Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 05 - What Can Ben Do In A Video To Impress Dwayne The Rock Johnson?

Episode Date: May 5, 2021

Today we started brainstorming ideas on what Ben could do in his video with Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila in order to get noticed by him. And there were some gooooood suggestions in there from some listeners! If you have any more suggestions, please let us know on our Instagram @thehitsbreakfast. We also discussed Bill Gates' divorce after 27 years, so we were wondering if we could find anyone who was married for longer than that, before they got a divorce. Because 27 years is a long time! Finally, Ben proved to us that he's not the only man-child around! Enjoy.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, a podcast with a bit of a difference. Jono, you are actually broadcasting from a cupboard in your house.

Mm, sounds like comedy. Sounds like you're doing that for comedy purposes, Ben, but the unfortunate bleak truth is it's a fact. I'm sitting here in a closet underneath the stairs in my house. The problem being is, and this is no, I don't want to bother the podcast audience with this, is when you broadcast from home, you need to plug into a modem, don't you? Oh, cool story, bro. And the modem is in the cupboard,

and the extension cord doesn't quite reach here, so I plugged into the modem. Actually, when I first plugged it in, I went in the wrong hole, so I had to get another hole, which is the next one along. Eventually figured that out, and here we are. Here we are. Wow, what an age we live in. No, but Jono literally in the cupboard at home

will be back in the studio tomorrow. Does it sound professional? Does it sound like I'm actually there? It still sounds pretty professional. Yeah, I was thinking about the quality. In my ears, I'm like, this microphone just sounds like I'm in the studio. I should live in this closet for the rest of my life. And just basically I'm sandwiched between

a mop and a vacuum cleaner. I can play the role of an appliance just in storage. Old dusty appliance that we bring out from time to time. I'm the dustiest thing in this old cupboard, mate. Well, it was a really fun show today. We were talking about the oldest, well, the longest time people have been together before divorcing. And, jeez, years and years has happened, like 40, 50 years.

Yeah, Bill Gates and Melania. Melinda, I think. That's why they divorced. Not Melania Trump. He could never get her name right. So she's like, oh, look. 27 years, he's like, is it? It's not Melania.

Is it Melandia? She's like, oh, fuck. We're out, mate. We're done. Now, you're 27. We just found that quite an interesting little decision to make that far into marriage to pull out you know both probably i don't know i'd hate to predict his age 60s 70s maybe um and to go oh we've spent so long together you would imagine they just know

every facet about each other's personality uh what they like what they dislike about them and then at 27 years ago no i'm out well yeah, yeah, they released a bit of a statement, and they said they kind of thought that the next stage of their life, they felt that maybe it was better to be on their own for the next stage of their life and not together. Yeah, so in the next year. They no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.

What do you reckon about you and me? Can we grow together in this next phase of our lives. What do you reckon about you and me? Can we grow together in the next phase? Yeah, we'll see if we go to another phase of our working relationship. So, yeah, we'll see. I've been trying to push the physical one, but you've been a bit tight on that front there, haven't you? But, yeah, no, it's quite interesting. So we said, you know, do you know a couple that have an older divorce than the Microsoft people?

Gee, what's his name again, buddy? Oh, geez, here we go. Just, here we go. In fact, I think it's probably best we go our separate ways. I've got some stuff I need to do in this cupboard. As well as that, on the show, I get shamed for my Velcro wallet. And The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, we're trying to get his attention. And we had some wonderful suggestions come through

about how we could get the attention of the world's biggest star. It's all on the podcast. 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. Now, Jono, you've mocked me over the past few years

for something they carry around with me. You think it's more an item that a 12-year-old kid should be carrying around rather than a full- Is it your Toy Story 4 backpack? Oh, no. Or is it your Barbie and Friends backpack? No, it's not the backpack. Or is it your My Little Boney backpack?

No, it's my wallet. My Velcro wallet that I got from Smiggle. And every time I go into, I like to buy something. There you go. That's old. Producer Juliet, I like to buy something. There you go. That's old. Producer Juliet. I'll tell you what. You know your wallet game is on point when you can do a bitch stole my look at lollipops playland.

But, you know, in the weekend, and you were there as well, Jono, another fully grown adult guy who had a Velcro wallet as well. And I was like, yes, yes. But was his from Smiggle as well? No, his wasn't from Smiggle. His had New Zealand on it. But, you know, traditionally, I took him aside and I said, traditionally, I like to phase Velcro clothing and accessories

out of my life by the age of 10. But you've ridden this out and you both simultaneously peeled your Velcro wallets open and it broke the sound barrier. It did. And surround sound. But I got a little bit, you know, after the weekend I kind of went and Googled Velcro and I kind of got into it

like an internet hole on Velcro. Firstly, very interesting how it was invented. Invented by a guy in Switzerland who was walking his dog in 1941 and he noticed how these little plant seeds were sort of connecting to his pants and to the animal fur. And he put them under a microscope and he started, they had small hooks and tiny loops in his pants.

Basically, they were Velcro onto his pants. And so he was like, hey, this could be great. And he made $93 million out of that little invention. Did he make them out of the little beads? No, he just used that same sort of design, basically the little hooks that was coming out of the plants. I've just realised why you've got a Velcro wallet. You are lovable, Ben,

but you are New Zealand Broadcasting's most renowned tight arse, and a Velcro wallet makes it slightly more difficult to open your wallet. It offers another layer of security to save you shouting anything. It's genius. Well, let's see, because I got onto a Reddit feed because there was another adult overseas in America

and he was like, I've just been shamed for having a wallet, a Velcro wallet. You need to start a website where you can all join up. What do you say, internet? And the internet comments were brutal. I think the worst part is tearing Velcro noise, drawing attention to having an inferior wallet

every time you open your wallet. This lady says, I work in the service industry. I've noticed three grown men with Velcro wallets. I've judged them pretty hard every time. Like, look at this loser kind of judgment. Yeah. But in your defence, they're functional wallets because they've got the note holder,

don't they, when you fold them out. So that's good for the $10 your mum gave you to go to the Westfield Mall. They've also got the little zip compartment where you can store your coins. And they've got that little,

slidy folder pocket behind that bit where you can keep your condoms that you're never going to use because you've got a Velcro wallet. And finally, on the Velcro feedback, this was quite good. But what purpose does it serve? Like, what problem do you have keeping your wallet closed?

Why stick an adhesive device to it? I was like, that is a very good point. As much as I love my Velcro wallet, I can't answer that one. I've never had a problem with my wallet springing open when I didn't have Velcro. True. And money going everywhere. True. So I was like, oh.

It's just to loudly embarrass the Velcro wallet owner. It's only designed for this. There's no point to having it. But I've enrolled with it, so you go. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone. It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, it's Jono here

coming to you live out of a closet in my house, literally under the stairs in the cupboard. You can check out a photo on our social media of the hits breakfast because you were like,

oh, I'm broadcasting from a cupboard and we were like, oh, yeah, great because we can't see you so obviously we thought maybe you were joking but no, the photo's up there.

You're literally broadcasting from a cupboard. Yeah, I feel like that when my kids go to school this morning and they say, what does your dad do for a job? Well, he sits in the closet and talks to himself all day. They're probably going to call Odanga Tamariki. They'll be like, this guy's not okay. But anyway, here we are, making do. Is it soundproof?

