Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 04 - Ben's Biggest Dream Is About To Come True!

Episode Date: May 3, 2021

On today's show, we revealed a big surprise for Ben. One of his biggest idols is Dwayne The Rock Johnson, who has his own brand of tequila, and he often shares videos of fans enjoying the tequila. So, Jono ordered some to NZ, and IT'S ARRIVED AFTER A MONTH! So now, Ben has the opportunity to post a video in the hopes that The Rock will notice it and repost it. FINGERS CROSSED. If you have any ideas for creative videos Ben could submit, let us know on Instagram @thehitsbreakfast! We also found out recently that Ben takes up about 80% of wardrobe space in the wardrobe he and his wife share. Poor Amanda can't even fit all her clothes in there because of Ben's excessive shopping addiction! Jono took matters into his own hands, and with the help of Amanda, gave away a bunch of Ben's clothes on air. Let's hope Amanda has more wardrobe space now! Enjoy the show!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. Welcome to the podcast, Kia ora. It's the 4th of May.

They do some stuff on the 4th of May. They say some stuff on the 4th of May, but we will not, we will not succumb to the commercial pressure that the date of May the 4th of May. They say some stuff on the 4th of May, but we will not, we will not succumb to the commercial pressure that the date of May the 4th has become. You don't want that, do you?

No, everyone does it. What I find too is in New Zealand, you get it twice because, you know, you go on your social media

on May the 4th in New Zealand and you get everyone going, May the 4th be with you. And then, the next day, it's obviously happening in America and overseas and then you get bombarded from everyone overseas doing be with you. And then the next day, it's obviously happening in America and overseas, and then you get bombarded from everyone overseas doing the same thing.

You're like, we just did that 12 to 20 hours ago. It probably doesn't help I'm not a Star Wars fan. Never seen the Star Wars franchise. Have you? Yes, I've seen them. Yeah, I saw them. Are you a Star Wars person? I enjoyed them.

I enjoyed them. Yeah, especially the original ones. As you know, growing up as a kid, it felt like, you know, you had to watch those. And would you go to a 1201 AM screening? No. No, you're not that much of a fan. No. Would you do your hair up in buns like Princess Leia?

Oh, if I had the hair for it, maybe I would. I would do that. Would you go to a dress-up party as Hans Solo? If it was a Star Wars dress-up party. But not, it wouldn't be your go-to. If it was just like a broad dress-up as someone. Oh, no, maybe not. But, you know.

I'm just trying to get where you are on the fandom level. Yeah, well, probably not. I mean, yeah, like it's like I watch the movies and I made the Millennium Falcon. Remember I spent all summer banging on about how I tried to make the most complex bit of Lego ever created. It was like 12,000 pieces it took me all summer to build this thing. It actually took them the same

amount of time for them to film the entire Star Wars franchise. Not even George Lucas would build a Lego. It took so long because I thought I'll knock it off in a week before Christmas at home and then my wife and I were working away at it and we're like this is not going to happen and we're going up north for family Christmas so we took it in the car and put the seat Christmas at home. And then my wife and I were working away at it and we're like, this is not going to happen.

And we're going up north for family Christmas. So we took it in the car, put the seatbelt on it. The kids were on the roof. They really found out their place in the pecking order. And then at mum's, mum's for about seven to 10 days, it sat on the table there. Just took up the lounge table and everyone, it was quite good.

Everyone would sort of go along for a little bit for an hour and they'd kind of chip away then they'd get frustrated and leave and then someone else would come along and yeah and there was a guy over from Argentina actually a lovely guy who was staying up the road he was over for a couple of years in New Zealand and he ended up he came and did something he stayed the night he wasn't meant to because he was so engrossed in doing it those Argentinians they'll commit they'll commit good on him they come over with a wide range of meats. They really have a meaty diet. They do love it.

Red wine and meat, don't they? Yeah, we had a lovely Argentinian guy we used to work with quite a bit, remember? And he lives

just up the road from me and there was a farm near us and he used to feed the cows bananas. That's right. He was like, the cows there,

they love it, the bananas. They adore, adore bananas. Adore bananas, that's right. He was jamming bananas and cows, and bananas. They adore bananas. Adore bananas. That's right. He was jamming bananas and cows. The cows were like, this is amazing.

I didn't know that cows ate bananas, but apparently they adore bananas. Do you know, Ben, I just Googled what is the most interesting fact in the world? No, in the world? And none of them are interesting to me. The number one most interesting fact in the world. Yeah. Tell me if you have any interests. Okay. Glaciers and ice hold... No.

No. I'm not even going to finish it for you. No. Well, I should for the audience. They hold 69% of the world's fresh water. I'm like, yeah, probably. Yeah. That's the world's most interesting fact. According to who?

The internet. Number 23 is mildly interesting. A crocodile can't stick its tongue out. Okay, I'm going to have some random facts that will make you the most interesting person in the room. Okay, here you go. You wouldn't be able to tolerate the quietest place on earth for more than 45 minutes.

So there's a place in Minnesota that's so quiet, no one's been able to stay in there for more than 45 minutes in the extreme silence. What? Surely not. What? No. People sit, I sit. No.

My family aren't at home for the majority of the day, I'm in silence. Yeah, there's a chamber so quiet the background noise is measured in negative decibels. Okay, the letter- Mate, you came in here, you came to this party and said, hey, I'm the most interesting guy in the world. So far, you've made me go, no. Come up with something that's going to make you interesting, buddy. Okay, well,

well, well, well. No one knows how William Shakespeare's name was really spelled, and neither did he. That's interesting. You're starting to become interesting now. No follow-up questions on that one. What, so everyone's just guessed?

Yeah, he went under various different versions of the name, and almost like he was, one of them was W-I-L-L-M-S-H-A-K-P. It's almost like he got a personalised plate and he couldn't put his whole name on there. William Shakespeare. You're like, oh, that's William Shakespeare's card. Oh, yeah, too many letters. I see the problem there. Yeah.

Okay, well, that was mildly interesting. Okay, so it turns out the man never used William Shakespeare once despite the fact that it's become the accepted spelling of his name. But he never spelled it like that. I know. That seems disgraceful. Here we go. Maybe we could do a segment on our show where we give some sort of fact on a daily basis.

Yeah, that's not a bad idea. You know anything of that? Daily fact of the day. Yeah, daily fact of the day or something. Yeah, yeah. Or the daily fact. The daily fact. Yeah, I don't know.

Yeah, we'll see you there. We've rambled on more than enough. Today on the show, Jono gives away a whole lot of my stuff, but then makes it up to me with an amazing thing to do with The Rock, Dwayne Johnson. An act of generosity. Yeah, so, you know, good things, bad things. It's one of those shows. Enjoy.

Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. airtime. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Now, Ben, have we got a surprise for you? Very excited about this, aren't we, producer Julie? Yes, you're going to... Actually, no,

I shouldn't say that. I was going to say you're going to do something because of so much excitement. Something... Don't. She really wants to say it. She's like, no, but I'm not going to. But then he keeps going a bit like no but I'm not going to But then keeps going a bit further down I'm just going to say you're going to be very excited about this She still wants to say what she's going to say

She'll move on She keeps taking little steps further forward But no I can't So what is it? I've got a presentation that I'd like to make to you And it's an audio visual presentation I'd like to make to you. And it's an audio-visual presentation. I'd like to begin with this. All right, here we go.

Over 58 blockbuster movies. I am the Calvary. Over 200 million Instagram followers. I got the greatest fans in the world. Over 900 kilograms of protein powder. 199! He's one of the world's biggest stars. Please welcome Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years Dwayne the Rock Johnson has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Why do you keep cringing any scene that The Rock and Kevin Harder are in? He inspires me.

