Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: We're Starting Our Own Bucket List!

Episode Date: March 27, 2022

We want to begin a bucket list and tick a bunch of things off by the end of the year, so we wanted to know from you guys whether you have a bucket list and what you've ticked off. We spoke to Natasha who has "Meet The 3 British Gingers" on her list. Who are they and has she met any of them? Ben Boyce has officially contracted the 'vid, and Jono is really getting deep in an internet wormhole. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Hi, welcome. It's the 28th of March today and I'm joined by my dear friend and colleague Benjamin Boyce across the, through the magic, and it is magic of Zoom. I know, I know. What an age we live in. Not even five years ago could you have broadcast a show like this. Just technology is exceptional. I'm sitting in like a bedroom at home here. Yeah, you're right.

I plugged in a decent mic, a decent quality mic into a laptop with headphones and it's like you can do radio. It's wild. Yeah, well, you tested positive, Ben. Yeah. We've spoken about it a couple of times on the show. Has your health deteriorated from when you first started broadcasting this morning to now? Over the last couple of hours? Yeah.

I've probably got a little bit tighter. Just a little bit tighter than I normally would. Just more tired, more sick of your shit this morning than I normally would. No, no. I faded a little bit. Is that a symptom of COVID? You get sick of your own shit quicker?

Yeah, I faded a little bit towards the end of it. Well, I mean, let's think about the positives. You've ticked it off your list, you know? You needed to get it at some point. That's a good thing. It feels like it's the inevitable, isn't it? But it is a weird feeling, and we talk a couple of times on the podcast about it.

But you've spent, you know, two years trying to keep this thing away, and then suddenly you're like, oh oh my God, I've got it. How did this happen? You know, like it's just, it's happened. But selfishly, can I talk selfishly? I always do. Make it about yourself. Yeah.

You know, from a show marketing point of view, you could have got this about two months ago. You know, you would have got headlines two months ago. Now you just wanted the pack. Yeah, true. You're right. Like, you remember when Tom Hanks got COVID? It was one of the first. It would have been Ben Boy's test positive.

It would have been great. The people would have been tuning in like, mate, we could have made a, could have turned into a campaign. Now you're like, oh, really? You know, it's taken a while, but it does feel like it's, yeah, it's sadly only a matter of time for a lot of us.

So talk us through your experience with Healthline. Well, I haven't actually had. Did you have to log it? Yeah, I logged it in. I logged it in and then you get some text back and then put everyone else's details in there from there. And then, yeah, to fill out a form to say that came back through. So I did that.

But then I had another one before saying that I'd completed my isolation. But I was like, oh, hang on. So I think that one might have been a mistake. So, yeah, I don't think so. That was after the one saying you and your household need to isolate. So that, and I filled out the form for that. But, yeah, you're right. So, yeah, I don't know where this rogue text came through today.

I know. Yeah, our experience with them, because someone in the household got it, they completed the 10 days. Oh, it was 10 back then, right? 10, yeah. They went back out into general population. Then we got a text on day 12 going, you've tested positive for COVID.

You've got to isolate. Oh, really? So that was 12 days after the... I think it's just... Mine was pretty instant As soon as I logged in On there over the weekend They came back in

Was straight away going You now need to do this So that was good That's good It's a system overrun though isn't it? There's a lot going on Well yeah you've gone from having like One or two cases

To having 10 to 20,000 a day Which is crazy Yeah it's not the people at Healthline's fault Is it? No. They're just like, mate, we're trying our best here. Trying to log cases, send out texts. A little overrun.

There's probably some poor intern sending out all the texts. Oh, God. Exactly. It's a tough one to manage, that's for sure. And so what are you going to do? Are you just going to stay in that room for the remainder of the next seven days? You're trying to keep away from, you know, isolate as much as possible. Got my little mask on when I do venture out of the room.

Yeah. Are your family like going, ugh? Are they kind of on that wide berth in you? But it's weird because, you know, like up until I took that test, you know, you're hanging out with the family. You know, you're all standing around and you're like, oh, let's do this test. And then suddenly you do it and you're like, oh. Could you feel the room turn against you?

Yeah. Everyone's like, did he? Did he what? It's probably a mistake, guys. We'll just do it again. And everyone's like, oh. They take a step back. Which is a step back. Hey, we're going to hang out with this guy. Ooh. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, which is a weird feeling.

But you're like, well, I have been spending, you know, every day over the last, you know, week or so with him. But now all of a sudden you're like, well, let's stay away. But hopefully the damage is not already done. And if it is, well, hey. Yeah, yeah. I mean, so that's a positive is you getting it as you're done now. You're good for three months.

You're immune. It's three months, isn't it as you're done now. You're good for three months. You're immune. It's three months, isn't it? Apparently 90 days is the word. And then the other positive is you get some family time. But you're locked in a room. But, you know, you can talk to them through the door and that. Exactly, yeah.

Good family time. Good alone time for me, eh? I feel like one or two days and I'll be like, I want to do stuff, but I can't. You're the worst person to be locked in a room. Imagine the stuff you want to do and you just can't do it. Jeez, you must be. But you look cosy too. You've got a nice cosy jersey on, which makes me jealous.

But you're right. I want to do stuff. You expect a barrage of emails. Oh, yeah. In fact, can we block Ben from emailing us, Juliet? He is going to be on an email frenzy in this psychotic room he's locked himself in. Sorry, Jude. I'll try.

He will. I didn't think about that. Yeah, Jude's got her N95 on just in case you give it to her over Zoom. Yeah. I'll try not to do too many emails. Don't go on email, friends. Hey, guys, 2025. Here's some ideas for the first three months.

Well, enjoy the podcast, New Zealand, and have a great day, and we'll be back tomorrow. The show where the masks make them look a whole lot better. Jono and Ben on the hits. Broadcasting from home, sounding a little sexy and raspy. That's the tones I'm getting. Increasing the sexiness levels of the show by 50% this morning. Well, I am at home this morning morning I'm definitely not feeling too sexy today

John, I have COVID it's something that I know that heaps of New Zealanders are dealing with right now and it's sort of gone over the last few weeks from 7 degrees of separation to 1 degree but getting it and seeing the double lines over the weekend I'll tell you what, I felt like on the

rat's head it was almost a bit of shock. Yeah. A disbelief for a second, you know, and I did it a couple of times just to be sure because you spent the last couple of years trying to avoid it and then all of a sudden it happens. It's in the house. I try and be super careful. You know, I don't eat in restaurants inside.

I take my mask. You know, we test three times a week for work, but it just goes to show it can happen to anyone. And that's the thing. Like, you do everything. Double vax, boost and sanitize, wash your hands, wear a mask. Look at me right now. I'm sanitizing my hand with my mask on.

Yeah, Juliet's not taking her N95 off. You know, you can do everything and you're still not protected, you know. And, I mean, that's not to say that everyone shouldn't have done all of those things and got vaccinated and stuff but you kind of see where all the protesters were coming from they're like we're no more at risk than yeah the person next to me who's double double shotted with the booster you know yeah i guess i don't i don't feel too sick you know no real cough or sneezing just a little tired and a little bit of a sore throat,

but nothing too, you know, like a couple of years ago, you probably would have battled on and gone to work. But I know it's not the same for everyone. And you'd like to think that the booster and everything has helped me not feel, you know, as bad as it could have been. But I tell you what you feel a little bit of, and you feel a bit of guilt. I feel a little embarrassed by it.

Really? You know, like you kind of feel a bit, oh, jeez, I've got COVID. And then you feel a bit, you know, even though you've been testing for work and you've been negative, you're like, oh, I've seen people, you know, you saw friends or, you know, you just feel a bit like, oh, I don't want to be that person that sort of spread it around. And it's funny, you just feel this real guilt that I'm like, oh, jeez. And you didn't know you had it at the time and you were testing.

We were testing for work, so you were negative. But you just feel a bit ashamed by it. It's the virus, mate. It's not you. I mean, we are talking behind your back. Don't get us wrong. Jeez, that arse is just bloody. Imagine who he's gone around and spread it to.

