Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Spoke To A Man Who Watches 2 Movies A DAY (& Has Seen Over 5000 In His Lifetime!)

Episode Date: August 10, 2021

This was VERY INTERESTING! We spoke to a lovely man we recently met, Doug, who is the biggest movie buff we've ever come across. He's seen so many movies in his lifetime, spends weekends doing movie marathons, spends his evenings with his movie-critic wife watching different films, ALL while managing a normal job, too. So we put him to the test and got you guys to call up to see if you could stump Doug, by describing a movie plot and he had to guess the title. We also played another game of Olympic Rings, where we call people and see if they pick up within 5 rings. Today we did it with Olympians Caitlin Regal & David Liti! Finally, we delved into what Ben is nervous about today, considering he's a very nervy human being! Enjoy the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

happy happy happy oh oh just when you thought you couldn't get enough of jonno and ben you can have them anywhere anytime welcome to the jonno and ben podcast 10th of august 2021 it's a a Tuesday if you're looking back in time. Oh, it's like... Now, this is going to seem like a very stupid question, but the calendar. So next year, this is going to be

a Wednesday, the 10th of August. Yeah, it's normally the day after, right? But then some years, it doesn't move on, right? Well, it's because each year varies because you've got leap years and stuff like that. So that really throws a spanner in the works, doesn't it? And I should know this information. I'm 39 years old, so I feel like an absolute

tool for asking it. So what does a leap year do? Just leave everything the same. So that would be, if we had a leap year next year, it would still be Tuesday the 10th of August next year? Oh, I don't know. Because leap years, they're having the extra day, right? That only happens once every...

Maybe that throws things out of character. How does a leap year work? Here we go. Live Googling on the podcast intro. It approximately takes 365.25 days for the Earth to orbit Sun in a solar year. We usually round the days in the Earth to orbit sun in a solar year. We usually round the days in the calendar to 365. To make up for the missing partial day, we add one

day to our calendar approximately every four years, that being the leap year. So you're saying what? Today is what? What did you say at the start? Tuesday the 10th of August. Okay, Tuesday the 10th of August. So would next year be Tuesday the 10th of August or Wednesday the 10th of August? Oh, you could just look at the calendar. would next year be Tuesday the 10th of August or Wednesday the 10th of August? Oh, you could just look at the calendar.

Yeah, I'll just look at the calendar. So I'll just have a look. It'll be Wednesday the 10th of August next year. So we are moving forward, right? We are moving forward. And then let's go a year after, Thursday the 10th of August. Has it ever changed? 2025?

Whoa, that's a big jump. Maybe I did. I missed out 2024. Maybe I did. I missed out 2024. Maybe I did. Sorry, live Googling. You really jumped it. What do we jump from 24 to 25? Do we make a big leap?

Might be the leap year. Okay, so 2023, it's moved on one year to 2023 on a Thursday. And then 2024, 10th of August, suddenly jumps to a Saturday. Oh, we missed it. Well, that must be the leap year. We missed a Friday. So we leap ahead a day. Yeah, we leap ahead a day.

And then it kind of goes to Sunday the year after that, by the looks of it, by the looks of my calendar. Now, again, this is live Googling, so. That's interesting. And this is just all to make up for the 0.25 of a day that we experience every year. I always feel sorry for people that have their birthday on a leap year. Because technically they don't have another birthday at all. But they age gracefully, don't they?

Well, technically they're younger than that. You know, like, I mean, I'm a... You could be six right now. Yeah, you're like, I'm six. Yeah. Yeah. Jesus, who figured out that it takes 365.25 days for the Earth to orbit Sun? And then go, well, we're going to have to have a year every four years,

which is going to make up for that life. Just operating on a whole other level. A level above two guys rambling on a podcast intro trying to figure out how this whole system works. Very interesting. I'll look more into that, but not on the podcast intro. You don't want to hear any more of that. But if you were a genius

You didn't actually have to be a genius back in the day You could just go Oh well this is how it works This is my idea Because no one else has come up with it Generations For hundreds of years to come People can live their life by this

Who said we have a seven day week Who said we're going to go Monday, Tuesday who went, oh, we'll have Monday. Who said we have a seven-day week? Who said we're going to go Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? God. Wasn't it God? Was it God's call, was it? Well, according to this. Jesus made some big calls. Depends on what you believe.

Wasn't he on the seventh? The rest is the Sabbath and stuff like that? Who made up the days? First day he created man. You know, wasn't that part of his regime? Sorry, he's doing this because I always proudly say that I'm a Catholic, but then he's like, you should know that. Well, he had a busy first week, too.

You know, like you think about it. Busy first week, yeah. He really was productive. The Babylonians, they named all the days. After the sun and the moon. Yeah. Yeah, right, okay. Where did the days of the week get their names?

Sunday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are named after the celestial body Saturn, Sun, and Moon. Did you know that? But if you go back to what I was saying before, so in the beginning, God created creation. And so the first day, light. Light. Light. First day, day one, light. Everyone's like, what's that?

God's like, I guess I'll call this light. I feel like Ricky Gervais might do some comedy gags that we're getting very close to on this, which is not intentional. Apologies for plagiarism. Yeah. The second day, the sky was created day two. That's pretty awesome. But then you just had one whole day of just this blinding light.

You're like, whoa, Jesus, what is this? Third day, dry land, seas, plants, and trees. Literally going, whoa, Jesus, what is this? Yeah. So dry land, seas, plants, and trees, all on day three. That was a heck of a big day for him. Prolific. Fourth day, sun, moon, and stars.

And then fifth day, creatures that live in the sea. And now we've got to click onto a new thing. Has he done this through a five-day? Is this a Monday to Friday job that God's done all this? It was pretty. Gee whiz. That's a productive week. I've gone off the thing now.

What was Saturday and Sunday? Now I've got to click through. It's one of those ones where you have to click through to the next thing. You've now joined a church. Six. Day six, animals that live in land. And finally, humans were made in the image of God, were created as well on the sixth day. And then seven, he was like, oh, it's been a tough week.

I am pooped. I need a day off. And he had a day off. He rested, made it a special day, the day seven, the Sabbath, the year of the holiday. Over that seven-day period, he was like, I've clocked it. So when he went back to work on Monday. He's like, well, there's nothing else to do. I've done it all.

I retire. He's lucky he's the boss, because otherwise someone would's like, well, there's nothing else to do. I've done it all. I retire. He's lucky he's the boss because otherwise someone would be like, hey, mate, we've got nothing else for you. You're too busy in that first week. You've done it all. You could have spread that out over probably a five-year contract. I know. You're like, well, I did it all in the first week.

What have you got for me? And he's like, nothing else. You've done it all. You've done it all. Oh, my God. Well, there you go. That's interesting. And then we've just been trying to destroy the planet ever since.

Yeah. And doing a good job of it. Over years, though. Not over a week, though. So it depends. We didn't just do it over a week. We've been doing it slowly over years. Yeah.

Yeah. Which is, you know, more commitment, isn't it? And then just, you know, we keep coming back for more each year. Yeah. There's God's like, heck of a first week, though. Wowee. Much like God on that week, we've covered a lot of ground in this podcast intro. Enjoy the potty.

We had a fun little game we played with some Olympians some medal winning Olympians today called the Olympic Rings. It's our games after the games where we phone athletes

to see how many rings it takes them to answer the phone. That was enjoyable wasn't it? That was a lot of fun. Enjoy the podcast. Now we met

a lovely gentleman a couple of days ago and when he explained what he's achieved in his life and how often he does it every day, we were like, man, we need to get you on air. His name, Doug Dillaman. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Doug. Good morning. Glad to be here. Nice to talk to you. Now, Doug, you're a lover of movies and that's probably an understatement. I mean, how many movies have you seen in your life uh somewhere around 5800 getting up to that 6000 mark that's the

plan for the end of the year 5800 movies now you've watched that many movies and i've watched 5800 heinekens go into my mouth so we're both we're both the cheap things in life so how do you know? Like, you log the movies you see, right? Yeah, there's a great New Zealand company called Letterboxd, and about a decade ago they put out a website where you could log everything that you watched. And so because I'm crazy like that,

I just tried to remember everything that I'd seen, and then I just keep up, review new stuff, so that, like, six years from now, when I try to look at a movie and be like, have I seen that? I can go back and go, oh, yeah, I that six years from now when I try to look at a movie and be like, have I seen that? I can go back and go, oh, yeah, I thought it was okay, or I thought it was great, or I have no idea what that was, but I guess I saw it.

That's a huge amount of your life that you've dedicated to watching films. Like I said before 8 o'clock that you do this twice a day, do you? You're watching two movies a day on average? On average, but the average is such a different thing. So this weekend I saw 14 movies because I went to the 24-hour movie marathon at the uh hollywood avondale so yeah 14 movies in 24 hours well you just sit in the theater for 24 hours yeah yeah and they uh do it once a year and i bring your beanbag down and you uh they close the doors and they play a bunch of movies and you don't know what it's going to be till they unspool and uh i can't tell you what i

saw because what happens at the marathon stays at the marathon. But it's a great collection of stuff. That's why they lock the doors. That's right, yes. That's incredible. So, Doug, of course, he works as an editor. You've got your own YouTube series with your film reviewer wife. It's called Critics in Cars Getting Home, which is a lovely little series for people to check out.

But it's incredible. I mean, what? Do you have movies that are your favorites? I mean, yeah, how do you judge when you've seen that many movies? Oh, it's like your children, you know, you like different things about each one of them and then, you know, maybe there's some you don't like at all and you don't talk about them. Yeah, I mean, it's different things for different times, you know. If you want to feel good, you put on Singing in the Rain. If you want to have your mind blown, you put on 2001. If you want to feel good you put on singing in the rain if you um want to have your mind blown you put on 2001 if you want to have um just an incredibly stupid fun time you put on an indonesian

ripoff of terminator like lady terminator you want some explosions and you know things that make no sense and you go wow you know so it's it's like anything you just you find what's right for the moment would you watch a movie so you watch a movie Like, you're not always looking for a new movie to watch. Every now and again, you'll watch something that you have seen and you enjoy. I will, yeah. Although, I'm personally more somebody who wants to find a great movie I haven't seen. I mean, I have my wife, Sarah Watt, who reviews for The Listener. It's much more like somebody who's like,

Oh, I love Silence of the Lambs. I want to watch Silence of the Lambs again. Or I love Goodfellas. I want to watch that of the Lambs again. Or I loved Goodfellas. I want to watch that again. And those are great movies, and I'll watch them again. But I'm like, maybe there's another Silence of the Lambs out there that I haven't seen that's just as good. So it's a little bit obsessive-compulsive. I have a question for a friend of mine named Ben.

