Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL SHOW: Why Ben ended up in trouble right in front of Santa…

Episode Date: November 30, 2025

On today’s show:  Ben accidentally eats his daughter’s orthodontic rubber bands... Megan's toddler wanted to be like her dog and did something on the lawn! Why Ben got scolded by his wife in front of Santa during a family photo session... Megan braves torrential rain and oily streets to stilt-walk in the Auckland Santa Parade. How Jono ended up stealing a women's purse (again Jimmy Barnes joins to talk about 40 years of Working Class Man, wild 80s stories, and his unique singing technique. Is Megan out of the Mariah game?! Instagram: @THEHITSBREAKFASTFacebook: The Hits Breakfast with Jono, Ben & MeganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jono Ben and Megan podcast, thanks to Dilma. Goodness really does taste great. Dilma, making the world a better team. Okay, welcome to the podcast. Here we go with you. And Ms. Megan just takes a big mouthful of what are you got there? We're all talking. Sorry, I just felt bad.

You know, when someone goes to, you talk to someone and they're just about to take a mouthful. Yeah, that's okay. That's you right now. This is it. What is that thing? Depressing looking muffin. No, it's delicious. Do you want to try?

It's an orange and almond cake that I made. It does look a little. Sugar-free, gluten-free. Fun-free. It's actually delicious. You did change your diet for medical reasons. How long ago? A year ago?

April. Do you feel better? Yeah, I do. But I can't handle sugar that well. What did we have the other day? And I was, oh, I licked the icing off Tom Sane 3 Cupcake. Just a little lick. Yeah.

And, man, I felt sick. Really? Because the icing was good, so it was kind of worth it. So you're like, if there are foods where you're like, this is worth the trouble, you'll commit to it. Yeah, but most of the time I feel pretty crook afterwards. Producer Troy does that, don't you? Yeah, go ahead and producer Troy. Yeah, he's also got the runs from dairy.

Yeah, you're dairy. I love it. You're just like, I've got to go for it. I've got to go for it. I've got a mouthful of food, sorry. Yeah, you do, you get obviously. We're just dragging everyone on who's, if you're about to eat, we'll put you on here. The show finished. So we're like, nap, numb, numb, numb, no.

Yeah, I pick and choose. I've got a lactose intolerance and I've probably got a 20 minute window once I have lactose I love it sometimes it's worth it yeah

yeah you're like sometimes you're like I'm going for it this looks great I'm going to eat it this is going to cost me in 20 minutes but I'm doing it like a good bit of cheesecake

yeah I guess you still get to have the enjoyment of it yeah yeah and then you just got the explosive repercussions you got to handle afterwards if I'm at home

even at work I'll do it there's toilets over there But if I'm out in about like at a restaurant or something I probably won't because then you might be walking somewhere afterwards So it's not bad for you as such Like it's not detrimental to your health

It's just... Well I had a doctor tell me once that that is potentially going to give me stomach ulcers And bowel issues So I shouldn't But a good cheesecake Do you know it's really a feels like a more recent thing That they've started to

You know people have started to discover this About their digestive systems You know back in the day it would have been plow on your pussy, you know? Yeah, maybe we just, yeah, just people just got sporadic diarrhea and didn't really think about it. Yeah, where now it's

more acknowledged, which is a great thing, but it also means Megan has to eat depressing looking good. It's actually really good. Oh, well, no, you do. Megan also has the same blueberry pancakes every morning. I've got raspberry at the moment.

I've got raspberries on it. What, okay, so can you have, like, that's got sugar in it, fruit? Oh, yeah, natural sugar. Natural sugar is a fine, right? Yeah. But you shouldn't have dairy either And it's got cottage cheese in it

Yeah And I get a rash on my face Of ate too much dairy So I know when it flares up I'm like, oh, don't tone it down But if I eat cream, I'm like Troy 20 minutes later I'm gone

You've only just discovered this this year So you've lived with this Your entire life and just put up with it Yeah, yeah Yeah, there you go Because I used to think it was oats But it was all the milk I'm putting in the oats Yeah

Plow on, plow on Yeah, great chat Plow on That's what we say to the clean is here it is. It's actually speaking of eating unusual things. Well, I got to do that over the weekend. Have a listen. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. What you accidentally ate before because it happened over the weekend.