No. But you're right. There is guilt associated with it. And it's because of the branding this thing's had over the last two years. If it was just your common cold, no one goes, oh, Ben's got a cold. Yeah. And you shut away from trying to keep clear of my family or walk around the house with a mask and stuff.

But then you're like, well, before I knew I had it, I wasn't obviously doing that. Yeah, so it kind of feels, you know, even like feeling isolating yourself from your family kind of sucks as well. Yeah. So do you actually feel bad? I like, as I say, a little bit of a sore throat, a little bit achy and stuff. But, you know, obviously we I like, as I say, a little bit of a sore throat, a little bit achy and stuff,

but you know, obviously we had a producer at work that, you know, B Humps had it as well. So I was probably a bit more conscious that it was closer to home. Okay. So you're blaming, you're blaming.

I'm not blaming him. I just want to see who you, who are you putting the blame on? No, I'm not blaming him. Well, to be fair, I mean, I don't know where else I go. If he's listening, we know who the blame is well to be fair i mean i don't know where else i go if he's listening uh we know who

the blame is squarely on he felt so bad getting it too that's the guilt associated with it and it's no one's fault no i know but you do you sort of think of you think back to you know because you type the thing into the you know your register and they're like over it was pretty much a week before that they were like you could have been symptomatic, I guess, when you're feeling nothing. So you're like all that time you've obviously we haven't hung out with lots of people, but you have seen some people from time to time. You're like, oh, man, I feel terrible.

Yeah. Well, you should. Okay. No. But look at this battler. He's got COVID and he's still on the hits, still working away, waking his family up first thing in the morning. All they want to do is sleep.

First they're like, oh, great, now you've got COVID and now you're waking us up first thing in the morning. True. I do realise that it's a lot worse for a lot of other people and it could get a bit worse for me, but at the moment I'll be battling on with you guys this morning. Good on you, Benny boy. The hits.

Opening up the early morning plug line. Yeah, I mean, there's nothing quite like getting a peak 6.30 Monday morning plug out there to promote your event. If you do that. Hey, it's on the podcast as well. You can stream it. It's on iHeartRadio as well. Yeah, beautiful.

You can do that in peak hours as well. 0800, the Hits, the telephone number. If you've got any event or any maybe your business you want to plug as well, you can text 24487. And if you't mind ben uh in my character if i can start off with a selfish plug um there was there's what's that sorry i've made this awkward why have i made this awkward i don't know or did i make it awkward i don't know we both made this this is why you know this is like after that Christmas party. We didn't talk to each other for a long time after that, did we?

But anyway, I've been lucky enough to feature on a show, which is on Sky Sports starting this week. It's the Mike and Cole Show, and it's a car racing show. Ben, you knew I did this a few months ago. And Mike from the Mike and Cole Show is with us now. What's up, boys? How are we? Yeah, doing well now. Mike invited myself,

Roger Farrelly, who hosts the Breakfast Show on The Rock, and Lee Dolby, who hosts the Breakfast Show on Georgie FM, out to race cars. I remember you talking about it. You're very excited. Jairo loves his cars. Battle of the Station. Oh, yeah. Well, the good thing is, and, you know, working for the hits,

I had no credibility to save. Oh, I know. In that world. Oh, yeah, I see what you're saying. You know, all the credibility to lose was on The Rock and Georgie FM. Well, see, you're on the hits, and they had come on a car show, so your status has probably increased by a few folds. Because, I mean, you and Ben have just been slipping

down. Slipping down the ladder of family-friendly entertainment, mate. No, no, no. You guys are awesome. I've been fans of both your guys' work for ages, but I just figured that Ben didn't have the kahunas to see how to come on the car. Oh, absolutely not. He's not a car guy. No, I'm not a car guy. I'll tell you straight up, mate.

Nothing would scare me more than driving like a car. And particularly after what I heard happened, are we allowed to allude to what actually happened on the track? Oh, let's just say there was a crash. And it's between four of the celebrities that came on the show. So one of the celebrities may have had a bit of an accident. We don't know if it was Jono.

We won't say if it was Jono. We won't say if it was someone else. But it sounded like it was quite expensive for your little production company too. Mate. With a lovely bill of $38,000. So we get this bill come in. I'm like, oh my gosh. And we're actually one of our sponsors of Star Insurance. Let's be real.

You're never insured on the racetrack. But the owner, Nick Baker, is such a good dude. He felt so bad for me for the whole situation because that was our show done and dusted. He picked up the tab. I know the person that was involved in it. It could be you, you know

quite well. And I imagine they would have felt terrible. I mean, look, it's none of their, you know, it's no one's liability, I guess. You know, you're coming on, we're taking the risk and it's just about everyone having an experience. And so we bring celebrities and pro drivers,

kind of like Top Gear, they race around Hampton Downs for the fastest time. They get five practice laps and then one flying lap. So that's, and then we teach them to drift. So, how was your experience, Jono? Oh, mate, I like this. Mike's in the car with you telling you what to do. Almost like a driving instructor.

The whole time I'm thinking Ben would be hating this. I'm driving and thinking, this is not his happy place. So how fast are you going? Along the straight, how fast does the car go? Oh, you're easily doing 220 up that straight. Although I've seen Jono do that around town as well. Do you know the scary thing is you're going down the straight at 220 k's an hour and Mike's going, don't brake, not yet, not yet, not yet.

And you're like, everything in your body's like, we should be braking now. Now's when I would brake. Well, good on you for doing it. And everyone should go check it out and check out what happens on the track. It was a pleasure to have you boys. That's that. You guys' episode's

coming out episode three. Episode one is Joel from LAB. That actually comes out on Tuesday. Oh, thank you Mike the Mike and Cole

show. There you go. The early morning plug line is open. Anything you want to advertise, you can use us as your vehicle and then we

will charge you. We'll send you an invoice in the mail for every second you've used of airtime. Breakfast with Jono and Ben. Now we've opened up the early morning plug line this morning, and if you've got anything you want to advertise, small business, big business, medium-sized business, we don't discriminate what sort of business it is.

Even if you've got an event or whatever, you can text us right now, 4487. Joining us is Cherie from the St. Clair Vineyard Half Marathon. Good morning. Hi, Jono and Ben. I've got two kids that want to speak to you. Oh, chuck them on. Chuck them on. Oh, yeah, they want to chuck you on here, boys.

We have nothing more than chucking kids on for a chat. Oh, yeah, they are here. They're right here, right here, yeah. Should we have a chat with them? What are their names? Yeah, here they are. Yeah, I'll put you on speakerphone. Thanks, Cherie. Cheers. Angus and Fergus. Angus? Yeah, here they are. Yeah, I'll put you on speaker tone. Thanks, Reed.

Cheers. Angus and Fergus. Angus and Fergus, how are you? Oh, good, and you? Good, thanks, mate. Good to have you on there. What do you want to say? Oh, that you should come and do this race.

It's a pretty good race, and you get wine if you finish it. Oh, you get wine if you finish it? You had us at wine. Yeah, you get a bottle of bubbles. Yeah. It's the first time I've been offered wine from a 14-year-old. It's South, mate. They're in South Ireland. You're 14 in the

South Island, you're 52. So tell us, where does the race go from? What does it do? It goes from Blenheim and the 21k run, I'm pretty sure. And a 12k run. A 12k run. Now, you guys were not sure it was all going to happen, right?

Because obviously the COVID restrictions, but now they've been eased, so it's all happening. Yeah, it's pretty good, eh? So when is it happening and how can people sign up? Yeah, so 7th of May, so we're sort of six weeks away. 7th of May, jump online, vineyardhalf.com. Look, it's probably quite a unique event. I've been organising events in the South Island for 30-odd years, but there's not many events that it doesn't really matter

how long it takes you to do this event, because it's more about the tastings, the entertainment on course, and how many events give you a bottle of bubbles as you come across the finish line. Is there a part of you of like, well, let's just can the running and get to the good stuff? Yeah, because you're running through vineyards, is that right? I'm looking at it online. You're running through beautiful vineyards.

