Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - March 18 - We Pranked Someone Into Thinking They We're Doing A Live Sports Report!

Episode Date: March 18, 2021

Big old day with winning the America's cup along with Saint Patrick's Day, some HUGE celebrations were had! Yesterday after the show we executed a little prank call... We phoned a random person in the South Island and made them think they were reporting live from Auckland's viaduct for the America's Cup, she was very flustered and had no idea what was going on (naturally)! Jono also revealed that he's been going to the same fish and chip shop for 10 years, so we were wondering if anyone has been supporting/going to the same business for longer than Jono. Finally, Ben's family gifted him something that they thought would be good for the radio, so we road tested it. Enjoy the podcast!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, 18th Thursday, March 18th, Jono and Ben. Here we are back again for the podcast intro.

Guess what? Guess what? New Zealand won the America's Cup. I know, New Zealand won the America's Cup. I know. New Zealand is fizzing. We're fizzing. For the next 48 hours, I'll be America's Cup crazy, and then we'll move on to something else. But right now, we're loving it.

Well, this is a brutal, harsh truth. If I'm a member of Team New Zealand, I'm going about, the country's going to be basking in this glory for months. But you're like, no, you're giving them 48 hours, then you move on with your life. I mean, we're still going to love it, but it's got to dominate the headlines for the next 48 hours, which it should. I mean, well deserved.

We're so impressed. I'm sure Ben will forget about you from, what, let's say Sunday onwards? Yeah, that's a Sunday onwards. Probably Saturday onwards. Yeah. Now, I'm going to start the podcast each day with a question from the Popstar quiz that I got given from my kids. This was fun yesterday.

Yeah, well, so I'm going to ask you one question, one question, and I'm going to make this one a little harder for you because I reckon the first name would give it away. So I'm going to say which band was formed by, and I'm not going to say one of the names, so I'm going to say the rest of the band members. Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion were part of this band. Now, there's obviously someone else.

If I said you'd know the name of the band. It's Coldplay. Well done. Well done. It's Coldplay. Chris Martin and the other guys. I don't know. They just sounded like Coldplay names.

Yeah, 1997. Johnny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion formed with Chris Martin to make Coldplay. So there you go. That was well done. You did really well. It was either that or Maroon 5. Adam Levine and the other guys.

I wouldn't mind being the other guys. I think there's a UK comic who does. He says if it could be anyone in the world, it would be the bass player for Coldplay. Because you're making millions of dollars. You're performing at sold out stadiums. And people, you know, you could probably still walk down the street and not get paid. And no one cares about you. I mean, you're the bass player from Coldplay. No one cares about you. No, not no one cares about you I mean you're like you're the baseball from Coldplay

and one of the most successful players no I care about them mate 48 hours what's his name you just named him without looking at the card

I don't know you care about him Johnny Buckland which one I'm going to have a look I'm going to oh okay it's a

baseball from Coldplay Coldplay I'm going to say Johnny Buckland is the I like the name Johnny Buckland no oh okay have another stab world champion no zero from two I'm going to say Johnny Buckland is the, I like the name Johnny Buckland.

No. Oh, okay. Have another stab. World champion. No. Zero from two. Guy Berryman? Well done.

Yes, I'd like to be Guy Berryman. That's what another UK comic has said. There we go. Okay. Well, enjoy the podcast. An extensive amount of rolling coverage from the Team New Zealand victory on today's podcast. Probably too much. Too much. Too much. we really did overstep it

I got swept up and went down to the bloody thing you bought a shirt bought a shirt which we then gave away on the show this morning so I can claim back

the shirt costs but enjoy the podcast we'll catch you tomorrow two dads just trying to fill some air time some may say it's pointless but the main thing

is it fills in some air time for us that is the main thing John O'Vean breakfast on the hits Emirates Team New Zealand, the winners of the 36th America's Cup.

What a moment for New Zealand yesterday. Wasn't it historic? Yeah, now we, after the programme yesterday, we wanted to see if we could find ourselves a yachting correspondent

because we don't officially have a yachting correspondent. We're not a rich yachting-based programme. We're not. I mean, Producer Hartford wears boat shoes.

He does. That's as close to yachting as we normally get. That's as much as yachting as we I mean, Producer Humphrey wears boat shoes. He does. That's as close to yachting as we normally get. That's as much yachting as we're involved with. And they're great boat shoes. I'm not saying none of the sailors were wearing boat shoes on the different, but anyway, but they're lovely shoes. They're lovely shoes.

And that's as much yachting history we have on this programme. So we don't have an official correspondent as such. So in turn, we decided to make one up on the spot, didn't we? Yeah, so we thought we'd call someone, a number at random in the South Island, and then see if they would be, or what they thought was thrust into a live radio sports show.

Here's how it turned out. That movie's just speaking with Emma. Hi, Emma. It's Juliet here from Sports Talk Just wondering if you are ready to cross live To chat about the America's Cup The boys will be with you in a few seconds now Okay Nothing but sport.

Sports Talk on Newstalk's MP. Oh, Jazza and Bazza with you. I am pumped about the America's Cup action today, and I think we have our reporter live at the Viaduct in Auckland. Hi. Hi. What's the atmosphere like down there? Fantastic.

Call yourself Meridian because the atmosphere must be electric down there, Emma. Oh, absolutely. What can you see? It's phenomenal. It's brilliant. A lot of water. A lot of water. Okay, can you see boats in that water? Yeah. I tell you what, I like big boats and I cannot lie.

What's the vibe out there? Who are they picking is going to win today, Emma? Oh, who do you think? Come on. Well, that's why I called you your reporter. Now, tell us, as our expert, the tactic the other day from Luna Rosser going outside the boundary. What's behind that? What's behind what, sorry?

I can't hear you. You're breaking up. Oh, the tactic of Luna Rosser going outside the boundary, taking the penalty points. Why did you think they did that? I actually have no idea, but I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people out there that are pretty disappointed.

Okay, if you could just hold there a second. We'll be back very shortly. Are you ready? Hell yeah. Here we go. Oh, my God. Emma. Emma.

We're just off air now. What's going on? You feel like you're at the Viaduct, right? No. You're not. What? You're meant to be at the Viaduct. Crossing to your life.

I'm not at the Viaduct. You're not? Okay, well, we're back on air very shortly. Can you just pretend to be down there? Um. Are you ready? Hell, yeah. Here we go.

Hit him. Oh, my God. Get it off the field. You're a horrible sport. Sport, my God. Get it off the field. You're a great sport. Sport, sport, sport. We love those local sports. Chasra and Bazza here back with Emma at the Viaduct. Yeah, so back to the penalty the other day that was handed over to Luna Rosser.

Emma, the tactics behind that, your thoughts? The penalty tactics? Okay. Terrible. Terrible. Terrible, yes. And predictions for the big race this afternoon. Is it going to be a cakewalk for Everett Steam New Zealand? Oh, absolutely.

Can you spell yacht? Yacht? Okay, what is this It's Emma It's Jono and Ben Calling for the Hits Radio Station You're not Oh my god you guys You're not live on the radio

We're trying to be sports reporters We don't have someone to cross to We just thought we'd ring someone at random And you were the person that answered You guys are lovely Emma we're going to send you out Subbing for basically being such a good sport And giving us no coverage But tolerating us enough to stick around, which was great.

Thank you, guys. That was some of the most shocking yachting expert coverage I think we've ever heard. I loved it, though. It was so good. And who do you think is going to win today? Oh, obviously New Zealand. Obviously. Emma, you're a great sport.

I'm very confident for someone who doesn't know anything about your thing. How good is she? She was great. I mean, she did a great job. She did a... If you had no idea that was coming,

I think she survived that one really nice. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast

on the hits. Of course, we have a job where we work in radio and it's not very often People see stuff And go Oh this would be good For your job

But it happened the other day For my family They were in a shop And they saw This little game here Called Pop Star Quiz Oh did they buy it for you? Yeah they bought it for me

And they were like Oh it'd be good You can use it on the radio And I even record it afterwards Because that's what I do at home We present rolling coverage Of Ben's household M do at home. You're like, we present rolling coverage of Ben's household. Mics are constantly on.

It's like a reality show. It's like a reality show. You want to say something, you say it on the microphone. And my daughter had given it to me and so I was like, oh, what's this?

Let's record this for radio. What's this? We bought it for you. Okay. It's a... Music quiz. You can use it on the radio. Okay.

