Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: What's It Like Being A Stunt Double For James Bond?

Episode Date: October 6, 2021

Kia ora! Today we spoke to Lee Morrison who was a stunt double for James Bond as part of our segment Liar Liar. He started out being a stunt double for Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and over the years has slowly progressed. He worked closely with Daniel Craig in No Time To Die on various stunts, and it was so interesting to chat to him! Jono has also been annoying his family in lockdown by doing one very specific thing, and it riles them up! So we opened up the phones and wanted to hear about the things that unreasonably annoy you. Finally, we caught up with a guy who is designing woollen jeans! If you know the shoe brand All Birds who make shoes from wool, he's essentially wanting to do the same thing but with jeans, to make them more comfortable. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. It's Thursday, the 7th of October. We always wanted to do Croctober.

We've been wanting to do it for years. Yeah, I think we left it a bit late, but we want to make sure that happens for next year. Crocktober. We always wanted to do Crocktober. We've been wanting to do it for years. Yeah. I think we left it a bit late, but we want to make sure that happens for next year. I mean, we've hit up Crocs a couple of times now, and they've said, hey, listen, not for us. Two times now. How many more times do we keep going back? I think we just do it. Yeah, Crocktober. But it's not bad about Crocs at all.

No, it's not shaming Crocs in any way. If anything, it's putting them on a pedestal, the Croc. Yeah. But yeah, there's no other company we can do it with. No. Socktober, I guess a sock manufacturer. Locktober, maybe a locksmith. Phil, we are doing, yeah, you're right.

There's other options, right? Maybe we need to go back to the brainstorming session. Yeah, we'll go back. We'll update you, the podcast audience. How are you going? I'm going alright today. It was a really fun show today. We talked to a guy who was Daniel Craig's stunt double, and

now he coordinates all the stunts on not just the Bond films, but like Marvel films and the Bourne supremacy and identity and stuff. Incredible. Out of nowhere, too, because we didn't even know we were going to be talking to him. But you're really going to spoil the reveal in the actual podcast. He may or may not be on the show, to save it with that.

But yeah. How old do you reckon Daniel Craig is nowadays? I'm going to Google and I want you to have a guess. Without looking at anything, I would say he looks great. He looks great, don't get me wrong, but I know he's been doing Bond for 15, 16 years. So I would say he looks great. He looks great, don't get me wrong, but I know he's been doing Bond for 15, 16 years, so I would say 53.

Am I right? Am I right? Do you know it? No, I don't. Did you guess that? 53 years old! It's just like stuck in my head from something else. No, 53! Maybe I read it in an article. I'm not reading it right now. Imagine all the years, all the ages he could be. You picked the right one. 53! I must have read it in an article recently I'm not reading it right now. Imagine all the years, all the ages he could be. You picked the right one.

53. I must have read it in an article recently. Don't talk it down. He's allowed it. That was the first thing that popped into my head was 53. Imagine if this was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Mate, if this was the millionaire hot seat, Eddie McGuire would be in my eye. He would be frothing right now.

That's really... A new game show, can I guess your age? Yeah. No one wants to play that game, though. So Daniel Craig, he does look magnificent for 53. He's got the bloody Richie, Richie, you know what, don't let me flounder. You know what I'm going to say because I've said it. Richie McCaw?

No. Richie, Celebrity Treasure Island, Richie. Oh, Richie Barnett? Yeah, you knew. No, I didn't, Daniel. Richie Barnett, who looks stunning. And. Oh, Richie Barnett. Yeah, you knew. No, I didn't, any of you. Richie Barnett, who looks stunning. And how old is Richie Barnett? Apparently they're saying he might be 50 as well.

Richie Barnett age, former league player, 49. Oh, there you go. Yeah, he was a great league player. Played the Roosters, played for the Kiwis, had a fullback. He was a great player. Yeah, so he's gone from Celebrity Treasure Island now. Yeah, eliminated last night. Eliminated during the week. Geez, the kids are loving

Celebrity Treasure Island. Yeah, my kids do as well too. Do you notice every, I don't know if it's just me or my sensibilities, but every challenge features innuendos with balls. There's been a couple of those, hasn't there? Put your balls in this. Get your mouth around the balls. Do you find that or is it just me? There's been a couple of those, hasn't there? Yeah, it's been a lot of put your balls in this, get your mouth around the balls.

Do you find that, or is it just me? There's been a couple of, yeah. Like, I've been fighting myself not to collate an audio montage and play them on the radio. But I don't know if that would be appropriate. No, maybe not, but they do it in a way that kind of goes over the heads of the people that need to go. It's certainly not going over my son's head.

If anything, it's smacking him right in the face. And here's 11 years old, prime ball comedy territory. Oh, right. So, yeah. Yeah. But the girls at home, my girls, haven't so far. It's gone over there here. Yeah, yeah.

They like playing the thing at the start with the opening titles when they go, gone, gone, when their names pop up because obviously the people are no longer on the show. Still there, gone, still there. Yeah, it's a little game they like to play. Yeah, because the other game that Mike has played too is Art Green when he comes out of the show. Still there, gone, still there. Yeah, it's a little game they like to play. Yeah, because the other game that Mike has played too is Art Green when he comes out of the water. He's got his arms in the air like a muscle man. Oh, yes.

And the kids are like... Yeah. Do you think he did multiple options of stuff? And he was like, maybe don't use that one. And I'm like, no, no, we won't. And then they used that one. It's a good show. It is a really watchable, great show.

It's a really pretty treasure island. Yeah. You know, once upon a time in a more cynical New Zealand, you and me would have been mercilessly mocking that programme. But it's just...

It's a different time now. Yeah, and I think it's the type of show we need right now. I mean, John, I'm being good sports on tonight. It's another great show. Type of show we need right now. That's what everyone keeps saying.

It's the type of show we need right now, Celebrity Treasure Island. And they said that to us a couple of times on our TV show in all seriousness. It's nice. It's good-hearted, it's nice. New Zealand's gone back, it's reversed the clock to

a time where you're like, I just want to see good Kiwis doing good things. It makes me fearful that if we ever make another TV show, because if we're making this show, I didn't realise it was the type of show that anyone would say they needed right now. So if we make another show, I'm worried that someone's going to go, oh, we didn't realise it was the type of show that anyone would say they needed right now. So if we make another show, I'm worried that someone's going to go,

oh, we didn't need this right now. This is just not what New Zealand needed. But I didn't know it was doing any... Isn't it funny, the cycle of entertainment. Cycle of fashion as well. The cycle of entertainment. Celebrity Treasure Island was a show back in the 90s.

Yeah, it's popped back a couple of times. Popped back a couple of years ago as well, but it seems like this series really is the type of show we needed right now. I mean, we're doing what Matthew and Mark did in the early 2000s. How about just going round in a loop? Yeah, you're right. Crazy times. Enjoy the podcast.

May or may not have Daniel Craig's stunt double on the podcast. You'll find out. I always love playing this where we get two people on the phone. One is telling the truth and one is telling a lie, but they usually convincingly try and trick us. Last week we spoke to Maureen, Maureen Pugh, who's a National Party MP, and she's been struck by lightning three times in one year. Yeah, that was the truth, right?

She was all just kind of pretty blasé about it. She's kind of like, I don't really talk about it. It's not that interesting. We're like, what more, Reid? You need to campaign on with us in the next election. But we're joined by two people on the phone. Terry, welcome to the program. What is your statement?

Morning, guys. I was a 24-hour millionaire. So you won a million dollars or about and then lost it in the space of a day. What happened? Well, I was actually just looking through my bank account one day and, you know, it was almost payday. I only had about a dollar. And then the next day, for some reason I had 25 mil. I contacted the bank and they'd stuffed it up somehow.

Oh, they had accidentally deposited them. Now, what was a Westpac, was it? They were doing that for a little time there, weren't they? I think some people do the runner or something. I don't know. I'm friends with my bank and my mum works at the bank, so I don't want to say which one it was. Okay, all right.

Yeah, that's right. That's the guy who ran off to... He only spent two years in prison. Two years in prison. That's worth it, isn't it? It's worth the risk, isn't it? It was the TV One movie, I think, I watched on that one. Yeah, that's right. They accidentally deposited $10 million in overdraft into his account.

Then he said, as you would do, you'd scarper. So take it and run. Okay, so Terry had $25 million in her account for 24 hours, and we're joined. Take it and run. Okay, so Terry had 25 mil in their account for 24 hours, and we're joined on line four by Lee. Welcome, Lee. What is your statement? Morning, guys. My name's Lee.

I taught James Bond how to ride a motorcycle. Taught James Bond? Daniel Craig? The Daniel Craig James Bond? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I taught Daniel Craig, ladies, James Bond, how to ride a motorcycle. I taught Daniel Craig ladies James Bond how to ride a motorcycle. He's got an English accent.

He sounds like he could be from Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels. He's got that sort of voice. But he's not exclaiming he's from James Bond. Yeah, so he sounds like he could be from James Bond. Oh, okay. So how long ago was this, Lee? It was around about 15 years ago, guys.