How many movies have you seen with Dwayne the Rock Johnson? Because they must be all your favorite ones. They're all my favorite, Doug. I have seen maybe not as many as you. I just saw The Jungle Cruise and he was in one of those Fast and Furious movies and oh God, a couple others. I'm a bit blanking. Have you seen The Tooth Fairy? The what series? The Tooth Fairy. I have not seen The Tooth Fairy. I have not seen the Tooth Fairy. Yeah.

Yeah. And you call yourself a fan of cinema. You haven't seen the Tooth Fairy. Look, I haven't seen Twilight. I haven't seen the Hunger Games. There's some big gaps, you know. Oh, really? The thing to learn is that you can't see everything. I thought when I got into this game I could.

And it turns out there's way more out there than any one person can see. But it appears I'm going to keep trying how many so if you want to pick one movie to suggest that everyone listening right now should watch well that's tough oh yeah because I mean I don't think there is one movie I mean singing in the rain is something that just about I think everyone can enjoy um you know regardless of the five-year-olds are listening. The newest movie that's coming out that I loved is Coming Home in the Dark, which is a great Kiwi thriller.

One of the greatest films we've made, actually, but it's R16, and I don't think I'd recommend the little ones at breakfast. Go check that out. Oh, wow. Hey, we want to play a game with you, Doug. If you don't mind hanging around,

I know you've got movies to go and watch, but we'll hold him up. What we're going to do is see if you can spoil Doug. This is... That sounded odd, didn't it? It did a little bit, yeah. Leave him out in the sun?

Basically, you phone up and you describe a movie without saying the title of it and then Doug has to come up with the name of that film. If he can't, you're going to win a prize. We've got movie tickets to give away.

Of course you do. We do. So 0800 THE HITS, 4487. As Jono said, just describe a movie you've seen, give us some details, and if Doug doesn't know what the movie is, you win. We'll do that next on The Hits. We're talking to Doug. Doug Dillerman, he's a lover of movies

and that's an understatement as I said before works as an editor, he's made his own movie he's got a YouTube series with his film review wife called Critics in Cars Getting Home and Doug, you even got married in a cinema, is that right? That is absolutely right, the beautiful Vic in Devonport

And so, did people have to buy tickets and popcorn to get into your wedding? Because it's expensive to go to the movies They tried to upsell us to give popcorn to every guest, but we thought that might be a bit distracting, but I did actually make a little movie for the

ceremony, so that you know, there's the boring part in the middle of every wedding where you have to sign the stuff and everybody awkwardly chats. I cut a little montage from our favorite romantic movies, so bits from Singing in the Rain and The Holiday and, of course, The Shining, you know, darling, love of my life, you know. Wonderful romantic scene. Oh, that's beautiful, Doug. Now, Doug, if you've just joined us has watched 5,800 movies

So on average it's a couple a day So far I don't know what has lacked In your personal life whether it's hygiene Or what's gone on I sat next to you the other night you smelt wonderful So I'm gathering it's not hygiene that's lacking How do you get your work done At the same time you must always be

Stressing out about having to watch movies. Well, I just try to make it what I do when I'm not working. I'm very fortunate, you know, being married to a reviewer. It's part of her work. So, like, last night, you know, we went to see Stillwater, which is, you know, she's reviewing the upcoming Matt Damon movie. And so we'll be out a couple nights a week for that. And then I have friends who are as devoted as I am

and we'll get together on a weekend and watch six movies in a single sitting. So, you know, it's an average. Okay, well, we're going to play a game. Spoil Doug. Now, basically you've just got to describe the movie. Doug's got to name it. We'll go to our first caller. Trina's on from the Waikato. Morena, Trina, take it away. It's about a girl looking for her brother. Um, there's lots of singing in it. A very handsome young man that shows all his bits and pieces out.

I know exactly what I mean when you get the movie. Okay. Yeah, it's an old school movie, very cool. Okay, there's a guy, he's singing, he's got his bits and pieces out, Doug. Right. And they're singing, huh, and it's, oh boy, this is not ringing many bells.

Maybe it's called The Naked Pursuit. I guess she finds, I want to say that she finds the brother and they have true love in the end, but that would actually be really inappropriate. It would be weird, yeah. You got a question you want to ask Trina, Doug? Is there anything that might help you?

It's a musical, Trina? Yes. Sort of. Sort of a musical. What decade did it come out? In the 80s. I've just got a little heads up from producer Ben. It's got a very famous pop star as one of the main characters.

Oh, yes. Okay, so I know what this is. This is Labyrinth. Hey! Well done, Doug. One from one. We'll go to Jill. You're on from Auckland.

Spoil, Doug. You describe the movie. He's got to name it. Morning. So the movie that I'm thinking of has nine intertwined stories all going on in the same movie. It's set at Christmas time in London. Love Actually.

Oh, he's good. We'll go to Chris in South Canterbury. Spoiled Doug, who's watched 5,800 movies. Yeah, get over here. Take it away, Spoiled Doug, who's watched 5,800 movies. Yeah, get over there. Take it away, Chris. Yeah, okay, it's an animated western. There's a scene in there where he says, you're a long way from home, ain't you?

You missing your mummy's mangoes? Rango. Oh, Rango, three from three. It's an animated movie. Okay, we'll get Sarah on from Palmerston North You win movie tickets if you stump Doug In this movie A soldier becomes part of an alien world

Where the blue alien species are really advanced Avatar He's unstoppable I've got one for you Doug I'm not sure we needed me to get Avatar? He's unstoppable. I've got one for you, Doug. I'm not sure we needed me to get Avatar, but that's okay. Okay, Liam Neeson, he's a shocking parent, but he's got a particular set of skills. Taken.

I'll let you into a movie next time, don't worry. You didn't win. Alright, this movie, there's a little boy named Forrest Gump. Pulp fiction. There's a movie, there's a little boy named Forrest Gump. Pulp Fiction. There's a movie, there's a boat called the Titanic. Oh, Jono, you're not really into it like this one, are you? I only saw that one for the first time last year.

Oh, really? Really? Yeah, I was waiting to see it in the, oh no, but I did see it at the movie theater at the Hollywood Avondale, which is a great place to check out old movies. And the COVID alert came out while they were on the raft. And so everybody's phone started going off and people started leaving the theater while the boat was going down. Well, to spoiler alert in the end, the boat does end up at the bottom of the ocean.

Hey, good on you, Doug. That's really interesting talking to you. Yeah, that was really fun. Spoiled Doug. We'll be be back i've just said it i don't know if doug wants to be back but we'll find another time it is a hits uh gentlemen ben on a tuesday morning 6 35 now one of the things that we love about uh our dear friend ben boyce and juliet i know you'll agree, is his high level of nervousness. He's always nervous about something, isn't he, Drew? Yeah. If he was an Olympic athlete,

he'd be winning gold for nervousness. Yeah, I would be. I'm like a little meerkat. Always looking around. Always on high alert. You know, whether it's the amount of gamma rays They're emitting from his plugs in his household Or the amount of germs festering on this desk right now That we're working on

There's always something that's nerving Ben Boyce And so we wanted to start a new part to the show Because every day it's a different thing So the new part to the show It's called What's Ben Nervous About Today? He's the most nervous man on the radio. What's playing on your mind today, big guy? This is an opportunity for me to talk about something that I'm nervous about.

Yeah. What this is about. We'll talk it out. Then we'll try and resolve it and make you less nervous about it. Do you want to tell you honestly what I've been nervous about the last couple of days? What? Candles. Now, I love a candle.

Yeah. Like I love a candle. I love the smell of a candle. I love the light of a candle. But I don't know if I can i love the smell of a can i love the light account but i have but i don't know if i can deal with the anxiety of like have i blown out the candle oh you know and even when you have blown out the candle there's still that little nagging thought in the back of your mind that did i fully admit yeah or is it like one of those situations where it's just going to spark up and again you're going to go you've got a magic uh one of those

candles on a birthday cake yeah Yeah, like those prank candles. And that's starting to make me nervous. So what, is there a candle at home? It was one of the weekend and it was just for I went out and I just couldn't stop thinking about the candle. How many candles are you lighting? Why don't you just stop lighting candles? Well that's the thing, I'm like now maybe I have to put my candle days

behind me, but I love a candle. What candle days? What, you have an addiction of a 55-year-old housewife? Yeah, but it's... Of too many candles. It's like I got into the habit of when I used the iron, I'd take a photo of the iron unplugged just so it was like, just to make sure I was...

So now I'm like, am I going to have to take a photo of an unblinded candle? Is that the next step? Well, it should also go along with your photos of handbrakes in your car to just prove to yourself that you've pulled the handbrake up so the car doesn't roll away. Yeah, my daughter Indy, we've talked about her before, she's like a nine-year-old, well she's like a 45-year-old in a nine-year-old's body, but she was like

on the weekend, she was like, can I light a candle? I just want to sit in my room and read with a candle on a Sunday morning. That's what Indy wanted to do. That's her sense of fun. Treat myself. Afterwards might have a bubble bath. Yeah, exactly. Just something nice. But then afterwards I was all day.

Even though I knew I'd blow it out that candle, I was like, whoa. No, I don't mean to spark another. Oh, don't say spark. I was going to say, do you ever feel the same way about the stove top? Yes. I turn it off at the wall. You turn the stove off at the wall? Yeah, that infuriates my wife Amanda because every time she goes to use it,

she'll turn the knobs and the buttons on and it won't obviously work. He's turned it off at the wall again. But he turns every appliance off at night and turns all the plugs off. No one in the morning. I've tried not to do that. They just wake to darkness. Every night's a power cut. In my house, that's for sure.

They're like, are we at a power cut? Oh, no, no. I've just turned out all the things at night. Well, there you go. That's what's making Ben nervous today. I've got to go home and put the candles off. Guys, I'll catch you tomorrow. We're proud of New Zealand.

Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. We wanted to keep the Olympics alive right now. That's our job. We're going to talk about the Olympics from every day, for every day until the next one in 2024. That's how passionate about the Olympics.

No, probably it's going to fade from our memory by the end of the week, I imagine. But this is a fun little game we wanted to play because a lot of the New Zealand athletes are in MIQ right now, so we wanted to play a game called the Olympic Rings. Yeah, the Olympics may be over, but us harassing the poor athletes for novelty radio content, that will live on.

So we've each picked an athlete that we want to back. So the game is we phone them and it's how many rings it takes them to answer the phone. Yeah, so Jono, you've chosen Caitlin Regal, who got a gold medal with Lisa Carrington in the K2 kayaking, which is awesome. Yeah, I figure if she can win gold at the Olympics, she probably answers the phone in a relatively quick fashion.

I'm not sure if she's back here or still over in Tokyo. No, she doesn't even know she's playing the game. She doesn't know she's part of this game right now. That's the beauty of the Olympic rings on the hits. Yeah. These athletes are going to regret giving us their phone numbers. Yeah. We'll make them pay for it.

Okay, so I'm going to go through to Caitlin now. Yeah. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. One. Sounds like an international ring. Two. Three. Caitlin. Oh, one. Sounds like an international ring. Two. Three.

I'm talking. Oh, Caitlin. Hey. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. How are you going? You didn't know this, but you're part of our own Olympic Games, the Olympic Rings, where we phone athletes to see how many rings it takes until they answer the phone. You'd be happy with your effort today.

You took your only three rings. Oh, third's better than fourth, isn't it? It is. It gets you a bronze. It does get you a bronze. And you also didn't know this, that we were teammates, yourself and me, and so I'm pretty happy with that start, three rings. Yes, it was a strong start.

How would you rate Jono as a teammate compared to, say, I don't know, Lisa Carrington? I mean, there's consistency. Consistency, but I'm consistently average. Lisa's pretty awesome. Yeah, I mean, I didn't get to pick you, and I got to pick her, but I'll take it. There we go. No, no, seriousness, congratulations.

You and Lisa obviously won the gold medal. Is it sunken yet? Yeah, I mean, it's taken its time. I put it down for a bit, and I picked it up, I think, on Saturday, picked up the gold medal. Is it sunk in yet? Yeah, I mean, it's taken its time. I put it down for a bit and I picked it up, I think, on Saturday. Picked up the gold medal again and it's pretty cool. Leith keeps hassling me about the crying and all of that

but it's a pretty special moment. Not all of us can go through it multiple times like that. For her, the emotion wears off on her fourth medal. One thing I really appreciated about the kayaking and the canoe sprints were your fast sunglasses, very fast-looking glasses. I mean, we kind of thought about it,

and deep down, everyone thinks they look a bit stupid, right? But when you put it on an athlete, it kind of seems a little bit cooler. It does. I couldn't pull them off. Many people can. Yeah, and also, like, almost like rash shirts that I wear at the beach in the summertime, people are like, oh, he's wearing a rash shirt.

Okay, yeah. But you guys pulled that off as well. They look great. Yeah, thanks. I mean, it was white, too, which made it a little bit see-through as well, which made it a little challenging. Oh, really?

Because a lot of the New Zealand athletes obviously go out there in sort of black singlets or black tops but was white, yeah it seems to be one of the New Zealand colours but was that a choice because it was going to be hot over there? Yeah I mean you know it's so hot here and they were a really thin white fabric which was so much more cooling. We actually found in training when we wore them that they were, like, we'd usually train in sports bras and shorts, but they were so much cooler because the sun's not directly on your skin. And that was the thing there where you need to factor in, too.

This is the Summer Olympics. I think they even call it the Summer Olympics, don't they? They do a good job of branding it. But, you know, you're competing in 30-plus degrees, which I imagine it would make your job, well, at least two times harder. Yeah, I think the racing was hard, like just in the sense of you had to wear the ice vest and you had to be in an ice bath afterwards. But the training up to there was actually really hard because we were training in Japan

and I did one session and I was really pushing hard to beat some PBs. And man, I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It was so hot. And it's like you've got the water right there. You could solve this problem in an instant, but you're not allowed to. Yeah. So what happens now for you? Are you heading home?

Are you heading into MIQ? Or are you going around somewhere else? Yeah, so off to MIQ for two weeks. So I guess you've got to figure out your life there a bit, eh? Yeah. Well, it's the admin. I can imagine there's a lot of admin in your life that probably gets slipped, you know,

because you're training for the Olympics and doing stuff, and you're like, jeez, I need to do my tax return and things like that. Oh, that came up the other day, that was a bit stressful. And I got the uni leader being like, you've put your masters on hold for a wee while, so maybe I need to pick up that. Oh, right, finish.

Get your masters done in two weeks' time. Yeah, finish that off in the hotel room. Do you just go back, once you're out of EMIQ, do you just go back to training? No, I think we have a bit of a break. Like, I miss my husband, but I really, really miss my dog. So I'm like... Hold on, the way you said that insinuates the dog

as being more missed. Yeah, I mean, my husband's like, let's go away and I'm like, not if the dog's not coming. So, I'm happy to be at home with my dog. Oh, well, Caitlin,

it's so nice to talk to you and congratulations. We're all so proud of you here in New Zealand. It was so awesome to see you up there winning gold for New Zealand. It's surreal for us.

I imagine it was surreal for you. So, well done. Thank you so much. I don't know if they keep telling you, but it's New Zealand's greatest medal hall ever. That's what they're saying over here. Pretty good, eh?

Heard it through the grapevine. You may be aware. Well, thank you for the Olympic rings this morning, Caitlin. Done very well. Three rings now factoring in two. That was an international call. Yes. So next on the agenda, we're calling weightlifter David Letty,

who's already back in MIQ he's got a huge advantage here Caitlin, what do you want to say to him before we call him? I mean good luck to him, we'll just hold out and see how it goes. Okay so three rings is the time to beat Jono and Caitlin teaming up like Lisa and Caitlin. I'll see if

I can beat it with David next. Come on! Hey thanks mate, that was awesome. The Olympic rings continues. Our unofficial, unsanctioned game that we're playing next with the New Zealand athletes from the Olympics. We'll see if I can beat Jono in a few moments on the hits. Jono and Ben, the hits. And we're playing a wee game right now called Jono and Ben's Olympic rings.

Yeah, we thought we could get away with this after the Olympics because they can't go at us for our rights. Is that why we're doing it after? I think so, I think so. We noticed that a lot of our athletes are in the MIQ right now. We managed to get hold of a couple of their numbers. And so just before, you rang Caitlin Regal who won gold with Lisa Carrington in the Olympics. It was how many times the phone rings before she answered? Oh, okay.

Oh, one. Sounds like an international ring. Two. Three. I'm thinking. Oh, Caitlin. There you go. Three rings.

Great. So bearing in mind she's in Tokyo, you've got that international delay, Ben Boyce. We weren't sure of that. I wasn't sure that she was going to be in Tokyo, so it was tough for you. The odds are against us, so we've got three under our belt, and now your turn with weightlifter and lovely gentleman David Letty. Yeah, so

I've got a call. One. Two. Oh, is it going to be? Oh, he's got it! Brian's got it, it's a victory. David, it's Jono and Ben's got it. It's a victory. Hello? David, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station.

What's up, man? Now, David, you didn't even know this, but you're part of our competition, which is the Olympic Rings, where we phone athletes to see how many phone rings it takes for them to answer the phone. You were four rings, and you and me were a team. You didn't know this. So we did good, but we didn't do quite as well as Jono and Caitlin Regal. Well, hang up and call me again.

Okay, we'll call you back. We'll call you straight back. Okay, here we go. See if we can beat this one. All right. Now he knows he's actually part of something. That's quite good. You know how sometimes, like weightlifting, you get a couple of attempts.

See how quick on the phone David Letty is now. One. That is quick, baby. And that's the gold medal. How are you, David? I'm good. I'm good. It's a good morning. It's

a bit, you know, it's grey outside but it's snowy. Are you back home or are you in Japan? Whereabouts are you in the world? Christchurch, Novotel. Now, you are a very active person, obviously training every day. What's it like being confined to a hotel room? It's a bit weird.

It's almost like I don't know what I'm doing with my life. Do you get to do anything in there? I can imagine dropping weights on the floor of a hotel room is not a good idea, but is there anything you can do? A lot of body weight workouts, but that's about it. Oh, yeah. Who did we get onto over lockdown? Joe Wicks.

Joe Wicks. He's an English guy who does that. No gym equipment workouts. He's quite good, but yeah. I mean, you're a professional athlete. You probably know the exercises you need to do. You don't need to YouTube Joe Wicks. We did though.

We did over your long day. If you can give me some advice, I'd love it. As a weightlifter, do you take your own bar over? And do you have to carry weights around? Because that would be... No, no, no. That'll be heavy. Imagine just walking around off your backpack and there's like 300 kilos carry on this guy so what next for you because obviously after uh after the olympics

you were like i'm gunning again for the commonwealth games and want to go back to back gold medals is that is that the plan yeah yeah um we've got commonwealth champs coming up in october um and my coach tina wants us to go to that one. And that competition, it's a golden ticket straight to Commonwealth Games if you win your weight class. So if you take a break from lifting weights, do you lose form quite quickly? Like if you took, say, four weeks off, would you find that you'd be noticeably weaker than you were at the Olympics?

Very. Really? Yeah. Oh, really? So MIQ's not really going to be helping you too much? Yeah, it's not going to be helpful, but it will give me time to rest in the form that I am now and my physical abilities.

It's not the greatest time to be resting. Yeah, right. Maybe you need to clean and jerk the bed or snatch the fridge and do some stuff in the hotel room. What was the coolest thing from the Olympics experience for you in Tokyo? Oh man, the competition for sure. It's been the goal

for so many years and that competition was one of my favourite competitions and it'll be a memory that I will cherish forever. Well, that was the thing. Did you notice that there was no crowd? Well, obviously you noticed there was no crowd but did it affect your performance um with the crowd it does affect a lot of people and um performing and stuff but when you're in the zone man like you don't need anything um and i was actually super lucky and blessed that the new zealand team, a lot of the staff members actually

came around and watched some of the other athletes from different sports as well. They ended up coming to support so when I walked on stage from the right side I could hear all the doctors and physios and stuff. Honestly I was lucky and blessed to have my team back me when I went up on the platform. Oh, we're just so proud of you all back here. You guys did such a wonderful job. And, you know, obviously all of the commitment that you've put in and the sacrifice that you've made. Now you've got to sit in a room for two weeks, you know, alone.

