Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We Were Joined By Former US Figure Skater, Tonya Harding!

Episode Date: July 2, 2021

You may remember the iconic news story that broke in 1994, where just prior to the Winter Olympics, figure skater Tonya Harding was involved in a scandal where her ex-husband ordered a hit job on her biggest threat, Nancy Kerrigan. This story has since been turned into a film starring Margot Robbie. We caught up with Tonya over Zoom and it was a super interesting chat. We also discussed the movie or TV shows that scared you as a kid - The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Chucky the doll, and pleeeeenty more! Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Owen Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of John Owen Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the John Owen Ben podcast. This is the potty Friday the 2nd of July. Gee whiz, tell you what, feeling a bit tired, Ben.

Yeah, me too. Well, I was about to say we had a late night last night. I was literally home by, I think, 8.45. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, we went to a lovely arcade, didn't we? Yeah, brand new arcade. It was lots of fun. Not to name drop, but I was talking, I don't know if you're familiar with international rugby superstar Dan Carter. I am aware of Dan Carter, yeah. Well, lips, my lips were moving and words were leaving my mouth and he was replying to those with words out of his mouth.

I did see him there. I mean, Dan Carter. It was a conversation. What I was trying to say is I was having a conversation with international rugby superstar Dan Carter. You know, I've been lucky enough to film with Dan Carter a couple of times. International rugby superstar? Dan Carter and talk to him.

He seems like a wonderful, lovely bloke. But it was probably, you know, because I actually ironically walked past, in that same mall, there's the Chemist Warehouse. And I walked past it on the way to the arcade. And then I saw him and I was going to go, oh, did you just come from the Chemist Warehouse? Because it was in my head because I just walked past it.

I thought of Dan Carter as I walked past the Chemist Warehouse. He does a great job on the ants. And then he was in there. And then I was like, well, I don't, in my head I was like, I it I thought of Dan Carter as I walked past the chemist warehouse he does a great job in the ants and then he was in there and then I was like why don't in my head I was like I don't know Dan Carter

well enough to reference the chemist warehouse yeah so I just left it but in my head I was like well could I could I

and then I was like well it was an audience to no one it was just me and him so no one's going to if it goes down badly no we're not going to walk away

and no one's going to go and that was really funny when you said that that was clever maybe you need to be with you I had no one in there so I was just thanks for bringing that up it's one of my favourite ads, no they're really good ads

they're really good and he's great in them but it's just so now you've got yourself in a hole with yourself this would have been a hole with Dan Carter I would have gone how are the great ads, you're great in them they're great, they're memorable they really are memorable that's what I would have been a hole with Dan Carter. I would have gone, how are the great ads? You're great in them, but it's great. They're great.

They are. They're memorable. They really are memorable. And that's what I would have said to him. He would have been like, okay, cool. I'm going to go over here now. What I appreciated about it, because I said, oh, you've had another child. He's like, mate, we've got four.

I was like, far out. He's like, man, we are in the trenches. And I saw him trying to wrangle three lovely little children there running around the arcade. I said, where's the owner? He's like, she's at home with the baby. And I was like, hey, he's a National Rugby Superstar, but he's like us. We're our shambles. We're a really fun podcast today.

We do Flashback Fridays. We take it back to 1994. We reflect on that, and we talk to one of the biggest newsmakers of 1994, Tonya Harding. Yeah, she was the one who was accused of battering up her competition's knees, Nancy Kerrigan. She was on the same team,

but obviously they were vying for positions on the team. Yeah, it was all very competitive. You wouldn't bash my knees in, would you? If there was only one job going, I'd be... You'd bash baseball. I mean, I didn't knee. No. Okay, so if they said,

we walk out of the studio today, they're like, sorry guys, budget cuts, there's only room For one of you on the show How are you going to Attack me on the side Well I wouldn't They'd say I wouldn't

No Firstly could I say I wouldn't Yeah I know But if you could Okay We both get to pick a weapon What am I going to go Are you going to order

A hit on me Or are you going to do it yourself I wouldn't do it myself No I couldn't do it myself So you're going to pay for someone Ben Boyce is going to pay for something Maybe like a deal Like I'll do some...

Contra for you. You'll advertise the hitman. Yeah. Because hitmen wouldn't come cheap. They wouldn't come cheap. Or hitwoman. Either. A hit person.

They wouldn't be cheap. Yeah, I don't know. I think it would need to be something like throat related. What do you mean? Throat related. I was like a dog. I slit my throat. No, no, no.

But that's Kerrigan. It was a traumatic thing. He got hit in the knee, but that was obviously affected her. Her performance. Yeah, as an ice skater. Throat related. Like if you got hit in the knee by a hitman, you'd be like, oh, that's sore. That's painful.

But I can still do your job. Hey, Jono's got the job. And he's got a great story to tell on radio. So that would probably be the... Well, you'd almost want someone to... a seamstress to sew up my lips. So I could still breathe through my nose. Yes.

Just go... Or he can't talk at the moment. He's out. He's out. That would be, yeah. That would be your hit. Yeah. What would I do for you?

So... No, you've come well with the sewing up the lips It was your idea I was going to throw it So maybe you could sew up my lips I've ordered my own hips Which is very slow painful You've made my hit better on you Anyway we're rambling

So enjoy the podcast This is Jono and Ben's Friday Flashback 1994. Jeez, what a wonderful year, 94. I was 13, swimming in a sea of hormones in Lynx, Africa. We're going to play two of the biggest songs from 1994. There were no DVDs back then, no Netflix binges, right? And at night, you'd watch the biggest,

or you'd often watch the biggest TV show in the world at the time, which was Seinfeld. It was the biggest show, and it was only meant to be a one-off special, Seinfeld. And then they turned it into a series. Elaine wasn't even in the pilot, and Kramer was called Kessler in the pilot. Wouldn't have been the same.

Yeah. Wouldn't have been the same. Wasn't it one of the most successful TV shows in history? I think it is, yeah. And another successful TV show, one of the most successful TV shows in history? I think it is, yeah. And another successful TV show, one of the most successful TV shows in history, started the same year, 1994, of course, Friends. As you said the other day,

it was meant to be called Insomnia Cafe. Friends. I tell you what, I really miss that show. And you know what would be wonderful? If the cast and crew, if they told us what they're up to nowadays, maybe in some sort of setting where we can all watch what they're... Never get them back together, would they?

It would be useful, though. I reckon it would go really well if they got them back together. I reckon people would... I don't see it working. I don't see a reunion working for friends. No, you take your frosted tips out of bed, you get on your crop tops or your high-waisted jeans, bright-coloured T-shirts, whatever you're wearing in 1994,

and you go to the movies, and the biggest movie was The Lion King. Which feels like it's just come to New Zealand because of the stage production here right now. It felt like the first animated thing to actually draw emotion out of human beings. Up until then, the only emotion I got from a cartoon was mixed emotions, figuring out why Goofy and Pluto are both dogs, but one walks and dresses like a human and the other's completely naked.

That's a very good question. It was meant to be called King of the Jungle, The Lion King, and it took animators two years to create the stampede scene. You know the stampede scene where Mufasa, spoiler alert, you know, falls to... That took two years? It took two years. Oh, God, 12 months into that, you'd be like, is this worth it? Can we pull out of this project?

Two years? How long did the whole movie take to make? Well, yeah, it would have taken four or five years. Probably started in the 70s or something, finished it by 1994. Another big movie from 1994, Forrest Gump. My mum always said life was like a box of

chocolates. You never know figured out the other day. You never know what you're going to get. Sorry, Tom Hanks, that was a great line and I talked all over it. We figured out the other day, we did the list of the wealthiest fictional characters and Forrest Gump's up there because he invested in Apple. He had 5% of Apple. He's at billions of dollars now. Actually, speaking of money, Tom Hanks wasn't paid an actor's fee for forrest gump uh but he got a percentage of the profits and they reckon it

worked out about 40 million dollars wow yeah and then so yeah so that was it didn't take a fee but he got a lot of money through the back end deals wonderful gamble from hanks there we want to look at some of the biggest news stories from 1994 uh there was a bit of bleak news around that year to be honest oj simpson there was a big famous chase. Oh yeah, the white Bronco. Yeah. It is a pursuit, and unfortunately it has a lot of mitigating circumstances

because of the high profile of the proposed suspect that's inside the vehicle, which could possibly be, and appears to be at this time, OJ Simpson. So that was live on TV, where it was like a slow sort of chase with police cars going down the highway with the white Bronco car, as you said before, with OJ Simpson inside after the tragic death of his ex-wife.

