Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: THAT 90'S SHOW

Episode Date: June 24, 2021

That's right, we did a show dedicated to the early 90s to celebrate when The Hits all began! We spoke to some icons of the 90s; like the voice of Barney, Karl Steven from Supergroove, Simon Barnett who hosted Face the Music & Steve Parr who hosted Sale of the Century. We reminisced on the best music, the fashion, the movies, the TV shows, the ads, and the gadgets that were all big in the 90s. This show was a whole lot of fun to do. So if you're over having to check your iPhone every 2 seconds for emails, Facebook messages, app updates and iMessages, just turn this episode on and transport yourself back to the good ol' days!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Kia ora gang, welcome. 25th of June, it's a Friday. Jono and Ben here to refresh off our 90s bonanza. That 90s show that we did this morning, Ben Boyce. Oh, it was a lot of fun actually, reliving a lot of great stuff from the 90s. We had some banging guests, didn't we? Barney the Dinosaur. We spoke to Barney. We spoke to another Barney, Simon Barnett. Yeah.

We spoke to All Black Captain from that era, Sean Fitzpatrick. Steve Parr hosted Sale of the Century. You'll hear it all on the podcast very shortly. What a wild time reflecting back on some of the 90s. You know what I enjoyed about the 90s is forging IDs was a huge part of the 90s and the new zealand government they were pretty relaxed on you know personal identification weren't they well they just didn't

have the technology it's probably that yeah nowadays the police we talked about this the other day are creating apps they're creating apps for criminals to use as a 17 year old i was masquerading as a 45 year old auckland to bribe my way into the Fat Pigs Pits or whatever the bar was called. They always had funny names to the bars back then, didn't they? They did, yeah. The Greasy Lady's Arms or something. But you could convince

if you put on a convincing enough performance, you could blag your way in, couldn't you? And you could remember the fake date of birth on your paper driver's licence. Yeah, the paper. Because you you could remember the fake date of birth on your paper driver's license. Yeah, the paper. Because you could scrape off the birth date. That's a wild time paper.

And then sketch back on with the, you could buy a stencil from Whitcalls and then reapply the, yeah, it was fraud. It was really fraud. Yeah, it was fraud. It was a different time. Yeah. Some other things I remember from the 90s,

one and two cent coins, overhead projectors. Remember overhead projectors in class? I do, yeah. What a redundant piece of technology that is now. And you always get the fingerprints from the teacher on the plastic thing that would then be on the wall.

Oh, yes. The whole document would be covered in fingerprints, wouldn't it? Sparklers lollies. These are the ones that are... I found a website. They're sparklers and they had Were they sparkles or sparklers?

It was like Sparkles rings a bell? Maybe it was sparkles I do remember Sparkles, sorry They come in sort of that Yes! Pascal sparkles That's right Not sparklers, but they come in a sort of

You had red ones, orange ones A square sort of a sort of, it was like a. You had red ones, orange ones. Tube, a square sort of tube sort of thing. Yeah. A little square sort of lollies. Sparkles. I remember the, they're still around today, but the Spaceman candy sticks. Oh, yeah. Which, you know, suspiciously mimicking cigarettes, weren't they?

They're taking the red tips off them now. Because all the seven-year-olds would pretend they were smoking, and then, you know, four years later, they are smoking. Maybe they were invented by Benson and Hedges, those lollies. Genius play from some marketing guru in the cigarette company. But we reflect on a lot of those things today. But Gacy, mate, what happened there? Just catch yourself with it.

Sorry, we reflect on a lot of those things today on the podcast. The year was 1994. X-Files starts on TV. Once We're Warriors hits the big screen. And across A Cedro. A new radio station started. The Hits. Alright, stop. Collaborate and lose it.

I don't know. Don't wanna miss a thing. I don't wanna miss a thing. Oh, good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to the show. Sorry, I just got kind of lost in the reflection of the hits starting and all those songs. That mighty show celebrating the beginning of the hits. You got really lost in it because there was still more to go.

You started talking halfway over it. Welcome to our 90s show. This is the day when the hits first started. We've gone back to the early 90s. We've all got dressed up. Ben, you look, what do you look like? Something from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Excellent.

I've got three, like I was going to go double denim, but I've gone triple denim with a tie-dye t-shirt underneath. So an illegal amount of denim on that body at the moment. And Juliet, you've come in with a leather jacket that I think my mum wore with permed hair when she was smoking Winfield Reds. Yeah, and a scrunchie and a fun sort of 90s themed top, baggy pants. I never really lived in the 90s properly, so I did my best job. To be honest, it took me a little bit, it took me a double take to go,

oh, she's actually, you know, you're in, because you pull it off. Thanks. You would have been great in the 90s. Yeah, I feel like I'm living in the wrong time, guys. Yeah, you're it off. Thanks. You would have been great in the 90s. Yeah. I feel like I'm living in the wrong time, guys. Yeah. You're a suit. And my clothes are clashing. None of them are matching,

but that's no different to any other day. But we're going to really, I'm really excited about this show. It's going to be lots of fun. I don't think we're going to be able to get through everything we want to do. We've got some of the biggest guests from the 90s. We've got some of the most amazing prizes

and giveaways from the 90s. We're going to reflect on all the cool things from the 90s and the biggest music as well. So it's going to be hard to get through all of that over the next three hours. And we've got a freaking fax machine. Oh, I know. We've got a working functioning fax machine which we haven't received a fax through

yet. Well, no, I don't even know if it's all hooked up. Mainly because the fax hasn't been in vogue for the last 20 years. We'll get to that in a minute and tell you how. If you could maybe send us a fax at some stage this morning. But right now, that's kicked things off. Oh, what a jam. Boyz II Men.

What's this, 94 this song? Yeah, around 1994. I'll make love to you, Boyz II Men. It is the hits. Go back to where it all started, the early 90s. It is the hits. So what a tune for your Friday morning. It's Vanilla Rice, Ice Ice Baby.

It's our special 90s show. We're taking it back to where the hits first started. We have to work out the mystery guest from the 90s that is joining us right now. Are you there, mystery guest? I am. Are you there? Listen, have we got someone from the 90s? Uh-oh. I thought I was the only one left.

Am I talking to Tom Selleck? Let's see. I don't have the mustache for it or the brawn. So no. Were you a movie star in the 90s? A movie star? Well, I was in a movie. Were you a recording artist?

Yes, I was actually. On my wall, I have something that's like a quadruple platinum album thing. They've hidden the Zoom from us right now, so we can't see. Quadruple platinum album. We need to try and work it out. It's the Spice Girls. You could call me Purple Spice. Can you give us a little taste of your singing?

Sure. I love you. Oh, my God. You love me. We're a happy family. It's Barney the freaking dinosaur. Can we pull up the screen? We can see Barney the dinosaur.

It's the voice of Barney the dinosaur. Hi guys. How are you? We're doing amazing. So nice to talk to you. I love it. It's great to be here. What is your name? What is your name? Bob West.

Bob, lovely to meet you. So Barney, you were lying to us the whole time. Well, you know, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I have to inform you that no, I am not your uncle. That was going to be my follow-up question, actually. So how many years did you work for as Barney? Who, me? Let's see. Almost 12 years. 12 years?

Almost 12 years. The show was huge. I mean, it was big in New Zealand. It was huge all around the world. It was just crazy for a while. It really was. It's one of those things where we caught lightning in a bottle and it just, it really took off. The personal appearances were

really wild. The one thing I do know is it did launch the careers of Selena Gomez. So you were the voice. So you said you did some costume work, but you didn't actually get inside the costume. That wasn't you in there. We did it in a way that was totally different from other other characters you know usually things like like big bird it's the person in the costume who's doing the talking but the producers had started building the costume before the auditions and i was too tall for the costume so they liked my voice and they got somebody shorter to do the so what did you do when did you do the voice was it later in the... So what did you do? When did you do the voice? Was it later in a recording studio or did you do it at the time just sitting off to the side? Yep, just off to the side.

We had whisper rooms, little three little portable recording booths. The bonus for you was you didn't have to get in the costume. I imagine not much airflow inside the Barney costume. A little bit sweaty. Yeah. How many episodes did you end up doing six seasons and it was i think i think it was 20 per season i think it may have varied off and on so um so yeah that was

we did a lot of that a lot of talking toys talking books and personal appearances and other stuff too so it really kept us busy oh that's what you don't factor in because all the merch you would have to do the voice for as well yeah especially like uh there was this really groundbreaking toy called uh activates barney i don't know if you ever heard of it but it was look there's tina you know that sort of thing which is kind of spooky and awesome to stand in the booth for hours per day just like siri recording siri for ip iPhone you know there he is there he is there he you know over and over what was your favorite Barney catchphrase because I remember it was stupendous was the stupid was that a Barney well I mean uh probably still

jeez you're taking me back to a uh very uh pubescent time in my childhood pre-pubescent time gonna have to get that comfort device now whatever your blankie or whatever this is so cool to talk to you so what this is obviously you're you're a voice actor as well as i'm presuming an actor as well is what other work have you done i did a lot of commercial work i did the ncaa national basketball championships know, that sort of thing. Pretty wide range. Could you just do us a favour and just say Jono and Ben on the hits.

