Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - July 24 - The A To Z Of New Zealand, 20 Dollar Karen, What Did You Buy Off The TV?

Episode Date: July 25, 2020

Jono has pitched an idea to take Mike Hosking's car and give it to a listener to borrow... Not sure whether we could get away with it or if it'll work but we might give it a shot! We also held a vote as to whether $20 Karen should be our political correspondent between now and the election because she has some very strong hilarious views. Enjoy Friday's podcast friends!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Welcome to the podcast. Friday's podcast and we're joined by the person who puts out the podcast each day. Feels like an interview. We're going to interview you about putting together the podcast, Alan. Can't wait for this chat. So Al, this intro, you wait for this intro, for us to do the intro before you can put out the podcast. Yeah, and I'm sitting there

eager at my desk just to get it out to our fans listening to the podcast. I'm sitting there twiddling my thumbs while you boys are just chilling here in the studio. The hunger out there

in the podcast world for this every day. Now, tell us what's in line to us if you need to. Is it going well? Yeah, we've had like eight million downloads since you boys have started.

Great, great. that's good. We're flogging Fletchwater Meaghan. Suck eggs, guys. Great line. But I want a serious question, though, and give me the answer to this. The intro that we're doing right now to the podcast, do you think it's a good thing? I think so.

Talking in boss language, programming language, I see it as someone's taking their time out of their day. They come and listen to this podcast. Let's super service them with not recycled content from the show with new content. That's a lovely way to put it. Ben, that was a loaded question because Ben wanted you to say no because he doesn't believe in these intros.

But now I do. The way that Alan's put that forward, I'm like, this is right. Jono, people have taken time out of their day to listen to our podcast. I've been pro intro is right, Jono. It's time. You know, people have taken time out of their day to listen to our podcast. I've been pro intro. You've been like, oh, recycle the stuff. I'm like, mate, we've got to give them fresh stuff. So there we go. I have broken any analytics for you guys.

And we have people listening in America, over in England. Do we? A couple in Africa, which is buzzy. Oh, well, to our African audience, welcome. And to the US audience, we welcome you. Everyone in the world. We're not going to focus on one country. We welcome

all nations, don't we? Yeah, we do. And alright, well now we can We are the United Nations of podcasts. Okay, we will discriminate against no country. And now we can shut up and let you enjoy the podcast. Alan's going to make sure that this will be in your ear holes pretty shortly.

The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Producer Juliet, after every show, you like to go out, a cliche millennial breakfast, having some avocado on toast. Yes, it's my favourite thing. Every morning, as soon as the clock strikes nine, I'm out of there and in the kitchen making my avo toast. And with every cut of an avocado,

she steps further away from her chance of owning a home later in life. It is a consistent diet, though. Yeah. Avos every day, the green gold. It really is, and they're slowly starting to get a bit more expensive, so I don't know what I'm going to do when they are really pricey. You must get a little period of time where you're like, oh, this is great, this is great,

and then other times you're like, oh, hang on. Yeah, and some I lap it up like, no, tomorrow guacamole here and there, out everywhere pretty much. I love it. Hey, we knew a guy who just ate potatoes. Remember Dan? Yeah, it was a diet. Yeah, he was a lovely guy.

Wore a cowboy hat and just ate potatoes only. He slowly was turning into Mr. Potato, you know, from Toy Story. Yeah, that was his diet. So we thought we'd throw it out there this morning. Same food, different day. What is the same food that you eat every single day? Like potatoes for Daniel, like avocados for our millennial producer. I really fit the stereotype, don't I?

Do you know 95% of people around the world eat the same food every day? It's either rice, beans, chicken, flour, or vegetables. So 95% of the world either rice, beans, chicken, flour, or vegetables. So 95% of the world. Rice, beans, chicken. Really? Yeah, that's what people, you'll have one of those things. I guess flour and yeah. Yeah. Okay.

Alright, well, I feel like you're, hold on, I was going to go through and don't get what I mean. In this room right now, would we all, I mean, with three of us? Yeah, I'll probably have some rice today at some point. But every day? Yeah, no. No? But I might have a vegetable every day. Oh, vegetables. Sorry, I

miss vegetables. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay. I can see in your eyes, you're like, I don't believe his stat. You know, another co-host would just take that, whether it was right or wrong, and roll with it. But not old investigator voice over here. Oh, really? Oh, I heard the hits. Same food, different day. What do you or someone you know eat every single day?

Let's go to the phone, shall we? Philippa, welcome from Christchurch. Good to have you on the show this morning, matey. Food you're eating every day, what is it? Sushi for lunch every single workday. There's like this great sushi place just around the corner and I feel like I just have to go now every day because it's been a year and I can't stop.

A year of going every single work day? Yeah, I'm like probably one of their most loyal customers, so I'd feel so bad if I had to change up my lunch routine. Oh, you've got into a professional relationship with someone. I had this with a coffee guy and I couldn't get out of it. It's deep. You have to break up with them one day and it's ugly, Philippa. Yeah, too sad.

So I'm committed now. She's too polite to go anywhere else. Ben was in the same, Ben had the same situation with the kebab shop guy. That's right. He would sort of see if you'd gone to another shop.

Oh yeah, he got upset because I went somewhere else and I was just talking to someone. I wasn't even going. I wouldn't dare. Honestly, they're not a proprietor of anything. He had a great kebab though. You go and have a,

is that a euphemism or? No, it's not. No, just lovely keb though. You go and have a, you go, is that a euphemism or? No, it's not. No, it's just you've got lovely kebabs. You go and have a wonderful weekend, Philippa. Thanks, you too. See you, mate. Ruth from Nelson, what are you eating every day? Well, not me, a friend of mine.

He eats steak and egg, breakfast, lunch, and tea. He's been for 18 months, and he's lost like 20, 25 kilos. So we're talking about an actual steak, meat or steak and egg pie? No, steak. He goes home and he cooks his steak and his egg. Breakfast, lunch, and tea? Yeah. He must have a deep-seated hatred for steak and or eggs right now.

I don't know. I asked him. He said, oh, he still enjoys it, so that's fine. Is that like an Atkins-style diet, is it? Yeah, he read up about it, and he's like, oh, what the hell, might as well try it. And he's just dropped the pounds. Like, honestly, he looks incredible.

Steak and egg, there we go. Okay, well, that's very interesting. The trucker diet. Yeah, exactly. Thanks, Ruth, appreciate it. Whitney, good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast this morning. Whitney, what have you been eating every day? I'm eating potatoes every day.

Something to do with potatoes. Potato diet? Every day. Just like fries at lunchtime or maybe some chips or anything. Oh, so every day you would have something with potatoes in it? Yeah. Okay, all right. It's a versatile thing. There's over, I think, 7,000 ways you can have potatoes.

