Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We finally find out what Ben's surprise for Jono is

Episode Date: May 24, 2022

Ben reveals Jono's world first surprise he'll be doing this week, we chat with our Hollywood Insider Enty about The Kravis wedding. Jono has found possibly the most annoying person online and Ben takes us down memory lane with school photo day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. G'day there, welcome. It's the podcast, the 24th of May today. Ben Boyce, what are you concentrating on? You look like gauged in your computer screen. What are you looking at right now? Just going through some stuff, some planning stuff. Big planning, you know, still a little planning. We're always stuff planning stuff. We're planning stuff. We're planning something behind your back for your bucket list

that's going to be happening on Friday and it's all revealed in the podcast today. So let's not say too much about it. Let's just say you've got to listen to the podcast to find out what Jono's going to be doing. It's a world first. I, yeah. I don't hold much hope. Do you want my honest thoughts on what you're getting me to do on Friday? Yeah.

Don't expect a huge, roaring success. Okay? Okay. But at least give it an honest crack. Oh, give it an honest crack. I don't mind walking. Like, I don't mind walking. Let's not say too much, obviously, but I don't mind walking.

It won't be a dishonest crack. I'll say that. Okay? Yeah. It'll be an honest crack. I don't want to, like, offer this, wrap this up. But the other thing, which, you know, I kind of red-flagged with you, so I've got stuff to do on Friday afternoon.

Oh, you can make it. But put that aside. Put that got stuff to do on Friday afternoon. Well, you can make it. Put that aside. Put that aside. It's all on you otherwise, you know. So you don't want to be like, oh, how did that go? Oh, that fizzled out because he had stuff to do. What happened to that pig? Oh, he had some stuff to do.

You know, this is your day to do it world first. Yeah, right. Okay. Okay. Okay. That's all happening just on the air again I said

so you know maybe if I'd known two weeks ago it would have been quite good I get that if you just send me an email

hey just so you know I'm planning this thing oh well you can blame you can blame Craig Craig Bruce you know like who does our Australian consultant

he's like don't you know if something's going to be a surprise make it a surprise and we have you know make it a surprise

you know nothing of it. So, yes, we could have told you two weeks ago you could have trained, you could have been in a better position, but we had to make it a surprise because that's what he told us to do. So it's a surprise. Nothing like a bit of last minute. Otherwise we would have procrastinated it, you know. Yeah, true.

And you'll get in your head about it. It's better sometimes not to think it. Just go and do it. Well, we spoke to a person who does ultra versions of what you're getting me to do. She was like, this is bonkers. This is bonkers. That was the moment for me.

And I was like, oh, really? She thinks it's bonkers? Yeah. She's done it across Africa. She said this is bonkers. It's the height issue, I think. Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't say that.

No, that's fine. That's all right. I think we've teased the audience issue, I think. Yeah. Sorry, I shouldn't say anything. No, that's fine. That's all right. I think we've teased the audience beautifully here. I think if you haven't worked it out, you'll work it out very quickly. Enjoy the podcast. Shout out to all the unpaid Uber drivers dropping their kids off in P-Car traffic. Jono and Ben on the hits. Dancing with the Stars again on last night.

What happened? Kerry Woodham. Is she gone? She's back on. And then I kind of felt for it. They had it on at home and I was doing some things and sort of dotting in and dotting out of the lounge.

And then I was like, oh, the bottom two ended up being the two people they'd brought back. They'd already been eliminated. Due to COVID reasons, if you've just been living under a rock, contestants couldn't make it through. They'd tested positive, so they pulled back previously eliminated contestants. And they were both in the bottom two. They tested positive, so they pulled back previously eliminated contestants, and they were both in the bottom two.

They're like, thanks for this Dancing with the Stars. Thanks for bringing us back so we can get eliminated again. As if it wasn't shameful and embarrassing enough to be eliminated the first time. You get to do it twice. They were all really good about it. Kerry was very gracious for being kicked off the second time in the space for a couple of weeks. So, yeah, that's what happened on Dancing with the Stars. We'll have more later on.

Is she going to be joining the show? No, I think one of the hosts, Clint Randall, is going to be joining the show. Kerry, I'm not doing another exit interview. We can't put a three out as well. We've already done a round of these. Hey, I'll tell you what. I was doing a wee trick that you do over the weekend and having a good chat to an Uber driver. Not your favourite thing. I love how you can rank them

on their banter too don't you get isn't there like a banter rating or something oh I haven't gone deep into that yeah you can look at your driver's you know charisma I know I do

I do enjoy a chat you know particularly with one who you know wants to talk back and have a you know bit of a conversation this particular guy was a fan of the show

he was like listens in the morning and stuff, which was really cool. But he said, you tell Jono next week, you tell him he's Peter. And I said, okay. He's like, yeah, you tell him Peter. Peter is his new name. And I'm like, okay.

And he's been listening to the show. And I'm like, and he was like, see if you can work out what it means. P-I-T-A in the spelling. Peter? Yeah. He's like, you tell Jono. What's the acronym?

Did he tell you what it was? Yeah, he did. He did. I couldn't work it out. He's like-A in the spelling. Peter? Yeah. He's like, you tell John. What's the acronym? Did he tell you what it was? Yeah, he did. He did. I couldn't work it out. He's like, pain in the ass. So from now on, he's like, I'd like you to be known that John O to you is a Peter. And I was like, that's good. I like that.

That's lovely. Yeah. How many stars did you give this guy? Definitely more than I could give him. I was like, five. I wanted to give him six because he gave me a little something for the radio and i did tell him about the time that you were in the uber and you had the conversation about the the guy's uh the greatest fear greatest fear yeah yeah well i said yeah because i wanted to know you know the biggest journey he's done because you hear stories

of people arriving from overseas at auckland airport and take me to queenstown to the uber driver so i wanted to know what his biggest fear was. But he misunderstood the question as if his biggest fear in life. And that was losing his family. Which is, yes. But it's hard to pull it back on track after that. Because then he goes, what's your biggest fear? So I have to make up a big fear.

When really you just wanted to go $465, I drove someone from Auckland to a Tamilton or something. Yeah, like it's Uber. It's light banter. Top level stuff. Yeah, you've gone from light banter to very heavy banter quite early on. So the guy really enjoyed that. All right.

Well, Peter and Ben will continue on throughout the morning. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. There's a little girl, Belle, dreamed of becoming a surgeon and now as an adult she gets to rip the hearts out of all of the famous people in Spy What's going on, Belle?

Well, overnight the Kardashians have had the reception for Kravis, Kravis, Kourtney and Travis Barker Big party, they were around until 3am dancing, they had a DJ playing A lot of Beyonce, even though Beyonce was apparently there, but she definitely wasn't. There were rumours. Apparently Kris Kardashian was saying, Beyonce, honestly,

she's coming. She'll be here soon. I booked her on a Jetstar flight. Yeah. Now the reception was at another historic Dolce & Gabbana site and from the 13th century. It's pretty old, but it looked amazing. Very goth wedding, you know. Yeah, it's very

a lot of red roses, a lot of black. They're all dressed in Dolce & Gabbana and Courtney actually had a tribute to one of Travis's most famous tattoos on her veil. You may have noticed. It's embroidery of the Virgin Mary and that's what he has. I'm pretty sure it's on his head

but she had that on her veil. The Virgin Mary would appreciate being tattooed on the back of Travis Barker's head. So Kendall Jenner was going viral yesterday because she had quite a tight dress on and she was struggling. There was very narrow steps to walk up and she had to walk up the stairs with her legs

almost like a baby deer or something like Bambi when it was first born. Oh, learning how to use its legs. And Kylie filmed it. It was funny. Yeah, so she was kind of going viral yesterday because it was a very awkward sort of rise up the stairs. I don't know how I sympathise with her wearing a tight outfit.