Yeah, it works okay. You sound like you're in a cupboard, but you are, so that's good. I feel like I've been kidnapped or something. Anyway, after work yesterday, I was telling you, Ben, that I went to go and get a coffee on the credit card, and it declined. And I'm like, what? How does this decline?

You're nothing. You get so embarrassed, don't you, when it publicly declines because there's a line of people behind you and you get flustered and you're like, try the Air Force. Maybe I'm on the wrong panel or something. Let me just transfer some funds on the app. You get it inside your head. It's not a nice experience for you.

And the person behind the counter is like eye-rolling, like, oh, here he is, old and dead Dennis here, trying to bleed a free coffee out of us. But it turned out, you know, I had mixed out my credit card. Now, I don't trust myself with money. I'm not a safe pair of hands when it comes to money.

So I've got a relatively small limit, but, you know, it gets me by. And I was like, how has this happened? Like, how have I spent all this money? And you go through and you're like, surely not. And you go through your statement and you're like, well, it adds up. They're saying it adds up. But then you go through manually, adding up like the $305 and $7 purchases you've

made on your credit card. And you're like, yeah, no, you're right. Yep, the bank's pretty good at mathematics. They do their maths and they do it right. They do. But isn't it, you just spend just tiny amounts of money on rubbish? And that's my thing. Like if I walk into a novelty shop and you're like, oh, there's a cowboy hat with a propeller on top of it. I've got to get it.

$8.50. I bought that Kim Jong-un wall hanging. You did. You did. I don't know why, but anyway, what plans you had for that, I don't know. Well, I was going to hang it on my wall like I lived in North Korea and it was a government-enforced thing or something. You could put it in the closet that you're broadcasting from,

the little wardrobe. That would be nice. Jen, my wife, I think she made me throw it out, didn't we? Yeah, and I understand why. I don't dispute it. Who wants a wall hanging of a North Korean dictator? Fair enough. Patricia, do you think you've got your hand up like a polite school kid?

It's funny that you say that, Jono, because not long ago I saw this meme and I was like, oh, this is so true. That it's only $5, why not buy it mentality has probably cost me like $10,000 at this point in my life, which is so true. I was like, oh, I've got to get some shoes that make me feel like I'm walking on the moon because there's no grip. Remember, I also bought a blue hat with a flap with Winfield Blue on it. I've got to get some shoes that make me feel like I'm walking on the moon. Just use them. Remember, I also bought a blue hat with a flap with Winfield Blue on it.

I'm like, I've never worn that. I don't even smoke. Why am I promoting smoking? Why am I buying this rubbish? I had my credit card stolen a while back, and then you can see the bank statement after. They had a wonderful time with the credit card. They lived their best life with my credit card, and I was almost quite jealous that I didn't get to make all these

extravagant purchases over like a 12-hour period. They went there and they spent $200. They went there and spent $400. I was like, wow, they are living their best life with my credit card. They bought some Louis Vuitton loafers in Milan. I was like, oh, wow, why couldn't that be me? You're right. The people who steal your credit card, they use it how you want to use it.

Want to use it. I almost wanted to impress the person at the back and go, oh, actually, there was me. There was me. I made all those purchases. And I did buy a Lamborghini. But don't they pay you back now? Yeah, they were really good.

The bank was really good about it. Yeah, and covered it, which was good because you're like, oh, my goodness, this is costing so much money for this person to have a wonderful 12-hour period. Now, I don't want to say there's a hole in this plan or a flaw that we can all take advantage of, but could we every month go, oh, someone's selling my credit card. And they'll be like, yeah, they went to Pack and Save and spent $122 on shopping.

They also filled up their car mobile. Oh, outrageous. Can we get my money? Could you do that? Because they look at the security footage and they'll be like, well, why was Jono the one spending up large on your credit card? Oh, yeah, I had seen that guy before. He looks familiar.

Does that fall into credit card fraud category on it? Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. I'm glad I know the line now. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben breakfast on the hits.

You get a few parental joys dad jokes, you know your bad jokes are suddenly dad jokes and I enjoy it. You enjoy a dad joke from time to time with your kids right Jono? I do, I do yeah, I mean one of the few joys you get is embarrassing your kids in public because you know it washes

off you. You've got nothing left to live for but your kids they've got Because, you know, it washes off you. You've got nothing left to live for. But your kids, they've got a lot of cred that they need to hold up in the playground, you know. You had one the other day, didn't you, where you kicked a ball or threw a ball back at a school in front of your kids? Yeah, I thought, hey, I'm an athletic guy. They kicked a ball over the fence.

I thought, hey, back in my day, I could sling a ball around. Turns out I still can't. It went off the side of my foot and landed in the window of the neighbouring house. Oh, gee whiz. That was the worst possible thing that could happen to poor Poppy. But one of my parental joys at the moment, it's just a little something that really amuses me,

is so the kids either got an iPad each and they've got a system that's set up. I've set up like a family system. So if they want to download an app, it's got to come through to me for approval How does it work for your content? No one's approving mine so that's all good So yeah, so far my daughter says Sienna wants to download like a

Bitmoji app even if it's free it comes through for me or Indy wants to download Roblox or something it comes through for me and one of my latest joys at the moment, no matter where I am, get this message and it gives me the options of accept or not now. And I love taking not now, just pushing not now, but then messaging them back not now because they know that I've obviously

got not now. So they know I've seen it. They know I've seen the message, but I love just sending back not now. That's so good. And then I'll send it back five minutes later and I'll be like, no, reject, not now, but send them a message to say not now. That's so good. And then they'll send it back five minutes later and I'll be like, no, reject, not now, but send them a message to say not now. It's like you're just waiting like Simon Cowell on a reality show.

It gives me some sense of power. This is the little power the man has. This is why you can never run a country. We can never trust you to run New Zealand. You're like, hey, Australia wants to do a trade deal. Not now.

Not now. But I'll send a message to Scott Morrison just saying, not now. I've seen it, but not now. Do you find too, when apps end up on your phone, the kids' apps end up on your phone, you get burdened with the chore of having to maintain them. Like there's one where it's like, oh, you've got

to feed the lonely panda. The lonely panda's getting hungry. He keeps messaging you. Lonely panda's about to die of starvation and give him some bamboo. And you sort of get guilt and I'll feed this animated panda some bamboo and I'm sliding it into his mouth with my finger. Just to keep the thing alive.

I don't want his blood on my hands. And I'm already paying $5.99 a month for the panda. You feel like paying that money should keep him alive, surely. And it's like, do you want a better quality of bamboo to feed your panda for more sustenance? I'm like, mate, he's already doing pretty well out of me, this panda. Now you want me to feed him an optimum quality of bamboo? Next on the show, we were just talking before about Bill Gates

and his wife sadly breaking up after 27 years. You threw out a rogue text poll, Jono. Mate, it is crazy. We said 27 years seems like quite a long time to call end to a marriage. Why wouldn't you just ride it out and bitterly hate each other until your deathbed and we said has anyone or anyone you know parents grandparents aunties uncles whatever split longer than 27 years and the texts flowing through are incredible we've got one after 60 years of marriage. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast.