Really? I may have made that figure up, but there's definitely more than 100. I tried to make it sound way too impressive. 7,000, wow. Overshot the mark. Holly, it's good to have you with us this Friday morning. How are you? Hi, I'm good. How are you? Good. What are your foods you're eating every day? Same food, different day. No, so it's not

me. I work at a retirement village, so with old people. And I've worked here for four years now. One lady, every single day for four years, has eaten an egg sandwich for lunch and mashed potatoes, spinach and carrots for dinner. Every day. Every day for

four years. Have you ever gone, hey, you could have something else? Yep, she goes, no, I can't stomach it. I just can't. I can't handle it. She can't handle other foods. Wow. That is, wow.

I guess it takes the guesswork out of it, doesn't it? The worst part is no seasoning, no gravy, no butter, nothing. Just how it is. Just how it is. Every day for four years. That's incredible. It will go on for longer, trust me. Wow. The retirement, well, she'll on for longer, trust me. Wow.

She'll probably live longer than I will. Speaking of which, I might have to get a brochure off you. I might be booking into the retirement village in a month or two, okay? Sounds good. Good on you. Have a great weekend, Holly.

Thanks so much for listening to the show. Appreciate it. Bye. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating, still pending. It's Jorowyn Manomahit. $20 Karen. She's a local legend in Stokes Valley she became famous on the internet a few years ago

she left a message on someone's phone it turned out to be the wrong phone she wanted her 20 dollars back someone owed her 20 bucks and she was furious I tell you what I'll get my 20 bucks or she's gonna get 20 f***ing whacks

now yesterday we phoned Karen who... She's a friend of the show. She's a friend of the show. We've had a rollercoaster of a friendship with Karen over the years. She's great. She's lovely. And we phoned her because we wanted her to defend the name Karen, which is getting a hard time online at the moment.

So Karen being used as a sort of slander for a middle-aged white woman with a bob haircut who would complain to management. Yeah, sort of an entitled person. And we're like, not all Karens are like that. Let's give Karens a chance to defend themselves. And as we gave our $20 Karen a chance to defend her name, Karen, she sort of went into a sort of political rant. A rampage.

Yeah. Oh, no, it's crush a... OK, OK, definitely. The National's had a great big shambles, isn't it? Crusher F*** Collins. Okay, okay, definitely. The National's in a great big shambles, isn't it? Just like Labour was last election. Yeah, you're right. Jacinda came in and then seemed to sort that out, didn't she? I don't think Crusher Collins can do it.

I don't think she's really hard enough to beat Jenny F***ing Shipwreck. So we want to know, 0800 THE HITS is our phone number 0800 THE HITS or 4487 on the text We had an idea while we were talking to Karen yesterday Should she be our

political correspondent? Heading into the election this year We'll hold a snap referendum right now 4487 on the text To be honest I'm a little nervous

She's very left leaning which is great That's fine But that's all we're going to get. You're just going to get abuse towards the right. What's she going to say? Is the radio station going to

end up in court? These are my concerns. I think you're right. And if you're the one that's probably the one who pushes the boundaries on the show, if you're worried about it, then me as slightly more conservative because I'm worried about it. As you say, we want to be an impartial show. Yeah, that's right. And, jeez, it's going to be a provocative political correspondent.

You think Mark Hoskin's got some hot takes? Imagine Karen. Imagine we could get her to interview the Prime Minister. Oh, gosh. Oh, Karen. I don't know if we could do that to the Prime Minister. Anyway, so... So what's the text coming through on 4487?

A lot of resounding yes. Please have Karen as your political correspondent. Karen would be great. Ha ha, hell yeah. Jeez, there's a lot of feedback on this, actually. 0800, that's Carwin's joined New Zealand's Breakfast. Your thoughts? Karen is our political correspondent.

Oh, I'm voting a big yes. She's not going to let any of those politicians get away with anything, and I love that. No, she's not. She let any of those politicians get away with anything. And I love that. No, she's not. She's going to threaten them. They won't even be able to spend $20 without Karen noticing. Thank you very much for your call. Let's go to the phones.

Julie on line one. Karen, political correspondent, do you reckon we get her back on next week, Julie? Say that again? Do you reckon we get her back on next week, Julie? Yes, yes, yes, yes Okay well I think we need to give it one week Let's not commit to the whole lead up to the election Jono

Let's just give it one week Oh go on Go on So it's a week by week casus We'll be like okay well this week you only swore A lot can change in politics you know Yeah You only swore 28 times

Okay you can make it through to next week Yeah We don't take her live? We don't take her live though No we can't take her live We can never take it live? We don't take it live, though. No, we can't take it. We can never take it live. Okay. The phones are blocked up here. Mary in Auckland is

wanting to get on air. She said, we need the entertainment. What are we doing? Mate, bring Mary up here. Mary? Yes. You said, we need the entertainment. Ben, me, producer Juliet, producer Humphrey, Max, we're coming in here slogging our guts out every day, and you're like, let's get a

sweary lady on from the Stokes Valley now living in Christchurch for the entertainment. I know, I'm Irish, I love swearing. You all being on the radio, I'm sorry. Sorry to all the other Irish people, but yeah, I'm known as sweary Mary, so, you know, bravo. We do need

someone like her, though, I suppose, to give that honest opinion because so many people are too PC when it comes to politics. All right, well, $20 Karen, officially being booked by the people. Brilliant. Lovely.

Bye, guys. Love your show. Thanks for listening, Mary. Thank you. Bye. She's going to be the people's political correspondent. $20 Karen, back on next week with her hot takes. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show.

It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Now, Producer Juliet, every morning you have been parking in an unsanctioned car park for a while. Yes, yes. Illegally. Now, this is just before 7 o'clock, and Spy was saying Taylor Swift is almost too lovely. She must be doing horrible things.

I said the same thing about Producer Juliet. Too lovely. What dark things is she doing? Well, this is what she said. This is part horrible things. I said the same thing about producer Juliet. Too lovely. What dark things is she doing? Well, this is what she's doing. This is part of it. This is the first thing we know of. You're parking in a car park in our building that you shouldn't be parking in.

No, it's for the executives and the important people. And look at me, this 22-year-old person working at the Hits is just getting into the visitor's car park every day. And this is the problem with millennials, isn't it? They roll in, think they should park in the CEO's car park. They're entitled, aren't they? That's right.

Yeah. So you've been doing this for months, though. Since lockdown. And I have not been caught. Because lockdown was a lot quieter, obviously, in the building. So you kind of got away with it then. That was fine. Because there were so many free parks.

And then I just slowly kept on driving in and waited. I'm still waiting for the email, Juliet, can you please remove your car and go park back at Sky City five minutes down the road. You were saying you park next to Mike Hosking. Yeah, I do. For his car park. I enjoy seeing what car he drives because it changes quite a bit.

I'm like, only Mike Hosking would drive different cars all the time, wouldn't he? Because Mike Hosking works and does the breakfast show on Newstalk ZB. He's upstairs from us right now eating stuffed olives and panna cotta for breakfast. That's what I imagine. It's like the number one show in the country, right? He does a great job of that show. What sort of cars does he drive?