And now, in association with www.johnopriorproductions.co.nz Ben will take his unhealthy fascination with Dwayne the Rock Johnson to a whole new level. A level that may result Yes. So, okay, yeah. So, Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Yeah, now, you've got my attention. I am a massive Dwayne the Rock Johnson fan. Yeah, I keep, I bang on about it all the time on the show.

Now, if you can cast your mind back a month and a half ago, where we were talking about Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila. He's got some tequila. Oh, yes. He's got celebrity-endorsed tequila that he's got out in the market. When people enjoy his tequila around the world in locations, he will sometimes post the montage. And that is my dream, guys, to be part of that montage one day.

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. So Ben has had a dream for years to be featured on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram account. I have. And I see these people wine with the tequila.

Do you know, I will look for it in the liquor stores and online. You can't get it in New Zealand. Can't get it anywhere. Some would say you should get better dreams, but who am I to say? Well, may I present to you Dwayne the Rock Johnson's tequila. Ba-ba-da-da-da-da-da. What do you mean? Ba-ba-da-da-da-da. Tequila What do you mean? Two bottles of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Tequila

Oh, you've got some I sent Millennial Max on a wild goose chase around the world Ironically, not chasing a bottle of wild goose Chasing a bottle, two bottles of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Tequila He has spent tireless nights Hundreds of dollars For two bottles, of Dwayne the Rock Johnson's tequila. He has spent tireless nights, hundreds of dollars, for two bottles of tequila. He couldn't get it in America. He went

to Russia. Eventually, he ended up purchasing it off a Mexican cartel and needs to repay them by selling his body for the gangs or something. I don't know what arrangement he's come to. That doesn't matter right now because we have two bottles of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila.

Okay? This is step one. Step two is because I signed a contract, your dreams are my dreams. Right? And it's my dream to make your dream of being featured on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram account come true.

Okay? With these two bottles of tequila. That's all I'm going to say now. What's it called? What's the name of the stuff? Terramana. Tequila. There you go.

I've got it in front of me right now. There's two bottles. And I need to put a stop to this madness and make Millennial Max's sleepless nights all worthwhile. So I'm going to get you to do something with his tequila to get on his Instagram. To get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram account. For Tequila Tuesdays, your hero.

I mean, this is the only way you're going to get his attention. He's got nothing. He doesn't even think of you. He's never even thought of you. You're not even a blip on his radar.

No, true. You don't have the talent nor the muscular build-up to even be in the same room as Dwayne the Rock Johnson. But this is a back doorway of getting in his world. This is his actual tequila. You've got two bottles of tequila.

Two bottles of tequila. So this is where we start this journey. In a week's time, hopefully we end it with you on your hero's Instagram account, okay? All right. Well, this is very exciting. Are you happy? I am happy.

I was expecting nothing good from that. Oh, we've got a surprise for you. Nothing good can normally come of that, but this is actually genuinely. Are you happy? I am happy. I was expecting nothing good from that. Oh, we've got a surprise for you. Nothing good can normally come of that, but this is actually genuinely lovely, so thank you. Thank you. Well, you know, this gives me an opportunity to be noticed by my hero.

But the thing is, we're going to leave it to the audience to decide. Oh, here we go. Here we go. There we go. We're going to leave it, because you need to get his attention. You can't just have a photo of you holding a bottle of tequila.

Why not? You need to get his attention. You can't just have a photo of you holding a bottle of tequila. Why not? You need to do something special in a video to get Dwayne the Rock Johnson's attention with the tequila. Here we go. Now, this is where we leave it to the audience. Here we go. They're our friends. We're on a nice brand now, Ben. Here we go.

It's not the rock who are going to be like, you know, put it in your nose hole. You know. All right. It's going to be nice stuff. Things that you can do to get Dwayne's attention with the tequila. We'll get to this later. Okay. Okay.

All right. Five words. It's your dream. Well, yes, it is. But it's also not my dream to have everyone decide how to do it. But anyway, we'll talk more about this later. Very exciting stuff. Dwayne the Rock Johnson could notice me at some stage.

His life will be vilified. He'll go, oh, yeah, and then move on with his life. And you'll trade off it for the next 30 years. Experts in semi-accurate half-remembered information. Vaguely known information but maybe not correct.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. So Ben, there was a TV show once called This Is Your Life and I'd like to play

a game now called This Is Your Wife. Okay. Have you got Amanda on the phone, have you? Well, have you got any other wives? No. Well, then yes, I have your wife on the phone. What's going on?

I always get a bit nervous when these sort of situations happen. What's happened, Jono? Well, listen, yesterday Ben raised something on the show, Amanda, that he was taking up a large majority of your shared closet space. Oh, did he mention that today? Yeah, I did. I was talking about how, you know,

maybe I've got a few clothes, a few shoes, and it does take up. Yo! That's an underestimate. Ben is running an 80-20 situation where he is taking 80% of the closet space, leaving Amanda with 20%, not even enough room for her to store her slacks. She can't even hang up slacks, can't even store her thoughts in that closet

because you're taking up the majority of space. Yeah. You kind of bring your clothes out seasonally because of my taking up the wardrobe space. I have to. Like, I'm looking, I'm actually in there now, and I'm looking, you've got one floor-to-ceiling stack of shoes. Like, it's all very categorically organised. I bet it is.

Don't touch the shoes. Leave the shoes. I bet they're in alphabetical order somehow. I don't even know how that would work. And very colour-coordinated as well. Yeah. Most used to least. And then, oh, it's right to the ceiling.

Like, honestly, his jumpers and, oh, he's just got so many clothes. Now, is there a few skeletons in that closet as well? He probably is. Probably his wife. Now, as a friend, as a loving friend, I want to see you have a healthy, fruitful marriage, Ben. Right. You are a good friend. Thank you, Amanda.

Thank you. One of the best. You guys are in cahoots over something. What's going on? Now, as my role as a caring friend, I feel that it's my duty to work you more towards an even 50-50 split when it comes to closet space.

Such a good friend. So Amanda and myself, we had a midnight meeting last night. A rendezvous. A rendezvous. And there was a drop done. Right. There was a drop done. Some items of clothing which may sway the closet space back towards Amanda.

And we will give them away now on the radio so that you no longer will be burdened with having to take up closet space. Amanda will have more space. The listener gets some signature range Ben Boyce clothing. These are actual clothes. We've got t-shirts, jerseys, pants. Amanda's got some pants.

We've got some shoes. You name it. Name something. Have we got a jumper? Yes. We've got one of those. So it. Name something. I think we've got a jumper. Yes. We've got one of those. So 0800 the hits. Thanks to Amanda. We're going to give away some of Ben's clothes.

Free up some clothes. Yay. Yay. See, yay. Happy wife. There's a saying about a happy wife, isn't there? Oh, geez. Okay. Well, yeah.

So do I get any choice in this? Honestly, you won't even know that they're gone. Okay, all right. Well, I guess we're doing this. If you want to win them for, if you're, I guess, around the same size as me, is that what they do? Yeah, so anyone maybe from the age seven to ten.

If you want some drop crotch chinos. All right, well, I'll enter the hits. Four, four, eight, seven. I can't believe we're doing this, but we're giving away some of my actual clothes next. I love how you're saying, call us now. I shouldn't be, right? I shouldn't be, but I am.

I've just slipped into radio mode. Trina, you want to win some of Ben's clothing? Yeah, that'd be good. My husband hasn't got much. Okay. Would he like a jacket, a pair of shoes, an Ed Sheeran hoodie? Is he a Sheeran hoodie? There's an Ed Sheeran hoodie.

