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Episode Date: April 8, 2022

Jono and Ben get Punderstruck, we lock in a Fishing Charter to help Jono catch his first fish and we have another Cliff Hanger Call featuring a dubious cup of 'Mountain Dew'See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Welcome to the podcast, Kia ora Friday the 8th of April, Ben Boyce tucking into an HCB there. A hot cross bun, yeah. Just bought it for a cost of rent. I really do enjoy a hot cross bun. And I've seen a few things online saying, why aren't they all, I realise the Easter significance of them, it's not lost on me. Well yeah, I mean you're not Christian so you wouldn't understand like I would. I do understand, you know, I learned about that in primary school and stuff, but I, yeah, I just, you're not Christian, so you wouldn't understand like I would. I do understand. I learned about that in primary school and stuff. But I just roll it out all year. Yeah.

It's amazing. I think they do have some incarnation of it. But it's amazing just what a cross adds to it. Yeah. You know, it really does add. Yeah, because you get fruit loaf and things you're with. Yeah, it's a similar flavour. It's similar to the pie, but it's not a hot cross bun, and I enjoy it.

I know they do chocolate ones now. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah, it's a similar flavour. It's a similar vibe, but yeah, it's not a hot cross bun and I enjoy it. I know they do chocolate ones now. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Targeting the younger market there. Eating a bit of

hot cross bun. We're off very shortly to go see a good close personal friend of ours who doesn't consider us close personal friends, Dan Carter.

I just wanted to say it. He's doing a kick athon at Eden Park. Awesome what he's doing actually. So 24 hours of kicking goals non-stop at Eden Park and raising a lot of money for charity, which is awesome.

So we're going to go pop down there and talk words. Well, I don't know. I'm a little bit apprehensive about what we actually are required to do because you said, dear God, watch the live stream. Well, it's streaming live on Sky Sport. You're like, dear God, look at these two who are doing the commentary now. And, you know, these are proper rugby commentators. Tony Johnson.

Yeah. Mills Mulligan. Grant Fox was there too. And they're all talking. They're all talking. They're doing commentary. It's like an All Blacks game. Yeah.

And is that what we're expected to do? I'm not sure. I just noticed before James Bocconi and Mike Lane from the ACC are down there in the jackets. They're doing their stuff. But I don't know if that's what we're taking over from or are they doing something. I don't know.

I'm very confused by it all. I'm not going to be good at commentary. So we're just going to be panic searching Dan Carter stats so I'll be like, Ben, did you know he converted 281 penalties throughout his career? No, I didn't know that. What an amazing,

on average, 14.27 points a game. That's good, that's good. Well, you're going to have to give me more, mate. I'm here giving all the stats, so you just can't keep going, that's good. That's good. You're going to have to give me more, mate. I'm here giving all the stats. You just can't keep going. That's good. That's good. His mother almost crashed a car when she first saw the eight foot high poster of Dan in his

underwear. Did you know that? No, no. So you're not giving me anything back. Did you know he was born on the 5th of March, 1982? Did you know that he had a meeting with- I just can't outstand it. A commentary shtick can't be, did you know?

And then you come in with a did you know? It's more interesting. Who's got the most interesting fact? Okay, so he had a meeting with Robert Kraft, who was the owner of the New England Patriots, about joining the team as a kicker. Did you know that? Did you know? Did you know he was born on the 5th of March?

Did I already do that? Did you know? Yeah know He was born on the 5th of March Did I already do that Did you know Yeah you did Anyway We've got about an hour To brush up on our commentary skills It's going to be no good Anyway

Have a great weekend This weekend The podcast today Very exciting We're Knocking something off My bucket list next week Ben Boyce

You've checked out You've put your headphones down He's eating his hot cross bun He's pushed the mic away He he's eating his hot cross bun he's pushed the mic away he's literally eating his hot cross bun you pulled us back in what more do you want

we did hot cross buns in Tangata now they're getting cold cross buns you know that's the problem have a good day enjoy the podcast

rise and shine time to start the who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben on the hits. 608 on your Friday morning. Taya Cruz, Dynamite. Every time I hear that song, Jono, I think of the call we had a few years ago.

Bell Crawford's in with us this week. You'll like this one. Apparently he talked to a lady on the radio who heard the song play and he's like, I'll put my hands up in the air, that's what they say. And she put her hands up in a club and straight into the ceiling fan that was circulating around.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. Was she okay? Well, her hand wasn't. She went to the A&E. Oh my gosh. But I'm always like, what, were you in a club for four foot people?

Yeah. Like how low is the ceiling that you just reach up and... Yeah. Seems like a hazard of the nightclub scene. Oh, that's awful. It always reminds me, every time I hear that song, I think of that poor lady that...

If we ever start a nightclub, Ben, let's remember to keep the roof higher than hand. Or not play Tower Crews. That's the other thing. Everyone keep your hands down. Put your hands up in the air. Put your hands down. Keep it down, guys.

Keep your hands down at a sensible level. Now, I'm sloppy in a few areas of my life. You know, dressing, turning up on time things like that but i haven't i'm not a clock changer when daylight savings happens which was obviously a week ago now right it's cool that your phones and stuff all automatically do it yeah love it yeah why can't it just be automatic in all areas of our life uh and my car clock is this one, the same situation. But the joy is I've now synced back up, baby.

Because for six months I'm running, you know, I'm running an hour late for everything. Or an hour early for everything, sorry. But now it's got back into the right.

Now it's got back into time. But, you know, I know, Belle, you need to change your car clock, you were saying. As soon as I got on the other day, I changed it. How could you handle looking at that for a whole six months? Well, you just factor it into, Belle, you need to change your car clock, you were saying. Oh, as soon as I got it the other day, I changed it. How could you handle looking at that for a whole six months? Well, you just factor it into your day.

You just go, oh, you know, so I'm an hour behind or an hour early. You know, it just becomes part of your day. You do get, it's good that your phone does it. I was talking to a friend actually last night. He had a big work deadline on the day after, and he hadn't changed his wristwatch. And so he was panicking, panicking, got the thing in, finally got it in. And they were like, why are you so panicked? You've got a whole other hour up your sleeve.

But yeah, so there's something. So it can work in your favor, I guess, if you get things done a bit earlier. Why is he pushing? How far is he pushing that deadline to the hour threshold? Don't worry, mate, you've got a whole other hour. How relaxed is this work? Seems like a very stressful environment. But yeah, so I guess the disadvantage is sometimes the kids are waiting an hour at the school gate for Dad.

But other times I turn up early, an hour early. So for six months of the year, I'm the most organized parent. And the worst one for the other six. We've got some spy entertainment news coming up shortly. What's happening, Belle? Khloe Kardashian has finally said something. We've all been waiting for her to tell you what it is. What have I been waiting for Khloe Kardashian to say?

There's something pretty big. It's to do with changing her car clock. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Here we are with our hourly attempts to smear the good names and reputations of celebrities. What's going on, Belle Crawford? Well, Khloe Kardashian has finally said something we've

all been waiting for her to say, and she's acknowledged that Tristan... Her FPOS pin. Give us the money. She's acknowledged that Tristan Thompson, the father of her daughter True, is not the guy for her. With

Tristan, I did feel incredibly safe in the beginning and I felt really good for a time. I remember when he cheated on me right before I gave birth and I was able to still have him in the delivery room. And so, yes, it might have looked strange to the outside world. But when my daughter watches my home videos of it, those videos are going to be as pure and perfect as I was able to make them. I still think he's a great guy and he's a great dad. He's just not the guy for me.

