Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: What did Sam Neill's son do in front of Princess Diana?

Episode Date: June 8, 2022

We chat with Sam Neill about his new movie Jurassic World Dominion. What did his son do in front of Princess Diana? Our old mate Guy Williams comes in we stitch him up and Jono got into another internet wormhole and shares his findings about The Queen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Hi, welcome. Kia ora. It's the 9th of June. This is Jonathan Richard-Prior, Benjamin Ross-Boyce here, and Annabelle Ruby Crawford. Great to have you here. Now, I just wanted to test a little, you know, we do topics on the show and stuff, and I wanted to road test one with you both, the Head of Tomorrow's program.

What do you think we're in the golden age of? Like, you've been clickbaited on something, haven't you? You've been like a link of something. Why, does that not sound like something that I would come up with? No way! Have you ever said, I've known you for a long time, you know, guys, we're in the golden age of this. You've definitely got that from another article. Does that not sound like me?

No! What are we in the golden age? You tell us. You tell us what the article said. What are we in the golden age? You tell us. You tell us what the article said. What did the article say? That was a good, like, look. Yeah, okay. I'll rephrase.

Okay, I've just been click baited, and I thought that's a good topic to talk about. It's an interesting topic. It's just something so Jono that he would say, is what are we in the golden age of? So you're talking about the sweet spot. I'm just stuff that we're not appreciating. And, you know, first on the article here photography like the photos you can take with your phone

remember how you used to have to take a photo back in the day like you'd have to take film first you know like put a film in the camera and stuff and then obviously they went to digital and but even that was a memory card sucho that filled up but then you had to go down to the Kodak shop and get them printed out in some pervy photo. Imagine how many photos they saw when they were printing photos back in the day. They would have seen everything. You know all the stuff you try and hide on your phone? Well, there was a photographer in your suburban mall seeing all of that stuff. And then you got those little disposable ones that people would leave on the tables at weddings.

Yeah, true. Yeah, and they would just come back with photos of genitalia. It would be something like that. Yeah, you're right. So golden age of photography. Yeah, golden age is what you always say. What do you think? I'd say you're right.

We're in a pretty good spot for photography, aren't we? Everything's all over social media. It's like everyone's a content creator. Yeah, it's easy to get exposed yourself, not like, you know, like you would on a Kodak disposable camera. Yeah, I don't mean to get out there. Get noticed.

Yeah, you're right. You don't need flashy sort of cameras and stuff. You know, everyone's, it's kind of, it's leveled the playing field across. It is, but it's also fucked the playing field. It stresses me out so much. It has.

Like, you know, when it was just network TV and radio, those who were lucky enough to have their jobs in those industries, they had their gigs. No one else was getting in. Nowadays, you're competing with old Billy Ballbag over in America with nine billion viewers. It's tough.

I think James Corden said, he said with the late night talk show, the competition aren't the other talk shows. It's everyone who's on the internet now. That's tough. I think James Corden said, he said, the late night talk show, the competition aren't the other talk shows. It's everyone who's on the internet now. Yeah. That's the plain thing. But yes, you're in the golden age of content.

Yeah. Too much. I think, as content creators or whatever, or, you know, making, it's just, it's too much.

Just need to chill out, put our phones away. But even streaming services, it's too much. Oh, yes, golden cure. I find like,

it's the equivalent of when you used to go back to the video store back in the day and you just walk along the aisles and you're like, what about this one? What about this one? That's what you do every night on the street. You're like, what's this? So yeah, that's kind of what you do.

And then you end up going, there's nothing I want to watch. There's nothing. You're literally trawling through Netflix's library. And they've got amazing stuff. Millions and millions of titles. Nah, I'm not going to watch now. There's so much on there, you know. So, you know, what do you reckon about the Golden Age phone topic?

You reckon it's going to work tomorrow? Maybe, we could try it tomorrow if you want. Want to win the Golden Age? Yeah, let's do that tomorrow. Enjoy the podcast today. We've got Sam Neill, Kiwi actor. We love catching up with Sam Neill. A very funny story about what happened with him

and Princess Diana at the first Jurassic Park premiere. Very funny. What I love about Sam Neill is he sounds so elegant. He's too good for this show. He is. He sounds so elegant. But then when he talks about farting and things, you're like, well, Sam Neill makes it sound sophisticated. He does.

He makes passing wind sound sophisticated. Yeah, it's a story involving a princess and passing wind. And it's like, this should turn into a 90-minute feature-length film. Yeah. Directed by Jane Campion. Enjoy that on the podcast. It is the hits. The sure-weather masks make them look a whole lot better.

John Owen Behan on the hits. I just mentioned I'm not wearing a T-shirt today under my jersey. And I feel a little bit dangerous, a little bit naughty. You know, not as naughty if I didn't have underwear on. And someone's texting going, I never wearing a T-shirt today under my jersey, and I feel a little bit dangerous, a little bit naughty. You know, not as naughty if I didn't have underwear on, but you know. And someone's texting going, I never wear a T-shirt. Never wear a T-shirt under a jersey. Right. I must say, you do feel a lot freer without the third layer,

because I've got a jacket jersey. Without that third layer. You get hot sometimes. I've seen you before. You're like, oh, I'm sweaty. What are you going to do in that situation? I'm going to be naked. Sometimes I've seen you.

I do get hot. You're too hot. I'm too hot. I'm going to be naked. Sometimes I've seen you. I do get hot. It's hot. I rip off all my clothes. Yeah. Yeah. So in that situation, you haven't got an option. It's not for you, I don't think. Well, do we have any work meetings afterwards?

Because that's generally when I get hot in the closed room environment. Because yesterday we had a work meeting. And it was a closed boardroom situation. 20, 30 bodies in there. It's a super spreader event. And, geez, you get hot in those. closed, you know, like boardroom situation. 20, 30 bodies in there. It's a super spreader event. And, oh, jeez, you get hot in those. Yeah, you do. We were all sitting on the floor.

What I loved about that meeting was we all walked in, okay? Belle, you were on Zoom on the screen. We all walked in. Nice and comfy in a room on my own. There's seats around the table. And, you know, all of the seats were taken, bar one. Ben walks in with, you know, a handful of others. And all of you refused were taken bar one. Ben walks in with a handful of others, and all of you refused to sit on the seat.

You were all going, oh, no, no, you go, you go, you go. Yeah. It got to a stage of that, and you couldn't be the person to sit down on it. No, and it got to the point where no one sat on the seat, never sat on the floor. Yeah, for the rest of the meeting, you're right. There was one seat there

because everyone was too stubborn to sit on it. You could have sat on it, though. You could have. You sat on the floor. Yeah, for the rest of the meeting, you're right, there was one seat there because everyone was too stubborn to sit on it. You could have sat on it though. You could have. You sat on the floor. I know. I didn't want to sit on it. I'm putting the blame on you. Yeah.

No, it's like when there's that last chip, isn't there? When you're having or last bit of garlic bread before dinner. Yeah. No one wants to touch it. First one though,

you're right. The first chip, first garlic bread, everyone's, you know. It's probably the first one that everyone's tentative. Then first chip, first garlic bread, everyone's, you know, well, no, it's probably the first one that everyone's tentative. Then everyone goes crazy and then you pull back

and then you don't do the last one. Oh, I can't take that. No, you have it, you have it. For some reason, you're a monster if you have the last piece. I just like confident people. Yep, I'll take it.