I'll definitely use it on the radio. Will. I'll definitely use it on the radio. Will you? Yes, I will. I will. You sure? Yes, I'm sure. I'll definitely use it on the radio. I don't believe you.

Okay. Well, it's a good thing we've recorded this conversation. So, yeah. Is it like a staged conversation? She was very suspect, though. She was a bit sus. She was like, you won't use it on the radio. Well, the good thing is with kids is sometimes they get hooked on something

and you're like, yeah, no, no, I'll get around to it. But eventually they forget, don't you? You've just got to ride out that time period. I wanted to trial this in the podcast. I was like, I don't know if this is ready for radio. This is ready for, you know, the way you trial is trial the podcast. Did you tell that to your daughter? No, I didn't.

Well, give it a run on the podcast. Give it a run on the podcast and then maybe do it, not in prime time, not after seven, then maybe before seven. Maybe that's the time for it. But right now, we're giving it a go. We're in prime time. It's 20 to nine.

This is out of parental obligation. So it's a pop quiz, is it? Yeah, about music. It's basically a pop music quiz. Can everyone play along? Everyone can play along. There's no prize up for grabs. There's bragging rights at the moment.

There might be if this game continues. Okay. But I don't know. We'll test it with you guys, the two of you. Do you think Morfey might have an issue with you stealing the poppers? We'll get to that later. Oh, okay.

Yeah. Yeah, okay. Maybe. Maybe I didn't realise that was the thing. We'll write it out. Even though it was the thing. We'll write it out. Do we want game show music?

Yeah, okay. I have another question. Are you making this up as you go along? No. You're definitely well prepared for this. Okay. But let's give it a trial on the radio right now. Jono versus producer Juliet.

Which boy band sang One Sweet Day with Mariah Carey in 1995? Boys to Men. Oh, Jono Pryor, correct. That's only because Juliet wasn't alive then. I have no idea. Okay, female singer married to rapper Jay-Z. Beyonce! Tie. It's a tie. I have no idea. Okay, female singer married to rapper Jay-Z. Beyonce!

Tie. It's a tie. I love it when you yell the answer in panic. Who had an 80s hit with Living on a Prayer? Bon Jovi. God damn it! Well done, well done. You can have that one.

Okay, we'll go on to another one. Who had a hit with Roar in 2013? Katy Perry! We're so psycho another one. Who had a hit with Roar in 2013? Katy Perry! We're so psycho. We are psycho. We should comment. Who had a UK hit when You Say Nothing At All in 1991? Oh, shit! Roden Keating!

You guys are just yelling at the things. And who had a 90s hit with I Don't Want To Miss A Thing? Erasmus! Hey! You know, this is a biased 90s quiz. And who did a 90s hit with I Don't Want to Miss a Thing? Ah, Aerosmith! Hey! You know, this is a biased 90s quiz. And why is that?

It's all, you know, Ronan Keating and Aerosmith. Okay. She wants the artist that she chews her jaw off to at Rhythm and Vibes, mate.

Get those artists on. They're not as shouty on the chase, though, are they? They're not as shouty on the chase. Sorry for shouting. Sorry.

Yeah, apologies. They're just on the chase, aren't they? No, no, no! Ronan. Sorry for shouting. Sorry. Yeah, apologies. It's just on the chase. I go, no, no, no, no. You're on again. Jono, you'd be very good at a pub quiz. But I'd yell out there,

yeah, I'm sorry. I got swept up in that. Anyway, so that was fun. It was fun. I don't know if it'll be back again, but now I've fulfilled my parental duties of the game

that they brought me has been on the radio. So there you go, guys. Thanks so much for tolerating that. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Yesterday I was explaining that I've been to the same fish and chip shop

for a decade now. You have once a week for a decade. Seriously? Yeah. Wow. That's his thing, his fish and chip Friday night night. You love your fishing chips on a Friday night. Yeah, I like alliteration when it comes to my meals. Meaty Monday. What's on Tuesday? Taco. Tuna.

We have tuna Tuesday. Wow, what a meal Wednesday. I really feel like the wheels are falling off this alliteration thing. But you know, 10 years. She said, oh, it's our 10-year anniversary a couple of weeks ago. The lovely lady at the fish and chip shop. And do you pretty much make the same family order each week? Or do you mix it up?

Two scoops. Oh, yeah. Four crumb snapper. Yeah. One sausage. Yeah. Two potato fritters. But you always end up with seven for some reason.

You order two fritters. Oh, so they give you more. They're the fish and chip shop where you're trying to order less potato fritters to factor in how many potato fritters they give you for free. But then if they don't give you a free one one time, you'll be like, oh, my God, what is this? Everyone gets disgruntled, don't they? What?

It's your role to give me free potato fritters. It's become expected now. But, yeah, 10 years. That's it. 10 years. Yeah, it's been good. It's been a ride. Your arteries are probably not saying it's been good.

No, my arteries are like, please stop. Stop. But that's been good. It's been all right. Your arteries are probably not saying it's been good. No, my arteries are like, please stop. Stop. But that's really awesome. You'll be supporting the same, you know, the business for 10 years. Have you been repeat businessing for a long time? I would probably say that the guy who cuts my hair, Matt and Barbara, he, yeah, probably about 10 years as well, I would say. And he now works in another job.

So everybody does, you know, cuts hair a couple of days a week. But it makes it quite hard to schedule And he now works in another job, but he does cuts here a couple of days a week. But it makes it quite hard to schedule in because he's doing another job and he does a couple of days a week. But still, I'm very loyal. He knows what I like with the haircuts. Well, because we worked near a barber. I was like, why don't you go to this barber? No, no, no. And that's the thing. You get deep into a relationship

with these people. Have you done that too with someone? Yeah, I'm that with my hairdresser and also my facial lady, which we've driven past her house and you guys ripped me out for getting facials.

Well, you put it out and go, that's where I go and get my facials. I mean, I don't, I go often, maybe like twice a year. It's like a suburban house though.

Yeah, yeah, she does it from home, but she also does every one of my family, so all of my aunties, all of my uncles. It's like a family empire. Is it a black market facial?

Why is it happening out the back? I don't know, the table sort of thing. Yeah. Those backyard plastic surgeons. It's fully legal. Okay, fully legal. But you know, you do. And I know a lot of people, if they get trained by personal trainers,

that's a very intimate relationship, isn't it? My mate had to counsel his personal trainer through like a breakup. Yeah, the only thing, yeah. Oh, really? And it's also like a breakup if you actually do break up with a mate. Oh, it's not true. You're like, oh, no, I just want to give it.

You're like, oh, you do? You want to stop? Yeah. Have you had to break up with a personal trainer before? Oh, a while ago, yeah, yeah. Clearly, I'm not going to see one right now. Yeah, because you're doing a shocking job. You know, because it's awesome.

Like, it's so good for motivation, but it is quite expensive, so you pay quite a lot. So I was like, hey, you know, and he's awesome. Like, it's so good for motivation, but it is quite expensive to do quite a lot. So I was like, hey, you know, and he's like, what about just two days a week? You're like,

oh yeah, but it's still two days a week. My mate was always like, the only muscle hurting through the workout was his heart because it was broken in two by his partner.

So what we want to do, we want to open up. Have you been extremely loyal to a business? How many years have you been going to the same place? Could be a coffee place,

could be a restaurant, bar, whatever, mechanic. 0800 the hits, 4487. You can give them a shout out. I don't know if anyone will beat you 10 years though. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. What?

Are you issuing a challenge to the hits audit? No, there's no challenge there because no one's going to beat it. 0800 the hits. Can you beat 10 years of loyalty? No, you can't. I've just said it, you can't. Well, kick it off. See if anyone can beat 10 years.

Patricia, welcome from Waitakere. Morena, how are you? Hello, Ben and Jono. Hello, Patricia from Waitakere. Hi, mate. How are you doing? Where have you been? Where's your repeat business?

My repeat business is at my hairdresser, Sarah. She works from home. I started going to her when I was here about four months, seven years ago, and I can't change. I travel. I travel about an hour and a half

to get to her and an hour and a half home. Wow. I can't change. You won't change. Now, what, will you not change for fear of hurting her feelings or for fear of having a shocking haircut

at another establishment? I think I'm going to go with the second one because, and also, I got to know her, and it's my little breakaway from every day. I mean, we get to catch up and talk about things. I don't think I would talk to anyone else. She's not just my hairdresser. She's my psychiatrist too.