Is it a contractual obligation from every Kardashian? Every news grab we play from a Kardashian, they have emotional piano music playing in the background. Maybe it's part of their contracts. I don't talk without piano music. Pretty huge event though, eh? Yeah, good on her. I mean, that must be really hard.

It's very easy for people on the outside to be like, don't take him back. But when you're in the situation, I can empathise. That's hard, you know? Yeah, and we don't know the full story, do we? No. I mean, he accidentally tripped up and fell inside other women. Well, not only that, he's fathered children as well to other women. Lady in Texas.

That's too much. Yeah. And how's he going in the NBA this year? He's changed teams to the Bulls. Yeah, I'm just wondering, how many teams has he played for? He's played for, what, about four or five different teams? It was Boston earlier this year, I think Cleveland before. Sacramento Kings, Pacers.

So he's played for as many NBA teams as he's had affairs. Maybe it's just every time he gets rostered to a new team, he's, oh, new team, new me, new affair. Maybe that's what you can do. But she seems cool. Yeah, she is really cool. Hopefully she'll get more of her spark back that we love. And Will Smith's disciplinary hearing for his actions at the Oscars has been fast-tracked, and it will take place tomorrow, our time.

Now, in this memo sent out by the Academy's president, they brought it forward to deal with it very quickly after, of course, Will's resignation from the Academy and also the seriousness of the incident on the world stage. And Will is said to be really worried about what it will mean for the future of his career. So yeah, because obviously he's pulled out of being part of the Academy now. So what's, I guess, could they take the award off him maybe?

Is that potentially what could happen? If they're going to take it off him, potentially, why don't they take it off people like Harvey Weinstein? You know what I mean? Like, what's the line? Because people like him didn't get his Grammys. No, that's right. He's out of the Academy, right?

But he's still got his Oscars. At this stage, yeah. Well, are they saying that he won't do any more movies? If they kick him out of... Well, you can still do them. Yeah. You're just not recognised as part of an academy, I guess. You probably wouldn't win any more Oscars.

Pornography is always an option, isn't it? That's an industry. You can also make movies that aren't. Fresh Prince of something or other. You make movies that probably won't be nominated for Oscars. You still make movies. Straight to Netflix movies. Movies that, you know.

Because Will Smith was one of your heroes Yeah I really Has this tarnished Your thoughts And beliefs towards Yeah I mean Yeah obviously I mean you stopped

Reading the Will Smith book I did I did I was already You know like Yeah obviously I was a bit like Oh man that's

You know I might just put that Down over there It just seemed really nice And this has kind of Spoiled his nice guy image And also it overstated The fact that he actually won an Oscar.

I know. Everyone's sort of forgotten that, haven't they? Obviously a lot going on and maybe the full story will come out. But you've got to feel it. It's kind of sad. You do feel sad. It's a moment of madness. None of it made sense.

All made mistakes, I guess. And hopefully he'll learn from this. Because it's a pretty big mistake to make on the world stage. Yeah, and that's The Spy with the Kardashians, streaming April 14 only on Star on Disney+. Jono and Ben's Bucket List. And not just our bucket list, yours as well. So if you've got anything you want us to help you with over the year,

we're helping someone take their first flight at some stage. We've also got a PlayStation for someone who wanted a PlayStation 5. That's right. And you, Jono. Basically, it's Jono and Ben paying for stuff. So if you want us to pay for some stuff... Yeah. Who doesn't want us to pay for stuff? And we're not even paying ourselves.

So, I mean, it's a win-win. Now, Jono, you had a couple of things that you actually and all honestly wanted to do. Yeah, one was make the news for some reason. For good stuff as well. I've made the news for not good stuff. Not like disgraced broadcaster John O'Prior and Ben Boyce make the news for, you know.

For something good. But if we do make it as disgraced broadcasters, we'll take it off as a win. You also wanted to catch a fish. You've never caught a fish before. And you also wanted to be on Shortland Street. You love Shortland Street. And so yesterday I did a lot of great work behind the scenes.

And I got a big announcement made on the show yesterday, if you missed it. Rebecca Randall, she plays Dawn on Shortland Street. She came on the show. You were quite excited by this. This was a big announcement that happened yesterday at 8 o'clock. We have been working really hard behind the scenes. This is obviously something you've never done before, but I was wondering, are you available for a life-changing experience next Wednesday morning?

Life-changing experience. What role am I? Are you free? You're definitely free. Yeah, we'll make it work. Okay. We are going to have you go on a fishing charter and catch your first fish. That's right.

You're going to go fishing. Yeah. Woo. Woo. Now, the audience, you probably see what Ben did there. What? Is he. He did a generous thing for his mate.

Disgraced broadcaster Ben Boyce led beloved broadcaster Jono Pryor down a gutter path thinking I was going to be on Shoreland Street but then no and that's because you said they'd seen my acting Hey we're still working on that one there might be a role that will come up for you in the future but right now the role is to catch a fish which I'm excited about too

so this is happening next week apparently you and B-Hubs you've organised it all, is there a boat involved? Well yeah after 8 o'clock we'll tell you a bit more about how that... Well, just tell me if there's a boat involved. Yes or no? Simple question. I'm not going to say, I'm not going to reveal. But there is a chance that you listening right now can win

if Jono catches a fish as well. Supporting a bit more pressure on you. I don't know why I'm speaking so cagey on this boat intel. But we wanted to play this morning Never Have I Ever because Jono has never ever caught a fish. So that's a really interesting thing for the game, Never Have I Ever. Now you mentioned something after the show yesterday, something you've never done at a restaurant.

Oh yeah, I've never been to Karen and never sent anything back or asked for the manager. Never have you ever complained? Yeah. Like most Newalanders you'd imagine would be like that they'd want to complain they'd probably do something on social media afterwards but at the moment do you know the only time i've complained we're on holiday in australia and uh i complained and she's it gets results it gets like you moan and people

are like oh just get this ball like away from you, you know? Yeah. It's honestly. It's the way to go. I've been in a restaurant where someone has complained and sent something back and that's, oh, I don't know. That's just an awkward experience. But you're well within your rights to do it. Yeah. Bill Crawford, never have you ever what? It's kind of boring, I guess.

But, you know, those electric scooters everyone's all about. I've never been on one. Never? One, because I'm very clumsy. And, you know, when you're an adult or trying to be an adult, and, you know, when you've been doing things since you're a kid, you're going to probably have an accident. Yeah, I mean, no adult ever looks fully confident about those things.

They've always got a look of, uh-oh, anything could happen at any time. And also, this is even pre-pandemic. I think Ben will relate. The germs from everyone else's hands, I'm like, oh, yeah. No fear, cool. Yeah, so I've never done that. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits.

We're playing a wee game of Never Have I Ever because Jono's never caught a fish and that's hopefully going to change next Wednesday and I'll tell you after 8 o'clock this morning how you can win if Jono catches a fish. Oh, you're behind the scenes organising. You're a maestro. Jeez, what a production engineer.

Put it all together, mate. Yeah, producer. Coachella's all sorted. I've got the line-up all sorted for that. I've been part of that. in the scenes organising you're a maestro jeez what a production engineer put it all together mate producer Coachella's all sorted I've got the line up all sorted for that I've been part of that now I'm sorting this for you

exec producer we're playing never have I ever can I admit one never have I ever looked over Ben's shoulder when he's been texting

whatever I've seen you on flights looking between seats at the people in front I'm just saying never have I ever,

just to say that I've never ever done that. Such a nosy bugger. Make sure you don't forget to pick the milk up on the way home. Never have I ever. Let's go to the phones on 0800 The Hits. Good morning. Vicky, hi. Hi.