Good, because it just, you know, move on. Sometimes the wait, the wait staff come and take it and they take it away with one bit left. You're like, oh, I really would have eaten that,

but I was too polite. And they're like, are you sure? Are you sure? And they sort of look around, are you sure you don't want it? I really want that, but I feel like it's too late now. Yeah.

The other thing about that meeting, did you notice I was trying to wrap it up with an applause? You did. Yeah. It dragged, didn't it? Well, I do like them, but you know, it's just the tail end banter.

You know, it can lengthen. We've been here since, you here since five in the morning. So I always find that a good old... Did you try? No one followed me on the applause. No, it was just you doing a weird solo clap. Yeah, I heard that. I was like, what's going on?

It was me trying to wrap the band up. Yeah, and it's either applause is great for a celebration or wrapping something up, but no, it needs to be en masse. Can't just be one person crazily clapping in the corner from the carpet. Spy. Know what's up. Spy.co.nz. Here comes a celebrity casserole.

Jeez, I had a, my mum, when she comes up from Christchurch, she drops off meals to put in the freezer, you know, as mums do. Oh, that's nice. Had one of Annie's casseroles last night. Whew, jeez, it's sitting in my stomach, that thing. It's like a... Hearty. Hearty, all right.

What's going on, Bill? There's a Madonna movie in the works. A lot of these at the moment. You've got Elvis. We love when they make one of a big star. I guess they've got to do it

at a certain point of their career, right? I mean... It feels like Elvis where maybe 20 or 30 years too late, but it's great to get one. Yeah, and who is set

to play her is the big question. So, Julia Garnerarner she is a very uh big actress at the moment she's reportedly been offered the role of madonna in this movie and you may know her from her role in ozark she's also plays anna delvey in netflix's big show inventing anna so she's having a huge rise at the moment and if she takes this i'm sure she will she will have been in the likes of Bebe Rexha for the role who went for it, Sydney Sweeney

who you might know from Euphoria, Florence Pugh, heaps of others really wanted to play Madonna. Oh, imagine, iconic role. The thing is, because you'd have to be able to sing as well, wouldn't you? For the role, I imagine. I guess you could. That'd be an integral part of...

Bebe Rexa would've been A good option too Looking at her on the internet Madonna Is it gonna be called Like a Virgin No Have they got the title

Of the movie No No I don't think they'll call it that Maybe I would've It's one of her songs Maybe

Yeah I'm sorry I haven't just Plucked out Like a virgin Shaping anyone Am I It was one of her songs right Yeah It is yeah It's called Like a Virgin Yeah I'm sorry I haven't just plucked out I'm not a virgin shaping anyone It was one of her songs right It is yeah It could call it like a virgin

Yeah You just think that's just a shitty title for a movie Yeah sorry Okay that's alright What else could she do Vogue Call it Madonna Or just call it Madonna

Material Girl Oh that's good And that's trending at the moment as well So maybe I don't know That'd be good Do you like Madonna guys Yeah my wife's a huge fan of Madonna. She's cool.

She's still stuck in there, though, isn't she? Oh yeah, she's incredible. Generation to generation. Also, a bit more serious, Matthew McConaughey met with politicians and spoke at the White House after the tragic shooting. He is determined to try help make some change.

Can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands. We've got a chance right now to reach for and to grasp a higher ground. He also met with a lot of the victim's parents he and his wife Camilla and have a listen to this about one of the children wanted to be a marine biologist she was already in contact with Corpus Christi University of A&M for her future college enrollment nine years old Mayday cared for the environment so strongly that when the city asked her mother if they could release some balloons into the sky in her memory her mom said oh no maybe they wouldn't want to litter i'm so sorry so i saw i did watch that speech in the white house

because it was sort of his hometown that the shooting at the school sadly took place and yeah he's obviously very passionate about it he's hugely passionate about it yeah and he's obviously being an actor too the performance is just just so, you're like, wow, this is very emotional. And he was telling a story about a girl who had green Converse Chuck Taylors on, who drew a love heart on the toe of the shoe because she just loved life and loved everyone. And he's like, I've got those shoes here now. And you're like, Jesus, he's like, how about that shit? And you're like, wow.

That was, yeah, very emotional. Yeah, and that is Spike. You can get more now at thehats.co.nz. Yeah, that's right. Got lost on the internet. We're going to take you into the endless abyss that is the dark web. Oh, I didn't go on the dark web. I'm too scared to go on the dark web.

I am too. I'm very frightened. Have you been on the dark web before? I don't know if I should tell you that. Oh, okay. I don't know. Have you? I don't know. I don't think dark web before? I don't know if I should tell you that Have you? I don't know I don't think so We've all seen some dodgy things on there

No, darker than that stuff If you think of the darkest thing you've seen on the normal internet Dark web's like an alternate internet that you can get to How do you find the URL? That's where I can buy kidneys and livers and missile jets I'll show you a picture of an iceberg. Google a picture of it. It's like the internet iceberg,

and it's a representation of how much internet we use, which is above the water of the iceberg, and it's a tiny amount, and what goes on under the water. Yeah, we'll actually put it on the hits breakfast. Let's put it up on the social. Yeah, it's crazy. Anyway, the internet wormhole.

Again, these aren't from the dark web. These are the top web. Good, good. The healthy web. I refuse to hear them without. It scares me. F the internet wormhole. Again, these aren't from the dark web. These are the top web, the healthy web. I refuse to hear them without, it scares me. Facts about the Queen. So much chit-chat about Her Majesty over the last few days, rightfully so, 70 years on the throne. And it feels like if I was the Queen, I'd be like, it feels like you're just wrapping up my life at the moment.

Yeah, a little bit like that. I know you've got montages ready to play on the news although that's nice because i feel like you know funerals that can be so sad but i feel like people say such lovely things that they probably haven't said to people in real life you know so it's probably nice for her to have this reflection all these lovely things to say to ned sheeran all that sort of stuff because she's going to be there to experience it that's a very good way to look at it you know like when people fly down for a funeral which is awesome, but sometimes they're gone. I should have flown down and seen

them when they were alive. Two weeks ago. Yeah. And seen all the things I want to say to them. No, you're dead right, Ben. So let's go and play tribute to the lady. And some of these are from the internet, the clean internet. Some of them may or may not be factual, but I don't care. 30 corgis she's owned over the years.

30. Wow. She's owned over the years. 30. Wow. She's a bit off old, made on 101 Dalmatians, but 30's not a bad effort. So they did a sort of corgi light show. They had it sort of projected up in the sky with corgi images for her jubilee because she loves corgi so much.

Do you like the corgi? We had a black and white corgi when we were younger. I got attacked by a corgi once, so I have a, I don't really like that. By a corgi? Corgi's so placid. Attacked by a a corgi once, so I don't really like that. By a corgi? Corgi's so placid. You got attacked by a corgi.

Yeah, and I don't want to say what happened to it, but it had bitten a lot of kids. Well, it clearly died. Yeah. Did it get put down? I didn't want to tell the owner. I didn't want to tell people because I didn't want it to get... The corgi was... Wow. Yeah, it was vicious.

Really? It chased me down the road and bit my car. Oh, yeah. You sure it was a corgi? Yeah, it definitely was. It was so little and tiny. Wow. Ben was like, we had a lovely corgi. We had a lovely little corgi? Yeah, it definitely was. It was so little and tiny. Wow. Ben was like, we need a lovely corgi.

