Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - January 21 - President Joe Biden, The Most Annoying Thing People Do, Jono Got Called What?

Episode Date: January 21, 2021

Kia ora koutou katoa and welcome to another edition of the Jono & Ben Podcast!! On the show today we caught up with President Joe Biden ahead of his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. If you missed the news earlier this week we launched our new game '5 Words For $5k' and it may have gone off today... Sorry Boss Todd. We also asked for your calls and text about the most annoying thing people do. Enjoy the podcast and if you haven't already, flick us a follow on Instagram, just search @thehitsbreakfast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Say my name, say my name. Hello lovely people. 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. Just waving to some people outside the window there, Ben Boyce.

You are, yeah, yeah. While singing Destiny's Child, Say My Name, a very popular song from Beyonce and the Others. What? Yeah, the poor others. The poor others. Yeah, Michelle. Oh, the girl.

Kelly, yeah. There was another one. There was a fourth one, wasn't there? I think there was back in the day. Yeah, you're right. So there we go. Let's find out who the fourth member of Destiny's Child was. Now, from my understanding, Beyonce's father,

he was kind of the linchpin of the whole thing, right? He was kind of the manager and stuff, right? Yeah, so she was probably always destined, to coin a phrase. Destiny? Destiny was always to be better than the other ones. Fourth member of Destiny's Child, here we go. Oh, there's quite a lot of past members.

Is there? Latavia? Yeah, there's... Latavia? Yeah, Latoya and Farrah. So there we go. Oh. So the best known line-up was Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle. But there you go.

There's a few others that had been from back in the day. Latavia and Latoya were signed in... Oh. It was a quartet back in. Listen, just some live Googling going on here for the podcast intro. It's a pleasure to have you on a very big day for the world. President Joe Biden. Joe Biden.

Joe Biden, that's right. The president of Eastern European country, Macedonia. Joe Biden inaugurated as the U.S. president. What a fanfare it was. I mean, it feels like it went on for nine hours. We're recording the podcast after the show today, and they're walking down the streets. It's a big day for Joe.

It's a big day. I mean, for someone that age, he'd be wanting to snuck himself into bed around 4 o'clock. Watch The Chase, of course. Yeah, make sure you watch The Chase have a microwave heated roast meal and put your feet up maybe catch the beginning of Fair Go

but that's it bed to bed, probably get breakfast stuff ready for the next morning, that's what my grandparents would do they'd lay out everything, the table it would all be set the night before ready to go. What I loved about your

grandparents, as you were talking about the other day on the show, was they had a TV curtain. So the TV had opening hours. Just a bit of material that used to live on top of the TV. There was like a pot plant or something on top of it. And then they'd just sort of roll it down when the TV was

time to go to bed. What time was TV? It was probably about seven o'clock or seven seven o'clock it would be like okay tv's done for the day you know and i'll be like but i want to watch it no no we've put the curtain the tv's gone to sleep it was a good show's on guys tv's just kicking off at seven and then they'd roll it back up the next day what time what were opening hours well they might watch something in the morning sometime. You know, there might be one of those. Praise Bee or something? A rerun of something or some soap that, you know,

Emmerdale Farm or something they were into. And then later in the evening, they'd pick things up again. Definitely the news needed to be quiet for the whole weather. It was like they were in Christchurch. They'd be like, I'll call the third Christchurch now. So anyway, they'd be like, no, no, no, we need to hear the end of that. You're like, we're not even in Dunedin. But they need to hear the whole weather forecast.

And then sometimes after're like, we're not even in Dunedin. But they need to hear the whole weather forecast. And then sometimes after, like, whatever, the equivalent of seven sharp, the TV would normally go off. Normally, yeah. I watched a lot of weather over the holiday period. It's a good series,

the weather. Was it hot? I binge watched the weather. Yeah. And Dan from One News. He's very good, eh? Very good. So he came from the BBC

in the UK, came here, taught himself, well, not taught himself, learnt? Very good. So he came from the BBC in the UK, came here, taught himself, well, not taught himself, learnt te reo. Yeah, which is amazing. It's so impressive. But he has a knack of,

I sit there and watch him for three minutes and he gets to the end of the bulletin and I don't know what he said. He's got an amazing knack of just talking for three minutes and I haven't digested

anything of what he's saying. Much like you could start talking about Destiny's Child and end up talking about the weather report. Oh, geez, we covered some ground there. What have we had in the middle? Biden? Biden. Yeah, so there you go. And then your grandparents' TV.

Yeah, we've really covered some ground. So there we go. They're not the only one that can do that. Yeah, so Joe Biden. Somehow we got an exclusive with Joe Biden on the show today. That's probably the main thing that you need to know, but we almost gave away $5,000. It was the closest a new game has got.

It's a really fun new game you can play along with as well. So have a listen and see if you can work out how to play because you could win five grand tomorrow on the show. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. I'm suffering something at home, which is, I've just got no retort to it. I can't come back.

It completely undermines all of my parenting. All your crack parenting. All of my fantastic parenting. Susie Cato would be looking up at me going, wow, that's a parent. All the Kranskys you're microwaving. I actually microwaved Kranskys last night for the children. They started screaming.

I left them in too long. Not the kids. The Kranskys. Yeah, well, I'm just going to get full of the fry pan. I don't understand why you're... Anyway. Anyway, yeah, so my son Oscar, I love him dearly, but he's a character, you know?

And every time I... He's like a mini version of you, I reckon, don't you? He's very similar. But it's frustrating dealing with a mini version of you, I reckon, don't you? It's very similar. But it's frustrating dealing with a mini version of yourself. After dealing with him, I realise how frustrating I must be. I apologise to you, Ben, for all the years you've had to endure

this. But anything I try and say to him, which, you know, might be of a parenting, you know, what a parent would say, he just comes back with, OK, boomer. OK, boomer. Okay, boomer. Okay, boomer. And there's nothing I can do back. Like, we were packing to go away just last weekend.

I was like, how about you write a list of things that you want to put in your suitcase? He's like, okay, boomer. I'm like, that's not a boomer thing. It's just like a semi-organised human being thing. But you're right. Once someone says that to you, there's no way. You're like, you don't want to get it. I'm not a boomer.

And I'm not like, but anyway. I mean, technically he's wrong. Yeah. I'm not a boomer. I mean, anything. I'm millennial. I've done the research. I'm one of you, Max.

I want to do some dabbing and planking soon, mate. Okay, boomer. Okay, boomer. Yeah, it's one of those things. I found the same thing with people say for a while, cool story, bro. No matter what you said, and then you'd say the most important stuff.

Like Joe Biden could have made a speech this morning if somebody yelled out, cool story, bro. It really undermines everything you've just said. United States, we need to be a United States. Okay, Boomer. Cool story, bro. You're like, oh, I remember trying to give an inspirational speech at the TV show once

and go, okay, guys, we do this. And Guy Williams was like, cool story, bro. And you're like, oh, I'm just quietly back down. Did you hear all the good stuff? I was just trying to unite the team, just get everyone together. Put some morale on the troops. So there we go. Yeah, listen, there's no comeback.

There's no comeback from that. So kids, if you're listening and you want to shut the parents down, okay, boomer. Two simple words. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this.

Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Penn, breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads. It is a big day in the world because Joe Biden has just been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, and this is a big moment for the show. Well, it is a true honour that this man would take time out of his day today, of all days,

a prestigious event taking place right now in America, the inauguration of US President Joe Biden and he has taken time out of celebrations to talk to us on the hits live from Washington. Come on in, Joe Biden, the President of the USA. What? Who's Joe? President of what?