What they do well in America is they get helicopters in the air, don't they? They did it well yesterday with the Cosby coverage. They've got a helicopter ready to film from above. And another big story that came out of America that year that was talked about all over the world tonya harding nancy kerrigan two us ice skaters they made news when nancy kerrigan took a blow to her right knee from a hitman that was seemed to be it was organized by tonya harding's ex-husband that was the day an assailant clubbed nancy kerrigan on the leg as she left the ice after practice at the u.s olympic trials in detroit someone was running by me and and he just, like, whacked me with this long black stick.

The attack plunged Kerrigan's Olympic dreams into doubt and focused suspicion on rival skater Tanya Harding. Within days, Harding's estranged husband, Jeff Gillooly, was arrested, along with three other men. Harding herself, on the other hand, proclaimed her innocence. It was a big story, eh? It was a huge story. Yeah, and guess who we've got next?

Tonya Harding. We've got her on Zoom. I can see her waiting there. She's in the waiting room. From dial-up to wazzup. Wazzup! Jono and Ben. Friday Flashback 1994. And of course, the biggest news story from 1994 involved two US figure skaters

Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan You remember this one Nancy Kerrigan took a blow to her right knee just before the Olympics from a hitman Turns out it was organised by Tonya's ex-husband It turned into a hit movie recently starring Margot Robbie The haters always say

Tonya, tell the truth. There's no such thing as truth. Everyone has their own truth. It's an amazing movie and an amazing story told from, the movie tells from all different sides of that story. I'm very excited to have the one and only Ta Harding with us on Zoom right now. How are you? Hi, how are you? Very hot over there, we understand, at the moment.

It has been very hot. The hottest that I have ever seen in my 50 years. And it'll be even hotter for you because you're used to spending your time in ice skating rinks. Oh, yeah, true. So it must really hit home. Oh, yeah, true. So it must really hit home. Yeah. Oh, yes. I didn't move much except from outside a table to inside, to the air conditioning, to the pool, and back. So Jo's in the pool with the kids. You're inside in the air con.

And you're talking to New Zealand's 29th most popular radio show, Jono and Ben. This is so awesome. I just love it. It's nice to talk to you. Now, can we go right back to the start? You were like four years old. Was that right when you sort of fell in love with ice skating?

Actually, I was three. Three? In my very first competition, I was four. That's very young, isn't it? But that always seems like a common theme for successful athletes as adults. They start at a very young age. I believe so. And, you know, yes, I did boxing on the side

to keep in shape and make money to live and stuff. And, yeah, you do not want to start that in your 30s. You want to start when you're very young. Well, yeah, because ice skating is such a tough sport to nail, and you nailed the triple axel jump. You were the first American woman to land that in a competition. Only six people, I think I was reading it, it might be correct, that has ever nailed it since you've done it since in competition.

What is a triple axel for people like ourselves that don't know ice skating as well as you, and what makes it so hard to nail? Well, the triple axel is a jump that you do three and a half revolutions and you land backwards follow-up question was can you do one for us now on video not at the ice category i mean it must be such a hard thing to nail it must have gone wrong a few times trust Trust me, I feel it nowadays. I mean, I've broken ribs, my sternum, my rotator cuff is torn, collarbone, torn Achilles tendon, two times of breaking my tailbone. Jeez, you must be a nightmare for insurance.

That's why I can't get insurance. Yeah, I wouldn't be able to get insurance. Well, that's true. Yeah. If I was an insurance assessor, I wouldn't be backing you. I'm sorry. Yeah, the only thing I need a problem with is it would be with my breathing. I only found out about 15 years ago that half of my lungs were not developed when I was young. Pretty much only athletic induced.

So what, from just training so hard at a very young age? Yes. When you have a mother who tells you you are worth nothing, you'll be nothing, you're fat, you're ugly. And so I still wanted to be better than her. I was not going to let her tell me that I am not worthy. Is your mother still around? I'm not really sure. I would think so. I haven't spoken to her in a really long, long time. Oh, that's sad, eh? No, I'm sorry.

Have you guys ever seen the movie? Yes, I have. Yeah, obviously goes into the relationship between you and your mum in the movie. Talk about I, Tonya, the movie. I mean, it was a huge international hit. What was it like to have that movie out there on your life? And did that change what you think people's perceptions were of you after, obviously, the Nancy Kerrigan thing that happened? Well, it took 25 years for someone to come to me and produce a movie that proved my innocence.

Will you tell us about that? After that incident, what was it like for you wandering around in public, going to the supermarket and those sorts of places? Would people say things to you? They would, and very inappropriate. It was very hard. Sometimes with a couple of the things that had happened to me, I really didn't want to be around here anymore.

And so I buckled down and I realized that I am important and I'm going to stand up for all the things that I believe in. Well, it must have been nice then, I guess, when I, Tonya came out, the Margot Robbie movie to have, I was reading a standing ovation you got, I think at the premiere and to have, I get your chance. It was amazing for you to tell your story after having lived through what you were just telling us about. It was amazing being able to see Margot. I had only met her once and she had studied me and my ways. I mean, she took a beating trying to learn how to skate

and she did it. She nailed it. Well, yeah, that's probably a tough thing to audition for, isn't it? Have you spoken to Nancy Kerrigan? No, I haven't. No? I have not spoken to her or seen her in person since the Olympics. What, in 94? Yes.

Oh, wow. That was the last time you saw or spoke to her? Yes. I can't remember. Sorry. I know I did an interview when I was face-to-face with her apologizing for the people that I was around. I don't remember that year. Wow.

What if we told you we had Nancy Kerrigan on the phone now? We don't. We don't. We don't. Well, I would wish her well. Well, yeah, We don't. Well, I would wish her well. Yeah, we don't. I thought it would be one of those good moments that if we did have her, it could be like a reunion, but we don't. We're not that good. No, you're actually a gentleman. I've always told Ben that I'm a gentleman. He's never

admitted it. And some wonderful merchandise too at fanarch.com I was looking at because some merch yeah i do i do i i've been trying to think about having my own line uh clothing line for quite some time oh i like it here i'm on i'm on fanarch.com yeah here we go i feel it's looking at before you got some bloody nice hoodies america's hardware and people also wonder what does america's hardware mean well also wonder, what does America's hardware mean? Well, it's the American flag in the Bible. God bless it.

And God bless you, and God bless everyone. And God bless to you too, Tonya. Thank you. Have a good day. See you, mate. Bye-bye. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us.

That is the main thing. John and Ben, breakfast on the hits. As a parent, you try and be responsible, as responsible as you can. But there's things you're like, is that where I've been going wrong? We've been being responsible this whole time? The whole time? You should try. But my daughter, Sienna, 11 years old, and she really wants to watch a stranger things on netflix

and our friend of a friend of hers has seen it and she's like i want to watch stranger things someone's talking about it at school and i've watched stranger things have you seen it just yeah i think i've watched the first maybe first half of the first season it's a little bit like even for you know that's quite creepy it's a little bit creepy um so yesterday she came up to me um and she wanted to watch Stranger Things again. And I, as I do, as you were talking about earlier, we record everything. So I recorded her asking me for this to play. So what show do you want to watch?

Stranger Things. Nah, but I think it's a bit scary for you. But I'm used to seeing strange things, like Jonah's head. That was good, that was good. And hopefully he'll think that you came up with that and not me telling you to say that, right? Totally, yeah Okay, you weren't meant to play the end of that

but it was just meant to be the little We meant to clip off the thing after the singer After the after scene, I came up with that bit on your head Anyway, that's not important right now What is important? Well, no, it is quite important Have you been forcing your children to say bad things about me this whole time? No, no.

I'd actually like to focus in on this. They've hurt my feelings. It's just one of those things, because I was saying to Sienna yesterday, and also she says, you know, sometimes when I had as a kid, and you're probably the same, when you do end up watching something that does potentially scare you, it's hard to get that image or those things out of your head. Absolutely.

And yet it stays with you, doesn't it? Yeah. I know many things have tormented children over the years. Were you affected by the child catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? Yes. What a creepy character that was. I think we've got some audio of that around. My little mice, come to me.

Ice cream. Yes, ice cream. Please, come on. Come inside, my little dears. So, you know, he rolls into town. You know, he's like, there are children here, I can smell them. So he's got this distinct skill for smelling out children. Then he lures them out of their houses with sweet treats and kidnaps them.