On the hits. Hey, now, have you noticed when we walk to work, because we park like a couple of blocks away from where the studio is located, and we walk past every morning, and have you noticed the 24-hour kebab, pizza, and burger shop? Yeah, I have. I have. Just across the road from TVNZ there. 24 hours of kebabs, pizzas and burgers.

Now, I can't imagine going in for a 7.45am kebab. Well, it depends. Is this weekend or weekday? Let's go on your Tuesday morning because it's open seven days a week. Right. The commitment this person has to supplying kebabs at all hours of the day is exceptional. Although I could do 12 hours of kebabs.

Right. 12 hours of kebabs, pizzas and burgers. But do you need 24 hours worth? Well, I'd say during the week, maybe for me, unlikely, but maybe in the weekend. Producer Juliet, you know, you've had some biggish nights. Yeah, when you're a little bit dusty, a morning kebab or even just cold pizza the next day, it doesn't even have to be hot, is so good.

But also, it's right in town, so you'd probably come across people having huge nights in the 3am being like, oh, give me a kebab, and then they just go there. 3am seems like an applicable kebab time. I'm talking 7, I'm talking 7.30, 8.30, daylight hours,

morning has broken, are you putting a chicken donut kebab in your mouth? But they've obviously worked out their business model, they've obviously, there's obviously

a market for it surely. Okay, well, tomorrow morning what I should do is I should buy three kebabs for us all and we should all try one at 6.20

in the morning. Okay. On a Thursday morning chicken kebab at 6.20. We'll see how that tastes. Sober. Sober. We'll do that sober. Tomorrow morning we'll have a kebab. It's definitely an 8 to 12 drink food, isn't it, kebabs?

Unusual things to do with restaurants just popped into my head, actually, then. We work with someone at the moment who, when he goes out for dinner, he likes to book two places, and then on the day he decides which of the two places he's feeling more like on that particular

day, because he's like, well, I don't know if I feel like kebabs or pizza, you know, come Friday, but in this case, Jono, you could probably go to the one-stop shop and 24 hours a day, you would have it all. No troubles. Open door policy there. Well, then wouldn't you be frustrated if you're the other, you know,

it's like The Bachelor, isn't it? You get to the two finalists. I'm sorry, Italian Joes, tonight you're just not for me. Yeah. Italian Joes are like, what? We saved a table for you. I know, we could have booked it. Yeah, that's what I thought. But yeah, but you're right. How late does he leave what? We saved a table for you. I know. We could have booked it. Yeah, that's what I thought.

But yeah, but you're right. How late does he leave it? I don't know. I don't know. Hopefully not too late. Hopefully he's not eating at one restaurant and then ringing the other going, I won't be in there. He'll be like, have you got your mouth full?

Are you already eating with someone else? I've decided I'm going to eat Thai food tonight. I'm already having my Thai noodles right now and cancelling that order. What more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. It's time to look at some of the lighter news from New Zealand and around the world. Kia ora, I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees and this is The B**** News.

Yes, these are the stories from around the globe that aren't up to standard for after 7am on our show for some reason. But poor Juliet, sometimes she sends these through at 11.30 at night. She is up till midnight to find the perfect piece of content for you to listen to at 6.17 in the morning. What she does also, she gets Rachel Jackson-Lee, our newsreader, to read out the headline, beeps out a word, and Jono and I, we have to guess what the actual headline is. All right, your first story.

Woman **** in a car while travelling at 90km an hour. Okay, Jono, what have you got for this one? I'm going to go, a woman still driving better than men with eyes closed in car at 90 kilometres an hour. Oh, that's good. Very true. I'm going to say a woman was performing couple karaoke with James Corden at 90 miles an hour. That would be so good.

I would love to see a high speed version of that. Yeah, true. Like, Corden, what are you doing? You're doing 90 in a 50. I don't know, you're singing. Gets pulled over by the cops. The real story is... Woman delivered her own baby in a car while travelling at 90 k's an hour.

No way. Yeah, no way. She, um, although... No way. Dude, have you heard about the 5G towers? No way. But with this story, she was actually only minutes away from the hospital. She wasn't driving the car herself.

When I first saw the story, I was like, oh, wow, she was driving it. It does sound like that, right? No way. That's why I was like, no way. Yeah, but she was the passenger and was minutes away from the hospital, had to deliver her own baby, which is a high stressful and highly stressful environment. And then parking too.

If she's parking, if she had to park at the hospital. And the umbilical cords like just hanging around there. Anyway. No way. We'll see you at Shosha after the show, dude.

No way. No way. What the hell is Shosha? Have you seen those Shosha shops? What do they do? No. I have no idea what you're talking about.

Oh, you'll know when you see one. They're everywhere. Okay, okay. And your next story? People are **** Bill Gates after he and wife Melinda announced divorce. What do you reckon, Benjamin? I reckon people, you know, obviously feeling sorry for Bill Gates,

so they're going Microsoft on Bill Gates, I think is the headline. Oh, that's wonderful. Headline. Okay, people are still trying to figure out how the crap to get Microsoft teams working and continue to blame Bill Gates even after his wife Melinda announces divorce. Every time I get a request for a Microsoft Teams, you just can't get it to work. Bill Gates, why have you punished the world with Microsoft Teams?

Hey, it made him a billionaire. This is the result. People are sliding into the DMs of Bill Gates after he and wife Melinda announced divorce. And wait till you hear this message that someone sent him. Hey, my name's Microsoft. Can I crash at your place tonight? What a good DM.

That is great. That is very impressive. And the final news story, which is actually quite interesting, this one. Woman explains what it's like to live in a town where almost everyone... I'm going to say where almost everyone is your cousin.

And that town is Masterton. Hey, hey, hey. Ben's home. Fun fact, Ben took his first cousin Marilyn to the school ball. And it was a wonderful evening, wasn't it? It was a wonderful, wonderful evening. Is that legit? No, no, it's not legit. But it's pretty good.

No way. No way. Oh, I don't know what's it going with now. I guess now you've mocked me. I was going to say, a woman explains what it's like to live in a town where everything's made out of corrugated iron. Oh, yeah.

I'm looking at you, Tira. A woman explains what it's like to live in a town where almost everyone lives under the same roof. So it's this little town in Alaska called Whittier where 95% of the population all live in the same building. It looks like an apartment block. It houses a school, a post office, a health clinic, a police station, supermarket, a church.

There are no singular houses in this town and you can't buy property. You have to live in this only building that exists there, basically. And the reason why all of the school and post office and supermarket is all in this building that everyone lives in is because back in the day during the Cold War

it was used as military housing. And so this all kind of came to light on TikTok. And someone was like, so you basically have no excuse to ignore another person. You can't say, I'm not at home because that's their home too. You're trying to avoid everyone in the town. That'd be worse than those, what were those

parties that came up during lockdown? The online parties? House parties. Ben always tried to leave the house parties like, I've got to go and everyone's like, where are you going? You've got nowhere to be. There's no excuse. I know. And then you spend the whole time trying to figure out what excuse you can make up to leave.

