Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 10 - BEN IS GETTING A DWAYNE JOHNSON TATTOO!
Episode Date: May 10, 2021Hello hello! Yes, you read that correctly, Ben has decided he's going to get a tattoo in honour of Dwayne The Rock Johnson, to try to get his attention and feature on his Instagram. Keep your eyes pee...led on our social media @thehitsbreakfast to see how this turns out! We also had a mother on, whose child got his head shaved by another parent... Should you give another child a haircut without checking in with their parents? We also caught up with some of the candidates of The Apprentice Aotearoa, which debuts on TVNZ 2 tonight at 8.30pm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hey guys, it's 10th of May.
Who would have thought?
Who would have thought?
I wouldn't have picked it, Ben.
I was thinking, you know, it was probably around the 7th of May for some reason.
I hadn't really thought about the date today.
Sometimes you just go through life.
You know my favourite time is when you're in holiday mode
and you can't even remember what day it is.
That's when you know you're deep in the hole of a holiday.
Well, true.
That's the sweet spot.
But we're far away from that right now.
Yeah, it generally happens sort of jammed, doesn't it?
You actually have to think quite hard about what day it is imagine living
that life not knowing what day it was yeah that'd be great you're maybe the novelty in the novelty
we're off i don't think it's not for me not for me no you need to be doing something not for me
like i feel like a few days into that i would'd be like, okay. A few? Yeah. Do you start to get antsy a few days into a holiday?
Oh, yeah.
Just not to say I'm not enjoying being on holiday.
I just like to do stuff.
I like to do stuff.
I don't like to.
What's your idea?
The kids hate me going, I don't want to waste the day.
You know?
I don't want to waste the day.
So, yeah.
I like to do something each day.
Do you relax?
Do you ever just sit down?
If you were next to a pool, would you ever just sit there?
Not very good at that.
No.
Not without anything in mind.
Could I go, will you sit there for two hours and just be there?
No, no.
Couldn't do that.
I get it.
It winds my wife up a little bit because she loves, and a lot of people like that.
She loves to sit down and read a book.
And the times that she's got me to read a book, even with that,
I'm like, okay, I'm reading the book.
Now I've got to finish the book.
She's like, well, just come back to it tomorrow.
I'm like, no, I'm reading this book now.
I need to finish this book.
And so then I'll just be like up till like 3 or 4 in the morning
still reading the book.
She's like, why don't you wait till the next day?
I was like, well, they've started this thing.
I need to finish this book now.
You put that on my list of things to do.
I didn't need it.
I had a list.
I've got into this now.
I was fine.
I was wandering around, running around, doing stuff, not sitting down.
So that didn't work.
That as a relaxation tool didn't really work for me.
It added more anxiety.
It did.
I was just like, now I'm going to finish this blooming book now.
I'm going to find out what happens to Langdon and the Da Vinci Code or whatever it is.
And then it became a thing.
And I was like, yeah, I finished it.
And then afterwards, she's like, what, another book?
I was like, no, because I don't want to go back into that
and have that unfinished.
I'd rather be either finishing or not reading.
I hate the process of being in the middle of something.
You know what it is?
You must get that.
We're filming a TV show at the moment.
It is fun, but it is nice to be either not filming
it or having it all done.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, we've got one more weekend of filming.
I'm looking forward to it.
And it's been great.
It's been great fun.
It's been a load of fun.
It's been a load of fun.
But yeah, I know what you're saying.
We're an interesting individual.
I know, it's really good.
It's like, what are you in the middle of something?
I'm just going to post this blooming book.
I'll tell you what was winding him up.
Yesterday, we were in Wellington in New Zealand.
They've got a famous tunnel, Mount Vic Tunnel,
which takes you from the airport into the city, really, doesn't it, this tunnel?
And one of the traditions is honking your horn through there.
And we were driving through there last night,
and I got into the mode, but jeez, it wound you up.
I love the Wellington Tunnel.
Is this legal?
I'm not sure.
Nothing quite like the joy of honking when someone returns with a honk.
It's a lot of fun.
It is a lot of fun.
But until I was saying to you earlier in the show
that when you walk through that tunnel and you hear
what it's like in person as a pedestrian,
very loud. Yeah.
It'll be quite piercing too, isn't it?
Especially for you, because you were like,
meh, meh, meh, meh. You know, it wasn't just a
one-two occasion. You were like,
yeah. That was an edited-down version
of what took place. Hey, on the show today,
we're one step closer to getting
Ben on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's
Instagram account.
That's his hero.
And he agreed
to something today.
I did.
You agreed to an
attention-seeking stunt.
We're off to actually
do it very shortly.
So you'll see that
on the social media
at some stage today.
And we'll find out
if we get the attention
of Dwayne the Rock Johnson.
Two dads just trying
to fill some airtime.
Some may 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.
Now, for the last week, Jono, you've been on a mission that you say is for my benefit.
It's for the good of you and for you to feel validated as a human being,
because at the moment I'm looking at an empty shell.
I feel like an empty shell.
An empty shell who's not full.
His life is not full.
His cup is empty.
Someone said that to you over the weekend.
They're like,
you make any water and electrolytes,
you look dead inside.
Someone looked at me in the eyes
and they're like,
you look dead inside.
I was like,
he's a radio and TV announcer.
Of course he's dead inside.
I've got no souls.
That's the way we are.
I'm a shallow of all people.
An egotistical,
narcissistic radio and TV presenter.
He's dead inside.
But anyway.
You wouldn't get a worse human being.
If you're wondering what we're talking about,
this mission that Jono's been on,
for my benefit, well, here's a quick recap.
We were talking about Dwayne The Rock Johnson's tequila.
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.
Well, may I present to you Dwayne the Rock Johnson's tequila.
To get on his Instagram.
To get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram account.
This is actually generally lovely.
Thank you.
Thank you.
But the thing is, we're going to leave it to the audience to decide.
Oh, there we go.
Morena Bryan. How do you cut the flight down But the thing is, we're going to leave it to the audience to decide. Oh, here we go. More in a brine.
How do you find the flight
down to the base
of the South Westlands?
Good New Zealand scenery.
I like that.
Lisa, you're on the air.
What about just
a cute little heart tattoo
or a special on your body
that just says
Delaine Johnson?
Pam, you're on.
Do it, Shirley.
Joining us on the phone
right now to give us
some advice is Kate Rogers.
She's the entertainment
reporter, of course, for News Hub.
One single Instagram post for his films worth a million US.
Jeez, really?
For one post?
With that million dollar price figure you put on there,
taking the wind out of my sails.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
The votes have come through, my friend.
What's happened?
We've seen it before.
We'll see it again.
You're going to say tattoo, aren't you?
What if I said tat?
Okay.
Can I think about this?
No.
Yes, I'd like to.
Monday morning,
I want an answer.
Okay.
We'll find out.
If not, the dream's over.
I'm smashing the tequila.
So that's where we're at.
Left on an absolute cliffhanger Friday.
Some wonderful stuff from you, Ben.
If you were to script this story on Shortland Street,
it would have been one of the greats.
It would have gone...
After you had said, I'll decide Monday.
It would have been a heck of a cliffhanger.
So where are you at?
Are we getting the tattoo?
Because Fabian from Three Dice Tattoo is booked in at 9.30.
Oh, you know, you've done that.
But you see, we're away all weekend.
We left on Friday and came back Sunday night.
I'm sorry, did that enable you not to be able to think about things,
mull over things?
It was a very busy weekend.
I haven't been, you know, really even caught up with my wife, Amanda.
I feel like this is...