She's your therapist as well. That's awesome. You build a relationship up in these situations. She's the stuff hairdressers must know. They must get it all. I can't imagine. What dark stuff have you told your hairdresser? And would you like to tell us on the radio?

I'm not telling you. I'm not telling you. You're bald. You've got no hair experience. Hey, good on you, Patricia. Love your work. Thank you. And I don't even know what you do for a job, but I love it already.

Kate, you're on from Hamilton. Welcome. How long have you been going to the same business for? Well, it's not me. It's my parents. They've been going to the same little Italian restaurant for, I'm going to say it's at least 30 years to get the same cheesecake.

They've been eating cheesecake for 30 years? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And apparently it's always the same, which is what makes it so good. Oh, wow. I've had it before. It is good. Yeah, like it's not 30 years good, but it's good. Yeah, but I mean, I'm only 29.

I don't see myself having that for any extended period of time. But yeah, no, they're very loyal. That's the thing. But when you go out for dinner, because you don't go out for dinner all the time, you want to go to where you know what's good, you know, what you like. So you end up going to the same place.

I end up going to that same steak restaurant all the time. Oh, you do, actually. I don't go anywhere else. I'm like, Auckland's got amazing restaurants. Yeah, no, I'm just a... You're like, I'll go there. That's where I like to same steak restaurant all the time. Oh, you do, actually. I don't go anywhere else. I'm like, Auckland's got amazing restaurants. Yeah, no, I'm just... You're like, I'll go there. That's where I like to go. I don't want to pipe the car.

No, I don't. I eat. I know. The same thing. Yeah. It's on the same table. Very systematic. Same conversation, yeah.

Oh, good on you, Chad. It's a great restaurant, but there is a lot of wonderful restaurants. Boss Todd, actually, our boss here at the radio station, he's from Australia, and in Melbourne he went to the same

pizzeria for a number of years so much so they ended up naming a pizza after him after him yeah oh that's pretty cool

yeah and I don't know if that's like a public shaming or is it a compliment I can't figure out do people come in and they're like

I'll have the Todd and they're like oh this guy old pizza face he's in every second night and we'll go to Natasha. Welcome from Titarangi. We've had seven years at a hairdresser.

We've had 10 years at the same fish and chip shop. But Natasha is going to blow everything out of the water. We just had 30 years at the same Italian restaurant. How long have you been going to the same business for? Hi. We live in Titarangi Village, and we've been going to the greatest pharmacy on the planet,

Tenerangi Pharmacy. I've just recalculated, actually, they've been open for over 50 years. You've been going there for 50 years? Our family has been going to that establishment for 50 years. 50 years, wow. My sister-in-law

actually now works there, still works there, and they have the most amazing staff. They watch generations go through babies, through to becoming teenagers. We buy all our gifts there. We get our medications there, our herbal supplements. Most amazing, amazing business ever. Oh, that's so awesome. Titarangi Pharmacy, 50 years of business.

That's a record. The stuff they would know about you and your family. Yep. Oh, absolutely. They know everything about everyone. That's incredible. Now, Ben, you get some supplements like Natasha, don't you, from Russia? Oh, here we go.

He imports his ones. Natasha, we had a nice moment, mate. We had a lovely moment. It was a nice heartfelt moment. You had to bring the vibes down again. At least some Panadol for the headache from the Tatarangi Pharmacy. Good on you, John. That's really amazing and good on you for keeping loyal.

That's a great way to support local business. That's what you've got to do. Good on you. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hefts. The Hefts. Everyone today talking about Emirates, Team New Zealand, winners of the 36th America's Cup,

which was an awesome moment for New Zealand yesterday. And, you know, I picked up my daughter, Andy, from school at 3 o'clock yesterday. And my other daughter, Sienna, she's on camp. So I was like, just the two of us. I was like, hey, let's go down. Let's get amongst it. Because we went down as a show earlier that morning to film some stuff around the viaduct and we

got swept up. We did get some great atmosphere there and Ben was like, come on we're going to get amongst it, you're going to go to the pub with Dad, come on a little daddy daughter day out and you took her. I took her, me and Indy went down there and went to the pub and it was, and you know 40,000 people were in the viaduct to watch

and it was such an amazing atmosphere and then when they won, I recorded some stuff on my phone because that's what I do but it was and you know 40 000 people were in the viaduct to watch and it was such an amazing atmosphere and then when they won i recorded some stuff on my phone because that's what i do but it was just so much noise that's what i do that's good how you feeling yeah there's a lot of yelling i can't hear you i can't hear you i can't hear you i can't hear you i can't hear you how long do they go on for? Great coverage there from me. You know, here's Scotty Stevenson and who else is doing the, Peter Montgomery. I can't hear you. I can't hear you. That would actually be far more, that would be very enjoyable.

But I noticed too on the boat there was just an excessive amount of champagne just being sprayed everywhere. Like that could have, there's a lot of rich, I don't even know if you wear housewives, they could be sucking back on that champagne. And Burling was getting it in the eyes. Oh yeah, because in the mountains they normally wear goggles and stuff, safety goggles, don't they, the NBA teams and stuff. But he had, that was the thing confusing me. Burling had goggles.

Oh yes. He had those big cool. They do, they sail in those. He looked like a fly. Yeah. He could have put those on to cover his eyes, but he's like, ah, the fizz is burning his eyeballs. And he was also steering the boat too, so it was very dangerous.

We're saying the rest of the world must be looking on and going, what is going on in New Zealand? You know, 40,000 people down there, you know, no social distancing, and then everyone's drinking out of the America's Cup and champagne. It's just you, we are very lucky to be in New Zealand right now. And soon as Team New Zealand won yesterday,

guess what song they busted out over the loudspeakers? Oh, he's loyal. You know the words? Yum. I was looking at my... Was Dobbo on stage? No, it was just a recording from what I gave, but I was like, oh.

Remember that time he was... It was... They were in San Fran, were they? Yeah, I think. And they were watching it back here and they were having a big supporters party. I remember we were up, what was it? 6-1, one win away from

winning the America's Cup, and they were like, Dave Dobbin's gonna play when we win. And we had Dave Dobbin in a giant marquee, so every morning, Dobbin was down there with his guitar just waiting to play the first bars of Loyal. There was a crowd there, and then Team New Zealand would lose, and Dobbin would be like, oh, okay, then Dobbin's back the next

day, waiting on stage. And he did that five days in a row. People were like, we just want to hear Dave Dobbin sing Loyal. Not until we win, guys. Not until we win. Dobbin was like, I can't. So clearly Dobbin this time around was like, listen, I've been burnt by this before.

I'll send you a recording and you just play it when appropriate. And then there was a lovely moment yesterday down at Auckland's Viaduct when Team New Zealand came in, a ship came into the harbour, it was their ship, and they played that game. And then Team New Zealand all got off the boat

and everyone was just going nuts. We were like about 100 metres away because it was that packed but it was still pretty awesome just hearing all the noise. There's helicopters,

there's boat horns, you can see Team New Zealand coming off their boat about 50 metres away. What's your thoughts about the whole day? It was interesting. It was interesting, yeah. If you're with Team New Zealand right now, because we can't get

close to them, so I'm going to have to interview you, what do you want to say to New Zealand? Good job. Great job, New Zealand. There you go, some Indy coverage there from my daughter, Indy. There's some boats. I shouted sober. There's some helicopters. There's some people over there. I did what you said.

What did you want to say? The audio, you played that back slower than I recorded it. To stitch me up. No, you sound like a guy. The sportsman dad was down there. It was a historic moment. I got to experience with my daughter, and we really enjoyed it.

You sound like a guy trying to sound like a guy who hasn't been at a pub. I haven't. That's what you sound like. It's a school night, guys. Listen, it wasn't just Prada and Team New Zealand pushing the boat out yesterday. So did Ben Boyce, and you can hear it in their commentary. It was a great day. Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Five words for 5K on the hit. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. Really, really simple to play. We give you five words. You say the first thing that pops into your head,

the first word. If your words match with ours, you walk away from the show with five grand. Yeah, 25K given away so far. We're giving away more money than I've had hot dinners. Not cold dinners, though. I've had many cold dinners. But the hot ones, we've given away more money.

Rebecca, you're on from Auckland. Morena. Morena. How are you, Bex? Oh, my goodness. I can't believe I got in. Oh, it's good to have you on and have you playing. We gave away five grand yesterday.