What a reward, eh? What a reward. You represent our country. We'll lock you in a hotel room for a couple of weeks. We really are proud of you, David. You keep it up. Always love catching up, buddy, and keep safe. All right.

Thanks, boys. See you, mate. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Morning. Welcome along to the show. Jono and Ben with you. It's good to be hanging out with you guys on a Tuesday morning.

How are you guys doing? All right? Doing really well. Gee, I tell you what, cold out there. Isn't it? Jesus, I see. You love the banter about the cold, don't you? I thought that was the first thing as you walked in. I was like, he's going to talk about the cold. No, I held off though.

I restrained myself and then I gave it a couple of minutes. Had some other banter and I was like, Jesus, it's cold out there. I was waiting for it. It's like, you love a cold banter. You couldn't live down south. Like, we're lucky up here. It's so much colder down south. No, I could, because I'd have permanent conversation. I'd be able to

talk to anyone. A little something I learned last night I thought was quite interesting. Stephen Sharp was doing a story on the Cheerio. Why some butchers don't give out Cheerios. Well, a lot of butchers don't give out Cheerios anymore. Apparently the name of the Cheerio came from one butcher back in the day who used to give it to people

as they leave and say Cheerio. And that was the kind of, it was the little parting gift. Oh right. It's food poisoning reasons nowadays isn't it? Well there's still some butchers still doing it around New Zealand. They obviously don't touch them with their hands to pass it on. They use a little wax bit of paper and stuff to hand it over and they say are we still doing it?

And it's still fine. It was actually like it's done us no harm over the years. If anything, it's built immunity, hasn't it? COVID might not be a thing if butchers were still handing out raw meat sausages. Some are, some are. Good. Are they getting in trouble for it? No, I don't think so.

Yeah, it didn't seem to be. He's like, hey, we still do it. And the kids love it. They come in there and that's what they want. Even as an adult, you love a Cheerio, don't you? Oh, yeah. I had a kid's birthday party. So good.

So good. Yeah. Everyone bee humps you. Have you started going to kid's birthday parties yet? No, he's got a young baby. When you do, though, you just try and refrain yourself from eating the children's fairy breads and the Cheerios, mini sausage rolls. Wonderful cuisine at a child's birthday party, isn't there?

Wonderful catering. It's Tata Swift. It is the hits. Jono and Ben on a Tuesday morning. Now, I want to bring to attention the restaurant booth situation. Have you ever sat in a restaurant booth, Producer Juliet? Yes, I have, a few times. Have you sat in a restaurant booth situation. Have you ever sat in a restaurant booth, Producer Juliet? Yes, I have, a few times.

Have you sat in a circular booth? As in? As in two entry points, but they go around in a half circle. A half circle booth. I hadn't sat in one of those before until Friday night. You do feel confined, don't you? Very cuffy, but you are very much, there's only, you have to get, like Jono's going to't you? Very comfy, but also, yeah, but you are very much, there's only, you know, you have to get,

like Jono's going to tell you about right now, to get to the toilets, it's tough. Yeah, you feel, because I was trapped in the middle, and I didn't want to be in the middle, I don't like being in the middle, but I did it because this was the order that we all walked into the circular booth. So to the left of me, I had Ben,

and there was another diner there, and there was two on the other side, so I was smack in the middle with two either side. Now when you're in that situation you try not to let yourself think about needing to go to the toilet but then all you do is think about going to the toilet. Even if you

didn't need to go it weighs on your mind. It's like being when you used to in the past if you travelled overseas at night time when you're at the window seat you're like should I go to the bathroom? You don't want to be that person that sort of goes past the people that are asleep and wakes them In the past, if you travelled overseas, at night time when you're at the window seat, you're like, should I go to the bathroom? Oh, yeah. Because you don't want to be that person that sort of goes past the people that are asleep and wakes them up.

Yeah. And so the inevitable happened. I needed nature called. And unfortunately, this was in the middle of dinner. Oh, no. Now, being a respectable diner, I didn't want to ruin anyone else's dining experience. Everyone has to get up and sort of shuffle along and let you out. It's a nightmare.

Don't tell me you did what I think you did. Oh, no. No, you didn't. I don't think so. Well, tell me what you're thinking. Did you go under the table and crawl under? That's exactly what happened. I thought you were going to say you went to the bathroom.

I was thinking, jeez, I hope that's not what happened. No, the only option was to, I was like, oh, don't worry, guys, don't get up. What I'll do is I will crawl along the top of the couch like a cat along a wall on all fours just so I don't disturb. Now, this could have gone wrong at any moment. I could have rolled off into some wontons

and some nasi goreng noodles at any stage. Put me in Cirque du Soleil because the amazing man who won't disturb any fellow restaurant goers. But then you have to climb back in as well. Now, there was only two options. I could have gone crotch first and sort of, you know, stepped in between the gaps in the seat with my, you know, my region facing them,

which I have done to you previously. You have done on a flight. I've woken up to that. You're like, oh, mate, I was just trying to get to the bathroom. You're like, okay. Well, it was just an unfortunate time for you to wake up. If you were asleep, you wouldn't have met any of the wires. Yeah.

But you've got a lot of mileage out of that. What I also found, you know, like it was wonderful food. We had a great time. But what I found, it was also difficult for the people that worked at the restaurant because, you know, to talk to people, they've kind of can't get close to, there was someone sitting opposite in the sort of circular seat at the restaurant. And he was the guy in charge of the meal and stuff and organized it. And they're trying to have a conversation at the meal going,

which was the one you ordered? You've ordered the set menu. Is it the cheaper one? Is it the more expensive one? And they're having this conversation across the table. We're all like, ooh, this is exciting. Which one's he going for? Are we more value to him than we thought we were?

It turns out we weren't. He's like, yeah, I went for the cheaper one. He's like, if there were other cheaper options, I would have gone with them. But it was a plentiful food. It was a wonderful choice from him. But just a warning, though. If you are about to enter a circular dining situation

just be wary you want your exit point close by yeah okay that's the only bit of i will never find myself trapped in the middle again in a circular dining table oh that's a little bit of advice for you tuesday morning it is the hits you got john i'm ben hey uh the world of pranking now it's you know it's 2021 pranking's not what it used to be julie you should have heard some of the stuff i was doing about 10 years ago oh gosh i don't know if i want to no i wouldn't stack up in 2021 no no phone people up and i'd be like hey you're there and they're like yeah i was like yeah no your house they're like yeah i was like it's on fire and then they're like oh crying and stuff and i'll be like got hey, you there? And they're like, yeah. I was like, yeah, no, your house? They're like, yeah. I was like, it's on fire. And then they're like, oh, crying and stuff. And I'd be like, gotcha.

You know, that was pranking back in the day. The good old ruthless days of pranking. Making people cry. Yeah. And then we'd try and smooth it over with 500 bucks. And they're still sobbing. I was like, well done. You got 500 bucks.

And they're like, so is my house on fire? I'm like, nah, it's all on the radio, mate. 500 bucks. They're like, why would you do that? Just take the money, mate. Yeah, the rock. So, you know, that was what was happening a few years ago. Nowadays.

What just happened? Honestly, the amount of people that come up to us when we're working, they're like, yeah, you pranked my wife about 10 years ago. I haven't seen her since. Things aren't good. So now it's more of a softly, softly approach to pranking, isn't there? Pranks that everyone can get on board with from the get-go.

Everyone can go, oh, this is fun and I enjoy this from start to finish. That's what we're aiming for now. So this is the reason why we've employed Ben's daughter, Sienna, to come in and do the pranking. Yesterday she rang a, if you missed it, we're going to play it for you right now, a wedding planner to see if she could plan a wedding for a couple of dolls.

I think instantly the wedding planner knew it was... Is the house on fire? No, no, no. What do you mean? It was a kid ringing up. I think they knew it was a joke quite clearly from the get-go. They enjoyed it. They played along.

Everyone had a great time. And here we present to you again, Pranking in 2021. Enjoy. Hello, the help speaking. Hi, do you guys plan weddings? Yes, we do. Okay, good. My name is Sienna and I'm 11 years old and I'm planning a wedding. Okay. It's for my two dolls. My Barbie doll wants to marry my brother's Iron Man figurine.

I mean, sure, I can help you with that. Okay. I'm thinking about a hundred for the guest list made up of mainly LOL dolls, a Furby. Okay. My brother wants all the Avengers to be there. My only concern is Thor gets a bit hammered. Just hang on one second for me.

I'm going to put you on speakerphone. Okay, tell me more about your wedding plan. I was thinking for the entree we could do fries and nuggets, but then I was worried Mr and Mrs Potato Head don't eat chips. Yeah, that would be a bit cannibalistic. Yeah. I can understand that. Have you got enough space in your bedroom and your kitchen

for 100 guests made up of LOL dolls and Avengers? So I was thinking for the wedding band I'd get like Ed Sheeran. Do you know him? Not personally but yep I know who you're talking about. And my budget is $5.60. Would that be enough? I think Ed Sheeran might ask for a little bit more than that, but I reckon we could do

chicken nuggets and fries. Would $6 work? Potentially, yeah. I can just do some extra tools around the house. When's the wedding? Sorry, what date is it? It's Saturday. This Saturday? Yes. Will you do me the honour and be my bridesmaid?

Barbie? Okay. Sure. I mean, we've never met, but yep, okay. We can make that work. Okay, good. Yeah. Are you there?

It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Hi, how's it going? Good. What have you not got going on in your day that you could sit here for five minutes and plan a doll's wedding? That's awesome. I have two kids. You're such a good sport.

I feel like you would put on this wedding if it was actually a legitimate wedding. I could. A gig's a gig, right? Yeah, right. You've been an absolute sport. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Okay, no problem. So we don't actually need so much. Thank you. Okay, no problem. So we don't actually need the wedding. This is my daughter, Sienna. Hi. Actually, I don't think, yeah, I don't think Barbie needs to get. No, it's fine. I don't think Barbie and Iron Man are going to work out. No.

