look away. It's the car crashness of it all, right? Yeah, yeah. Can you, so we haven't been watching, but I see the headlines. Can you explain the controversy around an adult fun toy? Yeah, this is bizarre.

So there was a couple that, so they have the original weddings, and then those couples spend about three or four weeks together, and then partway through the experiment, they introduced a bunch of new couples. So one of the new couples that's recently joined the experiment, they were going pretty well. They seem to be getting on really well. He's a pretty cheesy guy.

Like he has real dad humor, so you'd love him, Ben. I'm back in, guys, I'm back in. My kind of guy. You guys would honestly get along like a house on fun. Is he a pun guy? Good puns? Love's a pun. I love everything about this guy.

So a bit cheesy, but very high. calmer. And honestly, Juliet, the bride seemed to be really vibing with its sense of humour. And so I was like, well, you know, there's a lid for every pot, you know what I mean? And then all of a sudden, she just absolutely flipped a switch and she got very upset at the fact that one of her friends had sent a YouTube video that this guy put up on his YouTube channel of him playing the drums, not with drumsticks, but with two, yes, adult fun toys.

On this really threw her. To me it was very inoffensive and very on-brad with his sense of humour that she had been laughing at up until this point. And all of a sudden she's flipped a switch. It's given her the ick. And she's totally just, she's gotten really mean and really nasty to her husband. And all because of this one video, it's very bizarre. It's hard. Once you've got the ick, it's hard to turn it around.

And you see it in real time. You can just see anything he does, anything he says. She's just like cringing and angry, and she just wants nothing to do with him now. She does, you do one dilly drum set, and who would have thought? Haven't we all? Now, Beck, I've got audio here of Beck and Rachel. Two people I'm not familiar with, but they are going at it.

Have a listen to this. You're fine. You're the one sitting with everyone. Today I'm the one excluded. I say one word, one word. It doesn't matter. My job, see you later. I'm done.

Wow, I love the distressing violin in the background as well. Now, can I, I'm so sorry to do this on ear, but I'm going to have to pull you guys up because I think when you're pulling your audio, you're pulling audio from episodes that haven't aired in New Zealand yet. Oh, no, Maddie. Why did you have to do that? Well, that's coming up.

Looking forward to that. It's a little taste of what's coming up, Maddie. Spoiler alert, some Aussies are going to fight each other on married at first sight. Well, here's the thing. Beck is fighting with everyone. So the fact that Beck is now fighting with Rachel is of no surprise to anyone. Oh, good. Oh, good.

We haven't given away major plot points. Do you know, Maddie started up a Facebook group now? Did you? Did you? I need to tell you, it's going gangbusters. We have hundreds of people that have joined this Facebook group so far. all desperate to join in on Maths chat.

Because Ryan, his husband's not into it, so he needs somewhere to... Exactly. So what's the name of the Facebook group? Because people can join it. It's called Matty at first side. I love it. Oh, Matthew McLean.

You are our Mafie. Yeah. We refer to you. Thanks so much for your update on people. I don't know who they are, but if you're invested like so many New Zealanders are, you can follow that your Facebook page and hopefully we'll catch up here and talk soon on it. Funny side up.

Jono Ben and Megan on the hits.