Well, you're Joe Biden, you're President. Congratulations. We're so excited about this. Oh, really? Yeah, listen, I got to say, yes, I'm Joe, and I'm the president of the United Arab Emirates of America. You are. Hey, you guys with the funny accents on this telecommunication,

they're calling me a president. That's right. You wish we were John Owen Bean from New Zealand. John Owen Bean from New Caledonia. Now, that's a president. That's right. You whispered John Owen Bean from New Zealand. John Owen Bean from New Caledonia. Now that's a country. Well, it's a pleasure to be with you both.

It's an honour to be talking to you. We thank you so much for giving us your time. I actually know a Ben. Oh, good. Very special friend of mine. Benjamin Franklin.

We went to elementary school together. And he's got his face on my money. Money is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts such as taxes or socioeconomic context. Thank you. That's not a joke. No, that's just facts.

That's just hard facts. Joe Biden, are you looking forward to becoming president? I mean, she's a big job. Here's just facts. That's just hard facts. Joe Biden, are you looking forward to becoming president? I mean, she's a big job. Here's the deal. I thought I was president of the bowling club, but it turns out it was the president of the United Kingdom, states of Antarctica. Now, ain't that a turnout for the books, right?

It doesn't turn out that way, you're right. Books are made out of paper. It comes from trees, and trees come from... I don't know where trees come from, but I hadn't thought about that before. But I think we can all agree, trees are fun. The branchy, the leafy, and the branchy. Well, they are very branchy. We are very excited about you coming into the White House here in New Zealand. Of course, I'm in the right house.

Why would I be in the wrong house? No, the White House. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, it's called the White House because the exterior color of the house is, in fact, white. Yeah, yeah, that's right. Let's make America great again. There we go, Joe Biden now with Donald Trump's slogan there. The guy from The Apprentice?

Yeah. That was his show. I like shows. Shows are entertaining. They play in front of my face while I'm filling in time before I die. How's the inauguration party going? It looks incredible. Got a lot of big stars there.

Party? I'm at a party. That's why I can't hear what anybody's saying. Hey, it's pretty loud here. I need to make this quick. It's nearly 4 o'clock in the afternoon over here. It's my bedtime. By the way, bed is where I sleep.

I lay down where I'm feeling at time before I die. Joe is sleepy. Sleepy Joe. What's been happening? What has been happening so far at the inauguration? I mean, we're just waking up this morning. There's too much dangerous food at this party, by the way. Too many chips.

Chips, you know, they're very sharp. They hurt when they stick in your gums, you know. They're like little knives of the snack community. My gums are tired, by the way. And that's not hyperbole. They're sore and old. Right. I prefer soup.

Soup. Now, that's a food that won't assault your mouth. They're sore and old. Right. I prefer soup. Soup. Now, that's a food that won't assault your mouth. The soup is smooth, liquidy, easy to digest, and very tasty. Soup is good. We love soup, too. Yeah. What's the first thing you're going to do when you get into the White House, Joe? You know, I got to say, and you got to hear me out.

This is important. Folks, I'm going to make it illegal to skateboard. Skateboarders are young. They're reckless. They wear hats and their pants are way too low. I like to have my pants sitting above my belly button. Now that's an appropriate height for trousers and that's an appropriate

height for all Macedonians. Americans. I like them too. Joe Biden, you've been here to New Zealand before. You're coming to visit us in New Zealand again. I love New England. You know, it's one of my favorite places in the world. Last time I was visiting you there in New Hampshire,

I went to a buffet. Buffets are delicious, tasty. They have soups, by the way. Soup is smooth and liquidy, easy to digest and very tasty you know and that memory right there is why New Guinea

will live in my heart forever which coincidentally is probably not going to be there that much longer Kamala are you ready? Joe Biden

thank you so much for your time who's Joe? that's you Joe Biden 46th president my name's Joe yes president

why ain't that a turn for the books you know books are wonderful by the way they're made out of paper you know paper My name's Joe. Yes, President. Why ain't that a turn for the books? You know, books are wonderful, by the way. They're made out of paper. You know, paper comes from trees. And trees... Okay, Joe Biden, ladies and gentlemen. Let me tell you, I got a lot of ideas.

We can plant trees everywhere, but I don't know where we get them in the first place. Morning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits, with Jono and Ben for breakfast. The A to Z of New Zealand. It's something we do every day on the show. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We call one a day.

We're slowly making our way around New Zealand, learning about each place as we go in the A to Z of New Zealand. Yes, today we're heading to Kihikihi, which is located in the Waikato. And it's so good they had to name Kihikihi twice. You said that yesterday about Kirikiri. There's a lot of great places around New Zealand. They'll be named twice. The town's tourism page says Kihikihi is a budget-friendly town,

and also the local speedway is home to the annual Super Saloon Champs, which increases the town's mullet population by 70% overnight. Oh, that's good. Who can you visit in Kihikiki? Well, why don't you visit the neighbouring Te Awamutu Space Centre? Who knew there was a space centre in Te Awamutu? A space centre? A space centre.

Wow. The hub of our space travel, Te Awamutu. One of my best friends is from Te Awamutu. He's been called a space cadet for many years, but maybe it's literally, maybe it's his profession. Maybe that's the place he goes there. Anyway, we'll head through to Kihiki now, the butchers. Hello, the meat factory.

Hello, the meat factory. How are you? It's the douchebag factory. Jono and Ben here. How are you? I'm very well, and you? We're from the Hits radio station. I realise that.

Lovely to have you on. Is this K and you? We're from the Hits radio station. I realise that. Lovely to have you on. Is this Kihiki? It is so. So nice they named it twice. Good work. How long have you been there? Since five o'clock this morning. Oh no but living in the area? I actually don't live in the area. I live in Te Umuru. That's only five minutes down the road. I've been here for about 33 years. Oh my, it's doing the same job. Yeah. You have been a butcher for 33 years. Yeah. You must know

everything about meat. Oh, a little bit. Are you going a sirloin or an eye fillet? Sirloin. Oh, why's that? Because eyes, that's more Auckland-y. Eye fillet is a very Auckland-y steak. Yeah. Are you going pork or beef sausages?

I go pork, but we've won awards for our beef. Oh my God, there's an award-winning butcher we're calling here. Oh yeah, you did right. Yeah, we got, the year before last, we got a gold medal for our pre-cooked beef sausages. Congratulations. And I tell you what I also appreciate about butchers is they are always happy to have a conversation, aren't they? They're good at talking shit.

Hey, what should we do if we come to the area apart from visiting your award-winning butcher? Well, there's polo. Polo? That sounds like you're talking about an Auckland thing. That's very Auckland-y. Oh, no, this is the Kiki style. Okay, all right.

Nicholson's, Andrew Nicholson, are from around here. Oh, he's the equestrian rider, right? That's right. Yeah, very good, very good. Represented New Zealand in many Olympic Games. Yeah, he's awesome. Did you know, I didn't realise this, I'm looking online, Kihikihi is the Maori word for cicada. Is it?

And the sound of Kihikihi is meant to replicate the sound of a cicada noise. Probably depending on how you say it and what the cicada has been doing. Cicada is a very soundtrack to summer, really. That and a mosquito in the middle of the night in your room. Yeah.