I think usually it's a Range Rover, but I think at the moment it's a Jaguar. A Jaguar. From what I hear, he changes cars weekly. He changes cars like I change underpants, weekly. Oh, God. Doesn't he? Yes. And you must be so nervous getting out that you're going to knock your...

Oh, you would. Oh, totally. And every day I kind of walk in and I'm like, maybe I should take a daily selfie with this car just to show how often he's driving a different one. I mentioned a Jaguar. It's a very, very nice car, right? Yeah.

And I don't often see very nice cars, so it's quite a privilege. Here's a pitch. Now, here's a pitch. I pitched this to you before the show, and you guys, you're like, Ben's like, this is a stupid idea. Yeah. That we... But you can stop here.

You can stop. You don't have to say what you want to say. Well, I'll throw it to the audience so we can have a text poll. You have an opportunity not to say what you're about to say. 4487. So Mike Hosking, you know, he's clearly got, he's either got a fleet of cars or he's just in a position where he can change his car weekly.

Yeah. Why don't we borrow his car and give it away? That's the idea. And it's meant with radio silence. You can't have radio silence on radio. People think the station's off air. What do you mean by borrow the car? Like we say, hey, Mike, can we borrow your car? Borrow your car. He's not radio silence. You can't have radio silence on radio. People think the station's off air. What do you mean by borrow the car? Like, we say, hey, Mike, can we borrow your car?

Borrow your car. He's not going to. I don't know him, but he's not going to go, here you go. Here's the keys. Give this away. Bring it back to me in a week or a weekend or whatever. Well, right now, he's too focused on upstairs on the radio telling everyone what an atrocious job Jacinda Ardern's doing.

So he's too busy now. Right. We could strike when he's distracted. So you mean take his car? Take his car. Without his permission? Eventually he'll get his permission. But I imagine if he's going to go,

yeah, you took my car. Oh, that's all right. You're going to give it away to a listener. It's just an idea. 4-4-8-7. What? Would you like to drive around in Mike Hoskins' car? Of course you would.

Everyone would love to win Mike Hoskins' car. Well, there we go. And if it's a resounding result on the text, 4487, on this snapshot referendum, we'll see what we can do. What? Yeah. Wow. Okay. 4486, would you like to live like Mike?

Basically, yeah. Drive his car. Well, how long? Oh. I don't know, mate. I'm making this up as I go along. I'm just texting this thing that you pitched. I feel like we've talked about something that we've put no planning into, and I don't know if it'll go any further than this moment.

But tune into the show. How long? A week. Okay. All right. We'll find out. I just made that up. You just pitched something that felt like it was,

like if you came in and it was a boardroom like Dragon's, I would be like, this is a very shaky pitch. I am not investing in this promotion. You put a little bit of thought into it, but you really haven't really gone through and brainstormed it out. But anyway, you pitched an idea. We were talking about Mike Hosking's car. He parks next to, well, Juliet parks next to him.

He doesn't park next to you. No, no. Let's be honest. No, no. Mike Hosking parks next to no person. That's right. People park around Mike Hosking. He parks on you. No, no. Let's be honest. No, no. Mike Hosking parks next to no person. That's right. People park around Mike Hosking. He parks on top of people maybe.

He parks on top of lower socioeconomic groups. But he's got a Jaguar. We just had a look on. It looks like a Jaguar I-Pace. Yeah. Looks like a little flash car actually. Yeah, we looked online. Yeah.

And I suggested that we give it away. Because Mike, you claim you park next to him every day. Yeah. He's got a new car every week. He's got a new car every week. Pretty much. A new car every week. So imagine slipping into your Gucci chinos, wrapping a Louis Vuitton tweed jacket around you,

have a nice Karl Lagerfeld black V-neck T-shirt. And living like Mike. And living like Mike. Feeling like a better class of person. Giving away his Jaguar. Not caring what anyone else thought. No, and the text machine is blowing up on 448.

Yeah, you said we should get it just to give it away. Not like steal it and he never gets it back, but just like loan it. Loan it. Yeah, exactly.

Somebody says, I'd love to use Mike Hosking's car on my farm to get the daily farm work done. Oh, I love the idea of that. Yes. Please take Mike Hosking's car.

I would take Mike Hosking's car to the drag races. Oh, dear God. Oh, that would be good. This is special. Well, okay, well. Tongariro, they're on board with it. G is with us on 0800 The Hits. G, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast.

Your thoughts? Hey, good morning. Absolutely do it. The farm, drag racing New Zealand's Breakfast. Your thoughts? Hey, good morning. Absolutely do it. The farm, drag racing, whatever. Yep. Okay. Yeah, Michael Lovett. If I know Mike Hosking. We don't. We'll love it. Because he seems

like that sort of person. That would be just like, yeah, I'll take it. Well, listen, we'll take the Italian suit and shirt off my back. That's the sort of thing. That's right. This won't be the sort of thing. You'd say that's what you'd say, wouldn't you? That's right. That's right.

Okay, well, listen, this won't be the end of this. We'll pursue this, okay, G? Thanks for listening. Is it really? Is it? You know, we've got, again, we've got an option to back out of this. Yeah, I know, I know. This might be one of those things where I say it on the radio and never follow it up.

But, hey, who's going to remember? Well, I feel like we've dedicated quite a lot of time. We're meant to be talking about a private plane here that came with G.C.L. And we're talking about this again. So maybe we do need to follow through on this. Okay. So maybe next week on the show. Someone's saying,

I'll take his car through a KFC drive-thru and then pick all of my friends up and we would all eat sweet, sweet chicken inside. Think of all the fun things you could do with it like that, that would just like... Imagine getting Jacinda Ardern in the car doing like a carpool as far as like

a political nemesis I think she'd get on quite well but they obviously like they tussle on it imagine if we got her James Shaw from the Green Party

all his favourites James Shaw oh okay we'll follow this up yeah okay well it might be happening now I'm starting to get

quite excited about it something that was a very silly idea a couple of minutes ago. Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Producer Juliet, you own something.

He shows a photo of your dad wearing them. Oh, they are amazing. They are amazing. I don't even know if these existed. So explain what it is. So they are onion goggles. So when you go to chop onions, you put the goggles on and they are very high fashion, let me tell you that.

They look like... Bright green. Yeah, the type of sunglasses you'd buy from the petrol station. You know, you've got those ones with the flames down the side. Yeah. And these are only... You couldn't swim in them or anything like that? No, they're not quite suction-y.