You haven't asked Amanda?
I just don't know.
I mean, she knows about it.
She's heard about it on the radio.
We've talked about it.
But I was like, hey, we haven't made a final decision.
When she said, I do, at the altar,
she knew she signed up for a life of her husband's comical antics.
I feel like we passed this, though.
We passed this.
This is the all-new John O'Benn.
The all-new John O'Benn.
I don't know.
I mean, I get that it could get the attention of my hero,
and I like that about it, and I do love Dwayne The Rock Johnson,
so I don't mind the idea of, you know, I've got a few tattoos,
I don't mind the idea of Dwayne The Rock Johnson,
but then, and a love heart,
but then I don't know.
It's a guaranteed win to get on his social media.
Is it?
Okay, this is your life goal.
No, no, no, I like that about that.
I do like that about it.
What happens if I get to choose where I put it?
Would that, would you?
Well, at the moment, I've got your face.
Yeah, I know.
Or your throat.
That's not definitely happening.
That's definitely not happening.
I'm not playing in the NRL.
I don't need a neck tattoo just yet.
Yeah, no, I'll let you.
Well, it's your body.
Yeah.
But even still, I'm probably okay.
So I get to choose a real product, but even still,
let's chuck it out there.
Can I see what people are listening right now?
Okay.
Text poll.
We'll do a rogue text poll.
4487.
Tattoo or no tattoo?
I'm a big fan of him.
I get it, you know,
and it's not like
I'm going to be embarrassed by it,
but it's his big decision.
So 4487.
Should I do this?
Will this get me
on his social media?
Absolutely it will.
I guarantee it.
And if not,
well then you've got
a lasting reminder of...
I love Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
I love heart tattoos.
Someone's actually just texted,
don't do it.
When you're older, it's going to look terrible.
I have a dolphin that now looks like an eel
with a hole in its head.
So, ageing tattoo.
Hey, well, listen, I shouldn't have read that out
because I want you to get this tattoo.
Okay.
Tattoo or no tattoo.
Yeah, help me out here, New Zealand.
Debbie, you're on from the Waikato.
Your thoughts?
Do it.
Get it done.
If you're passionate about something and you get it tattooed on,
you're not going to regret it, and it's part of your journey.
Well, yeah, if I get on The Rock's Instagram, I do like that idea.
This is your journey, your road you're travelling.
Okay, I appreciate your call.
Set it with confidence as well.
I love that from Debbie.
Nicole, you're on for poker?
No tattoo or no tattoo?
No, I think you're making a last-term commitment
for a short-term reward.
You're going to be excited for a few months,
and it might be something you'll mention
a few times a year after that,
but then you've got this thing you have to look at every day
that's permanently on you that's really hard to remove.
Hang up on Nicole. Hang up on Nicole. really hard to remove. Hang up on Nicole.
Hang up on Nicole.
She raises good points.
Hang up on her.
She does raise good points,
but I mean,
it's not like I am a grown adult.
It's not like I'm 19 years old.
Well, he's not fully,
your body's not fully grown.
No, but I don't look like one,
but I am there
and I have got a few tattoos.
Yeah.
I mean, you've got Lorde's name on you.
I've got Lorde's signature tattoo.
I've got Jono and Ben on me
that you have given to me,
which you put the N backwards on Jono.
So it's not like this.
I mean, his body is a canvas for radio stunts.
It does feel that way.
And I do love the idea
of getting on my hero's Instagram.
So I'm going to back you on this one, Jono.
Let's do it.
We're doing it.
9.30 this morning.
I get to choose where we put it
and the size of it.
But we'll do it.
Let's do it.
Let's try and get it
in the way of the Rob Johnson's Instagram.
Today we're doing it, New Zealand.
Experts in semi-accurate, half-remembered
information. Vaguely known information, but maybe
not correct. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's
Breakfast on the hits. We're going to
bring something. We're going to actually get this person
on the phone right now, because I think this is going to...
This will divide.
Or will it be a landslide? I don't
know. We were just talking about this during
that song song and Ben
you're clearly in one camp. Yeah. I'm in the
other. And Jill is on the
phone. Welcome. How are you? Oh hello
John. Hello Ben. Good morning. Great to have you on.
Jill
reeling after the weekend.
What went on Jill?
I have a bit of a dilemma.
So my son went over to a friend's house
last week and he came home with a new haircut.
Like, my son has stunning, gorgeous curls, like to die for.
And I'm not talking like a small trim.
He got a full-on number two fade all over.
Oh, he's had a head shave.
He got a Jono Pryor.
He got a Jono Pryor.
So you sent your child to play at his friend's house
and he comes home with his head shaved.
Yes, definitely not what I was expecting.
Is his friend a hairdresser and is the house a hair salon?
Absolutely not.
So was it the kids being kids or were the parents involved in this?
So I think my son did ask for his hair to be cut
because his friend was getting his hair cut, as kids do.
But I just don't think that's her place to do something like that
without even asking me.
So the parents cut his hair?
Yeah, I didn't get a phone call, no text.
Oh, nothing.
My son just popped home.
I got a brand new child when I got home.
Yeah, wow.
So you're upset your child now looks like me.
And I look like me, so I understand why you'd be sad.
But hair grows back, doesn't it?
Well, only for most people.
I'm like, sorry, John.
But like...
That's why I keep telling John,
shh, shh, chill.
One day it'll come back, mate.
It's a long way.
It's going to take a while.
It's the hope that I hang on to.
It's going to get a little longer today.
I cling on to it like my hair follicles to the top of my head.
I understand where you come from, Jill.
Obviously your son wanted this
and he's happy with it, right?
Yeah, I guess so.
But I just feel like you should ask your parents
before you do something like that.
As another parent, I wouldn't cut any other
kids' hair.
I wouldn't even cut my own kids' hair without
talking to my wife first.
Yeah, right.
I would.
If you're doing it, if you're shaving hair,
and there's a kid who's like, oh, can you do mine?
Why wouldn't you?
Maybe if they'd had a buzz cut before, if it was, you know,
like that was their style, you might think.
To be fair, I'd probably text or call before doing it,
going, hey, is this okay?
Let's say Jill didn't pick up the phone.
You left a message, you leave a message.
Well, I tried my best to get the comms open, didn't I?
Oh, jeez.
So, Jill, what do you want to do?
Do you want to hit the parent up?
Well, I don't know.
Do I hit her up,
or am I kind of just blowing this out of proportion?
Oh, 800 the hits.
This is where you come in, Aotearoa.
Can you cut another kid's hair without permission?
I'm saying no.
It's not like there's broken bones.
They weren't playing UFC in the backyard.
It's just hair.
It is, and it does grow back.
But still, I feel like at that age,
you need to get permission from another parent.
That's my view on it.
I don't know if you feel the same.
0800 The Hits.
4487 is the phone number and the text.
G'day Kimbo,
what do you reckon? Can you cut another kid's hair without permission? No, it's
rude. The polite thing to
do is you phone the mum and say, hey listen,
child X is asking for
a haircut. You know,
what do you think? Or you send the kid home
and say, ask your mum for permission.
And why did you name your kid
child X as well? That's a cool name, though.
Who are you, Elon Musk?
Perhaps.
No, I'm the Masked Singer.
Who knows?
I'm the Masked Singer.
It's me all along.
We appreciate your call.
Thanks, our mates at Skinny.
We're going to send you out some of the Mother's Day stuff
we got yesterday, all right?
Awesome.
Thank you.
Yeah, we got some discounted Mother's Day stuff.
It's all great stuff.