And that is News and Beeps this morning. Add these two men together and somehow you get three quarters worth of a normal man. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Scrolling through your feed. All right, he's our news hound, fresh from sticking his nose into the crotch of topicality. Ben Boyce, what's been happening overnight? Well, big news obviously yesterday. Bill Gates, he's the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft

and his wife Melinda Gates announced both yesterday on Twitter that they've split up after 27 years. They're going to keep working together on their foundation which does amazing charity work but no longer... Maybe if they worked more on their marriage. Oh, hey. And less time on the foundation,

we wouldn't be talking about this depressing news. I mean, it's sad. 27 years always surprises me. It's like, that's a really, that's a great stint of marriage. But why at that stage in the marriage would you call it quits? It feels like you've, you know, ride it out to the end sort of thing. Well, you don't have to ride it.

If you're not happy, you don't have to write it out. That's the thing. But then wouldn't you realise you weren't happy with the person you were with sort of at the 10-year mark? Not 27. But where did things go wrong between year 15 and year 27? I don't know. I mean, maybe they've got some kids

that are no longer in the house. Maybe they've got through that. Who knows? Who knows? Boredom. You'd know everything about each other. And so something obviously started agitating

them, sort of laid in the peace. Yeah, well, it sounds like it's pretty amicable, the split. They're still going to work together and they still had a lot of great things to say about each other. I hate it when people break up because we have to say the word amicable when it's hard. It is very tough.

Yeah. But I was actually, like, I got on the article underneath, there was, like, mind-blowing facts on Bill Gates. And normally we talk about these and we're like, these aren't usually mind-blowing. You know, you normally get click-baited. But some of these I thought was quite mind-blowing. I'll run a few past you, John, all right?

Not once have you done this and has my brain exploded. No, sorry. But this may be your first. But I thought these were interesting. Okay, so in the past year, Bill Gates earned just $41 billion. He was $41 billion in the past year alone, okay? And he earns per second $4,630 per second. Wow.

If he spent a million dollars a day, a day, so a million dollars, it would take him 400 years to spend his fortune. 400 years. That is mind-blowing. He's 66% richer than the British monarchy. Wow. He's given 41,

him and his wife have given 41 billion to charity over the years, and he's still the fourth richest person in the world. $41 billion to charity. And so he's so rich that an average American spending $1 is similar to him spending $1.2 million.

He could give every person on the planet $15 and still have, there's every person on the planet and still have $28 billion left over. Wow.

There you go. I thought that was just like mind blown facts. Wasn't there a news story that he wasn't going to give his kids that much when he passed? Yeah, I think, yeah.

It's true. I don't think the kids get that much because it's all basically going to charity. They're doing a whole of charity work and they want to

help out the world. So it's awesome that actually him and his wife, well, his now ex-wife, are doing great things for the world. Oh, yeah.

I know. It is awesome. It's fantastic. Those 27-year things are really interesting. I want to chuck this out there. Rogue Text Bowl. 4487. Do you know a couple that has broken up beyond

the 27-year mark? Maybe a grandparent's auntie's uncle's neighbour's or whatever. They stuck it out for a good 30 years and then decided to pull pin. And Amanda, it's not too late for Bill to get back on the market, is it? Well, you were talking before, producer Juliet, people are cheekily sliding into his DMs on social media.

I know, I know. People are taking this opportunity. Yeah, yeah, no. Yeah, no. Yeah, no. The whole movie. Yeah, no. She'll be right in at the end of the day.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Jono Pryor broadcasting from a cupboard under the staircase at home this morning. And, well, the equipment that he was using just seemed to malfunction. We lost him, which is not really too bad of a shame, really, to be honest. But now he's called up. Hello. Sorry, mate, we're not doing five words until 7.45 this morning. I just want to say I really love the show.

Are you guys giving any prizes? Oh, we got cash in the car at 8.30 this morning. I don't know, does anyone really love the show? Are you guys giving any prizes? Oh yeah, we got cash in the car at 8.30 this morning. You have a chance to have a guest. Give us a call back then, alright?

Can I play that now? No, no, not until 8.30 this morning. Is it $19,282.92? Sorry, you can't, not until 8.30 this morning but I'll chuck a song on for you.

Can I get a song request on? Yeah, I'll chuck one on for you after seven. What do you want? Backstreet Boys? Yeah, I'll chuck one on for you after seven. What do you want? Backstreet Boys. Yeah, I'll see what I can do, okay? All right, let's do some Spy.

Why? Thanks to HP, who have launched Instant Ink, New Zealand's first at-home ink subscription service. All right, it's time to say bye, Tony. It sounds weird you talking on the phone. Here's producer Juliet with Spy Spidey Entertainment News. So, Caitlyn Jenner. Oh, he's hung up.

Oh, well, that was the end of that. All right. See you later, Jono. But Caitlyn Jenner, we know she's running for the governor of California. Proud Republican she is, which we kind of thought was quite surprising. Since, you know, Donald Trump doesn't really show, you know, it's quite differing sort of situations. Anyway, she has released her first political ad promoting her run for governor of California. She mentioned quite a bit about when she competed in the Olympics and why she loves California. No mention of the Kardashians or the Jenna family.

No links to reality TV. It's like a three-minute ad you were playing at before. A very emotional sort of ad, you know, like an emotive ad, yeah. California needs a disruptor, a compassionate disruptor. I came here with a dream 48 years ago to be the greatest athlete in the world. Now I enter a different kind of race. Arguably, my most important one yet. So that's just a little snippet of the three-minute campaign video.

And she was saying it doesn't matter if you're a Republican or a Democrat, want to be the governor for all of California. So interesting to see how you go. Because, of course, want to be the governor for all of California. So it's interesting to see how you go, because, of course, Arnie was the governor for many years in California. So they've had celebrities in the past do that job. And, I mean, you've had Donald Trump from The Apprentice become the president, so it's definitely possible. So does that mean Mike Pirro may end up running for New Zealand government?

Oh, wow. I mean, who knows? Mike Pirro could be the prime minister. He's the new apprentice and they are coming up next week on TVNZ. That's a very much possibility. And Meghan Markle has made another little career move. As we know, after they were apparently ruthlessly cut off

by the royal family financially, they have to sort of make their own money somehow. But she is releasing a children's book next month. It's called The Bench. And it's basically based on a bond between a father and a son as seen through a mother's eyes. So it's

probably, basically like a non-fiction story about her, Harry and Archie. What's based on Harry and Archie's relationship? I was reading before, she wrote a poem for Harry, and she gave him a poem, and this is loosely based upon that poem, the book. It's coming out of the poem. Yeah, yeah.

And I saw the illustrations have come out. She didn't draw it, but it's actually very cute. It shows a man coming home from his military services, hanging out with his son. So it's all very kind of based on their life. She could have gone down the great

Disney tale about a princess and all sorts of, you know. Oh, she should have. Like, you're kind of working in that space. She should have, eh. Missed opportunity, Megan Markle. And that is Spy. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Oh, apparently Jono's back.

Oh, is he back? What did I miss, guys? Oh, there you go. Oh, we can't wait. Can you repeat it? Start again. No. No, it's too late now.

To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. We were just talking before about Bill Gates and his wife Melinda breaking up after 27 years of marriage. It's always sad when you hear their stories. But then having families with a few breakups in the family, it can be often for the better. I know your parents broke up, didn't they?