Yes, you've got everything out there. And then you get a bottle of wine when you finish and you sort of relax and got bands at the finish line and you sort of party there. Oh, awesome. Sounds like a great event. It's been lovely talking with you. Have a wonderful day. Hey, that's great, guys. Thanks, awesome. Sounds like a great event. It's been lovely talking with you. You have a wonderful day. Hey, that's great guys. Thanks very much. The early morning

plug line is open. 0800 the hits. Mate of ours Barney joins us right now. Paralympian for the Wheelblacks. You would have seen him at the Paralympics. Barney, you are an absolute machine on the court. A lovely little teddy bear off the court. He's a teddy bear. He's a teddy bear off the court, but he's an absolute

animal on the court. And wheelchair rugby. Yeah, you're very good. They were called the John Alamo of wheelchair rugby at the Paralympics. 23 tries you got, didn't you? It was pretty funny because when I went on the court, I completely switched off and then most of the guys were just

talking trash to me the whole time and I was like, oh, this is good fun. I went straight into Hulk mode, so that was awesome. Good fun. Now, Barney, last time we caught up with you, you had a really cool idea, something that you're really passionate about, involving setting up a ride service, basically an Uber for disabled people. So I was, in the early days, I was currently just contemplating the idea of starting a

rideshare for the disabled, sort of fixing the accessibility issue within wheelchair vans, because all these vans are booked up for school runs and they're kind of unavailable from 7am to 10am. Yeah because I was reading that you'd often go to get an Uber and then they'd have them basically cancel on you at the last minute when they found out that you had a wheelchair. You do use a normal-sized wheelchair like myself

and you do order for an Uber. When you order an Uber Assist, you are likely to get your ride cancelled maybe 15 times before you get a lucky ride. So if the Uber driver sees that you have a guide dog or if you have some sort of disability, they're like, no, I don't want to deal with that. I can pass it on to the next driver.

So it's just a constant trip of cancellations. Well, I can imagine it'd be pretty pricey, as you say, getting apps developed, buying vans and storing the hoists and everything you need. So what, you've got to give a little page at the moment? I've got to give a little page that is up to 80k and although that is a small amount, especially with the development of the app and the purchase of the van.

So I imagine that thousands of New Zealanders would want to use this service should you get it up and running. So what's Givealittle called? Give it a plug. Providing a safer ride for the vulnerable. So that's givealittle.co.nz slash providing a safer ride for the vulnerable. If this was Shark, what's the one? Dragon's Den or the Shark Tank.

Oh, yeah. On both occasions, I'd say I'm on. I'm on. Hopefully for a 5% cut, eh, Ben? Hold on. Have you organised a 5% cut with Barney? No, no, no. Oh, you haven't cut me on on this deal.

He sort of said that in a tone of like, hey, Ben. Like, you know what's going on. I'll perfect the contact number, John Ben, you know what's going on. I was hoping to contact my Jono separately. Yeah, right. What's happened? Left old Jono out again of the 5% cut. She's unstrapped her N95 and uh-oh, she's tested positive for something beginning with C. It's celebrity news.

Juliet, what's happening? Not COVID yet, I hope. You literally have an N95 hanging off your ear. Hanging off my ear, yes. I'm being cautious, fam. So Victoria Beckham's son, Brooklyn, is due to get married next month. And she has, well, the Herald has written

an interesting or surprising sort of like dress code thing that she's planning. Right. So she's planning on coordinating her outfit with her friend Eva Longoria at the wedding. So probably wearing something very similar or wearing the same dress, which may be a bit unusual. Why is that unusual? Well, I don't know.

Ben and me wear the same thing all the time. It's our little thing, eh, mate? That's true. Well, yeah, true. I guess, is it because she's the mother of the groom? Yeah. And she's coordinating with a guest? Yeah. Maybe, maybe.

I thought you said she was going to turn up in a white dress or something. Oh, no. Well, you'd hope not. But I guess for Victoria Beckham, you'd imagine she would want a custom-made, one-of-a-kind dress for her son's wedding. Listen, I'm going to say that the internet was reaching with this article. Yep. And now we're doing the reaching.

Yep. Victoria Beckham chooses dress to wear to wedding. Yes. So it'd be interesting to see if that actually happens when we see the wedding photos. Now, Amy Schumer has a series called Life and Beth, and her character in the series has a struggle with a hair-pulling disorder, which is a thing, and it's actually based off Amy Schumer's struggle with a hair-pulling disorder.

So Amy, when she was younger, she would pull out so much of her hair that she needed a wig, and it's something that everybody knew when she was at school. It was just like this aunt, you just can't get rid of this urge. Do you pluck them out singly? Well, I don't know exactly, but just any hair on your body. It could be your eyebrow hair. It could be your hair on your head.

But it's something that she used to struggle with hugely as a kid. And it's something she still deals with now. But she's sort of learnt to, I guess, work with it. I've had the same problem, eh, Ben? It was definitely that. Pulling my hair, yeah. Look, I didn't want to go there. I was sitting here the whole time going,

do I go there, do I not? And Jonathan, you do it yourself. I went there for you, mate. Lovely. You've done enough heavy lifting, buddy. You've got COVID. You can't think of these bald gags on the fly. True.

And that is your Spy Update for the South. And where you can head to the hits.co.nz. Hey, next, we've got Motivational Monday. I kicked it off last week where we present motivational quips from famous people from Instagram. And there's a view. Is it back again? Hey.

Is it back again? It debuted last week. So why wouldn't it be back it didn't test well with the people that I anyway we'll get back to that now it's Jono Pryor's motivational Monday

Ben was surprised it's come back for a second week yeah I mean look I look, I love these. I love these. I follow these Instagram accounts, and they give me all sorts of motivational stuff, make me passionate and, you know, like get into the week and all that. But I didn't know if we were going to do this every week on the show. Well, it's basically the audio version of patting the audience on the butt and sending them out into the week, isn't it?

Yeah. A bit of a pep in their step. And there's wonderful quotes online, isn't there, with celebrities, successful celebrities telling us how we can all be better people. And actually, Anthony Hopkins, a very respected actor, isn't he? Anthony or Anthony? I think it's Anthony, but I'm not sure. I like Anthony.

It's good, too. How respected is he if you don't know how to pronounce his name? Anyway, very respected thespian. Anthony or Anthony. He even filmed in Invercargill, world's fastest Indian. And he has come out with a wonderful, like if this doesn't get you jazzed up for the week, I don't know

what will. Have a listen to Anthony or Anthony Hopkins. Believe. Whatever you want to do, believe it, believe it, believe it, even if you don't believe. Play the game of belief. Act as if you believe. That is power. That is sheer power.

And it will happen. Believe you me, no fool like me has worked in my life, it will work in yours. So never give up. Believe, believe, no fool like me has worked in my life, who will work in yours. So never give up. Believe, believe, believe. See, he almost sounds like he's telling us off there. Yeah, he's very passionate, wasn't he? He's saying whatever you want, just believe it. Even if you don't believe it, believe it,

which kind of cancels itself out. Yeah, yeah. Wonderful stuff, isn't it? Does that not motivate you for a Monday? Yes, it does. It actually does. Well done. Like Ben, believe you have COVID. It actually does. Well done.

Like, Ben, believe you have COVID. Can you believe it? Believe it. I didn't want to believe it when I saw the thing. I did four or five tests just to make sure over the weekend. Don't bring the vibes down, bro. I'm sorry. I've just got everyone frothed up with Anthony or Anthony,

and you're coming. Oh, I took a few. Okay, sorry took 60 sorry I don't feel quite as motivated about this week as normal but normally I love these motivational Mondays motivational Monday we'll be back for a third week I don't know it's up to Ben we'll see you next Monday Ed's or Tales

Ed Sheeran coming back to New Zealand very excited about this the mathematics tour it's going to be in Wellington, Auckland, February next year. And we have our final double pass to give away on the show. Yeah, I've been doing the maths on this. We've given away 10 tickets so far. I know, it's pretty amazing.