Should we give you a, why don't you get some Great Barrier Island,
Puhutukawa and Pawpaw hand and body lotion, okay?
Sounds great.
With Donovan's chocolate caramel popcorn.
There we go.
That's all coming your way.
Appreciate your call.
Well done.
Janine, Janine, you're on from Christchurch.
Can you cut another kid's hair?
Yeah, good morning.
Definitely not. Christchurch. Can you cut another kid's hair? Yeah, good morning. Definitely
not. I'm a hairdresser
and hair is
really precious to some people
and you don't just go
and cut another child's hair without asking
the parent's permission.
I agree. I agree there.
Alright, okay.
I appreciate your
call again. We're going to send you out some flowers and some scorched almonds as well.
Thanks, our mates at Skinny.
Well done.
Janice, you're on from Auckland.
I understand kids can make their own decision in your mind.
Well, I was just wondering, she never said how old the child was.
Ten years old.
Ten years old.
Well, I know my daughter won't let anybody touch her hair,
and she's now 13 and hasn't since she was 10.
But they're pretty adamant as to what they want.
Maybe he really wanted it.
Well, he did really want it, apparently.
Maybe he's asked mum before and she said no.
And I don't know.
I just feel like sometimes parents will what they want on a child.
Yeah, no, true.
Fair call.
But also, you know, my 10-year-old, he wanted us to move into a bouncy castle.
Shocking investment.
Shocking.
Well, mine now lives in a cave.
Yeah.
At least you're on the property ladder, though, you know.
That's the main thing.
And I love that bouncy castle.
It's a home.
Now we'll go to Miriam.
Welcome.
You're on from Kaitaia in the north.
Can you cut another kid's hair without permission?
Is that me?
Are you talking to me?
I'm talking to you if your name's Miriam.
Miriam?
Well, I think so because it does grow back.
Yes, see?
And we do feed them when the other kids come.
That's right. Yeah, and we give them food. them when the other kids come. That's right.
Yeah, and we give them food. No one asks us questions then, do they Miriam?
No, that's right.
A little bit
further on from providing food
and refreshments.
Yeah, but I mean, you know,
sometimes, you know,
parents and that can't see what the kids
want. It's better that somebody cuts it in a good way
than them get out there with their mate and they try it themselves, I guess.
Next, they'll be vaping.
Well, well, they colour their hairs, don't they?
Oh, they do. It's wild at the moment, Miriam.
Then they're out there tick-tocking and all sorts of nonsense.
Definitely.
Good on you. So Miriam says it's okay.
But I see her point is you're trusting another person
to feed your child what you would deem appropriate food.
Yeah, but that's just the basics of, you know,
like you don't come over to my house.
Juliet, you're coming to my house,
I'll offer you a refreshment, I'll offer you a haircut.
I see what you mean.
You know?
Why is Juliet coming to your house for a haircut
oh no no
she's coming over
just anyway
I'm like hey
would you like
some refreshments
and then I'll be like
why you here
I'll cut your hair
okay I get your point
we're looking at the
text on 4487
listen it's 70%
in favour of
you can't go and
cut kids hair
especially if you
don't know them
it's weird
don't hang outside
schools with clippers we We're not always talking
about that. We're talking about they know the kid.
So if the kid thought it was okay, but
obviously the parents didn't give permission for that to happen.
Yeah, so there we go. Thank you very much for your texts
and calls. Really appreciate it.
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.
There's no secret.
We've made it public that producer Juliet
has some regretful Bieber years,
but we all had regretful years as teenagers.
Hey, you're not regretful.
Yeah, she isn't regretful at all.
Oh, you don't regretful?
No.
Sorry.
I was just talking to her before.
Bieber's doing a world tour,
starting with so many dates through America.
And you're like, oh my God,
here comes New Zealand.
No, she's, yeah.
Oh, you're not regretting it?
Okay.
Maybe the poster on my ceiling when I got to sleep
so I could look at it was a bit too far,
but like overall, still love Bieber.
So you were a believer.
Yes.
You were signed up to the fan club.
You had the merch.
You were first in line for concerts.
Yeah, yeah.
Bieber fever was at a high,
was at an ultimate high, I would say.
But you were at a vulnerable age
where you'd catch all sorts of celebrity fever.
Yeah.
Weren't you?
Because what else did you get swept up in?
I did get swept up in the Reece Mastin phase.
Do you remember Reece Mastin?
Oh, he won Australian.
Was it Idol or X Factor?
I think it was X Factor, Australia.
Everybody loved him.
Like, everyone.
Also because he was Australian,
so he was a little bit more attainable.
Does he have any songs
of Rhys Mastin?
He had one hell of a
fringe running down the side of his face.
It was almost like a
face curtain for him, wasn't it?
A one-sided part of the whole face curtain
down to his chin. Yeah, and he had
the big stretcher
ear piercings that stretch your earlobes out.
He was a real sort of rock and roll dude.
And I was so in love with him.
Well, not really, but you know.
Did you go and see him in concert or anything?
He kept you in the cinema.
Maybe we filmed with him.
Yeah.
He did this signing actually in Sylvia Park.
And it was crazy.
Like I didn't even get close to him.
I think they had to shut it down after 100 people
because there were just too many people there.
Well, 100 is not that many.
No, no, no.
What did I say?
100 people?
Oh, no, thousands.
660 displayed to 50,000 people.
Maybe Reece Maston shut it down.
He's like, shut it down now so this is as good as it's going to look.
No, there were like thousands of people there,
but after 100 people met him, they had to shut it down
because the crowds were too big
and everyone was pushing in and stuff.
But I do actually remember, this is kind of embarrassing.
When we were getting dropped to Sylvia Park,
I was with my friend.
You know when you're a, you know, you love One Direction,
you're a directioner or you love Justin Bieber,
you're a believer, you've got Bieber fever.
If you're a fan of Barry Manilow, apparently you're a directioner or you love Justin Bieber, you're a believer, you've got Bieber fever. If you're a fan of Barry Manilow, apparently you're a fan-alone.
That's the official name of his...
Have a go.
You've done this to us the other day with something else
that was totally wrong.
You think I just made that up?
Yeah, I think so.
But yeah, so we were driving there and I was like,
oh yeah, you know, Justin Bieber got Bieber fever. And then I was like, oh yeah, Justin Bieber got Bieber fever.
And I was like, oh, I love Reese Mastin.
I've got mastitis.
Isn't mastitis like when you're doing dairy farms?
Anything with a breast, I think, when the milk ducts.
Here we go.
Mastitis is inflammation of breast tissue,
which involves an infection. So I was like, yeah we go. Mastitis is inflammation of breast tissue which involves an infection.
So I was like,
yeah,
I've got mastitis.
And I was like,
oh.
I didn't know.
Louise,
I've got mastitis.
Did you yell that out to him?
I don't know,
probably.
But I didn't know
what it was.
I know.
And then my friend's mum
was like,
don't say that,
don't say that.
And I was like
what mastitis
like I've got
you know
I love Maurice Mastin
and she goes
no no no no
you do know what mastitis is
and I was like
she's like
you call yourself a mastinator
if you're going to call yourself anything
if you're a real true fan
a mastinator
that could also be taken
in the wrong way
yes yes
but we live and we learn
don't we
we do I don't we? We do.
I don't think there would be any term appropriated with Rhys Mastin that you could say.
Did you find Barry Manilow's face?
No, mate.
You made it up.
I have not made it.
Clay Akins of the Claymates?
No.
All right.
We're wrapping you up.
Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben.
Breakfast on the Heads.
The Heads.