I wore your pants to a wedding once by accident in Queenstown and it was the bleakest nine hours of my life. I couldn't even do them up. A zip was down the whole time. I couldn't stand up. They'd be like, why's that guy got his... We're not at that stage of the wedding yet, are we? Yeah, so from last week, did you hear about her awkwardly cutting a cucumber?

She had her arms crossed, like, just cut it. Who Kylie does. Kendall. And then now this week she's trending because of her walking upstairs. Yeah, it's all coming up. Kendall, I saw her try and cut that cucumber. She had her hands crossed. It was so strange.

Has she never been taught how to cut anything? Well, Chris kept saying, we'll get the chef, we'll get the chef. Get the chef, get a chef,

get a chef. And then she sort of said, oh, don't film that because I'm like not the best cutter and then it's like, that was the biggest thing online is Kendall's cutting.

Like cutting, cutting's everyone's thing. Well, you think, like, yeah, that's fine. But even my kids can probably cut it, you know? But anyway. Get the chef to do it. If I had a chef, they wouldn't be able to. I'll be getting the chef to do it.

The star of the weekend, though. Courtney's kids are sassy. Little Rain, he had the cutest little outfit on. He had a little suit, but he had shorts on with this little suit. It was so adorable. Oh, they're dressing him up like a prince, like little Prince, when Prince William and Kate dress up their little kid. He's only seven, but they, of course, had a paparazzi on every move,

and this is what he said to them. Give us a break. Give us a break? Fair enough, too. You've got to get out of my face. Give us a break. Go get a look. Go and enjoy Italy. Where are we, Italy? Go and see the go get out of my face. Give us a break. Go get a look. Go and enjoy Italy.

Where are we, Italy? Go and see the sights. Yeah, you've got enough photos of us. And it is the last week of the Johnny Depp Amber Heard defamation trial, and Ricky Gervais was asked about the case and what he thinks about us being able to watch it all. I try not to have it in my head. I don't think either of them can come out.

It's a win. It's all your private stuff. It's even weird that they televise a court case. And they interviewed him in front of a jet plane. Sorry, that was a bit noisy. He makes a good point, though. It's the construction site.

It's all your private stuff and they're putting it all online as well. It's like, yeah, it seems a bit wrong. People are not going to work to watch it. There's this thing,

I've seen videos of people saying, I've got jury duty and they're having the day off to watch the case. Or watching the case, yeah. seen videos of people saying I've got jury duty and they're having the day off to watch the case. Or watching the case, yeah. Well, they're selling

tickets because obviously you can go and watch court cases over there, you were saying the other day, but the people who have got the

passes to go in are selling them online for thousands. On the black market, yeah. I've become numb to it now. Just need a result.

Let's move on. Let these people get on with their lives. We get on with our lives. Exactly. It's a sad situation at the end of the day. It's very sad, yeah. Not good for anyone.

Hey, and that is Spike. You can get more now at thehits.co.nz. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben on the Hits. It's Ocean Drive. You're on the Hits. Jono and Ben, 6.25 on your Tuesday morning. Now, Jono, you're going to be doing something.

We were surprised that we were revealed yesterday, but we didn't reveal the whole thing. It's something that you've wanted to do, that's what I'm telling you, and it's going to be a world first, and it's happening on Friday, and this was us talking to Leo, who's helping me secretly organise this for you on Friday.

Would I be right in saying if Jono does this on Friday, no one in the world has done it before? No one in the world has ever done that before. That's correct. This event that could be taking place, how long will it take? Ooh, that's a good question. It's all on you, really, yes, exactly. You know.

It could take quite a while, though, right, Leo? Like it could, but it's up to Jono how long it takes, right? Absolutely, absolutely. Okay. It's a world first. Leo, like it could, but it's up to Jono how long it takes, right? Absolutely, absolutely. Okay. It's a world first. This is the first radio show with a host not delivering any fake laughter in the morning. That would be a world first.

We've been doing this radio lark for a while, Ben. You and I both know that whatever you're organizing is going to be less than ideal for me. Mate, no, you love, look, hey, you've wanted to do this. In all seriousness, you've wanted to do this. In all seriousness, you've wanted to do this. Like, you've wanted, not necessarily in the location that it's happening, but you've wanted to do this. So this is what, I mean, this is ticking an item off your bucket list. This year we're all about ticking items off bucket lists. And a world first.

So, hey, you get to revel in the glory of no one else in the world doing it. It plays into your ego. But I can just tell by this big, big damn smile on your face that you're not even looking me in the eye. You're looking at your phone. You can't even look at me. When do I find out what it is? Today, 8 o'clock this morning. There's some things.

There's some clues if you go to the Hits Breakfast on social media. We held up some things yesterday as a photo. One involves running shoes, one involves anti-nausea pills, and one involves a Scotty the Sky Tower toy. Right, okay. And we went around the office yesterday, and we talked to some people in the office to get their reactions. This is Jono.

What's going to happen if Jono does this on Friday? Here's what the office had to say. I'm sounding negative. I don't think he'll do it. It's ridiculous. That is absolutely crazy. He's going to get dizzy and fall off. Good luck.

Is he actually going to finish that in a day? Yeah, right. Why is he doing that? That's so silly. He's going to get so cold and so tired for no reason. No, he's definitely not gonna complete it well look jono it's been really nice working with you up the top up high yeah oh yuck no no i'd hate that why is he doing it absolutely i want to know how many times you have to go around

383 you're joking i would definitely watch how long would that take him is he gonna be like a water person? He can't do it. There's no way. That honestly makes me feel sick. Actually, he's quite wiry. So he might. He might. Tall and wiry. So he might get there. But he just may not have enough muscle on him.

What a negative bunch of people. Look, I believe in you, mate. You don't even know what you're doing. No, you don't. But I believe in you. You won't even know what you're doing but I no you don't but I believe this is how come he won't do it he won't leave

mate you'll do it you'll do it how come a group of you know in our focus group 20 out of 20 said this well it sounds to me

like a shocking idea you're the only one well how negative why did we play that they were all so negative towards the idea hey where were all the people

going this is going to be great. Well, first, put them on the... They weren't there. Did you edit them out, B-Ups? No, he didn't edit positivity out. I thought the reaction would have been a lot more positive. Well, it's happening today, 8 o'clock this morning. We'll tell you exactly what is going on.

It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. They're not afraid to use the F-word. Be family friendly fun Jono and Ben on the hits Yesterday we were talking about kid perks And oh under the hits if you've got any If your kids get any perks around town

Because it happens when you go Oh back in the day you go to the butcher You get a cheerio Sometimes they get free fruit at the supermarket There's some rogue butchers still handing out free cheerios as well We heard that yesterday didn't we Candy and lollipops Like I get the dry cleaners for my kids, you know? They're on a sweet deal, aren't they?