Hi, Vicky. Now, what have you, I never have ever, ever. Never have I ever. Yeah, you're almost there. What have you never done, Vicky? I've never smoked a cigarette. Oh, never even dabbled? No, it just does not appeal in the slightest.

No. Yeah, I totally see. It was never something that I was into, but I had tried just to go, oh, I wonder if. And then I was like, no, I'm right. Not into this. Yeah. No, I saw people try it and saw how much of a struggle it was so i was like yeah no

i'm not even gonna attempt it fair enough it's not it's you know i imagine people get it's probably like coffee and things like that people work through the horrible you know john oh you were oh i had an illustrious smoking career vicky loved it oh i couldn't say a bad word about it you could say a lot of bad words it's terrible for your health it's terrible for your bank balance but yeah geez i would uh you would just mow through them. But they do just become part of your day, you know? Yeah. I think that's what they call addiction.

Addiction, yeah. Yeah, maybe a little bit. The other thing that stopped me is when my wife got pregnant. Yeah. Jennifer. I thought, well, this is an appropriate time to give up, isn't it? That's good. Good on you for doing that.

Although Ben always likes to guilt me. I did a campaign, an anti-smoking campaign, Vicky. And you were smoking. He was smoking, yeah. He was like, I'm thinking about giving up. That was basically his line. I'm like, well, give up. Don't come on the TV and say you're thinking about it. Just say I'm giving up.

It's like being a nurse and telling someone to stop smoking when you're smoking yourself. Yeah, fair enough it's not really good yeah it's the same I think I was on the set and I was like is anyone going to light up

before we roll up I think it was smoking in the end alright Vicky you go you go and have a great day love your work thank you

awesome Joe with us from Palmerston North welcome to New Zealand's breakfast never have I ever Will Smith slapped Jono never have I. Will Smith slapped Jono.

Never have I ever Will Smith slapped Jono. No, he hasn't. You haven't seen him. I haven't seen him do that. No. Are you saying Joe has never Will Smith slapped Jono? Yeah. Oh, well, no, I haven't seen that.

But I'd love to see it. I'd love to do it. We can make this happen. Okay, well, I'm not going to make anyone's calendars available for this appointment. Well, thank you very much, Joe. Hopefully your dream can come true one day. Hopefully. Hopefully.

We're heading to Palmerston North, as they call it. Yeah, you're palming. Yeah, all right. Okay, we're going back to palming. I thought we were going there next week. No, no, no, not anymore. Not anymore. Hey, Joe, you're goingming. All right. Okay, we're going back to palming. I thought we were going there next week. No, no, no, not anymore. Not anymore. All right, Joe, you're going to have a wonderful day.

Okay. See you later. Bye. Scrolling through your feed. He puts the bend into bending backwards to bring you the news. Ben, what has been happening? Well, all-black legend Dan Carter, yesterday at 7 o'clock, he went to Eden Park, and his aim was to kick 24 hours of kickballs through the posts,

some goal kicking for 24 hours. He wanted to get 1,598 goals in 24 hours, which is the number of points he scored as an All Black. And at 5 a.m. this morning, he was still going, and still going here. He was on target, 800 goals he'd done, 10 hours into his challenges. He'd only missed 19 attempts.

Out in front, come on, Dan. No, he's doing incredibly well. I dare you to say that to his face. Well, that's great. It's all for UNICEF, too. So if you don't support this, well, then you hate children. Yeah. And if you want to donate, how can people donate?

You can go to Dan Carter's website. It's probably the easiest way to do it, dancarter.com. He's got about 14 hours remaining as of this morning to smash his target. Watching last night, because they're live streaming on The Herald and on Sky Sport as well, Grant Fox was there, Bowdoin Barrett was there, a whole lot of all these, basically the goats, more goats than all McDonald's farm. They're all there as well with Dan Carter.

It was pretty cool to see. All feeding in the trough. Yeah, coming on down. And he got these messages. He got one from Tom Brady as well. He got messages You know, it was pretty cool to see. All feeding in the trough. Yeah, coming on down. And he got these messages. He got one from Tom Brady as well. He got messages from people all over New Zealand. Even one from David Beckham as well. Do we still have that floating around, Bill?

Hi, Dan. It's David Beckham here. I'm wishing you all the very best as you take on this 24-hour kick-a-thon challenge, raising money for your fund for UNICEF. It is an amazing cause, and I am so excited to see how you get on good luck mate it's kickathon not fawn kickathon fawn just get your mouth around that's so cute oh that's

incredible to get messages from that well he's doing such an amazing thing and for such a great cause as well he wanted he's wanting to get clean water uh into the pacific islands for the children there because unicef looks after kids all over the world, but Dan's sort of focused in on the Pacific communities as well, which is a wonderful cause. And he's asked us to come down and do some commentary. Now, you said last night you texted me, you're like, oh, dear God, listen to the, tune on now and listen to it.

And you've got like Tony Johnson, this rugby commentator. And Mills Mullian, he was there, you know, former All Black. Those two were doing a great job. And I was listening and they were like, you know, Dan Carter played 163 tests know former All Black those two were doing a great job and I was listening and they were like you know Dan Carter played 163 tests for the All Blacks illustrious career and here he is up

for his next kick and I'm like is that what we need to do like is that is that required from us today that's why I texted you I was like watch this

because I don't know if we can no if I can do that we'll give it a go yeah so am I just going to be like panic searching

Dan Carter career facts and stats as we like oh Dan Carter you know us we get so excited going to be like panic searching Dan Carter career facts and stats As we like Dan Carter You know us we get so excited we'll be like He's kicked the golds over He's kicked another one it's over And he's brought us in at the final stretch too

Which is like he's going to be irritable The last thing he wants is us Barrelling our voices down a microphone But anyway it's for a good cause And Ben you said if I don't do this, I hate children. So I was like, well, better come along. So good luck to Dan Carter. We'll put some stuff on our social media later when we head on down there

and see how he's going at Eden Park. But next, something you're doing for hopefully a good cause for the listeners. That's right. Yeah, it's not for children. It's not for charity. But it's for you, the humble listener. The Hats. Now, Jono, you've never caught a fish before.

Next Wednesday, we're going to take out fishing, and you listening right now can win big if Jono catches a fish. We're a little bit more after 8 o'clock this morning. But I wanted to, you know, you're not a fisher person, are you? Fisher. Fisher. This is very 2022 of you. Yeah, what's the time? He gets quite anxious for some reason around the profession of fishing.

I know. He tries to cover all bases. He's like, you know, I'm a fisherman, fisherman woman, fisherman child, fisherman person. Yeah. But yeah, no, I'm not. Neither am I, to be honest. No. But you can tell because you just said fisherman person.

Yeah. But you want to play a game which we haven't done for a while and we're going to dust it off, pundistruck and we're still playing it because we're embarrassed by it and that's for us i mean we're jono and ben jono and ben well basically pundistruck is we phone up an industry and we try and see how many puns we can seamlessly integrate into conversation without them noticing and uh you know it got to the end of it we were like well we're just inconveniencing hard working Kiwis days here and we kind of

faded out of it but you want to bring it back? Yeah we've got a whole lot of fish related puns There's plenty of fish you see in the sea

and plenty of fish puns on the internet So you've got so we're going to call a fishing shop hopefully they're up early this morning and we want to see

if you can weave some fishing puns as many as you can into the conversation Good luck Let's make the call. Morning, H&J. That's all you're speaking with, Connor.