Tonight, very excited on TVNZ1.
The Apprentice Aotearoa starts tonight.
Where are your excitement levels?
Oh, high.
Very high for this.
8.30 tonight.
Mike Pero, he's basically the one that you're trying to get a job with.
Mike Pero.
Mortgages.
Apprentice.
Too many syllables.
And we're going to have a little bit of a game right now
with a couple of the candidates from The Apprentice.
Producer Juliette, you know a lot more information than us.
Yes, so we currently have three candidates,
Nicola, Erna and Kennedy.
Are you three there?
Yeah, hey.
Hey, how's it going?
Hi, I'm here.
Oh, there we go.
The joys of a conference call.
Yeah.
Each of these three people have all achieved
very great things in their life. And I'm going to describe. Each of these three people have all achieved very great things
in their life
and I'm going to describe
what each of these three
have achieved
and you guys
have to figure out
who has done what.
This is a very complicated game
for 6.30 in the morning.
We love a game.
We love a good game.
Okay, so what has
one of these people done?
Okay, so one of them
has had their designs
worn by Kourtney Kardashian
and Hailey Bieber. Another
has spoken at conferences alongside
Charlie Sheen, John Travolta and the
co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak.
And then the third one
has, at the age of
23 years old, had successfully
run and operated six businesses and sold
one to a larger corporate.
Okay, so we've got Kennedy, Erna and Nicola on the phone,
all candidates on their previous...
Who do you want to start with?
We'll start with Kennedy.
Yep.
Have you designed clothes that have been worn by...
No, you can't ask that.
Not obvious.
If a clothing designer...
Would you wear Crocs to a board meeting?
Cannot confirm nor deny.
Oh, okay.
So I was trying to gauge his level of fashion.
Erna.
Yes.
Have you designed clothes that have been worn?
I can't just do that.
You can't.
What are you saying?
I can't do this.
It's a flaw in the game.
That is not a fair question.
I believe that it is the same question,
just worded differently.
So try another one.
Oh, they're very good.
Nicola, I'm going to say, what do you think of Tiger Blood?
What's that?
Of what?
What's that?
Oh, she doesn't know.
She's not the Charlie Sheen one.
Yeah, Charlie Sheen was.
That was his big thing.
He talked about Tiger Blood, but maybe he didn't do that.
He had a few unhinged years, Charlie Sheen, didn't he?
He kind of reeled it back in eventually.
Okay, let's go out on a limb.
Erna, you designed clothes that were worn by Kourtney Kardashian.
No, so you're fired.
Oh, we're fired.
I'm fired.
What?
Hold on.
Oh, good.
That felt really good hearing someone say that to Jono.
So I am the one that does the conference speaking.
So I spoke in Los Angeles with John Savalta, Mark Wahlberg, Steve Wozniak, and then Charlie Sheen.
And then after the conference, I had drinks with Charlie Sheen.
It was amazing.
Oh, my God.
What do you talk about at conferences?
So I talk about how to start, scale and sell businesses.
So my passion has been to start businesses from a very young age.
I've sold two of my businesses in South Africa
and now we're living in New Zealand for the past four years.
That is awesome.
Now, Charlie Sheen, obviously, he's a successful actor,
but he has got a bit of a wild side.
What's he like when you go out for a drink with him?
So Charlie Sheen is a lot of fun.
And he was hilarious on stage, as you can imagine.
And then I will go with this.
What happens in Los Angeles stays in Los Angeles.
Oh, wow.
Is Charlie the operative word here?
No, no, no.
He's a great guy.
And it was a blast to meet all of those incredible people,
including Mel Gibson as well.
Wow.
So Mark Wahlberg, I want to ask,
because we were reading about his schedule the other day,
and he gets up at like 2 in the morning,
and he just works.
He works out for like an hour and a half.
Did he talk about his schedule at all?
Yes, he did.
At the conference, he spoke about that.
And some of the things that I really look up
to Mark Wahlberg is his crazy
work ethic. He gets up
at like 3am, does a
massive workout and gets through
his day and he even has time to spend
with his kids as well. So, amazing
guy, great work ethic.
Wonderful stuff. Okay, so
we're zero from one. Okay.
Okay.
I reckon Kennedy designed clothes for Kourtney Kardashian.
And Hailey Bieber.
Yeah, they love them.
You guys suck.
You guys suck.
So, okay, Nicola, I reckon, designed clothes for Kourtney Kardashian.
Yes, it's me.
Okay, well, Nicola, tell us, how did this happen?
Well, I used to work in the mines in Western Australia.
That's when I started my swimwear label,
and I just emailed them, and they emailed me back,
and the whole Kardashian family requested my swimwear.
Oh, my goodness.
Hold on, how did you go from, I'm down here in the mines,
like, oh, jeez, I'll tell you what,
I could do some with some swimwear.
Kourtney Kardashian at hotmail.com.
Wonder if that'll work.
Did you just guess
their emails?
No, they've actually
got a website
with their email address
on there.
But I know all their
personal addresses now.
Now, a new game.
Do we guess
the Kardashians'
email addresses?
It's really impressive.
And did they put photos
up of them
in your swimwear?
They did.
So Kim Kardashian
reposted a photo and so did Courtney.
I actually emailed them and asked how much it would be
to tag me, my brand, because it was all for free.
I didn't pay them to do this.
And they're like, yeah, that'll be like $1 million.
Oh, you have heard those stories that it's pretty much
a million dollars a post.
So there you go.
Oh, well, that's impressive.
Okay.
And so that leads us to Kennedy.
I'm going to lock in there. At age 23,
you'd run six businesses and you sold
one to a larger corporate.
That's the one. Yes, there we go. Finally,
we got one. We've been shocking at this game.
Yay! What are your businesses,
Kennedy? I have
had a few businesses, starting off with
photography, marketing,
teeth whitening company.
Wow. I have an
Instagram business that's Content & Co
and a few more e-commerce businesses
launching this year. Sounds like you should be
the apprentice. Who are you, mate?
Are you Mike Pero?
You're like, step aside, Mike Pero. I've run
plenty of businesses.
There's a few times in the boardroom where you told me to pipe
down. You're like, how many businesses have you
had, Piero? I had
19 by the time I was 20.
You guys have achieved well more than we'll
ever achieve in our lifetimes. Thank you
so much for your time this morning. We can't
wait to watch it tonight on TVNZ.
Thank you. Bye.
Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch
up with the boys anytime. Just
search Jono and Ben on Facebook.
Of course, yesterday, Mother's Day.
What was Mother's Day?
We were both in Wellington, weren't we?
We were awesome husbands, aren't we?
We probably gave them the present that they wanted,
us not being there.
That's right.
Without the burden of us hanging around the household.
More enjoyable Mother's Day.
How was your Mother's Day?
Did you get hold of Jenny, boys?
Well, see, you said that to me this morning,
and I, well, because we were filming,
and it was a busy weekend.
We were filming and we were doing medieval combat fighting,
and I was getting swords, you know,
slammed into an armoured helmet.
And so, you know, it was a little bit busy,
a little bit got away,
but I kind of felt like I'd already front-footed Mother's Day.
So what you're saying is you didn't phone your mum on Mother's Day? No, but I
phoned her earlier. Remember we phoned my mum
like Friday? Yeah, we did phone her on Friday.
This is why I'm like, how did you forget about Mother's Day?
This was the core reason for the phone
call on Friday, and I was the one who
ended up wishing her a happy Mother's Day. Did you?
Hey, well Jenny, happy Mother's Day to you.
Oh, thank you, my sweet.