15, well, the story kind of checks out. Was he a friend of yours? You could say that, yeah. Yeah, well, kind of. We've got a friend of Daniel Craig on the phone, or Terry, who was a 25 millionaire, who had $25 million in her account for 24 hours. These are great, these are great.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know on this one. You can text 4487. Who do you think is lying? Who is telling the truth? We'll be back next. Liar, liar. Going hard and ooey.

Go hard, go ooey. Go hard and ooey. Hard and ooey. Go hard. With Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. In the middle of Liar, Liar, fun game we like to play. We get two people on the phone.

One's lying, one's telling the truth. Now, Terry, we'll go to you first. What are you claiming? I was a 24-hour millionaire with 25 mil in my bank account because the bank stuffed up. Okay. I'm leaning towards Terry because Lee is claiming something to do with Daniel Craig. What was that, Lee?

I taught Daniel Craig, James Bond, how to ride a motorcycle. Okay. So are we going to lock in that? I'm favoring Terry. So you're saying Terry's telling the truth? Is that what you're saying? Yeah. Because I always get confused with how deep Producer Behemoth goes with these.

Like, does he get someone on with an accent to try and trip us? Yeah, yeah. And I get in my own head about it. All right, I'll go with you on this one. Okay. Terry, we think you're telling the truth. I'm sorry, you guys. Oh, you're not?

Oh, my goodness. No. But you sounded so sweet. Why would you lie to us like that? You sounded so, who are you? I put $30 in my bank account, but that was on purpose. All right, then.

You can move along. And I thought we knew Terry. Well done. Well played. So, Lee, you taught Daniel Craig how to ride a motorbike. That's right. That's absolutely right. Yeah.

16 years ago now, we started on Casino Royale, and I've been with Daniel, and I've been a stunt double and stunt coordinator on the last five on pictures including No Time To Die Really? Nice to meet you guys

Morning Morning to you Lee So nice to talk to you thank you so much for your time this is incredible No problem I love the story

about the 24 hour millionaire I was really into it as well It wasn't true He's like I believe her Yeah Can I just ask just out of interest, because producer B Humps,

as a producer, Ben Humphrey, essentially his job is professionally harassing people. How on earth did he get hold of you? Yeah, he harassed me too, guys. Don't worry, you're not alone. Apparently you're doing Land Rover,

as I've just been told. Yeah, so with James Bond, correct? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, so I've had a real close working relationship with Jaguar Land Rover, as I've just been told. Yeah, so with James Bond, correct? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, so I've had a real close working relationship with Jaguar Land Rover. We designed the latest Defender, which you used in the movie. Oh, and do we all get free Jaguars and Land Rovers now? Is that how this works? I don't know.

I don't know. You want to speak to your lovely guys in New Zealand. Our local dealerships. So how did you get this job of, obviously, a train stunt double? That's your background? Well years ago, yeah, I came from professional motorcycles and I got brought in when I was 23 to double

Angelina Jolie on Lara Croft and then I never left, that's 20 years, well over 20 years ago. Oh so you were Angelina Jolie's body double? I was, yeah, I was a motorcycle stunt double on Lara Croft back in, I think, 99, 2000 How does that work? Do they have to, like, pin a ponytail to your hair or anything?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I had the Lara Croft wig. A lot of help from prosthetics. In those situations, do the actors and the stars come up and go, hey, listen, thanks for making me look like a bloody legend? Yeah. Oh, they're great. Honestly, I've been very lucky, guys.

You know, over 20 years, I've worked Bond franchise for 15 years You know Marvel franchises The Bonds So a lot of them Are so nice Wow And ultimately

When you're hitting the ground Hard every day for them Or you know You're up there doing stuff That they're not allowed to do Because of insurance They're super cool So you taught Daniel Craig

You said to ride a motorcycle So had he never ridden a motorcycle Or he just needed some help Before the Bond films Yeah No he had ridden um he just Daniel and a lot of the guys to get up to speed for what they've got to shoot with the limited time in their schedule you've just got to really just get like refine all their skills get them used to the motorcycle they're using for the story make sure they're happy around all the vehicles they're they're going to be riding around um it's just really freshening them up. It's incredible. What's that moment like?

Because I imagine that sometimes weeks or even months would go into a stunt, and you probably have one shot at doing something pretty full on. What's that moment like on set and if you're having to do something like that? Yeah, that's when the pressure mounts up, really. You know, Matera, you'll see in No Time to Die, I went there 18 times. You know, different trips trips you know be prepping the sequence go back work with italian government make sure i get the roads then i'd find out i could use a road because there's an ancient building i could get permissions for and then

get there to shoot it and i've got one day and then the weather's bad and we've got you know 1200 people all staring at you waiting to shoot something that you've designed you've you've made production pay for it, and it's, yeah, a huge amount of pressure. Jeez, I tell you what, I would crumble. I would be shocking at your job. No, you wouldn't. I can't parallel park in front of a busy cafe,

let alone do a stunt. Neither can I. I can't either. I just can't leave it wherever I can. Yeah, you can just slide in there in a 360. What's the most impressive stunt when you were doing it that you were, like, the most proud doing it That you were like The most proud of That you were like Jeez I pulled that off

I suppose a lot of God I've been very lucky again Oh god Yeah probably Skyfall I'd say The rooftops Put a lot of work into that

And it came across really well We won a couple of awards for that Jeez you just don't You don't appreciate the amount of work That goes into it. You know, when you do all of that, you're dealing with government officials, you're dealing with buildings and, you know,

and you go, oh, that was a nice 45 seconds. Yeah, probably. If people watch that go green screen, you're like, no, that was me. Yeah, that was fake. No, you're absolutely right. I don't know if you've seen No Time to Die yet. There's a sequence where we shoot Norway

and there's a particular sequence in the mountains, and I spend every day for six weeks battling the river. Three o'clock in the morning, I would leave work, get there again at 5 a.m. Literally, it's seconds on screen. You're like, guys, I was traipsing through rivers, and we need to appreciate it a bit more, don't we? Yeah, you're right.

Oh, Lee, this is... I hope you do. Yeah, no, we do, mate. Hey, really nice. It was surprising to meet you and lovely to meet you. And yeah, well, congratulations on all your success. Who do you think is going to be the next Bond? I have no idea, guys, and I'd get absolutely killed if I had an idea, and I'll let you know.

It's not you? You're not going up for it now? You're like, hey, diddle the stunts. No, not me. It's too old, and the knees don't work anymore. I'd love a bond where he's like, oh, my knees are playing up. Not today. It's a bit cold.

You know how my joints are in the cold weather. Leo, thank you so much for your time. That's so impressive, what you do. Wow, you're blowing us away. No worries. Lovely to meet you guys. Have a great day, and I hope to see you in NZ one day. You're on the hits.

Jono and Ben. You're still here to say don't put your blame on me, okay? Just wanted to reiterate that fact and you talked all over him. I wasn't blaming you. I'm blaming you for talking over him. Of course, yesterday was a big day. All of us could go out and, geez, they picnicked hard yesterday, even though the weather wasn't amazing.

And Jono, you and Louis, we we having an observation about picnics? That if you put a bowl of these out, there is no person on the face of the planet that won't enjoy it, hot or cold. Chips. Unless you've got a potato allergy. He's always going to find a flaw in my plan. Who has a potato allergy?

You're just making up an allergy. Has anyone alluded to potatoes? It's uncommon, but it can cause mild to severe allergic reactions. Yeah, but see, I would fight through mild reactions to get to a bowl of them. Yeah, they'd still probably enjoy the taste, but the results from enjoying the taste. You know, there's no mouth that doesn't enjoy a chip. It's one

of those things that once you're right, once you start, you just It's easier to resist than just have, I'll just have one, but once you have one, you're away. You're away, yeah, there's no coming back So you know how they've got like 9 out of 10 dentists recommend this floss.

And there's always that niggly tenth dentist who's like, I'm not going with the other nine of you. Well, all ten of those people would agree that chips are the favoured food. 0800, that's 4487. Is there one person listening right now who doesn't enjoy chips? You'd be hard-pressed to find someone. Because everyone would have their favourite flavours and stuff. But you're right.

Do you know how many chips Americans eat every year? There's 328 million Americans. How many kilograms of chips each of those Americans eat a year? No, I don't. Five kilograms. Five kgs of chips.

Versatile food, the potato, isn't it? Yeah, that's what... There's a lot you can do with it. Yeah, that's what I was... I was having a discussion a couple of years ago with someone and i'll never forget this conversation because it's really resonated with me if you had to survive on one food for the rest of your life what would it be and potatoes because you can have them in so many different ways they get a lot better get a

bad rat all this dodgy they're carby but you know but they're versatile i mean no one is offering you more variety than the potato potato you're're a humble potato. You can fry me, you can mash me, you can do whatever you put it in. You know, potato gratin, you can fancy me up, dress me up,

dress me down, whatever you want. Put me in chip form, cold, hot, you name it. The potatoes are doing more for you than a lot of other vegetables.