Lovely little corgi. It was very timid. Must have been a dog. Very placid. Although one day it did go missing. So 30 corgis over the years. She is the only person in the United Kingdom who doesn't need a license to drive. Oh, wow.

Doesn't need a license to drive. Maybe at 96 we might want to do a little vision test or something. Just a refresher of the road code. Jeez. Doesn't need a passport. Doesn't need a license plate on her car. She's basically like a gang member. She can speak fluent French, the Queen. When she was growing up as a child, they had a French housemaid who taught her fluent French.

Lily Bette, we obviously know that nickname because that's what Harry's named his baby, Harry and Meghan. But also Cabbage is her other nickname. Really? Like a musty smelling... Cabbage, yeah. Cabbage. I mean, it's not all those flattering of the produce, is it?

Cabbage. And Mummy, of course, as Prince Charles likes to call her. She was a truck driver. No. In World War II. No. She drove trucks. She voluntarily drove No. In World War II. No. She drove trucks. She voluntarily drove trucks.

That was her role. She was the first royal member to work in the military, driving trucks, dropping weapons and armoury to all the soldiers. Oh. Imagine her with her stubbies on. G'day, boys! There she is. I'm out the window. Why am I getting more tan than the other arm?

It's inside the truck. I'm out the window? A truck driver. And over her reign, she has sat down for over 200 official portraits. That is a lot, like no one tell her about cell phone technology nowadays. We just stamp a selfie nowadays. Yeah. That's the queen.

Scrolling through your feed. Welcome to a light brushing over of topics. What's going on, Ben? Well, I got kind of click baited a little bit this morning. And because really the backstory behind it is when my daughter was little, I think when your son was little, this was one of his favorite shows. And one of Sienna's favorite shows was Dora, the explorer. Yeah, there's a lot of irresponsible parenting going on with Dora, wasn't there? Yes.

You go out, run around with your fox or whatever you do. Through a jungle, through wild animals, off she went. No, she was a toddler. Oh, yeah. With a backpack on. With a backpack on. Roaming through the rainforest. Yeah, to send her out there.

But the headline was, how did Dora die? And I was like, oh, my goodness. Basically, long story short, she hasn't died. You got clickbaited a beauty. I got clickbaited. But last week, when the Queen's Jubilee, Jacinda in the US, was dominating the news, the fifth biggest search by New Zealanders on Google was how did Dora die? Now, this was all because of TikTok.

It started when a user online asked people to record, because there's a whole lot of, I think, fan fiction things about silly ways that Dora could have died in the jungle. And so people were like, film your reaction, Google how did Dora die, and then post your reaction on TikTok. And this was the fifth biggest thing last week in New Zealand, searched for, all thanks to TikTok. But thankfully she's still living.

She is. But yeah, 1.4 New Zealanders, 1.4 million New Zealanders use TikTok every month. A bulk of users age in their 20s, and only 16% of New Zealanders over the age of 35 is TikTok. As the percentage. As the percentage. Most of it,

as you say before, is, you know. It's growing though. I mean, you've got a lot of older celebs on there. Are we like the weird old guys on TikTok?

Like, hey guys, how are you kids going? Look at our funny dance moves. One of your huge issues with Dora was her gargantuan head. Oh, huge.

Huge head. Definitely a C-section. If it wasn't, it would have been, get the old Forza, what do they call those bloody tongs? It was like a giant football. That was a big noggin. Have you seen her head? Oh, yeah.

Compared to the rest of your body. It was a massive head. And her parents didn't have massive heads. They just had normal-sized heads. No, I don't know what was going on there. And the European Union, how's this? Now, if you get frustrated because Apple iPhones, every now and again, they change it up.

So the chargers that you use on your iPhone, it changes and you've got to get a new charger. Huge bugbear. And they're not cheap. And then sometimes their new thing is, oh, we're trying to save the environment. So we're not sending out the base that you need to plug into the wall. It's like, we need that.

I bought a spare recently because I left it somewhere and I've got it back. But $60 basically for a new charger because I'd buy the cord, it was $30, and then the other was $30. Well, then they're not saving the environment because you have to get one anyway. This is the thing. So in Europe right now, the European Union has said in two years' time, all cell phones have to be the same charger. So at the moment, if you've got an Android, you're fine.

And iPhones, nah, you've got to come in and be exactly what Android are using. Because at the moment, they're like, it's too confusing. It's charging people a lot of money. And it's also not great for the environment because everyone's buying a new charger every six months for their new phones. So they've now said, OK, what's used in the Android has got to stay two years' time, and Apple have basically got to change their technology in Europe to suit. Well, go the European Union. That was pretty good, right?

Britain, I'm so glad you're still with the European Union, and you never left. So hopefully that will come into New Zealand at some stage as well. That is solving the—it's one of the biggest bugbears of my life. Yeah, well, there you go. How many chargers, and old ones that you can't even use. Oh, go them. I've got an iPhone.

Yeah, but it's not the right charger for this. And you're like, oh my God. But anyway. Finally, the madness ends. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, some audio has come to our attention. Belle, we'll bring you in here. Belle's doing a wonderful job of spy

and working behind the desk. Belle, we sent some audio to you today. Now, this was around the cash and car competition, which is reaching a crucial stage. There's only, what, a $3 difference at the moment in between dollar values. $3.22. So that's how close we are to giving away what is going to be around about $18,000. Yeah.

As well as that amazing car. So that's coming up at 8 o'clock. Put that in your diary. Put that in your calendar. Make that appointment. Ben, we got sent this audio from someone in the office, Matt, who heard you laughing during the cash and car competition yesterday, Belle. Yeah, just popped out.

May we present evidence A. Correct voice. So that was you laughing. Let's hear it again. This was you laughing in the background. Correct voice. Can you confirm that was you, Belle?

Why does it feel like we're on a Johnny Depp and Bird trial? I don't know why you think that was you. I accidentally laughed. Sorry, guys. It's great to hear some genuine laughter on the show because this doesn't usually happen. I mean, what we do, though, is we then present evidence B, which is a cut together of a familiar sounding laugh with a familiar sounding song.

Yeah, this is Belle's laugh with the song that you all know. You all know this from. Have a listen. It works I'm a Spice Girl Oh my god You have pretty much Done the identical laugh

To the start of the Spice Girl song Yeah The iconic laugh It was Mel B's laugh Back in the day wasn't it Yeah It's not my favourite

Melanie from the Spice Girls But I'll take it You'll take it Yeah I like Melanie C Well you talk to Melanie C On your podcast Yeah I don't know

If I've mentioned before guys But I've had an exclusive chat With Melanie C On my podcast You're kind of don't know if I've mentioned before, guys, but I've had an exclusive chat with Melanie C on my podcast. You're kind of like Christopher Luxon, always mentioning he ran in New Zealand. You're kind of the same with her. But it's just awesome. It's like a childhood dream. I'd be saying the same thing

if I talked to Mel C. That's awesome. It's identical though. Have you got the actual original song with the laugh? We probably don't. Because I didn't tell you to go and get it. But we would have chopped it off for radio. And I always feel those things, like they extended stuff. It's like, did they mean to edit that out? Was the producer meant to trim that off?

Because there's one at the beginning of Harry Styles. I love it. Come on, Harry, we need to say goodnight to you. Yeah, there's a little kid. We don't play that on radio, but when you hear it on Spotify or Apple Music, you're like, oh, there's a little kid. It's Godchild. Yeah, maybe she came in the studio one day and she was like,

Harry, you finished recording your dumb music? And they left that in there by accident. Yeah. I like that the Spice Girls are the beginning of that too. See, we did it. Nah, we just cut it out. Cut it off ruthlessly.