As you come into Kiki, there's a big concrete statue of a cicada and cicada things all around the place. They really nailed their foot to the floor on the cicada thing. They have so, yeah. Only a population of 2,000 people. You must know everyone intimately. Well, at the butcher's shop, yeah, you sort of,

everybody seems to know you, but you can't remember all their names. But, yeah, very local trade. What's the talk of the town at the moment? Because I imagine people come into your shop and spill the beans on everything. Well, mainly they just come in and ask for directions. You're a glorified Google Maps who also sells sausages. Yeah, so

yeah, I've got to get the phone book out and look up where street names are to point them in the right direction. Well, yeah, if you get lost in Kihikihi, go and see the wonderful butcher. It's been a pleasure talking to you. And you go and look after yourself. Have a great day. Hang on, mate.

Thanks, Dave. Cheers. Bye-bye. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. There's a photo today in today's New Zealand Herald. Google Street View, you know, when you look at the maps on Google Maps and you zoom in and you get the photo version.

A lot of people have been caught out having affairs internationally, haven't they? What were you doing with her? There's your car in the... Yeah. Yeah, well, in Queen Street in Auckland, you can see the photo when they took it. The big fire at the convention centre, there was big black billowing smoke

coming out by the Sky Tower in the photo. So on the day, obviously, they took those photos for Google Street View, there was all that going on. So any international tourists who want to come here and they're looking at Google Street View, they'll be like, oh, okay. How long did that, is that still burning that thing? How many years has this inferno been burning?

New Zealand roads, oh, listen, I know we're not a middle of the road station, but I want to talk about the middle of the road. They're so distinctive, aren't they, when you see them on international shows? New Zealand roads, yeah. I remember when Top Model came here and I was like, oh, they're on a New Zealand road. They really stand out, aren't they, New Zealand roads? Yeah, yeah, I guess compared to the big highways and all that sort of stuff you get overseas.

My favourite bits are the bumpy bits that you can try and run your tyre over for as long as possible. You don't have the white lines but some of the white lines have bumpy bits.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. I don't know if you should be doing that. I don't know if that's what you're concentrating on staying inside the lines. But I got into

a whole yesterday of research on New Zealand roads because I was like, what's the difference between a road and a street? And an avenue? Oh yeah, and then there's presents and there's all sorts of places Yeah Do you want to know?

No, no, of course I do Okay, we'll wrap it up now An avenue's got trees, eh? An avenue's got trees down it? Well, listen, a road is anything that connects two points So I guess if there's streets on either side of the road Well, listen, a road is anything that connects two points. So I guess if there's streets on either side of the road, then joining those.

Okay, that's all right. While streets are public ways, which traditionally have buildings on either side of them, avenues, meanwhile, have the same attributes as streets, but run perpendicular to them. Okay. Is that just confusing or anything more? I was with you. Now you're losing me, but that's to them. Okay. Is that just confusing? Yeah, no, I was with you. Now you're losing me, but that's all right.

With a boulevard, it's essentially a wide avenue. I've forgotten about boulevards. Do we have any boulevards in New Zealand? We probably do. I know there's, down the road from my house, there's the boulevard of car yards. They call it the Green Room. I don't know if it's actually the boulevard, but okay, we've got a boulevard, all right.

And I went really deep, too, into the New Zealand Transport Association fact on the road. You need to find some hobbies. This is my hobby, researching road. 11,000 kilometres that New Zealand State Highway 1 is, from one end of the country to the other. It's quite, yeah, big. And do you sometimes wonder, Ben,

as you're travelling around the country, why the roads are so windy? You're like, why didn't they just go straight up the hill and straight down the hill? In America, you've got roads that just go on for days straight. Why have we got such windy roads? Oh, I hadn't wondered that, but I guess now you bring it to my attention. It's a good point. Well, most of our roading system, my friend, was built on our ancestors' hard work

when they had tracks for horses and things. And usually they would take the easy route around the mountain for the horses so they wouldn't get buggered going all the way straight up and all the way straight down. So that's why you're winding around mountains and stuff. Works with the topography as well. Oh, there we go.

That's not all. Would you like any more or are we done? Well, if not, we're done. I think she's going to really wow me with this last one or are you just going

to fade out? What have you got? Have you got anything better than what you've bought so far? No, you put pressure on me now. I'll fade out.

I'll fade out of my road chat. That was really interesting. I'll retain probably 2% of that I'll retain but it was good to know. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with good to know. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now the Hot Springs Spas T20 Black Clash cricket game's happening in Christchurch tomorrow at Hagley Oval. Cricket and rugby legends are taking part in the game of T20 cricket. Tickets on sale at blackclash.co.nz, and it's free to air on TV One. And he's a last-minute addition to the rugby side, sporting legend Mark Ellis joins us now. Welcome, how's things?

You're not doing bad yourself? Yeah, we're doing well, Mark. Now, are you a last-minute addition? Well, it's just been announced, so yeah, but maybe you knew for a while. Well, no, no, most certainly. It's just been nice to talk. I haven't done that for a long, long while.

The older you get, the more they relegate you to be sort of astroturf. It's easier on the joints, astroturf. What's your cricket playing like? Because, you know, we're seeing you on the rugby field, we're seeing you on the league field. What's the cricket ability like? Oh, we grew up playing cricket in summer

and footy in winter, and then, you know, you get lucky one way or the other. So I used to play red cricket up until sort of over 20s, but that's a long time ago. I'm looking at the list, I'm the oldest by a mile. Is this game going to be legit? Like, is it an actual, like, a proper game, or is it kind of fake like you said Celebrity Treasure Island was?

No, no, no, it's not an absolute rule. Let's face it, it's full of people, you know, who just happen to have their face on camera. Is this cricket or Celebrity Treasure Island? No, no, no, the latter, not the former. You've got people who are bloody competitive by nature, and

they won't give an inch. They're cricketers. It'd be bloody embarrassing to them to lose to a player. I reckon it's full on and proper, and this is the third in five. It's one all, right? Team cricket, team rugby have both won a's proper and this is the third in five. It's one to come. It's one all, right? Team cricket, team rugby have both won a game so this is pretty much the decider this weekend. We spoke to

Sir Graham Henry, Mark Ellis, we spoke to Sir Graham Henry last year and we said, you know, what's your major role as a coach? And he said managing the alcohol intake of all the players the night before. Yeah, it's going to be challenging.

The older you get, the better at it I think you become. Yeah, right. So Mark is well-trained. He can have as many drinks as he wants the night before. He's not going to feel it the next day. He's conditioned. You're a great sportsman, as we talked about before. Rugby, league, now cricket.

And you also placed third, I was reading, in an unusual sporting event, the Cheese Rolling Champs. Now, this was overseas, and you got third. Third? I won the bloody thing. Oh, did you win the thing? Oh, okay, sorry. I was, oh, okay. You relegated to third.

Sorry. That's my sporting highlight. I've never had so much interest in a sporting event as winning the cheese. Oh, sorry, you got third. Sorry, the article I read. Okay, so you won this. So this takes place on a hill,

and you're chasing a cheese roll down the hill, right? Very famous sport. Yeah, it's a Gloucester double brie. You cover 200 metres, and at the same time it takes an Olympic sprint as a sprint 100 metres. This is down a hill in Gloucester in the UK. So I'm looking at a picture of it right now.

