Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - July 13 - Tom Sainsbury, Ben's Duets, The A To Z Of New Zealand

Episode Date: July 13, 2020

Ben told a story about his daughter's new band name, but what would Jono & Ben call themselves if they were a band? Jono made it inappropriate obviously! Ben's Duets made a return, this time he teamed up with Sia to sing Chandelier. And even better, Jono turned Ben's Duets into an album! Finally we caught up with Charlie from the viral video Charlie Bit My Finger (and his brother Harry whose finger was bitten) to see what they're up to now. Enjoy Monday's podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I don't know what it is. Go on, go on. Cut that sexual tension with a knife. Is it sexual tension? I'm not sure. Maybe it's just run-of-the-mill tension. I'm not sure. Oh, run-of-the-mill tension.

I don't know. I don't know what it is. I'm always reading the room wrong when it comes to... It's definitely tense. Yeah. Welcome to the night. Is it sexual tension? I'm not sure. Maybe it's just run-of-the-mill tension. I'm not sure. I don't know what it is. I'm always reading the room wrong when it comes to... It's definitely tense. Welcome to the point where jeez, we just ramble. We had a fun morning this morning. It was hard getting up. Monday morning's tough.

Isn't it? It is. There's no greater joy than your alarm going off at quarter to four on a Monday morning. I couldn't think of a happier place. You're like, actually, there's no greater joy than your alarm going off at quarter to four on a Monday morning. I've got to think of a happier place. Oh, too much sleep, too much sleep. If anything, I'd like the alarm to go off earlier, just so I can get more of the day in. Well, we have got a fun show for you today.

Charlie Bit My Finger. It's a famous internet video you all would have seen it. 850 million views. We catch up with the original Charlie and his brother in the UK. How old are they now? How did they grow up? Yeah, what did they spend the money on? Hopefully they have grown up.

It'd be weird if they're still babies. We'll find out today on the podcast. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Friday afternoon after the show, my daughter Indie Head, she's been learning guitar for a couple of years now. She's eight years old. Is she good? She's good. Yeah, I'm not going to get on the radio and, she's been learning guitar for a couple of years now. She's eight years old. Is she good?

She's good. She is good. I'm not going to get on the radio and say she's not good. Give me the honest truth. No, she's learning. She's doing great. She's doing great. No, but honestly, like, is she good?

Like, would you pay to see her? Yeah, well, I would. Because I'm a proud dad. I'd go along and pay to see her. Would I pay to see her? Well, she's, yeah. She can play, I mean, play White Stripes, Seven Nation Army. She's learning Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out Loud. You know, she's, yeah. She can play, like, I mean, play White Stripes, Seven Nation Army. She's learning Ed Sheeran, Thinking Out

Loud, you know, she's Smoke on the Water. She's learned some songs. So it's a three song concert. Ah, well, yeah. Am I getting banged for my buck? How much are you paying? Twenty bucks. It's a seven dollar concert. Yeah, seven dollars. She's good. I don't want to say all the way she's not good.

She sits away in her room. She's quite dedicated. Oh, come on, the show is based on bullying seven-year-olds. I'm very proud of her. She's done a great job. But what they did in this concert, so they had all these kids that had been learning the guitar for a while, and they sort of paired them up to perform their songs.

That would be a bit in learning. And the guitar teacher was like, well, we got the kids to each come up with a name and we put them together for their band's name. And sometimes it was like a boy and a girl. And other times it was two girls or two boys. And, you know, so there'd be like the dragon unicorns. Oh, I like the dragon unicorns.

I'd go see the dragon unicorns play three songs for $7. Or the kitten zombies. Or, you know, I was like, this is kind of cool. Or the angry mermaids. Yeah, so obviously they'd go off. Why are the mermaids so angry? Well, they weren't originally. Some kids just said angry, and the other one said mermaids,

and that's how they came to their band name. I suppose being a mermaid would be a little bit frustrating. Knowing that you had a human hearth, and you couldn't walk on land. Yeah, that would get you. That would wear you down. So I thought right now, well, I was going to do this and now I've got, I'm starting to question whether this is a good idea. What's going on? Because I thought

maybe we could come up with a band name. Oh, fun. I love this. But I am worried that this family-friendly, fun chat about my daughter. The three Fs. Learning guitar. Yeah, who's great. She's really good at guitar. She's doing a great job.

Yeah. I'm worried that you're going to sabotage it because I know how your mind works. Well, what would I sabotage? Pete. I feel like as soon as I suggest something, you're just going to say something that's not appropriate. So if we go down this road of suggesting band names,

are you going to sabotage it? No. Do we trust him for just doing that? Yes, I trust him. Look at that. Look at that grin on your face. I haven't spent 329 years in radio not to be trusted. Okay, so this is our band name.

I'm going to say, I'm just going to pick a word, think something rock and roll, and you say something back. Sweaty. Testicles. Okay. We're done. You shouldn't have trusted me. Why didn't you trust me? This is your new breakfast.

Health Star rating still pending. It's Jono and Mano Mahets. Ben's Duets is something that I get made to do every week because you guys discovered I had a karaoke machine at home and it was only for a private setting, not for public consumption, but now every week you make me sing a song and you pair it up with the original artist

and you mock me. I don't even think it's for private consumption. I think it's for any consumption. It should be, sure you should be. But we have built a tremendous brand like Nike and McDonald's. I'm going to trademark Ben Stewart's. They're not good. They're not good. If you'd like to invest

in Ben Stewart's as well, we'll send out an investment portfolio for any potential shareholders. But Ben, the challenge set to you on Friday, as we do every Friday, give you two days to come back with a recording, was Sia Chandelier. Tough song. I tell you what, if you're not singing this

while fanging down the motorway at 120, you don't have a heart. And Angela's joining us on 0800 The Hiss. This is your favourite part of the week, Ange. It is, it is. I'm glad I can bring joy. And honestly, Ange, my wife, after I recorded it last night, she's like, what are you doing?

You can sing better than this. You're not trying properly. I can't sing better than this. She's like, this is embarrassing. I was like, oh, really? You've got a pep talk? Well, Ange, would you like to give him a pre-pep talk as well? I was like, oh, okay.

Yeah, I've heard other people sing it. It's in bricks from home and away. So, yeah. Tough other people sing it, as in Brax from Home and Away. So, yeah. Tough song, tough song, tough song, tough song. That's what she's a wife, man. It's a tough song. If Brax from Home and Away can do it, mate,

Ben from The Hits can do it. Yeah. Thank you, Ange. Thank you for your support. I'm glad you enjoyed this part of the show. And now, you've recorded it, you've handed it to Julian. I have. You put it together with Sia. I hope you've used more Sia than me

in the montage and the duet but that's Sia, how this goes 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3 Well I'm back to a loose car I'm gonna swim from the chandelier from the chandelier From the chandelier

I'm gonna live Try to go high It doesn't exist I'm gonna fly I'm very close tonight. Feel my tears as they fly. Oh, yeah. I, I'm gonna swing.

I'm a shamblin'. I'm a shamblin'. You ran out of voice. You literally ran out of voice. You created a whole bunch of new notes to see a song there. At the beginning, you sounded disinterested. Play the beginning. Oh, wait, where did it go?

Here we go. One, two, three, one, two, three, three. Well, we're back to a loose car. Bro, it was like a chore. You sounded tired and run down. Sorry, sorry. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. Like we said, it's a wonderful brand we built.