It's all right. Just don't hand the candy and lollipops out of your van, though. I always find that society frowns upon that. Yeah, but for tiny people, they get some bloody big perks as well. They get to dine free with any paying adult. Often that happens, you're right. At a restaurant. Have you ever gone into a restaurant and just tried to order a kid's meal for yourself?

They won't ever borrow it. Oh, I've had someone at the table try to do it, yeah. Oh, Jerry? Yeah. He's like, I just feel like a kid's size meal. And they're like, well, no, you're an adult. But I don't know why they won't serve a kid's meal. Well, I guess it's a pricing thing.

You just try to, yeah. And I see why. But he's like, I'm not fully hungry. I'm not adult size hungry. I want the hot dog and chips, the kid's hot dog and chips. Sometimes they're very good, too. are they are better you go to any child's birthday party and you wait for the main the main mob to have their feed but then all the adults will swoop on in and grab cheerios and fairy bread afterwards yeah it never dies those

taste buds so 0800 the hits uh kid perks, we shouldn't complain. We're adults. We get free parking tickets. We get our money taken off us for free by the government. All sorts of great perks. James called through on 0800 The Hits. Kid Perks, what are they getting out there, mate? Free lunches at school, my one. Free lunch at school?

At school, and they take a backup one just in case they don't like it. Oh, really? So the school provides the lunch. What a great school. And they're that fussy, they take a backup one just in case they don't like it. Oh, really? So the school provides the lunch. What a great school. Yeah. Yeah, a lot of the Rotorua schools are doing that these days, and I think a lot of other New Zealand schools are doing it too.

Well, that's good that all the kids are getting lunch. Yeah, that's right. I remember when I was at school, we'd have to survive off getting a bite off all your friends' pies. Yeah. Or the other end of the sausage roll. You'd be like, pies. Yeah. Or the other end of the sausage roll. You'd be like, let me nibble on your other end of your sausage roll. Yeah.

The sausage rolls at our school were so many kids and so much demand for sausage rolls that sometimes they would hand them out almost raw. Oh, really? So you just had to kind of cover them in tomato sauce to hide the raw meat flavor. Well, they could have moved them like your Kranskys there, John. Yeah, that's right. Microwave Kransky, the public face-off. James, they've got to nuke them like your Kranskys there, Jono. Yeah, that's right. Microwave Kransky, the public face-off. James, hey, really appreciate your call.

You want to go see Top Gun in Rotorua? Sure do. Thank you very much. Yeah, the new Top Gun Maverick looks awesome. It's in cinemas this weekend. That comes with a keep cup and a tote bag as well, right? Oh, lovely. Thanks, lad.

Good on you, James. Appreciate it. Sue, you're on. Sue, you're on from Morrinsville. Kid Perks. Good morning, Jono. Hey, Sue. How are you?

I'm good. And you guys? Long time since we've spoken to our friend, Sue. I know. It's been ages trying to get on. Yeah, well, hey, it's a popular show. I won't lie. No, no, actually, I don't.

You're very popular. I do lie. I do lie. It's a hair's lie. But anyway. No, please call us. We're desperate for phone calls. Sue, what Kid Perks are there?

Well, Hayley seems to with her hockey if you play really bad you still get picked for player of the day and get to spend $10 at Chartwell Square

oh for any sports team when you're a kid you're right it's like a revolving it's just like whose turn is it this week I get it they scored a try

for the other team that's alright you're the player of the day shocking game you have to have lollies or lollipops or yeah I get it. They scored a try for the other team. That's all right. You're the player of the day. Shocking game. They have lollies or lollipops or, yeah. Yeah, and you had to bring the trophy back the next week, didn't you? Yep, yep.

And then it was your responsibility to provide the lollies for the next weeks. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. And not so much with the amount of sugar. Well, that's right. Sometimes the oranges. As a parent, I love giving my kids the oranges to take, but it's not

always the most popular option for the kids on the day. Old man boys has bought fruit again. There's some mandarins around. They're better than sweet. They're nature's candy. But everyone's like... Nature's candy? Everyone's like, oh, what? He's trying to do a big sale on nature's candy. Oh, Sue, that's amazing.

Well, you know, when those athletes grow up and perform as adults, well, then they don't get a pair of them. Well, you know, when those athletes grow up and perform as adults, well, then they don't get a pair of the day. They just get slated when they have a shocking game. Have a great day, Sue. Oh, that's good. Thank you, guys. We'll listen to you all the time.

Cheers, mate. Well, it was after the new Australian Prime Minister. Well, the weekend was voted in. Yeah. Elbow. Elbow's his name Well, that's That's the nickname they're giving him, right? Yeah, Albanese has taken it out

And I Because they had ScoMo previously He was the Prime Minister before that And then I got into a hole that Every Australian Prime Minister's had a nickname. Every single one of them. These are probably ones they've all come up with themselves. This is probably what the media's given them, or the people in Australia, right?

Malcolm Turnbull was the one before ScoMo. Yeah. He was Turncoat. Yeah, okay, that's good. Tony Abbott was the Mad Monk. Then they had Julia Gillard, and she was Jew liar. As in she lied a lot. She was good.

Kevin Rudd was Rudd the dud. John Howard, little Johnny Howard. Now, we have never once given a... Auntie Cindy? Oh, Auntie Cindy. Yeah, you're right. She doesn't like that one. She doesn't like it.

She was, yeah, we sort of brought it up with her. Yeah, she was okay with it. Like, yeah, but I don't think it's, yeah, it's not like run the dud, though. No. Like, yeah. She could be Ardo. Yeah. Ardo.

Ardo. Yeah. She works well. Yeah. Keyhole for John Key. Yeah. Bill English. Big Billy Smith.

Billy Smith, yeah. Helen Clark She's a big fan of Eden Park Eden Clark That works well Australia should be Clarky We had Jim Bolger as well J Bolge

I've got a Bolger Shipley came into the harbour And that's all I've got The moor is lava for my moor. But what I'm saying is we need to get aboard this nickname train. Because it makes them endearing, doesn't it? Well, yeah. Auntie Cindy.

I keep saying Auntie Cindy. She's kind of got a nickname that we do kind of use. Two things Australia are very good at is racism, casual racism, and kicking New Zealanders out of the country and also nicknaming their leaders, which is, which is a wonderful job.

And we congratulate Albo and the next 26 Australian prime ministers between now and December. Yeah, that's right. Hey, next on the show, we're going to be talking about the, the new thing that's putting fear into everyone.

Monkey pox. Is it something we should be worried about? Well, you click baited me. Yes, it is. Ben, you've got me worried. Well, I've been doing a little bit of research Is it something we should be worried about? Well, you're clickbaiting me. Yes, it is, Ben. You've got me worried. Well, I've been doing a little bit of research.