But they're just for cutting onions. Yeah, and they're more than sunglasses, but they're not quite goggles. So they But they're just for cutting onions. Yeah, and they're more than sunglasses, but they're not quite goggles. So they've got sort of little protective, like, shields that kind of touch your face. It's really hard to explain, but it's a great invention. You must be consuming an extraordinary amount of onions to have specialised goggles. Well, you need onions in most dishes, don't you? Yeah, but I guess now and again I do my eyes water when I'm cutting onions,

but I never thought, oh, jeez, if only there was some goggles I could put on. Were they off the TV? Yeah. Put them on the TV. But I'm glad to see you use them. Yeah, they're so useful. Like, I cannot recommend them enough. Usually when I cut onions,

I have to run to the other side of the room to get away from the onion fumes and juices. This is not an infomercial. Look at Juliet. I'm just really passionate. Juliet also has her apple eating gloves and her potato washing socks that she wears as well specifically for food preparation.

Exactly. Have you bought stuff off TV? No, my dad bought one of those little, they sit down and you use the bike. Oh, the Kubis. The Kubis, that's it. He was like, oh. Yeah, because I was like, who would buy one of those?

He's like, I didn't actually, because he's got a sore knee. He's like, this is really good. He sits at home and would buy one of those? He was like, I didn't actually, because he's got a sore knee. He said, oh, this is really good. He sits at home and does a little bike. For the people who enjoy both sitting on a couch and riding bikes at the same time. And again, he couldn't speak highly of it. I was like, I'm high enough of it. And I was like, okay. We bought, Jen, my wife, she's bought a few things off TV.

The Ab Circle Pro, where you had like swinging. It was the swinging abs. Yeah. Yeah, geez. It tried to swing your abs into submission. How's it going for you? Very unprofessional abdominals. Probably the most unprofessional abs you'll ever see, but 0800 the Hits. Let's check

this out there. Have you bought onion goggles? Have you bought the QB? What have you bought? Have you bought a neutral bullet, a magic bullet, a tragic bullet? 0800 the Hits. What have you purchased off the as seen for TV infomercials? Yeah, have you bought something, you've seen it on the TV, you've rung up and you bought it?

Well, let's see if anyone has done something like Producer Juliet. Georgia, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. What did you buy? I bought one of those classic Bambillo pillows. Oh, I've seen those. Yeah, are they good? Yeah, they're really high. And is it what, does it sort of mould to your neck and head does it the pillow over time

yeah yeah it just it was almost quite trippy because it kind of just comes back up after you lift your head off of it see sleeping on a pillow of bamboo doesn't sound that appealing to me but uh i imagine they've shifted a few of them they They're seen on TV stuff because, like I said, we've purchased a couple of things over the years. It should just be called 0800 8090 10 now to purchase a product that is inevitably going to gather dust over time before you throw it out in about five years. Well, Producer Juliet, you're still hanging in there with your goggles? Absolutely, and if they break, I'm buying another pair.

Oh, okay. Are they always chucking something else? Did you get something else with it? You buy a pillow, you get knives or something? No, I don't. Are you on the market for pillows and knives at the same time? I guess so. I'll take it.

Order now and you'll get this. You're like, oh, I guess I could have that. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Scrolling through your feed. Yes, this is the hard-hitting news, but more the soft option of it. So this is soft-hitting news, if you like that, and it's the only bulletin.

It's the only thing literally more disorganised than the National Party at the moment, this bulletin. Dr Ashley Boomfield, he guided New Zealand through the pandemic, and he's swapping a suit and tie for rugby boots tomorrow. Now, it's been 35 years since he last played a game of rugby. He played for the first 15 at Scots College. So he's obviously quite good. So a New Zealand Parliament rugby team are going to be taking the field against Ashley Bloomfield, some Wellington councillors,

and a couple of former All Blacks in there like Piri Weepu and Junior Tanu'u as well, playing in the team as well. So a bit of an exhibition game but I liked Ashley Bloomfield. He's got some nicknames already decided upon. Well yes the team at the Ministry canvassed a few options for me. I've actually got a few of them

here. Hospital Pass didn't make the grade. There was Don't Smash Ash but I've been reassured by Minister Henare no one in the parliamentary team is going to tackle me anyway. So I'm happy with that. But what I've settled on is the eliminator.

The eliminator. I love it how, like, as part of his daily COVID update briefing, he's also got his document that he's put with his funny rugby nicknames. So, oh, Bill,

we'd better do some prep on these nicknames. I imagine after the game he's going to have not a daily count of COVID cases, but a daily tackle count. He'll have all those. How well did I play on Saturday? 17 tackles, 14 assists.

I was isolated for quite a lot of the game out there because I didn't want to get involved. I like the Exterminator, though. It's a good nickname. The Eliminator. Oh, the Eliminator. The Exterminator's good. I like Exterminator.

It's a great nickname if you're in pest control and the eradication of pestsiminator. Exterminator is good. Exterminator is a great nickname if you're in pest control and the eradication of pests. So the Exterminator is great. Now, if lockdown taught a lot of couples a lot of stuff, the relationship was hard during lockdown, right? Jeez, we all made it through though, didn't we? Well, we did in New Zealand, but overseas it's still raging on. In the UK, a guy by the name of Matthew,

he's put an article out in the Sun saying he got divorced after lockdown and basically she divorced me because I left dishes in the sink. That's the headline. So it was like, yeah, among a few other things. He also left an ink pen in her jeans. And of course, this is the things that he said.

So he said his wife got upset how he, you know, how he was over lockdown. So she left him. Oh, well, he's a menace. The guy's a menace. I'm a menace as well. The thing that winds Jen, my wife, up is I'm a dish soaker. So, you know, you have a lasagna, and it gets baked on, you know, the lasagna, and so

it needs to... I pour some palm olive in, fill it up with hot water, and I just leave it on the beach. You leave it there for a good 24 hours just to kind of, you know... And now, given our new work hours, Ben, I'm out the door early in the morning and that is not a time to be washing dishes. So I leave them. Yeah.

The sensible thing is a sensible option. You're right. And it is a little bit of a bone of contention in our household. So I can see how that happens. My poor friend, Mark, who I've mentioned before, lives in Santiago, Chile. Yeah. With his partner, Sarah. I speak to him every week on WhatsApp.

They have been in lockdown this week four and a half months. Four and a half months? Four and a half months. They were in this tiny apartment in the middle of Santiago and they don't reckon they're going to get out for at least another four to six weeks.

That's like nearly five, six months in lockdown. And these poor people. I don't know what to say to them. I'm like, what do you say to someone in that situation? You're like, that sucks. Yeah. There's nothing you can literally say. Or maybe say don't leave dishes in the sink.

Yeah, that's a good tip. That's a good tip. That's a great tip. But the mental effects of being locked in a place like that for so long. Oh, no. And they've got a dog in there as well, which they are allowed to walk 20 minutes a day if you've got the right documentation. But, jeez, a month was tough here

but overseas like we really are sheltered from what's happening out there aren't we I was just reading before 2600 cases per hour of COVID in the USA

per hour 2600 and we need to thank people like the exterminator or the eliminator or whatever his nickname is Dr Ashley Buford

so no one tackle him tomorrow please no one he's too important we need that guy he's gonna be like Mr Burns when he played golf in the Simpsons. Everyone let him win. He'll be just like coasting on through.

Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I was just going to say, where are we based here? There's a big window, isn't there? We're right next to the ablution block there. And so you can see, you know, every morning who's rather regular and who's visiting not. I just saw for the first time Vaughan from ZM. I've never seen him go.

I thought he was a camel. Survived on no water. Sam Wallace, quite regular there. He's getting some good water intake. Sam Wallace next door and who else is quite good? Ben, you go a couple of times a show, don't you? I try. Keep drinking, keep the fluids up. Julian, I see you want to show your dot off there.

Yeah, probably. I try not to. I try and hold it in. You don't go, do you? Yeah, no, no. I'm just sucking in right now, holding it all in with all my strength. All right, I don't know why we're talking about this at our 528, but here we go. Spy, no one's up by doco.nz.

All right, producer Juliet, she's the Colonel Sanders of celebrity gossip, if Colonel Sanders is focused less on fried chicken and more on vacuous gossip, but here we go. Thank you very much. So, boxers Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. are coming out of retirement for a comeback fight against each other in September, and the good thing that I find interesting from this is Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd and Pitbull are going to be performing. That's what I take from it. Wow, it's an entertainment bonanza this thing. I know. Do you know whereabouts

it's happening? In California. Right. In September, yeah. I was reading about Mike Tyson. Do you know he was arrested 37 times before he was 13 years old? What? Oh yeah, got into a lot of trouble as a kid. A lot of trouble. And then when he was in like a junior detention centre or whatever, Muhammad Ali came to visit to inspire all the boys in there.

And Muhammad Ali's like, you're a great boxer. You need to do it. Pursue this career. And there was a lovely old man who sort of took Mike Tyson in and looked after him. And he was a guy into pigeons. Like he basically had pigeons. And so Mike Tyson became really into pigeons was a guy into pigeons. Like he basically had pigeons and so Mike Tossing became really into pigeons

as a kid as well. And yeah, he's like flying pigeons and pigeon carrying and stuff like that. And then sadly that guy passed away and they reckon

a lot of troubles that Mike had later was due to that guy passing away as well because he was the guy that kind of kept a man kid and looked after him.

It was like a father figure so it was pretty cool. Please. Pigeons are an odd hobby. Especially for a guy that was a boxer but was really into pigeons as well, yeah.

What do you do with them? Just like look after them? I think they're like carrier pigeons and they would pigeon, you know, pigeon stuff. Yeah, pigeon stuff.

So he was really into pigeons. He's quite a, seems like quite a complex individual. He owns a cannabis company now and makes oils and things and health products. He's quite a diverse, he's got quite a diverse skill set, isn't he?

Yeah, you're right. Yeah, well, he's back now. Imagine how much he's getting for that. Oh, heaps. He's millions. Yeah, totally. Totally. And Hillary Clinton, a series is being made on her,

but it's going to be based on what her life would be like if she didn't marry Bill. So there's a book that already exists. How stink does he feel? I know. There's already a book that already exists. How stink does he feel? No, there's already a book that's... He's like, better be worse, better be worse. Oh no, it's better. Oh, she married a handsome guy. Literally, it's focused on they're together

until she rejects his proposal and that's when it all goes into a different storyline, a different narrative. It becomes Hillary Clooney or Hillary Pitt. She's like, damn it, married the wrong guy. Yeah, exactly. That's interesting. I guess they both had

aspirations of being in politics, didn't they? And he clearly went on to become president. Maybe she took a back seat. And then when obviously when she went for it, it was kind of like

it was almost tarnished a little bit from, you know, yeah. So maybe if she'd gone first in politics, she would have been the one that was president and married to George Clooney.

We've just made up the plot line there. I haven't seen the series yet. Or Barack Obama. Imagine that. She married Barack. I don't know. But he was quite younger than her, wasn't he? Yeah, it was an old relationship at the time,

but everyone was like, I'm used to it. And she married Zac Efron. Oh, okay. That's um What 40 years of her Okay Alright whatever

That's how her life turned out We'll spy here to the Hits.co.nz We apologise in advance It's Jono and Ben On the Hits Now I had a moment yesterday With one of my daughters

Sienna Where I was listening to a song And she was like Oh there's a new version Of that song. And I realised my dad had done the same thing to me. There's basically three generations of the same song. And I was like, oh my God, this has happened.

I've hit this stage. Yeah. No, and you're going, the other version was better than this version. So hits listeners, I imagine most of you would know Lauryn Hill when she sang this song. So Can't Take My Eyes Off You was a song that Lauryn Hill had probably about 20 years ago. So you were loving this when you were of the age? And I heard it again on the radio the other day with my daughter Sienna and she was like, oh my God, there's a song like that out now.

As Lauryn Hill ripped it off, I was like, well, no, because it was 20 years ago. But anyway, there's a song like that out now. As Lauryn Hill ripped it off, I was like, well, no, because it was 20 years ago. But anyway, there's a new version of that song. This is Illy. So this is in the charts right now. But I remember listening to Lauryn Hill as a kid, and my dad was like, oh, that's an Andy Williams song. I love you, baby.

So this song. This is so me. And every generation probably thinks their version is the best version of the song. I imagine your dad's like, no one beats old Randy Williams. Randy Williams. Randy Williams. No one can beat that version. And you're like, no one can beat Lauryn Hill's version.

And then Sienna's like, I like the new dance mix. Yeah, so there you go. I was like, oh, we've reached that stage in our lives. We also knew the other day when we were trying on jeans for our TV show we're filming. And you're like, I had these original jeans back in the day. Oh, yeah. Ben was putting on Levi's, wide-legged, red-tabbed Levi's. And I was like, wowee.

Because back in the day, Juliet, Levi Strauss had a system going where he'd have your orange tabs and your red tabs. Okay. And there was distinct price values. It wasn't there between the two. Yeah. Mum would always buy me orange tabs and they were the bottom. But you really wanted the red tabs. I was like, give me red tabs.

It's probably the same thing, to be honest, but great marketing by Levi's because you wanted the red tabs. Levi's like, the denim is the same, you dumbasses, but I'll charge you another $50 for a tiny little red tan. Levi's like, the denim is the same you dumbasses but I'll charge you another $50 for a tiny little red tan. I remember as a kid really wanting a pair of Air Jordans the shoes after Michael Jordan. They're still very very popular today. My mum went to the States and I was like, can you bring me back a pair of Air Jordans? If you get

anything I would love it. She's like, I'll have a look. She came back with a shoe box. I'm like, oh my god, this is so exciting. I opened them up and they were a brand of shoes called British Knights. Oh, what? And she was like, the guy in the store said they were better than Air Jordans. I bet he did. I bet he did.