Can we call that text back, Juliet? Someone has texted saying my partner doesn't eat chips. He's weird. Who doesn't eat chips? Stay away with your potato allergies. I know you gonna go people with potato allergies mild to severe reactions

to potatoes um my eight-year-old son refuses to eat chips mashed roasted fry why would you not like it's like you say the potatoes very versatile offering a lot oh live calling's always dodgy isn't it why did i make you do this juliet i don't know i It's like you say the potatoes. It's very versatile. It's offering a lot. It is. Oh, live calling's always dodgy, isn't it? Why did I make you do this, Juliet? I don't know. I questioned it myself, to be honest. Well, say something.

When I come up with this crazy idea to call someone live on the radio, maybe you can come in and go, hey, I don't know about this. Because you're going to end up babbling over a ringtone until inevitably the answer phone comes on. This is Sharon. There we go. Hi, Sharon. Thanks for answering, Sharon. Leaving me in the bloody lurch. It's potato content.

Mmm. Coffee breath. Jono and Ben. The hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben, on your Thursday morning. Now, the James Bond movie. Hotly anticipated Bond. Not since Bond and Bond have we had this much Bond talk,

have we, on the show? I remember Bond and Bond. Was that like a... Electronics and stuff like that, right? Bond and Bond. Great shout-out to Bond and Bond. You're always Bond and Bond. And now James Bond,

the new movie, the final movie with Daniel Craig, it's called No Time to Die. The biggest opening weekend last weekend in the UK. The royal family, like Prince Charles, Prince William was there. There was a whole lot of the royals there for the opening. It looked really impressive.

Prince Andrew? No, no. Did he get a ticket? No. Double pass? No, no, no. But after 8 o'clock on the show, we play something called Liar Liar where we get two people on. One is telling the truth and one is telling a lie. Someone today claims to have been Daniel Craig's stunt double and worked with him as stunt coordinator on the latest film.

And someone who claimed to be a 25 millionaire overnight. Accidentally. Yeah. Took care. So one of those is true, one of those is telling a lie. So after 8 o'clock, we could be talking to Daniel Craig Stunt, or we could be talking to someone who was a 25 millionaire. Is that how you say it?

It feels weird saying 25. Maybe someone who came into $25 million. Yeah, maybe that's a better way. I know. The whole morning he's been persisting with this 25 millionaire phrase. Yeah, and it bamboozles me every time I say it. Because you always look at me like, is this all right? Who wants to be a 25 millionaire?

Yeah, it doesn't work. You're looking at me, but I can see you're losing confidence in your eyes. I notice it. So that's after 8 o'clock. But the winning does not stop there because that wasn't anything to do with winning. McDonald's and Monopoly, that's next. The winning doesn't stop there because it hasn't even started. But it starts next.

We'll turn the ignition on to the winning car next. It is the hits. You've got Jono in bed. All the single ladies, all the single ladies. Jono and Ben's McDonald's Monopoly peel and win. The Monopoly game is at Macca's, and there's over $107 million in prizes to be won, and each morning on the show,

we give you a share of some of those prizes, thanks to McDonald's and Monopoly, as we take a virtual tour around the Monopoly board. Do you know the Monopoly man looks like he's the type of guy who's on the verge of some serious cardiac issues? Oh, you reckon? Yeah, I reckon like in real life he'd have quite a red face.

Probably could have a heart attack at any stage. He looks very rich. Like if he walked in there, you're like, yeah, he's a rich guy. He's a big player. He's a big player. He oozes money. He oozes money, but McDonald's have got in bed with him, regardless, and I didn't realise this, but did you know during World War II, they

used to sneak notes in Monopoly boards to the prisoners of war? A little like... Oh, really? Yeah, so surely the German soldiers who were keeping the prisoners of war would have been like, oh, these guys like Monopoly. There's a lot of Monopoly being played here. Wow, there you go. And right now you can play Monopoly at Macca's,

get some of those amazing prizes, including a Volkswagen T-Cross, shopping vouchers from the iconic NZ sale and more. And right now, let's try and give one of those away. Raewyn. Good morning. Love a bloody Raewyn. I've never met a bad Raewyn.

Yeah, no, neither. You might be the first, Raewyn. I hope not, but hey, hey. You sound like a legend, Raewyn. Are you in Dunedin? I am. We don't even broadcast into Dunedin. That's awesome.

Someone's listening through an iHeart. That's right, yeah. I'll be ready to get you guys. iHeart Radio. Now, we've put a special clue on the Hits Breakfast on Instagram, and the first verbal clue right now is 300,000 red bricks. Do you have any idea where we could be in New Zealand? I think you might be in the South Island,

kind of near me in Dunnard, but I think we're going a bit further south. Maybe a bit of Invercargill. Maybe the Water Tower. Well done. Invercargill Water Tower is 100%

correct. That means you win a prize. Let's find out what it is. Peel back the sticker here. Oh, well done The Invercargill Water Tower is 100% correct That means you win a prize Let's find out what it is I'm going to peel back the sticker here It is, oh wow It's a new smart TV What? Are you serious?

I hope I didn't read that incorrectly It's what it says, I just peeled it back It's a new smart TV Oh my god, thank you so much Wow I thought we I just peeled it back I said new smart TV Oh my god Thank you so much Oh yeah Raywin Yeah

Raywin Wow Geez I thought we This time on Monday morning We gave away a treadmill But a TV How many inches of TV?

I don't know I'm sure producer B So I'll put you on hold He'll sort it all out But yeah How's that? That's pretty cool Wow thank you guys

Thanks Maccas Geez that's a lot to take in. Yeah, it's a lot. No one's more surprised than me, Raewyn, about that TV. TV! Raewyn, thanks so much for listening to the show. You have a great day, all right? You too.

Thanks, guys. That's how it's done. Back tomorrow. We've got plenty more prizes, though. Still up for grabs. $1,000 you can win with our new TV show. We'll tell you how. $5,000 after 7 o'clock.

And if that's not enough, HelloFresh as well. Two weeks of HelloFresh. So many prizes this morning. It is the hits. You've got John and Ben. Tired of trying to win you back But now I got a little something that I need to say Now you're gone I can see the bright blue skies Now that you're gone I don't need a

I don't need a goddamn thing from anyone And as that's you got Jono and Ben Big news from the small town. Town, town, town. Now, Jono, you would have heard of the Kiwi company Allbirds. Massive global success. Well, they started out by crowdfunding. They make environmentally friendly footwear, activewear,

from New Zealand with Moreno Wool. Well, they've gone. Anything that's environmentally friendly has got my tick of approval, Ben. Leonardo DiCaprio's one of the investors, isn't he? They reckon. There was an archive reading. They reckon they expect it to be on market this year. It's up to $2 billion, the whole thing.

So this has gone from a company that just was a start-up from a couple of Kiwis, their idea, and this next person we're going to talk to. I'm glad I invested in them early. You could have. This is why we're going to talk to this next person. Hold on. Is this one of Ben Boyce's investment opportunities? I've been here before.

You know, there was that weird pyramid thing. The authorities got involved. I was just giving you a back story. I thought I'd give it an introduction. Because Woolies Jeans could be the next Kiwi success story. Woolies Jeans. And we're joined by Jovian from Woolies Jeans. Welcome, Jovian.

Hey, how are you getting on? Now, what sort of bloody scam system are you and Ben operating here? Hey, I'm not part of this. I was just reading up on it and giving you some backstory on all birds. So, what's Woolies Jeans? Well, mate, yeah, Woolies Jeans. Well, we're a start-up company, Kiwi company, aiming to produce the world's most comfortable jeans using fair trade denim with 100% New Zealand merino wool interior, So you, to give a backstory, you're a sheep shearer by trade, right?

And you're currently working in Western Australia? Yep, living the dream. Living the Australian dream. Oh, good on you. Now, so this is essentially you're creating the world's most comfortable jean. Yeah, that's right, yep. With this merino wool material that we're using, it's going to give you paramount comfort in any environment, mate, even if that's behind the desk, even in the wool shed or at the pub. Do you know what, Jovian? I was actually having this discussion on air a few weeks back because during lockdown, my legs have become accustomed to the soft feel of a track pant because, you know, I've let myself go.

There's no one else in the office. And I was like, imagine if they had jeans. They had the comfort of a track pant. Jovian has come to our call. Oh, mate, you're going to throw your track pants away after you put these on. So are they hot? And, you know, you can wear them when it's hot and wear them when it's cold? Yeah, that's right.

Because, you know, it regulates the sheep's body temperature, you know, wool. You know, so in the middle of a summer, hot summer's day, you're going to be feeling quite cool and fresh. So you got the idea in a wool shed when you were shearing, and you got your mum to sew the first pair, I guess the prototype, is that correct? Yeah, that's right. Yeah, yeah. So we made a bit of a prototype up, me and old Mumsy, and a bit of a trial. Let my mate borrow it. He worked up in a high country

farm up in the Hawke's Bay in the middle of the snow. He said they were bloody wicked and he didn't want to take them off. I was like, you're going to have to give them back, mate. So you've been making them for your mates for a few beers and now you want to crowdfund to hopefully make this into an actual thing. Yeah, that's right, mate.