Hopefully that means it's a good, lucky week for you. Well, I'm hoping. Now, have you played at home, played in the car, played in the conservatory? I've played in the car on my way to work every morning. What do you do, Rebecca? I'm a teacher. Oh, good on you. Ben's wife's a teacher? Yeah. Yeah, no, it's such a busy job, but very rewarding. Yeah, I think so too. How old are the children you're teaching? High school. I'm out at Kelston Girls, so teenage girls, and they're amazing. Good on you, Rebecca. Well, you're out there doing God's work,

and Ben Boyce has been doing God's work this week, winning money. And who are you going to choose to go into the soundproof booth this morning, Rebecca? Well, I'm just going to go with the winning streak here. I'm going to go with Ben. He's a local legend. He's a local legend. Actually, in his hometown of Marsden, they've got him on the wall of legends at the Lone Star. They shouldn't have.

I think they're trying to really fill out wall space. But anyway, I'm going to go to the soundproof booth. I don't want to say they're light on legends in Marsden. He's into the booth, Rebecca. You know how it works. You need to tell us the first word that pops into your head. When I say... Library.

Books. Or books. Actor. Actor. It's a tough one, actor. Movie. That's what I would have gone too. Juliette?

What about the first two? Are you matching with Rebecca? I matched the first one myself. Slightly different for the second one, but I think what you've got is actually probably better than what I would have done. Sign. Sign. Post. Oh, yeah, you're firing them off quick, Rebecca.

Going with my gut. Crocodile. Gundy. And the fifth and final word. Internet. Browser. And we'll bring the browser out of the soundproof booth now. Come on, Ben Boyce.

Emerging from the soundproof booth. Really quick game, Rebecca. Well, hopefully it's a good one. Jeez, firing the shots off quickly. Good answers. Tough words's a good one. Jeez, firing the shots off quickly. Good answers. Tough words, but good answers. Juliet and myself, we matched with some of Rebecca's words. And now all you need to do is match with some of Rebecca's words

to secure his place on the Wall of Legends at Lone Star Masterdom. First word that you need to match with Rebecca is library. Book. What's going through your mind, Bex? I'm so hopeful, but I don't want to get my

hunch too high. Jeez, I'm so hopeful, but I don't want to get my hunch too high. Jeez, I'm nervous now. Actor. Actor. Oh, I got two. I'm going to take a stab at this one. First one that popped into my head was movie. Yes.

Oh, I almost said actress. Actor, actress and movie was the first. Oh, okay. Could he have a double win? Imagine a double win, Rebecca. It'll be like, you know, the America's Cup. It'll be better than the America's Cup. I know they're not having a ticker tape parade.

They'll have one for you. Oh, don't build it up. Don't build it up. I know the America's Cup team, they're like, we don't want to charge the ratepayers of Auckland for a ticker tape parade. Ben has no problems with that.

We will be holding one. Here is the third word. Sign. Lots of options. I'm going to go language. She went signpost, didn't you, Rebecca? Sorry, that was in my head as well. But language, I thought, oh, you know, sign language.

Hey, I don't want to say I went signpost in my head. Okay. Let's go through the final two. We'll go through the final two words. Crocodile. Dundee. Matched. And the fifth word was internet.

History. No, browser. Oh, wow. Rebecca, you have played like a champ. Sorry, Rebecca. We were... Oh, yeah. That makes sense.

You go and teach the youth of Aotearoa, okay? And also teach them not to be too good because sometimes they outdo us adults, all right? Yeah, I will. That's my post. That makes sense. You go and teach the youth of Aotearoa, okay? And also teach them not to be too good because sometimes they outdo us adults, all right? Yeah, I will. I will. Peace, guys. I know. Thank you so much for playing.

Have a great day. They are proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Spy.

The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. She's the hardest working copying and paster in the celebrity news bulletin game. Juliet, you come on in with what's happening in Spy. Thank you very much. Now, Demi Lovato, she was obviously a very big, one explores all of her struggles growing up in the spotlight, which led to her addiction issues and her 2018 overdose, where she essentially nearly died. and sad, but the documentary has been debuted at a film festival in Texas, and so people have started seeing stories about what she explores a little bit more in the documentary. She said that after her overdose in 2018, she was left legally blind.

That was one of the, kind of, what would you say, one of the effects from the overdose, and she still can't drive because of the impairment that she's been left with. That's intense. The documentary sounds intense. You got the trailer, right? Yes. Hey, be careful. Okay.

I felt like I needed to tell you that. I'm always careful. Demi's good at making you believe that she's okay. Demi's very good at hiding what she needs to hide. I crossed a line that I had never crossed. And so that is very, very scary and touches on some very serious issues. It sounds like they pull no punches in the documentary. It's awards and all doco.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, there are clips of Demi saying, you know, I'm just going to say everything and if we want to take stuff out, we can take stuff out. But literally, I can say anything here. And I think they probably kept most of it in because she probably knew that would help a lot of people. I mean, it touches into, you know,

because she was sober for a while and then she had relapses and just a bunch of really scary, scary stuff. And she compares herself to a cat with nine lives and she's on her ninth life, that she says, which is quite a scary comparison as well. Ben compares himself to a cat too, don't you? It's only because he's got a tail growing out the back of him. A cute little tail.

I love that tail. But good on her for getting that out there because it will help people. For sure. It really will. It'll be one of those things that'll be a tough watch but it'll probably be worth a watch. Yeah.

Now, on a slightly lighter note, shifting gears. Way to bring the vibes down, Juliet. Shifting gear a little bit. Now, Ben, one of your favourite actors, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Yes. He is... Tell me why. I know.

You had me at Dwayne. And then you followed up with The Rock and I was like, oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. As you know, for some stars when they're training for films, they have to, you know, bulk up. Like Chris Hemsworth, he's at his biggest right now. He's most muscly. It's like you bulk up for the radio show every day.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Same thing. So Dwayne The Rock Johnson for his upcoming film. Do you want to hear what he has for breakfast alone? This is crazy. So he has whole eggs and egg whites. He has beef tenderloins, oatmeal with blueberries, gluten-free English muffins with smart balance butter,

whatever that is, stevia and cinnamon added for extra sweetness. And that is just his breakfast. You see his cheat meals on his Instagram. It's just like a stack of pancakes you'd make if you were having brunch and you invited a few families over. But he's pretty much just eating that. His pack and save bill must be through the roof.

Imagine how much food shopping he's doing. Do you know Ben Boyce loves Dwayne The Rock Johnson so much? He has sent Millennial Max on a mission over the last three weeks off air to acquire a bottle of Dwayne The Rock Johnson so much he has sent Millennial Max on a mission over the last three weeks off air to acquire a bottle of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila. He's got a brand of tequila. And what I've noticed on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's

social media is... I have to use his full name. So what happens when people enjoy his tequila around the world in locations he will sometimes post a montage. And that is my dream, guys, to be part of that montage

one day. What have you got? Millennial Max is like not sleeping. I just can't find it in New Zealand. I'm like, Max, we need to drink our tequila and then we need to do

the most ultimate New Zealand thing somewhere and me going, hey, I'm having a bungee jumping or whatever, you know. And get on his account. And get on his account. And then, you know.

No, but you haven't heard anything because Millennial Max is like, I'm literally one day away from booking a flight, flying to America, picking up a bottle, coming back here, paying $6,000 in quarantine for two weeks just to get the bottle of tequila. Just to get me on social media.

Yeah, it's a great idea. I've told him, listen, don't worry, mate. No, I'll pay for the tequila. Let's make it happen. Let's do this. I want to get on his media. Great branding and marketing for the show. He actually just can't do it. Great for New Zealand. It's all this. I want to get on his meeting. Great branding and marketing for sure. He actually just can't do it. Great for New Zealand. It's great.

It's all great. He just can't physically do it. Short of booking a flight there. The dream has to be given up on. No, the dream will continue. You've just given me more fire in the belly. We've talked about it on the radio. I mean, the dream continues for you

because you're not having to do the heavy lifting. Max, we're doing this, Max. And that is fire. For more updates on Ben's journey to get on the Rolls Instagram. You'll see it one day, guys, on the social media. You can help me design. You guys, the thing I could do while having the tequila. We can't get it.