I feel like every parent does this. When you're like clearing out the lunch boxes, you know, from the kids' stuff, you often, oh, you know, often go, oh, that's still good. You kind of eat your way through stuff. Sometimes we're clearing the plates from dinner and it's other members of the family's plates. I'm like, oh, that's a little bit of food there. That's still good. I found that's just a huge part of parenting is just eating leftovers.

Don't you? Yeah. Sandwiches that kind of leave the house, go to school, do a loop back to the house, and then the afternoon you eat them. Are you still having your 4pm Marmite sandwich? Yeah, every day. Every day. I don't know why I keep persisting with a sandwich because they don't eat them. I kind of get a like a soggy, warm sandwich at 4 p.m.

Well, I did that over the weekend. My daughter, Andy, had had dinner, and she had a couple things left on her plate, and as I was clearing that in the kitchen. I ate those things. And then she went, hey, where am I? little, she's got little rubber bands on her braces. She's like, where are my elastic things? And I was like, I don't know, she was like, they're on

my plate. And I was like, why would you put them on a plate? Why would you eat them? And I'm like, well, I've eaten them now because that's, yeah. So I must have picked them up with the food and eating the two little, like, sort of rubber band. They're kind of small. Are they coloured? Yeah, small little rubber bands. She's got some clear ones. Yeah, so clear little rubber bands

and I'd obviously eaten them with a couple of that left over bits of food. It's hard to tell the difference. Did you grab the food and do that, the plate scrape? Yeah, just eating that. And I'm like, well, well I've definitely eaten them because we checked everywhere around and I'd eaten them so I was like

Yeah Has he ate They've been in the mouth for like a good little while Has the orthodontic technology made its way through your system? Yeah I don't know actually I don't know how they're going to pass their way through

actually He were like Whoop I'm going to pull them out and do it like a slingshot I'll take him on tour at the Christmas parade next year Look at the amazing bum slingshot

Marvel Oh Andrew the heads 4487 want to know this morning What you've accidentally eaten John O'N and Megan the podcast The heads As I said before over the weekend

Most parents do this right When you're clearing up stuff from your kids Often lunch boxes or plates and stuff I find myself just going on That's still good That food's still good You just eat it Yeah leftover bits of food

And you ended up eating Some dental rubber bands Two little rubber bands For my daughter Andy has braces And they just sort of keep her teeth Together She's got the braces

At the end with the rubber bands And I just must have eaten them Oh, gee, Oscar, my son, he's got braces too and those, geez, those rubber bands end up everywhere. It's almost like they're reproducing. You'll find them if your kids need braces, they are just... Well, they've got to take them out to eat or brush the teeth and that's where they, yeah.

Yeah, littered all over the household. And also in Ben's digestive system. Yeah, exactly. They'll be working their way through there at the moment as we speak. I still don't really know how you did that. You're just like, waste not what not. Oh, I just sort of picked up the food. It must have been in that.

Yeah, but anyway, I don't know how I do. it either. What you've accidentally eaten. Helen, it's great to have you on on a Monday morning, mate. Yeah, hi, good morning. What happened? What did you put in your gob? Oh, I was at my boyfriend's parents for the first time meeting them, and I was eating this lovely stew, and then I put this thing in my mouth, and I thought, what on earth is this? And it tasted disgusting, and I thought, I can't spit it out. And afterwards, I said to him, what was that thing in the stew? And he's like, what do you mean? What's that thing? I said, it was like a tea bag. and it tasted revolting and he said

it's the bouquet garner you're not supposed to eat those like the the herb bouquet. The herb bouquet. Oh not a bouquet of flowers. Yeah we were like how are the bouquet of flowers are not oh you're like chewing some twigs. It tasted revolting

and trying to swallow down a tea bag full of herbs. To be fair they should have pulled that out. Yeah. They should have and I was only about 17 at the time and I thought You know, I can't take this thing out of my mouth

and spit it out in front of his hair. That's funny. That is very funny. Hey, that's a great call. Helen, appreciate you tuning in and calling through to the show. Have a great idea. I remember the kids tried to prank me once by putting a dishwashing tablet inside a pack of, you know,

M&Ms. I was prank me or poisoned me. I couldn't quite figure it out. Yeah, isn't that like caustic soda? Anyway. Where they, you know, a rich history of pranking we have. So listen, I was on to the game. And I was like, well, I'll fight fire with fire.