Yeah, they have. I've had other relationships in the family that have broken up and a lot of time it is for the better. Well, it's good for you because you get two lots of presents at Christmas, two lots of presents at birthdays. And don't you hate it when you do split up with a partner and you have to decide how you're going to split your $129 billion. Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know if they're going to go half down the middle on that one or what's going to happen there, but let's just hope they're both going to be right at the end of this. They're still working together on their charity together and their other endeavours.

$41 billion they gave to charity recently. I mean, they do so much for charity. They do. They didn't do too much for their marriage, but they do a lot for charity. You threw out a rogue text poll earlier this morning, didn't I? Yeah, because 27 years of marriage just seems like you've been in it for such a long time. You would know that person inside and out. Why pull the pin at 27 years?

Like, what changes so drastically? You're like, ah, no, this is never going to work out. So late in the piece. So we just chucked it out there. Do you know anyone, family, neighbours, whatever, who have had older divorces? And a flurry of correspondence on this one. That's right, I said correspondence. We've got Ben from Tauranga.

Welcome. Your parents split after what, Ben? 33 years. 33 years. 33 years. So that's longer than Bill Gates and his wife. How's things now? For the better? Oh, no, they're good.

They're good. They're, you know, they talk to each other. They just have changes in their lives. They were farmers and owned Keokree orchards in the past, and then Dad just wanted to stay on the farm, and Mum wanted to go to town. And so that was the reason that they left? Yep, that's the only reason.

Wow, and how was that for you? Because you were a grown adult, obviously, when they broke up. Was it still devastating? No, sort of, you know, good stuff coming, you know. But I think they broke up peacefully anyway. Yeah, probably a lot more understanding as an adult too going yeah I get it

I understand so yeah did they have like about 10 years when they were just bicker and you know if one of them

was telling a story the other one would get frustrated that the details weren't exactly correct probably about five about five years five years

John I'm like that we're like that every day on the radio no we're not like that what are you talking about we're not like that I tell day on the radio. No, we're not like that. What are you talking about? We're not like that. I tell this bit, eh? You always tell it.

Hey, Ness. We're going to see if we can beat that. 33 years. 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. Talking a wee bit about sad news. Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, breaking up after 27 years. Jono, you mentioned earlier about their kids

not inheriting the family billions. Yeah, I don't think they get much, do they? Yeah, they get 1% of the fortune, is what's being allowed to the kids, which is 10 million US dollars. But yeah, just the equivalent of less, or less than 1% of what they actually give. They give so much to charity.

They're wonderful people, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda. Yeah, I know. Well, the kids probably don't think that. You're like, oh, look, there's billions you've given to charity. We get $10 million. They think it would be more of a burden. They think it's not a big favour to the kids giving them all that money. Oh, who wants money to take them through life?

Not me. Not me. That would be an absolute nightmare. But yeah, we just threw it out there. Does anyone know an older divorcee couple? Longer than 27 years. Really interesting call we had before from Ben. 33 years.

His parents worked on a farm. They just decided they wanted different things in life. She was a city gal. He was a country lad. And so he stayed on the farm. She went to town. And that was the reason. Yeah.

So we didn't think we could beat that. But we've had a few more calls and texts coming through. I think we've got Diane in Christchurch. Hi there. How are you, Di? I'm good. Great to have you on in the Garden City. Your parents divorced, did they? No, they've seen my auntie.

They were together for close to 20 years, and then they divorced. Then they were divorced for 40 years, and then they got back together, and when they were both 80, they remarried. Oh, my goodness. What a story. Wow.

Did they both play the field over the 40 years apart? Absolutely. And they're like, well, listen, I've had my fun. I've got no fluids left. Let's join back up. Oh, that's a remarkable story, Diane. That is a remarkable story. And so did you all attend their wedding when they were both 80?

No, they snuck away and did it quietly. Oh, I love these two. They are awesome. Oh, that's so cool. Why did they decide, hey, you know what? It's been 40 years. I miss you. I don't know. I think it's a lonely thing, and, oh, well, the better the devil you know than, it's been 40 years. I miss you. I don't know.

I think it's a lonely thing and, oh, well, the better the devil you know than the one you don't. Be a man on your own. So they had 20 years of arguing, 40 years of hooking up with other people. Then their final 20 will be arguing to their grave. Love it. Love it.

Diane, thank you so much. Made our morning. That's such a great call. I think we've got Suzanne, have we, on the phone right now? Sorry, was that me, Suzanne? Yes, Suzanne. Suzanne, it sounds like we caught you off guard there, Suzanne. Were you waiting on hold for a spark or something?

All right, Suzanne. Now, you've got someone that you know that's divorced after a long period of time. No, not divorced. My mum is a very strict Catholic, so therefore divorce is definitely off the table. Okay. After 47 years she left him. Oh, so she didn't divorce him, she just left him.

Being a Catholic, you know, of mum's age, divorce is a taboo. Yeah, gotcha. Taboo subject. So it's not a divorce, it's just like, I'm no longer here. You know? Take that how you will. Yeah, she didn't get anything.

You know, she walked out. Oh, really? She just walked out of the house? Yep. All she had was a suitcase. Oh, my God. How old was she, sorry, when she did this? 69.

69. And how is she going now? Oh, she's passed away since. Okay, not too good then. Well, she had a pretty decent life afterwards. Oh, awesome. Oh, that's great. Well, that's great.

Well, that's an incredible tale. What makes you happy, that's what they say in life. And when I say they, that's great. Well, that's great. Well, that's an incredible tale. What makes you happy? That's what they say in life. And when I say they, that's my friend Ben Boyce. I do like to say that. Now, we've got one more anonymous on the phone, 0800 The Hits.

Good morning. We're talking oldest divorces. Yep. What have you got for us? After 52 years of marriage, been together for 59. 52 years of marriage, and obviously for 59. 52 years of marriage and obviously all over?

Yep, all over. Who was this? My parents. Your parents and I imagine you were in your 30s or 40s maybe when this happened? I know it wouldn't be 40s because then they wouldn't... Don't do maths. Don't do maths. Don't do live maths prior. I've been burnt by it before.

I'm your best subject, huh? Not my best maths. Don't do live maths prior. I've been burnt by it before. Don't do maths. Not your best subject, though. No, not my best subject. Listen, I'm not Bill Gates. I'm not going to be able to pull that off. But you're a grown adult. Did it still affect you when they broke up? Oh, totally.

Absolutely. It was devastating, but when I think back, probably wasn't really something that I... Ever saw coming, I imagine. Well, no, I did see it coming. Actually, I did. It probably should have happened ages ago. But when it happened, it was probably a shock

but then a big relief. And now one parent is out there actually having fun and doing things that they should have been doing years ago. So it was probably the best thing. And what's the other doing, living in misery? No, in a rest home, they should be. Well, that's the thing. It can work out for the best thing. And what's the other doing, living in misery? No, in a rest home, they should be. Well, that's the thing. It can work out for the best, you know,

like through the tough times, it can get a lot better. Oh, it is. Yeah, and that other parent is just so enjoying life and it's really good to see. Oh, that's all good on you, mate. Well, thank you for sharing that with us. That's a very personal story and we appreciate you sharing that

with New Zealand's Breakfast, my friend. Thank you. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, no secret I'm a big fan of Dwayne Johnson, right Jono? Yeah, you're a huge fan. It's almost disturbing how much of a fan you are of Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

He's your hero. That's fine. But the hard working people on the front line during this pandemic have been my heroes, Ben. Also, all the solo mothers out there. Oh, hey, hey. Jesus Christ, those are my heroes. Yours is Dwayne Johnson.