I like the Big Bangers, Nikes, McDonald's, Ben's Duetsers. And now we're capitalising on this with a brand new album. What? From the ever popular radio feature, Ben's Duets. What is this? He's made microphones make an early retirement. Now comes the album, Ben Boyce's Shout, an album jam-packed with Ben Boyce belting bangers.

It'll have you singing from the rooftops, or should I say screaming. Well, it burned while I cried Cos I heard it screaming out your name Surefire shouty sing-alongs from Tone Deaf turning you deaf. Before you go. We guarantee

when you turn up to da clubs it's Ben's shout. Try to do what mommas do. Plug in your speakers and plug in your earplugs Baby, baby, baby, we'll kiss you like this Guaranteed to get any party started Then abruptly shut down thanks to noise control

Say you'll stay with me tonight If you buy, it's Ben Boyce's shout today We'll also throw in Ben Boyce tries to gently sing free of charge. When I hold you like that. Ben Boyce shouts your favourite songs. It'll have you screaming for more. When I fell, something died. It was probably my career after the singing.

Thank you, thank you. Taking credit card numbers now. Just give us your credit card number. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. Thank you, thank you. I don't know where we're back again. I'm taking credit card numbers now. Just give us your credit card number. I'm 800- Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Listener to the show, Barb has never seen any viral videos, so we wanted to collate the best, the best of the best,

the best viral videos ever made and play them to her for the first time this week. Yeah, we're going to do it on Thursday, and thank you for all your votes coming through. Barb has, she's been a little doobie on us, dubious on us, not a little doobie on Thursday. And thank you for all your votes coming through. Barb has been a little dubious on us. Not a little dubious on us. Thanks, Bob Marley. Not until after the referendum, mate. She's been a little dubious on us, hasn't she?

And she's stuck with us, though. And she's set off here. It's mainly because she doesn't know how to change the channel. So we've got Barb by default. And while we've got her here, we're going to look after her. So some great videos have been nominated already. Father's Day Sunday, $20 Karen. And now we're going to put two big bangers up against each other.

You vote to decide which goes through. Non-viral video challenge. Tully bit my finger versus laughing Chewbacca mask lady. Yeah, so these are two great videos on the internet. I'll take the laughing Chewbacca. The Chewbacca mom or mom, she's a Texas mom, who bought a Star Wars Chewbacca mask and just, she loved it. It made a noise and she was having the best day ever.

And I had to share with my friends on the internet webs. I got to take off my glasses for it. Yes. Now watch where my mouth actually moves. That's not me making that noise, it's the mask! She's awesome, mate. Oh, we could tell it was the mask, couldn't we? Yeah. I could clearly tell, I can't even see the video.

I know, so that's Chewbacca Mom. If you like that, you can't even see the video. I know, so that's Chewbacca Mom, if you like that you can text 4487 but you want to bring in one of the most iconic viral videos of all time. I think this is just, this is an easy win for me. 4487 if you think we should play Charlie bit my finger to Barb.

Charlie, Charlie bit me. Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch Oh! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch, Charlie! Ouch! Charlie! If you haven't seen it,

it's Charlie's older brother putting his finger in Charlie's mouth and Charlie taking full advantage of that situation. Yeah, Charlie's a baby. The older brother's probably about three years old at the time. It's had over 850 million views and we have tracked down Charlie and his brother Harry. And Jono and Ben exclusive.

Joining us from the UK next live on the radio. How old are they now? Who knows, Ben? We're about to find out. If you think Charlie bit my fingers should go through be one of the videos. 4487. We can plan that to barb it on Thursday this week. Wake up and smell them.

Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Thirteen years ago, a video was posted online of a baby named Charlie eating the finger of his slightly older brother, who kept putting his finger back in Charlie's mouth. Ah, Charlie. Charlie bit me.

Oh! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch, Charlie! Ouch! Charlie bit me. Oh, ouch. Ouch. Ouch, Charlie. Ouch. So good. It's had over 850 million views. And joining us on Zoom from the UK is brother Harry and Charlie Davies Carr. You guys, you've grown up a lot.

Which one are you? I'm Charlie. It's Charlie. It's Charlie. Just the one and only Charlie. And it's brother Harry. How's it going? I'm Charlie. It's Charlie. It's Charlie. Just the one and only Charlie. And his brother Harry. How's it going? I'm alright, thanks. Your voices sound a lot deeper than I remember. Yeah, I was three. That's how life works. You grow up and your voice gets deeper. Oh, well really nice to talk to you guys.

Can I ask now how old you guys are? I'm 14. I'm 16. 14 and 16? And have you got over the horrific biting incident, Harry? Eventually, yeah. Eventually. It doesn't happen too often these days? Charlie's not still biting your finger? No, not too much.

Okay. Only when he's asked to. I understand the video was taken by your dad and then suddenly, what, over 870 million views for this thing. Do you make money off something like that? Well, yeah, I had to play on it, so you do get a bit from that. And that, I understand,

has helped you guys get better schooling throughout the years? Yeah, and for our little brothers. Oh, that's cool. So it's put all the family through school? Pretty much, yeah. Just from one finger bite. I suppose you don't get recognised when you're walking down the street.

No, no, we don't. But do you tell people, like, do the other kids in the community at school, you're like, hey, that's me, I'm Charlie? They found out because, you know, I have friends from my primary school and then secondary school. They told everyone. But after the first, like, few few weeks it dies down pretty much. The smoke blows out of it.

Well, it's not often like a video that would usually be paid by your parents at your 21st birthday party has been seen by the entire world. So what happened afterwards? I understand you guys did some TV commercials, a few things like that, became pretty famous? We went to America

a couple of times, went to Seattle and New York. Wow. And did they fly you over there to do commercials? Yeah, we did a thing for Delta. We did their airline safety video. Yeah, that was in Seattle. We did the Delta airline in Seattle and then went to New York

just to do some interviews in the city. And then the Hemsworth brothers as well, they reenacted your video. That must be pretty cool when Hollywood superstars are reenacting something you guys did as kids. Yeah, it's a bit weird to see but I suppose it's a bit weird. To be honest

I thought you gave a better performance than the Hemsworth brothers. Thank you. So what do you guys want to do when you're older, when you leave school? Do you have any idea? No, I have no idea. Nah, there's a few things, but we'll see how it goes, I suppose. Oh, let's do a career advisory chat now.

What are you interested in? What are your hobbies? Biting fingers? I've started a bit of streaming on Twitch, and I've got a YouTube channel, so. Do you like TikTok? I hear that's taking off nowadays. Nah, we're not on that.

Oh, you don't TikTok? No. You know, my mate Ben had a TikTok account. Yeah, I did, but he told me off because he's like, you're a grown adult. You can't be on TikTok, so I'm off. I'm off there now. So you guys are still in the same house since the original video?

Yeah. Is that the original couch from Charlie? Yeah, we're in the same room. The chair is we don't have the chair anymore. We broke it. I broke the chair. Dan's not too happy about the breakage of the chair.

Well guys, we really appreciate you talking to us today and congratulations on being such huge viral successes and not even knowing it at the time. Thank you. Thank you. What do you want to say to the fine people of New Zealand? They'll want a message from Harry and Charlie

from the internet. New Zealand. I heard it's nice. Touching words, touching, touching words. It's nice. Quickly before we go, can we get one last bite on camera? I was trying to avoid them not doing that

One last bite on camera Put your finger in his mouth He's got it There it is Wow In the flesh Can we get a Charlie No

You've already made me Put my finger in his me I'll do it I'll do it Charlie I love your work guys have a great day thank you see ya

bye want more Jono and Ben you can catch up with the boys anytime just search Jono and Ben on Facebook joining us in the studio right now

comedian Tom Sainsbury he's got a new series starting today on TVNZ On Demand. It's called Sextortion. It's about a politician and you'll know Tom from his Snapchat videos where he does hilarious impressions of people like Paula Bennett.