You cut it off the radio, Edith. That's so dumb. Yeah, because it's just some random laughter. We give enough random laughter. Yo, it's me, what I want.

Yeah. You're essential listening for non-essential banter. Jono and Ben On the hits Now one thing that I love About my wife is Very loyal

So loyal Ben And like even when I go I went down to the bakery Yesterday She's like Don't forget to take My loyalty cards For the bakery

She literally She handed me over Five little You know those Cardboard cards Where the for the bakery she literally she handed me over five little you know those cardboard cards where you get the stamps on she's like this will get you a free piece of bread or something gotcha yeah so i i went down to the bakery i was like hey no there's over three but i'm in for a free piece of bread here and they're like you certainly are but they're like just so you know we don't use these loyalty cards anymore, these cardboard cards. We've moved on to another card system. So I'll get you to fill out this form.

She's like, I'll give you a free piece of bread. Don't worry, that's granted. You've earned that. But I'll get you to fill out this form so you can have another card. And it's just a swipe system now. Gotcha. Which happens to a lot of businesses, right? So then I thought, great, we've got rid of five loyalty cards.

I was driving down going, we've got rid of five loyalty cards. I was driving down going, we've got rid of five loyalty cards. Then I come back with another loyalty card. And I said, here you go. And she is one of those people that is just loyal to loyalty cards. And I went through Jen's wallet and I counted

23 loyalty cards. Wow. Now you're agreeing with us, Bill. Are you a loyalty card person? We just end up with them and then you have them in some wallets and then the others and just it's out the gate so that's the thing I used to keep them

in one of my wallet and then it just was it's so big like it's just everything but then there is that app StoCard if you use that like basically

it's an app you load in all your cards on there and then you just use it on your phone you don't have to take a single card anywhere get her onto that

yeah I will I will get her onto it because I counted them last night. 23 in total. Yeah. From Krispy Kreme to Peaches and Cream. We can go anywhere. And it seems like I'm...

Your wife will be stoked that you're saying all these places. That she's a loyal customer of. The last one might have been a cheap gag. Hey, I'm not judging. I didn't judge. The thing is, whenever I walk out to a shop

They say Oh don't forget to take a loyalty card You've got a loyalty card For every shop And it's bloody incredible But then yeah Because you end up Not keeping them in your wallet

Because there's too much stuff in there And then you go to the store And you're like Well I don't have my card Do you want to rent out Maybe the original Top Gun on VHS Well I've got a loyalty card For Video Easy buddy

Wow Okay That's how loyal we are To loyalty cards And I want to know if anyone can beat it. 23 in total. Surely no one in this country has more loyalty cards than that. All right, so you're putting it out there. 23 cards in their wallet, in their purse, in their handbag right now. Yeah. And I want you to read them all out too. Oh, okay.

All of them. Not the honesty system, but okay. Jono and Ben. Talking about who's got the most amount of loyalty cards. Jen, my wife, counted 23.

It's a fantastic number of loyalty cards and the thing is, I just can't, as soon as I go into a shop and they're like, oh, have you got the mobile rewards card?

And I'm like, no. And they're like, it gives you some fantastic discounts. I'm like, yep, okay. And they're like, gives you some fantastic discounts i'm like yep okay and they're like fill out this form as soon as it's gone fill out a form they've lost you know and so many times they've handed me the card they're like we'll give you the card just fill out the form at home you can have the discount now i've got like three mobile rewards cards and i've never even

associated my name to yeah how many of you how many cards have you got loyalty cards not too many now because as i say i've'm using the app that, you know, try not to be a boomer, as my kids would say. So, you know, your StoCard. Yeah, StoCard. But how many cards have you got? Pay an advertorial for StoCard. It's not.

It should be, though. So I don't actually have too many now in my wallet because I keep taking them out and leaving them at home. Oh, no, but how many businesses are you signed up for on StoCard? Like how many actual? I wouldn't be as many as your wife. I'm not as loyal as your wife. He'll leave you at any

moment. That's right. I play the field. Chanel, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. How are you? Oh, good, thank you. Can you beat 23 loyalty cards? A lot. I can, actually. I've got 28, plus I've got some on my phone, the phone-ate ones. Oh, okay.

Now we need some proof. Because you could just phone up and say 28. We don't know you from a bar of soap, which you've probably got a loyalty card for, a soap shop. Can we name all 28? Fire through them, Chanel. I've got a bell here. Okay, I've got Fiesta Kitchen, Peter Piz, Subcard,

Hereby Tony, Deco Eatery, Bayhouse Cafe, The Coffee Club, Columbus, Smiggle x 2. Can I just stop you there, Chanel? Sorry. Ben was trying to do a live bell. And then it's... Yeah, so I can... Just imagine it taking up every one of them. It's sloppy bell work.

Yeah, I know. They never got me. It's one of my boxing bell career. Like, ended. Now, sorry, continue on. I've got one here for you. Okay, thanks, guys. You're up to 10 there.

Go, Chanel. Okay. The Wardroom Cafe. Muffin Break. Wild Bean Cafe. Farm, go, Chanel. Okay. The Wardroom Cafe. Muffin Break. Wild Bean Cafe. Farmers. One Card. Flybys.

Mobile Smiles. AA Smart Fuel. Airpoint. Posty Plus. Wickles Rewards. Cosmon Perks. Premier's Rewards Sky City. Pharmacy Living Rewards.

Oh, my God. City Buzz Rewards Sky City Pharmacy Living Rewards City Buzz Rewards I like VIP and I also have two cards for Blackhawk Pet Food for my cat and dog so many rewards what a rewarding life you're leading

far more rewarding than us I feel like we should reward you with something else what do you want? you name what you want, we'll reward you with it oh Skychamp you can take your Sky City Rewards card reward you with something else, right? Yeah. What do you want? What do you want? You name what you want, we'll reward you with it. I don't know. Oh, Sky Jump. Yeah, you can take your Sky City rewards card and then go and jump off the Sky Jump for free.

Yeah. Oh, that sounds good. And then sign up to their rewards program. Rated M for mildly amusing. Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Guy Williams, comedian, used to be on our TV show, Jono and Ben. It's great to see his third series of his show, New Zealand Today.

It's out tonight at 8.30 on 3. And it's great to have him in the studio. Nice to see you, Guy. Thank you so much for having me. So nice to see you guys again. It's nice to see you too. We actually, because I mean, I was about to say we don't catch up in real life enough. But there's been a pandemic for two years.

Yeah, we have. We need to do that more. And it's been a great excuse to avoid social justice jono loves it jono loves this excuse hey mate not me though it's guy not guy what i love about guy is he's coming here very frazzled you're running 10 or 15 late from a matt and jerry interview oh my god man i just want my show to be successful and i'm trying to talk to everyone and i don't have enough time and i'm stressed out still in the middle of making the show but the first episode my show to be successful, and I'm trying to talk to everyone, and I don't have enough time, and I'm stressed out. And you're still in the middle of making the show, but the first episode is going to be

on tonight. Yes. Of course. TV 3, 8.30, which is exciting. It's so exciting, and I'm really proud of the show. I mean, does everyone come and say they're proud of the show? Not everyone. Not us.