That's fine. I like it, too. I remember using that. Oh, I think we're doing an interview separately. And we usually do jokes in interviews, you know, and we try and have some funny answers. And someone did when we try and, you know, have some funny answers and someone did ask me that question, who's my greatest inspiration?

And I said, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, you know, thinking Jono would obviously go for a similar sort of joke answer. You know, as far, I do love The Rock, but I was, you know, obviously in that occasion, I went, it'd be a funnier answer to say Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And Jono was like, oh, my wife, you know, inspires me. That was his answer. And so when you put the two his answer. Classic stitch-up.

Classic stitch-up. Who's to say who's got the better heroes, but apparently Dwayne the Rock Johnson's been, that's fine. I'll stick with it. No one's judging. Shout out to all the frontline workers out there. But yesterday we

surprised you because Dwayne the Rock Johnson has extracted some tequila He sells tequila He's got celebrity tequila I don't think it's made from the sweat Of his daily workout routine or something And we bought you two bottles Millennial Max

Poor Millennial Max Has just been on this rampant chase Across the internet He's had to use credit cards He's gone onto the dark web He's gone onto the light web He's gone to every part of the internet to get this bottle. It made it through customs, he had to go pick it up from customs. Pay a duty on it, apparently, pay some duties, you get into the country.

Now the reason we got these bottles of tequila is because Dwayne The Rock Johnson, he has Tequila Tuesday and he posts photos and videos of his fans enjoying his tequila. And we thought, well, this is the perfect in for Ben Boyce to feel validated in his existence and get featured on The Rock's Instagram account. So what you want to do is you want to take a photo or a video of me or the two of us enjoying the tequila, but we want to get his attention somehow,

and maybe in a New Zealand way or maybe in an unusual way that we can take a photo to go, hey, The Rock, check us out. Put us on your Instagram. Why don't you go? Why don't you have a sip of a tequila and go to births, deaths, and marriages and change your name legally to Dwayne The Rock Johnson? Then the show could be called Jono and Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Great marketing.

Great for ratings, eh? Great for ratings. It's not bad. Instead of some guy just called Ben, Jono and Dwayne the Rock Johnson. I don't think I can pull off figuring, what's your name, mate? You're like, Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

You're like, really? You do need a lot of confidence to call yourself Dwayne the Rock Johnson. I don't have that confidence, but it's a good idea on the surface. Okay, I'm going to chuck another one out there. Get a tattoo, a full back tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. It's a radio station staple. It's been around for hundreds of years.

The commercial radio industry has dined off it. I think even Jesus, speaking of him before, back in Bethlehem FM, he made one of his disciples get a tattoo of Judas for a stunt. There's a reason radio keeps coming back to it because it works. It gets results. Well, yeah.

What about a full back tattoo? What about a full back tattoo? Okay, all right. Don't know how committed to your hero you are here. I do love a hero. But anyway, your suggestions

are 4487 on the text. After 8 o'clock, we want to pick the favourite three to start narrowing it down, all right? Yeah, this is desperate attention-seeking content at its finest. And we need a nationwide brainstorm.

No idea is a bad idea. Text, except for the crap ideas, we will call those out. But text it through 4487. What can Ben do while holding or doing something with a tequila to get Dwayne Johnson's attention? Warning, this show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. It's 7.45, which means it's time for...

Five words for 5K on The Hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our game of word association. We do it every day on the show at 7.45. We ask you five words. We find out the words that pop into your head and if those words match with ours, you win $5,000. It's a really

fun game to play, Violet. It's so fun that you thought you'd join us this morning. How are you? Thank you. Very good. I can't believe I got through. It's great to have you through. The phone lines jam up every time we have five words. It's awesome you got through. Whereabouts in New Zealand are you?

I'm in Hamilton. No one, yeah, the jam's up for this, but no one calls through when we're like, you know, what's your favourite flavoured meat? No one phoned up for that hot fire topic, did they, Ben? No. They all want the cash, I see. Hey, Violet, you played at home before, mate?

Yes, actually, I played last night with the kids. I was just talking about this last night, and we all played. I had to tell them they were all adopted because none of them got any of their answers right. It was really funny.

It was a long, convoluted, comical way for them to find out that they needed to hear that news. The last word, adopted.

They were like, you guys. That's how it happened. They were trying so hard to instinct with each other. It is hard to match up, you'll understand how hard it is after playing with the family but you've got a choice this morning, only between

Producer Julia and myself being because Jono is away at home so I'm in a cupboard right now Violet and the irony is that I'm the oldest dustiest thing in here Sounds exciting We can't trust Jono. He could cheat because we can't see Jono, so you've got the choice

between Producer Julie. Mate, I don't trust you. I'm going to go Ben, thanks. Alright. I'm going to head into my cupboard. Alright, Ben Boyce into the soundproof booth which is the hardest working cubicle

in this building, isn't it, Juliet? I don't know if you've seen the way Deirdre operates on level three in her work cubicle. She's got some output, but this soundproof booth is doing the hard yards. Are you ready? He's in the booth. Violet, five words. You just need these to match with

Benjamin Ross voices, and you and your adopted children have $5,000. Five of them, by the way. Five of them? Wow, your adopted children have $5,000. Five of them, five of them, by the way. Five of them? Wow, your uterus was prolific, mate. Good work. All right, first word. Rise.

Fall. Nice. Nice. I would have said fall as well. Ju? Yeah, I think so. That's quite a tough one, but that's probably the most obvious. Yeah, I can't think of it.

Well, I can think of one other option. But yeah, no, I think rise, fall's good. Second word for your violet jockey. Horse. Nice. Yep. Word number three. Potato.

Potato. Potato Peel Potato peel What did you have, Ju? I don't know I was going to say mash, maybe But there's a few options for potato there Yeah, potato chips Yeah, true

Potato chips Have a thing for it We can come back to it if you want to sit on that one, mate there. Yeah, potato chips. Yeah, true. Oh, potato chips. Have a thing for it. We can come back to it if you want to sit on that one, mate. Okay, yes, I will sit on that one, please. Word number four, foot. Sorry? Foot. F-O-O-T.

Ball. That is good. Nice. And the fifth word was bag. Bag. Paper. Paper. So easy when you're playing at home. I know.

The acid really comes on when you're doing it live. Did you want to go back to potato? Yes, please. All right. What are you thinking? I'm going to go chip. Potato chips. Yeah.

Those are your five words. You've played a wonderful game. You're a great person already. You've already won. You've won in life because you're a wonderful human, okay Violet? Thank you very much. It's not quite $5,000 that, but it means you're a great person. We'll bring Ben out of the soundproof booth. I'm back, I'm back. He's good.

No soundproof booth for me this morning, just a creepy cupboard underneath the staircase. That's not soundproof, as it turns out, because I woke my family up at 6 o'clock this morning. But, Ben, Violet did really well. A couple of tough words in there, particularly word number three. Okay. You can do it, Ben.