So, how are you? Yeah, I'm doing pretty good. How are you doing, sir? Yeah, no, I'm doing very well. Thank you. Sorry, can I just turn down the television? Yeah, no, absolutely. Go ahead. I'm just watching my favourite show, Tuna Half Men.

Oh, I've already seen that a couple of times myself. Sorry, I'll just turn it down here. Hey, listen, I'm about to trap myself on a fishing charter a day out. Okay. Bloody pricey, man. I almost need to go to a loan shark. And how much it costs. Pricey. So I was real serious about catching a fish. I've never caught one.

I was just wondering the weather at the moment. What's it like? If you'd asked me a week ago, I would have said it's been gorgeous for the last four weeks. But actually, yesterday, it rained for the first time in about four weeks. I know, it's cray-cray. Do you think tomorrow would be a good opportunity to go? It shouldn't be too bad.

My best thing to do, though, is I'd recommend checking the tide charts. Well, you don't want to talk to your friends because sometimes they just sort of spread the fishiest rumours, don't they, about what's happening out there on the water. Yeah, so all I can say is I believe the weather forecast is looking too bad. You don't want to go out on the water? Yeah, so all I can say is the weather, I believe the weather forecast is looking too bad. You don't want to go out on the water when the waves are 10 feet high. Amen.

Salmon had to say it. Well done. Listen, I'm not very, the equipment I've got, it's not very sophisticated. Sophisticated. So do I need better equipment or? What you should be most worried about is the actual line that's on your reel. How old is that?

Probably, I'd say, at least 10 years. Yeah, you'll want to get that changed, or else it'll snap on you the moment a fish grabs it. We do fishing lines of any kind here, and we can definitely recommend you some. Fantastic. Thank you. No problem at all. Should I take my mother-in-law out on the boat?

Should you take your mother-in-law out on the boat? Should you take your mother-in-law out on the boat? Nah, just squinting. Wouldn't do that. You could. Has she done that sort of thing before? No, no, no. Oh my God, I wouldn't even think about it. Listen, thank you so much for your time.

It's Jono and Ben here from The Hits. What's your name? Yeah, I thought that was familiar. My name's Connor. You've been punderstruck! You've been punderstruck! Connor's like, are you done now?

I spent a lot of time giving you great advice. That was pretty cool. He wants to go fishing actually. He's never caught a fish before, Connor. Oh, we could totally go fishing. We could help him out with everything he needs. Oh, you are the nicest guy ever Connor it's part of my bucket list so Ben's making me do it next week. I just thought

maybe he needed to talk a bit more you know the lingo and that's why today he tried to do that with you I don't exactly know if puns would be the way I'd go ok alright so I don't know if puns are the way to go you've been an absolute champion, mate.

You hold there. We'll send you out some Hell Pizza. No, it sounds good. Awesome, thank you. Hey, thanks for your time, mate. Hell Pizza now delivering beer and wine. And even a seafood pizza. I'm your operator, you can call anytime.

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Now, Belle, what was it? Was it the high-fibre cereal? Fish fillet. Oh, fish fillet. Yeah, the reference. Yeah. Anyway, Idris Elba, the actor who I don't know about you, but I love, he's so great.

He was actually the DJ, get this, at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding. That's so cool. Yeah, because he was a nightclub DJ in the London nightclub scene there. Do you reckon he was actually invited for being a mate or just because he was a DJ? A friend of ours, Andy, I invited him to a wedding because he was a mate,

but also he can film. And then I was like, hey, while you're here, can you also hold a camera? He's like, that's the only reason you invited me, isn't it? To hold a camera. But now he doesn't believe me that I would have invited him anyway. Well, was it the only reason you invited me, isn't it? To hold a camera. But now he doesn't believe me that I would have invited him anyway. Well,

was it the only reason you invited him? No, but it was helpful that he was invited. Was it one of the reasons that you invited him? It was helpful that he could hold a camera. So weighing up the fact that he was a friend

and also a camera operator, what was more important to you? Well, you put him above other people that couldn't hold a camera. But he's also great, mate. But anyway, he just helped.

But a great camera operator first. He is great. Yeah, well, he was the wedding at Meghan's wedding. Yeah, yeah. Sorry, DJ at the wedding. Yeah, and this is a song

you probably wouldn't think it'd be played at a royal wedding, but this is the song that Meghan requested. I played to Dr. Dre. Really? Oh, yeah.

You played, was it censored or were all the words in there? Full fat. Full Dr. Dre, no kidding around. Mmm. Still, D.R.E. was

played at the Royal Wedding. Imagine the Queen dancing to this and they walk up. It was definitely probably after the older community had left, surely. Maybe that was where the red flags started going for the Queen. If they went the full version as well. Was there a song called

I'm About to Rip Harry Away from His Family that she requested too? Cheap shot. Cheap shot. Also, you know how Kanye dropped out of Coachella? Well, he actually is losing millions by doing this. He's already a billionaire, so it's probably not really that much money.

But his deal was 11 million New Zealand dollars for his two weekend headline gig at Coachella Plus. It already spent over half a million on his production costs. Now, his replacement is The Weeknd in Swedish House Mafia, and The Weeknd's actually demanded he get paid the same amount as Kanye or he won't do it either. Fair enough. Well, we did say yesterday he's got a little bit of power

at the negotiating table now, doesn't he? He knows how desperate they are, and he knows now publicly what Kanye was getting this is a dream for the weekend yeah it's very cool

and that is Spy with the Kardashians streaming April 14 only on Star on Disney Plus yeah well thank you very much there would you go to Coachella Ben

I'd love to go to Coachella we're a bit old now are you saying we but you're kind of looking at me no I mean like all of us collectively I'm in a bit old now. Are you saying we, but you're kind of looking at me? No, I mean like all of us collectively. I'm a bit younger than you guys are. She's like, are we?

She's like looking at me dead in the eyes. No, I was just looking at you. You're talking to me when you look at the men. I'm definitely like, if you see me wandering around in a bucket hat, I'm the guy selling the pills. Selling the pills to the kids. Hey, old man. Hey, weird old man.

There's only one reason why you're here The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast It is The Hits Jono and Ben on your Friday morning cliffhanger calls is where we get

someone's best story and you can text us through any time if you think you've got a story 4487 and then we decide if we want to hear the full story. We stop it on a cliffhanger, like a short in the street moment. You're like, can I tune in the next night and watch? Well, we'll find out if we get to the end of the story.

So it's like, here would be an example. Ben, we've worked together for 10 years. Yeah. I have deep, deep feelings for you. And then we would decide on 4487 if we want to hear the next. And in this case, we don't want to hear the next. No, no, no. Have I made it awkward now?

I want to hear what he has to say. No, anyway, we'll move on. Why won't you tell me his feelings? Petra, we'll get you on. Yes, hello, guys. How are you? Do you want to hear what Ben's got to say? Do you want to hear what Petra's got to say?

Petra, let's start your story. We'll stop it at a point. You stop it, and then we'll decide if we want to hear the rest. Take it away. Excellent. Okay, so my partner works at security overnight at these commercial buildings, and I went to go visit him one night at work, which is in these security booths where he watches all the surveillance cameras.

Oh, yeah? So as I arrived, a van pulled up with a delivery and he stepped outside to go get it. And I noticed he had a KFC cup with Mountain Dew in it. And I took a big, long, cheeky sip of it. Oh, that's... That's it. Okay, so that's where we're stopping it right now. Wow. So did you get COVID?