They'd be haters. They always said they'd be haters. That won't stop us. But it's going to happen, guys. But we'll spy you getting into the hits dot com to NZ. Paid to talk words

and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Congratulations again to Emirates Team New Zealand taking out the America's Cup just today. And congratulations to us

for jumping on the bandwagon as well. Wonderful, wonderful jumping on. Really came in high impact last week or so, haven't we? Yeah, well you, like as you said a week ago, you were like, nup, nup. Are you into the cup or nup? And I was like, nup. And then you foiled and you turned

the boat around and you came back. Next thing you know, I'm down there yesterday buying a t-shirt. They won me over. 4, 4, 8, 7, we're going to give away that t-shirt too by the end of the show. Just so I can claim back the cost. But someone's just come into work one of the sales people

came into work and they were down there yesterday with some friends and the afternoon as I'm sure it did for many all across New Zealand kicked on kicked on for you

we heard your slurry news report I didn't think it was that slurry I was trying my best not to sound slurry you were like yeah I played some audio yeah no you were i'm sure you were uh but they they went out afterwards and they they turned up to this nightclub about midnight oh jeez i know yeah they've really pushed the button

there's a line outside the nightclub and then they get up to uh the bouncer. The bouncer's like, sorry, guys, I can't let you in. And they're like, well, we're fine. We're not intoxicated. And he's like, no, no, I just can't let you in. And they're like, well, why? Is it our dress shoes? What is it? The male to female ratio?

That seems to be a big one at the door, doesn't it? Shoes or male to female ratio inside? And he's like, no. Do you want to know the real reason? And they said, yes, please. You're too old. They got too old. They got too old by the bouncer.

That's ageist. Yeah. And you know, they're sort of late 30s, early 40s. And the majority of the group were like, you know what? Yeah, we probably are. And they walked off. But then there was one of them that was like, no, no, no. I'm not standing for this. And sort of had it out with the bouncer. He was like, we probably are. And they walked off. But then there was one of them that was like, no, no, no. I'm not standing for this.

And sort of had it out with the bouncer. He was like, we're not too old. You can party with the best of them. You just put me in there. You see me. Put me on, coach. And the bouncer's like, OK. If you want to, you can go in.

But it's at your own peril. So then she. You won't be able to handle what's going on in there. She then called back the group. And the group were like, oh, OK. So they all went in. They walked out to the bar. And they looked around. And they were like, oh, okay. So they all went in and they walked out to the bar and they looked around and they're like,

yeah, no, yeah, we're too old. We should go home. The bouncer, I mean, the bouncer probably had a, he probably had our best interest at heart. He's like, you've got kids to drop off tomorrow morning. You've probably got a meeting at 9.30 at work.

And so they all left and went home. It's probably not one of those things you want. Well, definitely not in that terms, but you're right. It's probably for the best in the long run. Yeah, bouncers are like, I know where you are. I know where you are in life. You shouldn't be in there. What used to impress me a lot about bouncers, and it's not

as hard anymore, but the mass. What year were you born? It used to be a little mass in the head, but now, anyone over 2000 and over is basically the 21. So if you're before 2000s, you're fine. So now the mass is not much of a thing. Yeah, but you're like, jeez, they're good at mathematics, you know. So if you're before 2000s, you're fine. So now the maths is not much of a thing. Yeah.

Yeah, but you're like, jeez, they're good at mathematics, those guys. Yeah. I was like, yeah. They should be designing a space rocket or something. They can tell anyone's birth year just simply from looking at an ID which tells them the year.

Who would have thought? I thought the government's... I wasn't going to like... They're not working for Rocket Lab or anything, but it's still, I thought it was impressive on there. I thought it was impressive. Yeah, I mean, it's impressive. You know, you've got the year, but then you have to work out the year,

the current year. But if you're doing it every night, like, I'm sure it becomes second nature. I don't know. I'm not working for Rocket Lab. Juliet, you had an incident at the door not but a couple of months ago, didn't you, of a bar? Well, yeah, it was at a party. It was actually a couple of years ago, but it was at a Christmas party and it was Kiwiana themed.

And I was working with Laura McGoldrick at the time, who's on our 3pm pick up away at the moment. But she's obviously married to Martin Guptill. And so I was wearing a Martin Guptill cricket T-shirt in this Kiwiana themed party because you know classic Kiwi icon and I get kicked out and all my friends are still in there and I'm like oh dear god I want to be in there and so I go around the back and I'm like oh is there a second entrance

of course there's never going to be a second entrance because they'd be onto it just imagine you're in this oversized Martin Guptill shirt like traipsing around and then I'm like ding ding, ding, ding, idea. And I have this top on underneath Martin Guptill's singlet. And I was like, oh, brilliant, genius, Juliet. You need to be in the Guinness World Book of Records

for getting back into this club. And I take off. I don't know why the Guinness World Records got a book. Just because it's just amazing. Just because it's amazing, Ben. Why is she in there? It's just because it's amazing. What record are you attempting to break anyway?

And so I take off Guffey's singlet, and so I'm in my own shirt, and so I walk back up to the bouncer, like, hey, with my ID, and he's like, you, what? You're the same girl, but in a different T-shirt. And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

A lot of people come back with hats on, and they're like, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. A lot of people come back with hats on and they're like, oh, I didn't recognise you. Same guy I just kicked out five minutes ago. You look different with a hat on. Literally. Don't try it. Don't try it if it's you because it would never work. Especially with a sober bouncer.

That's right because you can't outsmart them because they should be working for Rocket Lab. Exactly, exactly. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Don't be afraid of your freedom.

The hits live free. Bill's edition. Let's smash another one. I got Bill. If you want one of your bills paid, you just need to text Bills, just Bills, to 4487

and tell us what bill you need paid and at 8.30, 1 o'clock or 4 o'clock, we'll be making a bill-busting call paying someone's bill. We were just mentioning the $52,000 tax bill that's come through from Zoe. And during the song, I was like, this station would go into bankruptcy to pay that bill. We would do that for you because that's how much we love you.

We'd end the station just to pay your bill. From one person who has had tax woes in the past. Oh, you did. You're on the wrong side. Yeah, wrong side of the tax, man. Yeah, well, all I can say is pay tax. And if you don't want to pay tax, we'll then do a good job of avoiding paying tax.

That's my advice to you. It'll catch up with you in the end, though, eh? It does. Now, we're going to go through to today's winner. You got the number there, Juliet. Hello, Fleur speaking. Hello, how's it going? Good, thanks.

Hi, Fleur. Do you know who this is? No. Fleur, we understand that your vision is not that good. Who am I speaking to? You had to get some new glasses recently. Yeah, who am I speaking to? It's John O'Bien calling from the Hits radio station.

Oh! Very shady. Very suspicious. We should have front-footed that, though, shouldn't we? Oh, my God, you got me. We should have. We didn't even try to get you. We were just trying to ease into the conversation. How do you know so much about my eyesight?

I was just wondering, like, you know. Was this an optometrist pranking me? That's what I thought. He was trying to pick me on. How are the new glasses, by the way? I haven't got them yet, I'm still waiting for them. Oh, yeah, what? We weren't expecting that.

We weren't trying to prank you or anything. We just thought we were trying to ease into the conversation. To be honest, that. We weren't trying to prank you or anything. We just thought we were trying to ease into the conversation. To be honest, that's been one of our lowest level pranks. Have you got some new glasses? Who's this? Tell me who you are. I know, I know.

It was a very short prank because then we revealed within 10 seconds. Hey, listen, Fleur. Yeah. You know what? We've had a board meeting here at the Hits, haven't you? Ben went along. You chaired the meeting. I did.

I took the minutes. And we've made a decision, an executive decision. Okay. What's that? We're going to pay for your glasses, all right? Oh, thank you so much. You're welcome. These secretive glasses that you don't want to talk about. Who told you about the glasses?

Well, you did. You texted us. No, that's awesome. Thank you so much. It's all part of Live Free. We're going to look after that bill for you. So every time you look through those lenses, you think of the hits. I'll be sick of you guys.

Good on you. Thank you very much for the hits. You keep yourself safe. Yeah, I will do. All right. Another chance to have your bill knocked off with Hilary Barry. As if you don't love Hilary Berry enough, now she's paying off your bills at 1pm

this afternoon. Thank you so much Fleur. Thank you very much. And another chance with Hilary Berry as Jono just said coming up later on when Bill Bussin calls, paying your bills all this week. Broadcasting live and mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast

on the hits. As we celebrate Team New Zealand winning the America's Cup, we talked a lot about it this morning, one of my favourite bits. Just after 7 o'clock on the show where Jono, you brought an observation to the radio show about the America's Cup. I was with you on this observation. I'm like, yeah, great point. And then producer Juliet

being the smarter one came through with the obvious answer. Have a listen. Are there any other sports in the world that rely so much on wind? There wouldn't be, would there? No. The wind chime championships, maybe?