So I think they would be frowned upon in the eyes of the law. I think you'd see him on Police 10-7. Have you seen this man? The child catcher. So we want to know on 0800 The Hits or 4487, what was the show or movie you saw as a kid, or even the scene that basically scarred you for life, traumatised you as a kid and you still think about today?

Yeah, a couple of weeks ago we were going to go to Hobbiton. We were going to go check out Hobbiton, and we thought, oh, maybe we should show some of the kids Lord of the Rings, you know, so they know what it's all about. And we started watching that. And it was a bit near the start. I've kind of forgotten about it. Where Frodo's talking to his uncle Bilbo. Bilbo sees the ring and his face suddenly changes, goes from happy to real scary.

Have a listen. I hold rings. I should very much like to hold a ticket. Ah! She's like, ah! And then Indy was like, she got up and left. Oh, really? She was like, yeah,

what do you want? Nah, I'm done. So she won't watch anymore of Lord of the Rings. She retired from Lord of the Rings. After that moment. Well, if only New Zealand would retire from Lord of the Rings. We're still Lord of the Rings. Well, if only New Zealand would retire from Lord of the Rings. We're still hanging on to that. Juliet, is there a thing that affected you as a child?

Yes, in the first Harry Potter movie, classic, my love for Harry Potter, when Harry goes into the restricted section of the library at night time underneath his invisibility cloak. Finds 50 shades of grey in there. You shouldn't be reading that. Harry's wand starts doing strange

things. What happens? He goes and opens a book and I think it's Voldemort's face that comes screaming out of the book. I do remember that the pages come out and there's a face and it's like, yeah. Terrifying.

Again, that's my face though, isn't it? When you're like, that terrifying face, that's my face though, isn't it? When you're like that terrifying face, that's familiar. Yeah, true. Who wore it better, me or him? What was the show or movie that traumatised you as a kid that you watched? We'd love to hear from you this morning. You digest things differently, don't you, when you're younger? I remember I was staying at my friend's house and I went to brush my teeth

and both of his parents were sharing a soapy bath. I feel like it feels like one of my memories now because you've told me this a couple of times. I feel like I also got to experience it. It's terrifying. It's terrifying me. It was a soapy, sliding, flustery mess when I walked in there and I was like, well, maybe they're just like conserving water.

And you're very thorough with your teeth brushing too, so it would have been a good three to five minutes you would have been there flossing and all. like, well, maybe they're just like conserving water. And you're very thorough with your teeth brushing too so it would have been a good three to five minutes you would have been there flossing and all. No awkwardly sitting in the bath. You're like, sorry, I've really got to,

you need to floss guys, it's more important than brushing. Anyway, it's not a movie, it's just me getting some therapy. I found Chucky. Did you ever watch Chucky? One of my older cousins made me watch it as a kid.

It's like a little, it was a little doll that turned to life and went around kind of scaring people. Hi, I'm Chucky, wanna play? it's like a little it was a little dull that it's a turn to life and went around kind of scaring people hi i'm jackie wanna play i look like a little ed sheeran funko pop but he was terrified he was terrified you know yeah and there was do you remember now this is a very very specific reference i think it was like a made for tv movie called v right do you remember this i don't know if i do and they they were all like deep-throat rats.

Really? Like, eat rats? Yeah. And it both simultaneously scared me off. They were like aliens disguised as humans. Oh, I'm googling it. Yeah, look at it. There she is.

In the same scene, it put me off rats and aliens for life. You haven't eaten rats since. It would be nice to any aliens. We'll kick it off with Maria. Welcome from Auckland, Maureen. How are you? Hello. What scared you?

Good thing. It was this movie called The Orphan, and it was about this adult who had a genetic disease or something. She looked like a nine-year-old girl, and she'd get adopted out and then murder the family. But the worst part was they went to a kid's camp

the week after I'd watched it, and there was a nine-year-old girl that was this fishing image of the gangster. Oh, my God. I'm looking at the poster of the orphan. It looks frightening. It's scary. And I'm pretty sure they're making a prequel to it as well, Maria, with the original actress as well. Oh, my. And I'm pretty sure they're making a prequel to it as well, Maria. So with the original actress as well.

Oh, my God. I'm staying away. We'll see you guys some hell pizza. Have a great weekend. All right. Thanks for your call. Thank you. Good on you, Ashley.

You're on from Auckland. Happy Friday, Ash. Happy Friday. Yeah, yeah. I'll never say that again. That didn't quite come off, did it? What was the movie that traumatised you? The kids' movie, or what was meant to be

a kids' movie, The Witches. Oh, yes. Now, is this the new version or the original version? The original version. Yeah. Well, that was terrifying. It was set on a sort of a seaside British scene, wasn't it? Yeah, I was convinced that all old people were witches

afterwards, so all old women were witches afterwards. Yeah, that was, because they did those weird close-up shots on the angles on them. Yeah. Do you know what my mum's main, because we watched the new version the other night, my mum's main thing from the book, her concern was the fact that she's like,

he stays as a mouse at the end, he's much happier as a mouse. It upsets me that he decides at the end he wants to stay a mouse. No, Jenny, have you been with us this whole time? She's like, I just don't want to. She didn't want to watch it because she didn't like the fact that he wanted to stay stay a mouse. No, Jenny, have you been with us this whole time? She's like, I just don't want to. She didn't want to watch it because she didn't like the fact that he wanted to stay as a mouse.

I was like, well, he was happier as a mouse. I was like, anyway. The Wizard of Oz has come through on the text 4487. Oh, there's a few sort of scary characters in that, right? Yeah, and apparently behind the scenes, that whole set was a disorganised shambles. You had little people who were part of it sort of holding group lovemaking

scenes in the hotel. The Wicked Witch actually got burnt in the scene where she was literally melting. She was melting. The Tin Man had the paint on his face, gave him permanent third degree burns. Judy Garland, they had her jacked up on amphetamines.

These are true things about the movie. Just to increase her workload as a little child. Put a bit more pep in her step along the yellow bit road. Chris, you're on. Welcome from Timaru. Hey, guys. How you doing? Oh, we're doing well.

What was the movie that terrified you as a kid? Well, I was about 12 years old, and I had an older sister. She rented Nightmare on Elm Street, the old Freddy Krueger. Oh, Freddy Krueger. And then I sneaked out to the lounge and watched this bloody thing one night, and there's a scene where these Rottweilers are in there, and they turn around, they've got human faces, and I can't look at Rottweilers anymore.

I can't look a Rottweiler in the face ever again. Just in case it's a human face. Thank you, Chris. Appreciate that. Chris, we're going to send you out some new Hell Pizza, the new smoky brisket pizza with smoked brisket, smoked cheddar, and onion rings. It looks awesome, right?

Bloody good to you, guys. Thank you. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. I do love a good peach. Yeah. I like them in a can. No.

No, not that. No, the canned or jarred ones. I'll stop you Yeah. I like them in a can. You don't like the furry ones? No, not that. No, the canned or jarred ones. I'll stop you there. I'll stop you there. I was going to stop you there. I've actually got goosebumps now that you've even brought it up. The furriness. Well, you brought it up saying you love the peach.

I was like, well, hang on a second. I thought you've been lying to us. A furry peach you couldn't bite into. Yeah. Those jarred ones, the Waddy's canned ones. Yeah, they're good, aren't they? I have them all day. Do you like kiwi fruit?

Because they're furry too. No. Really? No. Furry complexion. But if you sliced it, you'd eat it, wouldn't you? Oh, yeah, absolutely. You wouldn't bite into a kiwi fruit.

I like the fruit of the kiwi fruit. Would you hold a peach? Oh, no. Or a kiwi fruit? No. Okay. My nipples have gone all stiff. It's an unusual thought for this hour of the morning, isn't it?

Hey, you know, we're a desperate show. And I know, Ben, you are in the same black hole as I am. When you leave this studio, you're just looking all day for content. Do you find that? For stuff to talk about on the radio, yeah. And so you're at the ready with your phone to just record anything at any moment. And my car was filthy, so I took it through the automatic car wash yesterday. And I was sitting in the car wash, and it's dead time, isn't it?

It's a dead... You've got to wait to, yeah. Yeah, there's nothing you can do. You can't go anywhere. And I was like, oh, I could record the audio of the car being washed and the thing. And everyone, that's relatable. I could play that audio. People have been through car washes.