Right here, right now, it's Jono and Ben on the hits. Oh, jeez. That was beautiful. That was making parts of my insides move that I haven't felt move in a long time. Now we've got Bob West with us, the voice of Barney. Now, if we could, can we have a sing-along, Bob?

A sing-along? It's tough to sing with when you're doing a call at such a distance, but... Okay, well, we'll shut up then. We'll get the message. We'll shut up. He's like, Barney is a solo artist. Now, can I ask you a question, Bob? Are you just quickly Googling the lyrics?

Yeah, let's see. What were they now? Okay, here we go. I love you, you love me We're a happy family With a great big hug And a kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too

what a jam so much here's a big hug i'm gonna give you a big video hug thank you very much oh bob west that Lovely talking to you Thank you so much For your time It's been a real treat Great talking to you guys Thanks so much See you mate That was awesome

From the year of Barney and friends Laughing is good for you This is Jono and Ben's That nighty show Now give us a call Right now 0800 the hits

You don't have to do anything Just give us a call Because we've got a whole lot Of 90s prizes to give away Because the win line Is open The win line Is open. The win line is open now. Call 0800

the hits. And don't forget, we also have a fax as well. Multi-communicational services here today for that 90s show. The fax number there, Ben, too, if someone wants to fax through for a prize. Yes, that is 09300 7130.

So 09300 7130. We've So 09-300-7130. And we've had a few faxes so far. A few faxes. Thanks to Johnny in America, who's faxed through Michael and Mount Monganui and the wonderful team at Tupami North Hospital. Appreciate all your fax communication, guys. Most important cast member of the show today, their fax machine. It's been the fax machine.

So give us a call right now. 0800-THE-HATS. We've got a whole lot of 90s prizes. We'll just randomly give you one. Now, let's say, Wazzup! That's right. We've got a whole lot of 90s prizes. We'll just randomly give you one. Now, let's say, what's up? That's right. To Fiona, how are you?

What's up? What's up? Was that 90s, was it? Annoying what's up. Fiona, you have, for enduring this show with us today, you've won something for the 90s. Let's check out what you've won. Make important life-altering decisions

and see your future with this reliable 8 Magic Ball. It's the most magic of all the balls. And it's the reason my wife decided to leave me to pursue a life with Eduardo, her Jazzercise aerobics instructor. There we go, the 8 Magic Ball. That's awesome.

It's actually, it works, I think. Well, Juliet didn't know how it worked, and she was like, how does this work? And you just threw it on the ground. I was like, no, you meant to shake it and then ask it. But you're like, throw it on the ground. It's not like an actual ball. But anyway, it still does work, and it's coming your way.

Thank you. What was the result of that throw there, Juliet? Did you get an answer to your question? I think it said maybe or something like that. She's like, what shall I do tonight? And she lobbed it in the air, and it slammed down on our concrete floor. It was almost like I was rolling a dice, you know? That's what I thought it was.

That's not how that works. Hey, Paula from Cockle Bay, what's up? Okay, not going to play the game. No, no, fair enough. Paula, do you want to win something from the 90s? Oh, yes, please. That's awesome. Let's find out what you've won

Congratulations You'll be the chatter of the playground Whilst chattering your ring With a brand new set of chatter rings Valued at $43 It's all that and a bag of chips Yeah, well done Chatter rings

You can still buy them And we bought one and we're giving it to you, right? Yeah, heaps better back then than the ones they make now. I'm stoked. Yeah, well. I should say choice. Good on you. Choice.

Choice, Paula. Thank you. We'll go to, let's go to Jade in Auckland. Welcome. How are you, Jade? Welcome to the prize line. Yay, thank you. Lovely to have you on.

Don't forget you can fax two through for a prize as well. Let's see what you've won, Jade. You're going to be all that and a bag of chips with a brand new Tamagotchi. So tell all your friends Jono and Ben got you a gotchi valued at $100. Oh, $100. Oh, wow. That's amazing. There you go.

You've got some Tamagotchis coming your way. Yay, thank you. Susan's on from Wellington. It's the prize line, Susan on the 90s show. Are you having a great morning with us? Yeah, it sounds really good. Yeah, great. It's been a lot of fun.

So let's find out what you've won. Imagine cruising down the street, listening to music as you walk. Well, that dream can be a reality. Thanks to the all-new Sony Walkman. Despite the borderline sexism, believe it or not, women are also allowed to use it as well. The Sony Walkman. Because music is better at the walking pace.

We have got a Lardis Morissette on cassette. So without a word of a lie, we'll give you as well, alright? Oh, thank you. I just get one for him today. What are you going to send him? Oh, now you've got one today. On the top quality audio sound that is cassette.

From Tamagotchi to Chatterings, this is Jono and Ben's That 90s Show. That is our 90s show, taking it back to when the hits first started, and we're catching up with some iconic people who were all over our screens during the 90s, including this guy. Simon Barnett joins us right now. So great to have you on, Simon. Hello there, Jono. Hello there, Ben.

Am I putting on my voice now or later? We're in the 90s. Welcome. Ironically, you were never on the hits. You spent all of your career on More FM. That's right. True. We were always in competition,

so now we work from the same stable, so it's great. Now, if anything, you should probably be reliving this moment over with Gary. But you're with us today. Gary wouldn't remember it, trust me. And as we talked about the other day, you're on an amazing show through the 90s, What Now?

Clash of the Codes. Clash of the Codes was a great show, if people vaguely remember that, where they got sports people to compete against other sports, right? All the heroes of sport. Yeah, and honestly, Paul McDonald was the brains behind that Olympian. And that was a genuinely great concept. 12 different codes, sporting codes, three athletes, you know, that were right at the prime back in the day.

You know, we had Mark Allison, Dan Brooks. You know, we had the real cream of the crop. And they all competed. The codes competed against each other. And you wouldn't think it, like cycling did amazingly well because those people were just genuine machines. Ian Ferguson, legend. You know, so sometimes you sort of think,

oh, maybe they wouldn't be that strong, but their aerobic capacity, I was simply in awe of every one of those athletes. Yeah, it was a great show. And another great show that we want to play a little game of now is Face the Music. Have we got the old intro there, Patricia Juliet? Have we got that right?

Yes, it's time to Face the Music music and here's the star of the show simon barnett there we go and here he is that introduction brought to you by a vhs how does it feel uh hearing that again it is actually like a time warp. It's bizarre, because I can remember running out. I remember the thumping nerves. I remember the live studio audience. I remember, who was the guy from the Mockers? Andrew Fagan. He was a guest on a celebrity show. He pulled a knife on me on the show. He pulled a knife on you?

We know Andrew Fagan. He pulled a knife on you? He pulled a knife. We introduced him. I go down the crew and I say, this is Andrew Fagan. He pulls out a knife. I just about popped and went blind. And it was a a knife. We introduced him. I go down the crew and I say, this is Andrew Fagan. He pulls out a knife. I just about popped and went blind. And it was a rubber knife. A fake knife. He thought it would be real funny.

So I had to say to him, Andrew, I don't know whether the knife gag works. You thought you were going to be shanked by someone live on TV. Exactly. Faking a shank. And then we had these three contestants because people get so into the show so they were all on those little

lollipop stands and one guy in the middle 100% true hand on heart I'm doing the show introduce the guests and I think the guy

in the middle looks a bit funny he's looking pale then his eyes roll back into his head I promise there's no embellishment here his eyes roll back

into his head he falls off the stage and gets enveloped in those inflatable tubes and completely disappears. The other two contestants look at him fall off and disappear into the set, and then their hands back on their buzzers to play the game.

Well, at least one's down. We found an old episode on YouTube, the quality's not amazing, of, you know, like sound-wise now, but we loved it. You threw out a couple of jokes. It was a guy who was a carryover champion, and he was a drummer, and listen, we love this. Welcome along, Zane.

Thank you. How you going? Good. Good. Now, you're a drummer. Yeah. But you've, yeah, I'll talk slower then. But, no, I shouldn't do that. I've got a funny joke about that.

What's the difference between a frog and a drummer? Pass A frog has a better chance of getting a gig I shouldn't have told that, that's not fair I love that, I shouldn't have said that, I shouldn't have told you It was like you're second guessing yourself That's embarrassing man, I sound A like a chipmunk And B, talk about, I was a hashtag dad joke before the thing That's terrible We did love both times after you had burned him You were like, I was a hashtag dad joke before the thing. That's terrible.

We did love both times after you had burned him, you were like, I shouldn't have said that. And then you went and burned him directly again. And then said, I shouldn't have said that. That was my go-to line whenever I offended somebody, is that that sort of made it all right. You're ugly. I shouldn't have said that.

I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have said that. I shouldn't have said that. Now, Face the Music, the music quiz show was a lot of fun to watch and amazing prize up for grabs. He was the one with the prize. Tonight's major prize is outstanding in every way. An incredible Sansui hi-fi system

with award-winning Polk audio speakers. 100 watts of dynamic power from Eastern Hi-Fi, Pacific Audio, and Face the Music. Yeah, now we've done our best to track down the Sansui. Unfortunately, Sansui didn't make it through into the new millennium. You know what's so funny? Man, people would spend three weeks and win for three weeks in a row

to win a CD cleaner. It was just for fun. I don't to win a CD cleaner. It was just I don't know what was going on. It was bad. It was bad. To win a CD cleaner.