So we're up online right now at pledgeme.co.nz You know, hopefully start mass production and getting it out there to all our customers. I'm reading an article on you on stuff.co.nz and you're looking to raise between

$50,000 and $500,000. Yeah, mate, yeah. So the minimum target is $50,000 and I think we're $10,000 away from that so we're tracking pretty well. But. So the minimum target is $50,000, and I think we're $10,000 away from that, so we're tracking pretty well. But yeah, the ultimate goal is $500,000. The best thing all about this is we're going to keep it local. It's not going to be made in...

It's going to be made in New Zealand. I know, I know. I've always thought Rarara's production has been a bit shoddy as a country. Do you know what? It's these ideas that in five years you're going to hear the stories about Leonardo DiCaprio investing in and you being worth $2 billion.

So how does a crowdfund actually work? Like the people that put the money in, do they get it back with interest at some point? Yep, that's right. So you know, it's $1 a share at the moment with a $250 minimum investment. You'll get paid a dividend.

You're essentially an owner of the company. Right. Yeah, that's right. A shareholder in the company. Not bad for a shareholder. A shareholder. Yeah. Shareholder.

Hey, that's awesome, mate. Well, congratulations, Joby. And where do people go to if they want to contribute to this? Yeah, so they go to pledgeme.co.nz. It's not just all about buying jeans. I think it's just, you know, getting the country to start buying wool because it would be my dream to get it back to how it used to be, you know, in your father's heyday, you know.

Well, you know, maybe we could release some woolen stubbies. Yeah, I mean, you know, the rural sector is the backbone of this country's economy, isn't it? Yeah, that's right, and I don't think this country will survive without one. You did right, you did right. Vote National. That's right. Is that what I'm saying?

I don't know, I don't know. Is that what you're saying? You did say it anyway. No, I'm not saying anything. No, I'm saying anything. No, no, I've got into a weird political rant. Yeah, unusual. All the best.

It seems like a really cool idea That you're doing I hope it goes really well for you Awesome Cheers guys The Head Spy With McDonald's Monopoly Peel and scan your way

To over 107 million dollars In prizes Alright She's looking like a surgeon On her morning tea break With her mask Hanging around Down by her chin

I forgot I had that on You do forget You've got a mask on You sort of pull it down Under your chin Don't you Feels like you've got a mask on. You sort of pull it down under your chin, don't you? Feels like I've got a little beard of some description. Listen, I've got a little bit of plastic surgery I need done after the show. I trust you to do it, Julia.

What's happening in spite? So Billie Eilish, it's been announced that she's coming to New Zealand September next year. So we've got about a year to wait. 8th of September on a Thursday night at Spark Arena in Auckland Spark Arena which is very exciting it's not the first time she's been to New Zealand, she came to New Zealand when she was like 15 for a

promotional tour and she's also done another concert 2019 or something, sold out concerts We were working at the Edge radio station then and I remember her coming in and it was just her and another person and she was in a big bright yellow tracksuit Wow, that's right, who knew I know, Global Superstar

headlining Glastonbury, James Bourne, I mean she's incredible Crazy, crazy Damn it, I wish I got a selfie I thought it was an intern applying for a job My friend actually who worked with you, or I think she worked with you at the time,

she also met Billie Eilish at that radio station as well. And I said that at that radio station as if I don't want to mention it. That's like your ex-partner, right? You're like, oh, you work at that other radio station. When I mention that bitch. But she said, and I actually looked at her Instagram post, it's still there from like years and years ago, saying the coolest 15-year-old I've ever met. billy eilish is there as a 15 year old crazy

she's only 19 years old and just so so successful so i'm going to send out some prizes got her to park your car for you right there's good body hair billy and now this is actually her no time to die song from the bond movie yeah yeah yeah it's good, it's good. She's so good. Yeah, well done. So that's going to be a good show. You going to be going along to that, Juliet? Probably. I'd say so.

I think she's really, really talented. Yeah. And in other news, Will Smith has done a bit of chatting about his previous movies and what he reckons is his worst movie that he's ever done. Men in Black?

What was it? Oh, yeah. I'll let you guys guess. Let's have a guess. Okay. Oh, actually, well, I do know what he said with that one You've read it?

Yeah, he's got a Will Smith Google list No, Men in Black was super successful He would love Men in Black, you know, that's huge You get all defensive about Men in Black It's a great movie This is like when I say, what do you think of Pink's Daughter's Singing? Oh yeah I'm going to go, what is it, Will Smith?

Oh, he did a, didn't he do a western yeah you're on the right yeah you're on the right track with Salma Hayek yeah that's the one

Wild Wild West he reckons that's his worst movie at the time it was the most I think it was the most expensive movie ever made it was hugely expensive and I don't think it did as well

the box office as a lot of the other Will Smith movies would have done I know probably bad environment guys you know just for Will Smith you know

we've all got our regrets like John O'Bien seasons 1 through 7 a lot of the other Will Smith movies would have done. I know. Probably bad environment, guys, you know, just for Will Smith, you know. We've all got our regrets, like Jono and Ben seasons one through seven. Oh, come on. We can all look back and reflect now, can't we? But good on him for saying, because that's the thing, it's a job, a movie star. You're going to do some duds along the way, aren't you?

Totally. He did mention his worst movie, and he also mentioned his best movies. He said Men in Black and Pursuit of Happiness were his two favourites that he's done as well. I see why Ben got some reason to be defensive about Men in Black. It's one of his best ones, according to him. And that is your Spy Update for this hour. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz, and that's thanks to McDonald's. You can download the McDonald's app to play and win prizes with the Monopoly game.

After 7 o'clock on the show, you'll get your chance to get $5,000 in our game, five words for 5K, and we'll tell you how you can win a grand tonight just by watching our TV show, Jono and Ben Good Sports, 8 o'clock on TVNZ2. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben. Got me in love. On the hits.

You got a good morning. It's just gone 7 o'clock. You're with Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, there's an Instagram site called WTF Facts, and they've got a fact on the kākāpō, the bird from New Zealand. And someone's reposted it, a guy by the name of Matt, going, yo, did the ex of the kākāpō write this particular comment? Because I really haven't said amazing things about the kākāpō.

Oh, the ex-partner. Yeah. Oh, she's just sort of online shaming her former boyfriend. Well, whoever wrote this at WTF Facts, it says that the kākāpō doesn't have much going for it. The bird can't fly, barely walk. To attract females, the male will dig a hole and sit in it, shouting loudly at any female passing by.

Really does this work? So it waddles off to find a rock and has sex with itself instead. And that's the facts on the kakapo. Oh. They could have gone a beautifully coloured bird and, you know, native to New Zealand and all that sort of stuff. But just really shamed the bird. So does he just sit in a hole and just go, oh, you.

Yeah. What do you reckon? So really, I mean, yeah. And they're like, well, can you even just walk over to me? No, you come over here. Yeah, I'll see why it doesn't work. Yeah, like a lazy construction worker shouting out from a construction site. Well, geez, don't tell them about the Kiwi.

No. True. Anyway. This weak little bird hides away, comes out at night to just have a worm or something, gets eaten by a stoat. We got to hold, well, we got to pat one. And remember, we had to put on special gloves for the Kiwi. Yeah, you put on kid gloves for us.

You do. Yeah, the Kiwi. It was like meeting, you've said it, like meeting Beyonce. We're like, don't for the Kiwi. Yeah, you put on kid gloves for us. You do. The Kiwi, it was like meeting, you've said it, like meeting Beyonce. We're like, don't put the Kiwi in the eye. Or holding like a, you know, a Rugby World Cup trophy or something. You've got to.

Yeah, like. Yeah. Be very, very careful around the Kiwi. It was, and it was precious. It was a precious little bird. Yeah, it was very cute. No, I don't mean like as in precious and as in don't look me in the eye.

Like pretentious sort of thing. Yeah, pretentious sort of. I thought it was cute. Don't ask for selfies. That sort of thing. This hour on the show, we've got $5,000 up for grabs. We'll tell you how you can win a grand

with our TV show. And we talk about playing Quidditch, the sport that actually takes place in New Zealand. But next, Jono's winding up the family and we'll find out in lockdown next. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. Thanks for having me on with us. I'll be riding shotgun. I tell you what, we met

George Ezra. What a gentleman. He doesn't drive. He doesn't drive. So that's why he's always, I'll be riding. You know the rules, I'll be riding shotgun. That's true story. He doesn't drive, so that's why. Is that actually a true story? No, that's why. Oh my goodness. Yeah.

Everything I say now is a gag, but it's not. That's true. Yeah. He's the sort of guy that if he was your friend, he'd be your mother's favorite friend. Oh, yeah. Is George coming over? Oh, George. Yeah.

Why don't you give birth to George? We asked him actually to, we found some comments, some mean comments about us on the internet. And we're like, you're so lovely. Maybe if you could sing it because you've got a lovely voice, that would make the comments sound less mean. And he looked at the comments, he's like, I can't, I'm not going to do this.