Hi, sweeties and Viva readers. It's me, Paula Bennett. Viva's asked me to just list some of the cafes I like to go to and I said, you don't need to ask me twice. Okay, first up there's the great Robert Harris Cafe in Epsom. You can get a mean chipotle chicken

bacon ranch panini there and a lovely bowl latte. Now, you just can't go past Sierra Coffee in New Lynn. They do a mean panchetta mac and cheese panini with bowl latte on the side. I love his impression of Paula Bennett. Tom, great to have you in the studio.

Hi, guys. I'm so glad to be here. Thanks for having me. You've got a new series that starts today on TVNZ On Demand called Sextortion. Oh, doesn't it sound saucy and sensuous, guys? Doesn't it sound kind of scarily? Now, we have a family-friendly audience now.

The old Jono and Ben, you may have known. They're gone. Oh. They're gone. The naughtiness has gone. The naughty boys. To be honest, we're trying it. We're trying, Oh. They're gone. The naughtiness has gone. The naughty boys. To be honest, we're trying it. We're trying, but we don't do it.

We don't do great all the time. But how would you describe your show in a family-friendly way? I like it. So I am playing a very kind of conservative politician. So more kind of conservative than anyone who's in Parliament at the moment. So I just think kind of family values. So kind of, you know, quite restricted. And then I'm just about to do my launch,

and then I get this video of this certain tape. So someone's trying to blackmail me with my own scandal. With a sort of sexy sort of tape. Sort of incriminating evidence that, you know, no politician would want. No, exactly. It's such a good concept for a show. So you spend the series weaving your way through this extortion plot, do you? Exactly.

So it's like you're trying to find out who's kind of like blackmailing me or extorting me. And then you're like, why are they doing it? And then meanwhile, the kind of election's happening at the same time. So it's like, well, I get into politics, won't I? Very timely, obviously. You knew what you were doing with the election coming out this year. Now, of course, you play some very funny characters on Snapchat and on Facebook, people are aware of.

But I didn't realise until reading again yesterday, you ran for Auckland Mayor. Yes, I did. As a character. I did. But, okay, the thing is, on the piece of paper, you're not allowed to be a character, but I could kind of campaign as her. So I campaigned as Fiona, the wine reviewer.

But on the piece of paper, I had to be Tom Sainsbury. But my picture was like, honestly, going in there and putting in my application, handing it over. I thought I could just kind of drop it off and run away. But no, I had to sit down with this woman while she went through ticking everything off where I lived, making sure I lived in Auckland and stuff while she was looking at this photo of Fiona. It was wonderfully embarrassing. Oh, so you didn't go into the office as Fiona. You had to go as yourself. Yeah. And so would you turn up to the the office as Fiona. No. You had to go as yourself. Yeah. And so would you turn up to the debate?

Because you have debates and things like that. Yeah, I went to a few debates and my favourite one was against John Tamahere, Phil Goff, and then there was me. And so it'll be serious answer, serious answer. And then my jokes, but it just didn't feel very good.

I imagine that environment is probably pretty tough, right? Well, they're very serious and they're kind of talking about homelessness in the central city. I'm like, and so did you get any votes? Did anyone vote for you? You did actually. You got quite a few. So what happened was I was like, I'll be happy with 200 votes, right? So I got 2,800 votes.

I was disappointed I didn't win. So Phil Goff got 175,000 in comparison. So I demanded't win. So it was just like, oh. So Phil Goff got $175,000 in comparison. So I demanded a recount. You were not letting this go. No, I wasn't. Now you've got a very special relationship with Paula Bennett. I do.

She obviously announced her retirement from politics a couple of weeks ago. It was a shock to all of us, but maybe not a shock to you. No, exactly. Did you know before she had told the National Party?

Yes, I know. I know. I'm still kind of reeling with it. And I'm like, what does this actually mean? So she told her family and then she rang me up and we talked about it. I know. Because you were next on the list. I was next on the list.

I basically consider myself a Bennett. Because you play a very funny version of Paula Bennett. And the video on her day of retirement that got released was you playing her. Yes. And then featuring her in it. Yes. And we're like, hang on, how does the timeline work on this one? Exactly.

I know. Everyone was trying to piece it all together. So we filmed that the day before, so I knew the day before. Wow. You know you've checked out of Parliament when you're doing a prank video as your au revoir. Exactly. She's a lovely lady. Yeah, I really like her.

Yeah. This was the first time it was like really, it was just the two of us hanging out. Like the other times it's been like, there's a camera there or something. It's always been a bit awkward, but it's just been like, yeah, here we are. That's very cool. Two souls. Did you go to her house?

Did you? Yeah. So there was not, she was like, I can come to you. And I was like, no, I want to see what you're going to say. That was my inner monologue. So I was like, no, I'm in the neighbourhood. I'll just pop in over to your house. And I was just like,

she's like, how do you know what neighbourhood I live in? Tom Sainsbury with us. Sextortion is out on TV and is out on demand today. Throw you on the spot here, Tom. You play a lot of great politicians on social media. So I want to just ask quickly,

what they would say if they were here right now? Maybe in about your show. What about Paula Bennett? What would she say? She would be like, hi, sweeties, watch this show. They're all going to be saying

watch this show, just FYI. That's all I want. That's all I want. Does Paulabettis actually have, because you talk about a bowl latte, a panini with her, is that something she actually has? No, absolutely not. So what happened in that case was like, I was just like, oh, it's funny she can go to a cafe.

What would she have? Panini. Threw that in once. Everyone watching it jumped on it, loving the panini, and then it became a thing. And now people still yell at her, panini, poor woman. Ben's mum, that's her diet, is a bowl of latte and a panini. Is it really? Yeah, I mean, she's more boomer than Paula Bennett,

but that's smack bang in the boomer. You love a panini, don't you? Yeah, I love a good panini. You don't get enough of them, though, do you? Every time you have them, you're like, oh, it's quite good. There was a crazed fad of paninis about 10 years ago, wasn't there? They were everywhere. And in the 90s, I think. I think of them as really 90s as well, paninis. 10 years ago, wasn't there? They were everywhere. And in the 90s, I think.

I think of them as really 90s as well, paninis. Apricot chicken. Remember, did your mum use to make apricot chicken? Just apricot chicken across the board. Pieces, thin crust pizza, apricot chicken. Yes. We were loving apricot chicken. Yes, we were.

Tom Sade's been a very funny person, and you're on the sextortion tonight on TVNZ On Demand. Check it out. It's very, very good. Thank you. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, we want to get producer Juliet's flatmate on the phone,

Bryony. Bryony, you've provided a lot of content to this radio show over the last few weeks. Yeah, it seems like it. Yeah, Bryony came on last week and said how she'd been scammed online. We had a lot of fun at your expense there, Bryony. Now back for round two, baby. We're going to start getting you on the payroll, mate.

I know. Now, producer Juliet was telling us last week off the radio that there's a popular food that you just don't like at all. Yeah, that would be right. Cheese. You don't like cheese? I get, that would be right. Cheese. You don't like cheese? I get that reaction every single time as well. What, even like a stock stand?