We don't know. We've had no guests come in and go, this is an absolute crapper. Don't bother watching it. So if people haven't seen the show before, explain. You're like, you're calling yourself- Travelling around New Zealand. Volunteer journalist. People in the audience would know, because bother watching it. So if people haven't seen the show before, explain. You're like, you're calling yourself- Travelling around New Zealand. Volunteer journalist. People in the audience will know

because I did it, I started it on the Jono and Ben show. Travelling around New Zealand, small town stories, legends, battlers, icons. I go to Dargaville

to save their beauty. Their beauty pageant got cancelled. Did you guys hear about that? Miss Kumita, it's called the Miss Kumita Awards. I'm not joking. Man, I love New Zealand. What a country.

And I was like, Miss Kumira, you don't normally associate with beauty. And they're like, it's nutritious. I'm like, yeah, I know. But that's not anyway. What does Miss Kumira get, though, if you win the pageant? Okay, I was going to sound like I'm doing a joke. A bag of Kumira. I promise you that is real.

So you try and bring it back. I try to bring it back. And I mean, not that successfully. But that's the charm of the show. So once you've won Miss Kumara, where to next? Are you on to the Miss World? Miss Potato New Zealand. The potato circuit.

Thank you, Worldwide. Yeah, and then you go to Miss Sweet Potato USA. Sujan Island. Ireland, they love you. Now, Guy Williams with us in New Zealand today, back on three tonight. Now, we actually have tracked down one of the guests, one of the people that you interviewed for your show

and you did a story on, and we want you to guess who the guest is. Guess the guest. I'm very nervous about this. We're going to bring on the mysterious guest now to give a little bit of a clue as to who it could be. Am I introing myself here? Or are you going to give me a big stunning intro?

Well, if you want to give yourself a big stunning intro. Do you even know from that, Guy Williams? I can tell you, this is a clue for him. He licked the back of my neck and told me that he loves me up. Oh, wow. I instantly know who this is, and I'm genuinely so nervous about this straight away. This is my adversary, Leo Malloy,

one of the hardest interviews I've ever done in my life. He's running for Auckland Mayor, and he literally was like, I will fight you. And then I had to fight this guy. It was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life. And you brought a backup team of nine, including a makeup artist and a health and safety officer. And I said, what the hell is a health and safety officer here for?

And you said, in case someone gets hurt. And I said, what do you think's going to happen in that bloody ring? Well, if someone doesn't get hurt, I'll be buried. So hold on, Leo Malloy, Auckland mayoral candidate, did he challenge you to some fisticuffs on the show and did you get into a boxing ring? You know when people say, like, I'll fight you or something like

that, let's go outside. And you're like, oh yeah, right, that's going to happen. He said, oh, there's a boxing room right outside. I thought he was joking! Now, like, oh, I'll fight you or something like that, let's go outside, and you're like, oh, yeah, right, that's going to happen. He said, oh, there's a boxing room right outside. I thought he was joking. Now, Leo Malloy, I can't imagine, and I don't want to stereotype anyone in what I'm about to say, I can't imagine Guy Williams as your type of guy, Leo. Well, the only thing about that is I know his dad, and I've known his dad for about 50 years.

Gary. I have a lot of affection for his father, and I knew on that basis alone that I would like Guy. I don't approve of some of his aspects of his behaviour, his political affiliations, et cetera, et cetera. You know, we're all different types, but no, I found him quite charming in an unusual way. Bit woke, bit left for you, Leo.

I'm kind of aware of his history and who he may have fraternised with in the past, which was a bit disconcerting. I'm a big Green Party supporter, and that disgusted Leo Malloy. And I've got the best hydrogen policy in New Zealand, so if you want to talk hydrogen policy, I would have thought this scenario. Leo, this is not a chance for you to plug your political campaign. This is a chance for me to plug my TV show, which is starting at 8.30 at night.

I'll watch it. That'll double your audience. Leo was one of my favourite. I'll watch it. That'll double your audience. Leo was one of my favorite interviews I've ever done because we clashed in that way. And at one point we were arguing about his idea for the Waterfront Stadium. And Leo got so angry at me yelling at him that he said, did your dad ever spank you when you were a kid?

And I said, no. And he said, he should have. Leo Malloy, are you nervous about how Guy could have edited you for the show? Is that a concern? That's always high risk with media, isn't it? But I kind of trust media these days. They've been pretty gentle with me the last couple of years. So no, I'm not too bothered.

It'll be a bit of a laugh. And at the end of the day, people want to vote for someone who's going to change the city. They want someone who's different, don't they? And I don't think too many other mayoral candidates would have done what I did. Man, he's good at turning everything into a plug game. Into a plug. That is impressive.

Leo Malloy, thank you for your time. And I can't wait to see you on Guy's new show. Thank you, boys. See you, Leo. Cheers, Leo. Thank you. There you go. Honestly, just hearing his voice again was giving me PTSD, man.

New Zealand Today, back on 3, 8.30. Nice to see you again, Guy. Oh, it's so nice to see you, Guy. We're doing Spy. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Yeah, whether it's Prince Louis picking his nose or Kanye picking on Pete Davidson, it's all in Spy. What's going on? Well, I know

you guys always bang on about him every interview you do with any... Fair enough, he's a pretty big deal. Taika Waititi reports that he and Rita Ora are engaged. Now, they haven't come out and confirmed that, but there's reports they are, and reportedly they both

proposed to each other, and they just want to make it a big showy thing. They just want to get married. That's awesome. Was this a sources say situation? Some loose-lipped source? Yeah. Well, the UK Sun, which let's be honest, how much do we trust the tabloids? Was this a sources say situation? Some loose-lipped source? Yeah. Who was that? William Hemsworth? Well, the UK Sun, which let's be honest,

how much do we trust the tabloids? Was it a joint thing? Did they both go to propose at the same time and they went, will you marry? Oh, sorry, I was going to. I think it was from what I read, it was more like, hey, we should get married. I love you, we should get married. I was like, it's the same thing.

Let's get married. Not to this extent of going to, you know, putting on a big proposal. I reckon a lot of couples would do that more than you realize oh yeah nothing better i wouldn't be happy about but still yeah i was going to ask what would be your ideal way to be proposed to the ideal engagement i haven't really thought about it that much lying no i actually lying there's a There's a helicopter? It has to be special, and I don't want to be put on the spot around a lot of people. Not that I'm...

I don't know, I just get shy in front of people watching me. Like at work meetings? Like situations? Absolutely not. Not on the radio, nothing like that. What would you say if we had your boyfriend on the phone right now? Not happening on the radio. Line three?

I don't know. Line three? Tacky. Okay. Hang up. Hang up. Tacky, tacky. Pull out.

So obviously no rings exchanged. Just a casual conversation that they did. Yeah, which is good because as a symbol of marriage, a ring is a very losable item. It's also very pretty. Yeah, but they should have marriage shoes or something. Harder to lose a pair of shoes. Well, yeah, maybe.

Here's your marriage shoes. You wear those for the rest of your life. Oh, they're married. You know, just by looking at someone's feet. Also, Alicia Keys performed at the Queen's Jubilee, and now she's getting some hate online performing her huge song, Empire State of Mind with Jay-Z. I mean, first of all, banger.

Huge song. Yeah. Great song. Firstly, why ask someone to perform at something when that's one of their big songs? Of course they're going to play it. Yeah, because she's getting some grief because people are like, well, it had nothing to do with the UK and the Queen's Jubilee.