I was like, Mum, you got played. At the staff party that night, he was like, guess what, guys? Sold some British Knights. She's like, these are better than Air Jordans. British Knights were more damaging to the British Empire than Meghan Markle over the years. But I was researching fashions and it's cyclic. Generally, trends are set by celebrities, musicians

and high profile people. Right. You know, you look at Kanye West. He's probably been quite pivotal, hasn't he, with fashion? Yeah. And it goes, it is cyclical. And so this era will take pieces of the 90s fashion, which is coming back now, but then merge it in with what's happening today.

Right. So you always get a new, like a hybrid sort of fashion. Yeah, and I've been waiting because when I was a kid growing up, my cycles never come back. The colonial cycle. You're pretty much stuck with the same fashion for the last, you know, sort of 20 years, haven't you? I've been dressed like it's 1994 for 20 years. Well, now you're quite fashionable.

Well, let's just cut back. Like starting your day with Panda Eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Super Rugby All-Tour is blowing up at the moment. And this weekend there's a huge game. Well, there's many huge games, but one of them, the Crusaders, are taking on the Canes this weekend, aren't they? Yeah, 7.30 tomorrow night.

It's going to be, yeah, as you say, every week it's two big local derbies. And joining us on the phone right now, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson. Welcome. Hey, good morning. You are far too good to be on this show, Scott. Am I? I wasn't even sure what radio station you guys were still on. Which we've changed, mate.

We're like Dan Carter. Which we've changed, mate. We're like Dan Carter. One minute we're Crusaders, next minute we're Blues. Hey, hang on. You can't compare. He's comparing himself to Dan Carter. I read it the way he changed. Anyway, you're right.

Sorry. It's lovely to talk to you, Scott. We've never met before, but I really like the cut of your jib. I don't even know if you cut jib, but I like it. Now, of course, they call you Razor, your nickname from your rugby playing days. Have you ever had a Gillette deal? I mean, surely that must have happened. Not quite that big.

I had people sort of mention that, sort of carry on. But no, not really. Because since I started myself branding over the years, the stuff with the song and the dance and stuff, it hasn't quite got to that New York level. The headquarters are,

I suppose. Yeah. The branding. The breakdancing coach. It's Brand Robertson. I love it. Now, speaking of your breakdancing celebrations, which we all love, by the way,

have they ever gone wrong? Because I imagine you are the dance floor party breakdancer. Yeah. There's always hiccups with part-time breakdancing. Has it ever gone badly, Scott? Yeah. Look, 4am is when you're really, and which are very, very, very rare these days.

I normally get coaxed into it and I normally get down there and I suffer for a few days afterwards. But you can remember how it all started. I got called out. It was just one of those moments. Back in 2013, we beat Wellington for the NBC final. That was our theme. And anyway, they called the Who, hey, raise your race song out.

I'm like, mate, you're not singing that. You can't think that. Where'd this come from? And I went, oh, okay. Turned it around quite quickly and I was on my back spinning and it's become a tradition after that. So, look, I just sort of make something up a couple of days before if things all go well and then I just go with it.

I've got three young boys, so I've got all the latest things happening in the background and just go with it. You need a TikTok channel, basically, Scott Robinson. Yeah, nah. Listen, Ben, Scott, can you believe Ben's on TikTok? He's a grown man. I had to pull him off it.

I had to have an intervention. I know. Well, good luck. Well, I'm expecting a few Crusaders win Super Rugby All-Tour, I'm expecting a TikTok-themed dance celebration. Yeah, when we get there, like I said, you don't want any heads to start pre-empting those things too much. Honestly, you know, I don't want to get ahead.

We've obviously got a massive game against the Canes this week And they're running hot And every game, as you mentioned At Super Rugby Aotearoa has just been amazing You know, the intensity From a lot of guys that have played all-back rugby for a long time Saying this is, you know, the hardest run of rugby They've had outside of test rugby in their lives

So from a public and spectator's point of view, you can understand why they're loving it so much because of the speed and the brutality of the games. We've got Scott Robertson with us, Crusaders coach, head of this weekend's Super Rugby Aotearoa. Rugby players, rich nicknames. It's a sport full of nicknames. Like Razor Robinson, like your one.

Yeah, and I've always wanted a nickname. I wanted to be like Jack Hammer or the Heartbreak Kid I tried to get off the ground. None of those landed. No. So what we want to play a game with you, Scott Robinson, was we're going to read out the player. You've got to give us their nickname. We're going to try and get through as many as we can in 30 seconds.

Okay. But you, of course, you don't have to tell us the nickname. If it's one of those team things, it's over to you, all right? Okay. Okay. Let's go. Kieran Reid. Superman.

Dan Carter. Batman. Justin Marshall. Pass. Richie Moanga. Richie Mo.. Richie Mo. Owen Franks. The Ox.

Andrew Mertens. Oh, we ran out of time. What was Andrew Mertens? What's that guy? He's a funny actor from Andrew Mertens. He would have been the Jackhammer. Oh, he was the Jackhammer. He was the Jackhammer.

He was the Jackhammer all along. We were calling him Mertz all these years. Scott Robinson, good luck this weekend. It was really great to talk to you. We really mean that. We love your work and good luck on the weekend. Thanks for your time. Good to chat with you.

Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono good luck on the weekend. Thanks for your time. Good to see you. Lou in calories and Lou in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, Jono, there's been a few talks happening behind the scenes. Behind my back, from what I understand. Complaints about you, something that you do, and we need to address this like we do everything else on the show, on the radio. Yeah, like this could have been taken to a meeting room.

We've got three of them out there outside the studio. Yeah. No, but it's better to do that up front in front of, you know, we're an open book here at the Hits Radio Station. The conversations we can have now, you know, we shouldn't hide those away. We should have those across the airways. Sometimes we should close the book.

No. No, okay. What is this? I feel like something's been brewing all morning. Yeah, it's been brewing for weeks, to be honest. You have free and produced duty. Yeah, I don't know. It's just reached the head, literally, because it's to do with your hat Yeah, it's been brewing for weeks, to be honest. You humphrey and produce a junior? Yeah, I don't know if it's reached the head, literally,

because it's to do with your hat wearing, your cap wearing. Yep. Now, you like to wear a cap most days? Yeah, I do. Even though we're inside? Well, you know, because this is a common thing you say, when I take my hat off and reveal my bald head, the studio lights bounce off it and they go into your eyes

and you're like, it burns my retinas. It can blind me. Yeah, you've said that. But I'd like to take that risk now because it's become a problem when editing our social videos that your cap,

basically, because you pull it off and pull it down quite low, it covers your face so you can't even see your face. So you either hide your face because there's a big shadow across your face

or you move it between stuff and it's yeah it's a shambles I remember on a TV show he'd wear a cap and you'd be filming a scene over the day

that would need to be edited in together so it was all happening and he'd have it on forwards, backwards sideways I'd be like come on your hat

I'd even swap hats I'd have a cowboy hat on because you're quite fidgety so you just like touch it I'm a fidgety person I drive down the motorway and I'm changing

switching lanes 329 times. Okay, so there's a cap issue. There was also another issue too that really wowed you up. If we had to do fighting scenes for TV, I would make the sound effects with my mouth. Like the punching sound effects. I'd be like... And then they'd go, cut.