Well. Would be an option. Yeah. Diabetes? Yeah. Another option? Okay. Okay. Okay, so, or did the story end with you quenching your thirst

and having a satisfying drink? Yeah, maybe it's got something to do with the van arriving. I don't know. This is a real mystery. So, 4487 on the text. Do you want to hear the rest of the story? Clearly, this was PP, pre-pandemic. Yes, yes.

Yeah, right. Cup sharing. I wouldn't even think about sharing a cup with someone now. Or partner-boyfriend situation. Yeah, maybe that's okay. I don't know. Do you guys kiss on the lips? Yes.

You do kiss on the lips. Open mouth or shut mouth? Okay, too many questions. 4487 is the text number. Do you want to hear the end of the cliffhanger story? I know I do, but we'll find out if you guys do next. Jono and Ben. Back with the cliffhanger calls and the wonderful Petra.

Welcome back to New Zealand's Breakfast. Hi, good morning. Good to have you on, Petra. Now, you did leave us hanging off a cliff, our hands and fingers, sore fingers. It's been a long time actually holding on to this cliff. Your story, the first part of your story, if you could just recap. Yep. So my partner works at security overnight at these commercial buildings, and I went to go visit him one night at work,

and I went into the security booth where he watches all the surveillance cameras. And I arrived, the van pulled up with a delivery, and he stepped outside to go get it, and I noticed he had a big cup of KFC with Mountain Dew in it and took a big, long, cheeky sip. I really don't know where this is going, and it does intrigue me. Is it worth us sticking around, Petra? Oh, yes. Well, the audience thinks so as well.

We were just checking the texts on 4487. 85% are in favour of hearing the second part of the story. This is a democracy, unless you count our weird MMP system, which means that five or six different parties can get into power, and it could be a right shambles. But we are going to hear the second part of your story. Petra? Okay, so I took a massive scall of the drink and thought it tasted horrific right

then my partner came back and saw me holding it and he goes don't touch that so i was like a bit late why yeah and that's when he told me the delightful news that because he was working solo tonight he's peed in the empty cup. Oh, no. I know. I had taken a massive mouthful of urine. Oh, no. I imagine. Oh, yeah.

I imagine. That's how they do the urine testing at the Olympics, isn't it? Steroids. Steroids, I think. Yeah, you taste that. Taste that, Greg. Greg, taste that. Steroids.

Yeah, I think. Yeah, you taste that. Taste that, Greg. Greg, taste that. Steroids. Yeah, definitely steroids. And so did not, because I imagine it would have been relatively warm, if not at its coolest room temperature. Did that not? Well, I did. At first I was thinking, oh, my God, okay, obviously this is old, and that must be why it tastes so disgusting. But I did have an inkling. I did have an inkling.

It just all happened so fast that when he told me, I really hadn't put it together beforehand. Yeah, I imagine there's the gum, breath mints, there's a whole lot of stuff you want to do after that. Do KFC even do Mountain Dew? I know! I'm just looking here. I don't know. I just assumed all they must have.

Oh, there's some Mountain Dew. Well, it's a cup. It's a cup. Yeah, I understand. It's got liquid in it. I see how you got there. You were taking the piss and drinking it. I mean, geez. And so what do you do once you find out that information? I vomited. Yeah, right.

That's a sensible option. Yeah, sure. But to be fair to you, I mean, the last thing you think that. Yeah. Well, exactly. And I was really thirsty, so you know. And so I finished it all off. Went full Bear Grylls.

Petra, I really appreciate you telling her that story this morning, as disgusting as it was. You're very welcome. Have a great weekend. See you, mate. Scrolling through your feed. Alright, fresh from stealing stories from the New Zealand Herald.co.nz. Pretty true. Here's pretty true.

Here's Ben Boyce with your news. A new bill marking Matariki as an official public holiday for New Zealand has passed its final reading yesterday. So that's really cool. It's happening June 24. This year, of course, Matariki marks the beginning of the Māori New Year, the most significant celebration in the traditional Māori calendar. Isn't that wonderful? Should have happened years ago.

Yeah, there has been a little bit of a debate in Parliament over not the fact that we're about this particular holiday, but whether it should be replacing another holiday that we already have because of the cost of business and stuff like that. But anyway, whatever, let's have another holiday. Yeah, it's because you don't run a business now. Yeah. What about the hardworking business people out there, Ben?

What do you want to say to them? But it's a really cool thing. Well, I want to say that the Labour Party have said that maybe it'll encourage... Don't shirk it off to the Labour Party. No, but they're saying that an additional holiday might have economic benefits because people will spend more, do more, travel more, you know. So, hey, all I'm saying is it's really cool to honour this as a holiday. On June 24, that's this year.

So Tauranga are having a by-election because Simon Bridges, obviously from the National Party, is no longer going to be a politician. So they're doing a by-election in a couple of weeks, and the ACT Party MP who's running, his name is Cameron Luxton. So C. Luxton is going to be... Is that how he comes up on the voting floor? Well, I imagine it might come up. So this is quite confusing because obviously there's Christopher Luxon,

who's the head of the National Party, and now there's Cameron Luxon with a T. But it's very confusing. On the news last night on News Hub, they went around talking to Tauranga residents, and they were confused. Sorry, Cameron who? Oh, he's the leader of the National Party.

No. Oh, no. No. Oh, no. No. Well, generally Tauranga's going to be alright if they can tell the difference between Luxton and Luxon. Yeah. There's also Winston Meters running as well,

just to throw confusion in the mix. Do you know, speaking of by-elections, we had an absolute, absolute shocker with Winston Peters. Remember we filmed a sketch with him? It was a terrible sketch. It was a shocking sketch. Nothing to do with him. It was all on us.

All on us, yeah. And it was School Terminator. And I was the Terminator for some reason. Like Arnie. Yeah, like hello. And we were in a school and the catch line was, I'll be book.

Said it awfully bad. It was terrible. And we filmed it. It was one of those ones you're like, oh, let's not play this. But then we got so desperate for content and like months afterwards we played it. It was one of those ones you're like, oh, let's not play this. But then we got so desperate for content. We played it.

Months afterwards, we played it. And then we didn't realize it was the night before a by-election because he was in it. And it breached some advertising things. Oh, it caused a world of pain for Winnie and for us. Because then they're like, oh, it was Sir Peter's breaches, you know, electoral commission. It wasn't his fault because he filmed it months before.

And then they plastered the world's most shocking sketch all over the news sites. They're like, thanks to this sketch. No one needed to see that sketch. Don't put that up in public consumption. But I thought it was the ACT Party MP Cameron Luxton. He had this to say about the difference between him and Christopher Luxton. Without a T, you're not quite as good.

And? Not as bald yet. Not as bald yet, yeah. You're in the Ben Boyce category there. Have we not learned anything from Chris Rock? Have we not learned, people? Alright, how many faces have to be slapped until we take

some change? Before the ball jokes, and that is scrolling for your feed, thanks to the New Zealand Herald.co.nz Five words for 5k. You're just five words away from $5,000. It's our Game of Void Association. We love playing this game and I love it even more when we connect all five words

and we give away $5,000. Listen, if it was up to us, we would just give you the money. Yeah. But it's the suits. You know the suits keep saying you can't do that, guys. I know you're renegades,

but no, we need to worry about the bottom line here at the hits. Ashley. Hi. Hey, if it was up but no, we need to worry about the bottom line here at the hits. Ashley. Hi. Hey, if it was up to us, we'd give you the money, but it's the suits, baby. I'm sorry. How you going, mate?