And so then I did a, you know, a one-man pantomime performance there in another room, and I was like, and then I lay on the ground, and I just put the dishwashing tablet on my lips. Like you're frothing at the mouth. Yeah, and I just lay there, and no one came. No one came. I think the dog came, sniffed my crotch, left, and yeah, I was just left and dead. And I tell you, it's a humbling experience getting back up from a prank that's had no, pulling yourself off the kitchen floor. Tara, good morning to you and Ototahi.

Good morning. How are you guys? Good. What did you actually eat? Well, it was actually my son, and not really accidentally, but just something that he would quite often do in the mornings before he would get off to Kandah and have his toast, and he'd never eat at all, so I'd throw it out on the yard for the birds. And when he would come home, he would be walking around the house with another bit of toast. I'd be like, where did that from?

And he's gone and picked up the toast off the lawn. Lawn toast. common occurrence. So how long have been here for a couple of hours in the lawn toast? Oh yeah, like four or five. Legend.

Something our dog would do, you know, he'd be like, oh great, there's food out there. Yeah, the birds have definitely picked at it. Oh, hey, thank you so much for your call.

Go and have a great week, Tara. Yeah, thanks, guys, you too. Merry, do you say Merry Christmas now? Yeah, well, yeah. First of December, I think so. Probably get into the Merry Christmas. You're our first official Merry Christmas, Tara. Oh, I feel so special.

John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Now your daughter has, mimicking your dog Yeah This was This was really something to behold

Over the weekend And I Before anyone says Why do you want to Tell the story about your daughter She gives me so much grief That I'm going to pay her back right now That seems like a fair thing to do to a three-year-old

So she's not three She is a teenager And she is giving me hell But the weekend And she's done this before She's tried to eat Our dog Leo's food And I

I guess you have to explain that a dog's food's different to our food. In her defence, I've explained that now and she hasn't done it since. Bit of trial and error, isn't there? There's another thing that dogs do that I've never explained to her, and that's her defence, I guess. But at the weekend, she's like mid-toilet training, and she'd had a shower, and she gives me grief. So she's running around, not wanting to go to bed.

Not wanting to put any clothes on, she's running around. And so I eventually found her outside. And how do I put this? She was going to the bathroom. So she did well. She was training herself. The training program continued. So doing what the dog would do.

Doing what the dog would do. Yeah. And she was really, really happy with herself because she's learning. And she was like, I. Location is pivotal though when it comes to that sort of training. You really need to hammer that home. And so I was like, no, no, don't do that. Bad dog.

I mean, so bad dogs. And she turns around and she's like, what? She goes, I did it like Leo. See? Look, there's one lady, Leo. And then I, she was very confused. She's like, I'm doing just the same as the dog. And the dog probably, you know, that gets praise for doing it.

Yeah. As opposed to the house, right? Well, listen, we'd all love to do stuff dogs do. You know, I'd love to be one around sniffing crotches everywhere I went. But it's just not acceptable. I know. Now I'm like, what else is a dog doing that I need to explain to her? Like, this isn't socially acceptable.

So hopefully that's been drummed into her now, and that won't happen again. Well, tell you what I do appreciate about dogs is that they can eat the same meal every day and still treat it like it's the greatest meal ever invented to cuisine. You know? I'd like to have that. You're right. I'd like to have that little straight. And also just run, just sprint for no reason and have no one look at these.

And love running? Love it. loves our day. Smiling. I'm going to push this ball. Why don't you take it again? I'll catch it again. You can sleep for 18 hours a day.

They've got it good, the dogs. I mean, you could do all of those things. You could. Yeah. No, like you specifically. Yeah, could. If you want it. You can sprint right now if you really want to.

Yeah, well, I'll try a ball for you. John O'Benn and Megan, the podcast. The Hits. And we really are on the countdown for Christmas, aren't we? We really are in the countdown. You said the BBC have been putting up their Christmas trees. now the British Broadcasting Corporation. Very distinguished platform.

Yeah, this guy was talking about putting up his Christmas tree, but the way he phrased it was made him go viral. I was only a small one, but it did go up this weekend. The Christmas tree went. Has your Christmas tree got up? Let me know what you think on this one. If you want to get in touch, how do you decide when to open the box of decorations?

How's the Christmas tree? He's trying to pull it back. He can't pull it back from that. And you talk about only having a small one, but yeah, but yes, you heard. And let's go up, whee! Hey, well, good on them, good on them. Now, how on earth did you get scolded in front of Santa? Yeah, so we went to see Santa over the weekend,

which is something that we've done, you know, since the kids are little. My kids are getting to the age now where, you know, it's not, it's still cool for them, but it's not as special. We're still doing it as a family, as a tradition, going along to see Santa. Yeah. Which is cool, but we also had extra family who've been staying from the States. So they came along too. Yeah, so I was like, cool, in my head, I was like, cool.