It looks like about 20 to 30 people sprinting down a hill. Very dangerous, I imagine. Oh, it's worse than running in the bulls. We got up there and there was a guy who was, you know, reputed as being the absolute legend of the sport. I mean, he's there. And I don't know whether I can say this, but in, you know, these liberal times,

I believe he may have been having some marijuana pre-race. And he said, you want some of that? So I said, no, mate, I'm paranoid as anything. He took off having won it apparently seven times and within two steps and his shin came out through his jeans.

Oh my God. And another guy got KO'd as well. So there were two ambulances. So it's pretty frightening. So when I won that, it was amazing. Calls from all over the world. So most perturbed that you said third. Oh, sorry.

I apologise about that. There's a wonderful Netflix documentary on the cheese rolling at the moment. What do you get for winning this prestigious tournament? Oh, you win the cheese. So a guy is putting his bone through his shin for a roll of cheese. Oh, look, I think in the village, in Gloucester, he's highly reputed. There's probably a lot of motivations for a young man like that. Oh, listen, Mark, it's always a pleasure catching up with you, my friend.

Enjoy the Black Clash in association with Heartland Bank. I'm going to get those sponsors in there. And Hot Springs. Hot Springs, that's right. Do you get a free spa pool and some decent interest rates on your banking now? I'd say enough. I think the tickets are almost sold out, so who knows? Yeah, it looks like an awesome day out for the family as well in Christchurch.

Under Lights as well, they're busting out the lights. Israel Dagg, Richie McCaw, Geordie Barrett, yourself, Stephen Fleming, Dan Vittori, Craig McMillan. I mean, they're an all-star line-up. It's nice to be an underdog, isn't it?

That's right. You get in there and play well. Mark Ellis, it's always a pleasure catching up with you. Look after yourself and we'll be watching it

Friday night. Pleasure. Thank you. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some may say it's pointless but the main thing is it fills in some airtime

for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Listen, the lovely producer Juliette is away, and this is the part of the show that Ben would usually clear some emails and pretend like he's interested in what she's saying.

But now he's got to do the heavy lifting. What's happening in Spy, baby? Robbie Williams, the latest celebrity, international celebrity to get COVID-19. The Let Me Entertain You singer is currently self-isolating. He tested positive for the virus while on holiday in the Caribbean with his family. Yeah, so Robbie's been quite sick, they reckon, with it. So hopefully he's all good. But he was very worried about it a while ago, right?

I thought, yeah, we were talking about this pre-show. I thought he flew himself to an island so he could be secluded from the pandemic. Now he's holidaying in a place that, you know, is obviously not free of COVID. But it just goes to show, no matter how paranoid you are about it, no matter how clean you keep yourself, your hands, you can't rely on everyone else. No, well, yeah, particularly overseas, else. Particularly overseas. Especially where they are. We're so lucky

at the moment and hopefully touch wood it continues. We were talking yesterday to UK comedian Russell Howard who's on tour throughout the country now. He's just come out yesterday of two weeks of self-quarantine and he was getting quite emotional over Zoom. Because you forget that

these people in the UK, America or around the rest of the world basically haven't had normal human to human contact. They haven't been in cafes, haven't been in bars. Oh yeah. Without masks on, you know, it's just been. The footage of the 660 concert from Waitangi over the weekend has been on news sites all over the world

because people are just like, there's a concert going on with thousands of people. They're not wearing masks. Everyone's out there. They're chewing their jaws off. You know, it's gone everywhere, all over the world, because everyone just can't believe that that's happening in the world right now.

So we're very fortunate to have that going on. Oh, God bless New Zealand. And God bless America is what they say too today. A lot of people saying that as Joe Biden has been sworn in as president, 46th president. Every time you say that, I'm like, here's the bloody crapping president. Yeah.

So an all-star celebrity lineup of guests joining Joe Biden, Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Yes, she sung the national anthem. Here was her earlier. I say, can you see By the dawn's early light? Yeah, wonderful rendition.

She's through to boot camp. I'd put her in my team. Of course, a little bit different from how Donald Trump used to pronounce her last name. We've got that audio around, Millennial Mix. We do. I could tell you stories about Lady Gaga. I know a lot of stories about Lady Gaga. Please say hello to Lady Gaga.

What am I calling you, Stephanie? Lady Gaga. Whatever you a lot of stories. Lady Gaga. Please say hello to Lady Gaga. What am I calling you? Stephanie? Lady Gaga. Whatever you like. My name is Bradley Cooper. And I'm Lady Gaga. Yes. Gaga.

Gaga. We had Jennifer Lopez as well. She performed America the Beautiful, which was a wonderful rendition of that. And as well as that, the New Radicals. They're getting together after 20 years, reforming to play at the inauguration. They were a one-hit wonder with this song.

Hey. You get what you get. This is like off every second car commercial. Yeah. You want to get on car commercials. They're getting together after 20 years to perform this song at the inauguration at some stage today. It's a usual band to ask to reform. Yeah, like it was a great song.

Yeah, it was a great song. Don't get me wrong. But they were like, hey, well, no, we haven't been together for a while. I'm an accountant now. Yeah, yeah. I have a proper job. Oh, music. Yeah, I haven't thought about that for a while, but all right.

Anyway, well, congratulations. And I just see Biden has just tweeted right now, watching on CNN. He's like, there's no time to waste. I'm going straight to the Oval Office now to sign papers and change... A few things. A few wild things that the guy before me might have done. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Scrolling through your feed.

Listen, Ben Boyce has spent at least three to five minutes half-heartedly researching news stories so you can be half-heartedly informed today as you go to work. The world is watching and very excited to see Joe Biden as the brand new President of America. He was sworn in just after six o'clock this morning. It happened in Washington, D.C. I, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.

Will, for the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God. Congratulations, Mr. President. Here we go. The White House said to become the world's most lavish retirement village. Yeah. I always think when one president leaves the White House and another one, the incumbent, arrives, the moving process, there is administration that comes. I'm sure Trump had personal belongings. Do you think he's left and then he's just realised he's like, oh, I've left my bloody car keys.

I've done the flat clean. The flat cleaning, the inspection. Because there's nothing worse than doing a textbook departure from somewhere. You've said goodbye to everyone, goodbye. And then you get to your car and you're like, oh, my phone. I've got to go back in there. Light bulbs. I left my light bulb in the old place.

Yeah. Did you take light bulbs when you moved out? It was a fancy light bulb. It was like one of those that you can turn on with your phone. Oh. So you have this light bulb that you transport from house to house. Millennial Max. It's a millennial thing. That is such a millennial

thing. Yeah, Biden. There's a lot of admin as well, not just running the country, but also in a new place. You know, the Wi-Fi, you've got to connect, you know, e-connecting up to Sky. Joe Biden made a wonderful speech this morning about uniting America. Quite different from some of the speeches we've heard from Trump over the years. I went to an Ivy League school.

I'm very highly educated. I know words. I have the best words. He does have the best words. And I noticed that as everyone was leaving the official ceremony there, you got the Obamas, you got the Clintons,

you got the Gargars, you got the Lopez's. And they're all walking down the stairs into a car park, which must be the world's most powerful car park. Yeah. A lot of powerful cars parked there. But they're all the same vehicle.

They're all black Chevy Suburbans. So they probably all get there going, who's... With tinted windows and stuff, yeah. We don't want to park. And it would be like leaving a concert. There's only one driveway and everyone's like sort of niggly having to, oh, sorry, Obama, you can go first. I'll let you through.