Sweating his guts out for two weeks. He gave him a 14 inch crapper. It was a different time. It was a different time. That's so good. I used to say, oh, well, this is what I'm aligned on the show.

People don't come on this show for the prizes. It's all about the fun. Like, no kidding, Sherlock. I haven't seen my family in three weeks, but I've got a CD clear. Simon Barnett, thank you so much for your time this morning, mate. Lovely catching up if you want to catch Siazon with Phil on ZB for Midday Weekdays. Legends, fellas, really nice to chat with you. I haven't laughed like that for ages.

So good. Thanks, Simon. Have a great day. All right, we're going to look at some of the great movies from the 90s. And I've got some movies. You're not great with movies, to start with. I've seen three movies in my life. One of them was your home one. You might get some of these ones, some of these quotes.

Some classic films were made in the 90s, reflecting on the 90s when the hits first started. This one, you'll definitely get this one. I'm the king of the world! It's not from my home movie. That's when he passed the minute mark.

That was an iconic movie, Titanic. It was, yeah. It was a Titanic. It was so long though. It was like three hours long, I remember at the time. I made the kids sit down and watch that the other week and they were, it traumatised them, the sinking of that ship. Oh, but the kids are really fascinated by this, and the fact that it is based on a true story.

And the first question they asked at the end was, why did she just let him go? Yes, exactly. There was room. Callous. There was room for two of them on that one. Here's a wee bit of a sound effect. I think you'll know this iconic movie.

Jurassic Park? Yes, Jurassic Park Released in 1993 Was a hugely successful movie I remember going to watch it with my dad And my dad's not great with movies And he got such a fright He stood upright in the movie That it was packed

When the things are going I'm like, sit down, Dad Sit down, sit down You're embarrassing me Yeah, but Sam Neill from New Zealand, of course. Was that his first big... I think it was... Well, I think he'd been in other movies before,

but probably the first big Hollywood blockbuster. The breakthrough, yeah. It was such an ass. I remember that scene when the T-Rex is coming in there in the car with Goldbloom. Goldbloom, who was an eccentric character. Oh, yeah, even back then, no. Wasn't he?

Yeah, and then the glass of water going... Yes. Iconic scene. Here's another iconic movie scene from the 90s. My mum always said, life was like a box of chocolates. Forrest Gump. You never know what you're going to get.

A friend of ours, Sharon, thought that was actually based on a true story. She thought it was a documentary. Really? Yeah. Well, it's a really well shot documentary starring about Tom Hanks, who had a former life as a guy called Forrest Gump. He's a really well shot documentary starring about Tom Hanks who had a former life as a guy called Forrest Gump.

He was a marathon runner. Now one great moment from the 90s was New Zealand getting a bit of a shout out in a surfing movie too, which I remember people used to go, did you hear New Zealand got a shout out? Now this is the first time that New Zealand realised that the rest of the world even knew who we were. It was mentioned in a movie, a very famous movie called Point Break, Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze.

Now, where am I going to go, man? Cliffs on both sides. I'm not going to paddle to New Zealand. He's not going to paddle to New Zealand. The writers were like, where's the most furthest away country? They looked up in their Encyclopedia Britannica. Well, they look in the Encyclopedia? Maybe they'd look at a world map, maybe?

Where would he least like to go in the world? Probably New Zealand. And let's do one final one. Let's go Terminator 2. That was an iconic movie. And Arnie, this is quite a strange scene at the start. I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. So he was naked.

A robot from the future sent back came back naked and then but then he's stealing someone else's clothes yeah like also mugging someone in public was that does it lead to leave them naked yeah i guess it must have i can't remember the scene yeah i think i don't think it showed because they uh they were like reluctant to give him his clothes and obviously he would have beaten them up and then he ended up being on there, riding off on the motorcycle. So it didn't show how much, I mean, undies, I don't know if he took their undies. And wasn't it just fantastic how

he fit the exact same waist size as those leather pants. Was he in leather pants? He was all leathers. Leather's hard to squeeze into. And Arnie was, he was big. Yeah. Hey, great coincidence. Reflecting on some of our favourite 90s moments, we're taking it back to where the hits all started.

The next song coming up very shortly. Oh, it's a doozy. I don't think it's been played on the hits since the 90s. We're going to hear that in about five minutes' time. It is the hits. Hey, Mark, how you doing? All right. It is the hits.

Jono and Ben, we're taking it back to where the hits first started, the early 90s. So all morning, it's songs from the 90s. We're talking to guests from the 90s, and they're having a lot of fun reflecting on the 90s. I mean, we're dressed it back to where the hits first started, the early 90s. So all morning, it's songs from the 90s. We're talking to guests from the 90s, and they're having a lot of fun reflecting on the 90s. And we're dressed like the 90s. I've got a Captain Planet T-shirt on. You gave me some fresh Prince of Bel-Air shorts, a very colourful shirt, some highlighter green sunglasses, and I'm looking like a million dollars.

You are looking amazing. Which in 1994 was $500,000, a million dollars, with the inflation rates. But do you know, Macarena was actually written about a lady who was playing all the boys, apparently. Oh, really? Yeah. That's the story of her. That's why they do the counting of how many men she's...

No way. Sort of almost sluzzer-shaming Macarena. Oh, no, I don't want... You played it, mate. You're like, we need to play the song. You didn't tell me that from the start. That's one of your favourite hobbies, isn't it? No, I wish I didn't...

Oh, I feel bad that we played that now. It's such a fun song. It is a fun song. I never knew that. Now you feel sorry for Macarena. Oh, hey, hopefully not a real... Anyway, what do you want to do here? I want to do the internet wormhole.

Jono's internet wormhole. Which is quite ironic because the internet wasn't widely used in the early 90s. No, it wasn't. Yeah, but just looking back at... Encyclopedia Britannica, right? That was the thing. Well, maybe this could be the Encyclopedia Britannica wormhole, which was a more reliable Wikipedia, basically, Encyclopedia Britannica, wasn't it?

Yeah. And I see they tried to move with the times. They've got a website. Oh, good. Encyclopedia britannica wasn't it yeah and i see they tried they tried to move with the times they've got a website oh good encyclopedia britannica i don't know who's using it because most people opt for uh you know the nearly correct information on wikipedia yeah yeah but okay this is brought to you by encyclopedia britannica and it's uh 90s slang sayings oh okay yeah yeah some uh i some... This is the top five, okay? I'll put top five. Talk to the hand because the face ain't listening.

Oh, that was used quite regularly, wasn't it? Yeah. But when you think about it... The face is still listening, right? Yeah. And more technically your ears. So it should be like, talk to the hand, my ears aren't listening. Your face doesn't. True. If anything, you'd be using your hands to block your ears.

That's the thing. But you're putting your hand out. You're still listening. You're using that for effect. Number four, Booyah. Oh, Booyah. I remember Clint Brown, former TV3 sports reader. Booyah was his big one, wasn't it?

Yeah. He would sort of go, and the All Blacks have won. Booyah. Booyah, yeah. Oh, it's In the news. You had to have a lot of swagger and confidence to pull off a booyah, didn't you? It's almost, you know, the 2021 version is, Lash go, which I can't do.

I don't have the confidence to do it. Lash go. See, Juliet can do it. You're right. A booyah was kind of like that, yeah. You're all that and a bag of chips. I don't understand that. It was a compliment.

It was. I'm saying you're everything plus something else. Oh. And I don't know why you were plus shards of salty potatoes. Which now we've probably learned they're not quite as good for you as maybe we thought they were. You're all that and you're going to have a heart attack. Do you remember shame on your name?

Oh, shame on your name. So what you do is you use your thumb and your forefinger and you run that down your jawline. Oh, my God. Sort of rubbing your chin. Shame. Go shame. Shame on your name.

Yeah, that's right. When you did something and you're like, someone was picking on you. You're like, without bullying you, basically. Oh, okay. But then that kind of advanced. For whatever reason reason you start rubbing both fingers the forefinger that's right like you're starting a little fire or something with some sticks or something yeah that was also shame shame you're like oh yeah i got it i put my hand up i tried to answer something i got it wrong sorry guys i was giving it a crack yeah we're all learning here in class. It was online trolling without the online part.

It was good old trolling, face-to-face trolling. I also really enjoyed, this is number two on the most used slang in the 90s, the well-timed use of not. So you look really cool in those glasses. Pause, pause, pause, pause. Not. Not. Not. And it was all in the timing. So you look really cool in those glasses Pause, pause, pause, pause Not Not And it was all in the timing

It was in the timing People would go, oh thanks very much Not Julia, that's a nice hair scrunchie Pause, pause, pause, pause, pause Not It was well done That was a good fun trip down memory lane

Yeah, there you go, See you some of that today. And people will look at you strangely. Not. The Hit Spy with your entertainment reporter, Julianne Rother. Yes, this time brought to you by Zap flavoured milk. Oh, Zap. Zap milk. You can drink us.

Then you can blow up the container and jump on it and make it sound like a gunshot in the schoolyard. Oh, wow. Yes, zap. That would drive the teachers insane, wouldn't it? Just be like, bang, bang, bang. All through lunchtime, kids jumping on me. You're taking me back. All right, well, what are we doing for Spy today?