I was like, and we're going to have a photo with Amanda and an extended family and all of us all together. Then we're going to have our own family photo. Then I want to do a gag photo with me and a Christmas tree costume with Santa and the daughters. And I can post this one. So I guess in my head I'm like, three things to do when we go see Santa. On his production schedule. It's a schedule. So I'm like, cool, we're going to get in the room.

I've got these three things. These are the three boxes I need to take while. Are you just going to be like, can you just wait there, Santa while I get my, Is it less about tradition and more about content gathering? Probably a little bit of both. Well, I can't involve other people in my content gathering because they don't want to be out on the internet on my accounts and stuff like that.

So I was like, cool. So I get into the room and the Santa's talking to my daughters and you're also conscious that other people, you know, are ready to come, you know, you don't take too long and stuff and he's talking about their stuff. And I'm like, okay, cool. And as I thought was a breaking conversation, I started to move things along.

I was like, right, great. So we're going to do three photos. Here's how it's going to work. Yeah, Santa, this is the schedule. You stick with me on this. Yeah. And my wife's like, you need to stop. In front of everyone, she stopped.

You are controlling you. You're not in charge here. Santa's in charge. And I'm like, there's Santa in charge. Well, you did go into the big guy's house and start bossing. Do I send you a call sheet, Santa? I was looking at Sandra. He's sort of looking at me.

I'm like, who's in charge here? I was like, oh, no, I'm not trying to be. I'm just conscious of everyone's time and I've got things that I'd like to do before we leave this room. And I know there's people behind us It's a conveyor belt I know You don't want to be there People going

What are they doing now This guy's getting into a Christmas tree Nice too So Yeah So I'm like Yeah so I'm like Yeah

So I'm like And the banter About what they want For Christmas I'm like great Let's smooth things along It's on the agenda Yeah

So did so Did he say to go Oh Was he been awkward No But then we It was a little bit Because then we stopped

Then we had to He still felt Obligated To pick up the conversation Like And he was talking about You're like, I should be in a costume right now. Flies over the, you know, the girls' schools and other parts.

And I'm like, this is all great stuff. But we got three costumes. We've got three photos we need to take. Wide a family, smaller family, content gathering. You don't have to direct every situation. I'm like, I wasn't trying to. I was just trying to get things moving along. Did you get your Christmas tree photo?

I did. I got my Christmas tree photo. Yeah, I know. But it was a little, I don't know. It wasn't quite what I had in mind. Like a game. Santa's doing it again What did you have in mind?

Oh, you went in the zone. Yeah, there's only one way I can picture it going in my head. I just wasn't, it wasn't, the vibe's wrong. You're on a tree. Santa's there. She killed the vibe. He wasn't in full performance mode.

You didn't get the best of him. So anyway, yeah, so that was up my Christmas tree, Christmas experience over the week. John O'Ben and Megan, the podcast, the hits. What did you do at the supermarket, John? Yeah, I need to make a public apology. I'll open the phones to 0800.800 the hits, 4487.

If you'd like to acknowledge any douchebaggery from the weekend, too, you can... So this is if you've been a douchebag or someone else has done something. Oh, we're flexible. We're not naming particular people, but you can throw yourself under the bus or... Yeah. I can't believe you do these things. Oh, I went to pack and save, and I got to the self-service checkout part with, you know, a trolley full of shopping. and I looked down and I was like

oh that handbag doesn't look too familiar oh it was a handbag handbag and I was like I can't remember bringing my handbag to pack and save so I looked through

just had a double check and just to make sure none of my belongings were in there and it definitely wasn't my handbag and then I looked around the other items in the basket in the trolley and I was like this is 100% not my trolley

and I had loaded so much of my stuff and yeah right I was going to say And what the connection was, we obviously have a similar taste in Musley bars. And that's what threw me. You just glance in and see the Musley bars. Yeah. And she's, I had filled it up with so much. And so then I was like, okay, I'm going to have to reverse back through the supermarket.