I don't want to be saying anything bad about anyone. And we're like, it's okay, it's all right. We're okay with it. What a munchkin. He's like, no. Then I caught him bitching about us behind our back. Hey, now something that I'm doing, you know, lockdown really tests the family dynamic, doesn't it,

in terms of, you know, little things that irk you about your family members. And there's something that I'm doing that is just unreasonably winding up my wife, Jennifer. So you got your butter in a tub. You know your butter in a tub? Oh, like a sort of margarine sort of situation? Margarine sort of scenario, yeah. So, and then on top of that is, to be honest, I don't know why it's there,

but it feels like an unnecessary piece of paper that sits on top of the butter or margarine. Oh, yeah, I know what you're talking about. Underneath the lid, just before the lid. Yeah, you kind of peel it off. It's very satisfying when you peel it off. Yeah. Now, what I've taken to doing just recently, until it's a new thing, is peeling it off it's very satisfying when you peel it off yeah now what i've taken to doing just

recently too it's a new thing is leaving is peeling it off having a slice putting the paper and boy oh boy has this become a bit of an issue now in our marriage a bit of a crux in the marriage and uh she's like why are you leaving the paper on i said why why would they put the paper there if they just want to peel off and throw it out? It's clearly there for a use. Don't ask me what the use is, but there's clearly a functioning use for that piece of paper. It gets greasier, it gets mankier, it usually gets wrinklier. Much like me, as I age, greasier, mankier, and uglier. But has it not served its purpose when you were the first person to open it? Is it not done then?

That's what I'd been going on that theory, that it was done. Well, yeah, I just noticed someone had done it in the work fridge and left the paper on it. I was like, oh, maybe this is a thing. Maybe the paper is there. Why is the paper there? I don't know. Juliet? I don't know. I don't know what I'm throwing to you. I've just got nothing else to say. It's not much of a seal, though, is it?

It doesn't seem like a sort of... But there is something quite satisfying, like after using it for the first time and then putting the paper back down, like rolling it back on. I'm almost in your camp, Jono. I wind up people in my house as well because I'm a plug switcher-off-er. And I like to, you know, sometimes I'll cook dinner

and I'll just turn the oven off. I'll turn it off at the switch. Oh, at the wall. At the wall, yeah, I know. I just do it. And I shouldn't, but my wife will often find it frustrating because sometimes she'll go to use the oven, go turn it on, but not realize I've switched it off at the wall.

And that's, I'm unreasonably winding up people as well. Yeah, your house is always 70% in a power cut. But it's a self-enforced power cut. Yeah, it's go around flicking off switches. I'm just looking here. Why is the piece of paper on the top of the butter? No one knows. No one knows. They're figuring for freshness up until the top of the butter. No one knows. No one knows.

They're figuring for freshness up until the point of opening. But many people are divided as to whether they can... I think it might be because it's happening, guys. Today's the day. I've been waiting a long time for this. Finally get him out of his Bob the Builder

underpants. I. Been waiting a long time. So this is what we want to open up. What is unreasonably winding you up, New Zealand? It's probably happening a lot during lockdown and in the current level situation around the country. So give us a call right now. I'll enter the hits 4487. What's winding you up during lockdown?

You're essential listening for non-essential banter. I thought I was saying something meaningful there and then I backed out. John Owen Penn, New Zealand breakfast. Now we're talking right now, what unreasonably winds you up? Yeah, I'm leaving the paper on top of the margarine at home and I'm trying to get to the bottom of why the paper's there and why I feel obliged to leave it on.

The rest of the household feels it's an unnecessary part of the process for them accessing the marge. What happens if you came over to my place and I'd left the covers, the plastic covers on the couches? Would you be like, oh? No, I'd be like, oh, he's preparing for me to come over and do some interesting stuff tonight. Where's the tarp?

It wasn't what I meant. I was just trying to give you an example of how it may look outside. It's like a little curtin' for the butter. I look outside. It's like a little curtain for the butter. And I like it. It's like, oh, there it is. A little large curtain. Juliette, anything unreasonably winding you up? I would say, and this is something that's just a recent thing,

and I don't know why and I can't figure it out. My dishwasher isn't drying the dishes after they wash them, so everything comes out wet. Mate, get some rinse aid. Really? I've only just discovered rinse aid. What is that? You know that little thing on the inside of the door of the dishwasher? Yes. It's got a little lid

that you can twist. Oh, yes. Open that. Pour the rinse aid in. It dries. I never even knew what it did or why it existed. My mother-in-law told me. Dry dishes. Oh, my goodness. Okay, I've got to get a muck set.

Game changer. There you go. Better living, everyone. Kenny Wye, you're on from Tokoroa. Morena, how are you? Morena, I'm good, thank you. Great to have you on. Something that unreasonably winds you up.

It's my daughter, actually, and it's really annoying. Everything has to be even numbers for her. Say, for example, the volume on the TV. When she puts on the microwave, it has to be an even number. Even when she drives, she tries to keep, because she has the digital numbers, she has to have an even number while she's driving. I've got mates that do that same thing, yeah. Some people like that with the car, the volume and stuff like that,

it's got to be on 32, not 31 and things like that. Exactly. Yeah, I know, yeah. She loves the and stuff like that, it's got to be on 32, not 31 and things like that. Exactly. Yeah, I know, yeah. She must be OCD. What happens when she's driving? So she has to be like on exactly 100 kilometres an hour if she's going... Yeah, that's how she is. And then if she's not, you know, she just slows a little bit

until she gets to an even number and she just gets really annoyed. She's like, oh, my God, look at that, you know. Jeez, that must be a cloud hanging over your head all day, wouldn't it? I reckon it is. Let's get Yvette on from, oh, sorry, Dean, was it you? Yeah, Dean from Auckland, welcome. How are you? Yeah, I'm good, thank you.

What unreasonably winds you up, Dino? It's dips, you know, the dips in your fridge where you take the little plastic lid off. There's a nice tinfoil thing there. Rip that off, put it in the bin, then all you have to do is take the little plastic lid off. There's a nice tinfoil thing there. Rip that off, put it in the bin, then all you have to do is take the lid off when you want to dip your cracker in there. My wife, she always just tears that little tinfoil thing

halfway back. So every time you go in there, you've got to battle past this bugger to get to your favourite bottle. It winds me up big time. Great. Someone's actually texted in 4487, which I really enjoyed.

Being told to chill or calm down when you're worked up. Oh, yeah. It's one way to really escalate the situation. Just calm down. You're like, oh, yeah, right. It really does wind you up. We'll get Sarah on from Wellington. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

Saz, what unreasonably winds you up? Do you know what? I've got two. The first one is trying to get my kids to put shoes on before we leave the house. Oh God, amen. That's ridiculous. Just put them on!

I literally just throw them in the car half the time because I'm like, no, we'll just do it when we get there. We're not doing it now. My other one is when I open my washing machine

and there was wet washing in the washing machine that I forgot to put out. Oh yeah. You're leaving it too long. Do you know what Ben does and he won't like me sharing this, he's like, he just turns it back on again. Don't you?

Another run. That's a great hack. It's not great for your powerball, though. Make it someone else's problem. And we'll get Yvette on, shall we, from Taranaki. Welcome, Yvette. What unreasonably winds you up? Oh, hey, guys, how are you? Great, thanks, Yvette on, shall we, from Taranaki. Welcome, Yvette. What unreasonably winds you up? Oh, hey, guys. How are you?

Great. Thanks, Yvette. Awesome. Okay, so before I said there's many things that grind my gears, but having five kids and them putting their washing right near the washing basket, just not putting it in the basket. Not in the basket. Just in the vicinity.

It's close, but it's not quite. Yeah. I know. I just don't quite get it. And then also preheating the oven and not realising that you've left a pot in there. Yeah, it's a nuclear temperature and you've got to pull it out. Yeah, I've got that a bit. That's a good one. Someone's texted in saying when people leave empty milk bottles in the fridge, you know,

just that little dribble. Oh, yeah. I'm the same with the toilet roll. You really work those last couple of pieces, don't you? Oh, no. At the start, you're quite extravagant, aren't you? You're like, oh, yeah. I've got a big chunk in my hand.

Yeah, but at the end, you're like, oh, oh, oh, the button bit it off a little bit there. Thank you very much for your calls and texts, guys. Hard-hitting interviews and informed opinion. Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB. In the meantime, here's Jono and Ben. The hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben. The hits. It is the hits. Jono and Ben will talk about vaccine passports, vaccine

certificates at the moment. They've also announced yesterday there's going to be fines if you're caught misusing them. I guess or using somebody else's that's not yours. But it's all, you know, if you want to go to the festivals over summer, you need to have your vaccine passport pretty much this month. Otherwise you won't be fully vaccinated and can't get in. Now Julia, you've had your second shot. Yes, I had it a couple of days ago. Yeah, you need to have your vaccine passport pretty much this month. Otherwise, you won't be fully vaccinated and can't get in. Now,

Julia, you've had your second shot. Yes, I had it a couple of days ago. Yeah, you're feeling all good? Feeling all good, yeah. Happy and ready to go to Rhythm and Vax. Rhythm and Vax. Which is really, you've started too early. You've come in too early. She's pre-loading in October.

