Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Chat To The Kiwi Who Used To Film The Osbourne's!

Episode Date: November 1, 2022

Today on the Jono and Ben podcast we chat to a Kiwi man who used to film Ozzy and the rest of the Osbourne's, Our boss hands out compliment sandwiches and Jono rambles on in another convo....See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You just said no dramas. Welcome to the podcast. Now, can we start by saying no dramas? It's November 2nd, sorry. Yeah, welcome. Welcome along. Now, no dramas is something that behind the scenes we say a lot

because Producer Joel, who's joined us a few months ago now, that's one of your favourite sayings, Producer Joel. Yeah, one I made up a few years back. You didn't trademark it as well. So if you do ever use it, just make sure you give me credit on that one. You didn't make up no dramas, but you do say no dramas a lot, but it does feel like sometimes

when you say no dramas, there is a lot of dramas going on. All under control, mate. It's all, two steps ahead. You know, we're just two steps ahead at all times.

Problem is when you say no dramas all the time, there's always going to be a couple of dramas. A lot of the time there is no dramas, but there's a couple of spikes. It's a she'll be right

sort of thing You had one the other day Where you'd lost an SD card And you said You weren't going to Because producer Humphrey said Don't lose this card And you're like

No dramas mate Then ten minutes later You're on the phone And you're like Have you taken that SD card It's a prank I was like There's no way I can lose an SD card

And then it was in my pocket I was like You didn't You didn't take that Did you Ben He's like You haven't lost it I was like No I haven't take that into your business. You haven't lost it. I was like, no, I haven't lost it.

It's just missing. Ben Boyce had hidden it. And then Boyce comes out 15 minutes later. Is this the SD card? I was like, who's your best friend in the office? And that's why I gave it back to you. No dramas, mate. No dramas.

Hey, today on the show, we had some fun conversations today. Mark phoned through a Kiwi guy. He was a cameraman on the Osborne's reality show with Ozzy Osbourne. He was a lovely guy. In fact, the whole family were. They were the nicest people.

And yeah, I can't say anything bad about them. They were a very loving family. Were there celebrities turning up at the house? Yeah, there were actually. It was one of those things that wasn't really planned. You just turn around and then, you know, Britney Spears would be walking in the door. What?

Yeah, so Mark will join us on the podcast. You'll hear the whole thing very shortly. But incredible, like filming that series, which you say in the interview was like the first, it was kind of felt like the first of many, many reality shows like the Kardashians and the celebrity shows as well. Really paved the way, Ben Boyce, for a plethora of high quality entertainment, of many, many reality shows like the Kardashians and the celebrity shows as well. Really paved the way, Ben Boyce,

for a plethora of high-quality entertainment, didn't it? And also, you had up Delta Goodrum. She joined us on the show too from Australia about being papped at the airport. Oh, is this a picture of me grabbing the bags and stuff? Yeah, you've got like 10. She's got 10 bags between you and your boyfriend. I was like, well, you've got a whole lot of your travelling. I don't know why.

Now everybody's apart because their phones are there at all times. Yeah, true. I'm sorry for taking those luggage shots. I just thought I could make a little bit of cash on the side. I knew it. I knew it. So, guys, that's coming up on the show. That's great.

A little bit of audio teasing there being voiced. Yeah, Delta Goodrum, Mark talking about the Osbournes. That's all coming up for you. Yeah. You'll get a full thing you like that you like the little tease thing when you're just off here

you're like should we do this should we get these little things I was thinking about yesterday I like it I like it

no dramas what do you think yeah high drama mate with that just get a bit of listener feedback and we've actually just dropped out

of the top 100 in Poland as a result of it where are we tracking in Poland because we were sitting we were doing alright in Poland for a while there weren't we I think we're still holding our own in Poland as a result of it. Where are we tracking in Poland? Because we were sitting... We were doing all right

in Poland for a while there, weren't we? I think we're still holding our own in Poland. Polling well in Poland, yeah. Yeah, New Zealand, different story, but in Poland,

we're through the roof. That's where we're really focusing our efforts on this year. Next year, we'll focus on New Zealand, but right now, Poland. Sorry, we're actually out of the 100 in Poland.