Maybe we shouldn't be worried. We'll talk more in just a moment on the Hats. Scrolling through your feed. All right, we may not be the best at news, but at least we're hot. And that's the main thing. Ben, you're on. Now, just when you thought things would return

to being as close to normal as they could be over the next few years, we get this whole alert coming around from the world on the headlines about monkeypox, the alarming rise of cases of monkeypox. And, yeah, so you probably would have heard about this. It's a viral infection, and there's been confirmed cases in a number of countries.

It could cause some people some fever, some aches, and a bit of a bumpy rash as well. Yeah, and, you know, I know it's early in the morning, and this is quite confronting to wake up to, but big giant sort of infected pus spots all over your body, head to toe, for like a month apparently it lasts. Yeah, so it's related to smallpox, but usually milder. People normally recover in two to four weeks,

and according to this, a few things I've read, health officials have said the risk to the general public is low at this time, which is good, because I feel like, as you were saying before, you click on headlines and it's like, why we should be alarmed by this whole thing. But then you go. And the answer is you shouldn't be. Well, yeah, it seems like health officials obviously know a lot more than we have have said that the risk to the public is very mild because it can't be passed through the ear like COVID can.

Yeah, I think they've got some confirmed cases in Aussie, don't they? There's a few in America right now. We haven't had any in New Zealand. Usually skin-to-skin contact is the way with someone who is infected. So the risk is low. So hopefully people can just, you know, we can chill a little bit and not get too alarmist like COVID all over again. And speaking of chilling, Ben,

we know how people want to digest information nowadays, and it's with a relatable rap to explain it. Yeah, I found it on TikTok. This guy made it with official information as well, like advice on it. Want me to play it? Yeah. Should you be worried about monkeypox? As quick as I can.

So it's a disease that leaves you with a fever, fatigue, and a rash that wears off in a couple of weeks. There's been a small number of outbreaks before, but the way it's been able to spread is hard to ignore. Yeah, he's good. He's good. So he carries on like that. Oh, what?

So we don't get to hear what it's about? No, no, no. Cut me off. You cut him off? I didn't cut him off. I feel like he had more to say. You didn't cut me off. I didn't play very much.

It's the newspapers. They go, hang on, hang on. We want to get some more alarming headlines. I tell you what, those 1pm press conferences would have been a lot quicker if Ashley had just done that. If Ashley had decided to keep rapping. Oh, now we've brought him back. I feel like we'll just put it

on the hits breakfast on our social media on the story. Sorry. I love it like we are. We've checked out of you, mate. We don't care about you. We're both shouts.

Simon Cowell went stop, stop, stop, stop. Yeah, stop, stop, stop. The rapper guy, mate. Sorry. And a safety camera trial monitoring how people drive using their mobile phones

or not wearing seatbelts starts in Auckland today. So Waka Kotahi said no enforcement action will be taken through the trials so people won't get infringements, but they're collecting a whole lot of images because they are trying to stop people breaking the habit of using their phones while driving. How can I use my phone? Do I put it down by my groin? Because I see the camera comes in through the windscreen.

You should be 100% focused on the task as well. And to remind you what to do, here's a wrap. Oh, no, no, there's no wrap sign. I haven't got a wrap sign. Just don't drive with your phone. Yeah, that's the message. Even when you're alone. Watch and win with LEGO Masters New Zealand on TVNZ2.

LEGO Masters NZ, Monday and Tuesday, 7.30 on TVNZ2. Legomasters NZ Monday and Tuesday 7.30 on TVNZ2. And there's a special hits code word that pops up if you text it through to 4487 on the night, then we could call out your name the following morning on the show. And we did that with Erin's name just before, didn't we? Just for letting your eyeballs focus on the television screen last night, we're going to reward you, Erin, with a $500 warehouse voucher. Because you

called back and then she's abruptly hung up. Has she? She just hung up. Maybe she's like, uh-oh, not for me. I had it ready to go on it. Here we go. She's calling back now. Erin, high drama. You've called back, mate. I have. Congratulations. No, don't worry.

Kept us on the edge of our seats. Nothing we love more than someone hanging up. Immediately we would throw to them. But Erin, you've got the $500 voucher. Awesome. The world is your oyster at the warehouse. Apart from oysters, they don't sell those. But anything else you can buy with that $500. Thanks so much.

You've been watching Lego Masters a lot? Yeah, yep. Yep, that's great. Who would have thought you could turn adults playing watching Lego Masters a lot? Yeah, yep, yep. It's great. Good on you. Who would have thought you could turn adults playing with Lego into a smash hit television show? I know. You can turn anything into a reality show nowadays.

I'm going to do Blu-Tack Executives, where it's just office workers making things out of Blu-Tack. Well done, Ben. You made a space rocket with two tennis balls at the bottom. You're like, yeah, that's what it is. Exactly what it is. Whereabouts in the country?

How are you, Erin? Queenstown. Oh, nice. Just welcome back their first international flight yesterday after like 333 days, I think I read this morning.

So that's pretty cool. Getting some tourists back. Yeah, it'll be good to see people back in town. What do you do? I'm a gardener. Oh, good on you. Oh, nice. All right. What do you do? I'm a gardener. Oh, good on you. Oh, nice.

All right. What do you keep gardening? Compost and pittosporums and the likes? That's one. Yeah, all right. What's your go-to plant? If you could name your favourite plant out of all the plants in the world, what would it be? It has to be the cowrie.

Oh, the cowrie tree. It's a beautiful tree. Jono always tries to sell me little plants. They come in little bags. But anyway, you know, I don't know what he's trying to... $50 a pop. We'll talk about that later. Erin, are you interested?

I just got in before you'd slandered me. That's all I'm doing right now. Sorry about that. Erin's like, I'm not getting involved in this. No, fair enough. Don't drag me down to your level. You go and keep safe in Queenstown, and good on you for watching Lego Masters, all right, matey?

Thanks, guys. Love your work. Back again tonight, 7.30pm on TVNZ2. Lego Masters brought to you by The Warehouse. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals. She's not a good person, but either

is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes? Killing a cast member? Yes. It was a script. No. His identity is a secret.

But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. Yes, this guy knows all of the stuff in Hollywood, even when it's not news yet. But for some reason, he spills it to us for free every week. To the bright lights of hollywood we hear now are we here now auntie our hollywood insider how are you i'm good how are you yeah bloody good mate bloody good uh dancing with the stars they're dropping like flies thanks to the vid oh you know what i just and here this was their chance it was like okay well you know what we'll

do is we'll bring back all these people that we shouldn't have thrown off in the first place and then the person that you know got two days to rehearse we'll just get rid of her anyway i just i just was like yeah that's what we're all if flavor guessed it yeah you know i just one the thing that i want to shout out is that there is a reporter by the name of jenny mortimer who writes for the New Zealand Herald and she does the best wrap up write ups of Dancing with the Stars and everybody should read her stuff because it's quite funny. She compared it this last week to Sex and the City and gave every

dancer like a character and it's really really good. Oh there we go shout out to Jenny Mortimer. She'll appreciate that Yeah she's gone global. That's pretty cool How about you NT? You were over there in Italy at the Kardashian wedding. No. Are we sure it was a wedding?

It looked like a funeral. It really did. It looked depressing. It looked, honestly, I wanted to, it looked like something out of The Godfather almost. And I know that's wrong because it was in Italy and stuff, but just with the way they were wearing it, it was an advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana.