Well, the full, like, I was ready to leave the place. And so I'm going back down each aisle, just hoping I'm going to catch someone's eye. And I see this panicked young girl. She would have been like 20. She's like, I think you got my friend's trolley. and I was like yeah 100% do have your friends trolley

she's like she's upstairs with management they're about to do a big call out over the speaker so her friend had obviously been stressing out because her handbag's been stolen

and then she calls her friend and she's like is yours a trolley with the hyniquet in it I was like yeah she's like it's over there that wouldn't be your first telltale

side that the trolley had no heartaker wasn't jingling with bottles and so then her stressed out friend came back slightly sweaty

and I was like, oh, I'm so sorry, I stole your trolley. She's like, yeah, you definitely do it. And then I had to degradingly take all of my items out of her trolley and then go, is this yours? No, yep, no, yep, for about five minutes, do the transfer over. So I'd like to, yeah, I'd like to apologise. Why do you get, also, does anyone else get this when you pull the items out of your trolley? I get embarrassed, like, don't look at my trolley.

You know, like when you're going through each item, it's so embarrassing. It can be quite a personal experience, can't it? Yeah. Those times you definitely want to go to self-check it, self-service yourself. Was there anything in there that, I mean, apart from the... Of her items, do you mean? No, no, no, that was all just boring stuff, but yeah, no, yeah, I do want to... You know what, the first thing I thought of was like, I should record you for radio.

But then I was like, no, I've already made this situation as worse as it possibly again. She's pretty frazzle. Now, I'll be like... Could I just record something in radio? She was like, what? Who is this person? I was like, no, leave it there. You've done enough damage for one day.

So, yeah, I want to apologise to her. She was very stressed. Okay, so we want to do this. So what are we doing? Toasting other people like Jono over the weekends. Have you been one? Have you encountered one? Did anyone grind your gears over the weekend?

You can get it out. Tell us about it. Johno Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Again, you had to apologise for something you did over the weekend, Johno. Yes, went to pack and save and stole some poor girls' trolley and her handbag unintentionally

jeez I'd be a really good thief if you didn't have to think about the thieving parts of thieving while you were thieving you know if you're just doing it by I don't know what you mean by that well it's so easy to commit a crime when you're not thinking about the crime

oh yeah you don't like guilty you're just like vacant exactly so I mean if you can put yourself in that mental you know mind space then geez you could get over a lot of great crime couldn't you but too much guilt and conscience

So you have to apologise for that over the weekend and someone else joins us in the studio right now who has to apologise for something. Ella from IHartRadio. Yeah, you're doing great social media for I Heart Radio and this is what we need to talk to you about. Yes, so I may have ruined the Mariah game for Larissa in your team.

Yeah, and a bunch of people. There was an email chain going around, you know, replies. Everyone's talking about me from my back. Everyone going, oh, don't watch this. Oh, so we've got out. Dog act, all these sort of things going on. Doggack. Big cool.

Unintentionally, you did this though. Unintentionally, I did a mindless act of filming a Christmas video and I thought, oh, what better song to put under the video than, of course, Mariah Carey. The Christmas song. It's a great song, you know? It got all 300 views, so it really, you know, did a great thing for me.

But yeah, I did manage to get Laris out in doing so and quite a few other people. Yeah, because I'm unaware that, well, you kind of were aware, but we didn't think about the fact that we're playing this Mariah trying to avoid the game, right? Yeah, absolutely. And I, yeah, I, sorry about that. I did make a mistake.

That's fine. It's fine. I can see how you ended up there, though. Seems like a great song to put behind a Christmas video. I mean, it's the perfect song to put. It just felt right. Yeah. So if you did fall victim to Ella's dog act, we apologize.

We can't call it that. We can't call them my dog act. You don't like it. You don't like it. But you should follow her on IHart Radio. You promise not to do it again. I love your videos. You do a great job.

Oh, good on Yala. We'll keep up the great. work. So yeah, thank you very much for the no calls and texts. No one wants to apologise for anything. No, everyone had a flawless weekend, okay? You're all saints, I see. Well, something I do need to talk about. I got told

off by my wife in front of the big guy, Santa, over the weekend. Oh, that's degrading. And it was a humbling experience for me as I was getting a little talking to. Does Santa join in? Well, Santa was there. Everyone was there. Oh, he's put you on the naughty list. I'm sure now. I'm definitely on the naughty list.

John O'Ben and Megan. The podcast. And 40 years celebrating that anniversary. He is coming to New Zealand just been announced. Christchurch in Auckland, April next year. And Jimmy Barnes, the Legion, joins us over Zoom right now. Great to see you, Jimmy. See you guys. How you doing?