How did we dip out of the 100 in Poland? Who's we dip out of the 100 in Poland? Who's taking us out of the 100 in Poland? It's bloody tough times. It's tough times over there. I feel like people have stumbled across us by accident in Poland. There must be some other show which kind of starts with Shono or something. Yeah, there we go.

Enjoy the podcast. If you're here for advice on life, you're in big trouble. Shono and Ben on the hits. Lizzo, we talked about her dressed up as Marge Simpson for Halloween, but also dressed up as Miss Piggy as well. Did she do a double costume? Oh, wow, good on her. And Cardi B also did Marge Simpson as well, I see, with a faux shirt.

They do go all out, don't they? Yeah, all the celebs do. It's pretty impressive. Says the guy who spent half an hour in a chair getting his face painted like a scary clown. Yeah, well, true. I shouldn't be judging who goes hard out and who doesn't. Yeah. Back in the day, you just put a white sheet over your head, didn't you?

Well, yeah. Well, you might not do that nowadays, actually. Exactly. Still might be a bit controversial. Yeah. Hey, Ben, I noticed you wanted to have a passive-aggressive dig at our boss, Mando, in the run sheet here. We've got a sheet of what we want to talk about, and we're fresh off a meeting. We have a Tuesday meeting with Matt

who's in upper management here at the radio station and he reviews the show yeah which is good I really appreciate you know like he

does what he does he brings the show as we've said before you don't enjoy the light banter at the top of the meetings let's just get into it let's get into

it what you know and this is this is my thing this is what I bring up I just want to I want to I want to know like tell me just tell me tell it to me straight whatever it is you tell me because i know it's not hey i first of all it's not a perfect show you know but we have fun we've got our blemishes we do it's not a blemish free show bed but that's uh

that's what it is i love the fact that he employs uh you know kind of like the compliment the compliment sandwich it's you know It's a great technique. It is a technique that is used by management when having to hand over feedback to lower staff members such as ourselves. And you start with a positive. In the middle of the sandwich, the meat of the sandwich is kind of the critique, the negative.

And then you end on a compliment. So they walk out feeling good about themselves. You start and you end with a compliment. And then in the middle, you get to the nitty-gritty, the stuff that you really probably just want to talk about. Yeah, like the other fluff, the bread. You don't need that. Let's just get to it.

But you do, with radio announcers, they're so sensitive, aren't we? Oh, they're so precious. God, we must be a nightmare to work with. Bee Hunts, are we a nightmare to work with? He's nodding away. Even now I feel like we're being precious talking about this. But a walk on eggshells. But I was disappointed yesterday in ourselves

because we had an opportunity yesterday to sway the meeting to a good way because Matt played some audio. That was the first bit. We had the positive bit. The positive, that was great. We got the positive piece of bread. And then he played the next bit of audio.

Now we knew. The negative meat. You and I knew that this bit was the bit that we needed to discuss. But then he threw it over to us. After playing it, there was a quick bit of silence. No, it was about three seconds of silence. Then you're like, okay, this is definitely the negative meat. And then he went, what do you guys reckon?

What do you think when listening back to that? Now, this was our opportunity to go, oh, my God, that's the best bit of radio I've ever heard or something Just to kind of give it a boost Perfect let's move on to the next one But I said oh there was a bit much going on there Like hi front footer Oh yeah you opened a can of beans And he was like that's exactly what I thought

And I was like Ben why did you do that Just so you're perfect Radio couldn't have been done any better On to the next one The best radioing ever done. What's the next bit of audio? Oh, that's a compliment one. Great.

Walk out of there. Three from three. We've never had a three from three. No. One day we'll get a three. Maybe the compliment sandwich starts serving it at Subway as well. Yeah. Go gang.