Yeah. And so I was like, oh, why don't I wind down the window? Oh, to get better sounding audio. You want top quality stuff. Yeah, I hear you. We're professional. Yeah, yeah. You know, audio's our game, baby.

And I had the window up. I did try to record it with the muffled sound of the window up, but it wasn't the same. And so unfortunately, the moment that I wound down the window, the torrent of it, it was in wash mode, hose down mode. So the torrent of water came pouring through the driver's window. And then that covered me. I was saturated.

Jersey pants, shoes. That's why the phone's all muffled. It got covered in soapy water residue. The steering wheel, the whole dashboard. The car mat was going. Wow. It was like a fire hose had just come in. It was only for like a brief second, but in that moment,

you can't find the right buttons to pull the thing back up. And I was like, was this really worth it? Like, people know what car washes sound like. Could you not tell when the water was going to come? Like, could you not anticipate that? No, it was coming from behind. So if it was coming front on, I wouldn't know. But it just came out of the blue.

I knew it had started, but I was like, well, surely it's just washing the back end. And it just snuck up the side. Two things I love about the car wash. I love that big rotator sort of one that comes towards the front window. With the rubber. Yeah, I love that one. And I also, oh no, I probably don't love that one quite as much. But I was going to say, when you kind of feel like you're moving, but you're not, you always

check the handbrake. Oh, yes. Because when it kind of moves past you, you're always like, oh, we're moving. And I don't know why you always think that, even though you put on the handbrake. Do you find it's a really slow, painful seconds to just pull up to the exact moment where the light switches to stop. Yes. And you're like, you think you're there.

And there's another 10 minutes still slowly creeping forward for it to go to stop. Sometimes it's like green and then you go red. You're like, oh, you've got to back it up. I bet there's someone inside the Z server station just messing with you then. It's like the final few seconds of when the petrol slows down for whatever reason. It's going hammer and tongs from zero. Yeah.

But even for the last sort of 50 cents of petrol, it feels like it's just going... It's like it's checked out. It's like you with your prostate problem. It's like, come on, mate, finish it up. They'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. Now, very excited. The All Blacks play Tonga on Saturday afternoon, Mount Smart Stadium, or Saturday evening. And before that, the Māori All Blacks take on Manu Samoa. And joining us in the studio right now from the All Blacks,

Ethan Blackadder, and from the Māori All Blacks, Ash Dixon. Hey, guys. How's it going? Good, man. Good to be here. Lovely to see you guys. Every time, no matter how old I get, whenever I meet All Blacks I always feel like a little child. I get excited like a little child. Yeah I'm the same. Yeah it must be a surreal experience to be in the national team for both of you yeah obviously um a cultural team you know so identity is pretty key in our one um but it's completely different to other teams i'm involved

with so for me it's it's a real refresher and a chance to um really dig deep into whanau and whakapapa about what we do so it's actually pretty cool man so yeah really stoked day to be able to to play these types of games against an awesome team like samoa it must mean a a lot for you and your whānau when you walk out or run out on the pitch. Yeah, I think the bigger picture is more than yourself. You understand that where you come from, you're actually playing for people and people matter on our team. So it's a

great experience that I love playing for and you actually understand about other boys as well and what they're going through. So it's actually pretty cool. Speaking of family too, obviously Ethan, pretty famous dad todd blackadder as well is he is he in your ear about the uh before the first test this weekend no he hasn't been actually have you been screening his calls i don't need to hear from you now dad shut up dad what do you know hey we thought we'd do something uh this interview. So Ben is going to conduct an interview with both Ash and Ethan,

and then he's going to cross to me for a post-match interview as the interview goes on. It sounds very confusing. We'll see how it works. Okay, here we go. Okay, guys, excited for the big game on Saturday, big games on Saturday? How are you feeling?

Yeah, yeah, very, very excited. Yeah, just pumped. You didn't sound quite as pumped as i thought you said excited i don't know if the emotion changed on your face at all but i'm with you johnno for the post-interview on the interview. Yeah, thanks. Thanks, Ben. I'm here with Ash and Ethan. How do you think the first question went there from Ben?

He came in with a bit of a stock standard cliche. Are you excited about the game? Ethan, your excitement levels, they weren't quite up there. No, I need to get my involvement higher. That's not a good start. Well, thanks for your time, guys. Back to you, Ben. Next question I want to know. Any pre-game rituals you guys have?

Like, is there anything you have to do before a big game? Nah, for me, mine's changed over the years, eh? Having two little kids that, you know, you've just got to roll the punches a bit, eh? So turn up on time and know what time the game's on and make sure I'm there. That's about it. Over to you, Jono, for the post-interview interview. Yeah, thanks, Ben. Great work out there.

Ash, a solid answer there from you. You've been preparing for an answer like that. I wrote it down backstage and made sure I gave the kids a good plug because they always wanted to be on radio, so go for it. Hey, thanks for your time, Ash. Back to you, Ben. Okay, final question for you boys. They always say take it one game at a time.

It's a classic rugby cliche, but have you ever thought of mixing it up and trying to take it two games at a time just to surprise everyone, Ash? Oh, I don't know. I don't even think I could last one game with 80 minutes. I don't know if I could chuck two or I could keep going. Finally, over to you, Jono, for the final post-match match. Yeah, no, thanks, Ben.

Thanks, Ben. Shocking work out there. Listen, no, thanks, Ben. Thanks, Ben. Shocking work out there. Listen, the wheel's falling off with the interview there, taking it one game at a time. Did you feel he was reaching with his question there, Ash? Yeah, I think he was reaching. I think he's trying to put that more towards Ethan. Ethan's like a bloomin' Series 5 Hilux.

You chuck that in fourth and he can keep going all day. In all seriousness, so nice meeting you guys. We're big fans and it's so awesome to see you guys we're big fans and it's so awesome to see you guys back on the park playing this weekend it's going to be so exciting

yeah no pleasure to meet you guys too and yeah just rugby's the winner at the end of the day and let's get out there and it was an interview

of two halves great fun New Zealand's Breakfast this is Jono and Ben on the hits good morning New Zealand welcome along to the's Breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to the show.

It is a Friday. Jono, I'm Ben with you and it's always a good feeling. I say it every Friday but it is a good feeling. It is a wonderful feeling. A wonderful colour palette on the programme this morning

which you won't appreciate listening to the radio. Juliet's come in with a lovely sort of wintry tan coat. Forest green skivvy. Ben, you've rocked it with a peach jersey. I have.

I'm coming in with your navy blue woolen. It's a wonderful colour. Put us on the catwalk of Milan, I say. Yes, the Hits Live Free Travel Edition is back. Thanks to South Australian Tourism. Each week, a $5,000 travel voucher will be given away by Stace, Mike and Anika on a Friday, which is back. Thanks to South Australian Tourism. Each week a $5,000 travel voucher will be given away by Stace, Mike and Anika on a Friday, which is today. So this afternoon

this next person will be in the draw to win that. Morena Brenda. Good morning, Don. Good to have you on. The day hasn't even started and you're already winning. I know. Isn't that amazing? WTF. You know, I actually try, I text Mike Peru, who's a dear friend of ours

and I said, Mike, can we rig this competition? Why don't you just give it to one of us? Radio should do that more often Well, no one would know How many competitions have you... Well, they don't now, because you're talking about it Yeah, and so I should... And one of the bikes said, yeah, sweet ass

Yeah, well no, he was like, no, we've got to give it away to a listener No one's going to know If I phone up and put on an Italian accent or something and wear a moustache. But radio should do that more often. Because you think about all the competitions that you've entered. Have you ever gone, oh, I wonder who won that? No, you never know. Well, you talk to people, though.

They're going to give it away. You've got to listen all the time. Exactly, Brenda. Now, Brenda, you are in the draw for the legitimate competition. And you could win $5,000 worth of travel vouchers today, alright? Oh, that sounds amazing. Now, where would you go? Because you can spend them at your discretion

at any stage. Yeah. Now might be a bit shaky, but you know, in the future, where would you go? I'd go on a boat cruise. Oh, nice. Yeah? Yeah. Cruise ships, get those things back coming. Yeah. I saw the first one launched in America during the week, the first cruise ship.

Oh, did it? Oh, really? Yeah, everyone was, all the boomers are running on there with their bum bags, hands in the air, ready to do the bloody locomotion and the YMCA dance. There, sir. All right, Brenda, you're in the draw. Congratulations on that, and good luck this afternoon.