Colby, Tasty, Edam? No, no, absolutely not. All cheeses. I can imagine, yeah, right? Jono said the fancy cheeses sometimes are quite a taste. I can understand the blue veins and things like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I tell you what blue veins and things like that. Yeah, yuck, yuck. I tell you what,

you couldn't get a more whiter conversation than three people talking about cheeses on the radio. What are we going to do next? Should we do a normal photo and then a silly one

after this? We'll play some Coldplay first though. So nothing, you've tried it, obviously people have said try cheese and you're just like,

nah, not for me. Yeah, I've just never ever liked it. You know how people are like, oh, your taste buds will mature one day and I was like, no, not for me. Yeah, I've just never ever liked it. You know how people are like, oh, your taste buds will mature one day. And I was like, okay. But they just never, well, I wouldn't say they've matured now, but not with cheese.

I just hate it. I'll pick it off anything. What about the laughing cow cheese? Oh, the one with the little wrapper. Yeah, they're in triangles and they're in a big circle. No, but our mate Jess absolutely loves them. She'll just eat them. She'll buy them and just eat them and it's just disgusting.

What do you have on pizza? I don't have cheese on pizza. Well, so it's just like meat on a base. Or tomato sauce. Yeah, tomato sauce base and a bit of something. Yeah, just like a tomato sauce base, pretty much. Oh, my God. I've never met anyone who doesn't like all cheeses.

Yeah, it's quite shocking, hey? Oh, well, Bryony, thank you for more content. We'll talk to you next week. Maybe something else from your life? Yeah. Pick apart this complex character that is Bryony on the radio. Peeling back these layers. Good on you, Bryony.

Thank you very much. Well, listen, a lot of people don't like foods that are popular to the masses. Yeah. I'm not a fan of, you know, everyone in New Zealand is like, oh, oysters. God, I love oysters. They're slimy, they're greasy. They're definitely acquired taste.

Yeah, and much like my personality, slimy and greasy, so maybe I should like them. But it feels like when I have an oyster, it's like a swallowing phlegm. Oh, right. That's what it feels like. You like oysters. Yeah, I do, actually. I enjoy oysters oyster it's like a swallowing phlegm. Alright. That's what it feels like. You like oysters. Yeah, I do actually.

I enjoy oysters. Yeah, but I can understand why people don't. You know, like I can understand that it's, yeah, it's a strange thing to do. You don't like cake? Birthday cake?

No, I'm not a big fan of, I feel obligated to eat birthday cake. Everyone's just like, oh, such and such made the cake, you've got to eat it. Why?

Don't you hate it when it's an obligation to eat some cake, Ben? What monster's trying to feed you birthday cake? Oh, you really should have a piece. No, I don't want a piece. Where does your deep-seated hatred for cake kick in?

Oh, no, I just feel obligated. Nothing more, I get noisy more when people try to push stuff on you. Yeah, right. Like it was there, and I was like, I might have a piece. Everyone's like, oh, you've got to eat the cake. We'll pass it round.

He's such a healthy guy. When he was seven, he had a beetroot hummus and celery cake, and those kids loved it. So what do you like, sorry, what do you not like that other people all like? Yeah, in the food world. John, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. G'day boys, how you going? We're doing really well, mate.

Lovely to talk to you on a Monday morning. What's the food? Yeah, peas, mate. Filthy, disgusting. Filthy, disgusting. They're so inoffensive, peas. I have this argument with my son all the time. It's ridiculous.

I just can't see the logic in people eating them. There's just something wrong about them. They're not good. Because I do, I'm a big fan of vegetables, but they're quite bland. They're quite a bland tasting thing. They're quite inconvenient to pick up with a fork. No, you know when you're trying to enjoy a nice pie or something

and some mongrel puts them in a pie. Why would you do that? Thank you, John. Appreciate it. I said last week I was in a deep-seated pee negotiation with my son and I said he should have six peas and I got negotiated down to a single pea. But they're like little green bull bearings

that you're trying to get onto your fork. They're very inconvenient. I understand that. David, you're on the air. Welcome. Foods you don't like? Eggs. Absolutely hate them. Oh, you're on the air. Welcome. Foods you don't like? Eggs. Absolutely hate them.

Oh, you don't like eggs at all? No, I used to like them, and I got served one one day, and it was rotten, and ever since I just cannot touch them. Oh, yeah. Once you've had a bad experience with something. Bad eggs. That's why Ben's never come back to me after our Christmas party yesterday. Yeah.

I'm sorry. I wasn't on good form. I apologise. You had your chance. It didn't work out. Thanks, Dave. You have a great day. Neil, you're on the air.

Welcome, matey. Popular food you're not a fan of. I'm pumpkin. I can see why people wouldn't like pumpkin. The weird thing is that I'll eat buttercup and butternut. You eat butternuts, but you don't eat pumpkin? Yeah. Yeah, pumpkin's kind of like, again, it's filler vegetable in a roast, isn't it?

Yeah, and there's always one around that category that someone doesn't like, whether it's a kuma or a parsnip or a potato or a, you know, a yam. You chuck it in to fill out the plate space, don't you? I love them all, but anyway. I bet you do. Ben gets 20 plus a day. Doesn't stop at five. Keeps on going.

And let's head to, I, we've headed to Neil. Let's stop heading to anyone. How dare I try and head to someone else. Was the text through someone saying they didn't like pizza or hamburgers? Yeah. Which are they? There's so many options within those.

Those are two of my major food groups. Pizza or hamburgers. Pizza you can turn into anything you want. You know, there's so many options for pizza. But hey, who am I to judge? That's right. I've got clogged arteries. I'm no one to be sitting up here

on my ivory tower. We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We're doing the A to Z of New Zedland. The A to Z of New Zedland. In every town and city in Aotearoa, one a day, it's going to take us two and a half years.

There's 270 towns and cities. We've spent more time on the phones than Dave Dobbin's music on hold for the Inland Revenue. Now on Friday we rang Christchurch, a place that I'd spent a couple of years studying and we rang a favourite of mine, a place that does $2 rice.

What's the sauce on $2 rice? It's a gravy, but that's all I can tell you because it's a secret recipe. It's a secret recipe? Yeah. It's a secret recipe. You don't want the competitors knowing about this $2 rice. It's beautiful.

They might undercut us and do like $1.80 rice. It's still too cheap. My stance remains the same. No, it's good. Too cheap. We're going next summer in Christchurch. We're going to have some $2 rice. Aye, aye.

We continue on from Christchurch to Clarkville today. A rural town. Do you like to say the word rural? It's a very tough word to say. Rural. Yeah, you've really got to have your wits about you when you're saying rural. It's a rural town located in the Waimakariri district

just out of Christchurch with a population of 1,137. Clarkville was named after Joseph Clark who donated land for the local school. They've also got a local CrossFit gym named after Yolanda Squat Pump who donated seven kettlebells to the town. Why do you make up stuff?

Why do you make up stuff? Are you saying Yolanda Squat Pump is made up? Okay, let's just go to someone who actually knows what they're talking about. Let's call someone from Clarkville. Morning, Craze. This is Megan. Megan!

Yes! Megan! Yes, Megan! Megan! Yes! It's Jono and Ben Calling from the Hits Radio Station No it's not

It is Yes it is Megan Your worst nightmare Is coming true You're on New Zealand's 29th highest rating Breakfast radio show We just slipped to 31 Jono

31st highest rating Breakfast radio show You are kidding me Yeah I know 31 let's see It's tough I know it's a crime that we're at 31. We should at least be top 20.