But hear this. Yeah, secondly, the Queen actually requested the song. She loves it. She's probably got that on her playlist. The Queen loves Jay-Z. You can't argue. That's a great comeback. Who told you to play that?

The Queen. Oh, okay. From last time I checked, it was her party. So I'll play all her requests. She had a playlist on. Put it on shuffle, whatever. It doesn't matter. I imagine the Queen yelling out from the balcony,

play something we all know. Oh, that's wonderful. She could have changed it to London as well. It still works with the two syllables. Now we're in London. That would have got the crowd. People with some poor oral hygiene And cups of tea

I'm just brainstorming here Ben It's great But she did that And she did a wonderful job So she must be one of the Queen's favourite artists Because it seems like I don't want to say it's random I mean there were heaps there

Oh was there But still Way to take the wind out of Alicia Keys sales I'm sorry Go Alicia you rule And that is the spy You can get more now at thehits.co.nz The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast

Five words for 5k You're just five words away from $5,000 It's a game of word association We play it every morning at this time You know how it works, we tell you five words You tell us what pops into your head after those five words We play it and if we all match up, you win $5,000. Now we're going to head to mid-Canterbury.

We'll go to Ashburton, shall we, and say good morning to Dallas. How are ya? Dallas, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. It's ideal. Hey, mate, good to be here. Good to have you on, Dallas. You know, I've got one goal in life. Actually, I had

two goals in life. First goal was to win you $5, Dallas. So we are, you know, I've got one goal in life. Actually, I had two goals in life. First goal was to win you $5,000. The second goal was to hold on to as much hair as I could. I failed at one of those things. Good luck, mate. Good luck. Don't fail at both. Dallas, five grand, a lot of money.

What would you do with it? Oh, I just got a new house, mate. So a bit of landscaping and whatnot would go down a treat. Oh, landscaping. I imagine landscaping is a lot more expensive than you think it would be. You're like, get a digger in, dig some stuff, move along. I imagine that comes at a cost, Dallas. It does, mate, it does.

And 5K would go lovely forward. All right. So what have you sent to the soundproof booth to play with you? Give it to Jono. Oh, OK. Now we've been so close. Yeah, we have. Ben Ben you've had so many Four out of fives

We've been knocking on Winning's door But it's been one of those Occasions where We know winning is in there But hiding in the lounge Pretending they're not at home Hopefully

Alright we'll see if we can Match up all five today Dallas here is your first word Foo F-O-O Foo Fighters Yeah

I was going to say An unusual word to start off with, but you said exactly what I was thinking. Coral is the second word, C-O-R-A-L, coral. Reef. Coral, reef. Oh, you're going to get a correct from Bell on that one. Jurassic, Jurassic. Bell matched up with that one, Jurassic.

Have to go park. Jurassic Park, you go on the OG version I like it, Wax W-A-X, Wax Can we come back to that one? Yeah sure, and Minister is the final word this morning, Minister We'll go for Prime

Prime, Minister and back to Wax What's your thoughts on that? I've got a couple, We've got legs or back. Let's go legs. Leg with an S or without the S? Leg. Leg.

You're just making sure. With the S, with the S. Let's go with the S, legs. Legs wax or leg wax? Legs wax. You're going with legs. Okay. It's putting the S on there.

All right. Here we go. All right. Jono back out of the soundproof booth and we'll see if we can match up all on there. All right, here we go. Jono back out of the soundproof booth, and we'll see if we can match up all five words. All right, cost of living crisis, even hitting the soundproof booth. We're going to have to sell the soundproof part of it.

We don't last much longer, Ben Boyce. Oh, really? Come on, boy. Let's do it, Dallas. Let's win you five grand. Okay, first word we said to Dallas this morning was foo. Fighters. Yeah, you'd be correct.

Well done. I saw on the news they're doing two memorial concerts for Taylor Hawkins. Which is lovely, isn't it? Coral is word number two. Coral. Coral Reef. Thank you. You'd be correct.

This is a good start. Okay, Dallas. This is going well. Jurassic. Park. Correct. Three from five. They were low-hanging fruit, though. We could go on Jurassic World, though. The new movie's Jurassic World. That. Correct. Three from five. They were low-hanging fruit, though.

We could go on Jurassic World, though. The new movie's Jurassic World. True. We've got Sam Neill with us at 8.20 this morning, too. Yeah, good plug for that. Wax is word number four. Wax. Wax strips.

Oh! Wax legs is what I'm getting at. Oh, Dallas, mate. There's a lot of options with that one. Yeah, sorry, buddy. What was the fifth one? Minister. Prime.

Oh, God. Another. From poor lad. Keep it real. Oh, Dallas, I'm sorry. You're going to have to do your own digging in the garden. Back to the hard yakka. Back to the hard yakka.

You go and look after Ashburton. Thanks so much for listening, mate. We really do appreciate it. Have a good day, lad. Back to the hard yakka. You go and look after Ashburton. Thanks so much for listening mate. We really do appreciate it. Have a good day lad. See you Dallas.

Oh my gosh. I've had so many of those lately. If you're a guy here for romantic advice you are in serious trouble. John Owen

being on the hits. Now I don't know if you guys believe in bad omens or not. Belle you look like you believe in bad

omens. You're like dream catchers. No, you're judging me, aren't you? I don't even own a dream catcher. Every time she's like, oh, I'm not into star signs, but you know a lot about star signs. I do like them a bit, but it's not like I think my life depends on them. Well, because here's the situation.

I would say my wife and I are not really into it, but the other day my wife got me thinking about are things a bad omen or not? Because I was at the rugby, my wife was at home, and she was in isolation I get a call she was like are we all good are we all good

and I'm like yeah we're good great time at the rugby he managed to bluff his way into a corporate box by accident it couldn't be better how's isolation going

she just hit her wedding ring on the side of a bench and hit quite hard and it cracked cracked down the thing and she's like is this a bad omen like is this a diamond crack no down down the band the wedding band so the band is kind of slight split she's like is this a bad sign and i'm like well it's probably a bad sign

that i thought i paid quite a lot for the ring and it's maybe a little cheaper than i thought the ring was probably a shocking sign that your husband's a tight ass i was like oh okay michael hill uh you know you know those rings have you got ones that are not that price yeah and i was like no no no it's not a bad sign you know it's not it's showing that there's cracks in the relationship or anything like that it's all good it's all good and the other and then when i got home the next day we were still talking about it she's going well you know it feels like something like this could be read into as a bad sign and i was like i will google it googled it and it says if your wedding ring breaks then it's sometimes thought to foreshadow the breaking up of a

marriage oh no that's the first thing that came where's the super glue are you getting the sellotape out at this stage it says to remedy the bad luck has believed the husband should be the one to place the ring back on the finger symbolizing the unity to get back to you know back together but so it hasn't fully broken or weird the situation but I guess when we get it fixed maybe we need to have a new wedding ceremony. Can I be there for your proposal?

Yeah, the re-wedding band. Or you could just buy her a new ring instead of getting the one fixed. Why doesn't Ben buy Amanda a brand new ring? Has she got an eternity band as well? Yeah, she needs one. How long have you guys been married for? A long time.

Get her an eternity band. Why don't you get her a replacement ring, an eternity band, and an engagement ring? Three. She's the stiffest. It's a bad omen. It's a bad omen for my family. Then your marriage will be rock solid.