We've got the perfect song, though. We've had it for a while. Remember this? We took Darude. We took the COVID, the little iconic music from the COVID ads. And this is going to be great for the summer festivals. This is a COVID-19 announcement. When you're feeling unwell, isolate wherever you are. Isolate wherever you are. Call Healthline about a COVID-19 test.

By getting a test, you're helping keep your community safe. Keep your community safe. This is a COVID-19 announcement. Isolate wherever you are. Keep your community safe. There you go. That's our attempt to keep in touch with the youth. Actually, another attempt we make for the TV show that's on tonight,

John Owen being good sports. 8 o'clock TVNZ 2. You can win $1,000 just by watching. But we take part in the sport of Quidditch. Oh, you'd like this, Ju. Oh, I'm so jealous. Yeah, from Harry Potter. They play it in New Zealand.

It's played all around the world. We'll actually tell you more about it next with the president of the Quidditch New Zealand Association. Is it the New Zealand Quidditch team? Oh, yeah, sure. The NZQ title. I don't know. There's something there.

I learned how to play the sport. I didn't learn what his official title was. But he joins us next On the Hats It is the Hats Jono and Ben Harry Potter The books

And the movies Some of the most successful Of all time And from those movies And books Have come a sport That people play And they play it in New Zealand

And it's one of the sports That we take part in Tonight 8 o'clock TVNZ2 On Jono and Ben Good Sports And that's the sport of Quidditch have become a sport that people play, and they play it in New Zealand, and it's one of the sports that we take part in tonight, 8 o'clock, TVNZ2, on John Ong Ben Good Sports, and that's the sport of Quidditch. Yes, who knew there was a New Zealand Quidditch team? Who knew there was a World Series of Quidditch? Well, we do now, because we competed in it,

but we are joined right now by Michael Peach. How are you? Yeah, good, thanks. Captain of the New Zealand Quidditch team. Yeah, that's me. That's it. Who knew there was one? Who knew we needed one?

But we've got one, goddammit. Yeah, sometimes, I think there's a quote from Batman, he goes, you know, he's not the hero we deserve, but he's the hero we've got. I love how you use a quote from Batman when we're talking about Quidditch. But that's a really interesting thing. To quote my hero, Batman. So, obviously, everyone knows Quidditch from Harry quote my hero, Batman. So obviously everyone knows Quidditch from Harry Potter,

but you weren't really a Harry Potter fan as such when you first started playing Quidditch. No, no, I wasn't. I'd only ever watched the movies, but never read any of the books. So you just have a love of the sport, and you're indifferent about the Harry Potter movie franchise.

Correct, yeah. I thought it looked really weird, someone running around with a movie franchise. Correct, yeah. Yeah. I thought it looked really weird, someone running around with a broom between their legs, sign me up. It's just what I want to do. Yeah. And I fell in love with it. It's actually really like, I got really passionate about it too. It's a really, really fun sport to play. Ben did get passionate about it.

He was wanting to put it in the school curriculum. I was like, kids would love it. Put it in schools. How's that going for you? I haven't followed it up since I was... Seems like you got caught up in the moment. It's funny you should say that. One of our players is over

in the UK at the moment and she's now employed to teach quidditch to children. Love it. So she goes around the schools and she does that. See, Ben, you don't have to do it now. Someone else has done it for you. In the UK. But obviously we've seen it in the movie and they're flying around. That can happen irl in real life but um but explain like how does how does the sport work when you're playing the game so um you've kind of got two two different games

going on at the same time so some people are playing sort of like a dodgeball game uh and then others are playing like a rugby netballball and so there's four balls on the field which means there's lots happening and you're sort of running around trying to score a bit of tackling staying out of the way of the dodgeball. Listen we spent the day training with you then we spent a whole day playing with you and I still don't know the rules of Quidditch. Well the good thing was you were sort of like put into sort of positions and then you're like, oh, I get my position here. I need to throw the ball at this person or I need to try and get this ball through the

hula hoops. That are the three giant hula hoops that are on sticks sort of thing. Yeah. Each position sort of has its own game. So you can kind of just focus on your part, which is quite good. But then there was a whole nother game within a game that happened right at the end, right? With the snitch. Yes.

So you have two seekers, and they're trying to catch the snitch. And the snitch is basically a person with a sock tucked into their short waistband, and in the bottom of the sock is a tennis ball. And you're just trying to rip the sock and the tennis ball out of the pants, basically. When you've done that, you've caught the snitch, so to speak. There's world champs too, isn't there, Michael?

Yeah, there's the World Cup. Australia's pretty much top dog. Australia or the US. And the New Zealand Quidditch team, by default, because there's so few players, we'd actually made the squad, Ben. Yeah. Pretty much.

Like, if you can hold a stick between your legs, you've made the Quidditch team. Close. Very close, Ben. Yeah. Pretty much. Like, if you can hold a stick between your legs, you've made the Quidditch team. Close. Very close, too. Michael's like, don't double down too far, mate. Yeah. Not something we're proud of. But yes, if you can hold a stick with it,

you're all good to go. It was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, I think if people were interested in playing it, is there clubs? Is there people people were interested in playing it, is there clubs, is there people they could get in touch with, more information they can find out about? Yeah, absolutely.

We've got a Facebook page, so you can find us on there. Yeah, we'll have a game or two sort of in the near future. It was a lot of fun. Yeah. Really enjoyed it. And it's exhausting. A lot of cardiovascular exercise. Harry Potter must have been shredded. Although he had the easy job of flying around.

He was on the broomstick, right? Yeah, definitely take some of the effort out. Magic. Looking at you guys on the field, you guys could have done with some magic. We could have done, but we were lacking magic. Through our whole careers, that's been a common theme. Our wands have let us down. It was a very fun game.

It was lovely to meet you and the family too, Michael. So it's tonight, 8 o'clock TVNZ2, good sports, thank you for your time I appreciate it Good catch up with you and don't forget I'll be getting that into the school curriculums at some stage He was saying it all day and then I keep every few weeks I'm like how's the old Quidditch

and the curriculum going mate I do it because my wife's the teacher so I was like afterwards I was like you need to get this, I tried to palm it off to her, she's like well I need to get this. I tried to palm it off to her. She's like, well, I haven't played this sport. It sounds fun. I don't have a passion for it. Keep trying to assign this job to someone.

I was like, the kids will love it. You can catch it on the TV show tonight. Jono and Ben Good Sports, 8 o'clock, TVNZ 2. $1,000 up for grabs if you watch the show. Yeah, and if that's not enough of you, times that by five. We've got five grand next with five words. Ben, on your Thursday? Five words for 5K on the hits.

You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We play it every morning at this time on the hits. Match five words. If we match your words, our words, you know how it works. $5,000 richer. For a game we play every morning, you're starting to lose your way describing the format of the game

Starting to get concerned sometimes. I'm like how much detail do I need to go into because people know how that's a simple game to understand Right, it's easy to go. You know how it works And then if people don't they can either change the station or do the heavy lifting themselves look online or do what most Kiwis doing Go I don't I don't know how it works, but I don't want to ask questions in case I'll sit here politely and work my way through it. Natasha, welcome from Hamilton. Hi. How are you, matey? You all right?

Yes, we're good. Are you ready for a pay rise of around about $5,000? Of course. Yeah, what a wonderful prize that would be. Hopefully you know how the game works. I was just going to ask that. Yes, I do. Good, good.

Well, I know how it works, but I haven't explained it. He's too lazy to explain it. Natasha, you've got a big decision. Since you know how the game works, I don't have to tell you what that decision is. Yes, you can tell me. Oh, I do need to tell you. Okay, so maybe you don't.

So this is when you decide, Jono, Ben or Juliet, to go in the soundproof booth. Jono, please. Oh, there you go. That was the big decision. That's how the game works. I'm off in the soundproof booth. Jono, please. Oh, there you go. That was the big decision. That's how the game works. I'm off to the soundproof booth. Jono knows how the game works.

He's going there right now. And we will rip into today's words for you. Do this. Okay, here is word number one. Santa. What pops into your head when I say Santa? Claus. Santa Claus. Yeah, I thought Santa? Santa Claus?

Yeah, I thought Santa Claus too, but then I was like, oh, maybe the whole festive season. Yeah, but Santa Claus seems really good. Twitter is word number two. Twitter. Social media? Nice social media. Boxing is the third word this morning. Boxing.

Well, with Santa Claus, we'll go for Boxing is the third word this morning. Boxing. Well, with fans are closed, we'll go for Boxing Day. That's what popped into my head as well too because we're thinking along the same lines. Almond is word number four. A-L-M-O-N-D. Almond. Milk. Almond milk.

Nice. And squid is the final word this morning. Squid. Bait. Oh, bait. Yeah, bait as well. Producer Julia, how did you match up with those? I got three.