Do you like Ed Sheeran? I do. Not anymore? I hoodie there? There's an Ed Sheeran hoodie. Do you like Ed Sheeran? I do. Not anymore? You don't even know who he is probably, but anyway. Do you want a puma jacket? Should we give him a puma jacket for these cold winter months? That'd be excellent. He'd be able to wear it over the top of his overalls.

Oh, wonderful, Trina. That's a nice jacket, that one, Johnny. It's a kind of a black puffer puma jacket. Okay, I guess I've got no choice in the matter. Will it go well with overalls? I think so. Well done, Trina. All right, thank you very much.

As simple as that. Some Signature Range boys' clothing. Melissa, you're on the air. Welcome. Cleaning out Ben's closet to free up some closet space for his wife, Amanda. Would you like some puma shoes? Oh, I would love them. What size are they, first?

Oh, what size are you, Ben? Oh, what size are you being? Oh, they're size 10 US. 10 US. They're probably not going to work. No, no, because he's got, for my 13-year-old son, but he's already got size 13 feet. Oh, jeez. I know.

Jeez, what are you going to do? He's obviously, he's quite tall, I'm guessing. He is. Oh, he's about 5'10 and a half, 5'11. Yeah, right. You could birth to Stephen Adams, did you? Yeah, pretty much. There's another, there's a Puma hoodie here. He's about 5'10 and a half, 5'11 Yeah right, you gave birth to Stephen Adams Did you? Yeah pretty much There's a Puma hoodie here

I like that hoodie, you can't give that away Johnny It looks like it was designed by the scientists At NASA I would love that What's your son's name? Finn Well you tell Finn he's just won a piece of Ben Boyce clothing Awesome, thank you so much You're very welcome Finn's name? Finn. Well, you tell Finn he's just won a piece of Ben Boy's clothing.

Awesome. Thank you so much. You're very welcome. Are you the joy in Melissa's... In fact, Melissa, while you're there... No, I'm not... What do you mean, while you're there? Does Finn like Ed Sheeran? Yeah, he does.

He loves him now. He's got a hoodie. Ed Sheeran, too. Okay. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Does Finn like this, Sharon. You too. Okay. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Does Finn like going out in shirts? Yes.

Oh, John, enough. Enough. Party shirt. Oh, he's got a wonderful grey collared party shirt here with all sorts of wonderful designs on it as well. Oh, he'll love that. He will love that. Well, I won't love it, but hey, I'm glad he will love that.

We've got Carl on from Hamilton. You'd like some Ben Boyce clothing cleaning out the closet? Yep, yep, yeah, I'm keen. What size are your feet, Carl? Probably about 10 and a half. Oh, you've got these. You'll squeeze into these 10. Those boomers are nice, those ones.

Oh, man, yeah, I can do a spare pair of shoes after a rugby game. Mean, he said mean. Yeah, bro. do a spare pair of shoes for after rugby games. Mean, he said mean. Oh, yeah. I don't know if they're after rugby shoes. And we'll give you a hoodie as well. You want a nice grey hoodie? Oh, yeah, bro, that'll be choice. Choice. Mean and choice, mate, that's what we're doing. So, yeah, I feel

like I should be getting more enjoyment out of the warmth of giving, but I'm not. Hey, mate, I'll send you a photo of me wearing it to make you feel happy. At least I've been getting some views instead of sitting in your wardrobe, eh, mate? Is that fair enough? You're right. That's a good way of putting it.

You don't get the warmth of enjoyment of giving away the clothes, but they get the warmth of your clothes. Yeah, literally. Okay, that's well put. And if you want to win a piece of Ben Boyce's clothing, just text 4487. What size you're after,

and maybe what you're looking for, a T-shirt, hoodie, pants, shoes. It's all got to go. It's all got to go. It's all got to go. We're emptying out the clothing bin this morning, New Zealand. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Actual hearts be not bestowed.

Now, Ursula Carson, she's hilarious and she's got a new show, live show, All The Rage, this Friday night at the Bruce Mason Centre. I think someone we were just talking to is putting us through to her now. Ursula? Hello. Hello, how's it going? I'm alright, how are you? This is Ursula Carlson. Now Ursula, I don't know what our

friendships come to now but the only time we ever speak to you is when you want to peddle something on our radio show. And through someone else. How good is it? It's taken us years to get here. I know. We need a middle person too to connect up with you too. I don't want to change my phone number because I know it off by heart and it's

the only one I know off by heart but I thought I'd dazzle you with a middle man and then go, you are connected. Well, that was just Ursula putting on a voice of her own PA. Have you been, Urs, all right? Yeah, I've been real good, mate. Well, although you show all the rage, we're very excited.

This is Bruce Mason Centre, May 7th. It's more to do, are you angry? Is the world angry or a bit of a combination of both? Mate, I mean, I'm irritated, but I think the world is angry. You know, like I deal with my, as soon as it comes up, it comes out, you you know but there's a lot of people who hold on to their anger and that turns to rage and you see that in road traffic and you see that you know we might never escalate that but you know how sometimes you see someone lose it and you go why do you have all of that inside of you it's because they build it up build it up build it up to a point where it just blows up And that's when you get people yelling at people in a Bunnings

If you just slow release your anger all the time, it never gets that bad So are you just saying you're at a consistent level of anger and rage, but just at a lower level? Yeah, I'm just steaming it off all the time Steaming it off? Like a hot turd on the pavement in the middle of Dubai. Well, I mean, the good thing is too, now we've got wonderful platforms

like social media to vent our rage and anger. Yeah, but you see, part of my anger is, like, customer service will never, ever be good again. Like, that's a thing, we can kiss a goodbye, and it's done, it left us 10 years ago, and it's never going to be good again, Like that's the thing, we can kiss a goodbye and it's done, it left us 10 years ago

and it's never going to be good again because the minute you go, excuse me, if someone's being terrible to you in a shop

and you go, excuse me, 10 people rip their phones out because they can just hear by the tone in your voice you've changed into a Karen.

Yeah, that's right. And everyone's too scared of being called a Karen now. Like Ben, you've never sent a meal back in a restaurant have you?

No I do the Kiwi thing where you just you don't want to make a fuss I mean the chicken may be undercooked but you know I'm just like don't make a fuss

Yeah no look I'm with Ben and not because I don't want to make a fuss but because I've worked as a waitress for seven years and I know what happens

if you send it back Now I've got Ursa Carlson she's got all the rage. Bruce Mason sent her May 7. But you've just had a bit of an injury. Now, Jono doesn't know about this. I saw this on your social media, Ursa. And we've got

your little post that you did. We've beeped out some words. I want to play it right now and see if Jono can work out what happened and how it happened, alright? Okay. It was a nice day and I decided to get on a... But I built a... And as fast as I could, I went...

Bullshit! But I was wearing this... So, I'm alive. Wow, that's a dramatic re-enactment of what went on. Yeah, so that's what happens. Jono, you need to piece together something when that happens. You've made it sound very X-rated, Juliet. You're welcome.

A lot of bowels on a what? I'm picking a break of some kind on a trampoline. Did you break something on it? Did you break your leg on a trampoline? No, but that could possibly have happened last year, Derek. 2020, I came close a few times.

No, I was on a bike and I built a ramp and I went as fast as I could down this big driveway and I hit the ramp. And you know how they say, it's as easy as riding a bike. Like, you never forget how to ride a bike, you know? And it's true, you don't. But what you do forget is how to get off it safely.

And how to stop it. So hold on. Who was the ramp? Were you doing this for your children? No, I just built the ramp. Yeah, you know what the problem is? When you look in your shed and you go, there's a lot of weird stuff in here.

Two old tires and a plank. Hang on a minute. So you went up there and it resulted in a broken collarbone, is that right? Yeah, broken collarbone. I did it real good. I even got a concussion. But if I can just say, like, I'm a mad, you know, safety conscious person. And I always wear a helmet, even around the house if I'm on the bike.