Unfortunately. It's just not going to work. Yeah, I know. Our schedules aligning. You know, they're busy people. It's tough. It's tough. Hey, thank you very much.

You have a great day. Thank you. You too. Talk much you have a great day coffee breath it is a hits uh jonathan ben and now omg i want one is back at 8 30 and there's a wee bit of a twist we've added an extra element to it you get to choose between two prizes and omg i want one yesterday it was between a six month gym membership and six months worth of having Fridays, fish and chip Fridays for the family. So then we were sent by Stace, Mike and

Anika to go and deliver the prize to the winner. Juliet, I think her name was. Was it Juliet? Really? Jessica, I think. Jessica, I think her name was. Are you Juliet? I thought you were Jessica. Nice to meet you.

We'll take you back to the home afterwards, guys. It's all right. Where is my pills? But yeah, so we were sent there by Stace, Mike and Anika to deliver the prize. Jessica or Juliet, whatever name she goes by, she wanted the gym membership, right? Yeah, so we're outside the house now.

You had the headphones on because it of one set of headphones to hear Stace, Mark and Anika, which is fine. But I was very confused and you were very confused if we were still on air or not because the equipment wasn't working that great, was it? Have a listen. Lucky for us, Jono and Ben join us. They are doing the delivery

at the moment. Got the A-class boys on today. How are you guys? Lovely to hear here this afternoon. We've been weirdly sifting in our cars outside the winner's house. Oh, and then at the key moment, are you there? Oh, no, you're still there. You're still there. Could you hear me say, I think the thing dropped out, Max?

No. Do you have a vehicle that is pink with you, or are you discreet? Oh, he's just nodding his head. Oh, he's dropped out. I'll tell you what, I'll get them on the phone. That's going to be a lot easier, I think. There was some champagne radio by us.

I love how it came back for just a little bit of you just going, oh. Jeez, and I'll tell you what, the words we were saying, probably some of the greatest words you'll ever hear on radio, but they'll never be heard now. Most of them were like, are we still on air? Are we on air? Ben kept mouthing to me, are we on the radio?

You're like, I don't know. Anyway, we keep talking for no reason. But your chance this morning to win a prize like Jessica or Juliet at 8.30 this morning, you can choose which OMG I Want One prize that you would like to pick. And this afternoon, someone will be winning that on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. What's got two thumbs and brings you the news every morning.

Amanda Gillies from the AM Show. Yeah, she does. She does a wonderful job. She does a great job. In the meantime, he's also running Double Thumbs. Ben Boyce, what's happening? Well, as you talked about before, they're talking about some risk of the Delta outbreak

from an infected cruise ship that's docked off Tauranga. But it's been described as low. The risk is low for New Zealand. So there's 11 crew members on that ship that have tested positive for COVID. But the experts are saying that the chances are relatively low of it spreading because the crew members are not symptomatic. Now, the thing was, 91

port workers from Tauranga went aboard the ship as part of their job. And I guess the alarming thing we were just saying during that Lizzo song was how many of them haven't been vaccinated? Yeah, only 9 of 98 workers apparently at the site are fully vaccinated. which is, yeah.

Oh, is it 98? I said 91. I think 91 came in contact with the ship. I think you're right. Oh, right. But I think they must have said 99 of the 98 workers there are fully vaccinated. You'd think it'd be a prerequisite, wouldn't it, if you're working in that environment? Yeah.

That you'd need to be vaccinated. Yesterday, though, 23 of the 98 possible contacts have tested negative, so it's good. So they're saying they wore all the appropriate PPE gear and everything like that. What's bloody old Michael Baker saying? He was actually, you know, Michael Baker was actually saying, yeah,

described as low. Michael Baker said the threat's low? The threat is low. That's uncharacteristic. Because of the fact that none of the people on the ship who arrived were symptomatic. So either they probably previously had it and it's just at the tail end of, it's not at the symptomatic stage. No one's coughing and spluttering and things like that. So it's good.

But it's funny how you see it on the news. It's the first thing on the news. Even my daughter, one of my daughters yesterday said it's coming on the news. She goes, oh, we'll be going into another lockdown. She walked off to her room. I'm like, what? Oh,, soon as she came on the news, she goes, oh, we'll be going into another lockdown. She walked off to her room, and I'm like, what? Oh, there's a ship thing on the news. It's funny, everyone becomes a COVID expert. So we're all like, you know, you came into work,

oh, the ship thing is a nightmare. It's a shambles, isn't it? You came in today. Meanwhile, in Sydney, they've got 283 new local cases. There's a ship, and they had COVID on it. It's out at the ocean. Get it away from here. Yeah, I know.

So we're swatting flies as a country. Very lucky, aren't we, in some ways. But you can tell Australia is a good example of what can happen when you can't keep things up. When you do drop the ball. Yeah, you did right, Ben. But I love that. Everyone's an expert. And last night was a very cold night. Very, very

cold around the country, particularly yesterday as well. I'm not allowed to talk about how cold it is. You love it. I've been banned. No, you can right now. Here's your chance. Power failures, though, overnight. So many of the regions around the North Island in particular had no power

because they were in too much electricity demand overnight. It caused power outages as well. So, yeah. Do you know, it's quite interesting just talking about the power grid, that when all of the electric vehicles come into play, you know, all the hippies are trying to bring in these EV

vehicles to save the world or some crap. The amount of pressure it's going to put on the power grid, because everyone's going to be charging their cars, and it's not the infrastructure's not there at the moment. Now I have a thing about saving the planet. Okay?

I still would like to. Don't let Greta Tondo get it. Greta's gone in on us too. For our greenhouse emissions. She's saying our greenhouse emissions are too high. Thanks Greta. Apparently we have, according to our latest report. So the emissions

from cows on New Zealand dairy farms have reached record levels. So, yeah. Don't you get unusually defensive when anyone says anything about New Zealand? But actually, she's probably just stating the fact. But then there's people, you know, like saying, well, you come over here and you show that we're feeding 40 million people, you know?

I mean, as you said, you had a balanced argument as well. I mean, everyone wants to save the planet, obviously.? I mean, as you said, you had a balanced argument as well. I mean, everyone wants to save the planet, obviously. I think we all agree on that, right? Do we? Do we? Yes. Just me?

Yes. But, you know, it's hard to navigate through some of these things. This has been happening for hundreds of years. Yeah, yeah. And you can't just stop it. Well, yeah. You can't just stop, yeah. What, do we just end cows?

Yeah, what's going to happen? Delete cows from New Zealand? Yeah so hopefully some people with a lot more Brains than us can figure those things out And that is scrolling through your feed this morning It is the hits you got Jono and Ben There's nothing that will stop Producer Juliet from getting to the heart Of the story

Apart from the restraining order that Harry Styles has against her That stops her at about 300 metres. It's the only hiccup, isn't it, June? Yeah, it is. It is a bit of a toughie that I have to get through and deal with, but you know what? You'll get to him one day. Thank you. Thank you for your belief in me. So another famous person

has sung praises about New Zealand. Don't we love this? How good. It's another one to the list. Let's add them all. Gosh, I'm trying to think who else. Bit of my fluster. I can't. We do it. We talk to Ed Sheeran. We talk to Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

You ask the same thing. It's like a checklist before you do an interview with a famous person. Sarah Jessica Parker. I've got to ask you a question about your favourable comments about New Zealand. Anything you want to say about Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister? What do you want to say? And it's so funny because pre-COVID and pre-Jacinda,

we probably wouldn't have asked these questions. But we love it, eh? But we love it. But the latest famous person to do this is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. So he lives in New Zealand. He lives in Wellington and he has done since October last year. So he was an actor. Well, he is an actor.

Yes. He was an actor. He's still an actor. From the States. Yeah. Was he in... actor, well he is an actor, he's still an actor from the States was he in I love how you went in and you're like I know this guy. Yeah the one third rock from the sun was where he first started the sitcom as well but the one with the Leonardo DiCaprio which I can't

actually. Basketball Diaries. No no He's in Inception. Titanic. He's in 10 Things I Hate About You, 500 Days of Summer, The Dark Knight Rises No he's not saw that one. He's Leonardo DiCaprio. No. So he's been filming a TV show in New Zealand.

So it started in the States, but during the pandemic, they moved the production to New Zealand. So he's been living in Wellington, and he absolutely loves it. He froths it. He literally cannot stop talking about how much he loves New Zealand. My producing partners at A24, they had this idea and they said, how would you feel about moving to New Zealand? And I just about hit the roof because it sounded like a dream come true.

My wife and I had already been talking about New Zealand because, look, you guys handled it. And I think it's a real tribute to the people here in New Zealand. I mentioned that there's like a community spirit here where people are willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the group. He has warmed the cockles of my heart with that comment. Now, that audio, courtesy of Fletch, Vaughan and Megan.

Oh, I was hoping to keep that quiet. No, no, I just... We're not meant to say that. We really can't. They did the interview. We played the audio. Yeah, fair enough. Courtesy of Fletcher and Megan.

No, but he did actually say as well, other than that, that he started watching some debates between Jacinda and Judith and compared them to the debates between Biden and Trump and said basically that... You've got nothing to worry about here. Yeah, Jacinda and Judith actually come with, you know, strong arguments, strong points. They can back them up. Whereas Biden and Trump just absolutely throw mud at each other with nothing really factual to back each other up.

So he really admires, you know, our leaders and our country and the community. He said his neighbours are lovely. Oh, just loving it. Well, he's welcome to stay as long as he wants. As long as the government allows, though, right? Oh, yeah, true. It's probably more important than Jono's seal of approval. As far as we're concerned, he can stay as long as allows though, right? Oh yeah, true. It's probably more important than Jono's seal of approval. As far as we're concerned, he can stay as long as he wants, right?

It's like when someone leaves, you know, you go to someone's house and you're like, what do you want to say? Thank you so much for having me. It's one of those wonderful moments. You know it's coming, but you still appreciate it. You're like, what a wonderful guest. So good.