Nice to see you. Lovely to see you. Now, Jimmy Barnes, the 40th anniversary of the working class man, you're doing a big tour. April, it's going to be incredible. It's going to be massive. We started last week outside Melbourne, and it was just amazing. So, yeah, by the time we get to New Zealand, we're going to be. firing on all cylinders.

Oh, we can't wait. Ozzie's a rehearsal, doing a dress rehearsal. It's a warm up. Now, what's the working class man doing these days? I mean, 40 years ago, is he still working or is he a retired class man? Or where is he now? He never retires, mate. Never retires, working harder.

Working harder. He's still working hard to make a living, is he? Because you were like 28, 29, I was reading when you came, you know, you sang working class man. What do you think 28, 29-year-old Jimmy Barnes would think now looking at your life? Oh, I think you'd be, you know, there's a few things he'd be surprised. about one probably that I'm still around oh you made it

damn no I think you'd be pretty pleased you know I mean I've done a lot of wild things in my day and a lot of really great things I've managed you know I've managed to go and make a lot of good records with a lot of really good people and I think you'd be pretty pleased and literally

that I'm still standing you know what are you most proud of in your career because I grew up listening to you and for me you've been around you know like my whole life and you've done some amazing things. What are you most proud of? There's lots of things I'm proud of.

But in career, I reckon, you know, this record, the Witten Class Man record, I mean, I remember 40 years ago, this was sort of me standing on the precipice, you know, looking over the edge. Literally, it was going to be make a break. I left cold chisel, and I literally thought, you know,

I don't know how you can top that. I don't know if I could find a band that can play that good. I don't know if I can make good songs. I don't know if I can have that sort of success. At this point, I went, okay, time to learn your craft. And I went to America,

and I got to work with some really incredible people. I mean, I was signed to Geffin Records, which was a very prestigious label at the time with a guy, a guy called Gary Gersh, who was in charge of signed David Bowie, and he signed guns and roses, and he signed all these amazing artists. And I was his project at the time,

and he just introduced me all these fantastic musicians. And I was like a sponge. I was like a sponge in a lot of ways in those days. As far as taking in the information and what I could learn from everybody, I was like a sponge. And it launched my career. You mentioned going to America in the 80s.

I imagine in the record industry the height of opulence. What was the most unnecessarily extravagant thing, Jimmy Barnes-Partokin? Oh, there was so many. I remember, you know, because I was on tour, with Zizi Top. And I had like one day off or something. And they said, oh, you know what? We want you to fly back to L.A. I was in Fort Lauderdale in Florida.

And they said, we want you to fly back. And I was going, really? I won't make it. They said, I will give you a jet. And I said, okay, and what am I coming back for? He said, you're going to make a film clip with Ron Howard. Wow. Happy days.

Yeah, Ron was, you know, he was incredible filmmaker at the time as well. And I got on this plane and I had, it was something, it belonged to some shake or something. It was a jet with sort of gold fittings. And I'm flying over there and I'm drinking vodka in the middle of the night, you know. You know, just me on my own. And I'm trying to talk to pilot into landing in Las Vegas on the plane. way you know. Did he stop off in Vegas? No, he's been giving the word up from the record company.

We kept going and we landed that morning and went straight on the film set. Oh, that's great. Your voice is legendary, but how have you kept it? Like years ago, I remember listening to it and going, oh, he's going to lose it one day, the raspy sort of voice. How do you keep it? What's your trick? I'm telling, well, I don't know the trick, but I'll tell you, when I, when I joined

Colchers, or the first review we got said, this guy will last six months and it'll be gone. And they've been saying that ever since. Somewhere along those first five, six years, somewhere along that process, I taught myself a quite unique way of singing. When you sing, you know, you have two main vocal chords in your throat. They're the ones that everybody used for singing. By the surrounded by secondary chords,

I taught myself to sing with my secondary chords. And I've had this, I've had throat specialists put cameras on my throat and tell me all this. And they don't know how I taught myself to do it. The good thing about that is all the people that get nodules, and have problems like their throats have to have operations. It's all about your primary chords. Your secondary chords don't get nodules.

So I can go out and sometimes I'm sometimes I can't speak, but I can still sing. What? Wow. I remember I was at hey hey at Saturday or something one night and I was in there and I was screaming to warm up. And this woman who was a singing teacher who taught Michael Jackson and who taught Barbara Streis and she was in there

and she was a guest on the show. And she came knocking on my daughter and she said, oh, I noticed she was singing with your. secondary chords. I'm going, how did you know? She said, oh, it's an incredible technique. And I said, how did that? How did that? She said, oh, it's probably survival. So all these people over the years have been saying, can you teach me how to do it? I'm going, I'm going, I'm going to have it. Jimmy Moore, it's great to have me talking to you. Great to have you back at New Zealand.