And everyone would be like sit me down they're like you know you don't have to make the sound effects because we just put those in people have recorded sound effects yeah they've done a great job

recording them you don't have to you go there's a gun oh that was the other one yeah guns like if I was holding an action scene

yeah if I was holding a gun I'd be like like a six year old boy playing cops and robbers. Okay, listen, hey, we've all got our things. Yeah. Mine's putting my hat on and we're apparently sorry for wearing a hat. Like, you know, just want to see your face.

As weird as it sounds on the radio, we want to see your face. And sorry for trying to help the sound effects guy in the edit suite. I also noticed that when you wear your hat, your headphones also slide off the back of your head and it pulls your hat off. And every two seconds, you're like pulling your hat

and your headphones back on. He's really persisting with that, isn't he? Yeah. Well, this has been a savage attack of my character. For wearing a hat. We really got him bad for wearing a hat, didn't we? Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The A to Z of New Zealand. We call a different town or city in New Zealand. We do one a day. We do it alphabetically, and it's going to take over two years. We're going around more in New Zealand than Dave Dobbin on a national tour. And today we're heading to Coromandel. Now, Coromandel is a coastal town on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island.

The town has a rich history of gold mining. Coromandel is a popular fishing town where you can fish for anything. Snapper, teraki, mussels, dolphins, whales, and other endangered sea life. And if you think you can't handle the mandel, well then let's find out. We're about to go through now. Hello, Salty Towers. Amy speaking. Amy, Salty Towers?

Yes. In Coromandel? Yes. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Welcome to the A to Z of New Zealand. We're calling every town in Aotearoa. Hi. We're calling one a day,

and today we're calling Coromandel. Hi. Wonderful. Your pun name shop took me, warms the cockles of Ben's punny heart. I love it. I love the name of your place. Well, actually,

my mum has just got a goat and called him Basil as well, so we're all in. So what is Salty Towers? It's Fawlty Towers, the TV show. I know, but I mean, what do you do? Yeah, Fawlty Towers. We sell bait and fishing.

Oh, for salty seawater. Yeah. Oh, that's so good. And it was the famous TV show, Fawlty Towers, Salty Towers. It worked beautifully. It could have been like aggravated assault. Okay, maybe not. No, that wouldn't have been that good.

Assault charges. Yeah, see, those are not fun. Not quite. No, so what you have been that good. Assault charges? Yeah, see, those are not fun. Not quite. No, so what you've done is you've taken a lot. Yeah, those are not fun. Ready assaulted or something like that, you know? Ready assaulted. Ready assaulted or something.

Could have worked, yeah. Not assaulted. I don't know why I'm joining in on your... You need to tell us about the Coromandel. Well, it's lots of fishing, like burley and bait, and we sell fresh mussels which is our main thing and we do filleting

and smoking. Bad for your health but anyway. No not smoking Smoking the fish. Oh you don't sit in the shop just smoking. Well that wouldn't be too good. Amy oysters I'm just not a fan of them and I know you don't deal in them but are you a fan of oysters? No we don't do oysters. No you're a mussel. I like a mus a fan of them. And I know you've just, you don't deal in them. But are you a fan of oysters?

Oh, we don't do oysters. No, you're a muscle. I like a muscle. Are you an oyster fan? Not as much. Muscles are much better. Yeah, it feels like I'm eating something that someone's regurgitated when I have an oyster. A little bit.

I would agree with that. Although I have eaten a regurgitated oyster. Because I gave one to my daughter at a place. And I was like, because you can only buy six. They're quite expensive. I was like, try this. She went, ugh, spat it out. And I went, oh, I've got to eat it because I've one to my daughter at a place. I was like, because you can only buy six. They're quite expensive. I was like, try this. She went, ugh, and spat it out. And I went, oh, I've got to eat it because I bought six.

They're quite expensive. You know he had the option not to eat it. Yeah, but I was like, he had six. I was like, I really like oysters. So I was like, oh, I'm going for this. Anyway, so Jono's never caught a fish before. Do you know that? How?

Zealand especially? Yeah, no, it's just not my... I don't have the patience for it. Like, I've been out on a boat where people have been fishing. I just don't like... I don't like waiting around. I'd rather do other stuff on the boat. Swab the decks. Eat the snacks.

Swab the decks, yes. But what you can do sometimes is put your rod in a rod holder and then you can have a beer or do whatever, you know? Like, you can do some stuff and chat and then you go, oh, I've got to fish and come back to it. No, but the thing is every time I go fishing, I think I've got something on the line and then I pull it up and I don't, you know. The tugging. You're like, oh, oh, it's biting. Oh, I must have lost it.

Oh, Amy, it's been lovely talking to you. And did we learn anything about Coromandel? I don't know, but we learned about fishing and that was the main thing. Perfect. Yeah. Is there one other thing that we should do non-fishing based if we go to Coromandel? Oh, down 306 Road, there is a waterfall

and it is the most beautiful waterfall you can swim in. We go down as often as we can when it's warm. Oh, that's good. That's really good to know. Well, thank you. That's really interesting. There you go. A secret waterfall. You've just unleashed Coromandel's greatest secret. It's not that secret.

Okay, all right. I was trying to build it up as something, and it clearly isn't. Hey, thank you so much, Amy. You look after yourself. Awesome. Thank you so much. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys.

It's Jono and Van on the hits. Spy, the WhatsApp spy.co.nz. If she took a COVID test, she would test positive for the big C. Celebrity. As producer Julia was spy. So Taylor Swift has announced that she's going to be releasing an album this afternoon, New Zealand time. It's a surprise album no one saw coming. It's going to be called Folklore.

And she chose to release it because all of her other plans this year didn't work out. So she, and obviously in isolation, she managed to write a lot of songs. Apparently she wrote a lot of them in just hours, like just whipped them all out. And she's like, well, I've got enough for an album, so I may as well release it. So that's coming out this afternoon. I heard Kate Hawksby is on the drive into work talking about this on ZB.

And she was saying, normally Taylor Swift teases an album for months and drops hints and social media things. But this is just like, bang, happening tomorrow. That's the only warning you get. I know and I remember a few years ago Beyonce dropped a

surprise album as well and I think from memory she was kind of the first one to do it and everyone just lost their marbles and then I think slowly from then

artists are like oh this is quite a good technique because everyone just starts talking about it if it's a surprise album. So that's out this afternoon.

Hopefully we can play some of the music. I don't trust her. I've publicly said I don't trust her. I don't know why you say that. She's too lovely. No one can be that lovely. Why can't she be lovely?

I don't trust you producers. You're too lovely. No, you're doing something out of work hours. You're up to bloody deflating lovely old ladies. I'd like to think that some people can just be that lovely. She's got a cat lady too, Taylor Swift. A lot of cats. Yeah, she loves the cats.