Thank you so much. And it's all thanks to South Australian tourism. You can treat yourself to South Australia with non-stop flights from Auckland to Adelaide. So there you go. It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast.

Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, can I play you something? Is that okay? Do I have your permission, consent, to play you some something? Is that okay? Do I have your permission and consent to play you some audio? It depends what it is. She's sprung it on me, so I don't know if I want it. Bad-mouthing someone at work or something? I haven't agreed to you playing this.

Does it involve me? Let me just open up my voice recording. It might not involve you, but I just open up my voice recording. It might not involve you but I'll open up my voice recordings here. Juliet, I went to, I actually played this

to Ben anyway. I went to a basketball refereeing course. Is this safe audio to play? Yeah, you can play this. I'll play your other audio after it.

It doesn't involve me. I'm bitching out Juliet to Boss Todd after it. But I went to my son's obsessed with basketball and they had, he wants to learn every facet of the game.

So we went to a three-hour basketball refereeing course. And they had the whistle portion of the training. And that went for 45 minutes. It's so punishing. It's quite a technique to blow a whistle in a basketball game. And it turns out it takes about 45 minutes to learn. Wow, 45 minutes.

Yeah. Jeez. Anyway, Ben's audio after 8 o'clock. Boy, have I got some stuff in this voice recorder. Scrolling through your feed. You've heard of hard-hitting news? Well, this is a light patting on the bottom of the news. Ben Boyce, what has been happening? A lovely moment we're just catching up with overnight.

Prince Harry, Prince William were together yesterday in the UK to celebrate their late mother's 60th birthday. It would have been Diana's 60th birthday. And they were celebrating at Kensington Palace over the weekend. Sorry, yesterday, overnight. And they unveiled a new statue. Oh, there's a sculpture of her in the gardens there, in the sunken garden.

I don't know what a sunken garden is. Is that what they call it, the sunken garden? That's what they call it, yeah. A beautiful statue of Diana, and it was really, really cool to see Harry and William, you know, smiling and laughing together. They greeted a small number of guests. Looked like they were, you know,

obviously emotional to unveil the statue, but also looked like they were enjoying hanging out with each other, which is great. After everyone was like, oh, you know, obviously emotional to unveil the statue, but also looked like they were enjoying hanging out with each other, which is great. After everyone was like, oh, the brothers, it's all falling apart. The good thing is Harry didn't have the old ball and chain there, mate. Dragging him back, you know? He was Harry. He was Harry again. Stop it.

Stop it. Then they released a lovely statement about how much they love their mum and how much it means to have the statue to honour her. You really wonder if there is beef or if it's just media. Totally. Have they actually said there's... Oh no, he kind of did in the interview with Oprah, didn't he?

But in a very quaint British way. Yeah, he said that his relationship with Charles was the worst, the Queen was the best and Harry was somewhere in the middle, basically. If I'm going to rank my relationships... How would you rank your relationships with us, Julie? Brilliant! Pick out every individual. You've got producer Bee Humps,

you've got Millennial Max, you've got Ben over there and myself. Oh, you've got to rank the order. Oh, ranking the order? Favorite to least favorite relationship. I can't do that. It's like choosing my favorite parent. More grandparents, mate. There's no secret that producer Julie, you love Ladbible.

I love Ladbible. There's Ladbible New Zealand, which has Ladbible. I love Ladbible. There's Ladbible New Zealand which has started now and I thought Juliet might have kicked off the New Zealand chapter. The Comancheros or something. She's kicked off the Kiwi version. It sort of has news that you sort of talk about around the water cooler. You know, we love it for radio banter

and today I was like, well, you know, you look at the Herald and you go through websites like that and you're like, well, let's go to Ladbible. Let's see what they've got. Ladbible's your third or fourth option. Yeah, I know. And it's always, it comes through with the goods. And today it came through with something from Eminem.

They're talking about Eminem rhymes. Because everyone talks about how you can't rhyme anything with orange. The word orange. The only word in the English language that you can't. Yeah. Yeah, well, they reckon that's it. Yeah. So there was like Eminem proves that you can rhyme something with orange.

And I was like, oh, great, there's a video. He's talked to Anderson Cooper. And he had in 2010. But they put this up on basically the main page. I'm not sure why this. But anyway, I thought. Did you go to the 2010 archives or something? I don't know.

Maybe you took a misdirection on the internet. But anyway, I thought it was quite interesting. This was Eminem. No, no, not from yesterday or anything like this, but talking to him from 11 years ago, he's Anderson Cooper, about rhyming orange. If you're taking the word at face

value and you just say orange, nothing is going to rhyme with it exactly. If you enunciate it and you make it more than one syllable, orange, you could say, like, I put my orange four-inch door hinge in storage and ate porridge with George.

There you go. That just seemed like it was off the top of his head. He's bloody good. That's pretty good. Have a look on YouTube. There's like a professor of music who breaks down Eminem's lyrical structure and how he rhymes things. And he says no other artist in music does it like he does. He's kind of finding rhymes to things that you wouldn't normally rhyme with in words, you know.

So, yeah. It's pretty impressive. It is. Even though it's from 2010, you know. It's great. I love some old news from the archives. And next, we have

an update on the Titanic. It's just launched. It's set sail. Good luck, guys. Bon voyage. Real Kiwi blokes with soil

oddies. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the heads. Last night, actually, we both went along. There was a new

arcade that opened up at a mall, so we went along last night. There was a new arcade that opened up at a mall, so we went along last night. It was fun, the arcade, wasn't it? No matter how old you are, whether you're two or 92, you love an arcade. Maybe not if you're 92.

If you're 92, you're probably like, take me back to the retirement home. This place is noisy, it's loud. There's a lot going on. There's too many bright lights. But you're right. I'm cold. But I took my two daughters along last night because my wife Amanda, she had parent-teacher interviews, so she's a teacher.

Jeez, that must be a punish for the teachers. It's pretty relentless, isn't it? You've got to have something to say about every kid. It's non-stop. I wonder if you copy and paste your comments. Be like, yeah, your kid's doing well. Hell yeah. What's your kid's business again?'re like, yeah, your kid's doing well. Oh, yeah. What's your kid's business again?

No. But, yeah, we've been talking a little bit about the clock, the Mickey Mouse clock that I purchased for the lounge at home. And my wife, Amanda, is not a big fan of it. We spoke to her on radio during the week about it. We had a debate, didn't we? You were trying to get the people, your Instagram fans, to side with you, and not even they would nah they were like

it's probably better for a kids bedroom but anyway I was walking back after going to the arcade last night with my daughters walking back to the car and there was a store there

there's sort of like a a store that sells those pop vinyl the Funko pop vinyl figurines oh yeah this is your sweet spot oh yes

the ones with the big heads they've got sort of big heads and kind of cartoons yeah yeah and you've got Harry Potter ones you've got Star Wars ones heads and kind of cartoons yeah yeah and you've got Harry Potter ones you've got Star Wars ones you've got all sorts of yeah yeah

I've got a few of these at home in the lounge and they also cause the occasional marital discussion about having figurines we're away with work and you bought like

20 of them yeah you had a whole suitcase load of them yeah so I was walking past last night with my two daughters at the store and I was like

oh the Funko Pop store I should go in there and have a look and it was funny because both the girls sort of turned to me and they're like, Dad, Dad, the Mickey Mouse clock. Maybe give it a month. Do we need to remind you that just two days ago you bought a child's clock into our lounge? I was like, you guys are, what, you're nine and 11 years old?

I was like, you're already, you're actually like the parent in this situation. Maybe give mum a few weeks before you bring home Funko Poppers in the house. And I was like, okay, guys, yeah, right. They want your marriage to last. I was like, jeez, the tables are turned on that one. I was like, all right, next time can we go to the Funko Popper store? They're like, all right, guys. Who's the parent in this relationship?

And he actually, the arcade wasn't even for the kids either. They sat outside waiting for me to come out. They're like, it's the parent in this relationship? And he actually, the arcade wasn't even for the kids either. No, they sat outside waiting for me to come out. They're like, it's past your bedtime. Don't tell me when to go to bed. Hey, next, thanks. The brand new movie, Space Jam, a new legacy. We've got $10,000 up for grabs. You know, I was reading about LeBron James,

who's the star of Space Jam. His mum had him when he was 16. Oh, yeah, she's right. And he was like sort of sleeping from house to house and then he was kind of semi-adopted by his first football coach who took him in to the family. And he was picked for the NBA. They had an eye on him when he was like 14, 15.