Okay. All right, here we go. She has five adopted children, Ben. Okay, do it for them. The first word was rise. Two options in my head. We've got rise and fall, rise and shine, or even rise up from 660. Fall?

Oh! Violet, you're off the mark, mate. One child down. You can hear Hamilton is starting to rumble with excitement. They're already doing burnouts in Hamilton with excitement. Word number two, jockey. Is it the horse or the underpants? Word number two, jockey. The horse or the underpants?

I'm going to go the horse. Oh! I was thinking Violet probably wouldn't have gone with the undies, but, you know, you never know. No. I'd love to see a horse in underpants. Wouldn't that be adorable? The tail. You need to work on the tail, but anyway.

Yeah, you'd have to cut a hole in the backside, wouldn't you, anyway? Violet, you're two words in. How are you feeling? Pretty nervous. But I have all faith in Ben. Word number three was potato. Now, word of warning, Violet got a little stuck on this one. Oh, there's lots of

options, isn't there? I get the obvious one, I think, for me, without thinking too hard on it, because I know we've got to keep this quick. I'm going to chuck out potato chips. Potato chips. Oh, we did it. I was going potato skin, potato salad.

Oh, we're three out of five. Oh, we did it. I was going potato skin, potato salad. Oh, my gosh. Oh, we're three out of five. Oh, jeez. OMG, LOL, SMH, S&M, BDSM. Okay, here we go. Word number four. Foot. Oh, jeez. That's a wide one.

This might be a tiny reminder to mention to Violets the careless whisper rule that we have in play. No careless whispering of the answers or else you'll hear George Michael's 1982 smash hit. Careless whisper, and you'll be ejected from the game. I'm going to chuck in mouth, foot and mouth. So close.

Violet, where did you go? Oh, my God. Pardon, sorry, what was that? What did you go? Tell them what you were doing. What was that? Football. Football.

Football. Oh, I was thinking shoe. Could have been footwear, anything. Yeah, that was a hard one. Sorry, Violet. Oh, no, thank you. What was the final one? Final one was bag.

Ooh, plastic hand. Plastic bag? Oh. He started with all promise. Then it all fell to pieces, much like this radio show. Well done, Violet. You played a really good game. You too.

Be proud. Hold your head high. Just excited to get through. Thank you, guys. It was awesome playing with you, Violet. You did such a great job. You did. Be proud. Hold your head high. Just excited to get through. Thank you, guys. It was awesome playing with you, Violet. You did such a great job. I'm sorry it didn't quite match up. Another chance tomorrow morning, 7.45. Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Bye. Thanks to HP, who have launched Instant Ink, New Zealand's first at-home ink subscription service. Yes, and this morning I am coming to you out of a closet under my staircase, which is an absolute joy. You know what the favourite thing is? That I can hear you guys half-heartedly humming along to songs and commercials.

You and Producer J, you're like humming along to the Trade Depot commercial. Oh, because you can't hear. Can you hear what's actually playing on the radio? I can't hear anything else. All I can hear you doing like, sexy back and then Trade Depot. It sounds insane. Anyway, time for some spy.

Now, a little word of warning. Most of these stories will be made up lies and could result in a defamation case, but that's on Juliet. What have we got? So, Crocodile Hunter, the movie, is coming out based on the life of Steve Irwin. And the Irwin family is going to be very involved every step of the way with this movie. But the stars that have been tipped to play Steve Irwin are...

Let me guess, Chris Hemsworth? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Or is there another one that you might want to pitch? I saw Link Lewis's name banding around as well. Yeah, he was on, was it Home and Away? He was on Home and Away. Yeah, you may not know. We met him before, a lovely guy.

But yeah, so I thought maybe he'd do a good job. So the other one was actually Russell Crowe, but apparently Terry Irwin doesn't want Chris Hemsworth or Russell Crowe to play Steve. She's keen for Link Lewis from Home and Away. Oh, yeah. What about Shane Warne? True.

He's got that sandy blonde hair. Yeah. Crocodile Hunter becomes very handsy all of a sudden. Oh, God. He's like catching crocodiles. He's managing crocodiles and all his affairs at the same time when Shane Ward's playing. I'm very excited for this though. I love

Steve Irwin. I've always, as a kid, been so fascinated by him. He was so positive, wasn't he? Every time he was on telly he was in a good mood. And it's crazy how much, if you watch videos of Robert Irwin, his son, he is literally Steve Irwin in another body.

The way he speaks is literally like, you are Steve Irwin. his son, he is literally Steve Irwin in another body. The way he speaks is literally like you are Steve Irwin. It is very cool. What I appreciated too was his consistent use and commitment to khaki. Khaki shorts, khaki shirt, Neville was not in that uniform. It would make getting up and getting dressed in the morning the easiest task. I know, I know. It makes it so much easier. Like Simon Cowell with V-neck t-shirts.

Yeah. It's like, who was the guy who did Apple? All he wore was the same outfit. Oh, Steve Jobs. Yeah. Maybe there's something. I've worn the same outfit since 1997. Maybe there's something in it. The world's greatest. The geniuses. Oh, I don't know if you'd put you in that same category. With a wholly metallic t-shirt just to pull. Two dads just

trying to fill some air time. Some might say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some air time for us. That is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. We're on a mission to get the attention of the world's biggest celebrity. 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! 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 Boy's 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. So, uh, Jono, you've actually done quite a nice thing with the help of the team here at The Hits. You've gone out and somehow managed to purchase, which is not even available in New Zealand, Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila.

Yeah, some would say it's a selfless act that we're committing here. Ben Boyce, we did get you two bottles of tequila because he hosts on his Instagram account, Dwayne Johnson, Tequila Tuesdays and has shot some videos of his fans enjoying his tequila and he posts it and he's like, Tequila Tuesdays, dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun. And that's the in. That is the way that you can be noticed by The Rock because up until now, he's had no interest in you.

All right, he hasn't even thought of it. He hasn't even given you a second thought. Imagine all the times that Dwayne the Road Johnson has been mentioned out of your sweet lips on this show. Imagine hundreds, thousands of times. He's not once mentioned your name. I've liked every Instagram post he's done. He hasn't liked any of mine. All those times you've been pointing at the products you've been given.

Not once has Dwayne Johnson said, hey, that's cool, bro. I'm not even on his radar. You're right. But I am a big fan. That's fine. That's what happens when you admire someone who's a celebrity. But you want to help me get his attention by taking an unusual video or something memorable

of me enjoying the tequila that we can post and hopefully The Rock will share it. Now, we need to do something that maybe is uniquely New Zealand. A lot of people have been texting in all morning. We're holding a nationwide brainstorm right now on New Zealand's breakfast, what can Ben do? Someone said, why don't you drink one of the bottles of tequila, then go upstairs and tell management what you really think of them and film that.

That's not bad. Maybe give them your five-year plan for the company, Ben. It's the time to do it. Live to the world on Instagram, yeah. Someone else has said, why don't you go and do it on a sheep? I don't know what that means. Is that for

us? Yeah, no, sit with a sheep. Uniquely New Zealand. Someone says, have some at the top of the sky. Oh, some with a sheep, okay. It's uniquely New Zealand. Yeah, sheep, yeah, okay. Someone says, have some at the top of the Skytower then do a backflip off it. Oh, okay.

