Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 12 - Producer Juliet Got Caught On Google Maps Doing Something Illegal!

Episode Date: May 12, 2021

Responsible Juliet from our producing team is not as responsible as she seems... She's been captured on Google Maps doing something she would not want to be caught doing! We've also had no progress with being reposted by Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Ben maaaaaay be starting to regret the tattoo. So we asked for your regretful tattoos to help him feel a bit better (hopefully). Finally, Mitch James came on the show to promote his new song - he's always a great chat! Enjoy the podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings, friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hey, welcome. 12th of May, it's Wenaare, 12th of May, 2021. It's your boys. It's your boys, Jono and Ben. I always feel weird saying it, your boys. Now, someone's phoning through from Australia.

Should we answer this? Oh, okay. Hello, Australia. This is Carol, your Spark Digital Voice support. We have detected unwanted interruption from your IP address, which shows your smart security has been breached, which may cause disconnection of your internet line within 24

hours. Tell us more. You're the first one to speak to a technical team. We definitely need to speak to a technical team. This is amazing. Is this legit or is this a scam? It sounds legit. Hello? Hello. My internet is going, my internet's going to go down. We got this message.

Sir, thanks for being connected with the technical department of PAP. I should probably give you my credit, should I give you my credit card? Yes. Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll give you my credit card details. Yes, you can give me your debit card, your credit card, your bank. Debit cards, probably. I'll go with the debit card, shall I?

Yeah. Okay. Okay. She hung up. She hung up on me? What? I was about to give her my details. You didn't give your details.

Now the internet's going to be down. Well, I don't know if you're going to hear this podcast, because the internet sounds like it's down. We haven't paid our bill. Tried to. Couldn't do it. But it didn't do it. It was a fun call to receive.

I just came through to the studio as we were recording the podcast intro. Enjoy the podcast. That was... Yeah. Hey, we've got a fun podcast coming up. Ben Boyce is starting to turn on me. Yeah. I can feel tension, much like the tension between us

and whoever that technical operator was. I made you get a tattoo of a giant love heart on your backside with I love Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Well, you didn't make me do it, but you strongly suggested it, and I went along for it. And I'm a grown adult. I make my own decisions. But now you're like, this is fail safe.

It's going to work. We're going to get the Rock's attention. Hasn't so far. Hasn't so far. Did I say fail safe? I don't know. Is that a word? Yeah, no. I think I did. Hasn't so far. Hasn't so far. Did I say fail safe? I don't know. Is that a word? Yeah, no.

I think I did. You really talked it up. But anyway. I should have said there's a slight chance of failure. Maybe I should have. He might say it. He might not. But yeah, so that's on the podcast today as well as that.

As every day passes though, is your hope dwindling? A little bit. A little bit. Especially because as we talk on the podcast it was a big day for posting for The Rock in this particular field. So this was the day that we thought.

This was tea day you called it. Yeah, tattoo day, tequila day. Yeah. Much like D-Day in 44 in Normandy. The troops invading Normandy. Yeah.

And it didn't quite pan out as we'd hoped. No. As well as that on the podcast we catch up with Mitch James. Always fun catching up with Mitch James. And we talk

so much other stuff. You've done well with the teasers. I don't know why you felt you needed to continue on. I should have just said Mitch James. Anyway, our internet, I don't know what's happening to the internet. I'm going to sort it out. 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. John and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Over is the main thing. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Over to you, Jono. Thank you very much, Ben. We're actually just talking at the top of the hour there about chatting and lifts. I hate the silence and lifts. It's so awkward. Someone's texting going, I love chatting and lifts. More chatting and lifts.

Here's a rule of thumb. Let's not make them awkward. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. He inspires me. Now, Ben's challenge. Can he get on Dwayne the Rock

Johnson's Instagram? Yeah, this lift talking pales in comparison to Ben trying to achieve a childhood dream of getting on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram account. Well, just be noticed by him. For years I've been like, I'd just love to be someone that he knows exists.

I'm a big fan. That's all I want. And you've taken it to now. Anyway, you've taken the ball and you've run with it. Come along for the ride. And if anyone's like, what's been going on? Explain what your idea was. We're like Bert and Ernie. We joined at the hip. So your dreams are my dreams, my friend. And

basically Dwayne The Rock Johnson has a tequila. It's called Teramana. And he does a thing on social media called Tequila Tuesday. So through many many international deals some of them legal, some not. We managed to acquire two bottles on the internet.

Got them over here for you to be featured on Tequila Tuesday. So it's people holding up the bottles, and I thought we need to do something different. Why don't you get a tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson so you've got a love heart on your left cheek. Yeah, a permanent tattoo. Permanent tattoo, love heart of Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

And then we filmed it. We sent it off to Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And with the idea that you were like, this is a shoo-in. We're going to get featured on the Tequila Tuesdays. We'll be part, in fact, we might not even be part of a montage. You were like, you'll get your own special post. Yeah.

On Tuesday, because he's going to see that. He's going to put it up there on the internet and see how much effort we've gone to. Now, similar to the D-Day landings in 1944 in Normanby, it was tea day today. Wednesday, New Zealand time. Tuesday, West Coast time in the United States of America. It's tea day.

It's tequila day. It's when he puts his videos up. And so I just looked on before. Yeah, we did. I was very excited this morning. I was like, this day's the day. I woke up, it was like Christmas. And I was like, oh, there's a post.

All these people enjoying tequila from around the world. And I went through and there was about, you know, six or seven people enjoying it. Yeah, who have we got here? Well, we got our hands on it. The Rock's Terramana Tequila. Let's get in it. It's May 1st, which means it is time for Guac on the Rock. The Rock and Terramana Tequila have teamed up to give you something really fun.

Anything with friends is a good day. And today is Tequila Dia. And today, we're choosing Terramana. So there's some of the people, so it wasn't on that post, but it was, oh, there's another post. There's a whole bunch of people on the other post. And I was flicked on through. Not one, none of them was me. There's a bunch of people, maybe a dozen, on The Rock's

Instagram enjoying the tequila. We went on there. You said we'd be on there. You said. You said this was a show. You said today was the day. But listen to those boring people. Why are they on there? None of them, no,

not one of them showed a level of commitment to Dwayne the Rock Johnson that you have this week. Oh, you're right. You've been snubbing. You know what I think? They're having a fun time enjoying some tequila. We went to the thing and got a tattoo. You know what I think?

I think he's holding you for a special post. Oh, no. He's going to do a one-off. He's going to be like, look at this legend in New Zealand. That's what he's going to do. I heard he's taken it to the movie companies to get a feature-length film made out of the story, the harrowing...

Listen, I... The dream's over. That's not over. The dream is over. The dream is over, but I have a permanent reminder of the dream forever. In the form of a tattoo. Listen, I feel a certain amount of responsibility.

Good. You should. For this tattoo. You should. I mean, it is a grown adult. Yes, okay, I did agree to do it But you were like, this is a short, this is it Well, listen, I have no regrets about the tattoo And I tell you, the only person having regrets about this tattoo, Ben Boyce

Will be Dwayne The Rock Johnson Knowing that he missed this Hot Fire content But he hasn't missed it because it's coming It's coming. It's coming. Oh, is it? Okay. It was, I think it was, was it God who said to turn the other cheek?

Turn the other butt cheek? Is that what God said? I don't know. And it was Dwayne The Rock Johnson going, can you smell what The Rock is cooking? And that smell right now is desperation from me because it's still going to happen. I can feel it. Is it? I don't think it's gone. Don't go I can feel it. Is it? I don't think it's gone. Don't go neggy on me.

It's gone. It's gone anyway. Don't be. Listen, you're not going to be the butt of this joke, mate. Okay? I'm going to fight nail and tooth to get you on that Instagram account. Okay?

In the meantime, on a completely unrelated matter, have you got any regretful tattoos? Not what? Like me? I'm not saying like no. This is a whole other topic. This is in no way associated with what the what. 0800 that. Have you got any regretful tattoos?