They had to plug Dolce & Gabbana. They had to plug Dolce & Gabbana. They had a Dolce & Gabbana pop-up store. I'm sure Balenciaga was really upset because Kim's been plugging them, and now all of a sudden had to do Dolce & Gabbana. And then the whole Kris Jenner trying to convince the world that Beyonce was going to be there or flying in for it, and I just didn't understand that at all. Beyonce didn't go to Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kanye. Why is she going to go to Kourtney Kardashian's wedding to, you know,

it just makes no sense whatsoever. Because Dolce & Gabbana will pay her. Maybe. I don't know where that rumor got started, but all it was was Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce in town for Kourtney's wedding, Beyonce, Beyonce. I thought we were goingourtney at a wedding, Beyonce, Beyonce. I thought we were going to get rid of the Kardashians for a little while, and it's just they're back full on, and it's just disturbing. I don't like it.

I saw Travis Barker. He was kind of wearing like, it was fashion, darling, but it was like a black maternity dress almost. Yeah, he has been exploring this high fashion couture kind of thing that it just seems to go against and rail against everything that, say, Blink-182 pretended to be. Yeah.

It reminded me of when Homer Simpson wore the gown. Yes, when he tried to put on the weights for the nuclear power plant to work from home. Yeah, I know the one. NT, love catching up with you. Thank you so much, our Hollywood insider. You go and have a wonderful week, and we'll speak next week. You guys have a great week.

I'll talk to you soon. If they were the internet, you'd want to clear this history. Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, my kids have got something on this week, or had something on this week, as it brought back memories, flooding back memories of school. Now, they've got their school photos as a class, but also as an individual.

Oh, high pressure. The solo ones I never excelled at. That's the thing. That's what I was talking to them about the other day. It brought back memories, because it was. It was like that Eminem song, you've got one shot, one opportunity. And the person behind the camera

at the time when I was there, they didn't care. They were just like trying to get through hundreds of kits. Yeah, they're just like, yep, bang, that'll do. Next one, that'll do. And then you sort of get your photo, you're like,

got a bung eye and one dribble going down your chin. Because you wait weeks for the photos to arrive. And then no matter how bad the photo was, my parents would always buy multiple copies of them, cut them up and send them to the relatives. So I felt more pressure because you'd go to Nana's house, you go to Grandma's house, you go to go to... They'd all have these photos. These are the photos that they'd display of me.

Here's Ben with a lazy eye. Yeah. They could even get them turned into key rings. Exactly. Send those out to the aunts and uncles. At high school, you'd get a pimple the day of the photos. You'd be like, oh, here we go. But that would be the thing that would sort of

encapsulate you in the year. And my kids, one of my kids, Indy, had it yesterday. I was like, how was it? She was like, I think I blinked. I think I blinked. I blew it. I blew it. But as a parent,

you can't not buy those photos now. You have to buy it. Even if your kid's like, oh, jeez, I'll go on that one. You've still got to buy it. I tell you, there's quite a good technique

because they send you an example one and they have their label sort of watermarked through it of the company that does it. But I'm like, you can cut it out. You can still see my daughter. I can put that up in there you know there's a jones photography

written over the front of it there's a free photo as well but you know there's a whole thing you did at school there's the rugby you know the rugby or the team sport photos for some reason the rugby ones you're not allowed to smile i don't know that smile and you've also got to hold have your hands clenched in a fist just sitting on your thighs above your knees but they're not holding on to anything I had the honour of holding the ball, I had no place holding the ball There's normally two people that sometimes get to hold it like a miracle baby in the woman's day or something

It's like look at this birth ball we've created Yeah I shouldn't have held the ball Like I was no good at rugby They're like oh you'll do Yeah one time I smiled and everyone was like oh god It's the one guy who smiled in a rugby god he's the guy else is yeah it's the one guy who smiled in a rugby photo it's just nice to have a happy photo for once i'm happy to be playing rugby happy to be on the team there guys it's a powerful moment i i found too when

i was growing up and my son's just discovering this now when you can sabotage photos and the most stressful part of appearing is like can can we just have a decent photo? When you're trying to coordinate four or five people. Just smile and hug. Hug your brother. Pretend we're having a good time. You look back and there's always like a sly finger or something. Someone's got the rabbit ears or someone's looking off or something.

Some sort of stupid face. I reckon my mum used to be, just do a proper one. Just do a decent photo for once. Jenny Boyce used to get wound up about that too, didn't she? I'd always have a fringe over my face when I was going through that face. You want to see your face, darling? Oh, okay, mum. Disgruntled hormonal teenager. Like, let's just not photograph teenagers.

You know? It's an awkward stage for any teenager. You know, let's just stop doing it until you come out the other side. And that's fine. Oh, okay, in my 20s, I don't have zits all over me looking like I hate life. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. Yes, five words away from $5,000.

That's all you are right now if you call 0800 THE HITS. If you match all five words with our five words, you win that five grand. This is commercial radio bribery at its finest. Doesn't get any better than this, Sinead. Welcome from Auckland. Hi. Good to have you on. Out walking the dog, are you, mate? I am, yep.

Tune into the old J&B on the old iHeart, are we? Yes. Oh, well, thank you for listening. We appreciate it. Now, walking your dog, does your dog interact with other dogs, and does that ever get awkward, i.e., do they ever start thrusting? No, no, Bella's pretty good. She's pretty good.

I know Ben Bowes, he's quite the pelvisy dog, isn't he? He's very thrusty, yeah, he is. Sometimes you're like, oh, please don't everyone think he's with me. He's probably thinking the same thing as well. We have a good relationship. Because he's attached to some poor person's leg. Sinead, you've played this game before while you've been listening? Yes, yep.

And it's definitely easier than it... It sounds easier than it is. Yeah, I know. You're sitting there in your ivory tower judging the poor people that are playing on the radio. Well, now people are judging you, Sinead. And you need to decide who you're going to send into the soundproof booth. Uh, Jono. All right. Can't swing a cat in that booth.

No. Don't know why you'd want to swing cats anyway. All right, Jono's heading off to the soundproof booth. Sinead, here is your first word. He can't hear us right now. Macaroni. Macaroni. What pops into your head? Cheese. Cheese. Exactly what I was thinking. Pony is word number two. Pony. Tail.

Pony tail, yeah. John Key was a fan of those a few years ago. Loud is word number three. L-O-U-D, loud. Noisy. Noisy. Refund is word number four. Money. Refund money. Andund is word number four. Money.

Refund money. And cook is the final word this morning. Cook. Definitely easier. Yeah. Sound easier than it is. Cook. Food.

Food. Chef. What's it going to be? Chef. Chef. Sorry, you just said chef. No, chef's A. You just it going to be? Chef. Chef. Sorry, you just said chef. No, chef, say. You just said chef.

Correct? I think so. Yeah, no, no. I was just making sure because the S is very important. So no S on that one. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth. And we'll see if he can match all five words with your five words. Hey, Shanae, have you done the five words win

when you've been listening to? No, there's always one word that gets me. She hasn't matched before. Maybe this will be the first time, and wouldn't that be convenient with 5,000 reasons to, OK? Hopefully we think the same. All right, here we go, Sinead. First word this morning we said to Sinead was macaroni.