We're calling every town and city in New Zealand. We're doing one a day. We're calling random phone numbers and we're trying to call Clarkville. Clarkville. Beautiful. Is it? Yeah, a lot of rich people live out there. Oh, the hoity-toity.

They do, yeah. Oh, so it's what? Lovely farms, big houses, you know, that sort of thing They do, yeah. So it's what, lovely farms, big houses, you know, that sort of thing? Yeah, slightly swampy. Swampy?

Okay. Swampy, and are people wiping their bottoms with $20 notes out there, are they? Oh no, $50.

Oh, $50. Yeah, they're high rolling. What can you do in Clarkville? Is there any pubs? I have to do mine with coins. I don't even know how that works.

No, I don't know either. A lot of them go missing. Oh, my God, you guys are ratbags. So what is in Clarkville apart from lovely houses and wiping your bottom with $50 notes? A lot of farms, a lot of beautiful animals, lovely weather and lovely people. Oh, good.

Well, if you're one of them, I tell you what, I like Clarkville already. Oh, good on you. You must come out and visit. It is beautiful. It's very close to Kaipoi, if you're one of them, I tell you what, I like Clarkville already. Oh, good on you. You must come out and visit. It is beautiful. It's very close to Kaipoi. So you're at Kaipoi. Yeah, well, you must.

Now we're here, what's in Kaipoi? It's quite a nice area, isn't it? Oh, Rivertown, yeah. We've got the most beautiful river here. We've got rowers rowing up and down. We've got a beautiful bar that overlooks the restaurant.

It's gorgeous, the Portneagle. Oh, good on you. And if people should come to Kaipoi slash Clarkville, they should come and stay at your house. Is that what you're saying? What a lovely invite.

What a lovely invite. We'll be there next week, Tuesday. You guys can come. No problem. Rent free. We've got live bedrooms. No problem. Very nice of you.

Well, lovely to talk to you, Megan. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah, no problem. Ring back any time. You sound sufficiently confused about what's just gone on. Yeah, I am terribly.. Thank you. Yeah, no problem. Ring back any time. You sound sufficiently confused about what's just gone on. Yeah, I am terribly. Did my boss set you up?

No, we were just honestly just ringing a number at random, and you answered. You've been an absolute superstar. You go and have yourself a wonderful week. Oh, well, you too, guys. Thank you for ringing. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

By the WhatsApp by doco.nz. Her genetic makeup is a combination of X chromosomes and filthy celebrity gossip. Producer Juliet was spy. So you may have heard last week that Jada and Will Smith, well, there were rumours that Jada Pinkett Smith had an affair with a person called August Alsina during her marriage to Will Smith

and that Will gave her permission to do so. But Jada on her Facebook series Red Table Talk sat down with Will and made it clear that it was when they were separated. But what August was probably trying to communicate, we were separated amicably. And I think he also wanted to make it clear that he's not a homewrecker. So it wasn't when they were officially separated, Jada thought that Will was never going to probably

speak to her again. But obviously they got back together after that. They're not in a marriage, they say they're in a lifelong partnership. Yes, a partnership. So that's what they've cleared up. It's very 2020. What does that mean? I don't know. I don't exactly know. What have we committed here to each other? I don't know. I don't exactly know. What have we committed here to each other?

I don't know. Can I go off and have a hoon? Maybe that's part of it. You guys are basically in a lifelong partnership, aren't you? Well, we are for the next five years. You ask for contracts. I let Ben Owen go off and do other stuff with other bald guys. Great radio shows.

Fletcher Bourne and stuff like that. Lee Hart. Yeah, that's great. Better bald broadcasters. I'm loving it. And I don't care. I've been to some great radio shows. I've had Fletcher Bourne and stuff like that. Lee Hart. Yeah, yeah. That's great. Better bald broadcasters. I'm loving it. And I don't care. I give you permission.

Thank you. I appreciate that. Red Table Talk, also to clarify, not much talk about actual red tables. No. It's very misleading. Not once have they ever sat down and really talked about that red table in front of them.

Yeah. But maybe one day. They need to deep dive into it. Jada Pinkett-Smith, very strong, feels like a very strong character, doesn't she? I don't know if you want into it, don't they? Jada Pinkett Smith, very strong, feels like a very strong character, doesn't she? I don't know if you'd want to get on the wrong side

of Jada Pinkett Smith. No. She actually dated Tupac. Yeah. Many years ago. They were great mates. I think they went to drama school.

Performing arts or something. Oh yeah, John and Ben vaguely remember stuff. There we go. For more spy, you can head to the hits.co.nz.

Do you know who would remember? Vaughn. Yeah, well, because he's better than me, alright? And I said, if you want to go do a show with Vaughn, go do it to the hits.co.nz. Do you know who would remember? Vaughan. Yeah, well, because he's better than me, all right? And I said, if you want to go do a show with Vaughan, go do it. And I said, it's fine. You do what you want.

I don't care. We're in a lifelong partnership. Lou in calories and Lou in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. You know, one of the more testing things in a relationship is if you can make your way through the assembly of a flat pack item from Kmart, you know? So at the moment we're working seven days a week, so I've got a very small window to do stuff, and there was a set of drawers that needed to be assembled. And, you know, I had one to two hours Saturday night to do it.

You know, there was a time when I was out hitting dem clubs. Now I'm assembling flat pack, flat pack drawers. But you know, we came off a huge flat pack win just a few months ago. We assembled our bed, Jen and me,

my wife. You know, flawless, flawless assembly. I was doing the screwing, she was doing the... Yeah. Hey,

keep it high brow, would you Ben, mate? Sorry, sorry. People ever come here For that smut I didn't say anything mate No but you went I don't read instructions

I'm like I can figure out How to put that together Oh you're one of those Yeah I'm one of those I don't like doing The flat pack game

It's not for me It tests you I would rather go Into Kmart and go Give me the filthy Grubby store display one. I'll risk bringing COVID back into my house just so I don't have to assemble a set of drawers. I'm sure there is a business

that someone goes around and puts them up because I would pay for that. I just don't want to do it. Yeah, that's right. It would be like just some builder who doesn't want to do any. Who just loves that sort of thing. Yeah.

It's like great. Some people love it. Our friend J-Mo loves it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Loves it. But you know the most unsettling thing is when you get to the end of the project and you've got a spare bit. And I'm like.

They put those in there, don't they? Yeah. Just one spare bit for that one particular part. Just in case you lose it. It's the most lost part or one that malfunctions the most commonly so they give you a spare one. But I know that, see Jen's a very thorough lady that she would make me undo everything

and start again until we had done you know, she likes to do things properly. So I just hid it in my pocket. I've still got it in my pocket now. I reckon there are two things. One, you've done it wrong which is probably the most logical or two, it's a prank from the people that put it together. You know, they put a couple of extra screws and bits and pieces in. On the assembly line, they're like,

watch these relationships fall apart. They're like, put all this screw on, there's clearly, you know. It's a great prank. It is a great prank, Gabe, you work in the warehouse. Just put a few more extra bits in there. We wanted to do the flat pack championships, remember? I reckon it's a great thing. So you get stressed out couples in,

and it's a race against time to assemble something from Kmart. New reality TV show for high drama. We should do that. We should get ready to do that. You should organise that, Ben. Okay, I'll get on to that. Good on you, mate. All right, some on-the-spot brainstorming there.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Masterchef Australia back to win. It's on TVNZ2 Sunday to Wednesday. Former contestants are all back to win, as the name suggests. They've had some big cameos this season. They have Gordon Ramsay was in the first few episodes

and also Katy Perry making an appearance this season. Katy Perry! Me and my unborn child are ready to eat. You better make my baby kick. Oh, this is going to give you that hit. Have I put in too much spice? I was trying to kill me. It's just very entertaining from what I've seen on the show.