All right? I'm pretty good. How are you? Oh, doing well. Now, it's your birthday this Sunday. It is. I'm turning 27 on Sunday. Oh, happy birthday for Sunday. Any big plans for the weekend? My girlfriend and I are having a staycation in Auckland. Yeah, you. All right, well, let's try and win you $5,000

so you can spend it over the weekend. It's a lot of money. What would you do with the cash, Ash? If I got, oh, I like that rhyme. If I got the cash, I would spend it to go home to Canada to visit my family. I haven't been back since I came in 2018. Oh, my God, been a long time.

Go back, drink some maple syrup. Do you drink maple syrup? I love maple syrup. Tim Hortons is the coffee place over there. I remember that from Canada. That's the local reference? That is true. Yep, Timmy. Oh good, I got that right. For a second I was like, maybe I got that wrong. Okay, Ashley, who are you going to send into the

soundproof booth to match five words with? Jono, please. Alright, Jono. He's heading on in, mate. He's heading into the soundproof booth. Alright, Ashley, who are you going to send into the soundproof booth to match five words with? Jono, please. All right, heading on in, mate. He's heading into the soundproof booth. All right, Ashley, let's try and win you $5,000. First word this morning, what pops into your head when I say Shrewsbury? Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury.

Yeah, Shrewsbury. Now, you, how long? What's that? Shrewsbury. I don't think I know what Shrewsbury is. Okay, well, yeah, this might be. Okay. Well, I'm going to help you out a little bit more because obviously this is New Zealand.

I'm going to say it's a biscuit, but I'm not entirely sure what Jono's going to say, but that's what it is. It's a biscuit. Okay. Yeah. I'm going to go. Maybe I'll just say biscuit then. Okay.

Now I feel like hopefully I haven't put you wrong there, but it's definitely. That's what it is. I don't know what Jono's going to say, but that's what it is. Okay, we're going to go with basket. You'd agree with that, right, Belle? Yeah. Okay, good. Okay, mask is word number two. Mask, M-A-S-K, mask.

COVID. Oh, COVID, nice. Uber is word number three. Uber? Eats. Uber eats. Automatic is word number four. Automatic?

Ooh, I could go car, I could go rifle. Mm-hmm. Automatic door. Door, yes. I'm going to go automatic door. Automatic door. And doctor is the final word this morning. Doctor.

Phone. Doctor's deuce. Doctor. Yeah, there's lots of options for doctor, isn't there? Hospital. Oh, man. You've got some hard ones today. Yeah, I know.

I'm going to go Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss? Yeah, Dr. Seuss. Yeah, hospital or Seuss. All right. Seuss, okay. Yeah, I'm locking those in. Okay, you're conferring with someone else there, I can see, Ashley,

or are you just talking to yourself? I'm not sure. All right, let's get Jono out of the soundproof booth. Let's see if we can match up five words. I know you don't want to hear this, Jono, but there were some tricky ones this morning. Oh, yeah. Ashley, Ryan Reynolds.

Ryan Reynolds and Justin Bieber, Ashley. Yeah, I'm proud to be Canadian for those two reasons. Local references. I was trying to think of more local references. More local references. Toronto, Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs are the ice hockey team I win. I'm from Toronto, so the Raptors.

Oh, the Raptors. Oh, the Raptors. Drake. Yeah, all right. These were none of the words that you need to say, though, Jono. All right, let's get into this. Five words, $5,000. What pops into your head, Jono, when I say Shrewsbury?

Biscuit. Oh, thank God you said that. Why? Because Ashley wasn't aware of what it was, and then I had to say, well, it's a biscuit, but then I was like, oh God, I've said what it is, and I don't know what you're going to say. You must try a shrewsbury, Ashley. I've got to now. Yeah. Okay, mask is word number two this morning.

Mask. Did you get a lot of COVID? Oh, well done. Two from five. This is a good start. Uber is word number three. Uber driver. Uber eats.

You did a commercial for them. We did. Yeah. Fake memory of doing an Uber Eats commercial. Uber driver is a good option too. Yeah. Fake memory of doing an Uber Eats commercial. But Uber driver is a good option too. Yeah. Oh, Ashley, I'm sorry to let you down. Hey, it was fun anyway.

You sound awesome. Can't go back and see... Brian Adams. Avril Lavigne. Avril Lavigne. Justin Theroux. Yeah. And all the other local references.

Enjoy your birthday this weekend. We'll see how you would have gone with the final two words, Jono. Automatic. Door. Oh, yeah. And doctor. Doctor Seuss. Oh! Four! Four out of five.

Ashley, happy birthday this weekend. Hope you have a great time in Auckland, eh? Thank you. Bye. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now we all love Tammy Wells, the Briscoes lady, but a lady is making news

because she's gone the extra step in showing her love with a tattoo of Tammy Wells, the Briscoes lady, on her leg, and she joins us right now to tell us all about it. LJ, good morning. How are you? Yeah, I'm good. How are you? Yeah, I'm good. How are you? We're doing all right.

Now, you're making news right around the country, the talk of the town at the moment because you've got a tattoo of what? Tammy Wells, the Briscoe's lady. Oh, I mean, you know, one of the great New Zealanders, right? Oh, mate, that's Kiwiana itself right there, isn't she? So have you done a portrait of the Briscoe's lady? Yeah, well, my tattooist did, but yeah. So I've got Billy T on the back of my calf, and then she's on the side.

You've got Billy T James on the back, okay. Oh, yeah, mate, I'm going for a Kiwiana leg sling. I mean, you're really going from sort of different ends of the Kiwi legend spectrum there. You're pretty much, eh? So, I mean, obviously, we love Tammy, the Briscoe's lady, but why do you love her, and why did you want to put ink of her on your body? Well, the thing is, it wasn't my idea.

So, Rich, who's my tattooist, rang me one Friday morning. He's like, Alta, what are you doing? I was like, well, I'm working, but why? What's up? And he says, well, I've done this portrait, and he said, but I've had a cancellation today and I really want to put it on skin and I think you'd be perfect on your key.

We are in a leg and I think, oh, you're all right then. So I went down there but I was wearing tights and I live out of town so he had to cut my tights to do it. Oh, jeez.

Your commitment to this Briscoe's tattoo is phenomenal. I like Briscoe's. 40% off your tights. You know, and it says on the bottom, it says 40, it's a beautiful chrome toaster just underneath here light brush goes 40% off your tights. And it says on the bottom, it says 40, a beautiful chrome toaster just underneath here,

and it says 40% off. Oh, I thought you didn't want the tattoo. Oh, there you go. Oh, and you've got a toaster on there as well. Yeah. Now, we understand it's the same tattoo artist who tattooed Patti Gower onto someone. Yeah, it's the same guy.

Someone got a tattoo of us. Remember that, Jono? Someone wanted a tattoo of us. Ty. Ty, on his shoulder. And we tried to pay him money not to do it. Oh, funny. Well, I did ask Richard so I could get, you know, you guys one on each butt cheek.

But apparently, he doesn't have enough ink. Well, listen, now, because you're a radio host, so it wasn't even for an on-air thing. This is just like a... Yeah, I'm slightly more quirky in my real life than I am on my radio show, to be honest. Oh, that's incredible. Because, you know know radio is built on novelty tattoos and you haven't even done this on air no well it's one of the legs it's very much a um i don't know family show i sort of don't i don't know i never really thought about it have you did you know if uh tammy the briscoe's lady knows about it actually i don't know because we Because we had a number from last time that we spoke to on the radio. Should we give her a call now and just tell her what's happened?