And he could have also played football they reckon. He would have been that gifted as an athlete. And he's still with the lady he dated when he was 15. Does that make you love him even more? Oh, that's nice. It melts my heart. I'm going to go out after the show and buy another Funko Pop LeBron James figurine.

I've got one. In memory of that wonderful sequence. It is a hit. She got John over bed. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz Now Juliet, producer Juliet is marinating up for another big weekend of millennial antics like healthy eating, yoga, drinking kombucha, crochet.

Is there crochet this weekend? Oh, absolutely. You lead a very peaceful life, Juliette. So, big news at the moment is obviously Britney Spears, the whole Free Britney movement. Her request to have her dad removed as main conservator was denied by the judge. So that's... Can they appeal that? So, yeah, so the judge didn't rule out future petitions

for his removal or suspension. So that doesn't mean to say that he will be her conservator forever. Basically means that, like, she can have another shot at it in the future if need be. I don't know if you've read this far into it, but why? Why has the judge made this decision? It seems like quite a quick decision. I mean, I would say trials and things would normally last a lot longer.

I know. Well, that's what I was wondering, too. But it's quite ironic that it's like free Bill Cosby, but not free Britney Spears. Oh, yeah. And the Cosby thing came out of nowhere. He's out. We'll let him out. So weird.

So weird. So everyone's up in arms, as they rightfully should be. The American judicial system's very interesting. Yeah. Isn't it? I know. Because you've got all the federal courts and you've got the Supreme Court, which is like rules all, doesn't it?

If you've got the right money and the right lawyer, you can pretty much wrangle your way out of anything. Totally. That is very true. And VIP tickets to Lorde's shows are being sold on Viagogo for $1,300 when VIP tickets to her shows don't even exist. Listen, I started this

as a bit of a side hustle. It's my VIP zone. It's going to be great. It's going to be very important. So if you're wanting to buy Lorde tickets, I literally just googled buy Lorde tickets And the first thing that comes up is the Viagogo website I've done that with tickets before

And that's the first thing that pops up So you've got to be careful And you've got to get it from the right places Because they're charging you over a grand for VIP tickets And the promoter says you won't be let in If you have these tickets to any of her shows It's going to be a great night I'll meet you at the front door

I'll take you out for front door. I'll take you out for a kebab. We'll go in, we'll enjoy Lorde. Is it a corporate box? No! Will you be inside? Maybe! Or will we be standing outside with our ears against the wall listening to the concert? Yeah, probably. Potentially. But I'll drop you home after.

So whatever you do, don't get them from Viagogo. How does Viagogo keep operating? I don't know. Honestly, I don't know. I think, you know, don't get them from Viagogo. How does Viagogo keep operating? I don't know. Honestly, I don't know. I think, you know, in some instances, the tickets can be legit on Viagogo. Like I've heard stories of some people being like, I've got them and it's worked.

But it's just not trustworthy at all. You wouldn't risk it. Let's get some more of those stories on here. The successful Viagogo stories. Because all you hear is the tarnished ones. No, true. And that is five and more. You can head to thehits.co.nz. Welcome that is five and more. You can head to the hits.co.nz.

Welcome to the Space Jam. Space Jams and New Legacies. Ten shots at 10K with Jono and Ben. Space Jam and New Legacies in cinemas July 8th starring LeBron James and the Looney Tunes. It looks awesome and we're going to give someone a chance to have ten shots at $10,000. Basically to get in the draw you've got to put your dad in a jam, and Cody's going to do that for us right now. How's it going, Cody? Hello.

Good morning. How old are you, you little champ? I'm 11. Great age, 11? Yeah. What's been the best thing about being 11 so far, Cody? Starting at intermediate school. Oh, yeah. Oh, nice. My daughter just started intermediate this year.

Hit the big leagues, don't you? Yeah. Where do you want, don't you? Yeah. What do you want to be when you're older, Cody? I want to be a professional basketball player. Oh, yeah. Nice. This is handy because this is all to do with Space Jam, A New Legacy. There's a movie out with LeBron James. Space Jam, The Newer Newer

Legacy in 10 years could be starring Cody. Could be you, Cody. Yeah. Now, we're going to put your dad in a bit of a jam right now. What's your dad's name? Stephen Simpson. Stephen Simpson. Full name. Full name and shame.

Okay. We're going to ask him some pretty tough questions, questions that he should know the answers to, but sometimes in dad world, they've got other stuff going on in their head. And these important dates, they slip down the list, don't they? So what's your birthday, bud? 12th of March, 2010. 2010, okay. Are your parents married?

Yes. Can you ask your mum what their wedding anniversary date is? Mum, what's your wedding anniversary date? The 11th. The 11th of February, 2006. 2006. Oh, the year as well, which is a bit of a trip up. That's really... Because you can get the date for it. Okay, and your mum's birthday as well which is a bit of a trip up Because you can get the date for it

And your mum's birthday as well What's your mum's birthday? 14th of May 1981 1981 He's going full age Cody likes full names And full age

And hey while you're there since you're so free and easy with information, what is your parents' credit card number? Just read that out. Just whisper that one out. All right, we're going to give your dad a call right now. Okay. Now, you guys, you've already got a family pass to Space Jam and New Legacy, but if he gets these questions right, you go in the draw for $10,000.

Ten shots at $10,000. Thank you. That's all right, mate. That's all right. Good morning in the draw for $10,000. Ten shots at $10,000. Thank you. That's all right, mate. That's all right. Good morning. Steve speaking. Oh, good morning, Steve. Hey, Steve.

How you doing? It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Morning, guys. How are we? Oh, good. There you go. You're piped up. He's like, oh, radio voice.

I'm on. I'm on, guys. He's a professional. I'm not a morning guy. Neither are we, but we're forced to come in here every morning. So you can feel our pain as well. We've just been talking to the awesome Cody, and we want to put you in a bit of a jam on the radio right now,

thanks to the new movie Space Jam A New Legacy, right? All right. I'm all right. I'm up for it. These are questions that you should know. Hopefully you'll know the answer to, but when put on the spot, we'll see how you go. Cody's there as well, too, if you want to say hello to him. G'day, Cody. Hi. Now, Cody, what's cody's birthday first question oh man i don't do date great that's why we've been to this competition it'd be awkward um i don't do dates i just live

my life just a day at a time i don't know what day it is. I know all the tax dates. I'm an accountant, so I know when you have to file your tax return. See, these are dates that matter. Right, Cody, he was definitely a March boy. Yes. 2010. Yes. The 12th.

Yeah! Well done, Stephen. You got one from three. You are a date guy. Okay. Your wedding anniversary. Oh, you're kidding me. Okay, let's change that. What is the date for the tax return?

Good. So you've got the 7th of April. Correct, yes. Great. Anniversary. 11th of Feb 2006 Well done, it's come through And finally, your wife's birthday

What is her birthday? You guys are trying to catch me up aren't you? Yeah That might have been our last anniversary If you get this wrong it might be Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. She's the 14th of May. Oh, well done.

Yeah, well done. No, it's all good. Well done. You guys have got a family pass to Space Jam A New Legacy, and you're in the draw for 10 basketball shots at $10,000. Wow. All right. How's your basketball skills?

Sounds like Cody's pretty good. I've got a little bit of height. He's got the skill. So maybe if we could merge ourselves together for that one, it could be useful. You can hold him up and he can throw the ball. That's right. That's right.

Good on you, mate. Well done. Have a great weekend, guys, and we'll hope to see you next week. All right. Appreciate it. Cheers, guys. See you later. Space Jam, a new legacy.

It's in cinemas July 8. And if you want to register for 10 shots of $10,000 and put your dad in a jam, do so at thehits.co.nz. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. You're on The Hits, just gone 7 o'clock on your Friday morning. Now, our mates at Sainaga are the official sponsors of the All Blacks, and the All Blacks are playing Tonga on Saturday,

as well as the Māori All Blacks taking on Manusamo. It's going to be awesome. Mount Smart Stadium, it's all happening from 4.30 in the afternoon and we've got a double pass to give away right now. Yeah, we do and we've done something special because we've had entries over text over who you think should get these two tickets. The biggest supporter, right? Yeah, and

we've sent Millennial Max out first thing in the morning to knock on someone's door and yes, it's probably as creepy as it sounds. Max, you're outside, I i understand a big tongan supporters uh house is there anyone home or it doesn't look like there's anyone home well keep going max keep going give it a big knock okay okay good luck all right you're very breathy when you're walking yeah sorry about that sorry about that i'm just walking up to the front door now uh

yeah got some white uh butcher's gum boots out the front. Do a da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Is there movement in the house? There is absolutely no movement. No one's home? No one is coming to the door. This is awkward. I think we might be out of luck here, guys. OK.