But MasterChef Australia back to win is judged by former winner from MasterChef Australia. And he joins judged by a former winner from MasterChef Australia and he joins us on the phone right now. Andy Allen, how's it going? Good, gentlemen. How are you two? We're doing very well. Thank you for talking to us today. Make no worries at all. Been really loving the season. We've had Ramsey

on. Ramsey, yes. Having Ramsey standing there with that big light over his face and introducing you as one of the next judges. I think out of everything that's happened this season, that'll probably still be the moment that whenever I think about it, the old hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Because, yeah, there's nothing more special than that, I reckon.

How is Gordon Ramsey? Because you see him on the shows, he's got that fiery temper. But I imagine that's not Gordon Ramsay 24-7. He was an absolute legend. You could also tell how much respect he had for MasterChef itself. And he's one of those guys that, you know, he has that kind of, like you guys said, he has that perception of being, you know, that big, burly, angry character.

But he couldn't have been more friendly. It was... I want him to be angry all the time, although it'd be quite hard keeping up that level of anger in every facet of your life. What do you mean your mother was coming over? I told you about this. It's fine. Do you like it?

I know, but I've just got to be angry. Every time I watch those shows, Annie, I'm always like, jeez, you must get full. That would be the big hurdle. You must just be like, you know when you go full. That would be the big hurdle. You must just be like, you know when you go to a buffet and you make an absolute pig of yourself? You must just be like that for five weeks of filming. Yeah, you're doing that.

There's no getting around it. You eat an absolute ton of food. Like, you know, that first day, 24 contestants come in, cook 24 dishes. You've got to taste all 24 of those dishes. Here's a question I want to know as well, because, okay, maybe I'm contestant number 24. Surely my dish is going to be cold by the time it gets to you.

Like, how do you guys cope with that? Yeah, so depending on the challenge, some dishes are toasted cold, some dishes are toasted hot. It just really does depend on the challenge. But what you've got to don't see is when the challenge is on, we're constantly walking around and tasting. You know, we pretty much don't sit down the whole time. As I said, we're constantly going around tasting elements

and pieces of the dishes. We've got a really good idea of how they taste, you know, hot off the grill. We're not bugging them in the microwave for 60 seconds or anything like that before cooking, before eating? We've got a spin-off idea we want to pitch to you right now. Master Chef Dad Meals, because

Jono, when he cooks for his kids once a week, what did you make last week for him? Some dads, not all dads, but some dads, they've got their got a limited menu. Like, I like to think that if I opened up a roadside trucker cafe, I'd be all right.

I can do toasted sandwiches, cheese, ham and cheese. Spaghetti, you do spaghetti, and you do microwave sizzler sausages. Kranskis. Oh, Kranskis. Microwave Kranskis. I put those in for 57 seconds. Sometimes they burst, sometimes they don't. If they burst, I turn them over, cover them in tomato sauce,

feed them to the kids. What do you think? So you might be on a winning here, not with the show, but just off what you're feeding your kids. Because the reason that I started to cook was because my parents just can't do it. Like, you know, my dad would find something that he was reasonable at. I remember this green chicken curry, and it still haunts me to this day.

He just cooked the absolute bejesus out of it. And then he'd have this big batch of it and we'd eat it for a month and then you'd think that mum would be better than dad but mum,

you know, she struggles to boil water so the reason that I picked up the tools in the first place was because I was just so sick of that green chicken curry

so if you keep pumping out the crayons, you never know, the kids might pick up the tools and get somewhere. Yeah, they could be the next Andy Allen on MasterChef. Now, this is a long game plan, Andy, but it's going to... It's a long game, yeah.

Hey, quickly, before you go, Andy, I know Katy Perry appears on this season. She does, she does. She seemed out of control, wild. She was absolutely bananas. In such a good way, though. She was so entertaining. Being the show's pretty much all about food,

we were like, how's this going to work? You know, does she like food? What's she into? Does she know much about food? She actually knows a lot about food, which was great. But, mate, she is funny. Like, she's really, really entertaining. She couldn't stop singing throughout the whole time she was on the show.

Yeah, it makes for a bloody entertaining episode. Great catching up with you today, my friend. You're a lot of fun. You're doing a great job on MasterChef Australia. We're really enjoying it on TV2 at the moment. Thanks, Phil. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. It's the game show anyone can win. The only problem is they don't know they're about to play it. It's Don't and Van on the Hats. It's the game show anyone can win. The only problem is they don't know they're about to play it. It's Don't Call Us We'll Call You. Where we phone numbers at random and ask them four questions, put them in a game show see if they step up to the mark.

Good morning I'm here to your motor lodge. Here she is. Hi. Here she is, our favourite Motor Lodge phone answerer. Oh, really? Yeah, you are. It's John or Ben calling from the Hits Radio station. Oh, hi.

How are you? Welcome to Don't Call Us, We'll Call You. The game show you didn't ask for. No. The game show you probably don't want to participate in. But the game show you can't get want to participate in, but the game show you can't get out of. Well, you can. You can hang up, or we can politely leave you

alone. But please don't. Please don't take those last options. Okay, how can I help you guys? We've got four quick questions and if you get all four right, you'll get $40 hell pizza. Okay. Alright, let's go. Let's go. With a big sigh, we're off. Yeah. ASB stands for what?

A, Auckland Savings Bank, B, Ask Squatting Bunny, or C, a Sassy Beaver? Auckland Savings Bank. Oh, you're so good. Well done. Second question. Rihanna's full name is what?

A, Rihanna Banana, B, Robin Fenty, or C, RiRi? Robin Fenty. Well. Riri Robin Fenty Well done What is your name? My name Marie

Marie you're doing so well You've got $20 hell pizza so far Your name's Riri we'll call you Riri then from now on No no Marie

M-A-R-E-E No no Not Riri No no Just trying to start something you just said a little thing there but anyway Whereabouts is the hamstring located, Marie?

A, third string down on a guitar, B, the back of your leg, or C, in the delicatessen section of the supermarket? Back of your leg. Yeah, well done. $30, Hal Pizza. And the final question before we let you get on with your day without us in it. Jay-Z once famously said,

I have 99 what? A, 99 mosquito bites, B, 99 problems,. B, 99 problems. Or C, 99 mini collectible supermarket figurines. 99 problems. Yeah, you got it. Well done. You've got $40 hell pizza.

Great. What do you do for a job, Marie? No, we're the manager's aid here at Motor Lodge. So that'll be a great feed all our staff. Well, you should stop managing the motor lodge and start entering game shows full time because you're so good at them. Yeah.

Hey, well done. We caught you off guard, but I tell you what, you rose to the occasion and you walk away with that hell pizza and your head held high. Oh, that's great. Thank you for that. You hold the line, all right? Yep, will do.