This is the final double pass. These are hotly contested, these double passes. And yeah, so it's a simple game of Ed's or Tails. That's how you win it. We've got a 3D novelty Ed Sheeran coin in the studio and 3D printing technology. It feels like we're 80% there. We haven't fully nailed it,

but we'll deal with it at the moment. It's like, you know, when you look back at computer games and we're all playing Tetris or something back in the day. That's where 3D printing is at now. But we've got Ed Sheeran's face on one side of the coin and then tails on the other. And you just need to pick between Ed's or tails and we have an adorable little child on the phone, Ben.

Welcome. How are you? I'm good. Yeah. What's your name? I'm Pippa. This is Pippa. How old are you, Pippa?

I'm 13. Oh, you must want to go. How old are you, Pippa? I'm 13. Oh, you must want to go to Ed Sheeran, mate. Yeah. Yeah. What's your favorite Ed Sheeran song? Shivers. Shivers, it's a beauty. Ben, I can hear you mumbling in the background.

Well, you know, it's great. I mean, I love getting kids on the show. It's great. You know, we're a family-friendly show. But this is not the most family-friendly segment because heads or tails, you know, we're a family friendly show, but this is, it's not the most family friendly segment because heads or tails, you know, Pippa could lose

these tickets, Jono. But you know the rules, don't you, Pippa? Yeah. Yeah, she's on board. She's all good. You know. Alright, and then Jake

who's waiting like a savage, feral eagle but wanting to swoop down on the carcass of a little girl and steal her Ed Sheeran tickets. No, I don't mind. I'll be waiting to go to Ed Sheeran for about five years now.

Okay. So, Pippa, the power is in your hands, isn't it? Yeah. Okay, so you need to choose between Ed's or Tails. What are you going to go? Tails. She's going to go Tails. All are you going to go? Tails. She's going to go Tails. All right, I'll flip the coin. Do you want a big flip, medium flip, small flip? Big flip.

Okay, big flip. I can't see the coin. I can't see the coin. Flipping heck. Come on. I'm going to hold it. Ben's broadcasting from home at the moment. He's got COVID.

I'm going to hold up the coin, Ben, to the camera. It's landed on... No. Oh, Pippa. What It's landed on... No. Oh, Pippa. It landed on Ed's. I'm sorry, darling. Oh, no. Oh, my God. Have I won?

You've got the tickets, bro. I'm going to Ed's, Sharon. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Oh, Jake, you can... Oh, no. Oh, my God. I'm sorry, Pippa. Oh, no. Sorry, I have to go. I would love for her to get the I'm sorry I have to go I would love for her to get the tickets but I have to go

I've been waiting for so many years my missus has been waiting for so many years for this he wants to take the missus Pippa we have to go to Ed Sheeran

we've been waiting for five years now this is great for Jake this is shattering for us and Pippa Pippa I'm sorry oh no well this is the game, heads or tails.

Yeah, right. I mean, it's never too early to learn in life that sometimes you find yourself in the middle of a competition flipping a novelty-ed sharing coin, and you don't win the tickets. It's a valuable lesson. I'm not at work. Have we got any other tickets that we could give Pippa?

I'm sorry, Pippa, we don't. We don't. Sorry, mate, these are my tickets. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. don't. We don't. Sorry, mate, these are my tickets. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Okay, can we put Jake on hold? He's not helping the situation. I don't know if this is on radio, I don't know what's, but can we try and sort some tickets out for Pippa, Jono?

Pippa, I'm sorry, mate. You go and have a great day, okay? Okay. This is heartbreaking. Can we call, can we put Pippa on hold? Can we call someone? we put Pippa on hold? Can we call? Ben. Someone? Ben. Ben.

What? What would you say if Pippa was going to get the tickets the whole time? What? Jake was always going to give the tickets to Pippa. Of course I was. We organised it off here with Jake. He said, I can't take the tickets off a little girl. Pippa, you're going to Ed Sheeran.

Really? Yes. Yay! What a rollercoaster. Mate, look, I'm at home with COVID. Why did you do this to me? I strike when you're vulnerable, mate. My weekend hasn't been hard enough.

Jeez. Pippa, some beautiful acting there from you. Thank you. And Jake comes through with an acting there from you. Thank you. And Jake comes through with an absolute heart of gold. Well done, mate. Awesome cheers, mate. There we go, bit of drama. Bit of radio drama.

Why would you do that? Jeez, it is the hits. I don't know what we're doing anymore. I'm at home. It's, yeah. The annoying ones talking between the songs. Jono and Ben on the hits. The Annoying Ones Talking Between the Songs Jono and Ben on the hits $28 million we mentioned before

Someone won over the weekend at Lotto But they don't know who it is, it's a mystery Well, one of us is broadcasting from home today Hasn't come into work And is pretending to have COVID Now, would that lead you to believe we have a secret millionaire in our midst, Juliet? Yes hasn't come into work and is pretending to have COVID. Now, would that lead you to believe we have a secret millionaire in our midst, Julie? Yes.

I'm not feeling lucky, put it that way. I'm definitely not feeling like the lucky one out of the show right now. 28 mil was amazing though, wasn't it? That's life-changing. Oh, it is. But it's also incredible how many of these lotto winners actually don't end up with too much at the end of it yeah do you notice that what do you mean like in regards to like like pushing it away sort of thing do you want to know the honest truth yeah yeah i started saying something then

and halfway through i was like what am i saying like none of the how would i know i don't know well no but like I think it would. Are you meaning that people who win lotto often just blow it all? You know what I mean? That's just sweeping generalisation. Yeah, that's true. I don't know that. I don't actually know that for a fact.

Well, they probably spend it all on stuff to improve their lifestyle. So if it's blowing it all, getting a nice house and paying off the mortgage, then I'd be happy to blow it all. But $28 million, what would you – okay, what's the first thing – everyone's had this conversation, you're buying with $28 million. What are you doing? You're paying your mortgage off. You're doing a boring thing and paying your mortgage off, aren't you?

Really. Okay. What's the most irresponsible thing you'd do with $28 million? Take the mortgage out of it. I would probably quit my job And go overseas You already have Yes Literally this is your last week

Why don't you go overseas and scrub the decks On super yachts Maybe I have one lot of them Actually Juliette speaking of winning things over the weekend I really enjoyed a social Media video you put up Your mum She nailed Wordle over the weekend i really enjoyed a social uh social media video you put up your mom um she

nailed wordle over the weekend oh yeah so she was um my grandma and grandpa were over and they were trying mom was trying to teach them both about wordle and how it worked and so mom was demonstrating and so she'd put in the first word and she'd just get put in table and then she was kind of explaining you know the when the letter is, it means you've got the letter, but it's in the wrong place, da-da-da-da. She's explaining it to Grandma and Grandpa, and then she's like, oh, okay, I'll just show you, put depo in as the next word.

And I had already done the wordle for the day, and I had known that depo was the correct answer, and I was sitting kind of far away. I was like, oh, my gosh, I have to film this, because she has no idea that she's just randomly putting in a second word, and she's going to get it right. And she gets it right on the second go. Well audio down there okay hold your phone up to the microphone and there we go let's see oh my god that is right we got it and two and two wow and it would be where geez you and your mum are clones. Are we?

The way you talk. It sounds like when Juliet's explaining how to do Jono put his trousers on in the morning. Now what you need to do, put two legs in there. No, you got it around the wrong way again. All right. Well, that's incredible.

How many people get it in one go? Doesn't happen often, I would imagine. Not often, I think. I feel like if you're getting it in one go, you're definitely cheating. Mum, that's incredible. How many people get it in one go? Doesn't happen often, I would imagine. Not often, I think. I feel like if you're getting it in one go, you're definitely cheating. Mum, one and done. Yeah. Well done. Wonderful work, Jackie Rothel. Mums like a crossword, don't they?

Oh, yeah. Mums are marinated up for a wordle. Yeah. Jono and Ben. Really, really sad news over the weekend. You would have seen Taylor Hawkins, who's been the drummer for the Foo Fighters for the best part of 25 years, best friend of Dave Grohl, the front man,

sadly died over the weekend. They're on tour in Columbia. Devastating news, isn't it? When you read that online, you're just like, no, that sucks. And the second time, obviously, this has happened to Dave Grohl, where a bandmate has passed on. So, jeez, you really feel for the band, but I mean, second time, obviously, this has happened to Dave Grohl, where a bandmate has passed on.