I saw her. You can tell a cat person, can't you? Yeah. She's got a cat lady too, Taylor Swift. A lot of cats. Yeah, she loves the cats, doesn't she? Yeah. I saw her. You can tell a cat person, can't you? Yeah. She was almost sort of feline looking in parts. Yeah. Wasn't she? The tail gives it away. She was in the movie Cats.

Remember? Was she in that? Yeah, she was in that movie. There was a star-studded cast. There was James Corden. That's right. I never saw it. Judy Dench and stuff and Jason Derulo.

Yeah. They had a massive cast. It got panned, didn't it? It did. It was quite unusual. Yeah, I think it was a bit unusual. High concept stuff.

Yeah, yeah. So were they dressed as the cats, these people? Yeah, and they were kind of like it was a mix between sort of special effects. It was quite creepy looking.

It was a bit odd. To be honest. You try some stuff. They gave it a bash. Not everything can work. It was a very successful musical. Yeah, honest. You try some stuff. They gave it a bash. Not everything can work. It was a very successful musical. Yeah, exactly. And they managed to ruin it.

It turned out the whole world were allergic to cats. And Vanilla Ice, who you will know from this song. And nothing else. And nothing else at all. A biopic is coming up about him, and Dave Franco is going to be playing him, who's James Franco's brother, if you know who that is. He'll do a good job, I reckon.

They look quite similar. They look reasonably similar, don't they? So they're just in the planning stages, haven't started filming, but it'll be about Vanilla Ice's rise to fame. A few years ago, we actually brought him over to New Zealand for a concert, didn't we, Vanilla Ice? We flew him out there, yeah.

We had to fly him business class, and then he brought his DJ chopsticks. Yeah, so they did like a 30-second set or something, a 30-minute set, which was fun. And he got us to dance. Remember, he put us in the clown mask? Because every concert, we have a couple of people in clown masks that dance along.

I've only just come out with my DJ. Can you guys dance? We're like, yeah, sweet. But you realise, like, as a couple of white guys dancing, you're like, I had three moves, and it was like, oh, this is a couple of white guys dancing you're like I had three moves and it was like oh this is a long 30 minutes

for dancing yeah it was and so then we awkwardly after three songs we kind of just slowly our enthusiasm

waned over three songs and then we just slowly backed off stage didn't we you guys hate dancing don't you I know even with clown

I thought I'd be fine because I was in a clown mask but no one would know it was us but I was just like I still felt awkward I loved our vanilla ice fine because I was in a clown mask but no one would know it was us but I was just like I still felt awkward I loved our vanilla ice we hung out with him

a couple of days he was a lot of fun but he kept calling you Jono Jono yeah really? yeah he was like

alright Jono you were like oh I'll just stick with Jono wasn't his accent or anything? I think Jono is an unusual thing Jono confuses them

yeah some of it falls into the Spanish category yeah maybe I get hono a lot over there. Yeah. So, Jono. Yeah, I took Jono.

I just roll with it. But no, he was a nice guy. He was nice. He flew business class and then he put his DJ in economy class. Remember? Well, I don't think we could afford for both of them to be in business class.

It was probably on us. He was like, we can only pay for one. He was like, oh, sorry, mate. Anyway, Vanilla Ice Biopic. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

It'd be interesting to see what they put up there. because it would be an interesting life story. I mean, he blew up big with that main song and then what happened after that would be

really interesting. There was a rumour that Suge Knight, the head of Death Row Records, once hung him over a building by his ankles. Yeah. Yeah.

Really? Yeah. I think he dated Madonna and all sorts of things. He was in movies. Also, it'd be a really interesting story, I reckon. Now he's like a property developer. Yeah. B think he dated Madonna and all sorts of things. He was in movies. Also, that'd be a really interesting story, I reckon. Now he's like a property developer.

Yeah, yeah. Bizarre. It'd be good for people who don't really know much about him to watch it. Well, we know way too much about him. We do. We do a lot. We hug out for two days. For more spy, head to thehits.co.nz.

Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. A feeling good. Why is it going to be a good day? We want to end the show on a positive note It's always good to, you know, Friday You always feel more positive going into the weekend, don't you? Oh Ben, I couldn't think of a better way to end the show

And if we could, we would do it that way But for the meantime, this is what we're going to do So you call us on 0800-THE-HITS 4487 is the text Get in touch with New Zealand's Breakfast And just tell us why it's going to be a good day Slash good weekend They can be as

important or as unimportant as you want. You got anything to kick it off? I do. I went to the dentist yesterday and my dentist was like, uh oh, that looks like it's going to need some work but I'll take an x-ray you know how they sort of wrench your jaw open

and take an x-ray. Just got an email from her turns out I don't need the work. Well, that's good. It's going to be a good day. That's a good day. That's how it works. Under the hats is the phone number. Suzanne.

Suzanne's already on the phone. She's wanting to get an early start on It's a Good Day. Why is it going to be a good one in Wellington today, Suzanne? It's a lovely sunny day, it's Friday and it's the weekend and I'm catching up with friends I haven't seen for a while. Yeah. The list goes on. It's a sunny day in Wellington and you know what they say about Wellington.

You can't beat Wellington on a good day. Slash you can't beat anywhere on a good day. But hey, I like to pick holes in that. Wellington was first to get there, I feel like. Well, you never double pass the Reading Cinemas. There's a great one in Wellington, all right? So check it out. Okay, thank you.

Brianne, good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. How's Wellington this morning? Nice and sunny. Oh, yeah, we just spoke to a lovely lady from Wellington. Told me the exact same thing. I'm glad the weather hasn't changed in that three and a half minute song we just played. Literally, we just had that conversation. My Alzheimer's

is kicking in. It's old age. What's going to be a good day for you? It's my son's 8th birthday tomorrow and I just got a $30 cake for $8. Oh, that is... I'm no mathematician, but that sounds like a cake bargain there. It is. That's amazing.

$28 in cake savings right there, baby. You go and have a good weekend, Brianne. Thank you. Have a great day. We're going to flick your double pass to Reading Cinemas as well, right? Awesome. Thank you. And Shorrie, New Zealand's Breakfast welcomes you with open arms.

Why is it going to be a good day for you? Because it's Friday, boys. It's Friday. It's always a good day on a Friday. We always check out roundabout now, to be honest. Dead right. You have a great day. Anything about

a big plan for the weekend? Oh, just drinking and watching rugby. Sounds like a good weekend. Two of your favourite hobbies. A double pass to the movies is all yours.

Reading cinemas, okay? Thank you very much. Good on you, Shorey. Thanks for listening, mate. Appreciate it. Next week, big shows. We've got Stan Walker joining us,

New Zealand's favourite son. And Kiwi Twins are on a discovery show called Naked and Afraid. They join us as well. Have a great weekend. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on the hits.

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