Nice to hear from
my son.
No, I say, heard what Jono said.
Jono threw a lovely heartfelt message
to you.
Anyway, we got Mother's Day done
then, didn't we, Tick? We moved on?
I mean, what greater joy does a mother
want than an appearance on New
Zealand's 14th or 15th
highest rating? Hard to say.
Depending on the market.
What a gift,
what a gift of a
saying.
I bought you a
t-shirt last week
and I went to the
Westfield Mall and
I went and got it
printed that said
best friend ever.
Well now I'm going
to go back and I'm
going to get worse
than ever.
Do you like the
old gothic gangster
writing?
I might get that
printed on the
t-shirt.
I feel bad about
that.
We'll call Jenny
next.
Okay, yeah we'll make it up to that. We'll call Jenny next. Okay.
Yeah, we'll make it up to her.
We'll make it up to her because, yeah, thanks to our friends at Skinny
who do anything to keep prices low and customers happy,
particularly around Mother's Day.
We've got some Mother's Day gifts.
Last night, Millennial Max, you headed off to the mall and to some shops
and you got the prices that were a little lower than they would have been.
Yeah, nice and discounted after Mother's Day.
Yeah.
Well, people have already probably done their Mother's Day shopping by then, right?
Yeah, so we got these at an absolute steal.
What's the list, Millennial Max?
What have we got to give away?
We've got the Aromatherapy Pulse Point with essential oils.
Oh, I love my Pulse Point.
That sounds good.
Have I been aromatherapied?
I don't know what that means, but I guess I want to say ooh.
Where is my pulse point?
What is it?
You made it sound weird.
Can you keep talking, Max?
I got a best mum apron.
Oh, best mum apron.
As well as the coasters they was talking about earlier.
Sexist.
What?
An apron?
Oh, yeah. Hey, Mum, how are your mothers? Here's an apron. Yeah, no, you're right. Sexist. What? An apron? Oh, yeah.
Hey, Mum, happy Mother's Day.
Here's an apron.
Yeah, no, you're right.
Spend some more time in your favourite room.
Fair enough, fair enough.
Actually, you're right.
Yeah, not 20s, but that is not stacking up.
I thought you were woke, Millennial Max.
Yeah, take that away.
What is this?
It was on special.
That's why it was on special.
A flower design wheat heat pack.
Great Barrier Island
pahutukawa and pawpaw hand and
body lotion. Oh, you put that on my pulse
point. Put that on my pulse point.
Alright, so this is all thanks to our
friends at Skinny.
And so they're great at getting quality for
low prices, just like Millennial Max did right there.
They're all about keeping their prices low and
Millennial Max up late shopping on
a Sunday night. So well done on getting that stuff, Max.
So give us a call right now if you're a mum
and maybe you had a bit of an underwhelming Mother's Day
and you're like, well, hey, I can do with some of that stuff.
We'll give it away to you next and throughout the show.
Yeah, allocate your discounted Mother's Day present.
What a great thing to do.
Or maybe you can give us a call now and like me,
you're like, oh, actually, I didn't quite get to mum on Mother's Day.
Well, maybe you can give us a call as well.
Oh, under the hits,4487 is the text.
We've got Jo from Hamilton.
Morning, Jo.
Good morning.
How are you?
Yeah, Mother's Day.
You've been forgotten about, have you?
Oh, for eight years running.
Oh.
For eight years.
Eight?
It's not that I'm keeping tally or anything, but I totally am.
That's three more years than the Crusaders have won Super Rugby titles.
My husband and kids have got ADHD, so their memory's like a sieve.
Yeah, well, listen.
Eight years, that is wild.
We're going to give you, what should we give Joe, Mille Max?
What have we got there, Mille Max?
Let's make it good.
What about the Okoyeini Pampa gift set?
Sounds good.
Sounds good.
And we'll chuck in some roses chocolates as well, right?
Oh, you guys are a dream.
And I'm going to give you some best mum coasters.
Okay, nice.
Okay.
There's five boxes of roses as well there.
Oh, you're all in one.
Oh, what?
No, I'm boxing them up.
Oh, jeez, I was going to split these. Okay, right. They're all for one person. Okay, well there. All in one. Oh, what? I'm boxing them up. Oh, jeez, I was going to spoo these. Okay, right.
They're all for one person. Well done, Joe.
Give you the gift of
chocolate this morning. Thank you very much.
Appreciate that. We've got Carol on from Hokitika.
Welcome, Carol.
Good morning. Underwhelming Mother's
Day? Yes, it was an
underwhelming Mother's Day. I don't believe
my kids remembered me at all
yesterday. How many have you got?
I've got five children.
Not one of them. Oh, jeez.
One of them did. One of them sent me
some aromatherapy
oil. Oh, well,
is that for your pulse point?
No, I wasn't going to mention the pulse point.
So we've talked too much
about a pulse point this morning.
I don't even know what it is.
Yeah.
Yeah, anyway.
Yeah, well, we'll cease the pulse point, Jack.
Look, we're going to send you out some stuff as well.
How about the Best Mum tote bag with Donovan's chocolate raspberry popcorn?
And let's go chuck in something else.
What do you reckon?
Let's chuck in the pulse point.
Let's chuck it in.
She's already got aromatherapy stuff.
Okay.
You have more aromatherapy stuff.
We had a fun talk.
That's awesome.
I appreciate that.
Happy Mother's Day.
And I'll let them all know.
All right, there you go.
From us here at the Hits.
Now, Ben, you forgot Jenny, your mum's Mother's Day phone call text.
Nothing.
Gave her nothing.
Well, I felt like we did it.
We did it on Friday.
So I thought we'd change this.
This is the lady who created you.
You were in her production line.
She churn turned you out.
We know how that works, all right?
We're going to call Jenny now and do a make good.
She can have one of these prizes from Skinny too.
Hello?
Oh, is that my sweet, sweet Jenny Boyce?
Oh, good morning.
Good morning.
Happy Mother's Day, Jenny boys.
Oh, thank you so much.
I think it was yesterday.
Yeah, happy Mother's Day.
I mean, it's always good to celebrate on two days though, isn't it, Mum?
Oh, well, nothing like having celebrations.
What's going to happen?
Are you doing something special for me today then, Ben?
Yes.
Did you get blanked yesterday, Jenny?
Well, look.
No.
He's a busy boy.
We got it early, though.
We got it early.
Last week, we got it early.
Remember, Jono, we phoned mum.
We played it before, and we said happy Mother's Day first,
and I felt like we'd already front-footed that.
We ticked it off the to-do list.
Yeah.
So anyway, I feel bad about that,
so we've got some stuff here to send out to you.
We've got your world's
best mum mug.
Oh, wow.
How sweet. I think if I'd even
made one of those worldwide, you've got it.
You've got it.
We took it off the current record
holder, Angelina Jolie.
She's had it for many years.
Good company.
Some roses chocolates as well
Some would say
That we got these
From Skinny
Our friends at Skinny
Others would say
That I got them
From the goodness of my heart
Well I'll tell you
It's not out of the goodness
Of his heart
I'll tell you
This is a
Love you mum
And happy Mother's Day
To you and all the mums
For yesterday
Oh
It's very kind of you
Alright
Sorry for the early morning
Phone call I'll forgive you See you Jenny today. Oh, it's very kind of you. Alright. Sorry for the early morning phone call.
I'll forgive you.
See you, Ginny.
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.
Five words for 5k on the hits.
You're only five words away
from a massive payday.
That is our Game of Word Association. We play it every
morning, 7.45.
If you haven't heard it before, we tell you five words.