And I wore a helmet that day. And that saved my modelling career because I came skidding down right on the side of my face but nothing. The helmet took all of the force. I got a mild concussion and broke my collarbone in three places. That is incredible. And you've got to commit to a ramp, don't you?

You really can't pull out halfway through. Yeah, that's where I went wrong. I didn't commit. Now, I regret nothing of the day. I know WorkShape would not agree with this, but I regret nothing because I just think if I had landed that ramp, what a goddamn legend I'd be today.

That's right. It's the Cowson All The Rage, one night only, Bruce Mason Centre, May 7th. Go check her out. She's awesome. Thanks, mate. See you, boys.

Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the Hefts. The Hefts. I've got my daughters just here at the moment because my wife's away on school camp. So I'm sort of running a daycare operation. They're going to get picked up in a minute. Yeah, right.

But you know, you can just take some time off. What time did you get up this morning, Sienna? 4.30. They love it. They love it. They're up and at them. They're getting it. You love it, don't you? 4.30. They love it. They love it. They're up and at them. They're getting it. You love it, don't you?

Yeah. Yeah, definitely. There's no sarcasm. Your mouth's saying yes, but your eyes are saying no. Come to work with Dad Day. What time do we leave? Oh, 4.30 in the morning? That sounds like a blast.

They're loving it. You're going to be, what, two o'clock rolls by? You're going to be nothing in the classroom. It's only for today. We've got the rest of the week sorted. But something I just want. Coffee. Try coffee. No. Something I do want to bring up while my daughters are here,

so you can talk through this one. It's something you called me on the weekend. Now, we went for dinner as a family on Saturday night, and we sort of sat in a seat and it was next to the door. It was quite cold, and it was a little bit drafty. And I was like, maybe I'll go up and I'll say, hey, is it okay if we get moved to another seat? Because it's a little bit drafty. And I was like, maybe I'll go up and I'll say, you know,

hey, is it okay if we get moved to another seat? Because it's a little bit drafty. And then Sienna said, uh-oh, don't be. A Karen. Well, you got Karens. I was like, is that? Well, firstly, I feel sorry for Karens because I know a lot of lovely Karens. We've talked about this before and I feel they've been tarnished with this name.

He knows a lot of lovely ones, but some despicable ones as well. But in that situation, is she right to call me a carrot? I was going to go up and say, excuse me, is it okay if I... That's classic carrot behaviour. I wasn't going to complain about it. Just say, is there another table available?

Is there not? But in the end... Well, it is a complaint because you're not happy with where they've set you. Is it a carrot? Well, I mean, we had just waited for a seat and then you want to change but all the seats were full

so I was like, just don't be a Karen, just keep the seat that we're sitting on. Don't be a Karen, mate. Don't be a Karen. Put a jumper on. Yeah, but...

Put a jumper on, Karen. Probably a cardigan or something. Yeah, easy. You're wearing a denim jacket, just bring a jumper. Yeah, were you like, oh, daddies. Did you have your head

in your hands when you went up to complain? No, I didn't. No, she shamed me out of it. She said, don't be a Karen. So I was like, well, I didn't. And I wasn't even meant to complain. I was just going to say, is it possible to get another seat if there's one available? But as soon as she said, don't be a Karen, I was like, oh, no. Have you been OK boomed by your kids? Yeah, a couple of times. Yeah, I get okay boomers. When he was in a Zoom meeting once, he accidentally turned the whole computer off. And you're like, okay boomer. Yeah.

Why don't you bring these stories up now when you're getting picked up? The thing is with the popularity of Karen-ing people is it makes you scared to even raise anything, doesn't it? That's the thing. I didn't say anything. It wasn't even a complaint. It was just going to be just a, hey, is it possible?

And if it wasn't, I was happy. Seems to be a sparrow in my Caesar salad. Oh, Karen. It's kind of gone the other way where the service provider can get away with murder because we're all too scared to be Karen. Come on, excuse me. This bird is like, okay, Karen. What have you got for me?

No, it's literally you've handed over a bird's nest to me as a salad. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Last night on the TV was a lovely special moment on News Hub 6pm for Mike McRoberts, who has been at TV3 for 20 years and reading the news for 15 years, a lovely little emotional moment at the end of the news. Now, before we go

tonight, we would like to mark an important anniversary. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Oh, look, we got you these flowers. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for turning up here, for making it your home away from home. Oh, well, I just want to thank all my wonderful, wonderful colleagues,

past and present over the 20 years, who make this job so fantastic. And you, everyone sitting at home and allowing me to bring you the news each night. It's a real privilege. Thank you. Oh, Mike's getting choked up. Oh, that's lovely. They played a montage of Mike over the years. Jeez, he's gone to some places reporting, you know. He has gone to loads of war-torn zones.

Like places where he was like many times MediaWorks or TV3, they couldn't get insurance from. So he was just going off his own bat. Like he's in the middle of the Gaza Strip in Syria and he's reporting live. There's missiles flying over his head. He loves it though.

He's like, that's why I love this person. That's why I got him the job. Yeah, I guess that's the job that he loves to do. Looks great in a flak jacket too, doesn't he? Bulletproof vest. He's like, that's why I love it. That's why I got him the job. Yeah, I guess that's the job that he loves to do. Looks great in a flat jacket too, doesn't he? Bulletproof vest. He's a wonderful guy, Mike. Yeah, he is. Jeez, he's ripped.

Jeez, Mike McRoberts is ripped. He runs marathons and everything. And he's best of mates with Chris Mack from 660. Very tight, aren't they? They run marathons together. It's an unusual friendship. But it shouldn't work for some reason.

But it does. There's a guy who dressed in leather pants and a leather jacket and Mike McRobbins, our best mate. That's awesome. That's what I love about him.

But yeah, but Mike actually, when our show was finishing up at TV3, John O'Byrne, the TV show, he came along to the final episode

which was lovely and then at the end of it he sort of got up. This is not on camera. This is not, you know, not on TV but at the end of the show he got up and made a lovely speech. In front of everyone. And then at the end of it, he sort of got up. This is not on camera. This is not on TV. But at the end of the show, he got up and made a lovely speech.

In front of everyone. And made me cry. I was like, Mike McRobbins, at first he knows who we are. Yeah. Then took time out of his day to come. No, he is. He's a genuinely nice guy. You know, like he didn't need to stand up.

It was amazing that he even came along to the final episode to support us, which was incredible. But then to get up and to say some nice final episode to support us, which was incredible. But then to get up and to say some nice words, off the cuff some heartfelt words, I was like, oh, Jono, he's making – It's like Michael Roberts is making Jono cry. And I'm an easy crier. Really?

Yeah, I mean, Ben's even almost getting me crying now, even talking about the time I was crying. I can't imagine you crying. Oh, you get Mike McRoberts saying a speech. Yeah. It'll bring a tear to your eye. No, he's a lovely man and 20 years, hell of a service.

Good on him. Another 20, he'll catch up with us, Mike. So the first day he was reporting for TV3, 15 years ago, they put him on at 6pm. Like they just needed someone on and so yeah,

so straight in there, the first day reporting straight on to the 6pm news. Having worked at TV3, that's not a surprise. That's how we got our TV show. What other TV station in the history of television is like, we don't

have someone to read the news at 6 o'clock. What's the time? It's 10 to 6. You'll do, mate. Me? I just, it's my first alright, yeah, no, I'll do it. And you had a good evening. You did a great job. It's the charm of the station. So good. They're 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. The A to Z of New Zealand. We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. We made it our mission when we came across to the hits radio station. We started at A and we're working our way through to Z alphabetically, calling every town and city in New Zealand, learning about each place.