Because let me reflect on the news of today. Yes, but we're going to reminisce on the biggest celebrity couples and the biggest festival lineups from the early 90s. So one of the biggest it couples in the 90s today. Yes, but we're going to reminisce on the biggest celebrity couples and the biggest festival lineups from the early 90s. So one of the biggest it couples in the 90s was Kate Moss and Johnny Depp, supermodel and actor. They dated from 1994 until 1998

and the magazines kind of demonstrated them as the PDA couple. They were quite full on with their PDA and everyone was like, oh, hello. I reckon they're going to last forever, those two. Yeah. But then it ended up, I think, being quite a volatile relationship. They were both quite young.

They were both very good looking. Yeah. Oh, wow. It's funny, we had about the same time. Rachel Hunter and Rod Stewart were all over the women's magazines as well. They were married as well. For a while. For like eight years or so.

A couple of kids as well. So that would have been a big news story round about this time as well. Yeah, New Zealand was starting to turn, wasn't it? We got that mention in Point Break, the movie. We were like, where are you going, New Zealand? Rachel started dating a famous person. We're like, oh, this is how we get noticed. Okay, have we got more hot people we can date?

And we still love it just as more nowadays. We love being mentioned. All noticed from overseas, don't we? Another big couple was Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow. They got together in 1994. She was only 22. He was 30. They later got engaged but then broke up.

And then she moved on with Ben Affleck. Did she date Ben Affleck? Yeah. Oh, I forgot about that. She did. I think until the year 2000. Okay. Interesting.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, obviously they were together for, I think, over a decade. Married in 1987, had three daughters together, but they're now kind of known as Hollywood's friendliest exes. Yeah, they still hang out together. And even during lockdown, they all moved in. Bruce moved out of his girlfriend's house and then moved in with his ex-wife. Yeah, and the whole family, just because, yeah, that's what you do. I don't know how cool the girlfriend was with it. You'd come too.

No. Well, you can. I'm not know how cool the girlfriend was with it. You'd come too. No. Well, you can. I'm not locking down with you and your ex-wife for four months. All right, suit yourself. And some of the big festivals in the early 90s, Glastonbury. The headline acts were Oasis. They were a huge band of the early 90s, Oasis, that's for sure. Bickering their way through the 90s.

Johnny Cash. Was he a Glastonbury? He was. He was. Jinx. We are in sync. We're like Justin Timberlake, bro. We are in sync.

Justin Timberlake from the late 90s. Bit of Radiohead. Oh, yeah. That's a great song. Too Creep. And for Coachella, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash again, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine,

Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Snoop Doggy Dog. Wow, is he just Snoop Dogg now? Is that the same person? Yeah, he was Snoop Doggy Dog back then. Was he? Yeah. I think he was Snoop Lion for a stage as well, wasn't he? He's had a couple of rebrands. He's like Puff Daddy. He's had a few, hasn't he?

Yeah, he went sort of reggae, didn't he? He's like, I'm going to be a reggae artist now. And then that lasted, I think, a couple of months. Wow, he's lasted a long time. He's done amazingly well. Then he was a good punny as the dog father for a while there. Yeah. That is very good.

It's a versatile name. Now, it's back to that 90s show with your hosts, Jono and Ben. We are taking it back to when the hits first started, the 90s, and that was New Kids on the Block, Step by Step, one of the biggest boy bands of the 90s. Before we reflect more on some of the other boy bands, we've got a fax machine, a working fax machine. We got quite excited during the song because the fax, it said receive.

We got excited it was going to come through, but then it didn't come through. And producer B hums, oh, it's ringing. Are we getting a fax, it said receive. We got excited it was going to come through, but then it didn't come through. And producer B hums, oh, it's ringing. Are we getting a fax? If you want to fax us, what's the number there again, Ben Boyce? The number is 09-300-7130. At moments like these, you realise what a painfully slow method of communication the fax machine was. Juliet, do you know there was a time where, you know, imagine sending pictures of your genitals on the fax machine. You know, it took hours. And it was a time where Imagine sending pictures of your genitals on the fax machine It took hours And it was a slow reveal

Is a fax a cut Like is it colourised No it's all black and white Hand drawn You had to sketch around it So it says receive Are we meant to push fax start I've been so long since

We'll keep you up to date with the ongoing uh fax storyline uh will we receive a fax before the end of the show thank you to whoever's trying to send us a fax it's so exciting yeah it's very exciting we appreciate it from your end it's just not working from our end max is reading the instruction manual there uh so we will get on you know the 90s the 90s was a golden era for the boy bands, wasn't it? This is well before Simon Cowell turned One Direction into a pubescent ATM machine. This was a time where you could simply slap together a group of handsome gentlemen but theme them all. You could have Sport Guy, Nice Guy, Randy Guy, Bad Guy, Disappointing Guy

and they could be a boy band And this is The top five boy bands of the 90s I must give an honourable mention to Colour Me Bad Oh yeah Contrary to the name Colour Me Bad weren't a group of people

Who couldn't colour in between the lines They were a very sexy group I want to sex you up It's awkward listening to this song With my mum on the radio But yeah it was't they? I want to sex you up. I always start awkward listening to this song with my mum on the radio. But yeah, it was a confusing time. I want to sex you up. The mechanics of that, how does that work? I don't know.

Sexing someone up. I don't know. Probably led to many complications in teenage bedrooms in the 90s. Many HR incidents around workplaces. Take that. Perhaps the most famous boy band from the UK. Robbie Williams was in there. Gary Barlow.

Jason, Howard and Mark, whoever they were. They filled out the numbers. And they spent a long time apologising in this song. Whatever I said, whatever I did. They don't know what they said or did, but they're apologising for it. So thank you to Take That. Boys to Men. Oh, we played a song earlier from Boys to Men.. Boys to Men. Oh, we played a song

earlier from Boys to Men. They were so awesome. Oh, jeez. And they did a great job of getting, you know, four for one bargains on the same outfits. And they looked fantastic dressed in the same clothes. Caps as well, too. They pulled that look off. They were awesome.

Boys to Men. Well, now the trend. It was sort of like a transition to puberty, wasn't it? The name of their band. Now what are. Yeah, Boys to Men. Well, now the... It was sort of like a transition to puberty, wasn't it, the name of their band? Now, what are they? More men to men. Yeah, fully developed men.

Before Beyonce dropped Destiny's Child like an irresponsible parent, Timberlake did the same to this band. NSYNC. Yeah. This was his starting platform, wasn't it?

That's right. Justin Timberlake. And without a doubt, the number one boy band of the 90s, the Backstreet Boys. Oh, they're in the iconic white suits. They've got all white suits, you know. Yeah. Now they're a bit older, Backst white suits. They've got all white suits, you know. Now they're a bit older, Backstreet's backs.

Probably a little sore, sore, their lower backs. They go to the chiropractor now, thanks to old age. Yeah, their lower backs, if it's sore in the Backstreet Boys. And the thing that always confused me about the Backstreet Boys, they sang that song, I Want It That Way. You remember that? I don't care who you are, what you've done, what you did, as long as you love me.

But essentially opening the door for a horrible human being who's committed some heinous crimes in the past. They don't care. They're forgiving the Backstreet Boys. They are loving guys. But it's actually an iconic Kiwi group around about the same time as well. And we're going to talk to the lead singer, one of the two lead singers next. Oh, these are in my childhood.

I think this is probably the first record I purchased. This is so awesome. Yeah, I hear it right now. It is Supergroup, Sitting Inside My Head. It is the hits. Jono and Ben taking it back to the 90s. Oh, fax! Fax is coming! Fax is coming! I walk around this town, there's buildings closed and wind...

Oh, such a good tune. It's Supergroup, Sitting Inside My Head. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, we're taking it back to when the hits first started the early 90s. We bought a fax machine yesterday and we put out the number 09-300-7130. Didn't know if anyone else had a fax machine because we didn't until yesterday. We just got two faxes. Two faxes in a row.

One international fax. Thank you to our dear friend, our US correspondent, Johnny Lovegrove in Portland, Oregon. So they came through and it was an actual fact on the facts. It was. So extra points for faxing through a fact there, John. Sort of the Scottish inventor, Alexander Bain, actually painted the facts in 1843. But then the first fax was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876. There you go.

So that we're now calling it a facts of the day. Facts of the day, day, day. It's our new segment based around facts, not facts. And there's no copyright issues there because it's a different spelling. It's F-A-X. Facts of the day, day, day. And a completely different vehicle to get the facts. Totally, yeah.

Michael Perkins, too, from Mount Maunganui, who sent us from Watson Hughes a fax, too. Oh, this is amazing. Keep firing through the faxes, guys. It's a huge waste of paper. But hey, we'll recycle those and do some stuff at some stage. Well, we just played Supergroove, such an iconic Kiwi group from the early 90s. And right now, I think we've got Carl Stephen

from Supergroove on the phone, is it? It is. Thank you. Lovely to have you on, mate. How have you been? Oh, pretty good. It's a bit hard to sum up how you've been for the last decade or so, but pretty good is a good summary, Carl.

Yeah, you know, it evens out, you know, the short times and the great times, and then pretty good. I just saw a reading before you were playing Super Groover, playing with Lorde in Christchurch next year, which is pretty exciting. I know, freaky. Now, if you don't mind me asking, Carl, what are you doing nowadays? I make music for a lot of sort of film and television.