What am I saying? Oh, God. Oh, no. This is going to be the meat. This is the meat. This will be next week's. We apologize in advance. Oh, God. Oh, no. This is going to be the meat. This is the meat. This will be next week's. We apologise in advance. Jeez, sorry.

Sorry about that. Sorry you got roped into this. Jono and Ben. Sorry. On the hits. It is Dua Lipa. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben, playing tonight at Spark Arena.

Hey! Spark Arena. There! Spark Arena. There you go. You love that, don't you? So, yeah, tonight and tomorrow she's playing. And yesterday she was in Waiheke Island, which is cool, enjoying a vineyard, enjoying some oysters. She posted on her social media,

perfect day on Waiheke Island, taking a boat across the Auckland Harbour. Looked beautiful. Love it, love it. I love it when celebrities are here and the weather's good I'm like oh they'll be enjoying it they'll be having a good

do it Jewel will be having a good time sucking back on her savvy she came to New Zealand a few years ago didn't she performed before Bruno Mars

and was incredible so yeah we got to interview her she came into the studio I don't think she's of that calibre nowadays we get people on the way up on the way down

and she's definitely on the way up she's up she was on the way up then now she's up we'll just wait until she has a scandal we'll catch her on the way up, on the way down, and she's definitely... On the way up. She's up. Well, she's up. Yeah. She was on the way up then, and now she's up. We'll just wait till she has a scandal. We'll catch her on the way down. Jesus, her dad. Hot.

Yeah, he is hot. Google her dad. Yeah. Do that. Do yourself a favour today. We spent a lot of the interview, I think I focused quite heavily on how hot her father was. She's like, all right, that's my dad. Yeah, it kind of weirded her out a bit, didn't it?

Yeah. But he's a very handsome individual, isn't he? What do you reckon, Producer Joel? Hotty. Yeah. Like a guy you'd see in GQ magazine. Yeah. Anyway, enough about Juleepa's dad.

Getting swept up again. I'm sorry, apologies to Dua, if she's listening right now. Ben, we just put someone in the draw to go to Disneyland. Fantastic. Best trip, I think, radio has ever given away. Yeah, it is incredible.

A family like that is the dream trip for, I'd say most families in New Zealand going to Disneyland Anaheim. It's incredible. Now, we recently spent a lot of time together in a hotel, one bedroom hotel. Yeah, we did. In America, when we went over to interview The Rock,

we were put together in a room, you know? It was fine. Very close quarters. They were great quarters, but very close quarters. And I couldn't get any closer. I was watching Ben Boy sleep from six centimetres away from his face. It was corporate box viewing of Ben Boy sleeping. I was right.

No, courtside seats. I had courtside seats to your sleeping. Did you find it was too close for us? Oh, look, hey, I feel like we managed it fine. There was nothing there. There was no problems, no issues. But you're right, it was very close. Like, we'd be chatting away, watching some late-night TV in America,

then old mate would be, oh, he's asleep now. Yeah, he's gone. We were like a couple in a loveless marriage, sleeping in the same room but separate beds. The first night we were there, we were quite tired. We went to sleep at 8 o'clock at night. I was like, oh, no, guys, come on. What is up with you?

I wanted to top and tail. When was the last time you top and tailed? It's been a while. It's a great technique, the old top and tail, isn't it? It seems like something you stop doing when you're about 20? I probably haven't top and tailed since

the early 20s. Yeah, it's probably like kids, teenage years, you know, you're topping tailing with mates. You always bring up a great point that the adult sleepover is not really a thing. Come and have a sleepover. Like when you're a kid sleeping, oh, Poppy, my daughter this weekend's got her birthday, she's having

a sleepover. That's all kids want to do is sleepover. Can I go stay at such and such house and they come stay at my house, you know, which is great. But you're right, as an adult, it's a little weird going, hey John, I want to come over for a sleepover. That's all kids want to do is sleepovers. Can I go stay at such and such house and they come stay at my house, you know, which is great. But you're right, as an adult, it's a little weird going, hey John,

I want to come over for a sleepover. Oh. I'll hang out for a bit but then I'll probably go home at bedtime. Well, I'd just be like,

what are the connotations of the sleepover? You know, for some reason we all get a bit judgy, don't we? Yeah. But yeah,

that was fun. Would you room again? Would we room again? You know, I think if we had to, we would do it. You know, it was fine. It was fine. One thing I did notice in America is the toilets are quite full with water.