The drivers will all be coming out there with their little, which car was that? Trying to work out which one that was opening. Because you're right, they all look the same. And back home in New Zealand, the Prada Cup is happening this weekend. They've just released the schedule. Now, there was the capsizing of American Magic in the weekend, so they can't race this week.

So they're trying to race, basically having their own race right now to get ready for the following week. They could borrow the Fuller's Ferry. Yeah, true. You've got to give that a go. Maybe they should. There's options.

But I found this really interesting. But to be awarded the victories this week, even though there's going to be no American Magic, Luna Rossa and Team UK still have to turn up at the start line for their race against American Magic. And it's only once then, once the race starts, that they get awarded the victory. It's called a ghost race.

So they have to start and then they call the race off because there's no other competitor. But they have to make the call all the way out there. So they don't even run the whole course. No, well, they don't need to because there's no other competitor. They just get awarded the victory. But they have to actually turn up to be awarded the victory on the day. Which seems like a complete waste of resource.

It does. Time. Money. Poor TVNZ have got to commentate. You know, like, do they have to commentate? And they started and they won. There's just one vote and they've been awarded the victory. So, yeah, very unusual.

Tony Street will be working hard for her money this week, won't she? And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts be not bestowed. Folks, this is US President Joe Biden. And I'm listening to Joe Biden. Oh, wait, no.

I'm listening to Jono and Ken of New Caledonia. Right? Jono and Ben, the official show of world leaders on the hits. Yes, Joe Biden, he rang in this morning, surprised us all on the show. Well, what surprised us even more is he Zoomed it. Yeah. It was more surprising. We'll play it for you.

He called very early in the morning, midway through his speech that he was making in his inauguration. We'll play that for you just after eight o'clock. But of course, as we all know, Joe Biden is the new President of America, 46th President.

He's had the White House stocking up on Werther's Originals. Macintosh. Coronation Street's been my sky on series link. He's ready to go. Yeah, but it's been

a big inauguration this morning. We had Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez performing. Obama's, they were there. The Clintons, a lot of the other presidents. No Donald Trump. Obviously, he wasn't there. George Bush was there.

Yeah, well, I thought it was awesome. It was great to see, wasn't it? So a great, huge inauguration that's been played all over the world. Tremendous inauguration. One of the finest inaugurations. Yeah, for his new job. And he's got a new job, Joe Biden, and it's great, you know.

But he's getting a lot of lip service. I mean, we're giving him lip service. I see, Ben, your lips are servicing Joe right now. And we want to give you some service because he's all over the news, all over the internet. But what if you're starting a new job today? Yeah, or even this year.

You know, he's starting a new job in 2021, but a lot of other people are starting a new job. Everyone's talking about his new job. Some should say he should be retiring from his old job. But he's just starting a new chapter in his employment career. Like Rachel, who's reading the news, doing a great job for us. She started a new job this year. No one's talked about that.

So what we want to do is we want to inaugurate you. Which sounds like we want to perform some sort of medical procedure on you. It does. But we want to inaugurate you, which sounds like we want to perform some sort of medical procedure on you. It does. But we want to inaugurate you if you are starting a new job, a new gig. Maybe you're starting school, a new school. You've moved to a new town. Anything new this year for you, we will inaugurate you next.

So give us a call right now, 0800 THE HITS. And, you know, you can take a bit of the limelight. Share it with Joe Biden today. First of all, we want to welcome Rachel. Rachel. Rachel, our new newsreader. John hasn't taken time to learn your name.

Maybe by tomorrow. Rachel. So dear, dear Rachel, our new newsreader. We would love to inaugurate you as the 46th newsreader of the Hits Radio station Right, thank you Is that all we've got there? How are you finding the early mornings though?

Because this, you know, like getting up early and doing the broadcast Yeah, I think it's exciting to be here And I think going to bed at 8.30 is the key for me so far It's leading the life so far it's leading the life of it's leading the daily schedule of Joe Biden

hosting the breakfast radio show going to bed at 5 o'clock I pee three times in the night as well thank you

you're doing a wonderful job it's great to have you here lovely to have you here Rachel thanks Rachel you have a good one mate let's go to the phones. We've got

John. John with us. We'd like to inaugurate you and your new job. John, what have you got? Oh, I don't have a new job. I'm starting a new school and we're just moving into our new house in a couple weeks. Oh, look, and no one's heard about this. No one's heard about 13-year-old John.

I don't know why I asked 13-year-old John what job he was going to start. But no one's heard about you doing this, John. Yeah I don't know why I asked 13-year-old John what job he was going to start. But no one's heard about you doing this, John. Yeah, we've got a kid each that's starting a new school this year, right? So John, I had to get uniforms last night. We're not talking about that, are we? We're talking about Joe Biden. Yeah, uniforms are not cheap. I know.

We should get into the uniform game. I know. We had to get a whole new uniform last year for Sarah. And it cost like a hundred dollars just to get a whole new uniform last year for Sarah, and it cost, like, a hundred dollars just to get it. It was like 60 bucks just to get a T-shirt. Yeah. This is why kids should just go to school, Nathan. No, no, I don't think that's the right idea.

Save money, save on costs. Say good on you, John. Enjoy your new school, and consider yourself officially inaugurated. Thank you, Josh. We'll see you, mate. With some hell-piece vouchers. Some hell-piece vouchers.

We didn't give Rachel any. Wellington. Sarah, you're on the air. Welcome from Wellington. You're starting a new gig. I would like to inaugurate you into it. Yep, thank you, guys. Last year, I threw in the towel

with a long-time office job and I'm just going to be a nanny for a while. Oh, nice. Oh, well, we inaugurate you in giving up on a proper job. Hey, hey. Oh, I'm playing with kids all day. That's not a proper job. That's fun.

That's fun. I'd love to go to the playground every day. I think it's just go to the playground. That's all you do, isn't it? You've been doing it, right? Yeah. Play the playground, That's all you do, isn't it? You've been doing it right. Yeah. Play the playground, watch some Paw Patrol. Wonderful.

You enjoy it, Sarah. Thanks, Todd. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hips. The hips. Five words for 5K on the hips. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is just gone 7.45.

It's a game we play every day on the show. Jono and Ben's five words for $5,000. It's a game of word association. So we give you five words. You say the first thing that pops into your head. And if those five words match up with our five words, you win $5,000. And I get quite nervous around this time

because we could be giving away $5,000 and it kind of comes down to one of the two of us. Yeah, it is anxious times in the studios. Let's welcome from the capital, Morena, to New Zealand's Breakfast. Michelle, how are you? I'm well, thanks. How are you? Great to have you on, Michelle. We're doing very well this morning.

Now, there's no right or wrong way to play this game. No. Actually, there is. The right way is you say some words, we match the words, you win money. The wrong way is that that doesn't happen. So what we want to say to you is just first word that comes into your head, okay? Yeah. That's all you do.

Yeah, I've been doing this every morning. You've been doing it every morning. A lot of people were texting in after the game going, I actually matched with the words in my car. So Michelle, your first choice, Ben or myself, that you would like to go into the soundproof booth? I'd probably be more aligned with Ben, to be honest. Okay.