You got them and 10 years down the track you're like, what was I thinking? For three days. Mel, why don't you come in and cut out this awkwardness for us in Tauranga. Welcome. How are you? I'm good. All right, Mel. Regretful tattoos. What have you got?

It's actually not me. It's my boyfriend. He has one on his wrist. It's of my nickname, which is Sweet P. Except the P part is spout wrong. And it's spout P-double-E. What? Is it an accident from the artist uh yeah i think so i don't really know or it could be like he's like hey just sweep i think the artist might have just stitched him up on that one a little bit oh thank you very much megan you're on from Christchurch. Tattoo regrets.

What have you got? So I got a tattoo of Jon Bon Jovi. Oh, yes. Wonderful singer. Handsome man. Rock and roller. And it had his face on it, and that part was fine. But they wrote the name underneath as well,

but they put John John Jovi and it's John Bond Jovi. John John Jovi. John John Jovi. That's quite a cool Saturday night. John John Jovi. That's a cute little name. If I have another kid,

I'm going to call him John John Jovi. It's great, John John Jovi. And you've never fixed it, Megan? Well, I'm currently in the process. Yeah, right. You can slowly turn a J into a B somehow, couldn't you? You can get things laid. I thought so, but in hindsight,

I don't know if I want Jon Bon Jovi's face on me forever either. You've got to regret about that as well. Well, you can get things lasered off now, Tonya. You can, you can. It's just like an eraser, except very expensive and painful. It hurts so much. It takes some time, yeah. Thank you, Megan.

Appreciate it. We're going to go to Michelle. You're on the air, Michelle. It takes some time, yeah. Thank you, Megan. Appreciate it. We're going to go to Michelle. You're on the air. Michelle, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Tattoo regrets? Yeah, I do. I got a tattoo. Well, I was bet $1,000 that I wouldn't get a guy's name tattooed on my butt,

and I won that $1,000. Kind of regret it now. What's his name? I just got his initials, luckily, so it's DJ. Oh, Dwayne Johnson, like Ben. Oh, this is a sign. So you don't regret it, did you say, Michelle? She said she's starting to regret it.

No, I definitely don't. She does. No, no, I can't. All I can hear is she's like, never regretted it. No, it's just coming, you're breaking up a little bit. You're saying best. No, she said I definitely regret it. Best decision of your life, you said?

Not quite. No, okay, great. Because she got $1,000 too. She got $1,000. I did. I did. I got $1,000 and he paid for the tattoo. Did you give me $1,000?

I paid for the tattoo. Wow, man. Yeah. Listen, it's going to be fine, Ben. We're going to get through. We're going to get you on this account. One text here, which is wonderful. I got a tattoo about

five years ago. I got a Buddha tattooed, says Annabelle, on my inner thigh. I was a bit sloppy on researching the tattoo artist, and the Buddha just looks like a fat man holding a lotus. Oh, no. And the older you get, the saggier your skin gets as well.

So that wouldn't be good. So the Buddha's going to become saggier as well, yeah. But yours won't, Ben. Yours will look great. Will it? Will it? Will it? Okay, so...

Listen, I've got a bit of ground work to do A bit of pressure on myself Keep positive I am, you can hear it I'm positive, there's nothing about me questioning this whole thing Experts in semi-accurate Half-remembered information Vaguely known information, maybe not correct

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast On the hits Millennial Max has popped into the studio because you made a discovery over the weekend. Yeah. Yeah, I was searching up some, I was doing some research, just personal research.

You don't have to dive into all the research it's for, we believe you. You're not under the microscope right now, that's fine, we believe your story. And I made a discovery, quite a shocking discovery about one of our team members. And I got straight on the blower

and started texting her. Yes. You weren't just texting her, you were texting all of us. We were in the WhatsApp group. Put it on the group chat. We get a text from Millennial Max. OMFG, I'm dying.

And Max texts in multiple text messages. It's not like a paragraph. Some people would hate that. I was looking up something on Google Maps. Right. And went into Street View. And the Street View is you in your car. Driving.

Texting on your phone. Dying. And I... Why couldn't you just put that all in one text? Why does it have to come through in half a dozen different messages

because I know that Juliet's sitting on her phone watching these come in and she's like oh my gosh what is he talking about so this is

Google Street View you've found someone who's at the lights in a car that's me they blurred my face out but you can tell

like if you know my face you can kind of tell oh that's the thing with pixelation you're definitely if you know the person you're definitely oh it Like, if you know my face, you can kind of tell. Oh, that's the thing with pixelation. If you know the person, you definitely know. Oh, it's definitely Juliet. You know. Okay, yeah, so what I then did is I investigated further.

I went onto Google Maps and had a look. You wouldn't do this. No, no, and I was at the lights. I can't even remember when this was taken, what day this was. I was at the lights, and the lights were red, to be fair. Yeah, but then also, if you just scroll along the screen a bit further, there's quite a large gap between your car and the next car and the lights have gone green.

So sort of insinuating that. So she wasn't actually moving, but at the same time, she wasn't paying attention. I didn't notice. She was parked in the middle of the road, texting. So this is on Google Street View. You're the bluder face, but you can. If you know it's you, you know it's you, don't you?

It's so bad. Plus it's Juliet's car, and you can tell it's her car as well. Is there a vodka cruiser in there? Is there a vodka cruiser in there? No, okay. It's a can of Pals. I have a Pals can sitting in my car because when I was sober driving my friends somewhere, they left the can, and it's been in there for ages.

I'm one of those people that don't clean out my car and that's why that's there. Oh, no, I actually do. You are very responsible. But you shouldn't even be doing that, right? No, I know. I know. And so this is a very good reminder. Good lesson for us all, even though we are at a red light, not to use your phone.

Well, it's good because, you know, it's given us some street cred, some street view cred. They've given the show some cred, you being on your phone. And it's a wonderful photo shoot from Google displaying of what not to do when you're driving. I imagine when this happens to other people. Oh, Google Street View would have stitched up many people. Oh, yeah. And that's the thing with pixelation.

Like we're saying, you know who it is. So it's like, well, is that my husband having an affair? No, I can't. That guy's got a blurry, smudgy face. That's definitely not him. Well, you're true because straight from your house you can look at that

and if someone was walking out with a, you'd be like, hang on, even with a... Well, there are those news stories that you do come across of people discovering

really odd things on Google Street View or Google Earth. But, you know... Listen, I... We'll just let this pass, shall we? I know what it's like to be part of a

lowbrow undercover sting. Oh, you do? Remember, I was part of a lowbrow undercover sting. Oh, you do? Remember, I was part of one on 7 Sharp. Yeah. They secretly filmed me. Well, they didn't secretly film you. Secretly filmed me. Gutter journalism secretly filmed me jaywalking across the road

and put it on as an expose on 7 Sharp. They didn't secretly film you. They filmed you going across, and then you talked to the camera person, and they're like, what are you doing there, mate? And he's like, I'm just filming Jaywalkers. You're like, ah, I thought it was a joke. I laughed.

I went, ha, ha, ha, that's a funny joke, cameraman. And then it was on TV that night. Again, my face was pixelated, but you knew. You knew through the muscular frame that it was me, didn't you? Caught red-handed and Ben's next. Oh, God, here we go. From stealing Mike Hosking's car to stealing the hearts of New Zealand. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. Oh, God, here we go. 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 being not bestowed. You'll know him from hits like this. As long as I'm gone by Sunday, Sunday morning. Great tune. Oh, here's another one. Who would have thought I'd be so lost at 23?

He's got new music out at the moment, so he's in to talk about that. And he's also just announced he's going on tour with Rack's Project in June. Very excited about that. So it's good to catch up with Mitch James. Good to be back. Good to see you, fellas. Nice to see you.

And all you actually did, we ran into Mitch a couple of weeks ago. The viaduct. Yeah, in the flesh. And John, I spent a long time admiring your torso. I was caressing your pectorals. Very soft hands. Yes, very soft hands. So much so that when you left, I was like,

did you notice he was wearing slippers? Like a little slip-on slippers. And Jono was like, no, mate, I was just looking at his pecs the whole time. Were you wearing, like, as in slippers you'd wear to bed to the Viaduct? Potentially. They looked like you were. Yeah, I mean, I wouldn't rule it out, that's for sure. Very, very casual man.