You tell us the first things that pop into your head
when we say those five words.
And if they match with ours, all five, you win $5,000.
Someone actually came up to me in Wellington.
We were there over the weekend, Ben.
They're like, ah, you guys host that five words show.
I'm like, yeah, we also host the other parts of the radio show
with sort of of insightful political commentary
and in-depth analysis on international stock markets, don't we?
But yeah, this is a part of the programme.
We'll go to Chantelle.
Welcome from Rotorua.
How are you?
Good morning.
How are you?
Doing well, Chantelle.
Lovely to have you on.
Five Words 5K.
You've played at home.
You've played in the car.
Have you matched?
A couple of times.
Ooh, that's good.
That's a good start.
Now you've got to choose between Jono, Ben or Producer Juliet.
Send one of us into the soundproof booth.
Who's it going to be?
Jono.
Oh, well, it's been a long time between winning.
My mouth is dry.
It is.
Okay, wet my palate with some winning, Chantel.
I hope so. Hurry up, dry. It is. Okay, wet my palate with some winning, Chantel. Hurry up. Hurry up,
mate. We've got it all waiting on you now. You're still
chipping in with more. He takes his headphones off, but he's
still nattering away on the radio.
He just wants to keep talking. I think that's
why he doesn't like going to the soundproof booth, because he
can't talk. Forced to be quiet.
We enjoy it. Alright, Chantel.
Jono is in the soundproof booth. He can't hear
anything, so here is your first word this morning.
It is Dwayne.
Dwayne.
Johnson.
Dwayne Johnson, yes.
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
That's a good word, that one.
Keys is your second word.
Keys.
House.
House keys.
House keys.
Oh, nice.
Producer Juliette.
Yep, makes sense.
Makes sense to you.
Okay. Pork is your third word today. Pork, makes sense. Makes sense to you. Okay.
Pork is your third word today.
Pork.
P-O-R-K.
Pork.
Pig.
Pig.
Nice.
No, meat.
Meat.
You're going to go with meat.
All right.
We can come back to that one at the end just to make sure you're doubly sure.
Chantel, your next word this morning.
Fourth word is holiday.
Holiday.
Oh. Oh. Oh.
Oh, goodness.
There's so many that come up.
Yeah.
Summer holiday.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, you're all going on a summer holiday.
Nice.
You could go on a summer holiday after this if you win $5,000.
And the final word is race.
R-A-C-E, race.
Marathon.
Marathon.
Nice.
Nice work, Chantel.
Are you happy with all those words?
You all go with pork?
I think I'll go with meat.
Okay, you're going to go with meat.
No, fair enough.
All right, we're going to bring Jono out of the soundproof booth
and we're going to see if those words match up with him.
Hmm.
How are you feeling?
In confidence level, out of 100, how are you feeling, Chantel?
120.
Well, it would be really good if he did them all.
It would be really good.
Hear that, Jono?
Give me an emotional backstory.
What are you needing this money for?
Heart transplant or something?
We are currently doing new visa so
all this money will just go to immigration.
But it'll keep you in
the country. So this is to keep Chantelle
in Aotearoa.
You shouldn't have done that.
To keep a family in New Zealand and I love
Chantelle in New Zealand.
We appreciate her listening to the show.
I'll do my best Chantelle.
First word we sent to Chantel this morning was Dwayne.
Dwayne.
You should get this wrong.
Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne.
Now there's, can I give you my options?
No.
I know a Dwayne Templeton, a chartered accountant.
No.
Or Dwayne.
Do you know any other Dwaynes?
Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne.
Come on. Dwayne Johnson. Yes. Thank other Dwaynes? Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne, Dwayne. Come on.
Dwayne Johnson.
Yes.
Thank you.
One from one, Chantel.
We're keeping you in Aotearoa.
All right.
The next word we said this morning was keys.
Keys.
I've got car keys or house keys.
Yeah.
I heard a groan.
I heard a little groan from Chantel.
Yeah, but Chantel's going to be quiet from now on,
but this didn't reinforce you in any way because... So it's one of those.
Okay.
Could be Alicia Keys.
It's not.
Could have been.
Piano keys?
Could have been, yeah.
I'm going to go house keys.
Oh!
Chantel. Chantel.
Chantel.
You're too out of five.
She gave me a desperate groan and I could tell.
Okay, the next word this morning is pork.
P-O-R-K.
Pork.
Pig.
Oh, no.
She's going home.
Meat is what Chantel said. Chantel, I'm so sorry. Oh, that. She's going home. Meat is what Chantel said.
Chantel, I'm so sorry.
Oh, that's okay.
Mate.
Let's round it out.
Let's round it out.
See how you would have gone.
Holiday was the next one.
Summer?
Oh.
Oh.
Summer holiday.
Well.
Okay.
And race.
R-A-C-E. Race. Race car? Oh, three out of Wow. Okay, and race. R-A-C-E, race.
Race car?
Oh, three out of five.
Not bad, Chantel and Jono, but not quite enough to get $5,000.
I was so sorry we didn't win for you this morning, Chantel.
That's all good.
Thank you.
Really love you listening, though.
Thanks for your ears.
Enjoy your day.
Have a great one, Chantel.
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Jono and Pam on the hits.
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Juliet, what's happening?
So over the weekend was the Vax Live
concert. Now this was a concert that was designed
to reunite the world
after the COVID pandemic. Oh, I love
me, I love me a charity concert.
Yeah, absolutely. A worldwide one.
Live Aid would have been the last one, wouldn't it?
When they did Live Aid?
Yeah, that was huge, wasn't it? That was about
five, maybe ten years ago?
Wasn't it way before then?
Oh, they did an original one.
Oh, okay, and then they've done one since.
Bob Geldof did an original one for the people in Africa, didn't they?
And then they did one recently, in recent times.
Oh, look, I don't know.
I can tell, you've checked out.
I'll let you research while I keep chatting.
There's some way we can find out with a laptop in front of us
if that was true or not, but I guess we'll never know.
But a whole bunch of celebrities and politicians were involved.
It was a pre-recorded event.
Didn't they do one recently?
I don't know.
Maybe Google it.
But you had your Joe Bidens, your Prince Harrys.
I mean, there's only one of each of these people.
I don't know why I'm adding this.
I love how people do say that, though, eh?
It's like, you're Bidens of the world.
You're Joe Bidens.
It's always something rugby players.
You're Bowdoin Barretts.
There's only one Bowdoin Barretts.
There's only one.
But there were other celebrities.
So people spoke on stage.
You had Foo Fighters and J-Lo performing.
And then Meghan Markle and Jacinda Ardern
submitted like a pre-recorded sort of speech.
We have seen family and friends affected in a devastating way,
less so by infection itself,
but more by the hardship and heartache
that isolation and lockdowns and distance can create.
If we work together to bring vaccines to every country and continent,
insist that vaccines are equitably distributed and fairly priced,
then we can begin to fully rebuild.
And they raised over $300 million.
Wow, that's great.
Yeah, yeah.
So all that money will go towards vaccine relief and giving it to countries that may need it more so.
Yeah, there was a live aid.
1985 originally raised $127 million for famine relief in Africa.
Yeah, wow.
Organised by Bob Goldoff
in 10 weeks.
He pulled that together.
Wow.
On that amazing
line-up of acts.
A very iconic
Queen, you know,
performance
during that concert.
Yeah.
So they were all
over the world.
Wembley in London,
in the States,
John F. Kennedy Stadium.
And they did one
10 years ago,
that's right.
A more recent one.
Well done for that live research
in the middle of the radio show.