Pasta. Oh. Oh. What? Okay, no. What was it? What did you go, macaroni? Cheese.

Macaroni and cheese. Oh, but it's a pasta. But macaroni and cheese. I did think pasta afterwards. Yeah, but you should have said pasta. Then we'd still be playing the game Sinead. Oh, Sinead, that's how it works. Or I should have said cheese, one of the two.

Mac and cheese? Oh, well, yeah, okay. Pony was the next word. Let's just quickly... Ponytail. Well done. Loud. Loud noise.

Ooh, noisy. It was very close. Refund. Refund. Tax. Money. You're along the same lines. And finally, cook.

Cook, food. Chef. Oh, Sinead. It was me're along the same lines and finally cook. Cook food. Chef. It was me who had the shocker. Don't you go off walking that dog feeling bad. That was all me. Try again another time. Yeah, exactly. Another chance to play tomorrow. Don't forget your chance to win cash and car is but

17 minutes away. All thanks to Škoda. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, I don't know, do your kids play Roblox? Oh, they did for a bit. They were big on that.

Well, we wanted Robux, the money that can only be spent in the game. Yeah, can we have some Robux? So you hand your credit card over to this money that doesn't exist. Yeah. And so I only did that once. And ever since, the constant soundtrack is, can we have some Robux? Can we have some Robux?

Yeah. They know the answer now. I've worn them down. They don't even ask now. But what they do, Oscar and Poppy, is they also watch people play this game on YouTube. Oh, yeah, yeah. So you can watch along with people. And there's one guy who they listen to,

and all I'm saying all day is, like, turn that guy down. Turn that idiot down. Which is what my family say when they listen to our show in the morning. I was just about to say. That was the moment of realisation of, like, oh, dear God, we're probably that for some people.

Yes, exactly. Turn those idiots down. Yeah. Have a listen to this guy playing this game. Oh no! No! Stop it! I can't get out! No one's gonna believe I'm gone! Stop!

I just lost 2,000 Roblox. Oh no! Please, please, I want out. I don't want to do this anymore. Oh no! You're kicked! X points! Please, please, I want out. I don't want to do this anymore. You're kicked! X points!

But I do! Now, listening to that, I'm like, you need to re-evaluate if you should still play this game, buddy. It's having an effect on your health. Oh, he's really into it, that game, isn't he? Oh, and all down, like, turn him down! Because he peaks with his yelling, you know? He gets very excited about Robux. And they're like, shut up, old man.

If it's too loud, you're too old. Yes, so the kids don't like you telling them to turn it down. But yeah, we're that for some people, Ben. You know people are listening to this right now going, turn those idiots down. Even when we've got cash and car coming up very shortly. Well, they might go, turn them back up. Turn the idiots back up just for that, but then turn them back down for that. Seven minutes, cash and car, come back very shortly. I, they might go turn them back up. Turn the idiots back up just for that, but then turn them back down Seven minutes. Cash in car.

Come back very shortly. I just feel sorry for his neighbours. Imagine his neighbours being like, God, mate. He's doing it again. Oh, mate's paying Roblox again.

That's Cash in Car. Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot and drive it home along with all that money. It is a brand new Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo car worth just under $46,000.

There are thousands and thousands of dollars in the back of the car. If you can guess how much cash we've stashed in the Skoda, you can drive it all home with all that money. When you say cash and Skoda, it really is a collection of the S's there. We love her name, Aroha. You're on. Welcome from Papamoa. Hey. How's it going, mate?

Yeah, good now. Yeah, you're on. You get your chance to win this car and the bootload of tax-free cash. Do you have to pay tax on cash winnings? What about lotto winners? Do they pay tax? I don't think they do. But, hey, I don't know.

I've had my issues with the IRD. So, hey, I don't know. We don't like to talk about those. It's an ongoing investigation. Aroha, you've been listening to the competition. You've had my issues with the IRD, so hey, I don't know. We don't like to talk about those. It's an ongoing investigation. Aroha, you've been listening to the competition. You've listened to all the clues. You've deciphered it down. Do you think you know the exact dollar amount in the boot of the Skoda?

I hope I know it. Okay, because don't forget you've got to get down to the cent as well, so hopefully that makes sense. All right, over to you. We're handing it over to you and cashkeeper Alex for your guess. Aroha, how much cash do you think is in that car? I think $18,426.60. Okay, so Aroha from Papamoa with a guess of $18,426.60.

Mm-hmm. That is incorrect. I'm sorry. Sorry, I went full Dominic Bowden on this one. You did. It was like an extra couple of seconds of dramatic silence. Okay, be exact. How close was she, Cash Keeper Alex?

I say no more. Be exact. Be exact. How much is in the boot? Just tell us now and end the madness. Hey, Aroha, good guest. That's not the last time you can get through, though. You can keep trying.

11 o'clock this morning. Download the iHeartRadio app. Push the mic. Record your guess in there and leave your number. And Alex could be Cash Keeper Alex. Sorry. We have a thing in radio where we like to name people's professions before their names. Cash Keeper Alex.

We'll be calling you at 11 o'clock. And then Sales Manager Debbie could be sending you that cash. Hey, Arahau, while you're there guessing stuff, can you guess what world first thing Ben's trying to make me do this Friday? Oh, gosh. I have no idea. I have no idea either. She's like, I've done all the guessing for today.

Well, you don't have to guess anymore because next I'm going to tell you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We're trying to tick some items off our bucket list. She's like, I've done all the guessing for today. Well, you don't have to guess anymore because next, I'm going to tell you all. We're trying to tick some items off our bucket list this year. These are things we've always wanted to achieve. And Jono, I revealed yesterday on the show that we're going to be doing something on Friday. You are going to be doing something to tick an item off your bucket list. And we spoke to Leo. It was all kind of a bit of a mystery when we spoke to Leo yesterday.

Have a listen. Would I be right in saying if Jono does this on Friday, no one in the world has done it before? No one in the world has ever done that before. That's correct. This event, how long will it take? Ooh, that's a good question. It's all on you, really, yes, exactly. You know.

Like, it could take quite a while, though, right, Leo? Like, it could, but it's up to Jono how long it takes, right? Absolutely, absolutely. That was yesterday. The exotically gorgeous sounding Leo. So it's a world first, Saturday, Friday. Do you want to know what it is? Do you want to know what it is?

Yes, I would. I'm quite nervous. 24 hours later, we get Leo back. He's on the phone right now on 800 The Hits. Leo, good morning. Good morning. Still sounding as exotic as always. Yeah.

Now, yesterday, we gave Jono some hints to what he's going to be doing on Friday. I said it was something that Jono had always wanted to do, and I also said it was a world first. Now, Leo said it would take you a while and you'd feel a good sense of achievement. Have you any idea what you could be doing on Friday, Jono? I'd always wanted to invent a machine that records Ben's dreams that I could play on the radio. What's Jono going to be doing on Friday? Oh, Jono, you're going to be running a full marathon on the platform of the Skywalk.