John O' Ben and Megan, the podcast. The Hats. Over the weekend, the farmer's Santa Parade was on in Auckland, but many Santa Parades right around the country, which was really cool to see. Jeez, we love a parade, don't we? It's really awesome. It is, yeah, wholesome. So many smiles, so many waves. I did, like, so many six-sevens as well to people as well.

It's quite fun. They loved that. It's looking at someone and I've got, this looks like a six-seven person because we're in the parade as well. You're like, who's six-seven? And most of the time they do the six-seven movement back. Sometimes they would airball you and nothing would happen. Yeah, it's humbling.

It's wildly popular, wildly popular at the moment. But, yeah, it's fun for the whole family. Apart from your cousin in prison who can't attend for obvious reasons. But, yeah, really smiles galore. and I tell you what, more smiles on their faces when they saw Megan Puppers. Stilt walk past them. Now, you learned how to stilt many years ago at clown school. Yeah, it was part of our drama class.

We did clown school. Once we graduated from that, you could choose to do something else, and I chose to do stilt walking. I just thought, oh, that'd be fun. That's a fun way skill. Do you know how many people in the office have gone? She already works with a couple of clowns over the last week or so since we've been talking about that. Accurate. She's still working with clowns, yeah.

But yesterday it was a torrential race. Soggy, underfoot, slippery, oily. The organisers told you the road for some reason was very oily. There was like multiple things where I felt like the universe was like, don't do this. So first of all was the rain. And I was like, oh, not ideal because the paint on the road, the lines and everything gets very slippery when it's wet.

So there was that. Then as I was getting ready, the shoelace on my stilt because I have to strap it into a shoe. The shoe lace broke. So I was actually taped into the stilts. didn't fill me with hope and then one of the organisers was like just be careful on Queen Street because some oil spilled across the road

it's really slippery I was like An olive oil truck tipped over the night before Terrible anything else guys Yeah So this is We were called her Fireball Because Megan you can see the images At The Hits Breakfast on Instagram Facebook

She was a giant flame And my core responsibility was Hype Man Hype Man and Safety Safety in case you fell over You were supposed to be like Watching out for me Yeah more hype man than safety

But here we go. Step right up, step right up. Come on, come all. Marvel at the wonder of the lady who's slightly taller than the rest of us. Oh my God, please stop. Come on, come all. Be amazed by the slightly taller lady.

You're like, don't make a seat. I'm so very, so I'm so. Megan, are you loving the attention? I'm so focused, to be honest. She committed to it. She committed to it. What do you want to say to Megan? Good job, Megan.

Yeah, that's six, seven. What do you think of my tall friend? Yeah, good. She been the best thing you've seen yet? Yeah. Yeah. I don't even think halfway. How are the legs holding up?

I'm embarrassed and I'm a little bit puffed. I'm just hoping adrenaline's taking over, you know? Yeah. So we're halfway through, Megan. Yeah, good, but my pants keep falling down. I'm having a wardrobe malfunction at the Santa parade. The last thing you need to do is, I'm going to children of the Santa Parade from a great height.

Megan, Megan, Megan. Don't slip over, into the children. Megan, Megan, Megan. Bullied some little children into saying your name. He did it very half-heartedly. A quarter of the way to go, Megan, and you're getting quite cocky now, even dancing. My husband was like, don't get cocky, because that's when you fall over. Getting cocky in front of the people, and the people love it.

Who loves this? There's not much more we can do. This is entertainment. Fireball. Yeah, that was fireball yesterday. With the one costume that was left over the world we were told, but then there was no other still walkers.

Yeah, I didn't see any others. I'm like, maybe they bailed because the conditions were not ideal. But, hey, name me another breakfast radio show hosts that's up on stilts at the Santa Parade. Listen, love them to pieces. You wouldn't catch Barnett up there. You wouldn't not catch him up there.

No, true, you're right. This is the challenge. That's a challenge, man. There you go. I want to see him unicycling. He's not going to do it. He's not going to do it. See you know, it's not going to do it.