All right, little pedantic. Like to keep your hands clean. Hey, hey, hey. All right, I'm going to the soundproof booth. All right, he's into the soundproof booth, which is an actual booth. This isn't just, we've spent a lot of money on this booth, and it's where all of our colleagues go when they're having awkward lunchtime phone calls

with their partners just so that the rest of the office doesn't have to hear them. All right, he's safely in the soundproof booth. He can hear nothing, Michelle. Is there any dastardly things you'd like to say about Ben Boyce? He's lovely.

He's lovely. All right, you're not going to go in on him while he can't hear you. All right, Michelle. No, we need to be him while he can't hear you. All right, Michelle. No, we need to be aligned on this. Now, you can take your time thinking of the words, okay? Yep. The first word that comes into your head when I say mashed.

Potato. Potato. On. Potato. On. Off. Off. Banana. Peel. Mum.

Dad. And trampoline. Jumping. Wow. That's a pretty good line-up. That is a really good line-up. Yeah, I think so. You happy with all those choices, Michelle?

Yeah, I think so. Okay. Oh, I'm a bit nervous about the trampoline one. I feel like he might say bounce, but I'll stay with jumping. You're going to stick with jumping. All right, it's time to open the soundproof booth. Wave them in, Producer Humphrey. Lovely Producer Bee Humps.

Come on out of the soundproof booth. I have a really good feeling about this, Ben. I don't want to put any pressure on you. But did I tell you Michelle needed an organ transplant today? Oh, don't do this. She was going to use the prize money for this. It needs to happen this afternoon though, the operation. Okay. I've a good feeling. I don't know. There's a lot of pressure. I'm very nervous

right now. If you match five words with Michelle's, she's $5,000 richer. Are you ready? Okay. Hit the music, Millennial Max. Mashed. Potato. Oh!

Did she have potato? Where did she go, Michelle? Potato. Oh, one from one. We're up for a start, okay. This is the furthest we've gone. Oh, my God. $1,000 already, Michelle. Is she going to be start. Okay. This is the furthest you've gone. Oh, my God. $1,000 already, Michelle.

Is she going to give me $1,000? Oh, no. She gets the rest of them. Oh, right. Oh, so I have to do it. That's how it works. Five grand. Yeah.

Okay. Oh, no. Listen, you know what? I'm going to go mad dog. I'm going to celebrate. Just because we got one word, you get a grand already. Okay. All right?

Yay! I'm going to give that to you. Okay, that wasn't part of the T's and Z's. No, it's not. I don't know your pay. I think I'll be in some severe trouble after the show. But just to celebrate, our first joining word, our first match word, we'll give you a grand to start with.

Okay, Michelle? Yay, thank you. Okay, let's see if we can get you five grand, though. On. Off. Oh, did you get two? Two from two, Michelle. Yeah, two grand.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Just to clarify. This is not how the game works. I've really thrown a spanner in the works. It's meant to be five words, five grand, but John got excited and gave you a grassy I know, I know Banana

Peel Oh my god Did you say peel? You said peel, didn't you Michelle? I said peel We're three from three Come on Ben Mum

Dad Did she say dad? Okay. Oh, shit. Come on, Ben. Mum. Dad. Did you say dad? What did you say, Michelle? I said dad. Oh, my God. We could have five grand. This is so tense.

Okay. The fifth and final word for the first five words, $5,000. Could we have our first winner? I'm so nervous. Trampoline. Bounce. Oh, no! It was not bounce. It was jumping.

Michelle, you said he thought he might say bounce. Oh, my God. I can taste it. We're so close. She almost changed it to bounce. Oh, my God. I didn't taste it. We're so close. She almost changed it to bounce. Did she? Oh. I'm sorry.

We got. Absolute scenes. I didn't think we'd even get this close in this game. It's possible to win five grand, but we're giving her a grand, aren't we? I recklessly gave away $1,000, so you can take that, Michelle. Well played from you. Oh, my God. Thank you.

Oh, Ben Boyce, well played. I can't believe I didn't change it. Oh,000. So you can take that, Michelle. Well played from you. Oh, my God. Thank you. Oh, Ben Boyce, well played. I can't believe I didn't change it. Oh, wow. Okay. There's a lot for me to comprehend because I missed a lot of it. But you've got $1,000. I'll be back tomorrow. Five words for $5,000.

That's how the game's meant to work. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Spy. The WhatsApp spy.co.nz Looking tanned, terrific, and with a social media following, with half a

say I have, there's some words there. I've written something and I can't read, and it's become apparent, and here's Ben Boyce for Spy. New Zealand sporting legends Richie and Gemma McCaw announced today they're expecting their second child later this year. They've got a young daughter named Charlotte,

and McCaw say they can't wait for Charlotte to have a big sister. So congratulations. That's lovely news, isn't it? Isn't it? Hold on. Charlotte is their baby at the moment, and they can't wait for Charlotte to have a big sister? Oh, no, for her to be a big sister.

Oh, so Charlotte will be the big sister. Sorry. Biologically, how's this be a big sister. Oh, so Charlotte will be, I was like, this is the right, sorry. Biologically, how's this happening? Oh, that's awesome. Congratulations, Richie and Gemma. And of course,

Donald Trump is no longer president of the USA. Joe Biden is the new president. But before Trump, You know what's making me nervous though is I just see him now walking out of his official inauguration ceremony.

Very steep steps for an elderly gentleman. There's about 50. And they go at such a gradient, like almost a 45 degree angle, those steps. Very dangerous. If that was someone leaving the RSA, you'd give them an arm on the way down. Oh, true. Someone bring out a walker or something. Do you do two at a time?

No, two at a time. No, no, no. Joe! Joe, be wild, millennial man. But before Donald Trump left office, two at a time. No, no, no. Joe! Don't be wild, Millennial Mask. But before Donald Trump left office, he pardoned a whole lot of people, as is tradition for presidents when they leave, and there was a lot of talk about who was going to get pardoned. Rapper Lil Wayne got a pardon, but Joe Exotic from Tiger King did not.

Now, Joe and his team were so confident that Donald Trump was going to give them a pardon. They had a hair stylist waiting outside the prison that he's locked up in. Also a stylist, stylist, clothes stylist. And they were like, he's going to come out, he's going to get his hair done, he's going to get his style. We're going to take him to get a McRib and then he'll do some interviews. And they even had a limousine, like, parked outside the prison waiting for the last three days. They must be booked out and just sitting there, right? Yeah, and we thought

before the show, does this limousine company get paid? Well, yeah, obviously they would, right? How much do they get for just sitting outside the prison waiting

for Joe Exotic? Well, we gave them a call in Texas first thing. Heaven on Wheels, how can I help you? Have I got a hold of Heaven on Wheels,

the limousine company? Yes, sir, you have. Hi, it's just Jono and Ben calling from New Zealand. How are you? Fine, how are you? Good, thanks. I'm not too sure if you were the limo company that Joe Exotic had hired a limousine

to wait outside prison for him, for his pardon or not. Yes, sir. Oh, you were? Oh, you were? Oh, you were? Oh, yeah, we're ringing from a radio station in New Zealand. We just wanted to know how much would it cost if we wanted to hire a limo just to sit outside and wait for us to be released from prison for a number of days?

How much money did you get? I'm sorry. This is something that we cannot discuss, so something personal. Sensitive information? Anything else I could help you with. Was the limo driver upset that we cannot discuss, so something personal. Sensitive information? Anything else I could help you with. Was the limo driver upset that he just basically sat outside a prison for three days and didn't get a ride? No, sir, absolutely not.