Do you mind? Sure, that'll be fine. She'll be hocking off some cheap Manchester or something. We'll give her a call. Yeah. See if she's got any toaster deals. I wonder if she's seen it. Tammy, the Briscoe's lady.

I'll probably see who the call's coming from in three days. I know. Oh, hello. Tammy, this is John Owen Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Tammy the Briscoe's lady. You can probably see who the call's coming from in three seconds. Oh, hello. Tammy, this is John Owen Ben calling from the Hits radio station. How are you guys? Are you in the middle of a sale or anything at the moment, Tammy? No, I'm in the middle of a cup of tea.

Oh, nice. And where did you get that teacup from? It is Briscoe's. Yeah. Be controversial. She's like, oh, Kmart actually is. Yeah, yeah. Now, Tammy, we're calling you because we have someone on the phone who has basically honoured you in a tattoo form.

Oh, my word. Yeah, LJ is her name. She's on the phone right now, Tammy. Oh, hello, LJ. Good morning, Tammy. How are you? I'm really good. What on earth did you go and do that

for? I imagine that's what my mum would say, that's what the Briscoe's lady would say. That's what my mum said. Well, Tammy, you're the ultimate in Kiwiana. What is it, 30 years that you've been doing Briscoes for?

I'm now into my 34th year. See, there you go. You're an icon. Are briscoes doing any sales on tattoo removals, Tammy? They're not, haven't they? It's quite big. Yeah, Tammy's seen a photo of our producer, Bee Humps, and says text her a photo.

Tammy, you sound quite concerned. Yeah. Oh, that is really special. Thank you so much. Look, honestly, some amazing things have happened in life, but that's a first. That's a first. That's a first. How much you mean to someone, Tammy, the Briscoe's lady?

Mwah. Oh, isn't that lovely? Good on you, LJ. Nice one, Tammy. Bye, guys. Bye, Tammy. Bye-bye. Bye-bye, LJ. Take care. Bye. oh isn't that lovely good on you lj nice one tammy after eight o'clock on the show uh john is doing something next week on wednesday and if he does it you guys could win big i'll explain more and how it's going to work because john doesn't know how it's going to work he's got a lot of questions i hope well i said i said before seven o'clock is there a boat and You wouldn't even tell me that.

Maybe there is. Maybe there isn't. Cagey on this boat information. We'll find out. Or we'll be revealed after 8 on that. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Jono has never, ever caught a fish. So we're hoping it's going to happen next Wednesday.

And to help us out, it's Melanie. Good morning. Hi, good morning. How are you? I'm very good. Now, Jono's looking at me. He's a little confused. He's not sure. This is Melanie. Now, Melanie,'s looking at me. He's a little confused. He's not sure.

This is Melanie. Now, Melanie, you run a fishing charter, Seahawk Fishing Charter. Correct. We do. Yes, absolutely. From Pier Z, West Haven Mariana, which we'll be heading to on Wednesday. Now, Melanie has kindly offered to take us out on a fishing charter so, Jono, you can catch your first fish. Oh, Melanie, this is very generous of you. Oh, it's not a problem. Look, we're super excited to be given the opportunity to take you out to catch your first fish. Oh Melanie this is very generous of you. Oh it's not a problem at all we're super excited to be given the opportunity to take you out to catch your first fish.

Now I caught COVID last week is that going to help me with catching fish? No not at all. I also fish for compliments is that going to help me for catching fish? No not at all. And I notice you haven't said a compliment so far, so maybe I'm not that good.

So what's the likelihood of catching a fish for Jono next week, Mellie? Well, it depends how well he holds his rod, but we're going to have a skipper. Mel, keep it clean. Family show, you made that statement. I don't know who you think

you're talking to here, but this is some... She was keeping it clean. It was just us. We made it dirty. Sorry, Bill. Yeah, so anyway, rod holding aside. We'll have a skipper and a crew there. They'll show you how to bait your hook, the way to set your line and hold your rod.

And I think you should be pretty, pretty lucky. Now, I've just Googled here. There's an estimated 3.5 trillion fish in the ocean. Wow, plenty of fish in the sea. Do you think just one of them would want to come and hang out on the end of my rod? I'm hoping. I'm hoping the best for you. Can anyone fish?

Absolutely, anyone can fish. We do kids trips in the school holiday. That's one of our passions, is having kids out and teaching them and showing them how to fish. We do kids trips in the school holiday that's one of our passions is having kids out and teaching them and showing them how to fish but we also do special needs trips so for the blind and wheelchair bound so we're really diverse

and they can all fish so absolutely anybody can fish. That's very cool yeah corporate events, team building as well, seahawk.co.nz for more information and we're going to put a little something on the line next week The bait. And we're going to put a little something on the line next week. The bait. Yes, we're going to put some bait on the line. But, Jono, if you catch a fish, we're going to give away $1,000 to a listener as well.

So there's a bit of pressure on you catching as well. And, Melanie, you've come to the party as well. You're going to put on a fishing charter for four people on board the Seahawk as well, which is pretty awesome. We want to get more people out fishing and hopefully you guys can entice a lucky winner or a lucky

listener to come on board with you next week. So very cool. So if you want to text FISH to 4487 and then listen out next Wednesday morning if Jono catches a fish, then you could win a... Are we doing it during the show? Have you got the broadcast equipment? Oh no we're working on that don't we don't you worry about that. No I am worried about that. Just worry about holding your rod correctly

all right that's what you have to worry about. I've got flares I've got everything. Okay. I've got the pants are ready to go. So how long have I got to catch this fish? Oh well like T's and C's will apply just wait just we've got it. Sorry I'm flustering. It's a work in progress it's happening next Wednesday we're going out the fishing charter on the show. And if you text FISH to 4487 when Jono catches a fish, when you catch a fish, let's be positive, someone will win $1,000 and a fishing charter, thanks to Melanie and seahawk.co.nz for four people,

which is amazing. So we can't wait to meet you on Wednesday, Melanie. Awesome. Thank you, guys, and we're super excited. Good on you, Mel. Have a great day there. And in fact, 0800 the hits we wanted to

chuck this open this morning something fishy yeah Jono and Ben I was talking before we wanted your unbelievable your fishy tale I came back over summer

and said I'd caught a fish while boogie boarding now you're not a fishing looking guy no he's not like you wouldn't see him out there holding a fish

on a tinder profile or anything would you not at all he'd be the guy going it's all sl all holding it with like a tissue over the ear decided to touch the fish that would be me yeah but yeah but i came back from boogie boarding uh carrying a fish now you so you firstly the shame of boogie boarding i mean don't get me wrong it's a fun sport but you can feel judgment on the beach when you're boogie boarding can't you i've felt it before i go i'm wrong, it's a fun sport, but you can feel judgment on the beach when you're boogie boarding, can't you?

I've felt it before. I go out on a boogie. It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun. But, yeah, I've got a big flaming pink one I go out on too. I've got one with Elsa and Anna on it too. It doesn't matter. I can see why Chappelle Corby is into it.

I was like, yeah, man, this is a lot of fun. This is a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun. Yeah, but anyway. I'm going to even take one over to Thailand. But I came back in with a fish. Now, you're further questioning the fish. It was a deceased fish that was in the water.