Should I do a second knock? Well, if they didn't answer the first knock... I mean, you can. And I do a second knock? Well if they didn't answer the first knock. I mean you can. And I'll do your knock. I'll do a da da da da da da da. Better that time eh? Better. Still nothing. Still nothing. They must have gone to work early today. Yeah no worries. Oh well sorry for wasting your time there Max. That's good. That's good. Awesome.

Sorry for wasting your time mate. I've just gone to the other end of town for nothing. We'll turn Max down now. Yeah maybe that's best. Maybe we should give her a call. Yeah we could just call the number.

Yeah. We should have just done that too. You know we've got Max up at 5 o'clock in the morning. He's now going to be stuck in traffic

coming back into town. Yeah let's not worry about a run down. We've got tickets to give away thanks to Stylenaga. Hello? Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello.

It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits Radio Station. Oh, how are you? Yeah, we're good. How many times more could we have all said hello? Doing bad anyway. Oh, is that why? Because we'd seen someone knocked on the door, no one answered. What is your name? My name is Anna.

Anna, it's Jono and Ben here. We've said that. Hello, we've said that. We'll say it again. Yeah. Then I'm going to say hello again. Hello again. Do you want to say hello again, Ben?

Hello, hello. Hey, we've got some cool news for you. Now, I understand you're a big fan of rugby, particularly the Tongan team. Yes, yes. And guess what? What is it?

We've got the entire Tongan rugby squad outside your house right now ready to cook you breakfast. No, no. We've got an all-seriousness. Thanks to our mates at Steinlager,

we've got two tickets for you to go to the game against the All Blacks on Saturday. Wow. Free. You don't even have to pay for them. It's not a surprise, man. I'm a man I love to.

You've got them. Oh, dear. Yeah, it's really surprised me this morning. Yeah, I can tell. It surprised us too. It's like Santa Claus come to my house. Santa Claus. I talk with my daughter because we both love to go

watch the game. Because of the price, we both can't afford it. There you go. There you go. You've got two tickets. It's not like Santa Claus come early to my house. Santa Claus has come early. Oh, you enjoy that game. Saturday night should be awesome.

Oh, thank you very much. It's a lovely gift. Thank you. Hey, no worries. You look after yourself. Oh, thank you very much. Thank you, guys. See you, mate.

Hold the line. From the era of My Bad, which is the slogan for this show, Jono and Ben's Friday Flashback. I have a question. What is the difference between a Friday flashback and a throwback Thursday? Just the day that you do it, really. I think if you forget about it on a Thursday, you've got an opportunity to put it out on a Friday.

If you forget to throwback on a Thursday, you can flashback on a Friday. But I wanted to do a little bit of a flashback with you actually next, Jono, because we were talking the other day about school tuck shops and the memories from school tuck shops. And so I've got a couple of iconic foods, what I could find now from the school tuck shop. And so next I want you blindfolded and I want you to see if you can guess

the iconic food. Here we go. Here we go. It's going all Christian Grey on us again. We've been here before, haven't we, Joe? It gets weird. It does. It ends up in HR every time. You know. You've travelled this road before. We're going to see if Jono can guess the iconic tuck shop foods.

He's like, put this K-Bar in your mouth. Oh, I should have got a K-Bar. It's like a trip down memory lane. It is the hits. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Now we're talking about school tuck shops. My daughter Indy's obsessed with the cheese pizza at a school tuck shop.

She's like, it's the best pizza ever made. And every time we go out anywhere, I try and buy pizza. What if you took her to Italy? Why don't you still go, not as good as the school tuck shop? Not as good as the Sandringham Primary School tuck shop. Yeah, exactly. So this morning, though, we're talking about school tuck shops and nostalgic things. Why is it called the tuck shop?

Why is it just called the shop? Where's the tuck come from? Maybe because you tuck into some yummy food, maybe? So is it Tucker? Is it right behind us? Is it the Tucker shop? It's in food, Tucker. I never knew that.

I didn't either. I just blindly called it the tuck shop for years and never asked any questions. Now, speaking of not asking any questions, I would like you to put on a blindfold this morning, John. I want to see if you can guess the iconic foods from the school tuck shop back in the day. I've got a couple in this bag here. I hate it when you do this. Not because I'm scared about what you're going to feed me. It's because you've obviously gone out and you're prepared.

You've gone and got stuff. And I don't want to let you down. I don't want to do the wrong thing. Oh, no, I just want to see if you can guess some of the foods. It's quite hard to find foods from your school. The last time I put on one of these masks, I got conjunctivitis, so I'll have you know. So we should stop sharing them around the office.

Let's go with this one. Okay, this one, because this one's... Am I talking into the microphone now? Okay, here we go. Here's from the tuck shop. That's cold. That's a the tuck shop. That's cold. That's a juicy. It's a juicy.

One from whatever. How many were you doing? We'll see. Do you want me to make the format up? The juicy, I always remember the juicy had very sharp edges and it would cut the sides of your mouth when you were sucking on it. You did well on that one. Yeah, the juicy is the sort of ice block.

Okay, this one has been in the microwave for 30 seconds. Oh. That's your classic slightly melted cookie time. Yes, well done. Can't go wrong with that. Yum! It was always the thing, eh? If you were a special, you got to put it in the microwave at school.

There's such a huge difference in flavour between the non and the microwaved. Am I fine with cookie time? Okay, next one as well. You used to get these in long form. I'm just going to open it up. This reminds me of MasterChef. That's your red licorice twist? Yeah, that's my red licorice twist. Yeah, that's right.

That's red licorice. Yeah. Now, this next item from the School Tuck Shop was from, it was named after a city in America again. I'm not sure why. There you go. Sally Lumbum. Yeah.

Boston Bum. Boston Bum. I love the Sally Lumbum, but it're Boston Bun Boston Bun yeah I love the Sally Lumbum but it's just the pink icing makes it doesn't it otherwise it's just a bread roll it's alright

it's pretty much just a bread roll with pink icing and the last item from the school tuck shop it's the prank one I don't know I can't quite figure out what it is

it's your classic 1v5 well done It's the prank one I don't know I can't quite figure out What it is It's the old classic 1v5 Well done You did really well there It was fun There you go Some items from The school tuck shop

It's so Jeez those flavours Bring back memories Don't they Yeah And you never have them Once you leave school No

It's almost like You've had enough of it Well juices you can buy Like in a box Full of July 8 juices Put it in the freezer at home. So there you go.

What was your banging item, Ju, from the tucker shop? The spinach and feta rolls. They're so good. And the 50 cent Freddo frogs. Yeah. And then on Fridays you'd have Fruju Friday

and it was the greatest day of the week. Poppy's got this thing where they have pizza day at primary school and they write the number of how many pieces the parents have ordered.

And generally it's two. But every time Jen's gone to serve pizza at lunchtime, the boys try and cover up the two and turn it into seven. And she's like, what parent is ordering you seven pieces of pizza? Honestly, it's seven. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday

It is our game of word association We play it every morning around about this time Five words for $5,000 Let's get Gemma on the phone She's a student She's an early childhood teacher And welcome Good morning, how are you guys?

Good, how are the early children? Oh, fun Now tell me, what would you spend $5,000 on, Gemma? Oh, well, I think I'm due for a holiday when it's kind of safe to travel again. Oh, amen, sister. Where would you go? Oh, I don't really think I have much options, but I'd like to go to maybe Australia. Yeah, good on you.

Nice, Gemma. Tell you what I'd like to do, mate. Win you $5,000. I'd like that, too. Yeah, good on you. Nice, Gemma. Tell you what I'd like to do, mate. Win you $5,000. I'd like that too. Yeah, okay. We need to send someone to the soundproof booth. Who's it going to be? Ben, Juliette, or myself? I think I'm going to go Jono, please.