Now, Ben Boyce, correct me if I'm wrong, but I can feel some waning on your part for the A to Z of New Zealand. Oh, yeah, like a little bit. I feel, you know, like I do enjoy it when we make the call, but then you were like, we've got to do A to Z again. I'm like, uh-uh. Now, he's the one who came up, Julia, when we first started here, who came up with this idea?

I think it was Ben. Exactly. Now, I'm here one who came up, Juliet, when we first started here, who came up with this idea? I think it was Ben. Exactly. Now, I'm here trying to motivate him. I'm Tony Robbins trying to pull him through this. We're halfway through. I know, but it's going to take us over two years to do it. It's taking a long time. We're a year down, though.

Yeah. I'm like, oh, okay. We call you the sky decoder around here because he is fading on this hard, rain fading hard on this, but you can do it, mate. Okay, okay. You can do it. Motivate me to make a phone call to some lovely

New Zealanders. This is why you were put here on this planet, to make these phone calls. Today we're heading northland to Mangokatamia. Now, to be honest, researching Mangokatamia, there's not much there. There's a forest, there's a school with 40 students, a rugby club, and a petrol

station, which also combines the post office and town mechanic which we're going to right now. Morning, Mancara Mayor. Gareth Gimley speaking. Hi, Emily. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

It's a morning to you. Sorry to call you at this early hour. Listen, it's Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. Morning. Yeah, no doubt on the dial right now. No, how bad is that? That's all right. That's all right.

I appreciate your honesty. Yeah, I do. That's so good. What's your preferred option? Well, more FM. Sorry. You're in Northland To toast He's on the show

Yeah Yes Northland Yep that's right Yeah and he's a wonderful Broadcaster He is he's great If I had the opportunity

To listen to toast Instead of us I'd listen to toast Yeah What No don't say that But we wanted to have A quick chat with you

Because we're phoning Every town and city In Aotearoa Up to Mangakaramea And that's where you live. I'm sure that's not news to you. No. Don't see more of him doing this now, do you? No.

Has Buddy Toast ever called you? No. Not once. You're not even listening to us when we call you. That's the dedication we have for the non-listeners. Just think what we do for the listeners. Exactly. So you tell us about the area. Well, I don't

know much to say. Well, thanks for your time. I know, right? Is there nothing there? Well, yeah, there's us, the gas station. Okay. The service station there, yeah. Now, what's at the gas station? Are you one of these gas stations that runs more than just the gas station? Are you doing the post office stuff? Are you doing the bread and milk? Yes, well done. Oh, yeah. Now, what's at the gas station? Are you one of these gas stations that runs more than just a gas station?

Are you doing the post office stuff? Are you doing the bread and milk? Yes, well done. Oh, yeah. We've got a post office and then we've got also the service centre as well. You're the one-stop shop. We sure are. Yeah, do you put different hats on throughout the day?

Like once, you know, for one hour you're the postie, the next hour you're the head mechanic, next hour you're a chef sort of thing? Yeah, I would never be the mechanic, but yeah, you're the postie, the next hour you're the head mechanic, next hour you're a chef sort of thing. Yeah, I would never be the mechanic, but yeah, you're right. It sounds like there's not much in the area that we need to talk about. Not really. So what I do need from you is, Ben, we started this, we phone every town and city in New Zealand,

and we're halfway through. Okay, my friend Ben over here, he's starting to lose interest in the segment. He's fading out on it. Well, we're calling people that clearly are not even listening to us. We're in the M's. We're doing it alphabetically. We're in the M's, obviously.

There's a long way to go. Once we hit the W's, we're going to be in the trenches again. Have you got some words of inspiration to pull him through another year of this? Oh, you've got this, mate. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. You'll be fine. I'll be fine.

You can do it. I need to get back into it. I'm enjoying it. Every time I talk to someone like yourself, I'm like, that was fun. I enjoyed that. But he's waning. I can see it in his eyes.

He's waning, Emily. Do it for New Zealand. Go for it. Do it for the team of five million. That's right. You think Sir Edmund, he's halfway up Everest. He would have been waning. He would have been waning. He would have been waning.

Well, true. There were times they would have thought, you know, is it worth carrying on? You're right, Jono. You're right. This is it. This is our Everest. God bless New Zealand.

Making 300 phone calls around the country. That's our Everest. Yeah. Good luck with that. Emily, we'll let you get back to listening to Toast and you have a wonderful day. Yeah, you too, mate. Enjoy. Take care, guys.

Listen, I buried this before 7 o'clock, I won't lie, but it's something I want to get off my chest. It's menial and in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter to the human race but I was sent the other day by my lovely wife, Jennifer, go and get some oil, cooking oil, okay? Straightforward task, straightforward job.

Have you been to the supermarket lately and seen the range of oils on offer? Takes up a whole aisle. I'm sitting there. I don't know what oil I need to get. Right. Yeah, there is a whole... Too much oil. Yeah, there is.

I'm sorry, vegetable oil, canola oil, sesame oil, almond oil, anything. You can name something. They've turned into oil. Moto oil. Oil. That was available as well for your cooking. Just don't cook with that one. I don't think that one's fine.

Peanut oil, virgin olive oil, olive oil that's lost its virginity. Well, there's all that extra virgin olive oil is like sometimes. Yes, I don't know what. What's extra virgin? It's like not even thinking

about losing its virginity. I've taken a vow. You're right, there is a lot of oil. Extra virgin olive oil. No, mate. Oh, gross. Not even on my right, there is a lot of oils. Extra virgin olive oil. No, mate. Oh, gross. Not even on my radar,

thanks. Waiting till marriage. Not even then. Not even then, mate. But it's the same with toothpastes as well. Yeah. Toothpaste has gone,

just too many toothpastes. It can be quite overwhelming sometimes at the supermarket. Yeah. I mean, I saw one the other day, it's like charcoal toothpaste. Oh, yes.

That's if you want to turn your teeth black. You've even got an option to do that now. Yeah, you're right. Brush your teeth with a coal mine. Apparently that's quite good though. What does it do? Why would you brush your teeth with charcoal? Yeah, I haven't done it.

Julia, you've got good teeth. You must know this. Do I? Yeah, your teeth are good. No, they're not very white though. I think this is just me assuming. You know the blackness of the charcoal. It could probably I would say it probably

gets rid of the yellow stain because it's like black maybe? Maybe? Your teeth no longer look white because they're pitch black. No one will complain about yellow stain. But then there's charcoal face wash too. Yeah.

Did someone look at a coal miner and go, jeez, they've got great skin. We need to be rubbing more charcoal into our face. Sandy, you can see why I put that little chat bit before seven o'clock, can't you? No, it's great content. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah. It's good.

Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Shono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. Alright, he's fully educated himself on the first three lines of news stories from the internet overnight. What's happening, Ben? Well, yesterday afternoon, you may have seen this pop up in your news feed.

A highly venomous sea snake washed up on Northland Beach. Still alive. Experts say no cause for alarm. They're known to shut up in New Zealand from time to time. But it's a yellow-bellied sea snake. Doubtless Bay is where they discovered it. And they breed in the tropics.

And it's obviously just kept swimming and kept swimming and ended up in New Zealand. Hell of a swim. Hell of a swim for that snake. How many kilometres from... Where did you say the tropic? Do I just Google the tropics? They breed in the tropics. They I just Google the tropics? I just said the breed of the tropics. They're a bit vague on the details.

Let's say, okay, Fiji to New Zealand. I only spotted here between six and ten times a year a sea snake, and they're venom, a very venomous snake. A single bite, so toxic, it can cause paralysis or even death, but they're provoked. You have to provoke them, and I think their fangs, their venomous fangs are quite far back in their mouth. So apparently.