So, yeah, that's the main thing. Oh, gee whiz, you're like the Hans Zimmer of New Zealand. That's right. I don't have the velvet jacket. Now, we are, we're doing a 90s show and we're reflecting on the 90s and Supergroove was such a big part of New Zealand during the 90s. What memories does it bring back when you think of Supergroove during that 90s for you? Well, it was a bit of a whirlwind, you know,

the first part of the 90s, but I definitely remember all that touring of New Zealand that we did. You know, you mentioned the Lorde show next year. It's just such a contrast when I think of touring back in those days. Most towns literally didn't have a venue where bands could play. We used to take all the staging with us, the PA, the lights, and just basically build a rock venue and a nightclub. Attraction was my first album, my first CD I ever bought, and I went to United Video, which also doubled up as a CD store. They were diversifying.

Oh, did they sell CDs there? Yeah, the one near me did, yeah. And I spent the money on that, and then I followed up with Tractor too. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah, I was a huge fan. Yeah, me too, yeah. Your success came when you were sort of 17, 18 years old, the whole band.

Yeah, we were pretty young. I mean, if you don't finish high school, you get that edge, you know, you have that extra advantage. You've been out in the world that much longer. I don't know what message you're passing on to the kids nowadays. Is it dropout? No. Becoming successful?

Well, you know, just if you know what you're interested in, I think that's a great thing. Because obviously yourself and Shea were up front with the band, weren't you? Yeah, we were sort of on the microphones. Yeah, no, it's very cool. And you even played with New Kids on the Block, I was just reading before. You're open for New Kids on the Block. How's that for a 90s throwback?

Yeah, that's right. That was good. It was a very exciting show for us. I mean, usually we played with, like, bands like Pumpkinhead and, like, way more alternative bands, which we also really liked. Yeah. And it's funny, you meet a lot of middle-aged women these days and they say, you know, quietly, first time I saw you, well, the new kid's on the block.

So, yeah, we've made a few new friends of the music. What was your favourite Super Groove song? Oh, I guess, sitting inside my head, I'm pretty pleased with, you know, it's got the emotions and Shea sings it so beautifully. And, yeah, I feel like we... It's funny, recently I listened to old demos of that song that we recorded before the album,

and that song had a swing, big band bridge, and it was almost like a reggae groove, and it didn't change chords, and we just kind of completely rewrote the song going into the album sessions, and I think we did a bit of a good job knocking it together from a real piece of crap into something like this, you know?

It was an amazing song. Yeah, it's a beautiful song. Yeah, it is. The other one I want to talk to you about was, of course, Can't Get Enough was another huge song. And your rapping in there was so quick through some of that part. You know, I was young. You know, you'd just eat a packet of Skittles and away you go.

Munchos, Munchos, wasn't that your back in the day? Oh, that's right. In fact, I talked about touring. We did that Munchos commercial, and that was like what opened the door for us to a lot of those nightclubs that we transformed into venues for the night, because they were like,

what, a band touring from Auckland? We don't want to know about that. And then the manager, Stu, would say, oh, they're the ones from the Munchos commercial. And I'd say, oh, the Munchos commercial. Oh, hey, we'll have them. They're the ones from the Munchos commercial. That'll book the gigs.

Well, listen, congratulations on all the success the band has had and continues to have. Do you still have the lung capacity to pull off that quick wrapping at Electric Avenue next year, Carl? That is the real question. I think it's best to think of it more like a sports match, you know,

like what's going to happen, who's going to win, who's going to get a bad injury. Yeah, that's how I'm thinking of it. Are there actual lyrics to remember? Because I remember, I think it was in the album sleeve, they had the lyrics all just written

on top of each other, basically. Hits for Hits, better and worse. That's right. Yes, that was me writing. I wrote out all that junk for the album artwork. So that kind of gave you a get-out-of-jail-free pass if you kind of screw it up in concert. You're like, oh, well, there's no actual lyrics.

Exactly. I'll just use that as my lyric sheet on stage as a memory cue. Lovely speaking with you this morning, mate. You keep well on it. It sounds like you're nailing life, so keep on trucking. Thank you. You too. Nice to talk to you. Celebrating the hits starting in 1994,

it's Jono and Ben with that 90s show. Taking it back to when the hits first started, the early 90s, it's been so much fun this morning playing some 90s tunes, talking to some 90s stars, and we've got a working fax machine as well. Yeah, thank you to the wonderful people at Palmerston North Hospital who have sent us fax.

Have a great day, John and Ben. That's actually from their new fax machine in Palmerston North Hospital. So I tell you what, all of these fax, everyone who sends us a fax will go on the draw for a 90s prize too. We've got a whole bunch of stuff. We've got rollerblades, Nirvana t-shirts.

Tamagotchis. You know, we've got knuckle bones. A Walkman. We've got heaps of cool stuff. We've got a Llanos Morissette cassette. See it on the Hits Instagram. We've got Simon Barnett joining us very shortly. He was the host of Face the Music and many other iconic shows during the 90s.

But I want to reflect just quickly on a couple of other iconic TV moments. During the 90s, there was only a couple of channels. You only had a couple of options. TV2, they had their massive promos they'd have as well. Oh, I remember this. It takes two, baby. And it was like a video. It was like a rave in a warehouse.

Oh, yeah. They were having a lot of fun. And there was some guy who was very muscly but in like a leather Borat outfit for some reason holding the tv2 symbol it was a wild time and then that tv2 i don't know if you remember this but it must have been like now looking back it must mean when the program didn't finish quite on the half hour or the hour they would fill that would sort of fill time and they'd always play this video they'd always play do the batman it was I loved it As a kid I loved it

But it was like they'd always play Do The Bartman We're down by three minutes Do The Bartman News is running late We'll put on Do The Bartman Another iconic TV theme I would love it if they crossed from a news story And they're like we're out of time

We're going to have to play Do The Bartman And the Iraq war has just broken out Everybody if you're getting Do The Bartman Here's an iconic TV theme We're going to have to play the boat. You know what we need to do. And the Iraq war has just broken out. Everybody, if you're getting to the bar, man, here's an iconic TV theme that you may remember from the 90s as well. Oh, Baywatch. Baywatch. Jeez, just a slow motion montage of washboard abdominals and bouncing body parts, wasn't it?

I mean, there were so many iconic shows. Fresh Prince 90210, Full House, Captain Planet, so many iconic shows, but Bay 90210, Full House, Captain Planet. So many iconic shows. But Baywatch, what a theme tune. And just quickly, Sir Paul Holmes, legendary TV presenter. 7 p.m. every night, he was on screen with The Holmes Show. Now, he's the funniest man in the world. And if you dispute me on this, you fax me.

You tell me who's funnier. Who is funnier? Tommy Cooper's dead. George Burns is dead. You tell me. Robin Williams. I mean, he was... Fax him. You tell him. I love it. You fax me. Tell me who's funnier. But he was, you tell me. Robin Williams. Fax him.

I love it. You fax me and tell me who's funnier, but he was a legend. Well, you can fax us too and tell us who's funnier. Yeah, we've actually got a working fax machine. And one last thing to reflect on TV before we go, back then in the early 90s, this. When TV would shut off for the night in the good night, he would go to bed.

That was the end of television. It was incomprehensible for them to go, well, TV can't go past midnight. We can't have anyone in the TV station overnight to make sure it's running. And people wouldn't want to stay up and watch it. So shut it off. It's very more the 80s than the 90s, but it was just a time where it was like, well, TV's done, put the TV to bed, the goodnight Kiwis go to bed. And your grandparents had a TV curtain.

They would put down a curtain over the TV, literally put the TV to bed. It was time for TV to go to bed, and time to put that to bed. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome another celebrity guest. Joining us via Zoom, which only would have been a thought in some visionary's eyes back in the 90s, Zoom. We want to talk about the sports. See, sports that happened in the 90s. I mean, Daniel Loder won gold in the swimming, and it was pretty amazing.

I remember Nicky Jenkins. You remember her, the gymnast? Yeah, that's right. She got like a bronze, I think, at the Commonwealth Games. The cricket team were playing in some teal colour for some reason, like Air New Zealand's spirits. Were they still sponsored by cigarettes back then? I think cigarette sponsorship might have stopped in the 80s Oh right, they were a wonderful backer of sports cigarettes weren't they?

Anyway, we're joined by former All Black captain And he was captain of the All Blacks during a golden era of rugby Live from the UK where he is now living The one and only Sean Fitzpatrick. Welcome. Thank you, guys. Pleasure to be here. I didn't know the dress was 90s.

You could have put on the old All Blacks top. Maybe you had the collars up. That was the Sean Fitzpatrick look. He always had the collars up playing on the field. Got one of those. They've taken the collar off now. Yeah, they have actually. That's changed. The shirts are a bit tighter too.

Very figure-hugging now, isn't it? You played, I was reading, 63 Test matches in a row. Was that right? 63 games for the All Blacks in a row. That's a phenomenal achievement. I was mean. I won't lie, I was pretty mean. Totally dedicated to the cause.