You know, that day was the final of the America's Cup, wasn't it? It was. Yeah, yeah, it was. And probably the worst day to try and have lunch in the viaduct. Yeah, you had a meeting there. Yeah, yeah. It was quite, yeah, I don't think we thought that one through, to be honest. But nice mac and cheese.

It was a good day. Oh, very nice. Now you've got new music out, which must be pretty cool after a while if you're not having out due to COVID and lockdown and everything. Yeah, like I was saying off air, I wrote this song two and a half years ago and I feel relieved is probably the word to get it out and be back in the game. But plenty more music coming and yeah, I'm just excited to be back. So you write a song two and a half years ago.

Do you change it and tweak it along the way? Is it still applicable to what you're writing? Yeah, not at all actually. It was such an important time in my life, like my personal growth, and I really wanted it to just be that raw moment. Didn't change a thing. Be somebody?

Yeah, be somebody, yeah. Yeah, because I wondered that. I mean, you have a great line in one of your songs, Oh Lord, Take Me Back to 21, but now you're like, well, maybe 23's a better year, when I was 24, you know? I think the funny thing about 21 is I actually wrote it about being 19,

but it just didn't sound as cool. Yeah, so take me back to 19. Still had some zits. No money. Pretty much. I was mum and dad. It was a good year. Hell of a year.

Hell of a year. Now, on your Instagram the other day, I found it really interesting because you did a bit of a Q&A. Yes. And, you know, we've spoken to you many times over the years, but I found out a few things about you that I didn't know, which I thought was quite interesting. You met Ed Sheeran.

The first time you met Ed Sheeran, you were in the middle of a PlayStation game with one of the guys from 660, Jai. Yeah. And it was quite of an awkward time to meet Ed Sheeran. Yeah, I'm a passionate PlayStation player. So we were playing UFC, and me and Jai, we've been playing UFC against each other for years.

I was getting super fired up along the lines of, I'm going to knock you the out. And I get a tap on the shoulder and it's literally my hero, Ed Sheeran. And he just had a smile on his face like, you're right, mate. And I was like, I don't know. I really don't know. Do you pause the game in that situation? No, like, you're right, mate. And I was like, I don't know. I really don't know.

Do you pause the game in that situation? No, no, we pause. We pause. Just wait for me to finish this guy. Still knocked out Jaya afterwards, though, so we're all good. So I found that interesting. Something else I didn't know about. Yeah, well, your music gets used on Home and Away.

Yeah, apparently, yeah. And they really don't pay well, I think. Right. I think I saw the payment schedule and it's like for 30 seconds of having your song in there at something like 70 cents or something. Right. But I guess you're hoping that, you know, someone will pick up on it.

Drinks on me, guys. So, buddy, Irene flicks on your jams in her diner and she's only paying you 30 cents. I need to have a word to Alf. Is he still alive? Yeah, you know. Yeah, no, he's still here. That's the only guy I know. Alf will flame it out Is he still alive? Yeah, you know. Yeah, no, he's still here. That's the only guy I know.

Alf will flame it out. He'll sort it out, you know. Oh, nice. So, Mitch James, new music out, as we said, and you're off to LA to record some more soon. Yeah, yeah. So, I got the rest of the album to record and are leaving in a couple of days,

which is exciting, and get to work with a really cool producer called John Ryan, who did all the One Direction and a lot of Maroon 5 stuff. So it's a big step up in terms of the production. So I'm really excited. I'm excited for you.

Thanks, brother. We met you when you were first starting out and getting your songs on the radio, and now look at you. You've got pictorials. You've been off to America. I'm proud of you, mate. Well done.

Yeah, that's awesome. Like I said, John, softest hands in the game. Yeah. Softest hands in the game. Just quickly before Mitch James goes, we want to see how well you know your own music. Yes.

This is a game called Second Chance. We're going to play one second of your songs, which you should know. Yeah, yeah. I'd like to think I'll get this. And see how you go with Mitch James' own songs.

Move on. Oh. Hey. That wasn't even a second. Yeah. That was 0.34. Okay, here we go. All the ways to say goodbye.

Great tune, great tune. You're good at this. You know your own music. All right. 21. All right, and the last one. Be somebody. What a song. It's out now, everybody. Stream it. Oh, we should play that for you right now and the last one. Be Somebody. What a song. It's out now, everybody.

Stream it. Oh, we should play that for you right now on the hits. You want to give it an introduction? I'm with the two best radio hosts in the game, Jono and Ben. Hey, just say that to Fletch and Vaughn. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on the hits.

The hits. So I was in a taxi. And when did we come back? Sunday night. Yeah, I was in a taxi on, when did we come back? Sunday night. Yeah, I was in a cab Sunday night. And the driver, she was very impressive. She's been driving taxis around the greater Auckland region for 27 years. Wow.

That's a long career, isn't it? Sitting in traffic. And she's like, do you know what I can do? She said, I can name and tell you where any street in Auckland is. Just by the street name? I said, no. Why do I sound like $20 Karen? You tell Jade and Dion.

But yeah, it was very impressive. And then I started testing her. I was like, named my road. And then I sort of named your road. She knew where that was very impressive. And then I started testing her. So I was like, named my road. And then I sort of, I named your road. She knew what that was. Yeah. And then I just started like trying to trip her up and making up roads. I was like, street av.

She's like, that's not a road. I was like, yeah, good one. A boulevard-y commute av. And I'm not good at making up street names, clearly. But she, yeah, can pretty much, or she's like, I could take you close to one, even if she didn't know it. She'd know the area. It's in her head.

Wow. So a very particular set of skills, isn't it? To quote the great Liam Neeson, that she's acquired over many years of driving taxis. Well, she has. And I imagine there's a lot of people out there, their job, and sometimes you won't even realise that,

what skills that you would have just by doing your job. Oh, well, thanks to my job, I have a particular set of skills. That is being able to sit down and fall asleep within one to two minutes. Yeah, as soon as you stop talking, that's my theory. That's the thing. I can fall asleep at any point. It's like the mouth. Your mouth keeps you running.

It's like petrol for the car. As soon as you run out of mouth noise, boom, I'm out. It's either a particular set of skills or being exhausted and run down. I don't know. I haven't quite nailed that yet. What's your skills? What's your skills? Well, for this job, I guess in particular,

because I usually talk over the starts or the ends of all your favourite songs. I'm the annoying person that does that every morning. So I'm getting pretty good now at knowing the starts and the ends of all your favourite songs. I'm the annoying person that does that every morning. So I'm getting pretty good now at knowing the starts and the ends of a lot of songs. The first couple of seconds of songs. Who they are, who the artist is. Okay, Juju. Oh, no, don't test me on it.

Just take my word for it. Oh, yeah, we'll have to test you. Yeah, Juju, drag some songs in. So the first two seconds of popular songs. Jason Derulo, Take It Dancing. Oh, my gosh. Katy Perry Perry Hot Cold Oh my god

That's right Dua Lipa Break My Heart Yep Yes Oh 660 Oh she's right There you go

Wow Yeah just by talking over All your favourite songs What do you mean there you go That's not the game I'm going to keep going I'm going to keep going We're going to do this

For an hour and a half Until you get one wrong And I prove you wrong Oh yeah I probably will get one wrong. So that's why we chuck open this morning on 0800 The Hitch. You can text 24487. Through your line of work,

what have you developed a particular set of skills in? Gee, my wife, she's got a science degree. She reckons from her time in the laboratory at uni, she can smell ants. Really?

She can smell, yeah, ants emit a particular odour that she can smell. I have heard that. She would have been wildly attracted to Paul Rudd's Ant-Man, wouldn't she? She's like, you can smell us in cinemas now. This natural fragrance. She would have left me for Ant-Man.