I'll remember this day forever, Marie. I certainly will do. We all will. We all will. We all will. A whole other special place in all of our hearts. Hell Pizza's serving the best damn pizza in this lifetime and next. True. Start your day the wrong way.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. They say today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper. Well, we dive into that dumpster, don't we, and get our hands greasy to bring you the news that's broken overnight. I found this really interesting. So a passenger who had a flight, as many people have at the moment, they had international travel booked,

she was waiting for a refund in Australia for her flight. Her round trip from Jakarta to London, and she got, instead of $3,000 refunded into account, $30 million was refunded into account, $30 million was refunded into her account. Was she honest? Yeah. Do you hate

honest people? I think at some stage someone's going to know there was $30 million actually refunded. The airline actually think it was the bank's fault.

Yeah, well the bank makes mistakes all the time. I remember that couple in Rotorua who accidentally got $10 million deposited into their account. They scarfed it off to China.

Yeah. It was an international manhunt for them. There was actually a movie made about them, yeah. Yeah. I think they ended up getting charged. He did it like four years in prison. She only got home detention, paying off like $75 a week or something for what they spent. But if it landed in there, what would you do, Producer Juliet?

I probably wouldn't touch it for a while because if I went and spent it, then I'd have to go pay it back and I couldn't pay it back. Yeah. Well, she kind of posted it on social media as a bit of a gag. You know, going, hey, I don't know if this is quite right. And a lot of people were asking for some money off her, saying they had friends in Nigeria that needed some help and things like that. Our friend Dan, remember Dan we used to work with?

He used to be a bank teller at Westpac. Oh, that's right. And a lady came in wanting to get $100 out. He accidentally gave her $10,000, but didn't realise until the end of the day when he was balancing out his till, and he was $10,000 down. I don't think they retrieved it. Oh, and he didn't lose his job either.

Wow. It's like, that's not a fireball offence in the bank. I don't know what isved it. And he didn't lose his job either. That's not a fireball offence in the bank. I don't know what is. Very interesting. A lot of coronavirus news as usual around the world. Donald Trump right now wearing a mask for the first time. He's finally given in. He's finally jumped on the mask fad. He even went

to a mask factory and refused to wear a mask. He was standing next to a bin of commercially made masks and still wasn't wearing a mask. You're saying though in America they're having COVID parties. Yeah, so these are for people who don't believe that coronavirus is a thing. So what they do if they hear of someone with

COVID, they're like, okay we're going to have a COVID party. We'll all turn up to prove that it's not as contagious as the fake news media is saying. But then ironically someone who attended a coronavirus party died of coronavirus. And I think it's final, apparently it's not as contagious as the fake news media is saying. But then ironically, someone who attended a coronavirus party died of coronavirus. Oh my God. And I think his final, apparently his final words to the doctor were, well, I got that wrong.

Oh, I got that wrong. It doesn't sound like the most appealing of parties, does it? No. Come to my COVID party? Sorry, I've got a meningitis party. I've double booked. Oh God. Well, sometimes you do hear the things about chicken pox When people want to get The kids who have chicken pox

Oh you take your toddler along Don't you To expose the Yeah I mean Yeah it's probably The least appealing Of all the parties The COVID party isn't it

Ben's always inviting me To his What's the theme And you're like Oh it's It's COVID What Okay

You're always like Come to the swinging one And I'm like Why would you have a party In a playground Ben Come on mate It's winter It's cold outside buddy

you're not going to your swingers party plus I can't fit into swings at a playground anymore I'm 38 years old Like starting your day without your morning coffee

it's Jono and Ben on my heads Where do you sleep Ben? When overnight which position do you like to assume? I mix it up from time to time

Yeah I imagine you just stand you just stand Which position do you like to assume? I mix it up from time to time. Yeah. Yeah. I imagine you just stand. You just stand with your eyes open. I showed you the photo the other night. My wife took a photo with me and I was fast asleep, crashed out early. And look at that. Look at that.

It looks like I'm on the phone. Oh, my God, it does. I've got my hand holding up to my ear. She was like, you're sitting there like that, mumbling away, like I was still talking on the phone. You look dead. Doesn't he look dead? Like he should be in a coffin.

He does. He looks dead. Holding the phone. It was a long conversation. It's probably you. Probably you. Rambling away. Boredom to death.

Get enough of this at work. I woke up like, I'm quite a restless sleeper. I'm thrashing around doing all sorts of business. But every time I wake up, I'm in a different position. Like sometimes on my back, on my stomach, I end up in a wheelie bin outside. I could be anywhere. And so then I looked yesterday morning.

I was like, you know, what do you, is there a normal, is there a best way to sleep? And apparently lying flat on your back is the best position to sleep in. Why is that? Well, it's good for your back and your neck. It's the most natural position for the body to be in. But probably not necessarily the most comfortable, is it? No. I've never, yeah, I can't, I think

I start off on my back. But you never stay there all night. Why do you sleep, Juliet? I actually used to sleep on my back and mum would come into my room when I was a kid and she was like, you literally looked like you were in a coffin because you'd sleep on your back with your hands on your chest just like still as a log. But now I sleep sort of on my side but then

on my front and it's just a bit of it, just everything. That's the way my dad sleeps. That's like a 60 plus sleeping position on your back, just waiting for the inevitable. Preparing yourself. But on your back is the least popular of all of them but it does say that those are for the strong, silent, focused people sleeping on your back.

Right. That's what that says about you. Are you a stomach cock your leg up? Are you a leg cocker? No, I wouldn't be. That's me. That's me. Are you cock a leg?

I end up doing that, yep. Yep. Well, that means you're pretty easy going. Okay, cool. And I would say that about your personality, Junior. What about side? Yeah, the side sleeper is very trusting. Very trusting, a side sleeper.

That's probably my traditional go-to. Now, because I know when I'm like, let's spoon, you're like, no, no, let's fork tonight. And I'm like, no, I want a spoon. You never want to spoon me. But spooning suggests there's a strong sign of intimacy between the couple. However, there are trust issues, because you should be able to let your partner go and sleep separately.

Oh, that makes sense. Yeah, for the first time in my career, I did some research. I was paying dividends, and we filled in some time. What, two minutes 46? Yeah, we did all right there, guys. You all learned some stuff. You did well, Julie. You chimed in.

We all chipped in. We'll do this in the post analysis a bit more in the meeting afterwards but what on earth. Not a morning person. Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the heads.

We're on a bit of a journey at the moment. A little bit of a mission to collect the best viral internet videos but there is a reason. We spoke to one guy last week.

So he was playing a piano on the back of a trailer in his gumboots and bush shirt and went viral. Doesn't even know. I haven't really seen it

because I don't look at the internet much. So we have been on a mission over the last couple of days to find someone who has never been on the internet. Oh, hello. Our dear friend Barb, have you ever witnessed

a dog reuniting with a soldier fresh back from war? No. When Charlie bit the finger? What's Charlie? Oh, Barb. Oh, so much we need to show you.

We're on a mission to collect the top five thanks to you. We're putting them up against each other so Barb gets the creme de la creme of viral engineer videos. What do you reckon

the question might be? Father's Day. Father's Day is on Sunday. The mastermind behind Father's Day Sunday, Gareth Lishner, was the days when viral was sending emails

around your mates. Well done. You're one of our top five videos. Some more videos up against each other for you guys to vote on. I'll get my 20 bucks or she's going to get 20 f***ing wacks. With our mate $20 Karen. I'm saying her mate because I don't want her to get angry with me. They put it on YouTube. Oh, they got put on YouTube and then you became famous.

Sort of, eh? See me? You would be a wonderful slash terrifying grandmother. But I'm not. They love me. This is some of the people we've caught up with so far as we try and collate the best viral videos for our listener friend Barb, who's never seen any viral videos. So I think we should give her a call,

give her a little update of where we're at, because later this week, the presentation will take place. Yeah, let's call Barb. Hello, Barb speaking. Barb, Babs, be money. No, you can't call me Babs. I'll hit you with a stick if you do that. Oh, sorry.