You're right. Wind surfing? Oh. Oh, Kifuraya. Oh, dear. Okay, so, yeah. You know, Julie, and then during the song,

she was like, all I was doing was thinking of sports with wind in the title. And that's all I could have had to do. That's all I had to do. That's all you could have had to do. And you could have had the same answer. We got swept up in the excitement

of the America's Cup yesterday and we purchased a large Team New Zealand supporters shirt. A really nice shirt, wasn't it? A very light in weight. You don't even feel like you're wearing a shirt. Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I was wandering around there naked. But the three

of us had to, because we filmed a sketch that we put on the Instagram page. But the three of us, because we couldn't buy three shirts. It'd be wildly expensive. Yeah, not 80 bucks a pop. We had one shirt and then we swapped it between us, between Juliet, Ben and myself. What I found really impressive,

Juliet, you put the shirt on over your existing shirt then removed your existing shirt underneath that shirt. I'm like, how is it even physically happening? It's a skill that you acquire as a lady

when you need to get changed in public places. It's great. Very clever. I was like, the physics of it. Your arm would be, anyway,

I won't get caught up into that. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Such an epic day for New Zealand yesterday as Team New Zealand won the America's Cup. And what a moment when they cross the finish line. Wednesday, 17 March 2021.

It's history. I'm the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. Team New Zealand, the most successful team in the 170-year history of the America's Cup, successfully defends the International Sports Olders Prize again.

The America's Cup remains New Zealand's Cup. There you go. Oh, what's that noise on the boat? I've always wondered that, you know, when they cross live to the boat, is that scary sort of horror sound? Yeah, I don't actually know what it is.

And then Peter Burling, captain of, captain? Is that what you call him? Is he captain? Yeah. Skipper. Skipper. Skipper.

Yeah. Yeah. Still, you know, we've just been watching the America's Cup for four weeks. I still don't know any of the terminology. Team New Zealand Skipper, this is what he had to say. Let's go to the water and hear Peter Burling.

Absolutely unreal. Just seeing all the people involved in this campaign over how many Kiwis are out here supporting the event again. We've had messages from everyone, from the Prime Minister to high school kids, to support, and it just means the world to us as a team. We're obviously absolutely blown away by being able to achieve

what we have as a group and win another America's Cup. What a humble winner. And Jimmy Spittle actually had some lovely words to say. He was the captain, leader, skipper? Yeah. He was on a boat. He was on a boat. I think he was racing. Jimmy Spittle, what a great competitor

though, you know, and he's won the America's Cup off us before and then he didn't win it yesterday but he had some nice words to say. Co-skipper Jimmy Spittle. What an awesome race today. How fortunate are we

that we get to be doing this right now. It's just such an awesome place to race. You know, the crowd's so close and it really just feels like you're in a stadium. Oh, that's lovely, isn't he? He's an Aussie battler, isn't he? It does make you think, though. They reckon there was 40,000 people

around the Auckland's waterfront yesterday down there. They talk about 40,000 people. You see them afterwards with champagne and sharing drinks and drinking. The rest of the world would be like, what is going on in New Zealand? There's all these people. People are drinking.

Firstly, going, why are all these people into yachting? Secondly, how are they all socialising and fraternising? Absolutely. We went down yesterday afternoon. I know you went there for the race, Ben. But, geez, great atmosphere. It was awesome, eh? We got swept up in the merch madness.

We found ourselves in the official America's Cup store. Didn't we, Ju? Oh, we did. It was very exciting, wasn't it? I regrettably purchased official America's Cup store, didn't we, June? Oh, we did. It was very exciting, wasn't it? I regrettably purchased an America's Cup shirt. Now I'm like, oh. So we're going to give it away. Well, today was the day you could be wearing it.

No, yesterday was the day. And today, though, you're still in the celebratory mode. Still in the topical wheelhouse. Yeah, exactly. I'm going to give it away just so I can claim it back from work. So it was a prize. So if you want this America's Cup shirt, it's a good shirt, eh? It is awesome. Yeah. Very lightweight. Yeah, you're right. So if you want this America's Tech Cup shirt, it's a good shirt, eh? It is awesome.

Yeah. Very lightweight. Yeah, you're right. It's breathable. It's lovely. And it's a fitting tribute to what a great race yesterday. Yes, so...

We wore it briefly, but not for too long. We wore it. Jude wore it. Ben wore it. We all shared it. Yeah. Because you guys

didn't want to buy one, so I had to share the supporter's shirt. So if you want it, 4487, we'll give it away throughout the show. Or throughout the show. Over three hours.

Who will win the top that we've worn just for a little bit? Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal dad. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Emirates Team New Zealand taking out the America's Cup yesterday.

Funny wee story. So Radio Hodaki, who work in the same building as us, they're doing a sort of alternate commentary of the America's Cup yesterday. Funny wee story. So Radio Hauraki, who work in the same building as us, they're doing a sort of alternate commentary of the America's Cup racing. And I ran into a few of them afterwards down at the Viaduct yesterday. And what happened,

because the race was a bit delayed yesterday, so they put on highlights of the previous race for about 20 minutes. And it confused me down at the waterfront because I was there with my daughter going, oh, the race has started, the race has started, because you could see it on the screens and you weren't that close.

But they commentated for 15, 20 minutes. Oh, the replay of the race. Oh, the replay of the race, not knowing it was the replay. It's the final, here we go, this could be it. And then one of them was like, oh, it's happening again, remembering it from the last race. This looks very familiar. And it wasn't until about 15, 20 minutes into it,

someone came up going, hey, guys, this is the highlights of the previous race. It's very familiar. It's so familiar, even the graphics on the screen are saying Tuesday. But surely like 15, 20 minutes it says, yeah, like it's race blah, blah, blah

or whatever, you know. But anyway, they did a great job commentating a previous race. Yesterday we spoke up, caught up with Shelley Ferguson. Now she is interior decorator. You'd know her from The Block.

She's one of the judges on The Block, Shelley. Yeah, yeah, The Block TV show. She's awesome. But she's also married tolly Ferguson. Now she is interior decorator. You'd know her from The Block. She's one of the judges on The Block, Shelly. Yeah, the Block TV show. She's awesome. But she's also married to Stephen Ferguson who's on the boat for Emirates Team New Zealand. He's a grinder. He's been a swimmer for New Zealand, surf lifesaver for New Zealand, a kayaker for New

Zealand. He's an amazing athlete. And he's Ian Ferguson's son who's an Olympic gold medalist. I know, what a family. What a successful family. I know. Why can't my family be that successful? Anyway, we caught up with Shelley yesterday.

You probably haven't seen your hubby too much. No, not at all, no. We have a, he's pretty cute, my hubby, and he said, look, I need once a day for my mental set up to see you and the boys. So we'll just either go to the dock out or we'll go and see them for a coffee. And yeah, and that's about it.

Just give them a quick squeeze. Oh. So is he out the door like first thing in the morning and back after midnight or? Yeah, well, at the moment, just this week, he's at a hotel with some of the other grinders. You know, so they don't have travel. They don't have, there's lots of kids in people's households, you know, probably little colts going around, so they're

just with crew at the moment, which I think is a great call. Yeah. Well, let's talk about, I mean, Steve, I mean, he's such a great athlete, he's represented New Zealand in swimming, you know, canoeing, surf lifesaving, now, of course, Team New Zealand. I mean, how driven and focused is he? It's pretty funny, actually. A couple of the guys in the crew said to me,

we're just blown away by Ferg because he's kind of this weapon, but then in the downtime, you know, he's watching epic fails on YouTube and cartoons and eating orange chips, you know. Are you married to a seven-year-old? Pretty much. And I'm like, how did you not know this already about him? At home, he's so laid back that he's horizontal.

He knows where to switch on. And then he's just phenomenal. Like his mental strength and his, yeah, he's just a weapon. It's pretty amazing to change sports like that. I wish my wife would call me a weapon. I've never been referred to just a weapon. It's pretty amazing to change sports like that. I wish my wife would call me a weapon. I've never been referred to as a weapon. The only thing, after this campaign, I need him to be a weapon at cleaning up his clothes.