Yeah, she would have. You're right. So 0800 the his telephone number 4487. Tell you what it makes me, the people at Bunnings. Oh, yeah. You go to Bunnings, they seem to know, anyone in a red apron knows where anything is

in this massive store. Maybe you work for Bunnings. We can grill you. On where in particular? Like a 22 bit drill set is. Halfway down aisle 17. You'll want to find that. Oh, 800 of the hits then. Or your particular set of skills. What have you got? You can text 24487. Love to

hear you this morning. We've got Sandra on from Wellington. What do you do, Sandra? I'm a chef. You're a chef, and what are your particular set of skills? If I'm ever eating, dining out, I can work out pretty much exactly what's in a meal, all the ingredients in a meal that I've been served.

That's a wonderful set of skills too. So when you eat a chicken McNugget, what are you doing there? Enjoying it Enjoying it, not thinking too hard Thanks Andrew, appreciate it We'll get Phil on from Christchurch More in a Phil

How you doing mate? Bloody good mate Phil, what's your particular set of skills mate? I'm a plasterer So I can walk around on stilts Oh that is cool I didn't know plasterer, so I can walk around on stilts. Oh, that is cool. I didn't know plasterer.

I thought you'd use like a ladder or something. No, that's too slow, mate. All right, so it's great if you need to expand and join the Weber Brothers Circus or something. Yeah, yeah, no, I don't think I'll be doing that. Just walking on stilts could end badly. Yeah, yeah, I have had a few'll be doing that. Just walking on stilts could end badly. Yeah, yeah. I have had a few tumbles over the years. Yep.

Well, I guess the good thing is if you fall into a wall and damage it, you can always re-plaster it. Yeah, that's true. The worst one was actually when I went through a window, so I'm going to go there. Oh, damn it. On stilts. I put the stilts down after that.

Why did you continue? I didn't continue that day, but I'll still do it now. He took the rest of the day off, Ben. He had shards of glass poking out of his forehead. Phil, you keep safe on those stilts, mate. Wow, that's impressive. We'll go to Vicky. He's on from Fielding.

How's friendly Fielding this morning, Vickster? It's warmish, but it's starting to rain. I love it. When do I ask how places are? Everyone gives us such a wonderful weather report, don't they? Just straight off the bat. You're a true pro. Maddy McLean, watch out.

Vicky, what are your particular set of skills? Okay, they're not my skills. I'm an accountant, and I work with this guy who'll be about 78 years old now. He never had to use a calculator. He could add up these rows, these columns of three-digit numbers in his head. He would just run his eye down the numbers and put those nuts down the bottom. Really? It was unbelievable.

First time I saw him do it, I thought he was having me on. I thought he was just making up the numbers. I checked it on the calculator, and he was right. That's good. I don't know So I checked it on the calculator. But he was right. Wow. That's good. I don't know what I'd do without a calculator. My son's bringing home maths at the moment. Long division?

I'm like, jeez. I'm having to secretly Google on my computer when he's asking me questions. Oh, dude, piece of cake. And who needs to know how to do long division anyway? Well, probably accountants. Yeah, you probably do, Vicky. Hey, good on you, Vicks. Appreciate your cool look after yourself and fielding. Many

texts rolling through here. I'm a real estate agent and can probably tell you down to within $100 of what a house is going to sell for. Oh, really? That's impressive. And I work in a gymnasium. I'm a personal trainer and I could tell you the exact weight of anyone who walks in the door.

Ben Boyce would walk through 27 kgs. On a good day. What more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Scrolling through your feed. Alright, here to present the news for you, because we can't afford a qualified newsreader during this part of the show,

it's Ben Boyce. What's been happening? Well, this is a horrible story out of Melbourne, but I think it's probably good for all of us to hear in some ways going into winter. This poor guy, 20 years old, he suffered horrific burns from a hot water bottle. A 20-year-old guy had it between his legs and he was playing PlayStation. The hot water bottle burst. Second and third degree burns. It was impossible for a week water bottle. A 20-year-old guy had it between his legs and he was playing PlayStation. The hot water bottle burst.

Second and third degree burns. It was in the hospital for a week. Jeez. Now this is, you know, hot water bottles. I know because I hang out with you every day. It's just one of the things on the long list of things that make you nervous, Ben. But hot water bottles is near the top. I used to be a fan of, you know,

a hot water bottle until I actually went to give one to the kids one day and I was like, what am I doing? Why am I giving this bag of, you know, a hot water bottle until I actually went to give one to the kids one day and I was like, what am I doing? Why am I giving this bag a boiling hot rubber sack? It's like a volcano goon sack and you put it in between your legs, don't you?

Yeah, and it could burst at any moment. So yeah, so horrible horror. We feel really bad for this poor guy and I was reading, the consumers have said, basically,

sorry, the medical advice and for people who are in the know, say replace hot water bottles every 12 months, never fill them with boiling water, use it from the hot tap only, and don't fill it more than two-thirds up. And also cover them, if you can cover them, if you are going to use hot water bottles. Now, speaking of bed heating, Julia, your mother had an electric blanket incident, didn't she? Yeah, when she was younger, she had an electric blanket and she had a mirror sort of at the end of her bed

on the other side of the room and she woke up and saw just flames on her curtains behind her bed because there had been a fault in the electric blanket cord and it had caught fire on the curtains. She woke up in time to get out of the room. She was okay, but her whole room needed like redoing, basically. Oh, jeez.

Yeah, and fire engine came and everything. And she said, the only time Ben's bed's on fire is when he's making mad passionate love. Sets the room on fire. And then Billy Joel wrote that song about the beds are burning. Was it? It was for you and your pelvis

work. 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. 7.45. Five words for 5k on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. This is the most exciting

part of our morning. It's up there with our post-show therapeutic massage that we get. We get our lips massaged, don't we? We get tired lips from talking too much. It's five words. Game of Word Association. If your words match up with ours, you win $5,000.

You've got to match all five. Who's playing today? I'm going to bring the wonderful Jess in from Christchurch. How's Canterbury this morning, Jess? Very rainy and wet and cold and not too nice. Sounds lovely. Sounds lovely. What are you doing?

You're heading to work? Yep, just waiting to take my test today, just going to go to work, yep. Oh, jeez, every minute counts at this time of the morning, doesn't it? And you're wasting some of these minutes trying to win $5,000, but hopefully not always. Yeah, now who do you want to send into the soundproof,

both Jono, Ben, or producer Juliette? Um, I was going to go with Jono. Thank you, I'll get in there. But you sound like you're hesitant. No, I'll go with Jono. Okay. She's a teaser, alrighty. Yes, five words, $5,000 you've got to match all five. We're just waiting

for Jono to get into the soundproof booth. He's in there now. Here is your first word this morning. It is dark. Dark. D-A first word this morning. It is dark. Dark. D-A-R-K. Light. Seemed like a good one.

Light the opposite of that, yes. Pickled. Pickled. Pickled onions. Nice. Sick is your third word, Jess. Oh. Sick. Jess. Oh. Sick.

I've got two options. I'm trying to choose one. Although I flew. Flew, okay. Accountant is your fourth word this morning. Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Oh, gosh.

Accountant. What pops into your head? Money. Money for accountant. And finally, review. Review. Yeah, R-E-V-I-E-U, review. Check.

Oh, like you're, review. Check. Oh, like you're checking something. Checking over. Yeah, you're reviewing something you check. Oh, yeah. Okay? Yeah. All right, Jess, well played this morning.

Some of those were tricky words. We're going to get Jono out of his soundproof booth right now and see if all five match up with yours. Come on, Jono. Come on, Jono. Come on, Jono. Jess is saying come on, Jono. He's got his headphones back on. Jess, I was alone in there with some dark, dark thoughts in that soundproof booth, Jess.

Thank you for playing a quick game. Couldn't have gone on much longer. I was thinking of all the fun things that Ben and me are going to do after the show. Yeah. All right, Jono. Let's see if we can match five words, $5,000. Get Jess five grand in Christchurch this morning. First word we said to Jess was dark.

Dark. A dark night, dark light, dark chocolate. Hold on. Did I hear a careless whisper? Did we hear a careless whisper? She's talking to one of her kids.