How do you provoke them? You're like, hey mate, your mates are slithering around on land. You're stuck out here in the water sort of thing. Yeah, true. I don't know. Antagonise a sea snake. So if you assume it came from the islands, 2,595 kilometres to Fiji from here.

Hell of a swim from that snake. Imagine, it's like Finding Nemo, but a snake version. Isn't that a cute little snake version? We panic when there's one snake everywhere. We do. If there's a snake in a container, we're like, there's a snake in New Zealand. It was big leading news, and it wasn't even alive. It was just, how did it get here?

We need to investigate. Like Ozzy Allen, who's producing the show at the moment, you're like, when you were born, there were snakes slithering all over you. Weren't there snakes and spiders? Yeah, he put one on, thought it was a scarf, and he wore it for the day. Yeah, no problem at all.

Put a python on. Instead of a clown for his third birthday, they had a python. Family of pythons entertaining him. You're right, we do freak out over that in New Zealand. That and one COVID case will get us going. In the UK, I read this news this morning and it kind of made us go, oh, really?

A third of the people in the UK, according to a latest survey, only wash their bedsheets once a year. Once a year. Now, when you dig a little deeper, only 2,000 people were part of the survey. once a year. Once a year. Now, when you dig a little deeper, that's, you know, only 2,000 people were part of the survey and it was for a furniture store. So I don't know why they were.

So anyway. When you zero it down, you're like, okay, who are the types of people who would partake in a survey for a furniture store? Yeah. I'm not one of them.

You? Yeah, well, no. But they have. So anyway,, well, no. No. But they have. So anyway, that aside, they reckon a third of people in the UK wash their bedsheets only once a year. Once a year. One in three. Experts say it can cause bacteria buildups, itchy skin, and mites.

So yeah, that's amazing. That is, but then what, if you go to the trouble of not washing it for the majority of 12 months, why are you like, oh, well, today's the day, better do the annual washing of the sheets. Yeah, they also ran 18% admitted to only washing their jeans annually. That's another one. And a lot of people not washing, which I can understand this one. Levi, Mr. Levi Strauss himself said his jeans were designed not to be washed. He just ear them out.

He didn't even mean to wash them. Put them out in the sun and stuff and air them out, apparently is what he said. Yeah, well, Levi Strauss didn't live through a pandemic, did he? No. And they were saying also, speaking of the pandemic, people don't wash things like winter scarves, gloves and hats that often. I always think about belts.

Your stock standard belts you have around your trousers. They never get any love and attention, do they? But you're touching them, you're all over them, taking them off, Ben's whipping me with his, you know, all sorts of business with the bat. I want to chuck this out there. Rogue text poll this morning. What's the longest time you haven't washed something?

Whether it be an item of clothing, bed sheets, maybe you wrote some bed sheets. You look like you would have stuck out a couple of months at broadcasting school, Juliet. Oh, yeah, when I was at university, changing my bed sheets was not a priority. I'd probably go a month. You wouldn't go a year, though.

No, gosh, no. But now I'm like every fortnight, like clockwork. Is that still, should I be changing it more often than that? I don't know. I don't know, maybe we'll wait for another furniture store survey. Yeah. Towels, sometimes towels, I'll push them out to five days, you know. Yeah.

Three to five But then I talked about this On the radio A couple of months ago And everyone was like Ooh bacteria Builds up over Even a 24 hour period

On towels Really Okay So yeah We'll chuck it out there You kind of think You're clean When you're drying

Yeah And it's you Using the same towel again So you think On that occasion You know You can use it A few times

But then I do The under the Undercarriage. Oh, do you do that? Yeah. You can dry every part. Get that thing in the wash. Stuff that towel seat.

That towel wants to retire from toweling people. Towel's like, what's going on here? Whoa, whoa, whoa. That's not what I signed up for. I'll be back in the cupboard with the rest of the other towels. Text to 4487. Okay, longest time you haven't washed something. Can we get up to a year without washing your bed sheets?

Love to get your texts. Surely not. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. I saw a photo from a wedding that took place over the weekend, and it looked like the coolest thing to have at a wedding

was a bouncy castle. Now, this was like a wedding-themed bouncy castle. It was white and had beautiful veils sort of over the top of it. They had the adults on there just jumping around, having a great time. I'm like, that's pretty cool. A bouncy castle at a wedding does sound fun initially, but it sounds like it could quickly turn into an ACC hazard later on in the evening. You get a bit more adventurous with your backflips off the walls.

Was it a white one? A white one, yeah. Oh, that's wonderful. Yeah, it looked like a wedding bouncer. I've never seen them like that before. Normally they're multicoloured

and bright coloured the things at Bouncy Castle. Were they getting married to Chipmunks Playland? Yeah, no. No, I think they just hired a bouncy castle. How old were the people

getting married? I think they were adults. Of the age? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, now what a great feature at a wedding. But I was like, I'd never seen it before, and I thought that was a really cool addition to having at a wedding. What's the best attraction you've seen at a wedding?

Oh, John O'Prior's an emcee, I mean. Which one was it? Was it Bryce and Sharon's? Yeah. Jeez, I tell you what, I was a shaky pair of hands as an emcee. What I love too, because you were hosting a radio show with Robert Taylor at the time on the right. And so he was almost like your hype person behind you, or technical person, I guess.

And he was sort of like fiddling with the knobs on the microphone system as you were talking. And it was going... Terrible feedback all the way through that. For those that don't know Robert Taylor, a wonderful man, worked with him for many years. But we describe him as like Kramer from Seinfeld. So he'll just burst into a room with frazzled hair. And yeah, he said that he was taking on the role of technical producer at the wedding. I didn't need one.

Like the microphone guy had turned up and plugged the microphone in. But he said he could hear that something bad was about to happen. So all through your little MC stuff, there was just like... Distorting feedback. He was like, I could hear it something bad was about to happen. So all through your little MC stuff, there was just like... Distorting feedback. He was like, I could hear it. It was about to happen. But I think he made it worse. He was knobbly.

By the end of his life... I think it was Joe talking out there. I don't understand what he's saying. Best attraction you've seen at a wedding. We brought in Alan, who's producing the show at the moment. Alan, this is adorable. Yeah, it's very, very emotional. Will, who does the Workday show in Tauranga for us here at The Hits,

he had his wedding recently, and he got 16 adoption puppies at his wedding and reception. Oh, that's cute. And so everyone could hold a pet? Oh, wonderful. Oh, I'd make for some lovely photos too, wouldn't I? But expensive, buying a wedding gift and having to adopt a puppy on the way out.

Talk about a guilt trip. I'll put you to buy one. Nah. I guess you could adopt a puppy. Subtly encouraged, but I can tell you not one person adopted. Everyone's stumbling out there with the lebradals. You know what I love? I love it when you sit on a table and the bride

and groom, they place a lot of faith in your average wedding attendee when they place a disposable camera on the table. And they're like, hey, we don't have a photographer. You take the photos. And you end up with some less than desirable content filling up the photo stream.

That's awesome. Why? I put these on the table. Yeah, I was like, great, we've got all of Table 12's genitals on. I'll tell you what, one of the best things I saw at a wedding, it was a really lovely, you know,

everyone had a fancy wedding, but then about sort of 11.30, 11.45, a delivery of like cheeseburgers from McDonald's for everyone. At that time, I was just like, that's pretty cool.

Like 100 cheeseburgers just arrived. It was meant to go to another party, but you guys had it. We were like, that's for us. We'll take that. So I'll wait under the heads. We're going to chuck this open this morning. You can text us 24487. What is the best attraction you have seen at a wedding?

It could be, now we're not, hey, maybe it could be Uncle Ray's slurry 25 minute speech about what went wrong in his marriage. That could have been the best situation. Yeah, but we're talking more about what the bride and groom have decided to add to the wedding. You've gone, that is really cool.