I appreciate your call, though. Okay, you're doing a fade-out on this conversation, are you? I understand. It's all right. Well, you look after yourself over there in Texas, okay? Well, thank you very much. All righty. Hey, are you? Fair enough, I understand. That's alright. Well, you look after yourself over there in Texas, okay? Well, thank you very much. Alrighty. Are you watching the inauguration? No, not really. It wasn't... No, not really.

Alright, thank you very much. Alright, okay. There we go. Another fade-out there. Two fade-outs. Moving along. Needed to move you along. Wish I could do that to you on a daily basis. And it is Spy Entertainment News for your Thursday morning. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand.

If only New Zealand was proud of that. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Now, earlier on the show, Jono, you were talking about your son, Oscar, basically burning you all the time with a little comment, OK, Boomer. Yeah, he shuts down any parental advice I'm trying to give him. Go to bed, OK OK Boomer. Yeah. Shuts down any parental advice I'm trying to give him. Go to bed, OK Boomer. No, people go to bed. But I've got no comeback from OK Boomer. There's no comeback. The damage has been done

when OK Boomer is delivered. And we got a text actually after that. Shall I read that out? Yeah. It's quite funny. I'm a brownie leader and one of the girls constantly says to me OK Boomer, I'm 19 and she's eight. We're the same generation.

But still, I have no comeback. Yes, no comeback to that. It's got me thinking because my kids at the moment, my two young girls, somewhere along the line they've heard about adults having a midlife crisis. And some people have those sorts of things where they go out and buy different things and splurge on stuff. So they keep asking me where I'm going to have mine. Well, you turned up in a Red Mazda MX-5 the other day,

a convertible. That's what they say. We walked past, it was a really flash car a while and they were like, I can't get one of those. It's that Lamborghini for your midlife crisis. I'm like, no. Lamborghini. I would love it if you turned up to work in a Lamborghini.

It's like, I don't feel like I'm at that stage. And I'm not going to do that. And now that we saw a jet ski again over the holidays. When are you going to be at Lamborghini stage? Just out of interest. I don't think I'm ever going to be at Lamborghini stage. The kids are like, we've never been on a jet ski. Can you get one for your midlife crisis?

It's like they're planning stuff in like it's a Christmas or a birthday thing. They're just booking things in. But they're using your age demographic to try and get great stuff for themselves. Yeah, I don't feel like I'm ready for that at the moment, but kids, yeah. I mean, Leonardo DiCaprio has been having a midlife crisis

for the last 20 years. Isn't he? No one's questioned him. Ben, so go ahead, mate. Enjoy it. You're going to do it? Are they a thing? Are the midlife crises

actually like, is it like a mental thing in someone's brain that ticks over where they're like, oh, it's nearly halfway through. You know, I've got to do something. I've got to change up. I haven't lived my best life.

I can imagine it would happen to all sorts of people at various times of their life though, wouldn't it? You know, and things could probably make that happen. You know, whether you're like, your family had moved out or, you know, you lost a job, all your things like that. You're like, okay, I'm going to do this. Has anyone listening ever had a midlife crisis? Yeah.

What did you do? Have you bought a Lamborghini or a jet ski? Yeah, oh, and hundreds of hits. What did you do? We want to hear. Because maybe Ben, he might turn up in a Lamborghini tomorrow. I love how we're talking like you can afford a Lamborghini and jet skis. We could go hashtag sponsored.

Is that what you do? Did a collab with Lamborghini. Yeah. I don't think I'm the right person for that, right? Give us a call, though, if you have had a midlife crisis. We won't shame and embarrass you on the radio well we probably no we won't

now I'm a sucker for a clickbait I've been clickbaited before and I'll be clickbaited again the most recent clickbait took me through like 19 different websites to finally get to the list. I ended up on the dark web and they're like, before you can see this list, you must buy some illegal organs.

So I bought a kidney and then finally I could see the list. So what's the list of? Which was the top 50 most annoying things people do. And what I want to do is play a bit of a game right now. 0800 the hits What do you think the top five are? These are the big bangers

Can I have some guesses? I know what you're going to say What? You're going to say Jono breathing through his nose Oh yeah, that was one of my guesses You're quite a loud breather, aren't you? I'm sorry that I can't partake in the essential

Human act of breathing in oxygen It annoys you. Okay, what about not waving when you let someone in traffic? You know, when you let someone in, they don't go, thank you. Or even just an index finger off the steering wheel. Is that one of them? No, but that is a good one. That's not in the top five.

Musing TV ads and sitting there in silence? Like John Pryor, my father, and your dad, Kevin. Yeah. Not in the top five. All right, okay. Well, if you think you can do better, 0800-THE-, are not in the top five. All right. Okay. Well, if you think you can do better, 0800THEHITS is the phone number. Give us a call this morning. Have a guess.

And if you guess one right, or even if you just give us a call, we're feeling generous this morning. We've got some hell pizza vouchers up for grabs. We'll kick it off with Adele. Welcome, Adele. How's our mate, Adele? Hi. Thanks.

Lovely to hear from you. What do you reckon's in the top five, Adele? Chewing or eating with your mouth open. It's really annoying. It's not in the top five, but it is at number 18. 18. Yeah. And people that lick their lips when they're eating.

Who are you, at dinner with a lizard? Someone, yeah, I like, oh, yeah. Nice to speak with you guys again You actually called me about the $2 rice thing Oh yes You went to Christchurch and tried Ben's famous $2 rice That he always bangs on about That's right

Yes I did and I didn't die No you didn't because it's blooming good And so is our hell pizza And she ate it with her mouth closed Didn't lick her lips once. We're going to send you out some hell pizza, right? Okay, cool. Thank you.

Love your work, Adele. Thank you very much. So not in the top five. Susan, what are your thinks inside the top 550 most annoying things that people do? Leave the cap off the toothpaste. Oh, cap off the toothpaste. Oh, okay. I've just got a flip top situation. Oh, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Oh, cap off the toothpaste. Oh, okay. I've just got a flip-top situation.

Oh, yeah. That's what I'm saying. Oh, rich guy. Oh, rich guy over here with his flip-top. Oh, million-dollar money mouth over here with his flip-top. There's a loud breathing. No, there's a loud breathing. Not in the top five.

Sorry, Suzanne. I'm sorry. We'll go to Tony. What breathing. Not in the top five. Sorry, Suzanne. I'm sorry. We'll go to Tony. What do you think is the top five most annoying things people do in Woodville? Tony? I'm not saying thank you to checkout operators. Oh, yes. That's a good one.

Hold on. It's not in the top five. Let's say yes, it is. Or being rude to service people, customer service people is at number 32 oh well done well done well done obviously not a bigger issue

for other people as it is for you Tony yeah yeah it's at number 32 so no one has guessed anything in the top 5 do you want me to read them out there yeah go on

it'd be a bit underwhelming if I didn't at number 5 of the most annoying things people do putting your bag down on a seat. Oh, yeah. And then not taking it off when someone comes to sit along.

You know, that's annoying. I definitely do that. Yeah. You don't take it when... Sometimes I like to do that and then not let elderly people sit down on it just to prove that my bag needs to rest. Okay, that's number five. Okay, number four, using all caps and emails.

You do that. Oh, I know. I know. I'm sorry. No, the problem is I'm not looking at the screen when I'm typing. Then when I get to the end of the email, I'm like, oh, they're all in caps apart from the last letter. And I'm like, it's too late. It's too much to change.