So, jeez, you really feel for the band. But, I mean, most importantly, his wife and three kids. Oh, no, just tragic circumstances. 50 years old. Taylor Hawkins, of course, initially Alanis Morissette's drummer. You ought to know he was touring with her back in the day and reading a little story over the weekend where Dave Grohl sort of called him to ask if he had any advice about a drummer. known he was touring with her back in the day and reading a little story over the weekend where

dave growl sort of called him to ask if he had any advice about a drummer he wanted to get a drummer to replace a guy for the foo fighters and not thinking in a million years that taylor hawkins would want to leave alanis morissette at the time who was like the biggest artist in the world and he's like i'm your guy i'm your guy if you need a drummer i'm your guy and he stepped away from uh alanis morissette to join the Foo Fighters, and it's been the best part of 25 years, amazing friendship, and an amazing, amazing band. Those two together are incredible.

Yeah, and he obviously had such an impact on everyone. So many celebrities paying tribute. I know Miley Cyrus did, Mick Jagger. The world's biggest musicians have been paying tribute over the weekend to him. But we had the honor of meeting him on a couple of occasions too, granted just in an interview setting. But geez, he seemed like a kind soul, didn't he? Exactly, yeah.

A really, really hard case guy too. I remember when I asked him if they could play in my backyard and I was like, how much would it cost? And he was like, a million bucks. A million bucks, I'll play next year tramp in the backyard. We wanted a crowd fund, didn't we, for that. That that's right yeah but then uh we gave up on that pretty quickly like we do most things it seemed like no one wanted to donate money to have the food fighters play in your backyard for some reason but you know there were better causes out there i mean inducted

into the rock and roll hall of fame many many kiwis have been fortunate enough to see him play with the food fighters just incredible every time you you see them, just amazing. This was actually him this is their last gig over the weekend and this is Dave Grohl introducing Taylor Hawkins in concert. There's one more person you can't forget. Taylor Hawkins plays the drums of the Foo Fighters all time. You know the best thing about Taylor Hawkins, he's the best drummer in the world. We love him so much.

But here's the thing. You haven't seen his pants yet. Taylor Hawkins, come down and sing a song and you can see his pants. Come on, Taylor, come sing a song. Gee, because he would come up and sing a couple of songs during their gigs too, wouldn't he? Yeah, yeah, he's an amazing voice.

He's just super talented as well. And, you know, an amazing drummer. Dave Grohl, they talk about him being an incredible drummer, so that must have been almost intimidating drumming for Dave Grohl. Yeah. Oh, bloody sad. Very sad. Nothing else to say, really, is there?

And you raised a really good point on how they release the cause of death. Somehow some media organizations have a morbid fascination with releasing causes of death, but you feel like, well, I don't need to know this information. Yeah, I know. You feel like, yeah, exactly. I feel I'm no part sort of having this. This seems like this should be like a family privacy thing that they want to release if they want to release. I felt the same with the Bob Saget, the tragic death of, you know,

the actor from full house as well. There's been so many, you know, articles about, Oh, this is how it happened in this. And you're like, I i don't i don't need to know this well it doesn't change the end result no yeah i just feel for as you said before he's got a wife he's got kids um he's got the band you know as well who will all be hurting right now and they just feel you know so so terrible for them you know music and the world have lost a you know a rock legend and um yeah it's really really sad r.i.p taylor hawkins the world have lost a rock legend. And that's really, really sad. R.I.P. Taylor Hawkins. It is the Foo Fighters featuring the late great Taylor Hawkins, sadly lost over the weekend.

It is the hits. You got Jono and Ben. Broadcasting from home, sounding a little sexy and raspy. It's the tones I'm getting. Increasing the sexiness levels of the show by 50% this morning. Well, I'm at home this morning. I'm definitely not feeling too sexy today, Jono. Yeah, I have COVID.

Yeah, it's something that I know that heaps of New Zealanders are dealing with right now. And it's sort of gone over the last few weeks from seven degrees of separation to one degree. But getting it and seeing the double lines over the weekend, I'll tell you what, I felt like on the rat's head, it was almost a bit of shock. Yeah. Disbelief for a second. And I did it a couple of times just to be sure, because you spent the last couple of years trying to avoid it. And then all of a sudden it happens. It's in the house. I try and be super careful.

I don't eat in restaurants inside. I take my mask. We test three times a week for work, but it just goes to show it can happen to anyone. And that's the thing. You do everything. Double vax, boost and sanitize, wash your hands, wear a mask. Look at me right now. I'm sanitizing my hand with my mask on.

Yeah, Juliet's not taking her N95 off. You know, you can do everything and you're still not protected, you know. And I mean, that's not to say that everyone shouldn't have done all of those things and got vaccinated and stuff. But you kind of see where all the protesters were coming from. They're like, we're no more at risk than the person next to me who's double-shotted with the booster, you know? Yeah, I guess I don't feel too sick, you know, no real cough or sneezing, just a little tired and a little bit of a sore throat,

but nothing too, you know, like a couple of years ago, you probably would have battled on and gone to work. But I know it's not the same for everyone, and you'd like to think that the booster and everything has helped me not feel, you know, as bad as it could have been. But I tell you what you feel a little bit of, and you feel a bit of guilt. I feel a little embarrassed by it. You kind of feel a bit, oh, geez, I've got COVID. And then you feel a bit, even though you've been testing for work and you've been negative, you're like, oh, I've seen people, you saw friends or you just feel a bit like, oh, I don't want to be that person

that sort of spread it around. And it's funny, you just feel this real guilt that I'm like, oh, jeez. And you didn't know you had it at the time and you were testing. We were testing for work, so you were negative. But you just feel a bit ashamed. It's not you. It's the virus, mate. It's not you.

I mean, we are talking behind your back. Don't get us wrong. What, like, jeez, that arse is just bloody. Imagine who he's gone around and spread it to. No. But you're right. There is guilt associated with it, and it's because of the branding this thing's had over the last two years.

If it was just your common cold, no one goes, oh, Ben's got a cold. Yeah. And you shut away from trying to keep clear of my family or walk around the house with a mask and stuff, but then you're like, well, before I knew I had it, I wasn't obviously doing that. Yeah, so it kind of feels, you know,

even like feeling isolating yourself from your family wasn't obviously doing that. Yeah, so it kind of feels, you know, even like feeling, isolating yourself from your family kind of sucks as well. Yeah. So do you actually feel bad? I like, as I say, a little bit of a sore throat, a little bit achy and stuff, but, you know, obviously we had a producer at work that, you know, bee humps had it as well, so I was probably a bit more conscious

that it was closer to home. Okay, so you're blaming him? I'm not blaming him. I just want to see who you're putting the blame on. No, I'm not blaming him. Well, to be fair, I mean, I don't know where else I'd go. If he's listening, we know who the blame's squarely on. He felt so bad getting it too.

That's the guilt associated with it, and it's no one's fault. No. I know, but you do. You sort of think you think back to you know because you type the thing into the you know you register and they're like over it was pretty much a week before that they were like you could have been symptomatic i guess when you're feeling nothing you know so you're like all that time you've obviously we haven't hung out with lots of people but you have seen some people from time to time you're like oh like, oh, man, I feel terrible. Yeah, well, you should, okay? No!

But look at this battler. He's got COVID, and he's still on the hits, still working away, waking his family up, first thing in the morning. All they want to do is sleep. First, they're like, oh, great, now you've got COVID, and now you're waking us up first thing in the morning. True.

I do realize that it's a lot worse for a lot of other people and it could get a bit worse for me, but at the moment I'll be battling on with you guys this morning. All right. Good on you, Benny boy. Five words for 5K. You're just five words away from $5,000. It is our Game of Word Association.

We play it every morning at this time on The Hits. We tell you five words, you tell us what pops into your head, and if all your five words match up with ours, you win $5,000. Let's get Paula on the show, shall we? Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Paula from Auckland. Hi. Hi, good morning, guys. Lovely to have you on, Paula. How was the weekend, mate?