But I still look like a hero coming back in. Now, what I wanted to know, was it like, did it like wash up in a wave and you caught it mid-wave? Or was it just like lying lifeless, floating, bloated on the water? Yeah, and I was like, oh, it gave me a fright. And then I scooped it. It didn't touch it, but I scooped it up with the boogie board. Oh, then did you come back walking on the beach holding the boogie board like a plate? Yeah, like a plate.

Oh, my gosh. And then I put it back out there to the water. So that was my fishy tale. You must. I mean, if one thing makes you look cool boogie boarding, it's walking back in with it held like a plate. With a fish on it. All right. Something fishy. Your fishy tales. Alvera on it. All right. Something fishy.

Your fishy tales. Alvera. Hi. How old are you? I'm 13. 13. I like to ask all the callers how old they are. Just get a good...

Oh, nice to talk to you. And apparently you've got a story that happened. An unbelievable fishy tale. What happened to you? I got attacked by a shark. You got attacked by a shark? Oh, my goodness. how long ago was this? In January.

Oh, so it was just this year? Yeah. How many injuries did you get? Well, it hit me on my shoulder or back, on my arm. Oh my goodness, that must have been such a scary thing to go through. Now I've been bitten by a mosquito before.

How does it compare? I would imagine a lot more terrifying John. I could probably ask that one. Well I don't want to hear from you you're not the shark attack victim. Oh my goodness Does it hurt in the moment or does it hurt after the fact? Like you probably don't realise what's happening. I was on some meds when I was

in the hospital. I could imagine jeez you poor thing I was on some meds when I was in the hospital. I can imagine. Jeez, you poor thing. I was in shock, so it didn't hurt. Yeah. And so did you, because they always say if you're ever attacked by a shark, you know, bop it on the nose, which I don't know if that's how you're thinking in that moment, but did you kind of fight it off or fend it off?

Yeah, I swam with it a bit. Did you? What do you mean you swam with it? Attached to you? Yeah. Gosh,am with it a bit. Did you? What do you mean you swam with it? Attached to you? Yeah. Gosh, you're such a brave individual. Oh my goodness, I'd be panicking so much. How big is it? The man that was there, he was a fisherman and he said it was like

seven foot. Oh my goodness, so the guy witnessed it? Yeah, he's kind of one that got me out. Oh, so he dragged you to safety. And so did the shark just let go or did did you have to, like, push it off, or how did it detach? It kind of let go when I was climbing up the ladder. Oh, so it was still attached to you as you were climbing up a ladder to a boat?

Yeah. Oh, you poor thing. Jeez. Well, thank you for sharing this with us. This is an amazing tale, but, yeah, just very, very, I can imagine a very scary situation for you. So thank you so much

for sharing it. We really appreciate it. Okay. How long were you in hospital for? A couple of hours. A couple of hours? You're a hard 13-year-old.

Yeah, so much. A couple of hours of shark hanging off me as I'm climbing up a ladder. So much braver than I would have been. You're incredible.

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Huia, you're on. Welcome. Morning. From Hawke's Bay. Lovely to have you on, Huia. Now you're heading to Gisborne, we understand, this weekend. Yes, this evening I'm just going up there with my auntie to see my uncle. He's a bit unwell at the moment so I'm just showing a bit of support, yeah. Oh, good on you for that.

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What you need to do is you need to yell stop before the gas petrol pump runs out of petrol. Do you know, so funny, I forgot to say, I was at the petrol station yesterday and I was behind a lady and she was paying for her petrol and the guy behind the counter was like, would you like a receipt with that? And she said, why would I like to remember this experience? Why would I want to look at this receipt

and remember how expensive it is? That is so funny. All right, Huia, let's get into it, eh? Yes, thanks. You know how it works? Just got to yell stop before the petrol pump runs out, OK? Yep. Let's go.

$50. $200. $100. $218 Yeah, that is tidy Well done She said jumped up quickly, didn't she? Yeah She really jumped up

I was surprised Yeah We were all surprised We were like, say stop Well done So will that get you to Gisborne and back? Oh, definitely I won't have to spend any money

Oh, that's great. Yeah, well, should we see where... I don't like doing this, but we do need to see where the pump's going to... Would have run out. Let's play that. $245. $284.

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If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. It's the most frequently sung song in English in the world, and it's the happy birthday song, and I've spoken before. You don't like the pace of it, do you? He's got an issue with the pace of the song. Because it's meant to be a celebration for someone, but it feels like it's the most slow and dreary.

It's like no one really, I feel like no one really enjoys singing it. No, well, you don't too, but you don't enjoy any facet of the birthday. You don't enjoy the actual birthday part. You don't enjoy the cake part. And he despises an office happy birthday sing-along. Pick it up, guys. Let's pick it up. But then what you do when you have, like, you know,

it's Debbie from Accounts Birthday. Everyone meet in the kitchen at 10.30 and start singing. You've got half the group who are sticking to the happy birthday. And then you've got the other half who are like, I've got a meeting in two minutes. Happy birthday to you. I like it when it's like the happy birthday. But, yeah, when you're normally singing, it's quite slow and dreary.

My wife loves a happy birthday song. If anyone's birthday even if we're not with them she's like we need to call such and such and sing the song down the phone and we get the family we go around like we're like we're not we're clearly not but i've got a good workaround at the moment now i tried it yesterday it worked really well i was like oh we've got to call such and such for birthday everyone come around you're right come around they answer and then you're happy and then you just stop and she's got to carry on like solo solo and you just tap out and then you walk away and i was like it's a great workaround for not doing it because she's once she started yeah she's got to commit to it so she's rung from her number on her phone she started

the happy birthday song she's got to continue so you just So she's rung from her number on her phone. She started the happy birthday song. She's got to continue. So you would just say happy, and then you're out of the sing-along. And then I'm done. And then do you walk away? So she's going full acapella solo. Looking at me like, come back, come back. But I'm like, Beyonce, you're on your own now.

Yeah, but it's been around for a long time. I was looking into it. 124 years old, the song. The original lyrics were good Good morning to all. So it wasn't even a birthday song when it originally started. And now, since 2016, Warner Music, good on them. They paid $14 million to own the rights, and then they basically sent it into public domain,

which means you can use it anywhere you want now without having to pay anyone. So they paid $14 million for it to be used by anyone. So previous to that, we were meant to be paying an aprophy, were we? But before 2016, you couldn't even sing happy birthday in a movie without

having to pay. Even though the song had been around for a while. My son loves, he loves leading a hip-hip parade. But he can feel the tension now that there's other fans of hip-hip parading as well. But, you know, he can feel the tension now that there's other fans of hip-hip-hooray-ing as well. And when you get, you know, two or three in the mix, they're all just waiting to launch that start too.

Whereas it's still like halfway through, happy birthday to, they're coming in then. It's a race to the hip-hip-hooray. And then for she or he's a jolly good fellow you hate as well because it just drags it on even more. Yeah, we used to do that in the office for the TV show. And then we'd go, so, so, all of us. And then it just stuck in a loop.

And it was like, when is this going to stop? Yeah. For a while there, our boss, Bronnie, who's a lovely lady, but she would buy a cake for everyone whose birthday it was. And, jeez, it would wind up. She'd be like, how much are we spending on cakes? So many cakes.

The cake budget in the show. Sometimes we have two or three cakes a week. This was the thing. He's like, where can we spend it on other stuff? So many cakes.

I'm not a cake fan. They're like, all right Grinch, just enjoy someone's cake. And then the cakes got cancelled. No more cakes. The show got cancelled too. Maybe it was the cakes.

I said too much on cakes. That's the problem.