There needs to be a function when you can change that in one fell click. Number three of the most annoying things. Wearing too much perfume or cologne. Surely that's not too annoying, is it? Oh, yeah. I like it. Yeah, you've made an effort. You're putting it in.

This is not BO. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Mr. Cologne guy over here. Ben likes to arrive in under a cloud of youp. All right, two more. Number two, not muting your background noise during meetings, Zoom meetings. Oh, that could be annoying, yeah.

A bit topical. You don't seem satisfied with these. I feel like some of the ones we had before were better than these. Some of my ones were better, maybe. You feel underwhelmed. Yeah, Zoom meetings. That could be annoying, yeah. A bit topical. You don't seem satisfied with these. I feel like some of the ones we had before were better than these. Some of my ones were better, maybe. You feel underwhelmed. Yeah, all right. And number one, using your phone while you're talking to someone. Oh, like, so if we're having a conversation right now and I'm preoccupied with it for

a year. Yeah, yeah. Is that annoying or is that multitasking? The height of multitasking. That's a bit of both. Okay, well, there we go. That was a disappointing list for Ben, and I'm sorry I've let you down again. And the most annoying thing, Jotto's list. I'm probably breathing too loud. Jotto's list is the most annoying thing. That's it bit of both. Okay, well, there we go. That was a disappointing list for Ben, and I'm sorry I've let you down again. The most annoying thing,

Jono's list. Jono's list are the most annoying thing. That's at number one. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. On the weekend, Jono, I was going for a walk early in the morning with the dog.

It must have been Sunday morning. And admittedly, you know, I wasn't wearing, you know, my number one's clothing. He's just out there, you know, I wasn't wearing, you know, my number one's clothing. He's just out there. You know, out there, wear some active wear. You're out and about. Oh, you don't traditionally walk a dog in a tuxedo or something, do you?

So maybe I wasn't looking the best, but I went into the dairy. I was getting a little bit thirsty. I went into the dairy. You weren't TV ready. You weren't camera ready. I wasn't camera ready. But I went into the dairy just quickly because I was a little bit thirsty. And I was like, hey, I'll get a blue Powerade.

It's something I enjoy from time to time. I was like, yeah, Blue Powerade. And then the guy behind the counter at the dairy was like, oh yeah, big night, was it? I was like, oh no, not really. And he said, oh, Blue Powerade. I was like, well, can you not buy a Blue Powerade without people thinking you're hungover? Oh, it is the

traditional refreshment of the hungover community, isn't it, the Blue Powerade? And I have had it then, and it works wonders. You know, when the inventors of Powerade came up with Blue Powerade, did you ever think that years down the track when they started with marketing with finely tuned athletes? Well, the All Blacks are on the ads. The Seven Adams, the basketball, they're all over there.

They're drinking. They're not hungover in the ad, are they? Years down the track, there would just be people stumbling into dairies and track pants with bare feet begging for Blue Power into dairies and trackpans with bare feet, begging for Blue Powerade. Blue Powerade and sometimes a pie, right? Yeah, I mean, that's the ultimate combo, isn't it? That's when you can really judge someone.

Yeah, like maybe if I bought a pie as well at the same time. Steak and cheese. Oh, steak and cheese and Blue Powerade? Yeah, steak and cheese. What flavour is Blue Powerade? We've just called it Blue Powerade, but I'm sure that's probably not its official... It's probably got an actual flavour, right? It's called Mountain Blast. Oh, is that it? I know far too much about Blue Powerade, but I'm sure that's probably not its official... It's probably got an actual flavour, right? It's called Mountain Blast. Oh, is that it?

I know far too much about Blue Powerade. You're shaming yourself here, Millennial Max. There are hordes of Powerade flavours, but it seems the blue one is New Zealand's holy water. It is. It is. That's so good.

So let's call it dairy. Let's just see what the ratio is of people who have been out the night before that come in and get blue powerades. Can we go through to the South Island, Millennial Max? The South Island. We'll go just in through on the South Island. Take me to the South Island. We'll be through.

Patch me through right now. Waukeri Dairy, this is Joe. Good morning, Joe Mordena. How are you? Good, thanks. How are you? It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Waka Riberi, this is Joe Oh, morning Joe, morning How are you? Good thanks, how are you? It's Jono and Ben from the Hits Radio Station Your third favourite radio programme Hello Has anyone ever come into your shop and purchased a blue Powerade

While not being hungover? Not all the time Oh yeah, well good, because I did that And then I kind of got shamed by the person Going, oh you're a bit hungover, are you? And I'm like, not at your shop obviously, this is somewhere else But I was like, no, well, good, because I did that, and then I kind of got shamed by the person going, oh, you're a bit hungover, yeah? And I'm like, not at your shop, obviously. This is somewhere else. But I was like, oh, no, I'm just enjoying a blue Powerade.

I have bought it hungover. I'm guessing there is probably a number of people that have done so, but... Okay, here's another question. Has anyone ever come into the shop and purchased a blue Powerade and a pie not hungover? Hey, we don't judge. That's good. Nor do you answer questions.

I love the answer. We cannot judge. It's not our place to judge. We're just here to serve. Oh, and now that is the motto. Is that what you're supposed to hear? That's right. That's great.

That's the motto of the on-the-spot Waikato dairy. Thank you very much. You go and have a great day. Thank you and the same to you. See you, mate. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. New Zealand. Thank you and the same to you. See you, mate. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. And Lady Gaga actually just performed a wonderful version of the American National Anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration earlier this morning. Have we got some of that? I say, can you see by the dawn's early light? Wonderful. She had a massive dress on.

Yeah. Too big. It almost, Joe Biden went underneath it as she came past. It was almost like a parachute over Joe Biden, wasn't it? Yeah. Beautiful dress. Well, there we go, Joe Biden, new president of the USA. So it's going to be a good day for Joe.

Yeah, it's going to be. It feels like a good day for the world right now. So we'd love to hear from you. Why is it going to be a good day for you on 0800 The Hits? Can it be big? Can it be small? We'd love to hear from you. Let's go.

High quarter, Michael. You're on the air. Why is it going to be a good day for you, Michael? Yeah, good morning. It's going to be a good day because we're heading back to the North Island. Oh, you're going to the Picton Ferry, are you? Yeah, the ferry, mate, the ferry. She's going to be a good day. We're heading back to the North Island. Oh, you're going to the Picton Ferry, are you? Yeah, the Ferry, mate. The Ferry.

She's going to be windy as well. Are you going to be cruising on the inter-islander? Yeah, pretty much, mate. It'd be awkward if he's like, oh, no, I'm actually taking Bluebridge. They don't have a catchy song. Hey, well, well done. Travel safely and enjoy that ride.

And we will give you a hell Pizza voucher, okay, Michael? Yeah, thank you, guys. Enjoy your day. Gary, was it going to be a good day for you, buddy? Morning, guys. Morning, Gary. Yeah, nice to talk to you. Always a good day when you're a day above ground and not under it.

Oh, that's a good positive way to start the day, isn't it? Well, listen. Life's good. Life's good. Life is good. Bring on 2021. New year, new Gary. You go and have a great one. We'll give you hell pizza, okay?

Cheers, guys. Appreciate it. Have a great day. Now, tomorrow on the show, our five words for $5,000 is back. We almost gave away five grand today. We've got four out of five words. Your chance to play. $7.45 tomorrow.

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