Nothing else mattered. I liked playing Test rugby. I didn't want to give anyone else a chance, I suppose. And I wanted to be the best I could be, and I was just fortunate, guys. I played in an Auckland era that was second to none. Oh, it was, yeah. In terms of that sort of late 80s team, early 90s, mid-90s,

just a phenomenal group of guys that wanted to be the best they could be. And winning was everything. You know, ironically, they only just started winning this year again, Sean, since that period. The Blues, yeah. I talk about me. Being in a winning environment is not easy. You need everyone to have that attitude.

And the Blues are getting it back. And I'm really pleased for them. I think they've gone to the next level, and it's going to get harder and harder. Being good is not easy. Now, Sean Fitzpatrick, we're looking back at the 90s. You won a World Cup, and then, of course, in 1995, there was the South African World Cup.

John Olomou kind of burst onto the scene, became a superstar. You guys lost that really close match against South Africa. Can you look back at that and say that was a special time, or isomou kind of burst onto the scene, became a superstar. You guys lost that really close match against South Africa. Can you look back at that and say that was a special time or is it still kind of hurt looking at that sort of World Cup? Yeah, I look like I suppose it still hurts a little bit. Sorry to bring it up.

It was a lost opportunity but a lot of good has come from that. I've made some, believe it or not I've made some great mates out of that but a lot of good has come from that. Believe it or not, I've made some great mates out of that 95 team and the South African team. I look at that Mandela factor and just being in that stadium that day was amazing and we gave it everything we could and we came up short at the end of the day

but it was good fun to be part of, I can assure you of that. You mentioned Mandela. I assume you got to meet the great man. Were there any other fantastic people you actually got to come in contact with over your career? You know, Sir Edmund Hillary used to live up the road from us, so he was pretty cool. That's awesome.

I loved him. He was such a humble man, and to achieve what he did in that time to be able to achieve what he did was phenomenal but then to I suppose to meet Mandela and I met him a few times actually we met him in 92 and then throughout that sort of period when we were there occasionally we would come across him just a hugely inspirational man then and then i was fortunate in 2000 to to become a member of the laureus academy and he was our founding patron a gentleman called johan rupert you know said you know this is wonderful you you ex-sports people are all here today and your founding patron will be nelson mandela we all went oh yeah that's that's really good thank you very much and with that the door opened and in walked the great man wow that is awesome we had a couple of

days with him and yeah he changed you know in terms of what sport is all about and that's that's what mandela gave us he said you know, you have an opportunity to use sport as a mechanism for change. And, you know, that's what we're about. But, yeah, a phenomenal man who did so much good. Wow. Well, Fitzy, before we let you go, we've just got a couple of bits of audio, some commentary from the 90s.

It might be hard over Zoom. We're going to play these to you and we want to see if you can remember the game. I suppose you're going to want to fill credit on the game of 2000. Well, we've found some audio. We want to see if you remember the game that these happened.

Let's start with this one. He's handing it off his opposite. Lamu. Couldn't hear that. Oh, can you hear it? Can you hear that? No, not really. That's all right.

No, we don't have to do that. Well, that game didn't work. Why don't you guys do it? You do it. I'll react to it. Okay, I'll react to it. He's handed it off. Lomu.

Oh. Oh. Oh, 95 at Newlands. That's right. It's England. Yeah, great. Okay, so we'll get the next bit of audio. We'll react to it.

Okay, okay. This is builded up stuff from the All Blacks now. Joseph. They must score here. do they, through Fitzpatrick? Yes! So it's John McBeth commentating. He's like, this is builded up stuff from the All Blacks here. Joseph. Fitzpatrick will score.

Yes! Oh, the Lions third test Eden Park. Oh, yes! He knows. I love this game. This one's longest. This is a bit of a challenge. Okay, yes. No. I love this game. This one's longest. This is a bit of a challenge. Okay, we've got to listen to this one.

Forced a neat little dummy. Cheeky running this. And what a confident player. Trumbling up the middle. Hick hooker's died. It's Fitzpatrick over the corner. Wilson's outside. But Fitzpatrick wanted it all himself.

Okay. London. Okay. Bashup. Yeah. Cheek. London. Okay. Bashup. Yeah. Cheeky little dummy there from Bashup. Fitzpatrick running up towards the corner. Wilson's there.

He dummies. Oh, he got tackled. Fitzpatrick wanted it. Oh, no, that was quick enough. Yes. Oh, my God. I was still embarrassed about that. I should have just passed it.

Did you miss a try? Yeah, no, I got smashed. You went for a dummy, and even the commentators started ripping into you afterwards going, oh, Wilson was on the outside. He dummied. He wanted it all himself. I was twigging him in 93. When you see that line, Fitzy, you want to go for it, mate.

Oh, Fitzy, so nice catching up with you. You were such an awesome part of the All Black history and New Zealand sport through the 90s and then beyond. So good to talk to you. From the year of Barney and Friends Laughing is good for you. This is Jono and Ben's That 90s Show. Yesterday I got lost in a sort of

internet hole. That's what you normally do, Jono, but I got lost yesterday reflecting on some great ads. TV ads from the 90s. I want to see how many of these you remember. This was an exciting time for advertising, wasn't it, where pretty much every commercial was bought you by cocaine, I think. Oh, there was this iconic one.

There was an airline called Ansett. Ansett was around for a bit. And then that morphed into Jetstar. Is that what happened? I'm pretty sure. Yeah, I don't know what happened to Ansett, but I do remember the end of this ad. Very iconic. Any luck with the keys? Not a problem.

I gave them to the pilot and he threw them out the window. So the guy had got his keys on the plane. That's right. And he was like, what do I do? So he gave it to the steward and she gave it to the pilot. And he did literally flew it out the window, but safely to someone who. To the ground staff. Yeah, but that was the bit of that ad.

I do remember that, yes. Georgie, do you remember Georgie Pie? Yeah, actually. Have you got a Georgie Pie one? I have. Yeah, have a was the bit of that ad. I do remember that, yes. Georgie, do you remember Georgie Pie? Yeah, actually. Have you got a Georgie Pie one? I have, yeah. Have a listen to this. Georgie Pie's famous $1 menu now has even more choice. More choice on the $1 menu.

$1. I know. Oh, what a dream. Well, it's quite unsettling to think what the hell was in the pies at $1. I think the most expensive thing on the menu is a $4 item, wasn't it? That was a good thing. You can get, you know, like a dessert for $4. So you're right. When you think back, you're like, maybe I should pay $4.

I'd be nervous to pay a dollar for a pie now. Yes, me too. I'd be like, no. This is off. This was another big department store that was in New Zealand during the 90s. Ticka-ticka. Oh, Ticka-ticka. Yeah, before the Briscoe's lady was hocking off her Manchester.

Yeah. Deca was in the game, weren't they? That's right. This song as well, from an ad, I think you'll remember. And the start of it sounds like, I got a call from Mr. Pryor, which is your last name. Have a listen. Got a call from Mr. Pryor. He's bringing round a buyer the kitchen

and she had had a bender the night before and she woke up in a mess and then uh the sales agent was bringing up every surface yeah she's come around she cleaned the whole thing up and yeah even hung over without a blue parade or a dollar georgie pie she cleaned the whole thing up uh this is another trip down memory lane for you guys if you remember this from the early 90s. These ice blocks. I'm the Polar Pop Bear. Polar Pop, Polar Pop.

And I live in the fall. Polar Pop Bear sounds a bit slow. He's got a concussion. I'm the Polar Pop Bear. Or maybe he was having a bender with the spray and wipe lady The night before And this is another iconic TV ad in New Zealand From the 90s as well

Take me back to the rainbow That rainbow kind of magic This is such a great gig We also had singles as well That weren't just ads for Rainbow's End But such amazing harmonies, amazing ad. It was a great time where everything had a theme song, didn't it? No matter what it was.

I remember there was a water shortage, but even back then, I think Auckland had a water shortage for about 30 years, but they had Robert D. Frog, and he released a song called Deaf to Be Green, and it was like a funky... I must have missed that. It was a funky rap about... Was it around Crazy Frog time or before? No, well before. Robert D. Frog. to be green and it was like a funky I must have missed that it was a funky rap about

was it about Crazy Frog time or before no well before Robert D. Frog Robert D. Frog and he would he would rap

about how to conserve water oh wow I can't I don't remember that but I do remember this final thing no you went for

the whited upper you had water coming out of everywhere do you remember this as well the crunchy ad on the train

on the train yeah I don't know why everyone was basically biking over a crunchy bar and everyone was getting thrown off the train. Turned into an all-in brawl, didn't it? Over a crunchy bar, a Western-style thing. But there you go.

There's a wee bit of reflection from the 90s. You know why our sales managers are going to be like, none of those clients paid for that. Well, Anset doesn't exist anymore. We'll be chasing up Anset for that 30-second spot. And Decker, mate, we want some money for that. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben.

It is the hits. Jono and Ben, what a tune from the 90s, Waterfalls. And what a person from the 90s joining us right now. He was the host of the biggest game show on TV in the 90s, Sale of the Century. Steve Parr joins us right now. Thanks so much for your time. How are you doing?

It's a pleasure to be with you guys this morning. Oh my God, this is the interview of the century. Yeah, nice to see you. It's so good to see you again. Whereabouts in the world are you? I am in a little place called Brisbane in Australia. I've heard of Brisbane. Been here 20 years.