Our dear friend of ours, Shaz, remember she got married and her partner's name started with B her name started with C and then oh yeah we didn't go to the wedding

but then she said oh here's my wedding photos out on Monday and they were beautiful photos she looked amazing he looked amazing he's a handsome devil like Ken

isn't he from Barbie yeah Barbie's yeah I think she stole him off Barbie and but they had giant letters that they were taking photos next to.

Of their initials, their first names. Of their initials, so it had C and B. Now, to anyone with the maturity level of over 13 years old, that's not amusing. But to us, we all, we... And then we had to tell her, and she was mortified. They could have gone the other way around with the names, but they went... Well, he went the polite thing, your name goes first.

C and B, yeah. Anyway. Nothing funny about it. Oh, out of the heads. All four, eight, seven. I think they had to get Wed a workshop to try and do some Photoshop on it. So what have you seen at a wedding? The best attraction.

Catherine, you're on from Auckland. And Morena. How are you going, Cass? Yes, sorry. I do sound a different name. The bride and groom, they made beautiful perfume and cologne for the men and the women or any girls and boys at the wedding and everyone could take some home. What?

You got personalized perfume and cologne? They made their names on it. Oh, did you go to the wedding of Ralph Lauren or something? Oh, that's so awesome. No, it was Karina's blend and Matt's blend. That's an awesome idea.

That's a lovely little keepsake. By the end of the night though, it's easy to be pungent, wouldn't it? You've got a hundred people just spraying on perfume and cologne. That's a really niceake, isn't it? By the end of the night, though, it'd be pungent, wouldn't it? You've got 100 people just spraying on perfume and cologne. That's a really nice touch, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Bottles to take home. Yeah, like little gift bottles to take home.

Catherine, you also win the award today for New Zealand's most shocking phone as well. Phone quality, a bit watery from Catherine, but you did a wonderful job. Thank you very much for your call. Appreciate it. I remember a couple doing a quiz, which was quite like a sort of, you know, you go to like a pub quiz, but the quiz was on the couple,

whether they met you, the multi-choice questions. A bit self-indulgent, isn't it? It's their wedding. So you go around and you go, oh, maybe they had their first kiss there. Oh, maybe they met, you know, like, and how much you kind of knew about the couple. It was really kind of, and you play it sort of as a table, which I thought was a really nice idea.

That's cool. Someone's texted in saying, I went to a wedding no one knew, but then they just ordered KFC for 150 people. Oh, stop it. Oh. That's what you want, don't you? Well, especially at that stage of the night.

There's definitely, you know, after 11 o'clock, you're like, oh, here we go. But aren't you still full from dinner? No, this was the dinner. Oh, this was the dinner. This was the dinner. KFC was the dinner.

Another text here, 4487. I saw one of the cousins do a belly flop into the wedding cake. What a wonderful attraction. Thank you so much for your calls. The wedding cake's a pointless piece to a wedding, isn't it? No one's due for wedding cake. We don't have a wedding cake at ours. No. And then they're like, seven months later, they're like, you still want a slice of Beryl and Dave's wedding cake's a pointless piece to a wedding, isn't it? No one's due for a wedding cake. We didn't have a wedding cake at ours. No.

And then they're like, seven months later, they're like, you still want a slice of Beryl and Dave's wedding cake? Oh, no, it's got things great. It's got mould on it. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Just gone 7.45, which means...

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I love this. I love this. This is probably my favourite part of the show. Just behind, how long is it going to take for Ben to make fun of my bald head? That's another favourite part of my show, the show for me. Let's go to Wendy. You're on from Auckland. How are you?

Oh, my God. I'm so excited. You are jacked. We're excited to have you on, Wendy. We really appreciate it. I love it. You're like one of those ones on American game shows. Yeah.

Oh, I just, I can't believe this is real. Oh, that's great. You've been playing the game off air for so long, have you, Wendy? I have some success, some not, so we'll see. Oh, well, it's lovely to have you on. Don't forget, too, you can play online at thehits.co.nz. We've got an online version of Five Words, and if you actually clock that one and match up with Five Words, your chance to play for real,

in real time, on the radio, and be as excited as Wendy, who sounds like she's on her 10th coffee this morning. Now, Wendy, you have the choice to make. Jono, Ben, or Producer Juliet to send into the soundproof booth. Who's it going to be? I'm going to pick Jono,

because we have the same last name. Are you prior? Yep. P-R-Y? Yep. No, no, P-R-I. We might be related somewhere. Sorry, no friends or family can win this competition.

I'm picking up on, you know, we might be able to pick up on some telekinesis here. Okay. Wendy's matching with a kind of surname that we have. Okay, here we go. See if it runs in the family. The rich prior knowledge. Maybe she had prior knowledge of this one.

Let's hope we haven't set this one up beforehand. All right, Wendy. Jono's in the soundproof booth. Here is your first word this morning. It is hamburger. Hamburger bun. Producer Juliet's nodding away. That would have been my choice too. Pool

is your next word. P-O-O-L. Pool. Table. Table. Oh, nice. I see how you got pool table. Yeah, it's very good. Alright, Wendy Pryor, your next word is tattoo. Tattoo? Tattoo, your next word is tattoo. Tattoo?

Tattoo, yes. Ink? Ink. Nice. That's good. You're playing a good game so far, Wendy, I think. Science is your fourth word, science. Experiment?

Experiment. And your final word for five words, $5,000 is corn. C-O-R-N, corn. Corn. Cob? Corn. Corn. I feel like these are good answers.

Yeah. Are you happy with them, Wendy? I'm really happy with them. Okay, Wendy, we're going to bring out your namesake from the Soundproof booth. Okay. He's coming around. My favourite part of being in the Soundproof booth is staring through the glass door with Millennial Max. Just like almost a disdain in his eyes, just filming us.

Filming you, yeah. Where does this go? Do you burn in the internet with this footage, Millennial Max? Sometimes, sometimes he doesn't. He's a bit picky. Right, all right. Wendy, how'd you go? I think I went really well.

I'm channeling my thought brainwaves to you, Johnna. All right, okay. $5,000 on the line. Also, Ben's mum Jenny's on the other line, so we better get this over and done with quickly. She hasn't spoken to her son in a number of weeks. We found out they've got the last name together, but will they synchronise their answers?

Okay. I have faith, Wendy. I have faith. You sound like you said some words. She did say some words. Are they the same words you're going to say? The first word we said to Wendy this morning, Jotto, was hamburger. Hamburger.

Hamburger patty. Oh, what did you say, Wendy? Bun. Of course. That's right. It was like a 50-50 chance. Oh, Wendy. I thought that one, I thought it was easy.

We're getting on a roll. I had it in my head I was going to mix around words because I thought there was one. You bamboozled everyone. Fendick, I'm so sorry. And your Wendy would have been a great winner too. Yes, she would have. Wendy, we need to do this again, all right?

Yeah, definitely. Okay, Wendy. We'll play with Wendy again at some stage in the future. Let's pretend you won $5,000. No, we can't do that. Well, how would you have acted if we said, Wendy, you just got $5,000? I would have broken your eardrums.

I would have screamed that loud. Well, Wendy, we'll do this again sometime in the future. But another chance tomorrow, 7.45. Quickly, let's run through the words, see how you would have gone. Let's go corn. Hole. Science.

Science. Cornhole, the game. Yeah. Science, fear. Pool. Water. Oh, God.. Yeah. Science fear. Pool. Water. Oh, God. And tattoo.

Removal. Zero from five. I thought they were easy words. Wendy got some great words. She had hamburger bun, pool table, tattoo ink, science experiment, and corn cob. They were your words this morning. Who's to say Wendy's words are better than my words? We are.