It's fine, it's fine. They're just like, yeah, get your shoes on. We're going to leave in a minute. It sounded a lot like the word law. I heard light. Oh, well done. Well done, well done. And just a reminder of the careless whisper rule, Jess,

that any whispers will result in this. And you'll be expelled from the competition, but not today because she was like, what shoes do I wear, Mum? Oh, the light ones. That was fine. It was all part of the conversation. It'll be an unceremonious

expelling from the game. Next word. We're one of five down. Next word was pickled. Onions? Well done. Wow, there we go. There we go. We're on a roll now. Let's keep going. Sick was the third word. Sick. Sick bag.

Flu is what Jess said So sorry Jess Let's round out the words accountant Accountant, money Well done Review You're going to review something? Review as in R-E-V-I-E-U I-E-U I-E-V-I-E-U. I think I-E-U.

I-E-U? I-E-W, sorry. Review. As in spelt wrong, but now spelt correctly. R-E-V-I-E-W. Pay? Oh, Jess. I'm sorry, Jess.

It's okay. I wasted your morning. You're now three and a half minutes later than you would have been. Oh, you did good. Yes, you did good too. Some of those words are very tricky. Another chance to play tomorrow's 7.45. Paid to talk words and stuff into a microphone.

It's New Zealand's breakfast. Jono and Ben on the hits. Bye. Thanks to Cadbury, Dairy Milk sniffed his block. The new fan favourite. Listen, she wanted a job on E! News, so she settled for the 179th next best option. That's working with us.

Producer Juliet, what's going on in entertainment? So in case you're living under a rock, J-Lo and Ben Affleck went on a little weekend getaway to Montana again over the weekend, and they used to date in the early 2000s. They were engaged but then postponed the wedding, called off the wedding and now after J-Lo and her

ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez split, she has been seen with Ben Affleck and some celebrities have come out slash journalists have grilled some celebrities to get their thoughts and Matt Damon is one of them he initially was like nope, I'm not going to give any opinions.

But then he eventually said, it's a fascinating story. I love them both. I hope it's true. And that would be awesome if they got together. He's sitting on the sidelines with us. I know. Fascinating story.

Fascinating story. Were you saying A-Rod, her ex-husband? Fiance. Fiance. He's surprised. Yeah, so he is surprised to see these photos of J-Lo and Ben Affleck together. He supposedly,

reports say, that he was very surprised because he thought that it was something that they could potentially work through. But didn't, when there were rumours

that A-Rod put his rod in places that it shouldn't have been, sticking. There were, there were. Yeah, so I mean, I don't know why he thought there was going to be

a chance of reconciliation. And their press release was like, we realise we're better as friends and that's how we'll remain. So I don't know what A thought there was going to be a chance of reconciliation. And their press release was like, we realise we're better as friends. And that's how we'll remain. So I don't know why everyone's like, yeah, but I thought there was still a chance of it, right? Yeah, but I know where their press release is. They're like, oh, there's still a chance if I play my cards right.

True, true. That's the danger when it says reports say. And reports also say that Ben Affleck apparently initiated contact with J-Lo back in February. He apparently wrote her an email saying how beautiful she looked when she was filming a movie called Shotgun Wedding. And she did look gorgeous, so maybe he was putting in the groundwork back then. But she was... Over an email? I sure thought there'd be a text situation.

A formal email. I thought I should write you over electronic communication to explain how beautiful I found you. Subject line. Subject line. How beautiful you look in the film. So we'll see how that story unfolds and you may also remember a few weeks ago we discussed how

a lady who worked at IHOP, the International House of Pancakes in America, didn't recognise Adam Sandler when he turned up to have some pancakes. He had a face mask on though. He had a face mask on, though. He had a face mask on, and she said, sorry, there's a 30-minute wait, and turned him away. And then she posted this footage.

It was security footage onto TikTok being like, I did not realise that this was Adam Sandler, and I turned him away. This story went viral. Adam Sandler said the only reason he left was because the all-you-could-eat deal didn't apply to milkshakes. He tweeted that out.

Yeah. But now the lady, the waitress from IHOP and Adam Sandler have reunited. He returned back to IHOP and they got a photo together. And they did a thing called Milkshake Mondays where they did make a thing for Adam Sandler that raw milkshakes were part of the deal. Just for Adam Sandler. But I think everyone as well on that particular day.

For a guy who was like, he probably just wanted to be a normal person and be like, oh, well, listen, I won't wait. The milkshake's done, and then just walk out unassumably. Now he's gone back, and they've made a special day for him. Yeah, he was wearing an IHOP face mask and stuff in the photo with me.

Now he's doing hands for them. He's like, I just wanted a milkshake. All-you-can-eat milkshake, which is probably, to be honest, too, you're pushing it. What's he saying? I love milkshakes. He wants to eat all-you-can-eat and have a milkshake. And have a milkshake with it. But all-you-can-eat milkshake, you honest, too, you're pushing it. I love milkshakes. He wants to eat all he can eat and have a milkshake.

But all you can eat milkshake, you know, just, yeah. I mean, yeah, Adam Sandler, buy a full-priced milkshake. You can buy the IHOP. True. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you don't want any more than one milkshake, do you? That's fair. I mean, I love a milkshake.

A bottomless milkshake. Yeah, ooh, that turned nasty, wasn't it? Remember when BK, you'd have those things, yeah, I think they still do them, you can go up and fill your cups up? Oh, yeah. Oh, jeez, when that came onto the scene, those things, I think they still do them, you can go up and fill your cups up? Oh, yeah. When that came onto the scene,

I forgot about that. Raspberry and with Coke, with Fanta and lemonade, and you'd end up with this syrupy concoction of diabetes. A cocktail, yeah. That was so good. I'll bring that back. And that is Spy from where you can head to the hits.co.nz. Real Kiwi blokes with soy lattes.

Mmm. Shona and Ben, breakfast on the hits. How's everyone going? All right? We're going all right. How are you? Good. I was just saying my T-shirt smells like fish fingers.

You say from last night, which leads us all to believe you haven't changed your T-shirt. Well, I'd put it on in the afternoon. Right. It was a new T-shirt in the afternoon, and then I was cooking fish fingers. It really sits into the fabric, the smell of fish fingers. Great meal, fish fingers, isn't it? Prime Minister, she's always eating fish fingers. Oh, yeah, she said that Niamh, her little daughter, is a fan of fish fingers.

Little kids are a fan of fish fingers. Yeah, what isn't a fish finger? Oh, that's what I kind of wonder. What is... Yeah. Do you like fish fingers? I don't think I've ever eaten a fish finger? That's what I kind of wonder. What is... Yeah. Do you like fish fingers? I don't think I've ever eaten a fish finger before. It's like the McNuggets of the fish world.

Who knew fish had fingers? Yeah. But they do apparently. I was thinking this morning, you know, for many people, and this might be you, you can call us on 0800HITS, are we the first voices you hear when you wake up? Like if you just wake up and you've got the radio on, that's a truly traumatic way to start your day.

Well, that's true. I don't know the hits. Is this the first voice you're hearing right now? I would imagine for some people, especially listening right now, it would be. And also, you know, I find it quite weird the first time you talk in the morning as well. Yeah, it's a little bit croaky. Because, you know, I get up and I'm probably half an hour before I say anything to anyone because you're up by yourself.

It wasn't until I actually walked across the work today and Rachel Jackson-Lees, who reads the news, she was in front of me. And, you know, when you're sort of walking behind someone and you don't want to feel like you're stalking her, I went, hi, Rachel, but it sounded a lot deeper than I normally do. G'day, Rachel Jackson-Lees. I had talked for 30 minutes and she's like, oh, you gave me a fright because I thought I should at least

let her know I was there, and I know her, by saying, hey, Rachel, but it sounded like I gave her more of a fright than I would have probably... You should have just slowed your pace down to create more of a distance between... We're walking towards the same door, though, and you're right, yeah. Or even, just wait, just sift around the corner or something.