What a wonderful guest he is. And then we'll awkwardly all wait at the airport and keep waving as his plane takes off and you never know when to stop waving. I wonder if anyone's actually met Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Wellington. Oh, text us! Wellington listeners, if you've met him, please text him. And is he nice? I'm sure he's great. He seems like a wonderful guy, doesn't he? Yeah, I'm sure

he's lovely. 4487's the text. And that is Spy for more. You can head to the hits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, it is Jono and Ben with you on a Tuesday morning. Just gone 7 o'clock, just heard in the news. Were they complaining about the All Blacks not winning well enough?

Yeah, Sam Whitelock was having to defend, you know, the forwards weren't doing enough winning at the beginning of the game. As if winning the whole game wasn't enough. We won, we won. But you didn't win enough though. You could have won better. That's the problem when you're the All Blacks. They just. We won. But you didn't win enough, though. You could have won better. That's the problem when you're the All Blacks. They just expected

to win. Yeah. And they still didn't win, but they didn't win. You're right. They didn't win well enough. Actually, I wonder... To the point where you're like, oh, I hope Fiji nails them or something. You know, just to rattle things. Just to make us appreciate what it's like. Well, yeah, I know. But we're still the best rugby team in the world, right? So, you know.

And we won again on Saturday. So what are you all complaining about? You've got to find something to complain about in New Zealand, mate. That's right, it's New Zealand. What do you want to complain about, Ben? Have you found something to complain about here? What? You said you had something you wanted to talk about.

Oh, yeah, but I feel like we're going long enough. I'll bring it up later. Now he wants to complain that we're going on for too long. I want to complain, yeah, you banged on too much about the All Blacks. So, like, one idea per break, mate. You know how this works. I'll bring it up now. I'll get told off in the meeting.

They'll go, oh, why did you bring that up? You should just finish with the All Blacks stuff, Ben. I knew it. I was about to say it. Then I was like, no, no, no, that's not. And now I'm talking about not saying it. I should have just said it. Can I complain about you talking too much about the...

Anyway, next on the show, we're going to bring producer B. Humpson. He did something over the weekend that every new parent... We've all experienced. It's not the most enjoyable Sunday morning. It's first thing on a Sunday morning. It's one of those moments that when it happens on a Sunday morning, you're like, oh, this is my life now. Ten years ago, me would be very disappointed right now.

Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Now, we are bringing producer Bee Humps into the studio. Lovely producer Humps. Check him out. Bee Humps, new dad. And over the weekend, you debuted what early on Sunday morning? It was the first swimming lesson.

How was it? Was it fun? I used to enjoy the swimming lessons. Yeah, look, it was. It was kind of daunting. It took me back to the school swimming sports, walking into the pool. There's no more comfortable moment

in a parent's career than getting your guts out in front of complete strangers on a Sunday morning in togs. Everyone's awkward about it. You know, and holding babies. Yeah. The good thing is you can hold your baby in front of your guts. That's what I was kind of doing when I did it. Well, I was nervous too

Because we talked about it last week And you guys mentioned all the songs you've got to sing And you know I don't know the songs I was nervous that I wouldn't know the words It's like the first time you hear Ed Sheeran on the radio You don't know the song But very soon the hits will play it every hour

And you'll get it in your head Exactly But then it did There was one song The first song up Ring Around a Rosie. I was like, oh, my God, I remember this. I haven't sung it for 25 years, but I remember it. Now, we've all just come off watching two weeks of Olympics.

Now, I don't know how much of a role singing played in the swimming event in the Olympics. I didn't realise singing was so pivotal to swimming. Yeah, you don't see the Olympics. Fishies in the water. You don't see the... Well, they might be singing underwater. You don't see the divers go, here I am, standing

on a wall. Here I am, trying not to fall. Maybe they should. Maybe they should, the Olympic divers. I won't jump. No, no, no. Ready, go. This is the thing, that once you learn the songs, they're going to be embedded in your head for the remaining of time. On your deathbed, you're going to be singing,

motorboats, motorboats go so fast. It's sort of weirdly trapped in the back of your mind, isn't it? Yeah, and it's not just that. It's also like kids' shows, TV shows that they love watching. You'll get the theme song stuck in. You'll get, you know, they'll love either The Wiggles or something like that. You'll get those songs stuck in your head. It's just like constantly you'll be going around singing it.

I'm the same, and I haven't watched this show in many, many years. But do you remember the program Paw Patrol? Yes, yes, I'm aware of their work. Their fine masterpiece. But the theme's tuned to Paw Patrol. It's like an airworm Paw Patrol Paw Patrol will be there

on the double Paw Patrol so my kids weren't even that much into Paw Patrol but I still know you know that's how much

it crosses across yeah it really spans the generations Paw Patrol but yeah like I say I haven't watched it in about seven or eight years

but it stuck with me what about you? For me it was when my daughter Sienna was little. Dora. Dora the Explorer was her jam. Yeah, that was her thing. One of her first sentences she would say, she'd go up to random people and she'd go, want to watch Dora? That was just her thing. She'd be like, put it on, let's watch it. And you're like, oh, here we go again.

And the Backpack song. Do you remember the Backpack song? Oh, yeah. Loaded up with knick-knacks and things too. Backpack, backpack. Backpack, backpack. I'm a Loaded up with knick-knacks and things, too. Backpack, backpack. Backpack, backpack. I'm a backpack loaded up with things and knick-knacks, too. Anything that you might need, I got inside for you. Let me hear you say, backpack, backpack.

Anytime I pick up my backpack, backpack to go home at night, I still think of backpack, backpack. So, yeah, this is what we want to open up this morning, the pain that producer Behemz is about to feel of having these songs ingrained in his mind for the remainder of his life. What song stuck in your head? It could be from a kid's TV show. It could be from maybe lessons, sporting lessons, whatever.

Kindergarten songs will take them all. 0800, That hits the telephone You can give us a call This morning on New Zealand's Breakfast Yeah love to hear from you Next The kids song

Stuck in your head We'll do that in a few moments On the hits What you waiting for What you waiting for We want to know the songs Yeah probably as a parent That you got stuck in your head

Thanks to your kids. Producer Behemz took his little baby Dottie swimming for her first swimming lesson in the morning on Sunday. And the songs associated with children swimming, they really get into you, don't they? Now, please, Ben, whatever you do, don't be blinded by the love for your child and believe that your daughter's going to turn into an Olympic swimmer. Like my parents, Annie and John Pryor. They did that and they thought you were going to be there. It only leads to disappointment. I would have been the first Olympic swimmer to drown.

Yeah, so the songs that are stuck in your head, there's a whole bunch coming through on 4487 on the text. And on 0800 The Hits, and we'll kick it off with Maria in Auckland. Morena. Morena. Good to have you on, Maria. The song stuck in your head. Manana. Morena. Good to have you on, Maria. The song stuck in your head. Mana Mana.

Oh. Do do do do do. Mana Mana. Do do do do do. Mana Mana. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do.

Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Do do do do do.

Do do do do do. Do do do do do. Catchy one, eh? Mana Mana. Love you, Maria. You put a smile on our face this morning. Have a great day. You too.

Bye. Good on you. That's very funny. We'll go to Wellington. Susan, how's the capital this morning? All right? Oh, not too bad, thanks. Good on you.

The kids' song, Stuck in Your Head? Oh, I think it was Sesame Street. Oh, yeah. They were kind of the OG masters of, you know, like, earworms, weren't they? Songs that just stuck in your head. Oh, God, yeah. Yeah, at least it's not too painful, this song. Yeah.

Someone texted, do you remember? Thank you, Susan, really appreciate it. Someone's texting about a cartoon, Max and Ruby. Oh, Ruby and Max. Yeah. Max and Ruby. Ruby and Max. It's quite a recent sort of Max. Yeah. Max and Ruby. Ruby and Max. It's quite a recent sort of cartoon.

Maybe. Max and Ruby. They just sung Max and Ruby, Ruby and Max over and over on loop. Ruby and Max. Max was up to no good. He was a little rabid, eh? He was a menace. Yeah, he was.

And then Ruby was his older sister somehow charged with raising this. Yeah, where was the parents? Delinquent child. They must have had gambling problems or something. But Max would be growing up. Max would definitely be 14 now, and he got expelled for vaping from school, and now just spends his days bullying people on the internet. That was Max.

Oh, I like to think he turned out all right. I do. That's how he started, Ben. All right. You know how it ends up. We'll go to Martin. You're on from Christchurch. Kid's song stuck in your head, Marty?

Oh, that's got to be the Blues Clues original. Oh, Blues Clues had so many songs. He got something from Blues Clues, our producer, Julian? We just got a ladder. We just got a ladder. We just got a ladder. I wonder who it's from.

The novelty of that when you collect the mail from the box at the end of the driveway doesn't wear off. Especially when it's a power bill or... We just got a letter. It's from the government, I owe money. Hey, thanks, Martin, appreciate it. The thing is, they should use that. Like, you know, if you listened to We Just Got a Letter over and over,

they could use that as a form of torture on prisoners of war, couldn't they? Oh, yeah. To get them to come clean and admit. Now, Julia, you learned something quite interesting about airworms. Yes. And why things get stuck in your head. Yes, and this was an interesting thing that you don't usually think about, but when you listen to it, it'll make sense.

When we listen to a song we know, we're constantly hearing forward in time, anticipating the next note. If we want to think about the pitch of the word you in happy birthday, we have to start back at happy and sing through until we get to you. Don't you think? And then you have to, then it gets stuck in your head on loop.

Oh, so you're kind of predicting it. Yeah, you can't just think of, oh, what's the tone of you? You have to start from the beginning. It's like the alphabet as well. Wow. Yeah, you just can't start the alphabet halfway through. You're right. The bamboozle me. Yeah.

Yeah, no, I wouldn't know. Yeah, there you go. Some education on the show and that's proudly brought to you by Google.com. Thank you, Juliet. A wonderful service. Hey, we've got $5,000. Our proud partners at Google. I don't know if they're that proud. They're proud of us, that's for sure. We've got five words, $5,000 coming up

very shortly. It is the hits. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this. Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. The hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben on another real cold morning around New Zealand, isn't it? Really cold this morning.

Ben, I know we've been here 12 months or so, haven't we now? And this marks our first complaint. Oh, really? We? Really cold this morning. Ben, I know. We've been here 12 months or so, haven't we now? And this marks our first complaint. Oh, really? We've had our first good spend sweet breeze so far. Plane sailing, as they say. But Trina joins us on 0800 The Hits. You've got a complaint, Katrina.