I don't know why that is. And so if you need to go for, you know, like a pee in the middle of the night, you're trying to quietly, very difficult conditions. That's one thing I did struggle with a little bit. Why is the toilet water level so high in America? I, American toilets and bathroom, right. Yes. Okay.

I thought this exact reason. It's high for the odor purposes. The higher the water is, the odor disappears if it's under water. And that's the reason Americans maybe they're doing it right Apparently it helps to keep the toilet cleaner as well I always wonder if the A lot of the Asian countries

They have a technique where they're sort of Squatting Right I think they're doing it right Or the bidet The bidet, yeah Once you've used the bidet The toilet in Japan

Anyway We're digressing, sorry We are digressing Bidet, yeah. Once you've used a toilet in Japan. Anyway. We're digressing, sorry. We are digressing. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I don't know if this is a byproduct of what we do for a job, Ben, or me becoming older. And it happened to me in a meeting yesterday where I'm getting to a stage where uh my mind wanders okay and then

someone will ask me something and i'll just start talking so my mouth will take off before the brain's it's like sending a car on its way without putting it in gear so that the journey started and my mind hasn't quite caught up with what my mouth is saying so then what i end up doing inevitably it's just talking and talking and talking, completely forgetting what the point of the conversation was or what the point I was trying to make, and then hoping, like in the back of my mind, hoping that I can somehow loop it back around

to what the initial topic was. You do this most mornings between six and nine on the radio. You do, you do. I don't want to, because we spoke to a radio legend a few months back and, you know, an icon, radio host icon. And we were just talking to him in the office and he just started talking and talking and talking. And we're like looking at each other going,

what is the point of this conversation? And you could tell his producer was like, oh, he's at it again. And then he, refreshing, refreshing honesty, after five minutes of just talking dotting from all sorts of topics just said i've completely forgotten the point of what i was saying and then we kind of went uh we we started with it we kind of reminded him what we started he's oh yes that's right and then he kind of connected he pulled it back up again like i'm

like is that my future no that's you that's you. That's you now. That's your present. That's your present. Sometimes you'll just, I've been with you a lot of the time, you just start talking and be like, oh, why is he saying this? And you'll just keep going.

You'll just keep going. Is it convincing? No, like to the, like you obviously know, you know I'm just rambling and hoping that I'm going to rejoin the dots at the end. Oh, sometimes you do pull it back.

It's like watching someone fishing. You know, when they're reeling something in and it gets away. Oh, it gets away. And then they reel it back in for a second. Oh, no, the fish is almost going. You know, you've caught one and then sometimes you lose it.

And then other times he's reeling it in and it's a bit of a fight, but you get it back up. My concern is that people know when I've lost it, though. When I've lost the fish. Yeah, I think so. I definitely do. Yeah, I know you do. I definitely do. It's been way too much time to get that. Oh, he's lost it. Oh, I think so. I definitely do. Yeah, I know you do. I definitely do.

It's been way too much time to get through. Oh, God, he's rambling. He's forgot we're talking about human rights. Has he got a point? Yeah, you know. Sometimes you bring it

back, though. So that's the beauty of it. It's a rollercoaster. Oh, there we go. It was good to take a glimpse into my future a few months ago anyway. I was like, is that me?

I was like, oh, just the guy who just rambles and doesn't even know why he's rambling. He's like, is that me? I was like, oh, just the guy who just rambles and doesn't even know why he's rambling. I was like, kids, stay off my lawn. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Friday Jams Live is going to be in Auckland next week. It looks incredible. You can get all the details at ticketmaster.co.nz.