Oh, okay. Jono seems surprised when everyone chooses him. He's like, really? Jono's made his way across to the soundproof booth. Gemma, here is your first word. See what pops into your head when I say bake. Like B-A-K-E?

Yeah, B-A-K-E, bake. Yep. I was thinking cake. Bake a cake? There's a few options for bake, but bake a cake is good. I might go sail.

Oh, okay. You're changing it to sail. Oh, nice. Okay, bake sail. Denim is your second word. Denim. Jeans. Denim jeans.

Good option. Float is word number three this morning. Float. F-L-O-A-T, float. Might come back to that one. Okay. Program is number four. Program. TV.

TV, program, okay. Toy is the final word this morning. Toy. Toy. Oh, that's a hard one. Oh, I don't know. Toy. I'm going to have to go child.

Child. Okay, nice work. And we're going to go back to float now. Yeah, I'm thinking either, I've got quite a few for float. I've got water, boat or ice cream. Oh, an ice cream float. Oh yes. Yeah, right.

Yeah. What's a float, ice cream? What are you going to lock in? Oh, I might go with water. Water, all right. And I think, can I change toy? Yeah, you can change, of course you can.

I'm going to change it to shop. Toy shop, all right. Okay, Gemma, those are your five words. We'll get Jono out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see if those words match up with his, and you can win $5,000. Fingers crossed. Yeah, fingers crossed for you.

As I come bursting out of the soundproof booth like some sort of ballet, Millennial Max wanders in and hands me a coffee as I'm walking over. That's the most important I've ever felt. It did. I felt like the president. It's like you were doing a marathon. It was like, you need to keep your hydration up, mate. Walk and talk, walk and talk.

Talk with me. How'd you go, Gem, all right? They were pretty hard. Yeah, it's about once. We're just in the fact that there's multiple options, but it's all right. Jono, maybe you are in sync like the early 2000s boy band. Bye, bye, bye. Is that your song?

Yeah, I think it was, actually. All right, the first word this morning, Jono, that I said to Gemma was bake. Bake. B-A-K-E. Bake a cake. Oh, well,K-E. Bake a cake. Oh, well, there we go. I had that. I changed it.

Oh, you're kidding. What did you go, Gemma? Sale. Oh, you should have gone cake. You should have gone sale. That's it. You're here, Jono. We can keep having this conversation. Let's go through denim.

Denim jeans? Yes. Float go through denim. Denim jeans. Yes. Float. Float. I'd go boat or water. Water. Don't say that. Program.

TV. Oh, no. Toy. Shop. No. Oh, really. Toy. Shop. No. Oh, really? Yes. Are you kidding?

Did you say all of those? Oh, my God. You were one off, Gemma. Surely we get her on another time. Yeah, let's get Gemma back. Gemma, we're going to get you back and play again, all right? What are you doing to me? Should have gone cake, should have gone cake.

Should have gone sales. Yeah, exactly. I'm sorry, mate. Gemma, you've had lots of fun. Have a great weekend, and let's get you back on. You too, guys. All right, see you, mate. It is...

All right, over to producer Juliette for another episode of Spy, which, has anyone else noticed, features a lack of actual spying? Never once... I kind of wondered why it was called Spy. We're going to need Spy News as well, too. No international espionage or, you know, what the Russians are up to. Should I do that next week? Yeah, maybe.

Actual Spy News for Spy News. So there's a Netflix series called This Is Pop, and it explores the ups and downs of the music industry over the years, and one episode in particular explores the rise of auto-tune. I was watching this the other night, and I felt really, really sorry for this moment. I saw this pop up on Netflix. Is it worth watching? Yeah, I'll be looking around different. This is one episode on Boyz II Men and kind of how they were the first sort of original boy group and stuff and how they were huge.

That was really cool. And then I watched this one on Autotune and it had T-Pain on it. Yeah, so T-Pain, he's an American rapper. And he was good friends with, oh, I think maybe still good friends. I think they still are. I think they still are. Yeah, so he was good friends with Usher and they were on a plane together. And T-Pain was sleeping, having a snooze, got woken up by the air hostess

and the air hostess said, hey, Usher wants to have a chat with you. And he went to the back of the plane where Usher was. He was like, man, I want to tell you something, man. He was like, man, you kind of f***ed up music. Literally at that point I couldn't listen. Is he right?

That is the very moment and I don't even think i realized this for a long time that's the very moment that started like a four-year depression for me oh poor guy so basically because t-pain uses a lot of auto-tune in his song so i think what usher was kind of indicating was that you're using so much auto-tune that now real talent with really good voices can be potentially shoved to the side because auto-tune kind of allows for people who are maybe less talented.

So let's have a listen to T-Pain. This is him doing his auto-tune thing. And what's his other song? He fell in love with a stripper, which is a fatal mistake we all make. I haven't got that one. As he was saying on the documentary, he was like, I didn't invent auto-tune.

It wasn't my program that I invented. I guess he became known for using it and it became kind of a part of his style. It wasn't sheer. Remember sheer? I believe in love. It wasn't that auto-tune. I think it was one of the first songs credited as using it, yeah.

Yeah. And the other interesting thing about this is, why did Usher have to wake him up mid-flight? Like, could he have told him this information maybe as they were descending, taking off? And he got the hostess to go and wake him up too. Maybe even an email could have emailed him. Well, yeah, even getting someone from their seat,

isn't that the job of an usher? Yes. To get someone from the seat and take them to somewhere. Surely that's his job description. Are you comfortable? Would you like any food or drinks? Like, I'd just like to move you to a... Surely that's his job.

Oh, that's a wonderful reminder that, you know, you say so much stuff, don't you? And you never know how it affects someone. Totally. A comment that you make that you don't even mean to be harmful at all could really get into someone's thoughts. But he has said now that that has been released and everyone's kind of like, whoa, Usher, not cool.

He did tweet saying he still loves and respects Usher. Telling that story was in no way to disrespect him. But when it comes from someone you truly respect, a comment like that, it does hit differently. Yeah, no. He loves and respects Usher, but Usher has no love or respect for him. No.

And that is Spy for more. You can enter the hits.co.nz. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. It is the hits.

Jono and Ben. Friday morning. Great hanging out with you. Very exciting time for New Zealand, for Aotearoa. It's Matariki at the moment. And my daughter's doing a very in-depth project into Matariki, so I've learned a lot about it. You know, with school projects, like inevitably you just sort of end up learning a lot more than you knew. I was like, was I listening at school? Yeah, there's a whole lot of stuff. You're right.

But Matariki is going to be recognized with the public holiday from next year which is awesome so yeah the government already announced i think at waitangi that uh the first public holiday was going to be next friday the 24th of june 2022 but now they've just listed out the next 30 years baby next 30 years and matariki is going to be commemorated as a public holiday on a friday so every friday for 30 years wonderful stuff yeah there we go that's really awesome i'm not gonna So every Friday for 30 years. Wonderful stuff. Yes! There we go. That's really awesome to have. I'm not going to even be alive in 30 years. You are, Roman.

Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the heads. Pretty much wrapping up our show for Friday. Before we go, thanks to our mates at Skinny who have the happiest customers around. We need to do this. Happy, happy, happy, oh.

That song made our friend Jeremy very happy. He texted, he's jigging along to it. Oh, good on you, Jeremy. Loves that jam. Tiffany, you're on. Oh, sorry, Coral, you're on from Christchurch. What up? Hi, I'm happy. Why? I've got my three best friends arriving in town today.

We catch up once a year. We've been friends for over 20 years, and we're going to go crazy. Strap down Christchurch. Juliet said there was a note on the board saying three BFs coming to town. She thought three boyfriends were all arriving at the same time. Wow. That's a lot of boyfriends. They would be also good guys.

We're going to send you out a $100 package, a voucher and a $50 skinny credit. Thanks to our mates at Skinny. Have a great weekend. Thank you. All right, Serena, you're on from Wellington. What's making you happy? Good morning. What's going to happen today, mate?

So I'm pretty stoked and happy because Wellington is finally out of Level 2 lockdown and I get to go and celebrate with my best friends tomorrow at LAB and then Sunday is my birthday. So we're hitting it last. And we've got a hotel in town. And we're just going to live it up. They're going to burn down Wellington.

Who can say about you? It's getting credit coming your way. And really quickly, we've got 10 seconds. And Liz, you're on from company. Why is it going to be a good weekend, mate? Oh, I'm out of lockdown. I've had three kids at home that had to get COVID tested and we're all good to go.

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