Well, it doesn't matter what you did. It doesn't matter what I did. That's fine. It matters what Jonathan Richard Pryor does, and he's come out. He knows how the game works. He's coming around now to see if we can match all five words. This is the pop quiz that I'm doing, right? Yeah, yeah, every morning.

Kylie Minogue. Yeah, no. First word that pops into your head, Jono, when I say Santa. Claws. Nice work. Oh, Natasha. Second word this morning. Twitter.

Twitter. Twitter. Oh. That's a tough one. I'm going to go Twitter. I keep wanting to say Twitter bird, but I don't know if anyone would have locked in Twitter bird because of the logo. Ben's doing the shrugging shoulders.

He's not giving me anything. Natasha, can you give me anything? No, she can't. No, she's not allowed to. She'd love to. She'd love to. Yeah. Twitter.

Social. Social? Social media. Oh, Natasha. You almost had it. You almost. Yeah, you just. Twitter was tough.

It was tough, yeah. Boxing was the next word. Boxing bag. Oh, we're thinking along the lines of boxing Christmas from Santa boxing. Oh, unboxing presents. Boxing day. Don't jump in before he's given the answer. You'll look like an idiot every time.

Almond was the next one. Almond milk. Yeah, well done. And squid. Natasha, have you got a Netflix account? Yes, I do. No, Squid Games. No, it was, of course, Squid...

Rings. Squid Painting. No, Squid Wheels. Squid Bait. Unfortunately, Natasha, not quite a victory today, but hopefully we get to do it again. That was lots of fun. Yes, it was. Thank. Squid wheels. Squid bait. Unfortunately, Natasha, not quite a victory today, but hopefully we get to do it again. That was lots of fun. Yes, it was.

Thank you, guys. No worries. What have we got coming up in Spy, Ju? Speaking of Squid, Squid Game is the game. Sorry. Squid painting. Fish and chip shop. Speaking of Squid, Squid Game is the show that everyone is watching on Netflix.

If you haven't seen it, we'll talk about it soon. The Head Spy with McDonald's Monopoly. Peel and scan your way to over $107 million in prizes. Alright, she's double vaxxed and ready to party over New Year's. Hell yeah. Juliet, what's going on with Spy? So, you may have heard of this already, or you may not

have, but it is going around the internet. It's what I would probably call the Tiger King of this lockdown, or you may not have, but it is going around the internet. It's what I would probably call the Tiger King of this lockdown, maybe? It's called Squid Game. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Not our TV show. Okay. It's a show on Netflix called Squid Game, and everyone's talking

about it. I haven't watched the full thing, but I've watched bits and pieces with my flatmates. Is it when you go to your suburban fish and chip shop and you order calamari and you're like, is this actually squid? I wish it was about that. It's basically, the best I can describe it is kind of like The Hunger Games.

It's quite dystopian, but it's about people who are in lots of debt. They're gamblers or they're just financially unstable. And they need money and they're desperate enough to play these games for the chance to win millions and millions and millions of dollars. But the games are deadly. And so I think 150 people die in the first game.

And the games are based on children's games that they would have played as kids. Oh, like hide and seek and things like that? Or like traditional Korean children's games. So it's very creepy looking. Do they play a game like Bull Rush to the Death? and it's very sort of creepy looking. Play a game like Bull Rush to the Death. And that would be the New Zealand equivalent, I guess you were doing it.

It's really good. I watched the first episode and, yeah, really enjoying it. But there's actually two ways you can watch it too because you can watch it with the, because originally it was in Korea, so they've got an overdub version or you can watch it in Korean with the subtitles. So there is two ways you can watch it as well. What do you prefer, Ben Bush?

I didn't know there was an option until, actually Taika Waititi actually tweeted about it going you don't actually have to watch it with the subtitles. So there is two ways you can watch it as well. What do you prefer, Ben Bush? I didn't know there was an option until Taika Waititi actually tweeted about it, going, you don't actually have to watch it with the overdub. Because the overdub, you know, as good as they try, it throws you off a bit. It's never exactly correct. Yes, yes. And so you can watch it with English subtitles. I've also read that, but apparently the English subtitles

don't translate exactly to what they're actually speaking. So there's some sort of differences there. Oh, right. I don't like subtitles. If I wanted to speaking. So there's some sort of differences there. All right. I don't like subtitles. If I wanted to read a book, I'd read a book. Well, the thing is, they're like, you can either. Jeez. Don't make me read anything.

It's my TV time. That is your reason. Well, you can claim you're a reader. Time for my eyes to just sit. I'm not reading that. You entertain my eyes. It's the name of the show. I don't even want to read the title.

But it's actually really interesting with this Netflix show. The director waited 10 years for the show to get the green light. So he wrote it in 2008 and then spent over a decade trying to find funding for it. Eventually, Netflix came on board. And now it's just taken over Netflix. It's the first ever Korean series to be number one on Netflix. It's like number one in 90 countries around the world or something. It's crazy. It's amazing.

Where does the calamari come into it? There's no surprise at the end you get some calamari. Or little shrimp cocktails. Quite nice. But what a good honour for sticking with it. Totally. I think the title of when he pitched it to a production company like the Squid Games I mean you're like are you funding that? Well that's the thing but like that's kind of part of it. Like it to a production company, the Squid Games, I mean, are you funding that?

Well, that's the thing, but that's kind of part of it. Squid Game seems like a kid's Netflix series, but it's actually got a really dark twist to it. But it was so big that a South Korean broadband provider apparently is suing Netflix now because they claim that everyone trying to watch Squid Game caused an outage in the broadband. Yeah, and so they're suing Netflix because it's just

so popular. There's another thing you might have seen going around online. In the first episode there's a business card with a number they need to call to be part of the games. And there was a number they used unfortunately with someone's number in Korea. And he's getting thousands and thousands of calls a day. So now Netflix have edited out that little bit.

So his number's no longer... He's just getting bombarded by people trying to call that number. And he wouldn't have been consulted They wouldn't have tested the number, would they? It was a mistake. They thought it was a number no one used and it was unfortunately someone's number Why would you call a number that you saw on a TV show?

What is the best you expect? I don't know, well this is something you guys would do on the radio show, wouldn't you? You would, you would like that M&M thing Let's call Bob's for Jenny! Let's call it! I made Juliet call the M&M restaurant You do exactly the radio show, wouldn't you? You would. You would like that M&M thing the other day. Let's call mom's for Julie. Let's call it a number. Let's call it. I made Julie call the M&M restaurant. You do exactly the same thing.

Let's call that number. Yeah, okay. Apart from desperate radio shows, what would you call the number? I don't know. I was looking here. The show was called Round Six. Yes. And they changed it to...

Yeah. Did you just say that? No, I actually didn't, but I read that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't worry. And that is your spy update oh by the way it isn't kid friendly so if you're wanting to watch i probably wouldn't watch

it around no it's up against no um and that is thanks to mcdonald's you can download the mcdonald's app to play and win prizes with the monopoly game macos kids keep up that learning or you'll end up like these guys trono and van new zealand's breakfast now i got some christmas music you can play here, Jono. What do you want, mate? Just something with Buble or something, maybe? I've got Buble, I've got Streisand. Oh, Streisand.

Okay, let's go Buble. Yeah, okay, now what do you want from the Buble catalogue? I've got silver. Beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I can't do that. Okay. Tell me what you can give me and then I'll... I thought we planned this beforehand. Yeah, I've got a blue Christmas.

I've got, you know got I'll be home before Christmas Yeah, okay, yeah Silver bells, frosted snowmen Santa baby Santa baby, yeah What do you want mate, you're very non-committal. I'm just like put something on this Christmas Anyway, the reason

I wanted that. No, I don't like Santa baby The reason I wanted that was I'll I don't like Santa, baby. I'll get it. The reason I wanted that was in the supermarket yesterday, they had Christmas chocolate already on display, like a whole shelves of Christmas chocolate, Christmas treats, chocolate Santa took a photo of it. You know, there was a whole lot of that. I was like, it's October. Have we already just decided to pull stops on the year and maybe gone?

I feel like it's probably just been there since last December. They're just riding it out, just seeing if anyone will notice. Yeah, but I mean, in many ways, I feel like wrap up the year and let's just start again fresh in 2022, the year of the Warriors and all sorts. But it's October, they've got their Christmas droplets out. Yeah, I thought it was quite early. I mean, it's early October. Yeah.

But I mean, we can't throw stones. That's a really boring song. Jeez, mate. I gave you the opportunity. You don't know how this one is. I'll get a new one. You're really making me sad about Christmas. Did you like Blue Cron-de-Mond?

Did you like Hold Me Home Before Christmas? There we go. Something a bit more upbeat. How's that? That's a bit more, yeah. We can't throw stones because we were the first radio show in the world universally to

play their first Christmas song of 2021. We did it in August, right? Yeah. What was the Christmas song?

We had an hour of it. Yeah, we did it in the end. We played one and we enjoyed it so much we continued.