On the Skytower? On the top of the Skytower. This is Leo from AJ Hackett Bungie. They do the skywalk on top of the sky tower, outside the skywalk. Running a marathon. You've always wanted to run a marathon. Running a marathon on the platform,

on the top of the sky tower, the skywalk. On the outside of the sky tower? Yeah, you've always wanted to do a marathon. On the outside, up the top. Jono, you've always wanted to do a marathon, right? Yeah. You've told me that many times.

I have. And so we thought anyone can do that, right? Well, with a bit of training, obviously. I've made a marathon sound a lot easier than it actually is. No disrespect to the marathon running community. I've never done one. It looks like a lot of effort. But you're going to be doing one at the top of the Skytower on the platform.

How high in the air is he going to be, Leah? 192 meters above sea level. Well, two questions. Why can't I do it on sea level? Why do I have to be above sea level? Because it's the world first. No one has done a marathon, Leo, up there, out on the platform. No, nobody has.

For good reason. You can say, no, you're going to do it, mate. I'm sure you're going to love it. No, no. Sure, I'm not going to love it. I have not tried. And it. I've not tried. Secondly, I've not trained. When is this? You're right, in the morning. It's on Friday. You've got

a couple of days and well, you know, you can go at your own pace. If you need to walk some of it, that's fine. It's a skywalk. Leo's, of course, from AJ Hackett. So thank you so much, Leo, for organising this. This is going to be a lot of fun on Friday. Yeah, no, my pleasure. Yeah, we're really looking forward to it. It's going to be an awesome event and yeah. Well, I'm glad pleasure. Yeah, we're really looking forward to it. It's going to be an awesome event, and yeah.

Well, I'm glad someone is. I'm glad someone is. Okay. Well, thank you. Thank you, Leo. Really really... Oh, okay. Always wanted to do a marathon. You're right, Ben. Okay, I'm just trying to think of the positives here. And, you know, you can achieve something. You know, John O'Prior, world first. I mean, you love everyone

talking about you. Yeah, I do. I do. You're playing to my sweet spot. Yeah. Okay, all right. Will it get headlines? Have you got proof? Are you organising media? I'll try and organise

a headline for you somewhere. Somewhere. I'll get you at the coffee club or something like that. Coffee news? The coffee news. I'll get you at the coffee news or something like that.

Okay, I'll take the coffee news. All right, well, Leo, I guess we'll see you Friday to run a marathon. Absolutely, man. Yeah, we're looking forward to having you guys over. And yeah, it's going to be an amazing event. Exactly.

A real sense of achievement you'll get on Friday. Jono Pryor running a marathon up top of the Sky Tower on the platform. It's going to be fun. Looking forward to seeing you guys on Friday. Thank you. Thanks, Leo. There it is. 42.2 kilometres harnessed, 192 metres above Auckland City.

You'll be running Outside around The top of the Sky Tower This is where you say Thank you Ben Well I'm just like Sir Edmund Hillary Didn't go on the Tuesday You know what

I'm going to knock off That mountain on Friday There was a certain Like it would have been Nice to be looped in On the memo Maybe a week or two ago That would have been nice

You like getting stuff done Hey let's get on The phones right now. Wish Jono Pryor luck. You don't have a lot of time to wish him luck. What do you think? Can he do it? Can I call up and say, no, he probably can't?

Will he give it a good crack? Yes, he will. Well, wishes. Anything you want to say to Jono next? Jono and Ben. For now, a lot of people talking about dancing with the stars at the moment. But a lot of people now, all of a sudden, they're talking about Jono Pryor, Friday morning, what he's going to be doing.

It's a world first if you missed it before. We're ticking items off our bucket list. Now, is it true? I sound like I'm in some sort of court case. Is it true, Mr. Pryor, that you've always wanted to do a marathon? I feel like Amber Heard. Yes, it is. But did I need to stipulate?

Did I need to stipulate? Objection, objection. No more questions. Did I need to stipulate it needed to be on the ground? No, you didn't stipulate that. You just said part of your bucket list, things we want to achieve, was doing a marathon. Well, can I stipulate?

Can I do it on the ground? Didn't put that on your bucket list. We went through, read it, and so this week on Friday, Jono's Skywalker Marathon. It's a world first. You're going to be running 42.2km. So you can walk if you need to up there on the skywalk outside the Sky Tower. Up the top, 192m in the air above Auckland City.

So if you want some messages, you want to pass some messages on to Jono. 0800 the hits 4487. Someone's already texted you going, hey, hey, Jono, you got this. But if that, good luck. Now, you recorded a montage. You've still got that montage of people that you went around the office now this all makes a lot of sense now when i listen back to this retrospectively okay i'm sounding negative i don't think he'll do it it's ridiculous that is absolutely crazy he's gonna get dizzy and fall off good luck is he actually gonna finish that in a day so they're the So they're the haters.

They're the haters. They're the people that you use for inspiration. There was another 12 haters after that, too, in that montage. We need to focus on negativity, positivity. Nigel's text through and said, can I have your golf clubs, Jono? Sure you can, Nig. Never played a round of golf in my life. Have you got some golf clubs?

I'll buy some just for him. Buy those before Friday as well as training. Hey, Linda, you want to wish me some well wishes? Yeah, what have you got to say to Jono? Good morning. Hi. Morning, Linda. well as training hey linda uh you want to wish me some well wishes yeah what do you got to say to jono good morning hi morning linda now what do you think jono prior wants to do a marathon why not do it you know in a world first location right yeah it's gonna be hard but i'm gonna wish him a very good luck oh thank you linda your touching words mean everything to me and when i'm 33k's in there i'm going to be thinking of linda in new plymouth you're you're a kiwi hero linda it's like 300

times around at the top of the sky tower you know one of the things i do enjoy about running is uh you just you're in your own head with your own thoughts you know and you're away from everything but i don't think i can escape from that as I'm staring down 190 metres to the concrete and roads below. And pedestrians that look like ants. Yeah, but maybe the adrenaline will, you know, will fuel you on to do this faster and better. This is you know, maybe this is a genius thing. Have you

got some steroids, at least? Some of your Russian steroids you like to buy off the dark web. No, we haven't. Alright, we'll get Serene on. Serene, you're on. In Auckland, can this be done on Friday? I have huge question marks

hanging over it. Well, it'll be easy for you. Just concentrate on the inside of the ring and you'll do it. Just concentrate. That's all. Concentrate on the inside

of the ring. Don't go outside of the ring because that's when you fall off. Oh, yes. Avoid looking on your right-hand side. Yes. Just concentrate on the inside. Don't worry about what's out there or down below. Focus, yes. Avoid looking on your right-hand side. Yes. Just concentrate on the end zone.

Don't worry about what's out there or down below. Focus, focus, Brian. Thank you, Sheree. Appreciate that. And, Sheree, you've got some tips that you'd like to give in Wellington ahead of this World First on Friday. It's a World First. No one's done it.

No one's done it before. For good reason. What do you want to say? Good morning, Jono and Ben. I wish you well. I wish you good luck for it. Don't look down. Just keep keep, you know, tracking

along. Keep tracking and you said it with confidence, Cherie. She's got no hope for me. She's like I'll say something sort of positive but I don't think you'll make it. Cherie, you're an absolute champion. You have a great day in Welly, okay? Thank you. Alright, all the best. Alright. We're not trained for this. All right, all the best. All right.