I do. You guys insulted a loyal listener twice. Not once, but twice. What's being done now? What the hell? What's happened? First of all, you called me a hippie for owning an EV. Well, that's Jono.

That's a Jono. And then you guys insulted my cows for blaming them for an entire world greenhouse gas. That was Greta. The first one was me, the second one was Greta Thunberg. Oh, no, no, that was, to be fair, that was Greta. The first one was me, the

second one was Greta Thunberg. Well, you sort of doubled down on it, though, didn't you, Jo? You know, like

if I could shift blame here, like a meeting. What did I do? Oh, I said let's delete

all the cows. Yeah, yeah, no, don't do that, because then I won't be able to afford to charge my

car. Oh, so you've had two hits early in the show. Thanks for getting my day off. hey let's let's find us something let's find us something hey uh what are you gonna find you always say let's find us something what have we got ben over to you over to you i'll tell you what you can plug your electric car for an hour into the nz me powerpoint here how's that sound? Oh, very good.

There you go. That is a shitty prize. Okay. You can come and plug into our PowerPoint for an hour. All right, Hell Pizza. We've got some Hell Pizza. Hey, Hell Pizza. It's better than petrol vouchers, that's for sure.

Yeah, we'll give you some Hell Pizza. All right, how's that? I love how he's like, just an hour. You wouldn't even give me five hours. It's not even your power. All right, you hear it all day. Come use it when you want. Hey, sorry for getting the day off to a bad start.

Oh, it's all good. That's why I listen to you guys at least. It's a bit of fun. But the problem is, as a dairy farmer with an electric vehicle, on one part you're doing your bit to save the planet, but on the other part, with all your cows, you're ruining the planet. Jono! Jono! Jono!

We left her on a good note. She's cancelling herself out. You're doing great things for the planet. And then you're doing some bad things for the same people. No, she's helping out. No, stop it. Love you, Trina. Alright guys, have a good day.

The latest news has just come to hand that more than half of the 94 port of Tauranga workers who boarded the COVID-stricken container ship have tested negative so far. So that's promising news going on there at the moment. We'll keep you up to date. Rolling coverage as those COVID test results come in as the morning progresses. Hey, mate, I just popped up on the news thing while the song was playing, and I was like, ah, I mentioned it.

And you were like, that's good stuff, you should mention that. So I did. You should say that, and I did. And then you wrote me a chance for it. Court Red Handler. I was just saying we'll give you rolling coverage. It's good stuff, we'll get you rolling coverage. It's our job to present rolling coverage at the test results.

It's our job to mock the other person after they do it. Well, thanks for the rolling coverage of that. I love it when he's also, it's a long weekend, and he's always, stay safe out there on those roads, as if you were going to drive your car into a... Anyway, Ben Boyce, you've had an issue with the career. Well, yeah, I guess this job in radio, just like that moment, you get to relive bad moments over and over again on radio,

but I got to relive a bad moment. You've got podcasts, too. Yeah, podcasts for My Heart Radio. relive bad moments over and over again on radio but i got to relive uh a bad moment podcast too yeah podcast for my heart radio uh but i've i had a moment where a courier turned up to my house yesterday and i was like oh that guy looks familiar he goes oh hey and he's oh you you were the guy and he sort of had a laugh and i was like oh and it was from the occasion we've talked about this before where we had a courier a few years ago uh turned up to work uh we're at the old radio station we had the tv show and the guy was having a chat nice little chat in front of the office and i was having a chat to him so talking away and he goes oh before i go i better get you get a signature i'm like oh here we go to quote to quote yeah listen to

quote ben boyce he said oh come on mate i'm not that famous the whole office office heard it. Yeah, and I was like, oh, come on, mate. And he said, no, I know that. I just need you to sign for the package that I've delivered. And it was a humbling, humbling moment. And he left. And I thought at that moment, I'd never seen this person again when he came to my house yesterday. Did he want another signature? But he remembered. He was like,

you were the guy. You were the guy that was, I was like, yeah, I'm not gonna i'm not gonna sign for anything but i still had to sign for the package today but some of those moments you're like oh he still remembers i still remember i'm that guy i'm that guy he's probably told other people of that story this idiot and then whenever you pop up on any ads look at that you know what he did he thought he was so you you're like, he thought he was, it was just with the package. You're like, oh.

That's the problem with being a low-level crap liberty in this country, isn't it? What? What's the problem? Sometimes, you know, Ben will be having a photo with someone, be having a photo with someone, and then someone will walk past, and then I'll drag him into the photo. I was like, you want a photo as well? And they're kind of like looking at me. You did that once.

Yeah, looking at me, I'll wrap my hand around her, and I was like, you want a photo as well? And they're kind of like looking at me. You did that once. Yeah, looking at me. I'll wrap my hand around her. And I was like, let's have a photo made selfie mode. Blah. And she was like, I was just going to the toilet. She was just walking past to go to the lavatory. But I'll get a photo. Then you felt like, oh, no, don't.

It's a pity selfie, isn't it? Oh, it was a pity selfie. I'm still remembered. I'm still remembered for a low, low point. Not good things as well. No. But you haven't been on TV in so long that you wouldn't be offering your signature out now.

That's for sure. He had an inflated opinion of himself back then. Now it's just slowly the years come out. Now I'll sign for any package and I know it's for a package. That's fine. Our career's just like a big balloon that's been at the birthday party. Three days later it slowly starts to shrivel up and lose life.

Meanwhile your daughter's balloon, that's blowing up. Santa's getting gigs left, right and centre. Did the courier have good legs? Yeah, I guess so. They normally do, right? I have a theory that all couriers have the most magnificent legs. Well, they're always busting out shorts, you know,

and running around. I've never noticed or looked at a courier's legs before. Take a look at their legs next time you see them. I always thought it could be a great workout. You've got F45, CrossFit, and then I want to start

one called Courier Legs. Well, they've got Sub 60, mate. That's what their workout is. Sub 60, yeah. And you just run around. You walk out of the gym with the legs like a courier. Great idea for the courier company.

You're like, hey, a prior. We work out today. Take this package. Run it up. 4K's up the road. And back. There you go. That's your workout. Yeah, there we go. Great idea. You're like, hey, a prior. We work out today. Take this package. Run it up. Four Ks up the road. And back. There you go.

That's your workout. Yeah, there we go. Great idea. You're on something. Do yourself a favour today. New Zealand, have a look at a curry's legs. Don't let them catch you. It's weird.

Okay, five words, $5,000. That's up next. Your chance to win five grand on the hits. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. Yes, that's our game of word association. We play it every morning on the show. Your chance only five words away from a massive payday. Yes, that's our Game of Word Association and we play it every morning on the show. Your chance to win $5,000. It's been a while

so we really need to get a winner. It's been drier than my mum's Christmas turkey at 4.30pm on a Christmas day. But hopefully it'll mount a comeback. Like Winston Peters will have a comeback. Hopefully we don't have to wait until 2024 like he does for the general election

to give away $5,000, but it could be you this morning. Craig, how are you in Wellington? Very well, thank you. Fingers crossed. Jeez, it's three degrees in Auckland. How cold is it in Wellington at the moment? It's about five, but it feels cooler. But it's warmer than yesterday. Yeah, warmer than yesterday.

There we go, a balmy five degrees in the capital this morning. You're dropping the kids off at the moment, Craig? Yep, yep. Just dropped them off to the fourth floor. Yeah, on every minute counting at this time of morning, isn't it? You're on a knife's edge. Yeah, I know. Well, we appreciate you taking time out of your busy morning to give us a call.

Now you need to decide. Jono, Ben, Producer Juliet, who's going in the soundproof booth? We'll throw Jono in there. Yeah, why not? Juliet hasn't been in in a while, so I'd like to plant that scene. Oh, okay. It's annoying. A lot of pressure when you come back out there because you want to win someone some money.

And Craig, Jono is in the booth right now. Here is your first word this morning. It is puppy. Puppy. Oh, dog. Dog. Yeah, that's what popped into my head first up too. You, Julia? Yep, same with me. Spa is the second word this morning. Spa. Pool. Spa, pool. Nice.

List. L-I-S-T. List. Shopping. Shopping. Are you playing a good game so far, Craig? I think. Dragon is the fourth word. Dragon. D-R-A-G-O-N, dragon. It's a tricky one. Dungeon. Dungeon.

Ah, yeah. Dungeon. Dungeon or dungeons? You want... Dungeons. Dungeons with an S on the end Okay And test Is the fifth word Test Exam

Exam Alright Craig You played a fast game Nice But I think you played a really really good game So we're going to bring Jono out of the soundproof booth And we're going to see if he matched up No pressure Jono

No pressure I've got a feeling Craig I've got a feeling, Craig. I've got a feeling. Or it could be indigestion. I don't know. Hopefully it's a good feeling of winning for you this morning. How did Craig go today? I think he did really, really well.

There was a couple of tricky words towards the end. But, you know, I feel like we're in the ballpark for winning today. I bought a ticket to the game to watch. I'm in the ballpark. Yeah, you're in the ballpark. How am I going to get on the field? We'll find out. Hit the winning runs.

All right, first word this morning we sent to Craig. Jono was puppy. And the first word Jono's going to say to you, Ben, is dog. Oh, well done. He came in confident. He came in too confident. That was very arrogant. This has really got to backfire on him, but it's good.

All right, the next word I'm going to say to you, Jono, is spa. What's the word you're going to say back to me? Well, the word I'm going to say back to you, Ben, boys, is pool. Yes! This is good. This is a good technique. All right, the next word I'm going to say to you, Jono, is spa. What's the word you're going to say back to me? Well, the word I'm going to say back to you, Ben Boyce, is pool. Yes! This is good. This is a good technique. Alright, the next word I'm going to say to you is list. I'm going to say list. What's the word you're going to say back to me? Well, the word I'm going to say back to you this morning, Ben, is shopping.

Oh! Great! Alright, that's good. Okay, the next word I'm going to say to you this morning is dragon. Dragon. What's the word you're going to say back to me? I going to say wow you really ramped it up here yeah okay craig can i ask craig a question if you don't mind craig what age are your kids craig oh my kids are 10 and 11 but i'd go old school with dragons oh yeah because i was do your children do dragon mess the book oh hey no no hey hey hey hey yo yo yo go in and do it like me

i'm just investigating i want to know who i'm playing with no no no sorry your chance for chat was pre-game yeah he can't this is is too much. Too much. I'm going to go Dragonfire. No! Go old school. Do you know, old school, I thought you might get this because we actually got to play this particular game for a TV show that we've got coming up. Oh, Dungeons and Dragons.