You've got three backup rings. Nothing's going to happen to you. Nothing at all. Look at that. Because, Ben, you don't wear a wedding ring I've got one but I just don't wear it I said that at the

time I was like I'm not really a ring person but we'll get one for the ceremony and then I have time you wear one though I've not really

been a jewellery person so yeah Ben just likes me to think he's obtainable here we go he's like hey I'm here maybe

am I in a rock solid relationship and he goes out does he put it on because that's always a bit dodgy you know or are there cracks appearing in the rings in the relationship? That's what he does for me.

So I'm always like chasing him and he's like, oh, no, no, I can't, I'm married, you know it. I was like, where's your ring then? He's like, oh, I don't put it on. I'm like, mate, well, stop teasing me. Oh, God. The tension in this relationship. That's Cash and Car.

Guess how much cash we've stashed in the Škoda's boot and drive it home, along with all that money. It is an amazing car, the Škoda Kamek Monte Carlo, the perfect partner for all of life's adventures, and you could win that car, which is worth over $45,000, and all the cash that's in the back if you guess the correct answer of how much cash is stashed.

Listen, I'm going to make a call, okay? If we don't give it away now, no one goes home to see their family. We stay here and do it every hour until it's gone, Ben. What? No. Did you need to see your family? No. Look, I can stay and do it, but I think the T's and C's say the next one's at 11 o'clock. I don't think we can

check it out. Oh, can I just wildly chuck that? No, okay. A lot of texts too coming in through 4487. Please, in capitals, tell me how I can get through on the phone. I'm like, well, you've answered your own question. Pick up the phone. But it's so hard. Yeah.

But it's hard. You're calling all the time and the lines are overloaded. There's too much going on. Over 40,000 calls yesterday, Cash Keeper Alex. Yes, that is correct. You were saying in the afternoon the phones shut down. They're like, I've had enough. We're lucky.

We're lucky anyone even got their guess yesterday. They shut down. Really? Sparks going, wow enough. We're lucky anyone even got their guess yesterday. They shut down. Sparks going, wow, how many people are using this landline number? Wild stuff. We're going to get Lorna on from Auckland. How are you in Bucklands Beach there, Lorna? Oh, man, I can't believe I got through.

Yeah. I've been trying for ages, so, wow. Now, do I detect a glorious accent? Yes. How long, Betson, have you been home there, Lorna? Me, about eight years. Oh, wow.

If you win this, what, 18,000 and whatever it is, you could definitely take a nice trip home. Definitely take a nice trip home and do some remodels on the house. We had a bit of a flood during the lockdown, so yeah. Can you just do me a favour and say the Fat Controller for me? The Fat

Controller. Oh, beautiful. Thomas was out for the day. Yeah. Anyway, we're not here for you to reenact Thomas the Tank Engine for us. We're here to give you a skoda so you can do some commentary inside there. Alright, we'll throw you over now to cashkeeper Alex.

Good luck with your guess. Cheers, thank you. Lorna, what is your guess for how much cash is in that car? $18,079.73 $18,079.73 Lorna, from Bucklands Beach with a guess of $18,079.73. Lorna from Bucklands Beach with a guess of $18,079.73. That is incorrect.

I'm so sorry. It's lower. It's lower. It's lower. So what does this bring it down to? On the spot maths. Don't do this to us, Briar. Can we do it? Everyone's going, they're doing that thing with their hands in the air,

like, don't ask us just yet. But Lorna, listen, you sound not only like a great Thomas the Tank Engine narrator, but also like a wonderful human being have we got anything we can give Lorna I wanted Lorna to win yeah I wanted Lorna to win would you like to go and walk on top

of the Sky Tower absolutely yeah go on the Skywalk thanks to AJ Hackett okay Lorna you can do that awesome

thank you alright your next chance to guess is at 11 o'clock this morning Cashew Balex do you live on for another day let's go again eh yeah alright 11 o'clock this morning. Cash Keeper Alex, you live on for another day.

Let's go again, eh? We'll go on again. All right, 11 o'clock. Download the iHeartRadio app. You know what to do. Push the mic, give us your guess, and your number and Alex could call you back. Jurassic World Dominion hits movie theatres today, and Sam Neill, a Hollywood superstar, joins us in just a few moments.

And what did Steven Spielberg make him do three different times over four days during the filming of the first Jurassic Park? It stitched him up. We'll explain more after Andy Grammar on the hits. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Jurassic World Dominion is in cinemas today. It's the final movie in the Jurassic Park franchise. It looks awesome.

What is that? The biggest carnivore the world has ever seen. Run! No, no, no! See? Not so bad. It stars our very own Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant, and he joins us on the show right now.

Sam Neill. Jonah and Ben, I was going to say Ohio Gazimus, but then I realized I was just talking to Japan, and now I'm in New Zealand. Yes, and we'll take an Ohio Gazimus any day of the week from Sam, Neil. How many interviews are you churning through today, mate? It's only like six today. My record was in 1993 when the first of these Jurassic's came out

and I did 73 interviews in one day. One day? Now, what was the most memorable? Number 62? At the end of the day, I couldn't even remember my own name. Well, we're very excited you are back in Jurassic World. In this movie, Jeff Goldblum's back, Laura Dern as well. The first movie, as you said, was 1993.

I mean, the technology of making the movie must have changed so much in almost 30 years. This film that we just finished, the Jurassic World 3, Jurassic Park 6 or whatever it is, which will be really good, by the way. Have you seen all of them? Yeah, yeah. I think this will be the best one. I love the movies.

I've watched them all with my kids, but I keep going, every movie I'm like, you guys are going back, you're making the same mistakes. It's the same, you're like, someone stop this. What happened last time? Have you not learned from them? Have they told you what happened last time? They just keep going back for more.

That's, of course, Alan Grant's conundrum. I mean, how many times can you get away with things? We'll see with this one. Someone asked me actually a few interviews ago, what would you change in either Jurassic 1 or Jurassic 3? And I said I wouldn't change one scene. I wouldn't because one scene. I wouldn't. Wow. Because they're kind of, they stand as monuments to,

the first one was an absolute breakthrough in technology in that no one had seen really the full potential of what CGI could do at that point. I wouldn't change a thing. What about your accent? Because I saw a documentary with you the other day saying your accent was all Steven Spielberg giving you different direction. One day it was American, the next it was New Zealand, the other day in between.

Three different accents in three days, we understand. Yeah. I was told I should do an American accent. And I had a dialogue. I was working on another film in Toronto and a dialogue coach came up and we worked in my off time very hard on this voice. But at the end of day one, Stephen came up and said, you know that accent we talked about? Why don't you just use your own?

I like your own voice. I said, oh, that's great, Stephen. Thank you so much. And then about four days later, he came up and said, you know that voice you're using now? I said, what, my voice? He said, yeah, yeah. How about something in between?

A New Zealander who's been stuck abroad for six years or so. I know. I rationalise that Alan Grant was American, but he'd been contaminated by digging for things in Northland for a few years. Now, Sam Neill, very excited about this movie. Now, we do know you have a number of animals on your farm in the South Island that you've named after people you've worked with, people you know in the industry. And we were wanting to ask you humbly if you would name two animals after us,

your dear friends, Jono and Ben. Sometime in the future, whether you've got a couple of ferrets or weasels or whatever. Snakes. We'll take anything. You know, occasionally you have an animal that has a dual personality. Well, that'd be good. I'll call it Jono and Ben. Oh, thank you.