We're all saying it. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Bye. Thanks to HP who have launched Instant Ink, New Zealand's first at-home ink subscription service. In the midst of a pandemic, she is contagious because her personality is infectious. Producer Juliette, what's happening in Spy? So yesterday I got into a bit of an internet wormhole of celebrities whose names we pronounce wrong.

Oh, yeah. Theroux was Justin Theroux. Justin Theroux, who we know as Justin Theroux. And Chrissy Teigen. Yeah. That's how it's meant to be pronounced, but she's just given up on telling people, which is kind of sad. Ariana Grande as well. Angelina Jolie.

No. No. No. Okay. So today I've gotten to a bit of an internet wormhole of celebrities who don't go by their real names. Now, some of them are kind of obvious, but some of them aren't. So I want to see if you guys can guess which celebrity this is by their real birth name. Their birth name, okay.

Okay, Peter Hernandez. Oh, I know. Yeah, damn it. Oh, well done. Yeah, I have read that one before, yeah. John Stevens? John Legend. Just because you said John Legend.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Catherine Hudson? Catherine, Katy Perry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Catherine Hudson. Catherine, Katy Perry. Oh, damn it. Damn it. I did know that one. This one might be

kind of more obvious. Madonna. No. Tell John. Elizabeth Stammer, Tina Fey. Tina Fey. Okay.

Those are kind of the ones that I thought would be a bit more ambiguous. But Brad Pitt's real name is... Bradley. William Bradley Pitt. His first name is William. You've also got Miley Cyrus.

Her real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus. And how she got the name Miley was as a baby, she was always very smiley and happy. And so they called her Smiley, which then got shortened to Miley. Yeah, so at some point in her career, she legally changed her name to Miley Cyrus. Reese Witherspoon is Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon and Reese is her mother's actual maiden name. Oh, really? That's interesting. Ashton Kutcher's real name is Christopher Ashton Kutcher and he got rid of Christopher

when he was starting out in his career because he thought that Ashton was more of a Hollywood name and so when he was trying to make it in Hollywood, Ashton he thought was more sort of captivating than Christopher. Yeah, Ben did the same thing when he was trying to escape Masterton, didn't he? He was like, I can no longer be known as Benjamin. Ben from now on. That's actually, Ben's his stage name, Benjamin.

That's my real name. Yeah, you wouldn't have picked it. Shocking, shocking. And you also have Calvin Harris' real name was Adam Richard Wiles. I was going to play that game and then I realised I didn't know Calvin Harris' real name. No, and there's heaps. There's Nicki Minaj, Portia Rossi, Joaquin Phoenix. There's so many celebrities that you don't realise aren't actually real names.

It'd be unusual for their family. What do their parents call them? Do their parents, does Calvin Harris' parents call them Calvin Harris? Well, they're like, mate, we gave you a name. It was good. Yeah. And you go and change it? Yeah.

You probably realise people that you've known for a long time, or people that actually know you, would probably refer to you by your original, your real name. The thing is, too, because you'd spend so much time under that pseudonym, under that name, that like on your passport, would you have that name? Would you change your birth name? Well, that's purely just your stage name. This website here sees that Brad Pitt introduces himself to a woman

by his given name, William, when he's trying to flirt with them. But then it's like, you're not fooling anyone. Everyone knows you're Brad Pitt. But maybe it's just kind of to impress them. Hey, I'm William. Willie Pitt. Yeah. I can see why he changed his name.

Yeah, true, true, true. Hi, Willie. Willie Pitt. Ooh, okay. That's interesting. Well, Benny's Stella, isn't she? Yeah. Stella Bennett.

Stella Bennett. So that's where the Benny comes from. The Lord is Ella O'Connor. Yeah. Stella Bennett. Stella Bennett. I think that's where the Bennett comes from. The Lord is Ella O'Connor. Oh, there you go. There's us vaguely recollecting our celebrities' birth names. For more you know, and that is spy for more you can enter

the hits.co.nz. Yeah, you know. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right, and at the end of the day,

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. And you know this about me, I'm an obnoxious motorist on the road. Very impatient. Yeah, and that spills over into... Where are you going, Producer Juliet? She just walked... Okay, she just walked off.

I just want to hear your story. Can I leave soon? I didn't know it was an option. I've been sitting here. You've been sitting here all year. You can just walk out. Very nervous, because Producer Juliet usually operates the machinery here. But, you know, my obnoxious driving, it sort of spills into obnoxious parking at times.

And yesterday I had to pick something up from the school my son goes to. And I was like, oh, there's no parks anywhere. No parks anywhere. And so I was like, oh, I'll just park in front of the hall. You know where the doors are. You're not meant to park, I'm sure. Well, no, it didn't say don't park here. Well, it's not your place to go into this.

Yeah, drive onto the school grounds and park, especially during school hours. Yeah, no, it didn't look like the place that you would park, but I was like, hey, just dotting in for five or ten, I'll be back out. So I grabbed the item that I needed to collect, came back out. There's a funeral procession all gathered around my car.

They'd been inside in the hall oh dear god why? I was dying inside I literally was and I was like well I can't go excuse me and then awkwardly reverse out with a 5 10 point turn

with the crowd yeah so I kind of just stood with the mourners and I did a good job of looking sombre. Oh, jeez. Oh, yeah. Only you would get caught up in that situation. See, it's a good lesson for not parking where you're not meant to park. It's a great lesson.

Yeah. Couldn't have been taught it. If you parked on the road and had to walk five minutes, it would have helped you out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway. Next on the show you out. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway. Next on the show, Jono announced the mix.

We really put the vibes down on that one. Yeah. What is this? It's a funeral. It's obviously not a, you know. Yeah. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits.

No, it's no secret. I'm a big fan of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And you were hit with a wonderful surprise this morning. Alright, here we go. Over 58 blockbuster movies. I am the Calvary. Over 200 million Instagram followers. I got the greatest fans in the world.

Over 900 kilograms of protein powder. 199 pounds! He's one of the world's biggest stars. Please welcome Dwayne The Rock Johnson! Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne The Rock Johnson has been Ben The Pebble Voice's hero. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne The Rock Johnson has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Why do you keep crying during any scene that The Rock and Kevin Hart are in? He inspires me. And now, in association with www.johnopriorproductions.co.nz, Ben will take his unhealthy fascination with Dwayne the Rock Johnson to a whole new level. A level that may result in restraining orders and news articles in the odd news sections of some websites.

That's right. We discovered a month and a half ago that Dwayne the Rock Johnson has his own brand of celebrity tequila. It tastes just like Dwayne the Rock Johnson's sweat, I imagine. And I sent Millennial Max on a wild goose chase around the world to get two bottles of these tequilas,

two bottles of tequila for Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And apparently he does a thing on social media called Tequila Tuesdays, Ben. That's right, where he posts photos or videos of people enjoying his tequila all over the world. And we surprised you this morning at 7.40. Millennial Max bought in these tequilas. He purchased off an illegal Mexican drug lord, I think, wasn't it, to Millennial Max. So he owes him a lot of money.

And now we're going to use these tequilas to get you on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram account. What an absolute gift from your friend, Jonathan, who did none of the heavy lifting. Millennial Max did it all, and I just want to make his work pay off, and we're going to get you on Dwayne's Insta account, okay? All right. So now you need to come up with a plan of how we're going to be looking like we're responsibly

enjoying this tequila, but enough to get Dwayne Johnson's attention. Okay, so if you've got any ideas, text through 4487. We'll address this again tomorrow, and Ben will be Insta-famous by the end of the week. By the end of the week? Oh, no, it's Tuesday today.

Next week. Yeah, mate. Have a great Tuesday. And as a Hits, you've got Jono and Ben. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from 6 on the Hits. And via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on the Hits Breakfast.

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