I do love a Babs. Anything but. You don't like Babs. Now we know. Don't call her Babs, Ben. I haven't. I never have. You just did then. Yeah, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Barbara. Do you like Barbara? Hello? Yeah. Oh, no. Uh-oh. Did Babs... Uh-oh.

Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Why did you call her Babs? I didn't say anything. You called her Babs. Oh, well, thanks. Okay. Drama. As Babs? I didn't say anything. You called her Babs. Oh, well, thanks. Okay. Drama.

As Babs leaves the competition, Barbara leaves the competition. Is this the end of it? I don't know. I'm a bit flummoxed by that. Okay, we'll get Producer Huffrey. We'll try and track her down again. Hopefully. I don't know.

Anyway. Some people like nicknames and some people don't. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook Spy the WhatsApp Spy.co.nz Producer Julie

She's got loose lips And those loose lips Have sunk ships in the past But they're great for gossip updates With Spy What have we got mate? So Katy Perry Her daughter is due

In a few weeks And she's chosen Jennifer Aniston To be the godmother, which is quite surprising because you kind of don't really pick them to be friends, but apparently they've been friends for a decade. I get it. And then you double down on it. I didn't even know.

I didn't even know you were talking about friends for a TV show. Love it. But Jennifer Aniston is already a godmother to Courtney Cox's 16-year-old daughter, so she's done it before, and now she's going to be it for Katy Perry's weeb girl. Oh, isn't that great? It's great when celebrities are friends with other celebrities. I didn't even know that they were friends. No.

No. They might not even be. She might just be doing it to nab a headline. I'd be quite annoyed if she was like, what if you can do that? Just test if someone famous would be. My mate tried to do that. I can't remember which All Black it was. I'm just going to say Dan Carter because I can't remember.

He's like, wouldn't it be cool if Dan Carter was my best man? I was like, do you know him? He's like, no. I'm just going to message him on Instagram. So I think he messaged Dan Carter to be his best man at his wedding. I think Dan politely declined, as you would. He's got no association with you. He's like, yeah, it'd just be badass.

And I was like, how do the other mates feel? They've been downgraded because you just want a Dan Carter. Sorry, guys, but Dan Carter's here. He doesn't know anyone here. He doesn't know anything about me. But he's my best man. He's the best man. You've got to shoot your shots, so I don't blame him.

Speaking of going to weddings and not knowing anyone, we asked Phil, who was a listener to an old radio show we did. He's a lovely guy, Phil. He was like, come and see my wedding. And we turned up to the Manueta Kozi Club. And we didn't know anyone thereueta Kozi Club. Yeah. And we didn't know anyone there apart from Phil. We didn't even know his bride-to-be.

No, we'd never met her. We talked to him a couple of times on the radio. He was great. Oh, my goodness. And they were like, yeah, we could do this for you. We just vaguely made our way through MCing the wedding. It was really fun. It was a fun day.

It was fun. It was a really good day. Wow, I love that. So if you need wedding MCs who kind of know someone at the wedding. You might be like, how do you guys know them? And you're like, well, we don't really. We knew them by the end of the day. Yeah, they were great.

It was wonderful. Great story. Ben had to drive me home. Love that. And the son of, the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, Brooklyn, is engaged. So he's 21. He's engaged to Nicola Peltz. That's young.

And she's 25. She is kind of an actress, US actress. She was in one of the Transformers movies. They're planning two weddings, one in the UK and one in the US, and apparently it's going to be costing about $8 million New Zealand dollars. Jeez. Yeah, for both of them. Oh.

They both come from very wealthy families. 21 to get engaged. Yeah. You've got to blab yourself out in your 20s. Juliet's doing from very wealthy families. 21 to get engaged. Man, you've got to blab blab yourself out in your 20s. Juliet's doing it at the moment. Am I?

I don't know what you get up to on the weekends. I would hate to think. Don't even tell me. No, I won't. Because I'm a family friendly guy now. I don't even know what sort of filth

you're up to on the weekends. My dad, Kevin Boyce, every time I hear Brooklyn Beckham's name, I just think of my dad. He was in a restaurant in LA once with some friends and his friends were like, oh my God, that's Brooklyn Beckham. My dad had no idea who he was, I just think of my dad. He was in a restaurant in LA once with some friends

and his friends were like, oh my God, that's Brooklyn Beckham. My dad had no idea who he was, but my dad being my dad was like, well, I'm going to have a chat talk. He loves to talk, Kevin Boyce. I remember I sat down and talked to him. Did he sit down? Yeah, poor Brooklyn. It must have been so polite.

Apparently talking away, they got a photo together and I was like, oh my God, I'm so sorry, Brooklyn Beckham. You had to put up with Dad. What I love about Kevin Boyce is he'll so if he sits down and talks with you, for example Juliet, he'll go, he'll try and make a connection how he knows someone in your family. So I can just imagine him giving... Where you from?

Where you think? Oh, do you know such and such? I think I might know your dad. David, is it? Yeah! He would have, jeez, Brooklyn Beckham started that conversation at age 17 and finished when he was 20. Was he into the conversation or was he kind of a bit standoffish? I haven't, Brooklyn Beckham started that conversation at age 17 and finished when he was 20. Was he into the conversation or was he kind of a bit standoffish? Well, I haven't asked Brooklyn Beckham obviously.

You've had one side of it. I've had one side of it. Dan said he was very polite, but I can only imagine it would have been quite painful for Paul Brooklyn. True, true. But more so, you can head to the hitstock.nz. I feel like you keep wanting to make a public apology to Brooklyn Beckham. Well, I'd love to.

I'd love to talk to him now, but then I feel like the Boyce family has already taken up too much of his life. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. That is almost our show for a Monday. Getting into your day, and we like to end on a positive note. Yeah, end on a high. Not the sort of high you get with the shoes over the power lines, Ben.

Not that sort of stuff that you're used to on the weekends. Bob Marley. But yes, you phone us over at 100 of the Ben. Not that sort of stuff that you're used to on the weekends. Bob Marley. But yes, you phoned us 0800 the hits. Why is it going to be a good day? Well, kickstart Monday makes you feel good without the prescription meds, doesn't it? Let's go to the phones. Nikki in Otorohonga. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Nico.

Thank you. Why is it going to be a good day? Because it's my birthday today. Yeah, it is. The big 34. Oh, well done. The big 34. Oh, well done. Got anything planned for your birthday?

Anything special? Probably just a few drinks later with girlfriends and family dinner. Oh, very nice. We've got a Monday night drinking session. Yeah. You won't regret that tomorrow. We're going to send you along to the Spark Session. Solar Mio and concert at 13th of August at Spark Arena. They are amazing to send you along to the Spark Session Solar Mio and concert the 13th of August

at Spark Arena. They are amazing to see. They'll give you goosebumps. They're very, very cool. Thank you. Happy birthday, Nicky and Otorohonga where dreams come true.

Thank you. I love Otorohonga. Russell, West Auckland, another place where dreams come true. Welcome, Russ. It's going to be a good day. Why, Russell,

the muscle? You can talk When you want mate Okay well Quite pivotal to radio Neil I thought You had it recorded Sorry It's not raining

It's Monday It's not raining And it's Monday In West Auckland There we go It's going to be a good day For Russell Have a good day

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