Not so good at that, is he? He's not a weapon at cleaning up anything, I can tell you that. That's what we're going to work on. Now, of course, Shelley, we know you for many things, but also as the host on the block, New Zealand, what do you think of the design of Team New Zealand boat? Do you have any say in that? Yeah, look, I

thought that the first one, absolutely beautiful. Second one, beautiful. But obviously the aerodynamics of it, I would like to see a little change so that my husband can actually be seen by me. Oh, right. I can't see him and it's not okay.

You know, I just see the top of his head and I want to see those arms pumping. You want to see those grinder arms. Yeah, true. You don't really see them. I want to see those grinder arms. Yeah, they're kind of tucked in under the boat, aren't they, doing their thing? Well, geez, let's hope he's wrapping those big grinder arms around you tonight. That's a weird, you know, and celebration.

And celebration. Like a hug. Yeah. Family radio. Family radio. Now, Shelley, you obviously spoke to him after the race yesterday. What was he saying? Oh, he was absolutely stoked.

But I think all these boys, it's bizarre. You know, I wake up, I haven't been sleeping that well this week. It's just all so heightened. And they're just chill. You know, they're just going out there, especially, you know, they have likes of Peter Burling. And, you know, Steve's just calm, collected, going through his process,

really excited to just get out and race. But it seems much less nervous than the rest of us. Yeah, they do, actually. They seem like just, yeah, like chill. They were almost sombre when they won yesterday. I know, exactly. No, he do, actually. They seem like just, yeah, like chill. They were almost sombre when they won yesterday. I know, exactly. No, he was absolutely stoked. But, you know, I think it's what they do.

They just go out there and they've got their race plan and they just go for it. And they did yesterday. It was incredible to see them out on the water. It's a shame, though. It's all over and done with. Like, it felt like we had so much racing and the Parata Cup was stretched out

and Team New Zealand finally entered and it was all pretty much over and done with in a week. Yeah, we had so much stuff to talk about. What are we going to talk about now in New Zealand? I don't know. I've got nothing. And that doesn't help it for a radio show. Yeah, you did that.

Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right. And at the end of the day... Jono and Ben. Breakfast, you know. Yeah, nah. Yeah, nah. The whole movie. Yeah, nah. She'll be right and at the end of the day Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Scrolling through your feed.

They spend more time on the news than a Hollywood actor whose past has come back to haunt them. Ben Boyce has been all over the news overnight. Now we've issued a bit of a challenge for this morning's edition of Scrolling. That's right. We've spoken quite a lot about the big news of the day, Emirates Team New Zealand. So we thought, alright now, let's challenge ourselves to not talk about it

and find something else a little bit unusual from the news, something else that we could be talking about. Okay, what are you going to bring to the floor? Bring to the floor, is that a thing? Or is it bring to the table? Bring to the table. You can bring it to the floor as well, couldn't you? You can bring it to the floor.

I guess you could bring it to the floor, but it's probably more hygienic to bring it to the table. Now, I thought this was a lovely story, a little heartfelt, lovely story. So I took you, old boy, in America. I was on a plane. The family had rushed back from, sadly, a family funeral, and he'd lost, he left his Buzz Lightyear toy on the plane.

Now, he was pretty distraught when he found out that his toy was still on the plane, and his mum was like, hey, Buzz is on a secret mission. You know, as parents would say, you know. Now, can I just interrupt you? Are you explaining the plot line to Toy Story 5? He was a little high today. Yeah, but Buzz actually turned out to be on a secret mission

because the mum was actually going to, she was like, well, I have to go buy another one, but just say he's on a secret mission. But when they were cleaning the plane, someone found the Buzz Lightyear and thought, oh, this would be missed by the kid. They tracked down who it was by working out the seat numbers. They took some epic photos of Buzz Lightyear around with the planes and put them in a special box and sent them back to the family.

I thought it was awesome. And the mum's like, thank God my lies have been backed up by this wonderful staff member. It does sound like, you're right, it does sound like Toy Story 5. Yeah, it could be, like the toy and the toy made its way back. And then Woody was flying the plane. Yeah. You know, we had that same incident.

Oscar, when he was a baby, had this bunny, obsessed with this bunny. And we're like, well, we need a backup bunny. Like, if you lose this one, it's going to be curtains, as Scotty Stevenson would say on the yachting. But he wouldn't have, the backup bunny was no good. It was exactly the same bunny. But he knew that it wasn't the bunny.

You know, the festering smell of this brown-stained bunny over a number of years, just he loved it. He loved it. Did you have a toy like that, Juliet? I think I did, but I have heard that kids are very, babies are very specific about the things they like, like their snugglies. It has to Did you have a toy like that, Juliette? I think I did, but I have heard that kids, or babies, are very specific about the things they like.

Like their snugglies, it has to be the right one, otherwise they just don't want a bar of it. I remember I had a sheepskin that had a very distinctive taste and odour. You had your mum's camisole, didn't you? I had a petticoat. Petticoat, that's right. A feeling petticoat. Yeah.

It did, yep, it did. I did, and I admit it. Yeah. That was my cuddly toy, I take it to bed. I like the texture of it, the feel of it. Didn't your mum bring it back down from... Yeah, she was like, here you go, here's your feeling petticoat. Thanks, Mum. Thanks, Mum.

Could you not do this in front of the whole family? Well, I've found some news, non-yachting related news. Oh, what is it? And this made me smile. So there's this cat... You know how a lot of people have security cameras in their homes so they can look from work, I guess, to see if everything's

okay at home with their pets and animals? Well, there was this cat that was sort of locked in the kitchen area of someone's house. And so the cat's wandering around going meow, meow. I'll play it off my computer just so you believe me. Like I'm not lying. Like that mother about Buzz Lightyear.

It'll save say meow soon. Does it say meow? I got a meow. I was getting a little anxious there. And so the cat's wandering around, but then figures out how to open the door handle. No way. And it's not a lever door handle.

It's a knob door handle. So he. And it's not a lever door handle, it's a knob door handle. So he leaps up, both front paws, wraps around the top of the door handle and then swings his body to the left, turns the door handle, opens the door. Wow.

Genius cat. Wow indeed, Ben. Wow indeed. Well, that's some other amazing news that's not America's Cup related, hey? Who would have thought? If you'd just tuned in now, you'd be like, really? They're talking about a cat? Opening a door? Do they not know what

had happened over the last 24 hours? To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Now, yesterday we were at the America's Cup Village, got swept up in merch madness, ended up purchasing a Team New Zealand shirt, and I regret it now.

And so we're going to give it away on air so I can claim back the costs. Loaded text coming through. Over three hours we're giving away the shirt. It's a nice shirt. It's a lovely shirt. A lot of people saying they want the shirt. All you need to do is text in 4487.

Tell me why you want the shirt that both Ben, producer Julian and myself had worn. We wore it for something we did on Instagram. You can check it out on the Hits Breakfast. We're just down at the village.

So we only wore it briefly. There's a light sheen of everybody's sweat on there. Just light, light. Yeah, a combination

of all three of our odours and you can win that personally. Signed, signed shirt. By who? The homeless guy

down the road who we got to sign it. Okay? Doesn't matter who it's signed by. Yeah, okay.

It doesn't have to be signed though if you don't want it to be signed. It can be signed. It can. I can we got to sign it. Okay? Doesn't matter who it's signed by. Yeah, okay. It doesn't have to be signed though if you don't want it to be signed. It can be signed. It can. I can get someone to sign it. Yeah. 4487 if you want it. Now, yesterday we had fun

after the program, eh? Oh, we did have a lot of fun. Yeah. Not so much fun. Yeah. The talkback thing. Yeah, yeah. Try to thrust someone,

an unexpecting person, into a live talkback show. Yeah. Because we wanted a reporter because there's lots of reporters down there at the Vidoc. Breakfast TV are down there at the moment, aren't they? Always feels like a bit late. It's a day late, much like my Team New Zealand shit.

Yeah. So we thought we'd thrust an unsuspecting person into what they thought was a live radio sports broadcast. Remember, just speaking with Emma. Hi, Emma. It's Juliet here from Sports Talk. Just wondering if you are ready to cross live to chat about the America's Cup. The boys will be with you in a few seconds now.