I wasn't listening to what you guys were talking about
as I was doing that.
No, that's all good.
I didn't expect you to be doing that.
Julia actually said all that stuff.
And last week we've kind of been talking about
celebrities who have been sort of exposed
using this dating app called Raya.
Now, it was launched in 2015
and it's basically built as an online membership-based community
for dating, networking and making new friends.
But it's basically turned into a dating app like Tinder
but for influencers and celebrities.
And you have to apply to be on it.
It's becoming more painful to celebrities
than a LinkedIn account, isn't it?
Gee whiz, the LinkedIn people, they are relentless.
I know, I know.
But the celebrities that are on relentless. I know I know, but the celebrities
that are on this dating app, Raya
obviously Ben Affleck and Matthew Perry
which we talked about last week. Demi
Lovato was on it for a period of time but then
deleted it, but then she wanted to get back
on it, but because they didn't let her back
on because she deleted it previously
Channing Tatum, John Mayer
Lizzo, Lizzo joined in the hopes of
matching with John Mayer Drew Barrymore, sozo joined in the hopes of matching with John Mayer.
Drew Barrymore.
So there are so many celebrities that are actually on this
or have at least tried to give this thing a crack.
Oh, yeah, Chelsea Handler, she's on there.
You would never think that you were talking to the person.
I know.
But I think it's more legitimate because you have to apply
and I assume they go through checks to prove that you actually are that person.
Yeah, right.
Yeah, there's a vetting thing.
So, you know,
Joe Schmoe, like myself,
wouldn't be able to just rock on there.
No.
No.
Be like, hey, Drew Barrymore.
It's Vin Diesel.
It's Vin Diesel.
It doesn't quite look like Vin Diesel.
Yeah, no, let myself go
Yeah, no, I don't think you'd do
I don't think you'd get very far on that
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who's given up on life
I'm an option, I'm available
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Over the weekend, Ben and myself went to Wellington Yeah Had a wonderful time in Wellington, didn't we? With soy lattes. Mmm. Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits.
Over the weekend, Ben and myself, we went to Wellington.
Yeah.
Had a wonderful time in Wellington, didn't we?
It was good fun.
Yeah.
We went through the tunnel last night, the Vic Tunnel.
Oh, yeah.
You did the classic thing that everyone does in the tunnel.
We even recorded Jono going through the tunnel.
Here you go.
I love the Wellington Tunnel.
Is this legal?
I'm not sure.
Brings me much joy.
You can hear it in my voice.
There's a happy little boy there.
I used to be a fan of this until I actually walked through the Mount Victoria Tunnel.
And when you're a pedestrian walking through it,
that is the loudest, loudest noise in the world.
It's pretty obnoxious, isn't it?
It's like, shush.
And you've got someone like you all the way through going,
honk, honk, honk, honk.
You know, not just once, it's the whole time.
When you're walking through it,
it takes a long time to walk through the tunnel.
So we get it, you've got a horn.
And it's so loud in there.
Oh, yeah.
Well, apologies to any pedestrians last night.
I was giving it my all from beginning to end.
You were.
But also, with something else we gave our all to,
we took part in medieval combat fighting,
which is like, if you watch,
if you've seen Game of Thrones,
if you've seen Lord of the Rings,
where people are in armour and they're actually fighting,
well, this is like the real-life version of that.
And we were like, going along to this thing,
we were like, oh, maybe it'll be choreographed,
maybe people will go a little lighter. But no, you're going along to this thing, we're like, oh, maybe it'll be choreographed, maybe it'll be, people go a little
lighter. But no, you've got like
armour which weighs 30, 40 kgs on
you. And then you've got these swords
that are, they're blunt, but they're still heavy.
30 or 40 kgs, to put that in
perspective, is two Ben Boyces.
So you're wearing two
of him on you. I was like most New Zealanders
after COVID, I was definitely carrying
a bit more weight. And, you know, and you're fighting in that. And I was just like most New Zealanders after COVID. I was definitely carrying a bit more weight.
And you're fighting in that and I was just like, geez, it was brutal.
Yeah, it's only 90 seconds too,
Julia. Really? But you just hack
Ben was smashing his
swords on my head and smashing me
in the stomach and the legs. And then you
watch like, I can only describe it
as an orgy of a fight.
Where you've got like about eight fighters in this,
they call it the listers, like the ring.
And they're choking each other out with axe handles.
Oh, it's all on in that one.
You've got people got axes.
People have got like swords and shields.
People are like just charging at other people.
It's so brutal, it's comical.
You're like, what am I watching?
Yeah, so all respect for the people that do it.
I mean, it's incredible.
They really are literally putting their bodies on the line.
One guy broke his finger
during the fight. Obviously got like a sword
to the finger, broke it, and then
came back in the next fight.
He's like, this is what it's all about.
Yeah, it's just a finger.
Yeah, and he's like, I'll get this scene to you tomorrow.
And that was confusing me. I was like, well, there's still many
hours left today you can go to the AED. He's like, I'll leave it till tomorrow you tomorrow. And that was confusing me. I was like, well, there's still many hours left today. You can go to the A&E.
Yeah.
Because I'll leave it till tomorrow.
They're lovely people and very passionate.
It's so cool to see people so passionate about a sport like that,
which is really cool.
So it was cool to kind of experience it.
Well, they call the sport Medi-Evil, but they were all Medi-Lovely.
Weren't they?
In my eyes.
They won over my heart.
There was no evil.
Well, actually, the evil was the fighting part.
Broadcasting live.
And mostly awake. Jono and Ben. Actually, the evil was the fighting part. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake.
Jono and Ben.
New Zealand's breakfast.
On the hits.
Scrolling through your feed.
All right.
Now for the most professional newsreader in the room right now, by default.
His name, Ben Boyce.
What's been happening overnight?
Shout out to the shout out.
Do we still do shout outs?
Is that what people say?
Oh, yeah.
We'd do if it's 2002.
It's fine.
The Crusaders took out the Super Rugby Aotearoa final over the weekend,
beat the Chiefs in five in a row.
Five titles in a row for the Crusaders.
That's incredible.
Well done.
And well done to the Chiefs because, I mean, last year,
you made them the laughing stock.
I didn't make them the laughing stock.
Sam Cain, mate, what are you doing?
That's what you said.
You remember he'd come to work every morning.
He'd be like, that bloody Sam Cain.
No, he didn't.
Yeah, so great stuff.
And what we love to see when the Crusaders win
is their coach, Scott Robinson, doing his breakdancing.
I was watching this live and I was thinking,
this will be an interesting one because the rain seemed torrential.
When you can see rain on camera, you're like, well, it's very heavy rain.
I was like, is he going to, because he was wearing a nice black shirt.
He looks wonderful.
And I was like, is he going to get down there?
And he did.
And he did, yeah.
Only for a brief second, though.
No, because it was quite wet, the grass.
You're right.
It was very rainy during the game.
But we actually spoke to Scott Robertson a couple of months ago about the history behind the dance
and where it came from, this breakdance.
I got called out. It was just one of those moments.
Back in 2013, we'd been at Wellington for the NBC final.
And anyway, they called the Who, hey, raise your A song out.
I'm like, mate, you're not singing that.
You can't do that. Where'd this come from?
And I went, oh, OK.
Turned it around quite quickly and I was on my back spinning and it's become a tradition after that.
Jeez, he's a very successful coach, isn't he?
Scott Robertson?
Yeah, he's done really well.
Well done.
I remember that when my dad,
because my dad lived in Christchurch for many years,
big Crusaders fan.