McLemore, TLC, Akon, Shaggy, and plenty more. And we want to know on 0800 The Hits to win a double pass and a meet and greet as well at Friday Jams Live, who is the coolest person you've ever been lucky enough to meet? And we've got Mark on 0800 The Hats. Morning, Mark. I met and spent a lot of time with

Ozzy Osbourne and his family. Oh, wow. Really? Yeah, so I spent a lot of time working in television over the years and when I was working in theS., I got hired to work on their reality show. So I did two seasons of the show back in about 2004, 2005. That was such a huge show worldwide. That was massive.

Yeah. It was probably one of the first proper reality shows to kind of start the ball rolling. I was just about to say that. It was kind of the Kardashians before the Kardashians, wasn't it? Exactly. I love you all. I love you more than life itself. You're all f***ing mad.

So you spent probably day and night with the entire family. What was it like? It was great. I mean, we pretty much based ourselves at the house and we just had full reign of wherever we wanted to go. You wouldn't like plan anything? You'd just kind of follow Ozzy Osbourne sort of waddling around? Exactly.

We would turn up at the beginning of the day and have no idea what's going to happen. Nothing was scripted. Nothing was set up. We would just simply start the cameras rolling and whatever happened, we captured it. I just loved, I love Ozzy Osbourne and I particularly loved him in that show

and probably no doubt who he is as a person. Everything was just the world's biggest problem for him. You know, nothing would work. Nothing would go well for him. Sharon! Maybe he would try and turn on some lights and it would just be a nightmare. Technology wasn't his friend.

And so, you know, just to get the TV switched on, he needed a little bit of assistance. But once he got it on and once he was watching a documentary about World War I on the History Channel, he was happy. Was he a nice guy? He was a lovely guy. In fact, the whole family were. They were the nicest people.

And, yeah, I can't say anything bad about them. They were a very loving family, and I'm not sure if that really comes across in a big way on the show, but they really loved each other. They were there for each other. They were quirky, and they were a little bit crazy, but yeah, great experience, obviously.

Obviously, you know, all celebrities, that launched them into superstardom. It was Ozzy and Sharon before that, but their kids as well after that show. Were there celebrities turning up at the house? Yeah, there were actually. It was one of those things that wasn't really planned. You'd just turn around and then Britney Spears would be walking in the door.

What? There'd be Jessica Simpson or Kimberly Stewart. And then I think even through being with the Osbournes, you know, you just end up meeting other celebrities. We were in the UK at one point and we just happened to bump into Mick Jagger walking down the aisle at a hotel.

It was really quite neat to sort of experience some of that life as a celebrity. So you answer the door, Britney Spears is there, what do you say? Well, I don't really say anything, I just catch what's going on as a cameraman, but

certainly just quite neat and I guess a little bit surreal. And everyone really hooked into the fact that he bit the head off a bat once, didn't they? No one's ever really let it go about poor Ozzy Osbourne. Yeah, and you know, I was looking around for any sort of dead bat corpses around the house,

and there was nothing there. I didn't find any proof of it, so... I'm not proud about biting the head of a bat. I'm not proud of a lot of things. Well, OK, so you've got Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I'm going to pitch one to you. Bangin' With The Boyces. Ben Boyce and family.

Sounds of a... Anyway, We'll work on the title. Yeah, sure. What do you reckon? Should we get the ball rolling on that? Let's do it. Alright. I don't know if Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson will be turning up at my house, but hey. No, it'll just be like a pesky bloody Greenpeace

collector or something knocking on the door. Hey Mark, well done. Hey, we're going to give you a double pass to Friday Jams. Awesome. And a backstage It'll just be like a pesky bloody Greenpeace collector or something knocking on the door. Hey, Mark, well done. Hey, we're going to give you a double pass to Friday Jams. Awesome. And a backstage pass as well. You're going to meet Drew Hill, which is going to be awesome. It's going to be incredible to go along to a Friday Jams live,

so you really enjoy that, all right?