Okay. Are you ready? Here we go. Here we go. Oh, come on now. Get it off the field. You're over at the sports. It's not your goal.

Nothing but sport. Sports Tour on Newstalks FM. Oh, Jazza and Bazza with you. I am pumped about the America's Cup action today, and I think we have a reporter live at the Viaduct in Auckland. Hi. Hi. What's the atmosphere like down there?

Fantastic. Call yourself Meridian, because the atmosphere must be electric down there, Emma. Oh, absolutely. What can you see? Absolutely phenomenal. It's brilliant. A lot of water. A lot of water.

Okay, can you see boats in there, Water? Yeah. I tell you what, I like big boats and I cannot lie. What's the vibe out there? Who are they picking is going to win today, Emma? Oh, who do you think? Come on. Well, that's why I costed you your reporter.

Now, tell us, as our expert, the tactic the other day from Luna Rosser going outside the boundary. What's behind that? What's behind what, sorry? I can't hear you. You're breaking up. Oh, the tactic of Luna Rossa going outside the boundary, taking the penalty points.

Why did you think they did that? I actually have no idea, but I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people out there that are pretty disappointed. Okay, if you could just hold there a second. We'll be back very shortly. Are you ready? Here we go.

Oh, my God. Emma, we're just off air now. What? What's going on? Do you feel like you're at the Viaduct, right? No. You're not? What?

You're meant to be at the Viaduct. Crossing to your life. I'm not at the Viaduct. You're not? Okay, well, we're back on air very shortly. Can you just pretend to be down there? Um. Here we go.

Oh, my God. Get it off the field. You're over with sports. Here we go Sport, sport, sport We love those local sports Chasra and Bazza here Back with Emma at the Viaduct Yeah, so back to the penalty The other day that was handed over To Luna Ross or Emma The tactics behind that

Your thoughts The penalty tactics Okay Terrible Yeah, terrible At your thoughts. The penalty tactics. Okay. Terrible. Terrible, yes. And predictions for the big race this afternoon. Is it going to be a cakewalk for Everett's team, New Zealand?

Oh, absolutely. Can you spell yacht? Yacht? Yacht? Okay, what is this? It's Emma. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Oh, my God, you guys. You're not live on the radio.

We're trying to be sports reporters. We don't have someone to cross to. We just thought we'd ring someone at random, and you were the person that answered. You guys are lovely. Emma, we're going to send you out subbing for basically being such a good sport and giving us no coverage, but tolerating us enough to stick around,

which was great. Thank you, guys. That was some of the most shocking yachting expert coverage I think we've ever heard. I loved it, though. It was so good. And who do you think is going to win today?

Oh, obviously New Zealand. Obviously. Emma, you're a great sport. Very confident for someone who doesn't know anything about your thing. We apologise in advance. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. I'm sorry to rope you into this.

Sorry you've been dragged into this. Jono and Pam. Breakfast on the heads. The heads. The heads. By the WhatsApp. By doco.nz. Whether it's Dwayne The Rock Johnson getting ripped

or Megan ripping Harry away from his whanau, she's ready to rip him a new one. Here's Juliette the spy. So Nick Jonas, obviously part of the trio that is the Jonas Brothers, has said he would like to play Bruce Springsteen in any upcoming film if there is one made. So he's gone publicly about this because he said it's a dream of his. He'd probably fit a young Bruce Springsteen, wouldn't you say?

Yeah. And he just is saying this because in case someone comes across him saying it and wants to make a film on Bruce Springsteen, then they can go to him. Oh, so it's not even in the works? No, it's not. He's just putting it out there. He's like, if anyone wants to make a film about Bruce Springsteen, I'm your guy. Is this Bruce Springsteen?

What do you want to make a film about Bruce Springsteen? I have no idea. I want to make a film about Bruce Springsteen, I'm your guy. Is this Bruce Springsteen? What do you want to make a film about Bruce Springsteen? I have no idea. I want to make a film about Lady Gaga. Can I just say that on record? Yeah, I guess you can. He would make a good Bruce Springsteen, though. He would. He very much would.

He's right. I mean, it's probably, if anything, it might be getting Bruce Springsteen's wheels, spinning his wheels going, oh, I could do a movie. You would need to call it Born in the USA, too. Oh, wouldn't you call it Born in the USA? Yeah, with the boss.

But I mean, it's kind of a bit of a trend at the moment with movies coming out about stars. Like you had the Bohemian Rhapsody and then you had the one on Elton John. So a lot of, I think Madonna's working on one as well. So it seems like a lot of stars are having movies made about them. And he's very good friends with Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen. He is.

Obama's like a super fan. Like almost, I think, for Springsteen, it probably gets a little weird. Like Obama's front row of all his shows. He probably screens his calls and stuff. Oh, God, Obama's here again. Hey, man, can you sign my record for me? They've got a podcast together. And then they talk about all sorts of interesting stuff. So, yeah, it's pretty cool that They've got a podcast together. Yeah. And then they talk about all sorts of interesting stuff.

So yeah, it's pretty cool that they've got a great relationship. This is a great sweeping statement from a guy who's never heard

the podcast. They talk about all sorts of interesting stuff. It's just exactly you. You drill down on what that interesting stuff is.

Ben, I would love to know. I mean, it's just, you know, like the stuff they talk about. It's interesting. It would love to know. I mean, it's just, you know, like the stuff they talk about. It's interesting.

It'll spark your interest. I've read some stuff that hasn't been interesting, but man, that stuff is interesting. So if you want interesting stuff, go to the MMO. As I said, I read an article the other day

about something and I was like, I couldn't remember what it was about. And I was like, yeah, but jeez, it's interesting stuff. Oh, you're amazing. That's what they mean. I couldn't remember what it was about. I was like, yeah, but jeez. That was interesting stuff. That was interesting stuff, guys. Oh, you're amazing. That's what they do. Interesting stuff.

Love some sweeping statements. And another sweeping assumption is that Prince William is reportedly very deeply distressed that Prince Harry has shared their private conversations with a TV presenter in the States called Gayle King. She's also very good friends with Oprah. She shared that she spoke on the phone to Prince Harry and this is what was said. I'm not trying to break news,

but I did actually call them to see how they were feeling. And it's true. Harry has talked to his brother and he has talked to his father too. The word I was given was that those conversations were not productive, but they are glad that they have at least started a conversation. Oh, now William is deeply distressed,

and that's the royal way of saying he's mightily pissed off. Yeah, I know. But you would be. Yeah. You know? You'd be more than deeply distressed. You'd be like, come on, Harry. Stop sharing our stuff.

Yeah, yeah. You know? You get a bit over it. But those are just reports maybe it's just the headlines saying that so we will never know unless they release

another statement but that's probably not going to happen and that is spy for more you can head to the hits.co.nz for wrapping up our show. We've been talking a lot about Emirates New Zealand

winning the America's Cup. It's a shame it's all over. It's a fella which just started getting into it and it's all over and done with. What I hope is that New Zealand as a nation doesn't forget about the sport of yachting for the next five years. Okay? Yeah, we'll all be watching all the yachting. All regattas. All world-class regattas. That's right. It definitely will be.

And that we don't jump on the bandwagon the next time the America's Cup goes. Keep it consistent. Let's watch yachting in between regattas. All world-class regattas. That's right. It definitely will be. And then that we don't jump on the bandwagon the next time the America's Cup goes. Keep it consistent. Let's watch yachting in between now and the America's Cup, right? To be honest, I haven't watched any yachting

between, anyway. Start afresh now. Start afresh, New Zealand. We're going to become a yachting nation. Okay? And show our support. So we have got this

Team New Zealand top to give away. We've been banging on about it all morning. So let's give it away right now, shall we? Yeah, three hours of a T-shirt giveaway. I don't think in the history of radio shows there's been a three-hour T-shirt giveaway,

but we're going to give it to someone who's texting. She's in the capital and had a good... She was meant to be there yesterday. Helena. Hi. What happened? I couldn't get the time off work. Oh, well, I'll tell you what you can get is the shirt off our back

and Ben's back and Juliet's back. It's got all of our perspiration on it and it's yours, the Team New Zealand shirt. Oh, that is fantastic. Thank you so much, guys. No worries. Have yourself a great day. Thank you so much for listening.

We really appreciate it. Thank you. All right, back tomorrow, 7.45, 5 Words 5K. And we've got Drax Project joining us on the show. It's going to be a big one. It's a Friday. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on The Hits

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