Wait for your... Oh, wait, hold on to this. Are we the first voices you hear in the morning, and is there anything we could do differently? Yeah, right, sounds good. Could we approach this differently and make your day an easier start? DJ, wait, hold on to this. Are we the first voices you hear in the morning? And is there anything we could do differently? Yeah, right? Could we approach this differently and make your day an easier start? DJ, welcome.

Moreno. How are you? Yeah. Is this the first voice you're hearing today? Yeah, most of the time it is, yep. Oh, God. Sorry about that. Out of all the voices you could choose to listen to first in your day,

these are the ones? Oh, no, it's pretty good. I see I look forward to it. Oh, nice. Well, yeah, it is a real privilege to have in your day, these are the ones. Oh, no, it's pretty good. I see I look forward to it. Oh, nice. Well, yeah, it is a real privilege to have people, like, wake up and listen to us, you know. We don't take that lightly, so that's awesome. Yeah, so just a bit of a, you know, a poll,

a Colmar Brunton poll, some market research, anything we could do differently? Oh, I should get Guy Williams on a bit more often. That's a good laugh. You don't want to wake up to him first thing in the morning. He's very shouty. Maybe after eight o'clock it's fine, but between six and seven you're like, ooh.

Oh, yeah. He's only got one volume and it's just loud and obnoxious. He doesn't have an inside voice, eh? No, he doesn't. I've never heard him talk quietly. No. Even when you're having a conversation. He's come in here three times for interviews to promote his shows, tuning in yesterday. He just shouts at you.

I was like, wow, he's a loud human being. He is loud. He's very funny, but he's loud. He's got a big presence when he enters the room, doesn't he? He does. Yeah, all right. We're going to see.

Well, DJ wants him first thing in the morning. Maybe we should wait. I tell you what, tomorrow we'll try and just record him and we'll give him a test run and see if it's too much for your DJ, okay? Oh, it'll be good. I'll be listening.

All right, sounds good, DJ. We're going to flick you out some Hell Pizza, all right, my friend? Oh, awesome. Cheers for that. Have a great Wednesday. Broadcasting live. And mostly awake.

Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. Good morning. Kia ora. I'm Rachel Jackson-Lees, and this is the B**** News. This is our semi-reliable producer Juliet, she provides some early morning content for us to

sink our teeth into. How does this work, Ju? I find some interesting news stories from around the world. One that you might not see on the New Zealand Herald. I beep out one of the words or a couple of the words and you guys have to guess what the headline is. Maybe you won't see it on the New Zealand Herald because they're not decent enough.

Is that what you're saying? Do you know what I actually find? Sometimes I'll see these stories and then one or two days later the Herald will pick it up because I found it from a real rogue news site. Lad Bible's not a rogue news site. Some of them I do find on Lad Bible. Okay, the first story. Scientists have taught bees to... Scientists have taught bees to... Scientists have taught bees to...

I'm going to say scientists have taught bees to twerk so they can be called cardi-bees. Oh, that's good. I like that. I like that. I'm going to say scientists have taught bees to have sex with birds, so it's the birds and the bees. That's how it works, right?

That's good. The ratio's way off, though, with the bird and the bee, isn't it? Well, maybe. I don't know. I don't really understand that analogy. No, neither. Well, they're the birds and the bees. They have never hooked up, as far as I know.

No, true. Maybe they are now. Scientists have taught bees to smell the coronavirus. So basically, they've trained them like how you would train a dog. So every time bees were exposed to an infected sample, they'd give the bees this sort of sugary, watery treat.

And so every time they were exposed to the scent of a mink infected with COVID, they expected this treat. So then they'd stick their tongues out and then they'd kind of take that away. So then every time they smelt this particular smell, they'd think they'd get a treat and then they'd stick their tongues out and then they'd kind of take that away. So then every time they smelt this particular smell, they'd think they'd get a treat and so they'd stick their tongues out.

So they can smell COVID. Well, so that'd kind of lure them in with a sugary treat. Little nostrils. I suppose they'd have an attraction to sweet like pollen. Yeah, yeah. And what use is that? Well then, if you've got a COVID-infected patient...

You get stung by bees. They put bees in there. And the face away, you've got COVID. But if you haven't got COVID, you get stung. Yeah, you get a swarm of bees just coming in. Well, at least you haven't got COVID. But you're allergic to bees. Couldn't they have taught, like, dogs or something?

Less stinging? I think they've been teaching dogs to do that. I think they have. dogs or something? Less stingy. I think they've been teaching dogs to do that. I think they have. Anyway, next news story. Man locks his head in a cage in an attempt to stop... Well, you know how they say, I'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on. Well, this was his solution, putting it in a cage.

I think it's actor Nicolas Cage, and he's really gone for the branding. Man locks his head in a cage in an attempt to stop smoking. So he'd been smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. Obviously horrendous. That's prolific. 40 ciggies a day. Keeping you busy. So, so bad. And so he was

inspired by motorbike riders who wore helmets and then so he bought 40 metres of copper wire to make his own, kind of looks like a bird cage that goes on his head. He gave his family the keys so they can only control when he takes it off, maybe for sleeping or when he needs to eat meals. But so far, so good.

It seems to be working for him. I heard an ad. I'm pretty sure I heard an ad. And if I didn't, this is going to be probably falling in the defamatory category. For, you know, the smoking organisation in New Zealand, they're like, just try vaping. They're like, hey, put down the ciggies and pick up a vape. Really?

I'm pretty sure I saw that ad. I feel like vaping... Have you seen that ad? I don't know if I've seen the ad, but I feel like vaping is encouraged because it stops people from smoking. But obviously there isn't research. No, who knows what's in that?

You know, it could come down 10 years down the track. 30 years ago, we were smoking in airplanes. Yeah, I know. So we don't really know what vaping does to us just yet. Smoking in airplanes, wild. Just a smoky capsule of cancer. So gross. And the final story.

Dracula's castle in Romania is offering free... I'm going to say Dracula's castle in Romania is offering free hepatitis to anyone who decides to get a hickey from Dracula himself. I'm thinking they're going, again, with the branding, Bloody Marys. Ah, you love a good bit of branding. Dracula's Castle in Romania is offering free COVID vaccinations. Ah. So this is a castle that was, it's not actually Dracula's Castle.

It was the castle that inspired Dracula's castle and so people can go visit it's already a tourist attraction but they're adding COVID vaccinations and free visits just to encourage people to get the jab and have a bit of a scare in Dracula's castle. Well why wouldn't you just get the jab at a doctor's surgery?

Why are you opting for Dracula's castle? I don't know, maybe if you want a bit more of a thrill. It's like come to Rainbow's End, ride the Coca-Cola's corkscrew, and you can get a vaccine at the end of it. True. Good point. Thank you, Juliet. No worries.

And you'll read those stories on the New Zealand Herald in two to three days. You absolutely will. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Now, Carrie, Cadbury Dairy Milk have teamed up with Snifters. They've got Cadbury Dairy Milk Snifters, blocks of chocolate. They are delicious.

Nice combination. I was driving home yesterday thinking about Snifters. I remember going to a birthday party, and one of the children there was very young, seven or eight years old, put a snifter up his nose. Dangerous. I remember the parents having to go to the chemist and buy tweezers and put the snifter out of his nose.

Don't put them up your nose. No, unfortunately these are in the block form. Yeah, if you can put a block of chocolate up your nose, you're doing well. And because it was iconic for the movies back in the day, we're doing snifter movie scenes. So what you do is you start with $500. We give you $500 if you give us a call and 100 of the hits. And you get a movie snack pack. But every movie you can't guess, once we give you clues,

we take away $100 from that. Although yesterday, Jono, you were giving the clues. I got told off. Yeah, well, mate, you need to give clues as in to what the movie is, but not give away what the movie is in your clues. Have a listen. There's wars and Stars. Star Wars.

Yes. Well done. Steve Carell, he's despicable. Despicable, mate. Well done. Wall-E. Wall-E. Wall-E, the robot.