Oh, it was good. Just buzzing around, sorting out a few things in the house, and a bit boring, not as exciting as winning maybe five grand. Oh, well, let's turn Monday into Monday. Oh, that was dumb. Ching-ching. Yeah, ching-ching. Thanks, Paula.

Paula was on board with it. She gave me a ching-ching at the end of it. Hey, Paula, who are you going to send into the soundproof booth to match five words with this morning, matey? Let's send Jono in. Okay, I'm going to soundproof. Because I don't have one of those in my house. No, he's just got an isolating room because he doesn't want to spread his disease.

All right, I'm going to the soundproof booth. Paula, wish me luck. Good luck. All right. Julia, you're going to have to tell me when he's in there because I can't see him on the Zoom now. Yeah, he is in there now. All right, Paula, here is your first word this morning. What pops into your head when I say scissors?

Scissors. Scissors. Either cut or paper. Good options. Cut. Good options. Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking too, Paula. Oh, an interesting one for the second one. Monarch. Monarch. Butterfly. Yeah, monarch butterfly.

So far we're matching. You and I are matching, Paula, but that's not what matters. Seven is word number three. S-E-V-E-N. Seven. Gosh. Can I come back to that one? Yeah, you can come back to seven.

I don't know why, but ooh, that's tough. Now you get some time to think about that. Rocking is word number four. Rocking. R-O-C-K-I-N-G. Rocking. Horse. Rocking horse.

And power is word... Oh, sorry. No, it's all right. Can I change that to chair? Oh, rocking chair? Yeah. I'm getting it from my eight-year-old daughter. That's a good option too.

And power is word number five. P-O-W-E-R, power. Power, power. Power cut. Okay, yeah. Power cut's good. That's a good option. And let's circle back now to seven.

That was word number three, confusingly, seven. Any thoughts on seven? I'm going to go seven sins. Seven sins? Oh, yeah, the seven deadly sins, of course. All right, seven. Well done, Paula. You did really well.

There's some tricky words in there. Let's get Jono out of the soundproof booth, eh, Ju? He is en route. Yeah, tell you what, Paula, what we haven't mentioned before is the soundproof booth actually doubles up as a port-a-loo for music festivals over the weekend. Oh, no. I left him in there for too long, that was

cool. Have to give it a good old hosing down, don't we, every Monday morning. Paula, you feeling good? You feeling like you're going to win 5k? Oh, hopefully. Alright, let's play. Let's play. Three ones in there, Jono, so all the best. Okay, thank you, Benjamin. First word we said to Paula this morning was scissors.

Scissors. Scissors sisters for some reason. Oh, of course, you play one of these songs on the hits. Wake up in the morning. What did you go, Paula? I went cut. Oh, yeah, obviously not a big fan of wake up in the morning. Yeah.

Well, let's go through the other words this morning. Monarch. Butterfly. Yes. Seven. Bucks. Rocking. Chair.

And power. Cut. Oh. Three out of five. Damn. rocking chair and power cut oh three out of five damn oh Paula I'm sorry not too bad though

three out of five that's not bad for a Monday that's not bad now I'll give you a big hug and send you out into that week

alright you go and destroy it Paula thanks guys have a good one you too you too there we go

five words back tomorrow 7.45 spy know what's, 7.45. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Now, if you just joined the show, this is the part where we discuss celebrity news, which you may or may not be interested in. Either way, if you could politely sit through it, it would be most appreciated.

Thank you very much. Juliet, what's happening? So the Oscars are on today, and The Power of the Dog, directed by Kiwi director Jane Campion, is up for 12 awards. Wow. So she is probably going to take a bunch away. That's fantastic. Which is very good. All films in New Zealand, obviously, are up for 12 awards, which is amazing. Yeah.

This is the one with Benedict Cumberbatch in there as well. And who else is acting alongside Benedict? I should know this. I shouldn't have asked that question. Kirsten Dunst, isn't it? Oh, yeah, that's right. And then her husband, Jesse Plemons. That's right.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. They were the two celebrities in the country in lockdown 2020. Yeah. Of course. How could you remember Jesse Plemons? I don't know, but I just, I don't know. I don't know why that name came to me.

A friend of mine actually ran into him. He was over in Texas last week for something for work, and he actually saw him there, and he went up to him, and he said to him, he said, you must get this all the time. I just want to say I'm a fan of your work. And he went, to be honest, no, I don't. I don't get this all the time. He's like, yeah.

He's like, I'm wearing a mask. I'm walking around here at the moment. He was a lovely, lovely guy. He said, you know, like I'm obviously in a lot of movies, but I'm not as recognizable as some of the other stars. So he says it's lovely. Oh, good on him. You come up and say this.

Yeah, to be honest, no, no one ever says I do good work. And they're a fan of mine. He's like, I don't get this all the time. Sometimes I do. It's kind of like Ben and me. No one ever comes up and says that. That's incredible. What a lovely thing.

So 12 nominations. Huge. She's up for Best Director, Best Screenplay. Apparently the lady nominated for Best Cinematography could be the first ever female winner. Wow. That is incredible. And you might not also know that at the Oscars

they give away goodie bags to all of the guests and the goodie bags are worth about $200,000 each. Wow. So I've looked into what is in these goodie bags. One of the most valuable gifts is worth $200,000 each. Wow. So I've looked into what is in these goodie bags. One of the most valuable gifts is worth $50,000, and it's an all-inclusive three-night stay for two at a castle in Scotland, which comes with your own butler

and a personalised concierge service. The next best thing is a trip to a resort spa in San Diego worth $15,000. Some other things include liposuction treatment, chemical peels, Botox. Those are in the tens of thousands. And the slightly cheaper items are extra virgin olive oil infused with edible gold flakes

and also gold-flecked pretzels. So... Jeez, virgin olives of virgins. Yeah. My God. I just think, what if everyone Wants to book The accommodation On the same long weekend

Yeah I reckon what they're Banking on is You know sometimes When you get given A gift voucher Or you know Like a Prezi card

You forget you've got it And it expires That's so true So all these places Will be hoping That all the vouchers expire That is very true We hosted the music

We're very lucky And honoured to be hosting The New Zealand Music Awards Once or twice, and the goodie bags there are exceptional. I think we got a pack of ciggies, some Cool Charm roll-on deodorant, and some expired Mentos. And I was like, man, it doesn't get much better than this.

That's amazing. And that's why I still smoke today, thanks to that goodie bag. But no, it's incredible. What did you say? $200,000? Yeah, about $200,000 New Zealand dollars. I was reading here, some of the goodie bags are so big, they just get shipped straight to their homes.

Wow. They're like, you can't even. There's so many goodies in here, you can't even take them home. They're already rich enough. They don't need those goodie bags. You know what I mean? Oh, well. Yeah, give me the Botox, mate.

You see my face? Jam that in my big, deep, cavernous lines. And that is your Spy Update for the South. For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. Tested safe for listing from home. Jono and Ben on the hits. We've been talking about this for a while. We haven't done anything on it, but now we've decided it's going to happen.

We're making a bucket list. That's our first thing on a bucket list, to create a bucket list. Right, Jono? Yeah. Well, we kicked off last week, didn't we? And we're like, well, let's get some inspiration. We'll talk to our friend lizzie who's 103 years old find out what we need to do in this thing we call life

and so what do you think the one thing is that people need to do in life oh keep your mind occupied oh keep your mind ticking over yeah what do you do do like Sudoku or crosswords or Wordle or anything like that? No, no. I do Wordfind. Oh, right. That keeps you active? Somebody bought me four books. Four books.

That's a lot of words to find. No, I do that all day. I think you'll be surprised if you saw me. People say I don't look my age. Oh, we saw a photo of you. You don't look a day over 102. She is so cute and adorable, isn't she?

Doesn't it funny how you start off life cute and adorable and then you end life cute and adorable? And then there's that weird sort of stuff that I'm in the middle bit, you know, right now. One day I'll be cute and adorable, Juliet. Yeah, so she's 103. She's our oldest listener, Lizzie.