Yeah, next though, something did happen afterwards at the Santa Parade. We host Santa's party after party afterwards, and there was a song that played. All that love for Christmas is you. Trying not to get wound up. There was a song which we were all there and we were all confused as to whether it. Don't laugh. There was a lot going on. We were all confused as to whether it's Mariah.

I don't know. I think it sounded like Jono Ben and Megan The podcast The Hits Over the weekend The Farmer Santa Parade was on

In Auckland But many Santa Parades Right around the country Which is really cool to see Jeez we love a parade Don't we It's really awesome It is

Yeah awesome So many smiles So many waves I did like So many six sevens As well To people as well It's quite fun

They loved that It's looking at someone Oh god This looks like a six seven person Because we're in the parade As well You're like six seven

And most of the time They do the six seven movement back Sometimes they would earball you and nothing would happen, but... Yeah, it's humbling. Wildly popular at the moment. But, yeah, it's fun for the whole family. Apart from your cousin in prison who can't attend for obvious reasons.

But, yeah, really, smiles galore. And I tell you what, more smiles on their faces when they saw Megan Puppers. Stilt walk past them. Now, you learned how to stilt many years ago at Clown School. Yeah, it was part of our drama class. We did Clown School. Once we graduated from that, you could choose to do something else. And I chose to do stilt walking.

I just thought, oh, that'd be fun. Do you know how many people in the office have gone? She already works with a couple of clowns over the last week or so since we've been talking about that. She's still working with clowns, yeah. But yesterday it was torrential rain, soggy underfoot, slippery, oily. The organisers told you the road for some reason was very oily. There was like multiple things where I felt like the universe was like, don't do this. So first of all was the rain and I was like, oh, not ideal because the paint on the road

the lines and everything gets very slippery when it's wet. So there was that. Then as I was getting ready, the shoelace on my stilt because I have to strap it into a shoe. The shoe lace broke. So I was actually taped into the stilts. Didn't fill me with hope. And then one of the organisers was like,

just be careful on Queen Street because some oil spilled across the road. It's really slippery. I was like, an olive oil truck. Anything else. Anything else, guys. Yeah. So this is, we were called her Fireball

because Megan, you can see the images at The Hits Breakfast on Instagram, Facebook. She was a giant flame and my core responsibility was hype man, hype man and safety. Safety in case you fell over. You were supposed to be like watching out for me.

Yeah, more hype man than safety, but here we go. Step right up, step right up. Come on, come all. Marvel at the wonder of the lady who's slightly taller than the rest of us. Oh my God, please stop. Come one, come all. Be amazing.

by the slightly taller lady. You're like, don't make a scene. I'm so very so young. Megan, are you loving the attention? I'm so focused, to be honest. She committed to it. She committed to it. What do you want to say to Megan? Oh, good job, Megan.

Yeah, that's six, seven. What do you think of my tall friend? Yeah, good. She's been the best thing you've seen yet? Yes. Yeah. I don't even think halfway. How are the legs holding up? I'm holding up. I'm embarrassed and I'm a little bit puffed. I'm just hoping adrenaline's taking over, you know?

Yeah. So we're halfway through, Megan. Yeah, good, but my pants keep falling down. I'm having a wardrobe malfunction at the Santa Parade. The last thing you need to do is brown over children of the Santa Parade from a great height. Megan! Megan! Megan!

Don't slip over into the children. Megan! Megan! Megan! They bullied some little children into saying your name. They did it very half-heartedly. A quarter of the way to go, Megan, and you're getting quite cocky now, even dancing. My husband was like, don't get cocky, because that's when you fall over.

Getting cocky in front of the people, and the people love it. Who loves this? There's not much more we can do. This is entertainment. Fireball. Yeah, that was fireball yesterday. With one costume that was left over, the world we were told, but then there was no other still walkers. I didn't see any others.

I'm like, maybe they bailed because the conditions were not ideal. But hey, name me another breakfast radio show hosts that's up on Celts at the Santa Parade. Listen, love him to pieces. You wouldn't catch Barnett up there. You wouldn't not catch him up there.

No, true. You're right. Here's the challenge. There's a challenge, man. I want to see him unicycling. He's not going to do it. He's not going to do it. He's not going to do it.

Yeah, next though, something did happen afterwards at the Santa Parade. We host Santa's party. after party afterwards, and there was a song that played. Well, all enough for Christmas is you. I'm trying not to get wound up. There was a song which we were all there and we were all confused as to whether it, don't laugh. There was a lot of God not.

We were all confused as to whether it's Mariah. I was confused. I was confused.