Yeah, well done. Mate, it was five tonight. I've checked out at 8.30. What? You did a show tonight. I know. The last 8.30. What? You didn't do the show tonight. Oh, I know. The last half hour I'm in autopilot, and you're like, hey, we've got to do this game,

come up with some clues. And then producer Humphrey came in and told me off on air. Yeah, yeah. So I've been banned from clue giving. You can't give any more clues. So I will turn over the blocks of chocolate very shortly if you want to give us a call on 0800 THE HITS. And I will try and give some clues

and not just say the movie title. It's all thanks to Cadbury Dairy Milk Snifters, the blocks of chocolates. A special limited edition in stores right now. Welcome in from CUMU, Zita. Welcome, Morena. Morena. How are you?

I'm good, thanks. I was just Googling your name, Zita, and it means hope in Spanish. Oh, I'm very hoping I'll win $500. It also means virgin in Hebrew. Oh, is that? Okay. Just in case you're...

Okay, I'll stop there, alright? I've made it weird already. I'm sorry, Zita. It's alright. Alright, this is Flummoxed Music Movie Trivia at its finest. Ben Boyce is going to give you

clues as to what the films are. You've already won $500, so congrats. Oh, thanks. Now it's yours to lose. Yeah, everyone, you can't get right. We'll take away $100 cash. I'll try my best. I don't know what these movies are.

I've got to turn over the block of chocolate and find out, so I'll do my best, okay? Okay. Okay, here we go. Oh, he's green. He's got a donkey. He's an ogre. Shrek? Yes, that we go. Oh, he's green. He's got a donkey. He's an ogre. Shrek?

Yes, that's it. Family of superheroes. They all dress in red. It's an animated movie. You could say they're a... They're a medical? Yes, that's it. Oh, they like to move it, move it.

Another animated movie. Madagascar. Yes. Oh, Will Ferrell. He's a Christmas movie. Madagascar. Yes. Will Ferrell, his Christmas movie. He lives in the North Pole and then he goes to New York. Santa Claus? No, no. He's one of Santa's workers.

Oh, the elf. Yes. And, oh, jeez. Steve Martin, I think, is in this movie. Oh, we're going deep here. He's got 12 kids. And you would say things were, you'd say it'd be more expensive, but in fact they're not.

They're the opposite of being more expensive because he's got 12 kids. They're kind of, it's not expensive. It's opposite of expensive. Oh. Things are cheaper by the dozen. Jeez, that was a hard one. Cheaper by the dozen, isn't it? Isn't that neat?

Cheaper by the dozen. When was that out? Oh, that's a lovely reference to a movie from 17 years ago, Cheaper by the Dozen. So I tried my best on that one. You got $400 cash. Wow, thank you so much. That's not too bad.

Not too bad. No, it's not. Now you need to go and spread the good word about the generosity of Jono and Ben on the hits, okay? Oh, you guys are so generous. We are. We are. Can you say that again, actually, just a bit clearer, just for the ad? Jono and Ben are so generous.

So generous. Charity, just check charity in there as well. Charitable. Charitable. Good folks. Handsome. Oh check charity in there as well. Charitable. Charitable. Good vote. Handsome. Oh, it looks, okay, yeah. Thank you.

I appreciate all these words that Jono is making you say. Well done. Congratulations, $400 cash and a movie snack pack coming your way thanks to Cadbury Dairy Milk inspired by snifters. 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. He's a one-man newsroom,

and I'm looking forward to having a sneak peek at his big bulletin. What's happening there, Ben Boyce? Well, Australian lady went about 12 days ago to have her tonsils taken out. It's a routine operation, wouldn't you? Didn't he have her tonsils taken out? Yeah, my daughter did'd say a routine operation, wouldn't you? Did Indy have her tonsils taken out? Yeah, my daughter did. Yeah, two weeks,

you forget about how incredible, I think the older you are, the more pain that you get afterwards as well. How's she recovering? Indy, she was a couple of weeks ago, wasn't she? Yeah, it took a good week or a week to seven to 10 days

for her to start feeling better. Where do they put them? Do they give them to you? I think you can take them away with you, but we actually had to form and they were like, yeah, I think they wanted to analyse them, take them away with you, but we actually had to form. And they were like, yeah, I think they wanted to analyze them, take them away to the lab and take them analyzed for scientific research.

So we're like, yeah, sweet, because you don't really want to keep those sort of things. But this is what you're going to do with it. Where do you put your tonsils? Just sitting in a bowl on the counter, like with the fruit? Yeah, exactly. So Australian lady, she went in to have her tonsils taken out, and she got in the shower afterwards after the operation, started singing and she noticed something was different. Now, instead of a normal Australian accent, she was starting to hear that she sounded very Irish. Have a listen to her.

I woke up with an Irish accent and I've never been to Ireland before. I spent the whole day yesterday freaking out about why this is happening to me. And I went to the hospital and I also called my specialist and asked them why this is happening. And they couldn't provide any answers. At this stage, I don't think it's going to get better. She sounds like me trying to be funny on St. Patrick's Day. It's not a convincing Irish accent. Well, yeah, but that is the thing, because we were listening to this before,

and we were like, is this legit? But the more I read into it, yeah, it's a thing, there is a thing that can happen to some people called foreign accent syndrome, FAS, and it happens when you start to speak with a different accent, most likely after a head injury, stroke,

or some time of damage to the brain. That's what can actually happen. And this has been 12 days now. She said her friends and family thought it was a joke at first but then two to three days later when she's still talking like that, they're like, wow, she's really committing to it. If it is a joke, she's gone back to see a specialist. She's gone

back to, she's the neurologist she's going to at the moment to get different treatments. She still hasn't, the accent hasn't gone. So this poor lady, if it is legit, is stuck with an accent that, you know, wasn't originally hers. No, and it's one of those things, because obviously something might have gone wrong

in surgery, a mishap of some description. But it sounds like comedy, doesn't it? It does. It sounds like, you know, I had a neighbour, when I used to flat in town with Jennifer, and our neighbour, he had Tourette's. And he'd be like, good morning, you bald skank. And he'd do things like that. But it would make me smile.

You know, there's sometimes where you're like, you need to take these things seriously. Well, yeah, that's why she came out with it, as she said there, because people with FAS get treated like a joke. And she wanted to come out and just say, hey, I connect with you guys because what I've got is very rare.

So, yeah, they reckon it will change back over time. That's what, so far, the medical experts... Well, she's lucky she it will change back over time. That's what so far the medical experts say. Well, she's lucky she's landed with an Irish accent. Still one of the few accents that are okay to do in 2021. You could, like, imagine if you came out of surgery. Imagine if Ben Bush went to surgery and came out with one that's, you know, not so appropriate. Yeah, true. But what's he committing to this?

Well, yeah. A lot of explaining to do. So there we go. We'll try and keep you updated on that story. Why don't we get her? Well, yeah. A lot of explaining to do. So there we go. We'll try and keep you updated on that story. Why don't we get her on? We should get her on. Yeah, we could try and get her on. Yeah.

Yeah. Producer Humphrey. Producer Humphrey just raised his eyebrows. He's like, yeah. Leave it with me. I'm a safe pair of hands. You want someone booked, I'll get them on. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning.

Yeah, yeah, nah. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, nah. The home of yeah, nah. She'll be right and at the end of the day. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Just reading something actually in the New Zealand Herald right now

about the do's and don'ts of going to an open home because many of us have, you know, looked at open homes over the years. I know where this is leading, but continue on. Well, I say, well, actually, you know where it's leading. So, yeah, some of the things this real estate agency do's or don'ts for buyers when inspecting homes, you obviously you know where it's leading. So, yeah, some of the things this real estate agency do's or don'ts for buyers when inspecting homes. Yeah, obviously keep an eye on your kids. If you've got young kids, don't let them, you know,

because things can get damaged if you're not controlling, you know, like the kids. Kids love it, eh? They're just like, it's another playground. And then all of a sudden you walk into a room, they're like fossicking through drawers, jumping on beds. Well, that's the thing, yeah. Take your shoes off if required,

because obviously, what he said, there's be an occasion where someone had stepped in dog poo and then walked that around in the open home, which is not what you want. Don't snoop around. You can check out the pantry and things like that for space areas,

but don't go snooping through drawers that you shouldn't be. You know, common sense. And the last one, don't use the bathroom. Yeah, I know. I told you I knew where this was leading. Yeah, which...