So now you go turning your nose over Christmas chocolates on the supermarket shelves, buddy. Before nine o'clock we've got a great

price up for grabs thanks to Hello Fresh. It is the Hats you got, buddy. Before nine o'clock, we've got a great price. Up for grabs, thanks to HelloFresh. It is the hits you got, Jono and Ben. It is pink. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben with you. Now, the humble EFTPOS terminal, which has done us so well for so many years, hasn't it?

My mum Annie Pryor, I remember her as a child, when I was a child, not her as a child, she would put on a sash, an FPOS sash, like she was in a pageant, a beauty pageant, and head to Pack and Save, and then teach the fine shoppers about this new technology. Oh really? She was at the forefront. She was at the forefront, she was on

the ground, mate, she was the coalface of the FPOS, the turn of the FPOS. The revolution. Yeah, but now they've... put away your checkbooks people slap right there like what I've been writing

checks for ages put them away check this out oh what's this devil device yeah I don't like it I like the checkbook I like the check

I like writing a check it took about 10 years to convince everyone that it was okay I'm still trying to convince my dad that you can buy stuff off the internet

safely as well but there's a new addition to the FPOS terminal I don't know if you have noticed this. It's the would you like to give a tip function. So it goes tip, question mark, yes or no. It sometimes happens, yeah, you're right,

at restaurants I guess they've got it set up. I had it at a petrol station yesterday. Oh, really? I was like, what am I tipping you for? I've literally done all the heavy lifting out there. Oh, I've never seen that before. Yeah. And then he's kind of looking over.

You can feel the pressure on tip or not. How does this person rate my service? And you always feel obliged to go, yes, but then you have to enter the figure of the tip in as well. So then you're like, oh, I'm trying to sort of lean it towards my chest. It's probably $1.50 or something, you know? I do. I shouldn't probably say that, but I do that.

Oh, oops, I've just pushed clear. And then you just run. And then I just carry on through. Oh, well, it's too late now. We can't go back. That takes a wonderful performance, though. Oh, no. No, whatever it is.

Whatever it is, it gets you. How do I go back? Oh, just don't worry about it. And then you're like, oh, we're two part. Oh, pickets for the overseas people that come. They're used to tipping. Ah, yeah, true. They're like, I will get you in on this one.

Do you? No, no, I'm smarter than you. Oh, no. Even though I look dumber than everyone because I'm like, oh, I don't know how this works. Did you not read the screen in it? They also do surveys sometimes on it they have one they're customer satisfaction survey as you come up we go are you satisfied and i'm like well i've just got him yeah

yeah well you're always going to go satisfied when someone's staring at you with puppy dog eyes aren't you exactly yeah it's like it is when you see the tip it's like it's like a puppy staring at you and if you don't put it in it's like oh you oh, you didn't donate 50 cents to the SPCA bucket. So you're a tipper, yeah? I am a tipper. It's by guilt, though. It feels like extortion tipping, doesn't it? It is.

They're sort of lording it over you, looking, oh, what's he going to do? And does it even go to the people that you want it to go to? If you've had, you know, oh, well done, you've provided wonderful service, I'd love you to get a tip. Or have you just paid another $10 for your meal that you weren't going to pay? Yeah. Does the tip go to the hospitality staff? That's a very good question. 4487 on the text.

Some people may know about that. Or Annie Pryor, your mum, may know about it. She knows the answer. She can work her way around the Air Force's machine, my friend. She'll let you push her buttons. Okay, weird. It is a hit. So you've got John on the bed. Everyone else has left now I bet that this got you stressed out

Wondering what can we do now Maybe let it burn out The hits and HelloFresh Pay it forward We are rewarding lockdown legends. If you want to nominate someone, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Someone who's doing amazing work right now, and maybe you're being appreciated as much as they should be,

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And you can get HelloFresh delivered to someone's door for two weeks. Someone who deserves it, a lockdown legend. So let's make a call to someone now. Okay, we're going to go through to a lady called Roshika who I've just looked at her work day and how many hours this lady works a day. It's going to put us to shame, Ben.

I know we do three gruelling hours of using our mouths in the morning. And they're tough hours, those three hours. But I think Roshika might top us. She's the manager of a pharmacy. Hi, Roshika speaking. Hello, Roshika. How are the operations being managed in the pharmacy today? Good.

Yeah, they're sufficient? Just checking in. All right, I'm glad to hear things are well. It's Jono and Ben here from The Hits. Hi. We're a radio station. Now, you've been nominated as a lockdown legend for apparently all the work you've been doing.

And Jono was just saying, you're doing some huge hours at the moment. What are your hours? Well, we work in shifts. So from 6.30 to 1 is one shift, and then from 1 to 8 o'clock is another shift. So I sort of look over both of them. So it says here you're doing a split shift,

but it says you go 6.30 to 1 and then 1 till 8. I don't see where the split is. It just feels like it's just a whole 6.30 to 8.30 workday. Yeah, yeah. It's like a whole day and more. Oh, wow. Yeah, well, you've been nominated by one of your staff members who's obviously trying to grease up for something, but also wants to appreciate What does Joanne leave on out of you?

A bit of extra leave? Oh, that's really nice of her. That's really kind. Oh, yeah. She nominated you as a Lockdown Legend. You're going to get two weeks of HelloFresh delivered to your door, so you've got two weeks of meals all sorted. Oh, wow, that's really great. Thank you so much.

Because I know you've got a young daughter, don't you? And it's weird that I know that, but I know you do. Yeah, that makes things a bit more challenging. Yeah, I bet it does. Well, apparently you're the best manager ever, and it's just so lovely to work for you. Give your time to everyone on the team and uh hey this will get you two weeks of free meals baby oh thank you so much that's really

great no worries thank you now hey listen just while we're here a pharmacy manager aren't you ben did you want to talk to a sheiker about your oh god yeah like he's gonna do an obvious yeah we're better than this look yeah like he's going to do it. I'll be scared. We're better than this. Look, you don't need to be... He's had a few issues. It's flaring up again. What can he put on? Hey, just hold the line.

We'll sort that out. You don't need to be part of this. She's laughing at you again. Hello. All right, have a great day. Thanks so much for everything you're doing. I've said, you know, try vinegar or something.

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Here we go. It is the hits. Jono and Ben. Now before we leave the show, William Shatner, you know from Star Trek, Boston Legal, a great actor. He was, last week I was saying he was going to space. Well, he's going next week.

Like, he's not wasting much time, eh? I mean, I realise on Star Trek he's been to space, but not properly in real life. Seems like quite a quick turnaround. Has he prepared his 90-year-old body? Because it doesn't feel like a week and a half is long enough. Maybe he's been doing some behind-the-scenes training. You'd hope so.

How long would you like? If I was going to go to space and I was like, hey, you come along, how much notice would you want? At least 24 hours. I'd want to rip the plaster. If we're going, I want to go tomorrow. I don't want the anticipation. If you're taking me to space, Ben, boys, don't tease me.

How long would you like? You'd like probably five years to prepare yourself? Yeah, I'm always shocking at packing. What if it's cold? What if it's hot? I've got to bring this. Still need a sun hat. That sort of thing, you know? So I'd need a bit more time to prepare. You know, make sure everything at home.

I've turned off the plugs. Half shut the curtains? Yeah. Because, you know, that's a good deterrent for burglars. Don't fully shut them. No. But if they're half shut, they're like, hmm, those guys must be home.

Yeah. But they don't know how to use curtains properly. You feel like that works for some reason and you hear night time or day time half shut curtains. But really. Yeah, like the burglars must be like, these idiots, do they know what curtains are and how they work?

Yeah. So Ben, you're like five years to fully shut your curtains. Shatner is, jeez, I don't know. Well, hopefully we see him again. Seems like, who's he going out with? Bezos Bezos is taking him up Bezos is a big fan of Star Trek the original sci-fi series

don't we wish we could all take our childhood heroes up to space at the moment we're in that wonderful zone of travelling to space where there's a lot of firsts first 90 year olds first dog first anything, now I could send to space where there's a lot of firsts. First 90-year-olds. First dog. First anything.

I could send my cell phone. First cell phone to go to space at the moment. It's a sweet spot. Who would you, if you got to take a childhood hero, who would be your childhood hero? Andre Agassi. So you're calling tennis superstar Andre Agassi? Well, he's no longer a tennis superstar.

Ring, ring, Andre. Hey, Andre Agassi, would you like to go to space? Hey? I'm just coaching tennis now at some country club out in middle America. Yeah, well, put down your racket, buddy. Stop coaching those rich lawyers. You're going to space. You're going to space.

Why? I was a big fan of you when I was 10 years old. Yeah. You have yourself a great Thursday. Enjoy. And don't forget, our TV show's on tonight. Jono and Ben Good Sports, 8 o'clock TVNZ2. We take part in Quidditch Medieval Fighting,

which is like Game of Thrones. It's just wild. And we also do Kiwi Pong as well. $1,000 up for grabs if you watch it tonight. You could win that. Have a good day. We'll see you. Want more Jono and Ben?

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