And when my, because I've got a sister
who's a wee bit younger than me
and when she was about four years old,
they walked down to like Rugby Park
in Christchurch, my dad and my younger sister,
to check out an All Blacks training.
And she came home, she had a new jacket on,
and she came home with Scott Robinson's signature
all over the back of it.
My dad's like, look at this proudly.
My stepdad, not very happy with it.
No, I always wonder that with kids who go
to their sporting idols.
Well, she had no idea who Scott Robinson was
in her defense.
She was four years old.
Dad's like, yeah, we'll sign it.
We'll get it over the back.
Surprised he didn't get her forehead signed or something.
Yeah, Dad was like, look at that.
Scott Robinson signed her jacket.
There must be a lot of upset parents, eh,
when kids return home from, did you get, you know,
one direction or anyone scribble over your clothes
when you were younger, Juliet?
Oh, 100%.
It was so common.
And mum was just like, oh, jeez, not again.
Like, just rolled her eyes.
But then she just kind of dealt with it and just realised that it was going to be inevitable.
Look, I went to the Westfield Mall and I got the top ten finalists from X Factor written all over my shirt.
Your mum's like, well, I'm going to have to nappy sand that out.
It's going to be a nightmare.
Half of them you don't even know the names of now.
Yeah, exactly.
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So we've got five blocks of chocolate here sitting in front of me right now.
And now apparently on the bottom side of these,
there's a movie that I'm going to have to describe to the person
as I keep flicking these over.
And they've got to guess the film.
Okay, and that guesser is going to be Sarah Lee from Westport.
Morena.
Good morning.
How are you guys? Oh, we're doing well. Good to have you on. Did you know Westport. More in her. Good morning. How are you guys?
We're doing well.
Good to have you on.
Did you know Westport was originally named Buller?
Was it?
Did you?
Yes, yep.
The sign does say Buller when you're driving into Westport now.
Okay.
Well, that's good to know.
Yeah, I didn't know that.
Someone was mentioning that the other day.
Oh, there you go.
Now, Sarah Lee, do you like movies?
I do like movies, but I do have a shocking memory with movies.
Yeah, I'm the same.
I'm the same.
Well, we've got 60 seconds, and you've got, you've started with $500 cash.
Well done.
And a movie snack pack.
But if you can't get some of these right, we're going to take $100 off that prize, okay?
Okay.
No pressure, Sarah.
Hashtag, a lot of pressure.
Here we go.
Hit the timer, Jude.
Okay. Oh, follow the yellow brick road. She's got ahtag lot of pressure. Here we go. Hit the timer, Jude. Okay.
Oh, follow the yellow brick road.
She's got a dog.
Wizard of Oz.
Yes.
One for one.
Okay.
Simba.
And he can't wait to be king.
Two from two.
There's a fish, a clown fish, and it gets lost and the dad's looking for it.
Finding Nemo.
Yes.
Okay.
Oh, there's Voldemort.
There's Hermione.
Harry Potter.
Yes. Oh, and Alien.ione. Harry Potter. Yes.
Oh, and Alien, he's got a weird finger, crooked little finger,
because it looks like Jono.
DC?
Yes.
Oh, $500.
Yeah.
Sarah Lee.
Wow, I don't know, better than I thought.
You're just shocking memory, schmocking memory.
You nailed it.
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Hey, well done.
That was, wow, that went.
Oh, yeah, I got quite frantic and frazzled.
You were all frazzled.
Sarah Lee was just like,
I'm just giving you the answers.
You were doing hot fingers at me.
It was all sort.
Your veins were popping.
I was.
Yeah, good on you guys.
I'm probably not a safe pair of hands.
I get very panicky in those situations.
He's flustered.
All right, thank you very much, Sarah Lee.
Go and have a great week.
I appreciate it.
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Listen, who knows what shenanigans she got up to over the weekend.
She keeps that close to her chest,
but she's willing to spill the beans on the celebrity shenanigans.
Ju, what's happening?
So The Masked Singer is a TV show that debuted on our screens last night.
It's kind of been all over the world and it's made its way to New Zealand.
Basically, the premise is you've got a bunch of celebrities come out on stage underneath
masks.
Well, they're very elaborate masks.
They're kind of, you'd like them to mascot costume type things.
Very impressive costumes.
Yeah.
And there's a panel of judges who then have to guess who is singing underneath these costumes.
Genius idea, isn't it?
Gets people talking.
Yeah.
It is, it is.
And so basically each celebrity comes out and there's a little video played of them
that they do actually give clues on who they are.
So it's kind of a bit cryptic.
Yeah.
And then they go on and sing.
But I'm not here to make friends.
I'm in it to win it.
Okay.
So that's the two-ie. That's Susie Kato.
Everyone's like, it's Susie Kato. Was it Susie Kato? It was Susie Kato.
She was the first person revealed last night on the Marseille. So obviously when they're out of
the competition, they reveal who they are and you're like, yeah, it was. I got that one right.
It was Susie Kato. So it's quite fun. You can kind of play it at home along with it.
But then, because each judge has a guess at each celebrity,
but they really guessed some rogue celebrities.
I can't put it past this guy possibly being the CEO of Rocket Lab's Peter Beck.
It is a national treasure, but she's a national treasure to a different nation.
I think it's Australia, and I think we somehow managed to get...
You're so wrong.
Kylie Minogue.
Kylie Minogue.
Kylie Minogue.
She quarantined for two weeks, and then she got herself inside a mascot costume.
Kylie, Peter Becker rocket scientist in there.
I know.
I mean, you can chuck anything out there, can't you, really?
For the most part, they guessed, you know, quite logical people.
They guessed Lucy Lawless, one of the Ever Swindell twins,
Ben Lummis, who won New Zealand's first
Idol, Judith Collins,
Zoe Bell. So it's all sort of realistic
people that could be under. It seemed like a fun show.
Yeah. We couldn't watch it
last night. John and I were flying back from
Wellington. I actually messaged my
daughter, Indy. She gave
a live review. Yeah, I was like, oh, can you watch The Masked
Singer at 7pm tonight? Tell me what you think.
She was like, ooh, I didn't know it was on. I'd love to.
Thanks for telling me. And then she's so positive.
It's at the end of it, she was like, hello, Daddy.
The Masked Singer has just finished. It was amazing.
Fantastic singers,
but also fun judges.
That was her review. They need to get her
as like a TV critic on
The Herald or something.
Yeah, you're right.
As a TV reporter.
Then we also got our WhatsApp group as well.
Oh, listen, yeah, because we turned our phones on
when we landed in Auckland,
and jeez, I was getting a live, real-time review of the show.
From all of you on our show WhatsApp,
it says,
I'm really liking this show, says Todd Campbell,
boss Todd.
Good vibes, great family-friendly fun.
Ben Humphrey, it's very good.
I think I might like it a bit better than Popstars.
Todd Campbell, oh, are they miming or singing?
Why is Rhys Darby dancing like he's at Tramp's nightclub in 1989?
And then Max Middleton, it's got Izzy and me talking.
Todd Campbell.
I think Annie Crummer might be in one of those
masks.
Or could it be Pauline Gillespie?
That goes on and on and on.
Wow.
And I regret reading all of that out.
Yeah, we got all those
messages on the WhatsApp group when we landed.
And that is Spy. For more you can head to the hits.co.nz. Yeah, and we got all those messages on the WhatsApp group when we landed in Auckland.
And that is five.
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Pretty fun show today.
Thanks so much for hanging out with us.
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Have a great Monday, New Zealand.
We'll see you tomorrow.
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