20 years? What do you do now, Steve Parr? I work in the renewable energy industry. So promoting, selling, looking after people's solar power and battery storage systems for their homes. Oh, wow. So you can get us a deal on a bit of a solar power system for the house there. Yeah, it depends on the

exchange rate. I could probably do it for you. Yeah, nice. Now, I see you've still got, we can see you over Zoom, which is great. You've still got a moustache and a beard, because your moustache was very iconic when you were on TV. Yes, that moustache and a beard because your moustache was very iconic when you were on TV. Yes, that moustache caused a – it was great. It caused a few cartoons to be made, and that was one of the features of the cartoons.

Is that the same moustache? Yeah, that's a good question. Has it gone and come back, or is it the moustache from Sale of the Century? Well, it's always been on the face. We are talking to the moustache from Sale of the Century. it's always been on the face we are talking to the mustache from sale of the century what an unusual question but i get your point the sale of the century i read it uh in the weekend and someone had written i think from the spinoff and they always said it was kind of like the chase of the 90s you know the chase is such a big tv show on on now and it was new zealand's biggest tv show seven o'clock every night it was, every night 7 o'clock, we had 1.3 million people

watching it every night, rated number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 every week in the ratings We've got some audio which might take you back Steve Parr from Sailor the Century Have a listen to this introduction, I think Grant Walker speaking, the famous voiceover artist, he is listing off the show's prizes. Tonight on New Zealand's biggest sales sensation, we're offering over $70,000 in prizes,

including this spacious Lancer GL wagon, valued at over $27,000 for just $550. On Sale of the Century. Oh, I love it. And then you would come hurtling on stage and you would slide in. Yeah, that was a very special moment. The show didn't used to start like that. One of the first week or so we didn't have any slide. It was just a walk in, a gentle wave and good evening.

Jeremy and I. But there was something missing at the front. It needed a bit of a zing. So we came up with the idea of try the slide in and it worked beautifully and that became the trademark of the show. It did. I think there was an indie pop group, indie rock group that was called Steve Pass Slide. That's right. The Steve Pass Slide. They were based in Christchurch. I've heard their music. Yeah, fairly impressed. It became something that we all knew. You don't seem overly impressed with the Steve Pass Slide.

Fairly impressed. They were good. They play good music. It's a view. But there was one time, one famous clip where you overshot the sort of the podium. Was that meant to happen or was it just a blooper that we all got to see?

No, it wasn't entirely meant to happen. It was on the 100th episode that we did. And yeah, I just missed the podium. You've really got to have a lot of confidence when you come sliding into a show, don't you? Like your ankles need to be strong, agile, knees, you want to bend down. I imagine the floor, did you add a lubricant to the floor? Why was it so slidey? It was just good old-fashioned.

I'm pretty sure it was New Zealand virgin wool carpet and leather shoes. And after the show finished, those shoes were donated to the Transport Museum in Palmerston North. Oh, really? Yes. Imagine the kilometres and kilometres those shoes slid. They slid the length of the North Island. That's why they went to the transport museum.

What do you think it was about the show that made it so popular? I mean, it was the biggest show on TV. Yeah, it was. It was a combination of the fact that it was so involving of the audience. It was very, very much a show that the people could, at home, you could play along with it. You got to be able to say things at home like, God, that guy's a prat, or I knew that question,

or why didn't he get that one? And it really was, it was the involvement. Jude had a lot to do with it, her pulling power. She was a very popular part of the show. And later on on TV3, Julie as well, she was great to work with. So it was just the right show for the right time in New Zealand, it was perfect. It was a simpler time, wasn't it? I mean, you just mentioned there to touch on a point where people could sit at home and call the contestants prats. Well, now you

get to do that on the internet. It's not quite as nice, though, is it? It's been so nice to see you again. It's been a real great trip down memory lane. We really appreciate your time and being such a huge part of so many Kiwis, you know, like fondness of that era. It's just so good to talk to you. It's a pleasure, Jono and Ben. Thanks for calling. Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. And you want to play a little game with us now. Yeah, we do this from time to time, but you've kind of flipped it slightly. Yeah, so you're going to make a booking at a cafe, okay, and then I'm going to play music from the 90s, and you need to seamlessly integrate the name of the artist into the conversation, okay? Oh, that's not going to be hard at all. Just take my lead on this, alright? Okay, so try and say the artist's name when I hear the music.

Yeah, we'll go through the cafe at Nelson here. Oh, jeez. Hello, Groucho's Cafe, speaking with Ava. Oh, hi there. How are you doing? Good, how are you? You're good. I'm one of the new kids on the block to the area.

What's that, sorry? I've moved back, and I was looking for someone coming somewhere for lunch. Yeah, did you want to make a booking? Yeah, I do. It's quite weird being back in town, though. Yeah, for what day? Was that today? I see some of my old mates turning from boys to men.

Anyway, I was thinking maybe coming in for lunch tomorrow. How's tomorrow looking? Yeah, of course tomorrow. Okay. It's not that busy at all. What time did you want to come in? Well, I'm working on the car at the moment, giving that a bit of a TLC, so maybe 12 o'clock? 12 o'clock, of course. Yeah.

Coolio, is that all good? And how many people? Four of us. That'd be good. Four? Yep. Cool, and a name for that? That would just be under

salt and pepper. Trevor? Yeah, Trevor sounds good. Yep, Trevor would be good. No doubts though you're busy though. You're busy at the moment? At the moment. Oh yeah, do you guys need like desserts?

Yep, we do do desserts. Anything with vanilla ice cream or anything like desserts? Yeah, we do do desserts Anything with vanilla ice cream or anything like that? Yeah, we can do ice cream on the side Awesome, that's really good Cool What's that, sorry? Do you sell meatloaf? Sell what, sorry?

Meatloaf Meatloaf, no we don't sell meatloaf I'm not a big fan of meatloaf, so that's good. Yeah. Cool. Sorry. So what was the name for the booking? You just put it under the Venga Boys.

The? Venga Boys. It's just me and the Venga Boys coming down for lunch. The Bigger Boys? The Venga Boys. Oh, sure. Yeah, we'll take the Venga bus and we'll be arriving. Just to see if there's nothing too Yeah, we'll take the Venga bus and we'll be arriving. Just a second.

You're nothing too spicy, eh? On the menu? Nothing? I'm not, like, red hot chilli peppers, not really into that sort of thing? No. Oh, good. That's good. That's really handy.

What was the contact number for the booking? Can I look? I'm going to level with you right now it's john or ben calling from the hits radio station oh yeah john is making me try and insert 90s artists bands into the conversation i'm struggling yeah yeah that's why i'm talking about the boys and boys to men I was so confused I was quite confused too I was really struggling

to weave someone was that Savage Garden at the end of the day? yeah you were a savage you have a nice place to sit outside like a Savage Garden I could have lunch

you were very polite for a lady who was bamboozled for the last two minutes thank you yeah you were you were Yeah, you're wonderful. Hey, we're going to send you out something for wasting your time. Thank you. Hey, hold the line

and we'll grab your details. Okay, thank you. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. And Ben, the landline. A staple of communication throughout the 90s, wasn't it, the landline? You had your contact list in your head, Juliet.

You just had to remember your friends' numbers. Or a little book that Mum would always lose. Mum would always lose her address book. It was all great drama because you couldn't call anyone without that address book. A lot of responsibility on that address book. Did she have two copies? No, I don't think so. One that she had.

Yeah, I know. She was risking it all for those. The addresses she'd booked up over the years. What if it did go? Oh, yeah, it was panic station. that she'd have. Yeah, I know. She was risking it all for those, you know, the dresses she'd booked up over the years. What if it did go? Well, she could... Oh, yeah, with panic stations. Her life was gone. Panic stations if you lost that address block.

That's for sure. And I remember when you knew, if you wanted to talk to your friend, you'd have to politely ask their mum or dad on the other end of the phone. Yes. Hi, Mrs. Thompson, is Jason there? And someone would pick up on the other phone when you'd be on it. Oh, I'm on it! Or someone would pick up and the other phone when you'd be on even oh i'm on here so you pick up and try to listen yeah always the uh mischievous siblings would pick up and listen to

conversations of brothers i know you're on there i know you get really grumpy and then oh then uh your dad would be like i need to use the phone he would sort of abruptly come on if you were talking for hours on end uh so there we go. I managed to convince my parents to give me a three-way calling. Oh, yeah. You know, three-way calling. Yeah. And I'd use it for nefarious purposes for people who suspected their girlfriends or boyfriends of cheating on them around the schoolyard. Right.

And I would phone up as the heartbreak kid they called me. I'll record you that. Oh, I called myself the heartbreak kid. I'm the heartbreak kid for another reason now, mainly my clogged arteries. But I would phone up and then try and lead them into admitting that they were, you know, two-timing. And the other person would be listening on the phone in silence.

And then I'd be like... So you kind of catfished them into... Yeah, it was like a show to catch a predator. With less predators. But then I'd do the reveal at the end and... You gotcha, gotcha. And then mum would come on, I need to use the phone. Mum, I'm in the middle of a sting.

Anyway, Ben, you've remembered your childhood landline. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that this is the exact number that I had when I was a child. So we thought we'd call it in the Wairarapa and just see if there's any messages left for me. Ring it. and just see if there's any messages left for me. Hello? Oh, hello. Hello. Hey, it's Ben calling. How are you doing?