And, you know, I mean, she's just on her bucket list is to keep herself going, keep her mind active. We've had a few suggestions come through that we've put things into the bucket list. Ben, you've written a whole bunch. I've written a whole bunch. And tomorrow we're going to be pulling out our first goal that we need to knock off. But Juliet, you're knocking off a big bucket list, aren't you, at the end

of this week? I am. I'm moving overseas to go work on a super yacht. Her bucket list was to desert us, Ben. Yeah. She's done that. Not worded like that, but I don't know. So she's off to work on Jay-Z and Beyonce's super yacht. Oh, that would be a dream if I ended up on their boat. Scrubbing the decks and tending to the needs of some Russian billionaire's 16-year-old daughter.

That's going to be great, though. Yeah, and also travel is part of that as well, is a big part of that. So hopefully I'll see some cool sights when I'm over there as well. Ben, you're always like, if we'd known this whole time you wanted to work on a boat, we would have had you scrubbing the toilets on the Inter-Islander. Yeah, exactly. We could have got you a job on there. You had the fuller's ferry or something. That would have been great.

You could have had best of both worlds. This is your last week and we're gutted that you are going, but it's awesome for you. Yeah, I'm sad. It's going to be sad. And when you're sailing on a boat in the Mediterranean as you look out into the horizon, you just remember what you're missing back here, mate.

This weird soundproof studio we're in, being at home with COVID. Are we listening on iHeartRadio? Don't you worry. You remember what you're missing out on. Sending feedback. So that's on Juliet's bucket list, to go leave us and go on to a super yacht. So I'll wait under that. So we want to chuck this out there As we embark on this bucket list journey Have you actually knocked anything off your bucket list?

Are you in the middle of trying to achieve things on your bucket list? Love to get your calls on 0800 the hits 4487 if you want to text too The hits The Jono and Ben podcast It is enemy Imagine Dragons

You're on the hits Jono and Ben Monday morning This time tomorrow We're going to pull our first task out of our bucket list. We're creating a bucket list, things we want to achieve this year, and we wanted to know on 0800THEHITS, what have you knocked off your bucket list?

Natasha, you've knocked a couple of things off your bucket list already. Yes, yeah, yeah, I've got a couple of things going. What have you got on the go? What does Natasha want to do? Well, big one is the three British gingers. I want to make them all. Okay, the three British gingers. So who are, big one is the three British gingers. I want to meet them all. Okay, the three British gingers. So who are we talking with the three British gingers?

So we're talking Prince Harry, Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint. Oh, yeah, Rupert Grint who played Ron Weasley in Harry Potter. Okay, and so have you met any of them? Yep, so I've got two of the three. So I met Prince Harry when he came over a couple of years ago.

And then when Ed was around here last time, I got the opportunity to meet him as well. Did you explain to them that they were part of your weird bucket list? I've actually got a page in a notebook with my bucket list on. And I got to get them all each to sign it. And they've signed under their name. Oh, so they're like, oh, okay, I'm part of a three British ginger campaign here. Yes. Yeah, but yeah, they were a little bit weirded out, I think.

But they find it amusing? Surely they would have edged you in particular. Oh, yeah, yeah, no, absolutely. Harry asked if he could put me in touch with Rufus and I said, yeah, sure, why not if you can do it. Oh, so Harry was off. Oh, gee, he wants to see you complete this list. What are you talking to Prince Harry about, for example?

He was just jumping along between us, and I said, Oh, Harry, can you sign off my bucket list? I need to meet the British gingers. And he sort of went, Yeah, sure, who else do you need? Who do you need? And you said Sheeran and Rupert Grint. Sheeran and Rupert Grint, that's it. That is, what a wonderful dream.

So what gave you this idea? We just one day just decided that would be something that you wanted to do? Yeah, pretty much. Just making up my bucket list. And, you know, you get big odd things like you're skydiving and you're bungee jumping, all that. And I wanted something a little bit more exciting. That's cool.

I like that one. Rupert Grint probably seems the most obtainable out of those three. Well, you'd think so, wouldn't you? But I feel like I need to change countries for that one. Yeah, well now it's harder with COVID and stuff, is it? You want him to sign the book, right?

Yes, exactly. And I need the photo. You've got to have evidence. Wouldn't it be great if we managed to get Rupert Grint for you? That would be fantastic. Wouldn't it be great if we managed to get Rupert Grint for you? That would be fantastic. What would you say if on Zoom right now we had Rupert Grint? Seriously? No.

Unfortunately, we just... I thought you were about to make my life. We just heard about this right now. We can do a bit of investigation by the way. Hypothetically, what would you have said? I would have said you guys are amazing. You've got a list of life. Okay way. Hypothetically, what would you have said? I would have said, you guys are amazing. You've got a list of life. Okay. Oh, okay.

Well, we'll work on that one. We might have to get them the book. We don't have them now. Okay. But hey, that's given us something else to put on our bucket list is to help you achieve your bucket list. Fantastic. Yeah.

Before December, we will try and get Rupert Grint for you. Okay? Oh, amazing. Yeah. Definitely. I don't know if we can get a face-to-face though. That's probably the hardest thing. Probably a Zoom would be the best we could do. We'll try. But hey,t Grint for you, okay? Amazing, yeah. I don't know if we can get a face-to-face, though. That's probably the hardest thing. Probably a Zoom would be the best we could do.

We'll try, but hey, we're talking a big game. When have we had Rupert Grint on? Never. I'm holding you to it now. Oh, God. Yeah, we've committed. Okay, all right. Hey, Natasha, you're an absolute champion.

Lovely to talk to you this morning, and we will try and get you Rupert before December. Oh, fantastic. We'll put that in our bucket list, and we'll pull out the first one tomorrow to find out what we need to achieve before the end of the year. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. Get fuelled up with the Hits Fuel Grab.

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Sharon, you're on from Wellington. How are you? Oh, Kia ora. I'm good, thank you. Morena, Sharon. Great to have you on, Sharon. Now, don't worry. I know Ben has COVID, but you can't catch it through Zoom.

Oh, that's good. Thank you. Hey, what do you want to say to Ben? Give him some well wishes. I was going to say, I hope he's feeling better and just keep himself safe and warm. Keep up the vitamins. Absolutely. Yeah.

Are you actually feeling bad or how are you feeling, Ben? I'm not. Well, yeah, like mild symptoms. Yeah, like a bit of a sore throat and a little bit achy, or how are you feeling, Ben? I'm not. Well, yeah, like mild symptoms. Yeah, like a bit of a sore throat and a little bit achy, but nothing, you know, like I have been sicker in the past, but that's not to say it won't get worse. But I understand other people get it a lot worse than I have. Well, the nation are behind you, okay?

Well, here's that to you for working. Yeah. Let's take our hats off to Ben, boys. God bless Ben. She says, I can't let Jono do the show by himself. She says, what would happen then? All right, Sharon. Let's win you some black sludgy liquid, okay?

You want some gas? Yes, please. Well, you've won 50 bucks already. Oh, wow. Thank you. That's where the pump's going to start. The game's pretty simple. You need to yell stop before the pump runs out of petrol, okay?

Okay. Let's do it, matey. $50. $78. $87. $125. She's stopping at $7. $125. She's stopping at $125. Now, let me guess, because a lot of people are playing this game.

Is that how much a full tank is in your car, Shaz? Yes, it is. I've got a nice little Mazda Demio, so that'll do probably twice. Oh, she's got a saucy little Demio. And a cat. She's not going to be... And a cat, did you say. And a cat. She's not going to be... And a cat, did you say?

And a what? Sorry? And a cat. My mum made this awkward, talking about a cat. This is why I can't leave you in charge. Sorry. I was just trying to think, where did the cat come into life? I don't know. I heard the word cat, but maybe I'm hearing things. Sharon, well done. Thanks to Gas

Petrol Service Stations, you got $125 with the petrol. Thank you so much. That's awesome. What a prize. People want that at the moment, Ben. Yeah, and another chance to play this afternoon at 20 past 5 with Brad and Laura, and we'll do it again tomorrow morning, same time. But as the hits, you got John on deck.