That's good. The unhinged animal. Sam Neill, thank you very much. It's always fun hanging out with you. And good luck with your other 72 interviews. No, thanks, guys. And I'm really looking forward to the film being released in New Zealand. I hope there's enough cinemas still going because you need to see it on a big screen

because it's a big, big movie that will blow you away. It looks awesome. Lovely catching up with you. Take care. Thanks, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I walked into an opportunity shop yesterday.

I had to get rid of some clothing. I always find when I walk into opportunity shops, I dump off a whole bunch of stuff, but then I walk out with a whole bunch of different stuff. I see some stuff at the op shop. I need some cowboy boots. I need a trendy lampshade or something like that but the one thing that i really do appreciate about you know secondhand clothing stores

opportunity shops whatever is you walk in and you're hit with the smell and they all every one of those shops smells identical. Exactly the same. It's like a musty old clothing with a mix of Gen Zers, the Zoomers looking for oversized 90s American sporting apparel. So you're saying clothes en masse like that, secondhand clothes, have a distinct smell? They do have a distinct smell. Bill, you agree?

Yeah, the smell's a bit musty when you go in there. I don't mind it. It makes me feel at home. Maybe musty smells make me feel comfortable. And I mentioned this to you before the show, Ben, and we had a discussion. We said, well, what's the best smell? What is the best smell in this country that we have to offer?

Now, this might seem like we're reaching, but next week we want to have a smell action. A smell action, yeah. It's like the general smell action where we're going to put one great smell up against another smell and you vote what goes through. Because there are many. Yeah, I'm kind of with Bell. I'm not thinking that the op shop smell is a great smell.

It's a smell. It's a distinctive smell. If you walked in there, you would know where you were. Yes, exactly. I'd go, I'm in an op shop if you had blindfolded me. But I wouldn't go, gee, take me back to that. If anything, can I leave tell you what

the other day I hadn't done this in a long time because you know we're only starting to do this again but go to the movies and you get that

hot popcorn smell when you're in the movies and I'm like that is a smell that I love you know instantly you smell it and you're like

it makes you feel nostalgic about going to the movies again I'm like that's great yeah you mentioned this as well the smell of a freshly washed baby.

Yes. Babies do smell really nice. It's a bit weird for two grown men. No, but no, it's not weird. I'm going to go out there and I'm going to be loud and proud and say, I like smelling freshly washed babies. Oh, the new baby smell was so good. Oh, no.

It just smells good. Bring me a baby here and I'll smell it. And when they stop smelling like it, you're like, aw. Yeah. I know, because that's the thing. It's going through. When you have your own kids, you're like, oh, they smell good. But you're over that period of just a new baby smell.

And then after a while, you're like, oh, give me another new baby. Why don't you dress me up like a baby and wash me in that Nostella stuff? And you can smell me. I'll give it a go. I'll be a freshly washed baby for you. I look like one. And it won't be weird if you're doing it to me. It's weird if we start sniffing random people's freshly washed babies.

Give me just a sniff. All right, so we want to know what is the best smell. We want to put all the best smells together, and we're going to have a knockout tournament. Yeah, that's right. We're going to do it. There's other things going on, but this is what matters to us right now. Only because everyone's got an opinion on this.

Have you got a favorite smell? What do you love? The one smell that you're like, but this is what matters to us right now. Only because everyone's got an opinion on this. Have you got a favorite smell? What do you love? The one smell that you're like, this Jesus is good. Fresh leather on a nice new handbag or shoes. Oh, I got new boots this winter. That smell of leather. Smell of leather? Great.

So good. Walking past a KFC. Oh. You know, the smell of chickens being turned into a better version of themselves. Yeah, that's good. Oh, under the, that's what we want to know. Yeah, that's good. 0800 the hits. That's what we want to know. 4487.

Bacon cooking. My wife's a vegetarian. She's like, bacon cooking is the one thing that almost gets me back across. Okay, so we're going to compile a list. This is the pool play. Then we'll cut them down for the tournament next week. We need your help next. 0800 the hits.

It's the best smells in New Zealand. Can you breathe a fresh baby smell? Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben on the hits. Yeah, we want to know New Zealand's best smell. Next week we're having a smell action. It's a smell off. Yeah.

What are the best smells? The smells that you're like, oh man, I could smell that all day. No, we went publicly. We put our good names to both of us liking smelling freshly washed babies just moments ago, Ben Boyce. A lot of people backing that up. They're like, don't be ashamed of it. Oh, good.

Baby smellers need to be loud and proud. Oh, good. Okay. And some magnificent texts coming through here. I don't want to say this is the most popular thing we've done. But it's the most popular thing we've done. Bearing in mind we've set the bar very low. But coming through on 4487.

A book, a brand new book. The smell of the pages on a brand new book. Oh, that's very good. That came through from 11-year-old Evie. Rain on concrete. Yeah. It's a distinct smell, yeah. Yep.

Oh, this is a beauty. Play-Doh. Oh, I knew. Open up a new Play-Doh little container. That's good. Hardly ever open up a fresh thing of tennis balls, but when you open that up that's got a great smell too

probably those are Play-Doh they made it smell so delicious that you just want to eat it and it's not an edible product we're going to get Tessa on from Auckland what do you want to chuck in our smell-ection

next week this is the pool play we'll cut them down to the finals what are you putting forward Tess? oh freshly mown grass oh log clippings and the freshly mown grass. Oh, lawn clippings and freshly mown grass. It's good.

They should do a perfume called compost. Oh, compost doesn't sound quite as good as freshly mown grass. Maybe just freshly mown grass. Compost could be a spin-off. All right, good on you, Tess. We'll put that in. We'll put that in the mix. I like that one.

That's really good. Sue in the Bay of Plenty, what are you wanting to nominate for this election? Morena, guys. Morena. I think cats. I pick up my pussy cats and I stick my nose into their necks and I say, oh, you guys smell so good.

The smell of cats. They do all their cleaning themselves too, don't they? Cats are very clean. Actually, on the opposite side of the fence there, Sue, someone's nominated 4487, the smell of a brand new puppy. Oh, the new puppy smell. Do you reckon the animals are like, can you stop smelling me? Do you reckon they...

I'd say so. Probably babies think the same thing too, Ben. Christmas tree, Christmas tree. I reckon like a pine Christmas tree is a very beautiful and nostalgic feeling. Oh, this is a beauty too. Hey Sue, do you like the smell of petrol, Sue? Oh. No, I'm a cyclist.

Oh, right. She likes the smell of a battery charging. Yeah. Well, I love the smell of petrol. I love burning fossil fuels. And it's just when you go to the petrol station, you just need it in small installments. Yeah, not too much of it, though. You know, if you stay there much longer, you'll be drinking it out of the red can with the yellow fingers of straw.

Oh, so you have yourself a great day. We'll put all these suggestions. And we'll put it up on our social media as well so you can put some more suggestions up. And next week, yeah, that's right, we're going to have a knockout sale tournament. This is good. These are the issues we need to tackle in this day and age.

I want to know what the best smell is. The most popular smell because even some that you've suggested like are you petrol? Sue's like no, not for me. Yeah, petrol's for me.

Are you a petrol guy? Are you petrol? Guy? Petrol guys? Petrol guys? I don't mind. I can see a little bit. A little bit when you

fill it up it's kind of nice so I'm not going to go like sniff the... Like when someone lights up a cigarette you're like mmm yeah. But I'm not putting it on instead of my cologne in the morning. A leaded 91. Although it's kind of nice I'm not going to go like sniff the like when someone lights up a cigarette you're like mmm yeah but I'm not putting it on instead of my

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