Oh, great. I'm so sorry. The final word this morning was test. Test? Exam? Oh! Four, Craig. Dude.

Oh, that rips you, doesn't it? It does. It rips. Oh, dragon. I'm sorry, Craig. Man. Oh, Craig, we need to do this again. We were so close.

You're such a good person playing this game. No worries. Thanks, Abe. All right. Have a great day, Craig. There you to do this again. We were so close. You're such a good person playing this game. No worries. Thanks, Abe. All right. Have a great day, Craig. There you go. Another disappointed customer. Jono and Ben, disappointing people every morning, quarter to eight.

This is a bad idea to have this game. Everyone walks away. Jeez, that was close. It was so close. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Spy. The What's Up Spy.co.nz.

Juliet has spent tireless minutes finding these celebrity stories and now all three of those minutes of hard work are going to pay dividends right now. What's happening, Ju? So Australia's got a Big Brother VIP coming out. And VIP basically meaning celebrities or high-profile people. Now, they've got a few really... Now, is this celebrities question mark or celebrities people we know? Literally a bit of both.

I'll play this for you and you can figure it out. I'm Meghan Markle's brother. I'm the biggest brother of them all. I told Prince Harry, I think she's going to ruin your life. She's very shallow. You know how they say power corrupts a person? Donald Trump was drunk and mad on power. I won Olympic gold.

I grew up with the Kardashian group. I can handle anything. Big brother, I'm coming for you. Is that Caitlyn Jenner? So you've got Caitlyn Jenner, Meghan Markle's brother, Trump's former political aide. So those are the three probably very interesting people. Is it Omarosa who is his brother?

Yes. Oh, my God. She's in it. Did we know Omarosa who is his brother? Yes. Oh my God. She's in it. Now, did we know Meghan Markle had a brother? I think it's his half-brother or step-brother or something. Half-brother. When did he tell Harry that Meghan was going to ruin his life? Hey Harry, let me pull your side here, buddy.

Yeah. But then, so you've got those three sort of big bangers, but then the rest, people are ripping Big Brother VIP to shreds, basically being like, who are all these others? Like, there are some people from maths, there's an actor, there's reality TV stars. So they've done well with the three. Oh, man, to be fair, though,

those three would have sucked up a large amount of the budget. No, really, sorry. You fill it out with some dregs. I know. They're probably going to do the same on Celebrity Treasure Island. I know, I know. It's a wonderful line-up, all right? It's a really good line-up. If we were filling out some dregs. I know. They're probably going to do the same on Celebrity Treasure Island. I know, I know. It's a wonderful line-up, all right? It's a really good line-up.

If we were to have some dregs, we would have been invited on it, okay? Did you get an invite? No, I didn't. So, you know, they're not scraping the bottom of the barrel. How do you guys reckon you'd go on Celebrity Treasure Island if you did it? Oh, terrible. Terrible. Really?

I'm as used as at survival stuff. Oh, sure. I thought the games would be fun, but the actual, yeah, like I couldn't. The limited food and all of that would be a real struggle. Yeah, that's right. I love how unusually defensive about Celebrity Shooter Island by Fred Baird is. Yeah, yeah. I wonder what the reason for that is.

Just a big company man, mate, company man. But Big Brother, I watch the show quite a lot, and the voice of Big Brother sounds like the main antagonist from the Saw movie franchise. It always sounds like something's going to go very sinister at any moment. Big Brother has some important news. As you know, the coronavirus has been intensifying around the world. Yep.

Yeah, so that voice is going to be narrating Meghan Markle's brother's life for the next three weeks. I wonder if they've got an arrangement of like, yeah, I'll come, but I'll only be there for a week or so then you can kick me out. Caitlyn Jenner wouldn't be cheap. No, no. I was going to say, it's a big, and to have her over in Australia as well,

I think that's where they're filming on. Who eliminates who? How do you get eliminated on that show? I think the team within... I haven't watched it since probably 10 years. I think I've watched maybe one episode, but I was having a quick Google before. I think they're all in the house 24 hours. They're always being filmed. And then I think every week people...

Oh, sorry. Hey, you know I know this really well. I'm no better off. I'm asking this question. If anything, he's more confused. Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.

Here we go. I would like to save this voice break. Each week, the house guests vote someone out of the house. So the people within the house. So if your theory of like her, she's only good for one week, you know, like Kate and Jenna, for example, you know, like that couldn't happen because it was being voted on by the people in the house. I know, but she could be like, hey, vote me out.

Oh, right, and they didn't play that for the hotel. Or what if the producers give the other people in the house money to vote certain people off each week? That would be interesting. That could happen. That could happen. There we go, some vague talk around the topic of Big Brother there. Great work.

From three people who know it so well. After 8 o'clock, we're very excited about this. We're playing a new game, Olympic Rings. We're going to see how many of our Olympians we can get on the phone and how quickly they answer, as well as that someone who's watched an amazing, thousands and thousands of movies. Like, it's incredible. Two a day.

They watch two films a day. Yeah, we're going to talk to this person after 8 o'clock. It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben? New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Kia ora, o'clock it is the hits you got john on ben new zealand's breakfast this is john on ben on the hits good morning it is the hits uh john on ben just gone to eight o'clock of course the news at the moment focusing on uh the the ship that came a ship came into the harbor not the not the game with a shipload of covid yeah at the moment so far

so good as far as the test coming back from the port workers uh all negative so far about half just over half have been done. Hey, I didn't know about this news. Just update me. What's going on there, Ben? I'm playing a role there. I'm a listener who's just tuned into your show. We talked about it earlier. Our ship came in from overseas, a cargo ship to New Zealand

and I guess through the routine testing they found out that some of the people on the ship had coronavirus but no one was showing us any symptoms. So I reckon that's quite a good thing, I guess. Please tell me no one from the ports of Tauranga went on the boat. Yeah, about 90-something people. How many? Yeah, 90-odd people.

Oh, dear God. But they're all in PPE gear, and so far over half of them have come back with negative testing. So they reckon there's a low chance. So that's good. How many of them were vaccinated? Not many. Not many.

Oh, dear God. Yeah, that's not so good. But it's kind of interesting. Speaking of coronavirus, my girls, my daughters, have been watching a lot of TikTok lately. And they reckon there's a pandemic that happens every sort of 100 years. That's kind of their thing at the moment. They reckon there's a TikTok thing on there going, pandemics, hammer it.

And when you look at it, there's the bubonic plague in 1720 in France. Then 100 years later, there was a cholera outbreak around about 1820. 100 years later, 1920, Spanish flu. 100 years later, 2020, coronavirus. Wow. And who would have thought in 2021 we'd be getting our news from TikTok. Yeah, I mean, but then they pay fast. I looked into it a bit more.

They pay fast and loose with some of the dates because some of the dates go about 1817 to 1824, but it does span through the every... Is it the universe just giving us a bit of a reset?

You know when your phone keeps going, I need an update, I need an update, and you keep putting it off? Not now, not now. Not now, it's never a good time, is it?

Yeah. Remind me later sort of thing. Maybe that's the universe's way of going, hey guys. I don't know. Yeah, you, guys. I don't know. Yeah, you're right. I don't know why I'm spouting off TikTok propaganda.

But anyway, I thought it was kind of interesting when my daughter was like, look at this, every hundred years this happens. Well, maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. Rise and shine. Time to start the, who are we kidding? We're not the boss of you. Jono and Ben, the hits. It is the hits.

Jono and Ben, OMG, I Want One is back. Jono and Ben, OMG I Want One is back. But as we mentioned yesterday, there's a wee bit of a twist. You need to decide between two options. So let's go on in and find out what today is. Thank you, Jono and or Ben. Today, it's your choice. Be rugged Kiwi adventurers and get outdoors with Prize A, $500 to spend at hunting and fishing.

Or stick to watching the adventures from the safety of your own lounge with Prize B. Udis, the wearable hooded blanket for the whole family. Text OMG to 4487 now to get in the draw. Back to you in the studio.

Thank you. That must be a giant blanket if it fits the whole family. Oh, you get one each. Oh, you get one each. It's not just one enormous blanket. Yeah, no. They're very cool, actually, the Uri. So that's your choice between $500 for hunting and fishing

or the Uris for the whole family. My daughter actually just bought one, an Uri. It just arrived, ironically, yesterday. And she was wearing her Uri when I found out about this. So I went and talked to my daughters at Siena India. I was like, guys, if you got to choose, OMG, I want one, which would you choose? Thinking, I kind of know where they might be coming from.

Okay, tomorrow, girls, the OMG, I want one prize is a $500 hunting and fishing voucher or oddies for the family. Oddies for the family! Yeah, oddies for the family. Yeah. Can we get some? Oh, no. I know you'd want that.

What are you wearing right now, Sienna? An oddy. Yeah. It's the best thing ever. It's not for the family, though know you'd want that. What are you wearing right now, Sienna? An hoodie. Yeah. It's the best thing ever. It's not for the family, though, is it? And we can't enter. We can't enter because I work at the Hits Radio Station. Can you just quit your job and then go back after?

All right, I'll quit. Okay, so I'll quit tomorrow. When OMG I want one. Yeah. Yeah, and then get your job back. Okay. Well, it's risky, but I'm prepared to do it. Yeah.

Well, the plan is unfold. What if we find a better Ben in that 24-hour period? Yeah, is that a risk I'm prepared to take for all these for the family? How much do you love your family? You tell me. How much do you love your family? Quit your job for your family so they've got no income. I'd rather just buy some bodies for the family.

No, no, this is the only option. This is the sensible option. But one's already got one. I've got three more to go. You must resign. So if you want to text through OMG to 4487, make your choice. Goodies for the family or a $500 hunting and fishing voucher. And someone will win all that this afternoon.

Jordan Winvan, the Hits. Now that is our show for Tuesday. We've only got 14 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. Oh my

gosh. OMG. OMG ALB is here. Pull up, pull up, pull up. Two epic prizes. What more, Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app.

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