Without the bungee attached. Without the bungee. Oh, jeez. All right, well, some of those are not great suggestions. I've had all of them, but shockers.

But 0800 the hits, 4487 the nationwide brainstorm. Next, we need to narrow it down to a few that we need to decide on. On how we're going to get Dwayne the Rock Johnson's attention. We need your help, New Zealand. Come through now. The nationwide brainstorm. Next, we need to narrow it down to a few that we need to decide on, on how we're going to get Dwayne the Rock Johnson's attention. We need your help, New Zealand. Come through now.

The nationwide brainstorm is open. We got anyone on the phone here, Patricia? We've got Rosita. Rosita. Hello. Good morning. How are you, Rosita? I'm very good, and I, too, am a rock fan.

Oh, yeah, a big fan of Dwayne Johnson, yeah? Oh, yeah. Would you like to use his pectorals as pillows and sleep on them for the evening? Or is that weird? He's technically married, but oh, yeah. I don't know how. He'd be quite rock hard.

But if you like sleeping on literal rocks. Yeah. You might want to sleep on my boobies, actually. They're a bit more cushioned. Now, Rosita, you want to help us get the rocks' attention with a video, obviously, involving his tequila. What do you reckon we should do? I reckon you should get as many people as you can together

and see how many people you can share a bottle of his tequila with with eyedropper. So use an eyedropper and try and see how many people you can... Oh, I see. ...startle with a bottle. Everyone gets a drop of tequila. A drop of tequila. Yeah.

That's not bad. That's not bad. That feels like it'd be a long video, but a long piece of content there. You know, the internet, it checks out after 15 seconds nowadays. It's a good suggestion, though. I really appreciate it. Someone's texted in saying

why don't you drink it out of Jono's belly button? That's lovely. Is that from you? Yes. I just want some attention. Next on the phone we've got Brian. Morena, Brian, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. What can Ben do with this tequila to get Dwayne Johnson's attention? Well, two thoughts.

Helicopter flight down to the glaciers in South Westland. Good New Zealand scenery. I like that. Or a hot air balloon out of Methven. Fantastic scenery. There we go. And what we didn't tell you is Brian's actually phoning in from

South Island Tourism. No, no. If you do the hot air one, you've got to take me. Oh, yeah, we're full of hot air, so Jono could probably propel that hot air balloon around without the little furnace thing. What is that little furnace thing?

Is that like a gas burner you get from Bunnings? I don't know. We're not wanting the gas to run out. It feels like flames in that situation is not the idea, but anyway. Great suggestions though, Brian. They're really good. I love the idea of involving some sort of New Zealand that situation. It's not the idea, but anyway. Great suggestions though, Brian. They're really good. I love the idea of involving some sort of New Zealand iconic scenery. That's awesome.

I think Brian was just trying to get a free holiday, weren't you, Brian? I would love a hot air flight. A balloon flight. Good on you, mate. Thank you so much for listening. Appreciate it. Lisa, you're on the air. Suggestions for Ben to get on Dwayne's Instagram account?

So I heard someone suggest to get a full back tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson. That was John Armour said no. That's quite a lot. That's quite a lot. What about just a cute little heart somewhere special on your body that just says Dwayne Johnson?

Oh, a heart. What, like on his inner thigh or something? Yeah. Or like professing my love to Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Oh, I do love what Dwayne, yeah, I do. That's better than the bat tattoo. You've got Lorde's name tattooed on you, so you could just add another one to the mix.

Yeah, that's okay. All right, I'll consider that one as well. Who gets to decide on this, Jono? He's got so many names tattooed on him, this guy, Ben. He's like, hey, Hannah from Accounts, do you want your name tattooed on? He just picks, he points at someone and he's like, I'll tattoo your name on me.

I've got the yellow pages, or the white pages back in the day. No, I don't mind a tattoo. Again, radio's traded off comedy tattoos for many years. It's better than a back tattoo. It was probably too much, even for me. But I love heart with Dwayne Johnson's name in it. I'd consider that. I had suggested you changing your name to Dwayne The Rock Johnson

so the show would be called Jono and Dwayne The Rock Johnson, which that could get some traction in the market. We've got one more call. A lot of feedback on this. Cam, you're on. Welcome. Good morning. Great to have you on, Cam.

Your suggestion for Dwayne Johnson to notice Ben Boyce. Whip off one of your shoes, take a knee, and do a shooie. Classic Kiwi shooie. Couldn't get more New Zealand than that. Yeah. Remember the one and only time I had to do one of those? And it was quite possibly a moment where I was like, I was really questioning my life at that point.

We were at some bleak university pub promo, weren't we? And this girl comes up. She's like, do a shoeie. And she held up this rancid Nike free run shoe, which looks like it had been worn for the last three and a half years. And she poured something in it. And I succumbed to peer pressure. Kids, it's great to succumb to peer pressure.

It makes you popular. I fully back it. And so I did it. But then afterwards, I was like, gee, you could taste the grand's remedy in there. You know, the foot powder.

Oh, God. So I wouldn't suggest a shoe, but thank you for your call, Cam. Appreciate that. We'll keep them coming through. We'll put it on our social media, the Hits Breakfast as well, and we'll decide on the way

that Dwayne The Rock Johnson is going to notice the show. Notice me. Don't put it on the way that Dwayne, the rock Johnson's going to notice, uh, notice the show. Notice me. Uh, don't, don't put it on the show, mate. It's you.

This is all about you. Notice me. It's what you need to say. It felt really self-indulgent. Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered information. Vaguely known information, but maybe not correct.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Yeah. Wrapping up our show right now, but Jono, you've been doing actually really a nice thing. I feel like your heart's in the right place, as I said earlier this morning. Yeah, doing a nice thing.

We're trying to get you on Dwayne the Rock Johnson, your hero, for whatever reason. He's your hero. What do you mean, for whatever reason? You've invested a lot of personal time in Dwayne the Rock Johnson, and he's invested negative zero time in you. But anyway, we want to get his attention. We want him to have a fleeting thought about you, and in doing so, we want to get you featured on his Instagram account.

He's got his own tequila. He does a thing on social media called Tequila Tuesdays with people all around the world going, Hey, Dwayne, you're an inspiration, dude. Here's your tequila. And he puts it up, and he's like, yo, big shout out to my brothers and, you know, that sort of thing. That's what we want Ben to be part of.

We want Ben to have a big shout out. Yeah, and we've got some suggestions through today and some of them not too bad. Helicopter flight down to the glaciers in South Westland for a hot air balloon out of Methvin. So I heard someone suggest to get a full-back tattoo of Dwayne Rock Johnson. That was John Armour.

I said no. What about just a cute little heart somewhere special on your body that just says Dwayne Johnson? Rip off one of your shoes, take a knee, and do a shooie. The classic Kiwi shooie. I said some of them not so bad, except for that last one. That was a shocker. So we're going to keep this open on social. Keep your ideas coming through the nationwide brainstorm uh and i'm checking out from a closet right now that i've been broadcasting

in which i can't help but feel is payback for ben giving away your clothes from your closet yesterday what more jonathan ben you can wake up with the boys weekdays from six on the hits and via the iheart radio app jonathan being on the hits breakfast friends of skinny