Good. How are you? Good. Have you got any messages for me? Ben? Yeah, no one's rung up here over the last 20 years to leave messages for me. Ben, Ben, Dave's mate, Ben. No, I did have a Dave.

I had a good friend, Dave. Look, this is a random question. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh. This used to be my old number. Do you live in the Wairarapa region? Yeah. Yeah, well, this was my old number.

We wanted to check if it still existed and if anyone had ever rung looking for Ben. Oh, I don't think so. To be honest, there would be no reason for anyone to ring looking for Ben. Yeah. How's the number been for you? Treated you well? Yeah. Oh, thank you.

We'd like to hang on to it, actually. Oh, you can keep it. You can keep it. You're probably doing a far better job with it than I ever did. Has the number done you well over the years? It has. Oh, it has? How many years have you had this number in your family? Oh, golly. a job with it than I ever did. Has the number done you well over the years? It has. It has?

How many years have you had this number in your family? Oh, golly. Well, we've been here 20 years, so I guess we've had it that long. I love a rock-solid number that, you know, the landline not getting much use nowadays. No, although we use it quite a bit, and yeah, no, it's pretty good. Do you get nervous, though, when you answer? Because you don't know who's going to call. It could be a telemarketer, someone annoying from the radio station like us.

I mean, there's plenty of annoying people on it, right? Well, that's right. We don't get much of that, but I'm not very good with voice recognition. So, yeah, and we've got no number display, you know. Yeah, you're going in cold, aren't you? Really, you are. And a lot of. Yeah, you're going in cold, aren't you? Really, you are. And a lot of people think that you're going to recognise their voice and they just start chatting, and it takes me like half a minute to realise who I'm talking to.

Yeah, because you don't want to be rude and go, who is this? Because they'll be like, it's Deirdre from down the road. Yeah, so I was thinking, who's Ben? Dave's mate. Dave's mate. I did have a good friend, Dave, back in Masterton. I lived in Masterton many years ago, and this was my old number.

Okay. Yeah. What's been your favourite phone call you've ever received on this landline number? Best bit, maybe it was the news of a birth. Maybe someone phoning from the hits. From a radio station. Radio station. John or Ben?

Oh, no. It definitely have to be a birth. Oh, yeah? One of the grandkids. Phoning from the hits From the radio station John on B Oh no It definitely Have to be a birth Oh yeah One of the grandkids Oh yeah What about When those two guys

Phoned from the radio Just sort of Oh well that was Pretty good too Yeah It was up there Really made my day Actually

Oh great Well listen You've made our day Mainly because We've got an end To this bit We didn't know If anyone was going

A the phone The phone number Would still be active Or B someone would have it You if anyone was going to, A, the phone number would still be active, or B, someone would have it. You're welcome. See you later. Keep looking after that phone number. We'll do our best.

All right, love your work. From Tamagotchi to Chatterings, this is Jono and Ben's That Nighty Show. Between 1990 and 1995, somewhere around there. Yeah, it's 2021. The boys to men have turned into sensible 50-year-olds working in appropriate jobs now. New kids on the block are now old men

and probably chariot vans dropping kids off at school now. And we want to celebrate. So what we're going to do right now, 0800 the hits, you just phone us up. You mention one thing from the 90s and we'll go, oh, and we'll make some sort of nostalgic groan Do you want to kick things off Ben? Yeah I can kick things off

Let's go Sony Discman Oh yeah, no you wouldn't have Juliet's looking at you, you're scratching your face What is it called? Picture an iPod which you wouldn't even picture now because it's not even relevant Picture your phone.

Yeah. Yeah, but picture that nine times bigger. Oh, really? And playing CDs. Yeah. So if you want to listen to a song, you've got to put a CD in there. Sony Discman. You're picturing that?

Sony Discman. So you walk around with it on. Oh, it was mobile. It was portable. Yeah. You can take it anywhere. Oh, these things. They're good.

Yeah. I have seen those Wait how did you care Did you have to hold it in your hand Because it wasn't a pocket option was it Or I had a clip you could put on your waist You go I could go for a run with it But you couldn't because it was skip

Skip Like your favourite songs Step back Baby Boyster men were making a weird love to me While that was on Like your favourite songs. Step back, baby. Where do you go? Boyster men were making a weird love to me while that was on because it was just over and over again. So, yeah, that's an example.

Do you want to do one? The fax machine. Oh, what a piece of technology. Communication technology. If you slowly wanted to retrieve a message from a machine, they'd be like, and the paper would slowly come out and you could read the message. Wasn't there two phones?

That was what, like a call, it was either a phone call or a fax? Oh, yeah. Picking up the phone, it was a fax call. Yeah, my dad would always stress it. Whenever the phone ran, I'd go and answer it. I knew it was a fax,

but I'd just go and answer it just to see him. Who's that fax? Hello? Leave it at the fax! Prior residence. It's a fax, but I'd just go and answer it just to see him. Who's that fax? You're like, hello? Leave it at the fax! Prior residence. It's a fax! And then he answers the phone. You're like, oh, it's a fax, Dad.

Who did it with a fax? But yeah, the fax machine. What we should do is we should hook up a fax machine for Friday. Can you actually still, do they still exist? I imagine you'd just plug it into the, why am I talking? I don't know what you'd plug it into. I don't know. Something.

And maybe we only give away prizes just via the form of facts. Facts. I love it. The facts of life. I love it. I love it. Okay, so 800thhits, that's how it's going to work, leading into our 90s show on Friday,

celebrating the start of the hits. Just mention something from the 90s, and we'll reminisce about it right now, okay? Oh, this is a lot of fun. Join us next. It is the hits you got, John. I'm Ben. Now it's back to that 90s show with your hosts, Jono and Ben.

Some things we can talk about. Just say a word from the early 90s and we'll go, oh, yeah. Juliet will go, what? She'll look at us strangely. We'll give each other a knowing look. And we'll move on to the next one at Rinse and Repeat. Yeah, exactly. Hey, Lloyd, you're on from Auckland.

Welcome. Hi, Jen. How are you doing? Oh, we're good. We're really pumped about this 90s show on Friday. They were the days. They were the days. They were the days. And what do you want to reminisce about there, Lloyd?

Well, here's something for Juliet. Dial-up internet. Oh, and the sound effect. Oh, gee, have we got it here? Have we got the sound? There you go. It was a painful, painful, painful, 30 to 60 seconds generally, wasn't it?

Going into an internet cafe and having to put your coins in the slot to keep it going. Oh, jeez. And like a pitcher would download from the top down, slowly, slowly, slowly get through. Do you know what coins are, by the way?

Bitcoins. Yeah, Bitcoins. Good on you, Lloyd. That's great. Cool. We'll get the dial up into networking for Friday. Leah, welcome from Fielding. Hi, guys. How are you going? We're doing well. Are you going to be tuning in Friday for the 90s Nostalgia Show? I sure am. All right.

I bullied you into it publicly. What do you want to reminisce about? Sega. Oh, Sega. Sega. Sega Master System. And then the Mega Drive. Oh, the Mega Drive.

That's right. What is that? Genuinely, I don't know what that is. It was like a PlayStation. Oh, okay. Yeah. And Alex the Kid. Do you remember Alex? Sonic the Hedgehog? Sonic the Hedgehog, I was thinking, yeah.'t know what that is. It was like a PlayStation. Oh, okay. Yeah, and Alex the Kid. Do you remember Alex?

Sonic the Hedgehog? Sonic the Hedgehog, I was thinking, yeah. Sonic was the phase. Sonic's just had a reboot with a movie recently, so, you know. What happened to Sega? Are they still a thing? I don't know. Sega World.

I remember going to Sega World in Australia. That blew my mind. I don't know if it still exists. It wouldn't blow your mind today, would it? It would be pretty bleak. Did Sega deserve a world? Yeah. Oh, that's so good, Seager.

I love it. Now, James from Rotorua. Morena, how are you? Morning, lads. Chatterings, the OG fidget spinners. Oh, Chatterings, yes. I think, were they a New Zealand thing, or were they just hugely popular in New Zealand?

They basically were a circle, like a metal circle, and you would just kind of spin it round with these sort of, almost like little nuts from a screw round it. Yeah, little copper rings. I'm not too sure. I think they might have been just from NZ, but I'm not too sure. You try and get it to spin round.

Yeah, we should give away just 90s prizes on Friday as well. Like tickets to the big day out and things like that. Yeah. Well done, you want to double pass? And also Tamagotchis. We should give away some Tamagotchis. Oh, yes! Chatterings.

Yeah. I can't think of any more 90s toys. Dismons. We can get some Dismons. Oh, it's going to be fat. Blockbuster video cards. So you can get all your favourite movies from Blockbuster. Actually, when you reminisce about stuff, you're like, oh, those were the days. But they were inconvenient days.

Like, compare it to now. Things are really a lot better now. A lot better. We should be enjoying. Now we should be celebrating 2021. Yeah. But we'll look back in the past and just remember how good things used to be, Juliet,

when you had to wait two minutes to connect to the internet. Those were the times. How long have you ever waited to connect to the internet? Never. Never? Not once? No. Want more Jono and Ben?

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