We've got Elmo. Elmo next from Sesame Street. The biggest guest. Oh, yes. This is very exciting. We'll get Elmo on Elmo next from Sesame Street. The biggest guest. Oh, yes. We'll get Elmo on the show after this. I don't know why I can't quite get you out my sight. It's Jono and Ben, but FYI, Ben is open to other options. Jono and Ben on the hits.

On Friday, Jono, it was pretty exciting. We got to catch up with Elmo from Sesame Street over Zoom and, oh man, we were so excited when he popped up on Zoom. We were. And, you know, obviously there's someone with their hand up, Elmo, and just to make him feel comfortable, I did that to you, Ben. For the duration, did you? Just so we all felt at ease with the interview setting.

And we caught up with Elmo over Zoom. It's you! Elmo, it's us! It's Elmo! We can hear Elmo! Oh my goodness. Yeah, good morning! Good morning. How you doing? We're good. Nice to see you.

Nice to see you too. Elmo, you're a big gun. You probably don't remember this. We've spoken a couple of times now and I feel... I feel someone remembers. Yeah, I feel like our relationship is purely based on you coming on our show and plugging stuff. Now come on, you know that's not true. You know that's not true. You've never called us outside of this. You've been invited to Sesame Street. You can come any time.

Anytime. You're going to regret saying that. Okay. So season 52 of Sesame Street, I mean, that is incredible. Plus you've also got a not-too-late show with Elmo. I mean, what time is bedtime? What's not too late? 7.30. 7.30.

Are we talking 7.30 in the morning or at night? No, 7.30 at night when Elmo goes to bed. Yeah, oh, yeah. Now, Elmo, 52 seasons of Sesame Street. Might I say, you are looking magnificent. Oh, thank you. Now, we did a TV show in New Zealand called Jono and Ben, and it ran for seven seasons.

And look at me now. And then it stopped. Do you have any advice? You look great. You look terrific. He hasn't got the video turned on. Any advice for us, Elmo, as a TV star, a great TV star? We want to get back on TV.

Any advice? Elmo asked a lot of hosts, like talk show hosts, what Elmo should do when he was a talk show host. And John Oliver said, be a good listener. So Elmo tries to listen and ask him interesting questions. Yeah, good. As you're saying that, I'm talking over you, so I'm sorry. Listen, this is why our show got cancelled.

But you do have amazing celebrities joining you on Sesame Street and on your Not Too Late show. I mean, Billie Eilish, Jonas Brothers, Naomi Osaka as well. I mean, you must have a great contact list on your phone. No, Elmo doesn't want to brag. But yes. Does Elmo get nervous around the likes of Billie Eilish and Naomi Osaka? You know, Billie Eilish was really wonderful.

We sang a song together. And, you know, we just have a good time. Now, Elmo, your sidekick on your show is Cookie Monster, who's great. He's great. But he loves cookies, but he doesn't seem to get it all in his mouth. They go everywhere. Elmo thinks he gets like 10% actually in his mouth. The rest are just on the floor.

Whenever Cookie Monster's around, we have to keep a broom. For a guy who loves cookies, he wastes a lot of wastage, a lot of cookie wastage going on there. As far as your sidekick goes, I've got a sidekick, this guy, Jono.

You've got Cookie Monster. Do you want a swap? Sure. Come on over. So I'll take, so how's the swap working? Am I taking? Oh, just kidding.

You'll have to figure that part out. Oh, okay. You can do that part and then you can come over whenever you want. Okay, great. You keep inviting us over. It's wonderful stuff, Elmo. What would you like to say?

Because you have so many fans here in New Zealand. What do you want to say to all your fans, young and old like us who are big fans of you? What do you want to say to everyone in New Zealand? Elmo just wants to say that Elmo loves everybody in New Zealand, and thank you for loving Elmo. Even Jono? Even Jono.

Oh, me too. Oh, there you go. Well, I've been invited to stay three times. He really wants you there. Sure, we don't really have any extra beds so you may have to sleep

on like the floor of Ernie and Bert's apartment or something but don't worry about it. We'll figure it out. People think we're kind of like Ernie and Bert too. We hang out together.

I don't see the resemblance. Yeah, we hang out together all the time. We've got matching pyjamas. Yeah. Oh, that's cute. Yeah. Oh, Elmo, always love catching up with you. And you know that we're always here whenever you need to plug your talk show, okay?

Yeah. Don't be that way. Do not be that way. Come on now. We'd love to hear it. Thank you for having me, Omar. I more appreciate it. And Omar hopes that you both have a great day. Love talking to you.

Come to New Zealand sometime. We'd love to see you. Omar would love that. Join us internet wormhole. Yeah, Ben's broadcasting from home this morning. He tested positive, didn't he? Not only positive in attitude, but also positive for COVID, Ben, over the weekend. Yeah, yeah. It was a bit of a shock to see that,

even though at any stage it could happen. But it has been the last couple of years of feeling like you've tried to do everything you can to avoid it, so to actually have it, you're like, oh, geez, okay. I imagine it would be surreal when you look at that positive test. Yeah, I kind of had to do it again. I kind of thought maybe I was not doing it correct, but no, it seems like it was.

And you feel, yeah, as I said before, a little bit of shame around it still, you know, that you kind of got it and you feel kind of guilt and, you know, you've hung out with these people. Well, I stand by my earlier statements. You should be ashamed. Okay. Savage. No, you shouldn't.

It's the virus, mate. Not the people. It's the virus mate Not the people it's the virus And we've got to remember that Now while you were dealing with COVID over the weekend I got lost in an internet wormhole It was frightening To see how quickly you can be manipulated By misinformation

On the internet So there was a political activist in America Sol Alinsky Now he was socialist very left And there was a list activist in America, Sol Alinsky. Now, he was socialist, very left, and there was a list of eight tasks to do to turn a society from socialism to communism. Okay? So I look on my TikTok.

I look on my TikTok. Oh, my God. You've gone down a deep hole here. Are you starting to go down a rabbit hole, Jono? Yeah, I'm going crazy. I think we need to pull you out of this. Yeah. So these are the things.

Now, you just tell me if these sound familiar. Okay. All right. Healthcare. Control healthcare. You control the people. Yeah, but we're in a pandemic. Shush your COVID lips.

Poverty. I know about it. I'm in there. I'm one of the numbers. Increase the poverty level as high as possible. Poor people are easier to control. Cost of living crisis. That's so sad. Number two.

No one's trying to... Increase the nation's debt to increase taxes. This will produce more poverty. But no one's trying. Are you saying they're trying to do this? No, but they're not setting out to try and increase debt in the country. I mean, why would they do that?

Class welfare. Divide the people into wealthy and poor. This creates more disconnect, and it's easier to tax the wealthy. Now. Don't. I can't see him over Zoom. Is he wearing a tinfoil hat at the moment? Yeah, he is.

He is. Now, I'm reading this and I'm like, my God, we're slowly turning into China. Okay. Now, I packed my bags. I went to Pack and Save. I bought them out of tinfoil bin. You'll be happy to know. And I was on my way with my tent to Parliament.

And then I went, hold on, Priya. Put the tinfoil down. Yes. Maybe I should fact check this. Now, these apparently were eight things, eight tasks in this guy's book. So then I read another article. And apparently at no stage through this man's book were any of these points in his book about how to turn a society from socialism to communism. Oh, really?

So these are not... These were just completely... They weren't associated with him, but made up? Completely made up by the right wing in America because Hillary Clinton and Obama both really admired this guy, Saul, and both did papers on him, and Obama wrote about him in his own book, too. And they wrote this list of things to drum up support,

groundswell support of like, yeah, they're going to turn us into a communist state and I was one of them I got Well good on you for following up on the research. Well that's, but that's the thing isn't it, you know, the internet it's probably the greatest

tool humanity has ever been gifted, but sometimes it really can be dangerous, you know, let's just go back to using the internet what it was designed for. Sending pictures of our genitals to complete strangers and cyberbullying celebrities. Let's treat it

as it should be treated, with respect. It is a hit. She got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben. Brought to you by Resene. New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946.