We're not trained for this. Oh, look, I can't organise everything. Two semi-competent dads handing out semi-competent parenting advice. Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, on Friday, Jono's going to be skywalking a marathon up the top of the SkyTower, 192 metres in the air, running 42.2 kilometres to do his first marathon, tick an item off his bucket list.

And I thought I'd get someone on to help you, who's achieved some pretty impressive things, some impressive running feats, like running the length of New Zealand, running across Africa. Her name is Emma Timmis, and she joins us right now. Good morning, Emma. I'm very good. How are you? Very nice to talk to you.

Now, I've got you on here today to talk to Jono, to give him a bit of advice as he goes and prepares for his first ever marathon. Do you know what he's doing on Friday? I have just heard about this bonkers idea of the Sky Tower. Yeah, so it's a marathon outside on the platform of the Sky Tower. Now, it's a world first, and I know you like, you know, achieving things that no one else in the world has done, Emma. Yes, yes, I do. You ran the length of New Zealand over New Year's just for a bit of a laugh.

You've run across Africa before. Yes. But you haven't. I sound like a Kiwi knocker here, tall poppy, don't I? But you haven't run around the Sky Tower and done a marathon, and that's what Jono Pryor's going to do on Friday. I absolutely cannot believe it. You know what?

I've been called quite a few things for the events believe it you know what i've been called quite a few things for the events that i've done i've been called crazy i've been called insane but what john is doing is absolutely bonkers yeah no i've been called a few things over my time too i just i can't get my head around what you're doing it's completely insane well i've done uh days training yeah I don't know how you like to prepare for your marathons. What can he do? Because in all seriousness, that's your main concern, is the fact

that a marathon is a marathon. It's a long distance. I was like, you've been training. He's like, well, I was running, but then my back started hurting a bit, so I've been doing these sort of 20-minute YouTube workouts. So how is that going to prepare him, and what can he do ahead of Friday? Oh, to be honest, I

just don't think that running is something that you need to concern yourself about. I would be more concerned about not vomiting. Oh, from the height thing you think? Yeah. And the fact that you go around and around in circles as well. So don't walk under the Sky Tower Friday?

Oh yeah. You might feel some kind of strange rain right so the suit you think the circles will start to take effect that would be my concern more than the running to be honest um is there i mean i've never been up there and i've never been around is there an option of changing direction every now and then? Yeah, so he is going to be going one way, because you can't go around a full circle, because there's the sort of platform that you do the sky jump from. So he goes around one way, and then he goes back the other way. That might help.

That might reverse the dizziness then, maybe. And he can walk, and you can walk if need be. You've just got to go 42 kilometres. I tell you where you don't want to be dizzy. That's 190 metres in the air outside a building. But you are going to be strapped in, right? Well, there's the jeopardy. No harness.

No harness, baby. That's the real thrill of this adventure. It'll definitely make you concentrate. Yeah. So obviously a marathon without any training really, even if walking it, is a huge distance, especially at that height. But I imagine a bit of mental toughness has got to come into it. Yeah, I absolutely think that what you're about to do

is all about the mental game. I just wouldn't even worry about what training you've done or not done, and I would just think about the mental game. So something that I like to do when I'm about to set out on a long event is to have some kind of mental distractions already lined up, a topic to think about every hour so that there's just a bit of a distraction. So every now and then I'll have a question in my mind. Maybe it's like, what would be the most amazing meal that I could ever cook?

And then I'm going to just spend like 15 minutes thinking about that you know just having some kind of really mundane questions that your brain can just go over and over just to distract i think is a really good idea that is i always wonder what you do when to fill in your time when you're running such long distances so you just think about random do you have you have a topic list you create at the start line and you're like, I'll cover all those off over the next 42Ks? I have quite a creative mind, so there's always a lot of questions

and a lot going on in there. That's great. It's like you're creating your own little radio show with topics and stuff every day. But no one's listening to. Yeah. Well, no, I'm listening. It's my own radio show just for me.

Oh, yeah, that's beautiful. Really incredible. Do you listen to music? Are you like a fan of listening to music while you run? No, not at all because the beat just puts my step out of sync, yeah. So I just kind of let my thoughts just go with the flow. You let your voices in your head do the talking for you. Yeah, my own personal radio station.

Your own personal radio station. That's what our brains are, our own personal radio station. Hey, well, Emma, that was actually some really useful advice. I'm wishing you all the best of luck because I think what you're about to do is completely crazy and amazing all at once. Well, from one athlete to another. The only time you ever say that. But I love it.

Take your moment, take your moment. From one ultra marathon athlete to another. I appreciate your thoughts, Emma. All the best. The your moment. From one ultra marathon athlete to another, I appreciate your thoughts, Emma. All the best. The Hits. If you missed it, it's going to be a world first that Jono's going to be doing on Friday. He's going to be running the very first marathon at the top of

the Sky Tower at the Skywalk. He's 192 metres in the air. 42Ks he's going to be running. And yeah, we're getting some advice. We're getting some help from the Hits listeners. They're coming through. And Joanne's got some advice for you right now. Good morning, Joanne.

Yeah, so what Jomo needs to do is he needs to start doing some good stretching exercises. Okay, yeah. He needs to do some breathing techniques. Right. This is good information. This is good. What sort of things am I stretching there, Joanne? Hemis, calves?

Oh, you're going for your calf muscles. You're just stretching up, stretching out. You're using all parts of your body, like get into some yoga. The yoga stretching techniques are excellent preparing for anything like that. Thank you, Joanne. And then get into your breathing, so you're going through the nose and breathing through the mouth. So as you're running and you start to feel a little bit flustered and tired,

start your breathing because that'll slow your heart rate down. Oh, Joanne, you're a gee whiz. You're like a, I don't know what you are like. But the problem is, Joanne, I've got a lot to cram in two days. Well, you've got to do that in two days. Start your stretching. Start it now. Have a bit of warming up, bit of running. I'll go to Luna Lamont. Get you a pair of pants as well.

You know, some nice... Chuck a leg on the desk. And get those in there. Yeah, yeah. You're away. I like it. Joanne, have you run a marathon before? Once when I was 14. You were 14? Yeah, around West Auckland when I was going to Henderson High School. Jeez, well, they made the kids run marathons.

Yeah, I came 16th out of about 3,500 people, but I did what my coach said, do my breathing. Don't rush off. Keep it a good pace. Concentrate on what you're doing and concentrate on your breathing. Joanne. I feel like I have my own personal training coach here.

Yeah, this is great advice. We appreciate it, Joanne. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Enjoy and, yep, go for it. Such good advice. It's all happening on Friday, the world first. Jono Skywalks a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower.

It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Rise and shine. Time to start the, um, who are we kidding? When are the both of you? Jon Tower, it is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Rise and shine. Time to start the... Who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben on the hits. Jono on Friday, he's going to do a world first. He's going to run a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower.

We've just been thinking about some of the logistics. You've been talking. You're planning. You're plotting. Yeah, yeah. Well, I have to start thinking about it now. You've given me 48 hours to think about it, basically. So I'll do as much thinking as I can, Ben. Not much

training, but a lot of thinking. Tomorrow. Have yourself a great Tuesday. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6 o'clock. See you then.