That's interesting stuff. Thanks, Ben. What's coming up next in Spotify? So, have you ever used the bathroom in an open home before? Have you? What is this? Is this an assassination? Character assassination?

It's just a question. Just a question leading to a topical news chat about open homes. Yeah, I did. Okay. Oh, full disclosure. We'd been to three or four that day. Over time, my bladder, it's... Okay, it was bladder.

It wasn't... Yeah, well, bladder's a bit of a mess. Oh, yeah, yeah. With old age, it becomes weaker, Juliet. Just making sure it wasn't the other... Yeah, if it was the other... Yeah. Yeah, that would have been my haul.

Oh, yeah. That house would not be sold. I went in there and it is thrilling. It's the most thrilling experience you'll ever have. It's just like... Was there other people walking around the house? Yeah, anything could happen. And I don't want to get into too much detail,

but you're not wanting to create a scene, so you're aiming for the side of the bowl. We try to do it discreetly. Discreetly. But at the same time, just want to get it done, get it wrapped up. You don't want to be like, was there a racehorse in there or something? Well, not for me, actually.

Was there a mouse in there or something? Dribbling in there? But yeah, no, so I kind of get it very discreet. It was done with class and sophistication. What was the alternative? Go in the backyard or something? Or wait to go to somewhere else. Leave someone else's house and do it.

Anyway. I felt a little bit naughty. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone. Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. Bye. Thanks to Cadbury Dairy Milk Sniffers Block, the new fan favourite. When all else fails, we can rely on our producer Juliet to bring down the average age of this program. And also

deliver us some celebrity entertainment news. What's happening in Spy? So trending at the moment there's a bit of news around the Golden Globes. They're not going to be going ahead next year and Tom Cruise has returned his three Golden Globes awards. This is all in protest against the HFPA, which is the Hollywood

Foreign Press Association. And this is the organisation behind the Golden Globes. The reason for this, and they were called out during the Golden Globes this year or last year, because the board of the HFPA is, there's about 80 members and none of them are black, and so they're calling for a change in this, and so they're not going ahead with the awards next year, and Tom Cruise has returned

three of his awards in protest a real lack of diversity throughout the members there and I think as well no network wants to pick up

the Golden Globes because of this and NBC who usually as it says you know we feel like this is

we know that they want to change and that they will be changing but this is something that will take a long time. And so that's why they're saying, nope, that's not going to be fixed for next year.

We know it's not going to be fixed for next year, so we're not going to air it. It doesn't seem like something that should take a long time. No, it doesn't at all. So it's like, who's in our industry? Who's got some experience? Who will put you on the board? Yeah, exactly.

That's all. Okay, I'll give you a week generously to get that done. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, true. Yeah, true. So what's Tom Cruise putting back on a courier post or something? Probably. Or is he going to drop them off at reception? Probably.

He probably doesn't need to worry. He's so successful that he's like, I've got plenty of other rewards. I don't need the Golden Globes. And Lorde has just hit a huge milestone. Her song Royals has just hit one billion streams across all the major streaming platforms. That is one huge... Your Spotify's, your Apple Music's, your illegal downloadings. One billion.

One billion. And the producer of the song, Joel Little, who's also a Kiwi, that's his number four hitting one billion streams. So he worked on Taylor Swift's Me. So that's had a billion streams. that's had a billion streams. That's had a billion streams. And then he's also had Young, Dumb and Broke by Khalid. Yeah, that's a big song.

Wow. He's done a lot. This is not Joel Little. This is Joel a lot. And the fourth one, sorry, was Whatever It Takes by Imagine Dragons. So all four of those that he's helped produce have hit a billion. That's amazing. Huge success.

Imagine if you had a dollar for every one of those. Well, he would be a five billionaire. Yeah. Is that what you call them? True. The coolest thing I saw, there was Amy Shark, who's an awesome Australian artist. She was recording at Joel Little's house in New Zealand.

And she had a little video. She showed you go to a bookcase and you pull out a book and then the bookcase slides across and it goes into the room. It becomes like the recording studio. So it's like a Harry Potter. It's like a Harry Potter.

That is pretty cool. That's what you spend your money on when you get a billion streams. That's awesome. That is really cool. Well, congratulations. Well done. And all from here, New Zealand.

I know. We're from New Zealand. We're not doing anything as good as that. We done. And all from here. I know. New Zealand. I know. We're from New Zealand. We're not doing anything as good as that. We rock. That's amazing. Well, he does more than us. True. And that is Spy.

For more, you can head to thehits.co.nz. 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. Shono and Penn. Breakfast on the hits.

The hits. The hits. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dway. Please welcome Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. For 10 years, Dwayne the Rock Johnson has been Ben the Pebble Voices hero. He inspires me. Now, Ben's challenge.

Can he get on Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Instagram? Listen, it's my dream to make my friend's dream come true, to be noticed by his hero, Dwayne the Rogue Johnson. And in doing so, it's resulted in Ben getting a relatively large love heart tattoo on his... This is a little bigger than I thought it was going to be. ...on his left cheek. Thankfully, the one on his rear end.

And it's got Dwayne the Rogue Johnson inside a love heart. Top left cheek. Looks wonderful. You've got a wonderfully formed bottom, you know? I don't see many bottoms on a daily basis, but I looked at that one. Julian, I don't know if you want to chime in on this. No, maybe not.

You see, the weird thing about this is that, because I come back, you know, we're around work and people think, you know, is it fake? You know, have you faked up something? And the people are like, did you really get it? And if you're in an office situation, I'm like, yeah, I did, but I'm not gonna go here, have a look, am I? Well, yeah, not in 2021,

mate, especially not with this industry at the moment. You don't want to be doing that. But then you did show Millennial Max and we were inside an office, but it was surrounded by... Well, he asked, he's like, can I see it? And I was like, okay, if you want to see it, you can see it. But then you're right, We had glass around the outside. You had glass everywhere.

And then Bree Thomasel from ZM was walking past. She's like, I saw that. I saw that. Is that legit? And then she came back in. She's like, mate, Cobra. Did you reduce? True.

Cool. Sydney Harbour Bridge. And she was very impressed. And so, yeah, what I'm trying to do is get you noticed by Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And on Tuesdays, he does the thing with his tequila, Tequila Tuesday. So I purchased some bottles of that. And it's Tuesday today in America. And...

He posted a lot of people enjoying tequila on Tequila Tuesday on his private. Like two bursts. Like a post with about five or six people enjoying tequila. And then another post. And I went through it. And it was none of those. None of those were me. So Ben's tension's at an all-time high.

It's like a married couple who are only staying together for the kids right now. He's not happy with me that I've made him get a tattoo. And I feel a percentage of responsibility. You're like, this is a show and he can't not, you know,

there's no way he won't post this. The dream, I've never seen dreams come easy. It's a journey. It's a journey. It's a road. We're travelling it. And I believe in my heart of hearts that Dwayne's saving you for a one-off special. I reckon if I know Dwayne the Royal Johnson, he's like, this content is too hot for it. It needs to stand alone.

It's not down with the medley. It's not part of a montage. It's its own. So I'm saying that, but do I believe it? I don't know. In your heart of hearts, you know what's saying in my heart of hearts? Dwayne The Rock Johnson in tattoo form on my behind. That's what it's saying.

We all have regrets in life. Okay. And I hold hope. Okay, you should hold hope. And you should start smiling at me because you haven't smiled once this morning. We'll find out if I get on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram, but we'll catch you tomorrow hold hope. All right. And you should start smiling at me because you haven't smiled once this morning. We'll find out if I get on Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram, but we'll catch you tomorrow from six.

Have a great day. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from six on The Hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Jono and Ben on The Hits Breakfast. Friends of Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh.