Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 13 - Lost & Found, Controversial Callouts, Our Zoom-A-Thon Kicked Off Today!

Episode Date: May 13, 2020

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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. Scrolling through your feed. Yeah, we like to just bring you up to speed with what's been happening on the internet overnight and there's no part of the internet that we left uninvestigated. I even go onto the dark web and see what's happening on there if there's anything. There's a docker on Netflix about the dark web I'm even too scared to watch that

I went onto the dark web once remember we did it for a thing I couldn't do it I couldn't be in the room I feel filthy

even just going on I purchased some Viagra from Russia keeps you going for five and a half weeks non-stop imagine that imagine that

it was a hard five and a half weeks literally now there's a teen sensation from New Zealand from South Auckland his name is Joshua Nanai and he's gone viral

on TikTok he's made a beat people are doing a dance to it the cultural dance is called and the culture dance sorry

and some of the world's biggest names have now not only done a dance to that but made a song Jason Derulo you'll know him from songs like this. Massive pop star.

He's sung a song over the top of this kid. This is a teenager from South Auckland's beat. Have a listen. Pretty cool, eh? Is he paying the teenager from South Auckland? I don't know. He's up for some royalties. I don't know. The article I'm some royalties. I don't know.

The article I'm reading is saying that it's been shared on a site that you can download the beat and you can use it. But, hey, there might be a court case pending. I don't know. If I was that teenager, mate, I can represent you in court. I have no expertise in the world of law, but we'll try and get some money for you. So what, Joshua?

That's an amazing thing to have. You like TikTok? You've been on TikTok. I made you delete your app. I've stopped being on TikTok. It was embarrassing, the show. But would you do a dance to that? Would you do a dance to that song?

Is that something that you would have done for content? Maybe the previous me, but now I'm trying to avoid TikTok. The old me? I'll leave it to Jason Derulo.

We got to spend some time with Jason Derulo. Well, around Jason Derulo because he came... I felt he was confused by us. He didn't really know what we were about. Yeah, we were quite confusing

at the best of times. He was like looking at us going, what are you two? Why are you here? But one of the things is because he came over and we were doing some concerts with a radio station

and they got Jason Derulo to come to all the venues, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington. And so he had to fly around with a whole group of us. And he's a big star. It was a major dilemma pre his arrival, wasn't it? They were like, Derulo wants a private jet.

And they're like, the station can't afford a private jet. Yeah. And so they were like, we'll get him in first class because that's what his manager wanted, which is fair enough. That's what he deserves. And we were on Jetstar and they don't have like a first class section so he got the first seat on Jetstar. We got him 1A, seat 1A on Jetstar.

And he thought it was an airline called Jetstar that just flew around stars. Yeah, so it works. There was a lot of bull crapping we did to Derulo to get him on that Jetstar flight. But to his credit, he got on there 1A, he flew with Jetstar with the rest of us. Remember we tried to start a new thing

where we'd interview people drunk and it was a nightmare because none of them made it to television because we were too intoxicated. We weren't allowed to play it. So we were no drinking on camera, we drank beforehand and no drinking from the celebrity. It was just us turning up just quite drunk. And we interviewed

Darulo like that and he was like what are you, what is this? I think I started rubbing his abdominals or something. Yeah, and you had been learning the trumpet part to his song Trumpet. Oh, that's right. I played the trumpet and blew a lot of saliva over his face. This was pre-COVID, obviously. But yeah, no, fun time with Derulo.

Bit of a rollercoaster of a relationship with Jason Derulo. The soggy cornflakes of radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. What's that? Oh, what's that? Oh, no. Shut up. Oh, now what? Oh, it's Jono and Ben's rude awakening.

We are up early in the morning, and I usually say we like to get other people up as well, but I'm starting to not like getting other people up as well. What's your hesitation? You know, he's a little bit mean. But they get a $40 Hell Pizza voucher. I guess so. Who wouldn't want to be woken up for $40 worth of Hell Pizza?

Okay, yeah, I suppose you'd be fine like that. You wake me up any time of the day for $40 worth of Hell Pizza. Okay, all right. It's like an alarm clock, isn't it? But you can't push snooze on us because we just keep calling and calling until you answer. Because we don't snooze, because we're jacked up on no-dose tablets.

That's right. Let's go to Rico in Tikawara. How are you, Rico? Yeah, good, mate. Good to have you on. What do you do, Rex? I'm just travelling to Auckland. I work in Auckland.

I'm just running one of the sites for the city rail link. Oh, nice. So do you commute every day from Tikauwhara? Yeah, bro. Do you? How long does that take you? When I first started back up level four,

it only took me about half an hour, but now there's more cars on the road, it's taking me about 45 minutes to an hour. It's amazing the amount of cars back on the road

right now. Yeah. Oh, that's good on you. Anyway, who are we going to wake up, buddy? My wife, Grace. Okay.

We're going to call Grace if she answers four questions correctly. $40 worth of hell pizza. I don't know if I would answer the phone in this situation. I don't answer the phone at the best of times, to be honest. You're suspicious. Ben does not answer private numbers or just any numbers he doesn't know.

Yeah, yeah. I don't know what he's hiding from. I'm not sure if she'll answer either, actually. Hiding from what? The tax? Yeah, that's a few things I'm hiding from. Child support payments Morena Grace

Grace Grace Grace Hello Grace Hello Free pizza Grace Free pizza

Oh Grace Free pizza Free pizza Hey Grace It's sorry to call so early It's John Ombien calling From the Hits radio station

Hi Hi It's like a game showien calling from the Hits radio station. Hi. Hi. It's like a game show in your bed, except we're not there, because then it'll be quite weird. You've just got to answer a couple of questions, and you might get some free pizza. Free pizza.

Okay. Are you ready, Grace? Yep. You're wide awake? Sort of. Here we go. First question. If I was to have a Visa card, what would I own? A, a crippling amount of debt, B, a credit card, or C, both of the above?

Both of the above. Yeah, I'll take C. Harry Styles used to be in which group? A, Harry Styles and the other guys, B, One Direction, C, the far left Greenpeace protest group. B. One Direction. There we go. $20 worth of

Hell Pizza. Jay-Z once famously said, I have 99 what? A. 99 mosquito bites. B. 99 problems.

Or C. 99 mini collectible supermarket figurines. Problems. There we go. $30 Hell Pizza. Here's your final question. She's half asleep,

but she is winning. The southern town of Bluff is famous for what? A. Shed oysters. Oh. He likes the Waikato ones do you Rico?

I don't know if we should accept that as a correct answer. A. Grace and Rico well done. $40 worth of Hell Pizza. You guys go and have a wonderful day.

Thank you. Alright go back to sleep Grace. Love you baby. You guys go and have a wonderful day. Thank you. All right, go back to sleep, Grace. Love you, baby. And next on the show, love you too. Yeah, love you guys. Remember to double pump the Virgals. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Embarking on the Zoomathon for the end of Level 3. To celebrate the end of Level 3, we thought we'd pay homage to one of the winners from lockdown, which was Zoomathon, the video calling service. World's longest Zoom video meeting starts at 8 o'clock this morning. When it stops, nobody knows. Only our bodies do. That's right. I'm a little nervous about it because, you know,

you're kind of going into it knowing that you could be awake for a long time. What better way to end Level 3 with a quirky attention-seeking publicity stunt? And if you're just tuning into the radio for the first time, you're like, what is all this about? Well, have a listen to this. New Zealand, at 11.59pm tonight, we say bye-bye to crusty pyjamas. Bye-bye to lunchtime chardonnays.

Bye-bye-bye to whatever bushy excuse for hair you have on your head. I'm sorry, Jono, I know you said bye-bye to your hair many years ago. And bye-bye to pantless work meetings on Zoom. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Zoom video meetings will forever hold a special place in our hearts and our internet histories. As we say kia ora to Level 2, we say kakite to Zoom. Jono and Ben embark on one final Zoom meeting.

Well, I thought of an idea that we could do, and that's the world's longest Zoom call. A Zoomathon. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. The Zoom meeting to end all Zoom meetings. The world's longest Zoom meeting. When it stops, no one knows. What we do know is the technical tests haven't gone well with Ben's mom, Jenny.

The timer starts as soon as you open the link. Have you opened it, Jenny? Just trying to get my tablet thing to wake up. Oh, you haven't turned it on! Booking the guests has been problematic. Oh, ah, Jono here, mate. Is it 10.30 or around then? Uh, 3am. 3am. And we don't care!

So get ready, New Zealand, to party like it's level two! So long as your party involves ten people or less, and maybe a couple of extras, depending on your living situation. The rules are a little murky. Strap yourself in, Oti Oroa, for some shameless commercial radio stunt publicity and it's most shameless. This is Jodo and Ben's Zoomathon.

So that's it. We've got guests from all over the world. From Russia. We've got talking to someone in Scott Basin, Antarctica. Yes. From Kwazmanistan. I don't even know if that's a country. And if it's not, I'll register it as a country

so we can talk to someone from Kwazmanistan. A Kwazmanistani from Kwazmanistan will be joining us. I felt like it was offensive for someone, but you've just made up the country, so it's clearly not offensive. It sounds offensive, doesn't it? I apologise to all the Kwazmanistanis out there. And I'd like to apologise now for what you may see on the live feed.

You can join us on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page because we'll get quite delirious. We'll be awake and who knows? Who knows? A lot of sexy, explicit stuff. You reckon? Yeah, well, probably not. Look at me.

I can't do sexy and or explicit. Yeah, so join us 8 o'clock for our final hour on the Hits Breakfast here on the radio and then, of course, we'll be simulcasting that on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page, the world's longest Zoom video call. Serving bowls of loels for breakfast. Actual loels may not be served.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I like pineapple on pizza. I like the ads that pop up on YouTube. Kiwi onion dip tastes like crap. Controversial call-outs. So this is when Jono and I both say something that could be deemed controversial, and we see if anyone can agree with us on 100 of the hits.

If someone agrees, we win this round of controversial call-outs. Now, this may upset many. It's upset many. You're a big fan of them, aren't you? Yeah, I do. You grew up on them? Yeah, my dad's a massive fan. Kevin Boyce loves playing the guitar.

Many times he's played me many of these songs. The Beatles are overrated. They're overrated. They're not. No, the floor is yours. Imagine if they're around now, they'd be like Coldplay. I like Coldplay too. They were a boy band, weren't they?

They were probably the world's first One Direction back in the day. There were better artists around that time. You reckon there were better artists? Oh yeah, Hendrix. There were better artists. Beatles, Rover, Raditz. They were like a hit-making factory. But they're a band that you're expected to like. You're like, you must like the Beatles.

Why? They had some pretty basic songs. They had some great hits that we could all sing along to. You don't believe this for a second. I do. If they came out now, they would be mercilessly mocked on the internet. They'd be like, nice haircuts, losers. At the time.

You've got to think of it at the time. That was the fact. They were fashionable. Cool. At the time. You've got to think of it at the time. That was the fact. They were fashionable. Cool name, the Beatles. Imagine the comment sections. They would be ripped

apart. Be savage. This is savage. They just can't say this about the Beatles. And they had a period there where they all had creepy moustaches

as well. That made me upset. They're kind of like Ed Sheeran. They just pop after hit catchy hits. Ed Sheeran's better than the Beatles. Oh God. Ed Sheeran. They just pop after hit, after hit, catchy hits. Ed Sheeran's better than the Beatles.

Oh, God. Ed Sheeran's great. But let's not compare one against the other. But why are they so good? They're just amazing hits. I mean, any group, no one's had that many hits. You know, they're either group throughout history, you know? Michael Jackson had more hits than the Beatles.

Oh, God, okay. Michael Jackson was better than the Beatles. In all facets of his life. He definitely wasn't blemish free, that's for sure. So that's my 0800, the hits, if you agree. The Beatles are overrated. I'm not saying they're bad. I'm saying they're overrated. I think we hold them in way too high regard.

I'm going to say today that as far as all the sports go, and I love sports, but the best one of all is cricket. Oh, for God's sake. And the greatest sport of all is test cricket. Ben when Ben retires he wants to go and watch five-day test cricket and score on a pad like a pencil with a pad. I saw some guy doing it when I was singing the crowd once in Parka you know an old chap retired he was sitting there he was taking score and I'm like that's what I want to do for five days I mean no sport tests you as much

as cricket. Juliet, produce Juliet wants to punch want to do for five days. I mean, no sport tests you as much as cricket. Juliet, producer Juliet just wants to punch you in the throat right now. I just said the Beatles were overrated. She agrees with me

more than she does you. You're making her more angry. Do you like cricket, Juliet? To be honest, I've never really followed it until I worked with Laura McGoldrick actually. Yeah,

well see, people either love it or hate it but once you love it and once you understand what it's about, one thing that annoys me as a cricket fan is who's winning?

You can't ask who's winning. No one knows who's winning. Sometimes we get to the end of five days and we still don't know who's won. It's a draw. It's a one sport. We don't know. It could change at any second.

We may be up slightly, but we're not winning. Okay, I'll wait home to the hits. Who do you agree with? Me saying the Beatles are overrated for controversial call-outs or Ben saying cricket is the greatest sport is the greatest sport No one's a man

no other sport takes so long and is so good and ends up in no result in many instances Ricky's on the phone from Rotorua who are you agreeing with?

I have to agree with you don't I? The Beatles are overrated Oh my god Why Ricky? Well I don't know just average song Average song? Yeah Oh my god Why Ricky? Well I don't know Just average songs

Average songs Yeah Yeah I agree Ricky There are better songs out there Oh far Okay Okay Ricky you'd agree

They're not bad It's not like No they're not bad at all But They're just better bands Yeah They're just better bands They hold a place in music

I mean Elvis Probably better than the Beatles Surely Alright Imagine if Elvis Came out now And he'd get ripped apart On the internet They hold a place in music. I mean, Elvis is probably better than the Beatles. Surely. Imagine if Elvis came out now and he'd get ripped apart on the internet. Oh, you blue suede loser. The internet's a horrible place. Imagine if all these cool historical...

Martin Luther King. Shut up, Martin Luther King. Stop banging on about rights. Yeah, I know. Anyway, people are the worst. People are the worst. And I'm one of the worst. I think we can all agree on that. Yeah, I know. Anyway, people are the worst. People are the worst. And I'm one of the worst. I think we can all agree on that.

Yeah, we can all agree on that. Controversial call-outs. Back again tomorrow. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy. No WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz

Producer Juliette, you're joining us for the world's longest Zoom. You look tired this morning. Do I? Yeah, did you get sleep last night? Well, to be honest, I was constantly dreaming about the Zoomathon and I dreamt that

everything went wrong and I just woke up. I woke up a few times in a big stress and then I woke up for sure at four o'clock and I was like, okay, thank God that hasn't happened yet. Everything will go wrong. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so you just got to roll with it. We do kind of just have to roll with it. Whatever happens from eight o'clock happens, right? Yeah, true. I apologise for

what's going to happen. That's okay. It's okay. I'm excited. It'll be fun. Ben, what are you most nervous about? Just going into it knowing that you're going to have to be awake for a long time. You know, when you go out sometimes and you end up having a late night, you don't usually plan to have a late night,

but this time you're like, I'm up and I've got to stay awake. And so I think you feel more tired going into it because of that. Yeah. Anyway, in spy news, James Corden has revealed that three of his late, late show staffers welcomed baby girls within the past 24 hours. That is, they do say that a lot of people sync up, don't they? Whether in like a living environment or in an office environment. That's the thing, isn't it? Yeah, I think so.

I don't know. But, okay, the names of the three girls, one is called Sadie, another is called Zadie, and then the third one, believe it or not, is called Amelia. Didn't even follow suit. I was hoping for a lady or a maybe. I know, I know. And then you'd think also in the current situation, you would kind of need as many staffers as you can, you know?

Because he's filming it out of his garage at the moment, as in the late, late show. And I think he paid for some of his staff wages for a while as well. Yeah, yeah, I know. Pretty cool. Did you realise him and Ricky Gervais hate each other? Yeah, I read something about that. They've gone to a big hole, yeah.

They hate each other. And there's a character in Ricky Gervais' new series, Afterlife, that is James, he's all singing or dancing, and everyone thinks it's based on him. It does look like Corden. Oh, my God. Like, ooh, sassy. I don't know what the beef is.

No one knows what the beef is. I think at the same time, they were both trying to break into America. And I think Ricky, from what I understand, holds a little bit of animosity that James took a bit of an easy route, just chiming in on celebrities and singing with celebrities whereas Ricky feels like he did a bit more hard graft in the comedy yard. Right, interesting

and in other sort of late night show goss so Jimmy Fallon had Seth MacFarlane on who is the creator of Family Guy and what else, American Dad and everything and he got him, it's called one song, Many Artists, and he got him to sing a song in different characters that he voices.

So this one's Peter Griffin. You're nobody until somebody loves you. He can really sing, eh? He's a great singer. He can. And then what Jimmy would do is then he'd change the card and say, oh, do Shuey, and then he'd do Shuey. The world still is the same.

You'll never change. Well, you'd hope he'd nail those two. You'd hope so. You're right. And then Jimmy held up a sign of Liam Neeson, so then he had to do Liam Neeson's impersonation. Find yourself somebody. Find yourself somebody to love.

I've no good impersonation. I've got an impression. Have you got an impression? No, I can't do that at all. Seth MacFarlane, though, he was the guy that flipped us on the red chair when we were on Graham Norton's. Did he? So when we got to be on Graham Norton's red chair, we were wearing the same outfit, weren't we? And it was like a uniform. And you sat down and he was like, hey, nice prep school uniform.

Flipped you straight away before you could even speak. And then I sat down straight after Jono wearing the exact same thing. So I had to take off my jacket quickly. Just to last. And I was like, I told you the jackets were a bad idea. Matching jackets. That is a good claim to fame, I say. Yeah, flipped off by McFarlane.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. 60 minutes till the Zoomathon kicks off to mark the end of Level 3, the world's longest Zoom video call meeting. We'll bring you up to speed with that very shortly. But first of all, all I want to do deep down inside is give away a hairdryer. That's all I want to do today.

If I don't achieve anything else today. You came in today, you're like, let's give this away. Let's change someone's head forever. It's a great hairdryer, right? Yeah. Dyson, it's worth $600. We stole it from the price cupboard because there's no one in the building here. Is it workplace theft?

Probably. But who cares? Because it's also a prize. Jono and Ben's Lost and Found. It's a Dyson supersonic hairdryer. Supersonic. Valued at $599. We want to give it away before people come back into the building.

That's why you're worried. We just need to get rid of the evidence, okay? And I don't want to touch it with fingerprints or anything because the police could dust it. Aroha, welcome. Hello, guys. Good morning. We're working at Crisp Caf in Christchurch?

That's correct, yes. Do you say caf or cafe? I don't know. It's a beautiful cafe. We have wonderful regulars that come, so, nah, it's a really good place to be. I think it's cafe. Some people say calf, don't they?

Well, hey, it's just what it is, because it's calf. Do you froth it out the flat whites? I don't actually drink the old milk. It's not too good on my gut, so nah. Okay. Doesn't agree with you. What does it do? Does it play up?

No, it's not good. Yeah, it comes out the other way. It's too quick, please. There you go. TMI. Okay. Sorry about that, guys. It's all right.

The myth doesn't agree with everyone. No, it's not for everyone. Lactose intolerant. Yeah, you're right. Ben, this is an issue. We can talk about it on the radio. Oh, we can. No, thank you.

No, you're welcome. All right, Aroha. We can talk about it on the radio. Oh, we can. No, thank you. No, you're welcome. All right, Aroha, we're going to ask you five questions, hair-related questions for this hairdryer, and you can blow the milk straight out of you with it. Here we go. Question number one. What colour is Bart Simpson's hair?

Oh, let's see. Is he yellow? Well done. One from one. Okay, next question. What hairstyle was Bob Marley synonymous for? Oh, Uncle Bob. Dreadlock. Oh, well done.

Do you love Bob Marley? I was saying before 7 o'clock the Beatles are overrated. Bob Marley, he's better than the Beatles. Oh, I know. I love the Beatles too. There's nothing wrong with the Beatles. Exactly. Yeah, there is.

They're overrated. No, stop banging on about that. Okay, what accessory did Kate Moss wear on her head on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2014? The clues in Playboy magazine. Tough question. Oh. Playboy, buddy ears.

That's right. Well done. I was like, that is a really tough question. Although, Ben, you could answer that. You've got all of them. Everybody knows Playboy magazine. Ben still buys them from the petrol station. He's the only guy still buying magazines.

Okay. Which talk show host in America played Tracy in the 1988 original of Hairspray? Oh, shit. I can see her face. We'll give you three more seconds. Ricky Lake. Well done. Oh, my God.

Are you Googling this? I've been, hi. You've just got Google in your head? I'm Googling. Well done, Ricky Lake. You're correct. And how many, this is the last one, a hard one. This is for the hairdryer.

How many different cell types make up a hair follicle? 10, 20. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. You are correct. Wow. Wow. Stop, stop just selling coffee and start entering radio quizzes

because, gee whiz. Well, I've been listening to you guys, though, so I thought, shit, I'm going to give it a go. Well done. Well done. You've got a brand new Dyson hairdryer. You can blow that steaming hot air straight onto the top of your head. Oh, my God, I so need one badly, too.

It's worth $599. You enjoy that. What a way to end Level 3. Thank you so much. All right, good luck with the lactose stuff as well. Oh, yeah, nah. I'll just stick with the armor milk. Fair enough, fair enough.

That's for good reason. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Last day of Level 3 in New Zealand. A bit of excitement around in the country. Many people are booking in haircuts over the weekend. 11.59 tonight is all happening and to celebrate the end of Level 3,

we are doing a Zoomathon, which starts at 8 o'clock this morning. We are going to be talking to hundreds of New Zealanders, kicking it off with the Briscoes lady, actually, at 8 o'clock this morning. We are going to be talking to hundreds of New Zealanders, kicking it off with the Briscoes lady, actually, at 8 o'clock. What a way to launch, cut the ribbon with the Briscoes lady. But I feel nervous. I feel excited, like we're about to board the Titanic. Inevitably, it'll probably sink,

and I'll probably end up painting being naked, sprawled across the couch. It could happen. It's going to happen. Yeah, the first hour at the moment on our Zoom meetings, we've got people like Briscoe's Lady, Lucy Lawless, Willy Wairoa, social media superstar, Simon Bridges, Mike Hosking, all trying to get them on.

We've got a few gaps this morning, and we want to know why you should get a spot on our Zoomathon. Yeah, and it's not like a prestigious thing, Ben. You're like, why do you deserve a spot on our Zoomathon? No, you're just like, you sell yourself. Maybe you're like milking cows and you're like, hey, I can show you how to milk cows. Maybe your relationship's in tatters

and you need us to, relationship counselling. And you want to do it on the public forum of a shameless radio stunt. Or maybe you're just a good yarn. You're like, hey, that sounds like a bit of a laugh. Yeah, maybe you want to have a meeting about what you're having for dinner. Can't decide whether it's chops or spaghetti bolognese.

Well, this is what we can meet about because it's the world's longest Zoom meeting. And if you don't know what we're talking about, well, here's a convenient audio package to bring you up to speed. New Zealand. At 11.59pm tonight, we say bye-bye to crusty pyjamas. Bye-bye to lunchtime chardonnays. Bye-bye-bye to whatever bushy excuse for hair you have on your head. I'm sorry, Jono, I know you said bye-bye to your hair many years ago.

And bye-bye to pantless work meetings on Zoom. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Zoom video meetings will forever hold a special place in our hearts and our internet histories. As we say kia ora to level two, we say kakite to Zoom. Jono and Ben embark on one final Zoom meeting. Well, I thought of an

idea that we could do, and that's the world's longest Zoom call. A Zoomathon. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. The Zoom meeting to end all Zoom meetings. The world's longest Zoom meeting. When it stops, no one knows. What we do know is the technical tests haven't gone well with Ben's mom, Jenny.

The timer starts as soon as you open the link. Have you opened it, Jenny? Just trying to get my tablet thing to wake up. Oh, you didn't turn it on. Booking the guests has been problematic. Oh, ah, Jono here, mate. Is it 10.30 or around then? Uh, 3am.

3am. And we don't care. So get ready, New Zealand, to party like it's level two. So long as your party involves ten people or less and maybe a couple of extras, depending on your living situation. The rules are a little murky. Strap yourself in, Aotearoa, for some shameless commercial radio stunt publicity

and it's most shameless. This is Jono and Ben's Zoomathon. And it's happening at 8 o'clock today. You can watch it on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. You can listen to it on the radio. We'll see how long we can go. We hope to go all the way to level two and then some. But why should we talk to you?

Can you show us something cool? I'd love to see something at your house or in your property. Or your best story, your best yarn. 0800, the hits, the telephone number. 0800, I always forget this number. 0800 843 4487. You can text too. That's 0800 the hits.

That's the number. 4487's the text as well. That's convenient because it's the last four numbers in the phone number as well. I see why they've done that. You can text us at hits or call us 0800 the hits and tell us why we should be talking to you. And hopefully we will talk to you today on our world record attempt. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on the hits and tell us why we should be talking to you. And hopefully we will talk to you today on our world record attempt. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

The A to Z of New Zealand. Something we started at the start of last week here on the hits breakfast. And that was the mission to call a different town or place in New Zealand one a day until we've rang all of New Zealand. 570 of them. It's going to take us two and a half years. We're New Zealand's breakfast so we felt this was the logical

thing to do. Waste a whole lot of money on toll calls calling everyone in New Zealand. And today we're heading to Albany, which I didn't know was a town. I thought maybe more of a suburb just out of Auckland. I mean Albany is usually a place that you drive past at 100km an hour on the motorway on your way to a nice beach up north.

Yeah, it's not much. Hey. Pulling you to Albany. Mate, I've spent a lot of time at the mall, the wonderful mall there. Yeah, well, let's see if the people of Albany can sell Albany. For the A to Z, we are going through to Albany. Here we go. Hello.

Have we got the Smith residence in Albany? Yeah. A town of just over 3,000 people with a demographic make-up of 22% Asian, 73% European. Yeah, I don't know. Is Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station? Eh? Jono and Ben calling from the Hits radio station. We're ringing every town and place in New Zealand and Albany is our eighth town. Is that right?

How does that make you feel inside? Well, if we put a bit of sunshine, it would be good. Yeah, OK, I can add some sunshine to this call if you want. We're calling every town in New Zealand, all 570 of them. What's great about Albany? Albany? Yeah.

What, Howard? Great about it? Yeah. Wow. Great about it. Yeah. Oh, well, it's not very great just now. Not doing a great sale on it. I don't know. We've got nothing else here to tell you anything about. Can you think of one positive thing about the area?

Area? Yeah, well, I don't know. I've been here 54 years and I'm still here. Oh, that's good. You must like it. There's a big mall in Albany. You're not far from Snow Planet. That's a great place to go.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We're not far from it. And they've also got that stadium, the rugby stadium, where one side's got the nice stand and the other side didn't quite get the nice stand. Well, yeah, close to it. Very close to it. Ben's doing all the heavy lifting, saying positive things about Albany. You've said nothing about Albany.

No, but that'll do you. I went to the Lone Star there once. That was nice. Okay. Have a good day, eh? Oh, the Freedom Furniture. I bought a couch from there. I feel like I've spent

More time in Albany Than you You've been there 54 years Yeah but Try somebody else You might get a better He's like I've got nothing to say

About Albany You have a great day You stay safe You're awesome Okay mate See ya See ya buddy Thanks very much

Bye There we go Albany today Tomorrow Albert Town Albert Town Which are just good The South Island Near to tomorrow Albert Town. Albert Town which are just good. The South Island

near Wanaka. Albert Town. So 570 towns. We're nearly 9 what are we 9 or 10 down? No 9 down. Long way to go. Why did we do this? Speaking of why did we do this, the Zoomathon is happening at 8 o'clock. Our world record

Zoom attempt. Join us. We kick things off with the Briscoes lady. We've got Lucy Lawless, Mike Hosking, hundreds of people. Simon Bridges. Yeah, it's going to be... Willie Wairua. It's going to be very exciting. We have harassed and harangued all of New Zealand's elite. I think someone's now deleted their Instagram account

because I keep hassling them. That's what's happening. Someone I was trying to get their email address from now doesn't exist. My only option is to delete myself from the internet. So they've gone from Instagram because of me. Ben, you've been very pesky. I have, mate. Pesky.

New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's John Owen Battle the Hits. It's the last day here in New Zealand of Level 3. Many people are excited about tomorrow where a lot of stores, malls, cafes, restaurants, cinemas, playgrounds, gyms all open up again. Yeah, we're embarking on the Zoomathon in 25 minutes. It begins to mark the end of Level 3.

We'll talk about that very shortly. But Ben, I've been getting bullied. Not by me, though. Not by you, no. It's okay. We always bully each other, don't we? And it's fun. I stop bullying. Is it bullying?, no. It's okay. We always bully each other, don't we? And it's fun. Gentle rubbing.

It's not bullying. Is it bullying? Banter. It's banter. But the lines are blurred, aren't they, between bullying and banter. And anyway, we took some photos for this radio show. And every morning I look at six giant 50-inch screens of us up there. You're in a pink shirt with pineapples on.

And I'm in a mustard skivvy of sorts. We're very bright coloured shirts, aren't we? Yeah, mustard skivvy of sorts and I look... Not clothes that we own, just clothes that we were put in for the brochure. Yeah, and I look confused but happy, like someone's giving me a prostate examination. I'm glad

I'm getting this checked, but it's a little bit uncomfortable at the same time. This is unusual, but I'll put on a happy face. Hello! And it freaks me out staring at those screens every day but anyway, a friend of mine

started texting and he's... He's seen the publicity. He's often in the Herald. Yeah, no, he's seen the shots and he's like,

when did you leave the Wiggles? Because he's got a mustard skivvy on and I couldn't be in the Wiggles. I would be the most uncoordinated Wiggle in the original lineup. And they're all a bunch of Gumby dads. I would have been the worst. Jeff was asleep.

I was the sick Wiggle in the hospice. Wake up, Jono. You're in a coma. He's not waking up, guys. We've lost him. So, yeah, it's the first time I've been clothing shamed because usually I dress like a vagrant. So whenever I'm put in nice clothes, people are like,

oh, you're a loser, you know? It stands out. When you wander around dressed like a homeless person, Ben, I can't just jump into nice clothes because it's such a leap that your friends and colleagues notice and end up barraging you with texts. He's like, hey, Colonel Mustard. Yeah, well, actually, if you want,

0800THEHITS, if you've seen the photo, you want to chip in? What? Should we do that? Or some live bullying? Yeah, let's just get out of the way. If you're okay with it. 0800THEHITS. Because my mum used to dress me in skivvies every day as a child. I was tormented by skivvies, but now with a bald head,

I just look like a thumb coming out of a fingerless glove. You do. We got any calls through on the phones? Oh, Steve's here. You want to bully me, Steve, for the mustard skivvy? Oh, I don't know, bro. I reckon your jersey's killer. Thank you.

Don't worry about it. Thank you. Yeah, but, you know, by killer, I mean in the dining room with the candlestick, Colonel Mustard. It was Sam who works here. Thank you. Yeah, I recognise him.

Have you teed up people to... Well, let's say one or two. Some witty comments? Some witty, skivvy-related comments? Yeah, let's see who else is on the phone. Holly. Hello. Hi, Holly.

I have seen the promo shots. Yeah? And I didn't know whether to laugh or spread you on a hot dog. It's a lovely mustard colour. Who's Holly from The Office? It's Heidi. Oh, hi, Heidi. How are you?

Great to have you on, Heidi. And I think we've got one more prearranged call. Oh, it says Bill from Stewart Island. Welcome, Bill. Oh, who's this coming down the road? Oh, Producer Humphrey. Oh, look, he's in a big red car. There's John O.

There you go. Now there's a random one coming through on line four. Oh, this one I haven't arranged. This one you haven't arranged. This is risky. Let's go to line four, Producer Julian.

Oh, God, do we go with this one? Oh, they've hung up. Yeah. They're like, I'm not taking part in this live bullying exercise. Stick around,

we have the Zoom. The good thing is I look appealing to a household shopper. Yeah, well, that's what we're hoping for. Maybe an example. Look more like that than what you're wearing right now.

Morning, it's Jono and Ben on the Heads. Last day of Level 3 in New Zealand. We go to Level 2 at 11.59 tonight. A lot of cafes, restaurants, tourism operators, the sports clubs are opening up. Sports not too far away too as far as, you far as super rugby and netball. So it's exciting. Feels like the country's getting back to what they keep saying, the new normal.

And don't forget the 3S's Ben. What are the 3S's again? We're all meant to remember the 3S's. Don't do that again. That's when you go to a night out. Now he's filing through his computer. But I don't know what the 3S's are because you go to the bars and you've got to remember the three S's that you need to be seated,

separated, and one server. Single server. Yeah, single server. They're shocking S's, aren't they? Yeah. They're hard S's to remember. And social distancing's also in the sentence as well.

So I don't know if that's an extra S. Is it a fourth S? Yeah. Yeah. When you have a three S thing. And we were saying yesterday, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots is not part of the three S's. But we are celebrating the end of level three with our Zoomathon, which starts very shortly, 18 minutes away.

I'm nervous about it for some reason. World's longest Zoom call. Yeah, very nervous. Apparently there's a few surprises coming through on the Zoom link. If you want to join us, you can just message us on the Facebook page. I've actually heard there might be a massive surprise happening tonight about nine o'clock as well too. Imagine if it's like bloody Bill Cosby or something. What are you going to do?

I don't know if that's going to happen. You'd get all nervous, wouldn't you? Yeah, no. We've got your favourite comedian on the phone, Ben. That's when the Zoom call ends right then. That's for sure. But we are moving as a country from level three to level two tonight.

And there was a bit of an announcement made yesterday. Yeah, by the government. And if you missed it, this is just a friendly reminder how to act while transitioning from three to two. This is a COVID-19 announcement. Congratulations, New Zealand. We successfully bullied the government into level two. And let's be honest, you've probably been acting level two for the last week a friendly reminder we are not out of the virus woods yet try to resist the urge to shake as many hands as you can and lick yours afterwards licking doorknobs and office keyboards is also discouraged you are going to shut down your home school and take your children back to the proper teachers. Remember to try and contain your

excitement until after they have walked inside the school gates. You will be stuck in traffic. Remember the middle finger is the appropriate one to use in a moment of rage when another motorist doesn't let you merge. Don't forget to aggressively honk your horn at the vehicle in front of you if they fail to take off within half a second of the light turning green. You are more than likely going to get NRL wasted on Friday night. Remember to tell the boss what you really think of them. Try to keep a safe distance as you drunkenly explain what systems you would implement if you were running the company.

Keep safe. Keep a safe distance and wash your f***ing hands. Kia kaha from Jono and Ben on the hits. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. We're just moments away from our Zoom world record attempt.

I'm getting a little bit nervous about it. No, well, just because you know we're going to be awake for a long time. Yeah. We know what comes with that. Inane banter, ramblings, babble, arguments. Yeah, I know. Yeah, it's all ahead of us. Producer Juju, you've never been on one of these with us.

No. You're going to see a dark, dark side of both of us. I'm excited. I'll tell you what I'm excited about. I've just seen our first couple of guests. Oh, we've got a first hour, in fact. Amazing line-up of us. I'm excited. I'll tell you what I'm excited about. I've just seen our first couple of guests. Oh, we've got the first hour, in fact. Amazing line-up of guests. You couldn't get a better line-up of New Zealanders.

Lucy Lawless, Simon Bridges, William White, who's a social media star. The Briscoes lady in there as well. The Briscoes lady's launching it. You couldn't have a more prestigious launch to the Zoomathon. So that is just moments away. If you want to watch it, you can do so on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. But right now.

Producer Juliette is in for Spy and Salmon news. So Ed Sheeran, a bit of a legend, he has got on a Zoom call with some school children and taught them how to play guitar. Oh, so did he get on a Zoom call? Because you showed me the video yesterday, John. It was just him playing guitar really well. And I was like, oh, he's just demonstrating how he can play guitar. Oh, so did he get on a Zoom call? Because you showed me the video yesterday John, it was just him playing guitar really well and I was like, oh he's just demonstrating how he can play guitar. Yeah, I thought that was the

video. Because it was like Ed Sheeran teaches kids how to play guitar and it was a really well shot sexy looking thing of him playing guitar and nailing it obviously. And he's like, there you go, that's how you do it. Over to you now. Good luck, good luck on that one. No, he taught them how to play his song Perfect and then he stayed on and talked about, you know,

how he thought he was bad at school, didn't have any talents, and then got into music and he's away laughing. He's just the loveliest guy, isn't he? He is. And have you seen his crazy house that he's got? And he built like a pond in the middle of it and it wound up all the neighbours because all the birds and wildlife came flocking to this pond.

Who wants a pond in their backyard? He's got like an underground bar and stuff and like stuff from The Hobbit because he's a big fan of Lord of the Rings, like the underground tunnels and stuff and doors from Lord of the Rings. It seems pretty cool. As soon as you start building underground tunnels

from Lord of the Rings in your house, you've got too much money. Exactly. And Robert Pattinson, he is isolating alone in the UK and he's spoken about his weird eating habits. So in isolation, he's attempted to microwave pasta to try and cook it from when it's not cooked.

This is a guy after my own heart. He's put hot sauce in tuna cans and eating it. And then also he talked about how last year he tried to invent a way to eat pasta but holding it like a burger. And I don't know how that works. This is like my bloody macaroni cheese sandwich. It's a good looking talented version of you.

Are you into that sort of stuff? No, I was struggling for ingredients the other week in lockdown. And I had to improvise with a macaroni cheese sandwich. Yeah. Very good. Very good. It's still inside of me. I don't know how it's going to come out.

It might have to get surgically removed. A big block of macaroni cheese. He was the biggest thing on earth about 10 years ago. I know, I know. And in the same interview, he said, because I'm in his 20s, which is when he was so big, he just, like, did not even really have a good time. He was just confused all the time, like, not even very happy. But he seems to get out of that.

He actually, for the interview, it was for a magazine. He self-shot the photos, which is the first for that magazine. No stars ever taking their own photos, because obviously social distancing, can't do that. What I like is this thing has really made it okay and acceptable for low quality and low grade content to be filmed. Yeah, well, just looking at the pictures, quite good. But yeah, I was expecting like a selfie

with some blurry zoom video still up his nose at the wrong angle but it's actually quite good. Yeah, I know, it's quite creative but for more spy you can head to the hits.co.nz More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jodo in bed on the hits. New Zealand at 11.59pm tonight

we say bye bye to crusty pyjamas. Bye-bye to lunchtime chardonnays. Bye-bye-bye to whatever bushy excuse for hair you have on your head. I'm sorry, Jono, I know you said bye-bye to your hair many years ago. And bye-bye to pantless work meetings on Zoom. Zoom video meetings will forever hold a special place in our hearts and our internet histories. As we say kia ora to Level 2, we say kakite to Zoom.

Jono and Ben embark on one final Zoom meeting. Well, I thought of an idea that we could do, and that's the world's longest Zoom call. A Zoomathon. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. The Zoom meeting to end all Zoom meetings. The world's longest Zoom meeting. When it stops, no one knows. What we do know is the technical tests haven't gone well with Ben's mum, Jenny.

The timer starts as soon as you open the link. Have you opened it, Jenny? Just trying to get my tablet thing to wake up. Oh, you haven't turned it on. Booking the guests has been problematic. Ah, Jono here, mate. Is it 10.30 or around then? Ah, 3am.

3am. 3am. And we don't care. So get ready, New Zealand, to party like it's level two. So long as your party involves 10 people or less and maybe a couple of extras, depending on your living situation. The rules are a little murky. Strap yourself in, Aotearoa, for some shameless commercial radio stunt publicity

and it's most shameless. This is Jono and Ben's Zoomathon. Here most shameless. This is Jono and Ben's Zoomathon. Hacks are on, Ben. Here we go. It is Jono and Ben's Zoomathon. Welcome along. We're going for the world's longest Zoom video call. We're starting now, 8 o'clock Wednesday.

When we stop, I don't know, no breaks, no sleeps. We're just going to keep going to celebrate the last day in Level 3 for New Zealand. Yeah, because Zoom's been the big winner. We feel like we need to say thank you, Zoom, for everything you've done for us over the last six weeks. We are in the boardroom here at the radio station where all the business gets done, all the hiring and firing. And, Ben, we're in suits on top.

And below, we've just got nothing but boxer shorts and my milky, milky white thighs. I don't get those out every day, and it's a special treat for those on the internet. If you want to watch us on the internet, you can do so at the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. But we've got our first guest. We're kicking things off with our first meeting.

Let me introduce her via the means of recorder. The most beautiful instrument. Why did you bring a recorder? The most annoying person in the world has brought the most annoying instrument in. To launch Jono and Ben's Zoomathon. Oh, God. It's the Briscoes lady. How are you doing?

Tammy, how's things? Well, I've got a wonderful introduction. I love the recorder. Had I known, I would have found a really odd musical instrument. It's, well, listen, I call it my saliva pipe, Tammy, and I will send it to you, and you can feel free to blow away on the saliva pipe. No, we can't do that, not even in level two.

I can't even courier it to you because it's a five-day delay. Tammy, the Briscoe's lady, amazing to have you launch the Zoomathon. Thank you so much for your time. Where are you coming to us from? A lot of books and paintings in the background? Oh, a lot of mess, A lot of mess. I'm coming to you from Christchurch, from

in the middle of the deep south. So, yeah, this is my messy study. It looks shambolic, Tammy. There's files everywhere, there's papers, there's books. I was expecting Manchester and all sorts of cups and all sorts of stuff in the background. I've got my cup

of tea. I've got my briscoe cup of tea. But, no, I am really very, very tidy and very, very messy all at the same time. And in this room, in behind me, there is all the wrapping paper. I recycle all my wrapping paper. So when someone gives me something, all the tissue paper and all the... Oh, you use it all again. Oh, you're one of those Ben's mum, Ben's someone gives me something, all the tissue paper and all the bottles. Oh, you use it all again.

Oh, you're one of those Ben's mum, Ben's mum Jenny recycles, you know those mini little plastic bottles you get with soy sauce with your sushi container? The little fish? She was like, I'm going to find a use for them. And then she, like, texts me. She's like, yeah, I found a use. I put mouthwash in them and I take them out with me.

So she wants a little bit of mouthwash. When you feel like three drops of mouthwash, you find. And she also collects cake crumbs and puts them in a big tin, hoping that one day they'll form a cake. She might make a big cake. Now, of course, Briscoes haven't been having a sale for the last few weeks. Actually, I'm sorry, but they have. Oh, they have.

Last weekend. They're back. They had an online sale. I couldn't be whizzing around doing my thing, but for the essential items that were online, they had a number of days that everything was half price. Not even a pandemic will stop Briscoes from having a sale. Well, Tammy, you can hold there.

We're going to talk to you on our live stream on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. We've got some wonderful New Zealanders joining us before 9 o'clock. Simon Bridges, leader of the opposition. William Wydell, a social media superstar. Lucy Lawless as well. So stick around with us. It is the Hits Breakfast.

The Jono and Ben on our world record Zoom attempt. Oh, God. Please stop. And we almost ended it right there. Not a morning person. Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We are talking to our first guest in 20...

Oh, we don't know how long we're going to go to the Zoomathon, but we've got the Briscoe's Lady. Tammy, it's really great to have you here. We're just learning that 30 years you've been the Briscoe's Lady. 31 and a half. 31 and a half. That is a lot of Manchester you've hocked off over three decades, Tammy. I actually started on the telly just

before Paul Holmes started to do homes. Wow. So it was like a couple of months beforehand. So it's just horrifically a long time ago. But as I was telling you boys off air, I did start it when I was a child.

You did a course. It was child labour in the beginning. Little seven-year-old. Half-priced Manchester this week at Briscoe's. Don't even know what Manchester is. No, I read you did a course. It was like an acting for commercials course and then the first job you got was the

Briscoe's lady. Well, no, I did get another couple of jobs okay sorry i made that up oh no no no no but that's all right you're allowed to look you're allowed to make up stuff he makes up half of his research but he says it with confidence and you also fought in the war and i know you're on the rugby world cup in 1987 um yes it was it was through radio and i was i was a sound engineer so uh in my in my earlier life and then one of this wonderful woman heather eagleton was being interviewed on the radio station that i worked for in christchurch and she was talking about doing these acting um workshops and i went away and did one with her the year we got married. So I was

22. I didn't become the Briscoe's lady until I was 26. So there you go, you can work out. Hell of a gig, hell of a gig. Is it a full-time job? No, but I get looked after like I'm working full-time. That is a lot.

I work about a month a year so the rest of the time I get to be here on the farm, gardening and painting. Who do I have to sleep with to get a gig like that? Well, if you do it on Good Manchester at 40% off at Briscoes. I'm not going to take the Briscoes gig. I'll take anything.

I'll sell anything to anyone. I don't care what it is or what harm it does to society. Lock me up. Give me that gig. Oh, he's already started delirious. Hey, Tammy the Briscoe's Lady, thank you for being our first guest on our Zoomathon. We really do appreciate it. Stay safe and enjoy Level 2 when we get there.

Oh, thank you and you guys too. One of the nicest people in New Zealand, and I can vouch for that. Well, I've just seen who is waiting in our waiting room. This is a very exciting guest. If you want to jump on our Facebook page, you can do so at the Hits Breakfast. Like starting your day without your morning coffee.

It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. We're in the middle of our Zoomathon. We're going non-stop on Zoom. You can join us on the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. You can watch the live stream. And right now, we've got two great New Zealanders on the screen at the same time, and it's certainly not Ben and me.

No, it's Lucy Lawless and Willie Wairoa, social media superstar. Willie, how's it going? Oh, you haven't turned your mic on, Willie. You're still on mute. Lucy's there. Hello, Willie. Figure it out, Willie. Now, Lucy Lawless, we're just talking about your love of attending court trials. And you go to the High Court in Auckland and watch all sorts of trials. Because she's got a new show on TVNZ called My Life is Murder. My Life is Murder. You put on an Australian accent, Lucy, which I'm not too happy about. What did that make you think?

I don't know. It felt wrong. It felt wrong watching you with an Australian accent. Although there's a cat on the show as well who sort of helps you guys as well. He's quite a big pivotal role. Does the cat have an accent too? No, the cat didn't have an accent.

I tell you what, the cat we're missing because, of course, these animal trainers, when they go on holiday to the country, they take their freaking cats, right? And it got out and it was lost in the bush and the producer rang me and she was nervous that I'd lose my cat. Oh, so you lost one of the stars of the show, the cat. Right.

And I just howled with laughter. It was so hilarious that, yeah, one of the pivotal roles was missing in the bush. And they found it after about three days. Three days. Wow. You were like one step away from spray painting a cat the same colour just to fill in the acting role. Now, Willie Wairarau, how's your lockdown been? You've been doing great stuff on social media.

I've seen you TikTok-ing up a storm, dancing your way through it. Oh, man, it's just trying to keep myself busy and stop myself from eating. I've been eating a lot and jogging a lot to try and balance it. I tell you what, your pelvis is like watching a snake charmer, isn't it? The way you move that pelvis, Willie, I feel like you're thrusting it at me. That must burn the cows. Damn, I'm missing him.

Start following him on Instagram, Lucy. He's a heck of a... You started off, well, first in the meat works, Willie, is that right? And then you worked with youth, you know, back in Palmerston North and Fielding as well. Yeah, I don't have much more to say. I've covered it all. Oh, sorry.

So first role of interviewing, probably ask a question that they can answer. Yeah, started off in the meatworks when I was playing footy and then moved to, yeah to youth working after that. Which is pretty much what I just said. Anyway, Lucy Lawless, we'll let you get back on with your day. We really do appreciate you joining us. I'm going to be snake charmed by Lucy.

Oh, she's following you. Why don't we now get a live pelvis thrust from Wairoa for Lawless over Zoom? Can we do one, Willie? Okay, here we go. Let's kick off this. It's been a long isolation. If you want to watch us, you can do so at the...

You might have pulled your camera down just a bit there, Willie. This is on the radio right now, Willie Wairoa, social media superstar. He does these tuck-in Fridays. There you go. Here we go, Luce. Look at that, Luce. And it really is all just pelvis. I can't see the pelvis.

Oh, you can't see the pelvis? Oh, she's seeing it. I think she can just see us. Oh, well, listen, I'll do pelvis. Oh, she's seeing it. I think she can just see us. Oh, well, listen, I'll do pelvis for you, Lucy. Okay. Oh, God. Okay. Lucy Lawless, we're going to back and play a song on the radio.

We'll be back with our Zoomathon very shortly. You can catch us on Facebook Live. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. We're in the middle of our Zoomathon, the world's longest Zoom video call. We started with the Briscoe's lady, Lucy Lawless. We've got social media superstar, Willy Wara.

And joining us right now as well is Harry Jowsey on the Netflix show, Too Hot to Handle. We've just been hearing some salacious stories about that on the live stream. NSFW. There's a lot of rumours, Harry, that you and Francesca from the show are engaged. I see that all over the tabloids all over the world. Can you give us a scoop? We need a scoop. We're desperate, mate. What have you got for us?

So, look, like, she's a 10 out of 10. Like, she's gorgeous. She deserves more than a ring pop. Like, I was under pressure. I didn't know what to do. I was on Zoom. I was like, let's go down to the local 7-Eleven and see what I can come up with. I knew that I had, you know, a limited time frame

to try and pull this off pretty much. And I think she was very confused. She didn't know it was coming. But when I see her again, like I'm planning something nice. What, onion rings or something? Burger ring or something? Yeah, legit. But I need to give her a real rock

and something that is substantial, not a ring. Now you won, the Kiwi audiences will know you because you won Heartbreak Island, the show that was on TVNZ and now you're on a big Netflix show worldwide. What's the main difference

between a New Zealand show and a Netflix show? Is there a big difference? Less diseases? Yeah. No, probably more with this one. No, I think they're just two completely different

shows. Heartbreak Island was absolutely amazing and it was a good leg up. But this one is just on another level. The crew was huge. The food was insane. The food was next level. You can't really beat Mexico now if we can just explain the show

for those who haven't seen Too Hot to Handle on Netflix you all came on the hottest people on earth, it's like I'm just like these are a better grade of human being than I'll ever be and it's just great to see them all on screen at the same time but you all got on there and the tension you thought it was going to be one of those

shows, you've seen them before but then they had a twist, right? Yeah, you were all just like on the verge of hooking up. And then all of a sudden they rug pull the whole thing and go like, there's prize money here. I think it was 100K or something. Every time you hook up, the prize money goes down. You and your partner cost the team $32,000. Yeah.

32 grand. It32,000. It was worth it. Can you not keep it in your pants? Just wait. How long was the filming of the show? You're like, hey, look, three weeks time, we could probably, you know, stay in Mexico. But anyway.

It was honestly four weeks, and I probably could have held out. But, like, you give me a few cheeky beers and it's game over on anyone. If you're going to be doing you right now, you're probably making love on camera. We don't even know. Everyone else has been doing it for six weeks in New Zealand lockdown, but anyway.

We've got Willie Whiter on the Zoomathon as well with Harry Jowsey. Willie, you were just talking off air. You were very surprised to see Harry. You guys had a liaison overseas. Can you explain further? Did it cost $32,000? He's a good mate.

I love all the pluses. He's a good mate. It feels like there's a lot more there, but we're not going to get into it. Hey, guys, thank you so much for joining us on our Zoomathon. We really do appreciate it. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook.

We're in the middle of our world record Zoom attempt. Right now we've got Harry Jowsey. He's, well, we claim him as a Kiwi. The Aussies are claiming him as well. He was on Heartbreak Island in New Zealand. We gave them a Pavel over in Russell Crowe. We'll take horny Harry Jowsey. And he's on a Netflix show right now.

I wouldn't want to claim me at all. We're claiming you. We're claiming you. You're on a Netflix show, Too Hot to Handle. You can catch it right now on Netflix. Harry, you were just saying to us on our live stream at the Hits Breakfast on Facebook that Justin Bieber sent you a DM. Yeah, we're boys.

He followed me on Instagram. He liked the first stack of my photos. and we just text every now and then. We FaceTimed and had a call for an hour and a half the other day. So it's kind of been crazy. That's a lesson. I've never spent 90 minutes on the phone. That's incredible. What do you guys talk about in that? I mean, obviously, you can obviously give us, don't give us all the details, but what do you guys talk about when you talk? It's just pretty much advice. And obviously this is super new to me and he's experienced it all. And I just kind of, it just seems like a big brother. So he's like, just give me advice on what I should do with this or ways to go about this stuff. And then kind of just, he just put me on my path very gently.

Because you're a very good dude. You sort of, you start on Heartbreak Island here in New Zealand and you know not to besmirch the great name of Heartbreak Island well don't I'll stop there, Heartbreak Island was wonderful it's a stepping stone on the way there I mean tell you what no one was working harder

than the nurses and doctors after that show but then you've jumped onto this worldwide Netflix phenomenon of you're too hot to handle have you found your life has just catapulted into a whole other level now harry jowsey it's it's completely different it's um it is wild to know that like you know 3.4 million followers that's just it just doesn't feel real like it's just i don't know it's overwhelming like it's very overwhelming like some nights it's like keeps me up because I'm, like, worried about it all. Like, it's a big responsibility to be, like, in this position.

But I'm, like, very grateful for it. Oh, it's a privilege for you to be in that position. 3.4 million followers. Hey, mate, have you seen our Facebook page? We've got 1,200 people. Hey, we're battling away on 1,200. Oh, we want to, give us half a mil or something, Harry. We'll get a photo with Jousey, try and

boost our numbers. So whereabouts in the world are you at the moment, Harry? I'm currently in LA for a little bit, but I should be coming back to NZ anytime. Yeah, wow. And so what's in the plans? You filmed the show, you're a worldwide superstar now.

What's next? Yep, straight to porn pretty much. Good. I was heading there too next week. Do you get free Netflix of being on a Netflix show? Did they give you a subscription? I actually haven't asked about that.

Apparently some of the other cast have, but I was just like, you know what, you guys have completely changed my life, so I don't mind paying for that. I pay for Francesca's as well, just because I want to be generous to them. You know you can have multiple people

on the same, anyway, we can get off that off the air. You can have one account. You can just have her as one of your people on your account. Yeah. Stop talking about stiffing Netflix then. Harry, thank you so much for joining us on our world record Zoomathon attempt on the radio right now. We'll continue on with the ads and songs that you love, thank you so much for joining us on our world record Zoomathon attempt on the radio right now.

We'll continue on with the ads and songs that you love and you can join us on the hits. The ads and songs that you know and love. The hits breakfast.

Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We're wrapping up. Of course, you can catch us on Facebook Live at the hits breakfast

on Facebook because we're trying to break the record for the world's longest Zoom video call. We've had a great first hour. Oh, geez, we've had Lucy Lawless. We've had the Briscoes lady, Harry Jowsey, from the Netflix show, Too Hot to Handle. And now we've got leader of the National Party,

Simon Bridges, with us. Thanks for sticking around, Simon. Guys, it's great. I mean, I just can't believe I'm going to be in the Guinness Book of Records. Yeah, this is definitely an official record. And we may have told you it was for charity, Simon. Well, we lied.

We lied. We just got you on here. What's the first thing, Simon? What's the first thing? I've been on Zoom calls that have gone, like, longer than you've already been on this. And we look terrible. Look at me.

I'm nearly dead. I'm only 60 minutes in. What are you going to do tomorrow, Simon? Is there anything in particular that you've been wanting to do? Get a haircut, anything like that? Honestly, mixed views about my hair. My mother and my lovely wife, Natalie, think it looks good a little longer. Rachel, my press secretary, you may know, sitting behind this screen here, she thinks I need

a hair cut, it's not looking so good so that's on the list catching up with my dear mother even though she lives in the same city of me in Tauranga I decided dare I say it, because my mum and dad are a bit older, not to go and visit

them and break the bubble, but I will and they will David Seymour he is looking because my mum and dad are a bit older, not to go and visit them and break the bubble, but I will in Liverpool. Now, we're just talking about here, bloody David Seymour. He is looking like Disco Stu from The Simpsons. I was thinking like Gene Simmons. Oh, he does look like Gene Simmons. Who was the fitness guy?

Oh, Richard Simmons. Richard Simmons. Yeah, who was... Richard Simmons, who was on the Air New Zealand ads. Yeah. Gene's always made for loving you. Yeah, he was just... was on the Air New Zealand ads. Jeans I was made for loving you. Yeah. And think like Dancing with the Stars

and that tight little number he wore. Because you imagine if he kept growing that, he would have a full throne. I almost want lockdown to keep going to see how much hair he can grow on top of his head. Simon Bridges, we better let you go. But before we do, who's the most painful politician on a Zoom meeting?

Who's the one you're like, oh, bloody such and such is on there? Oh, that is a very... Look, I'll... I'd probably say my colleague, Paul Goldsmith. Okay. Just very, you know, it takes a long time to get to the point sometimes.

Like, come on, Paul. Sometimes these Zoom... they drag on. This is the age of the soundbite, people. Well, Simon, we appreciate your time and hope you stay safe. And we look forward to catching up soon. Cheers, guys. Have a good one. Simon Bridges, there we go. What a first hour on the Zoomathon.

Action packed. I feel like we've been gone for 12. We've gone for one hour. I look like we've been gone for six weeks. You can join us. Of course, we're going off the radio now, which is probably a good thing. And you can join us at the Hits. I don't know what the last hour of radio was like.

Was it Shambolic producer Humphrey? The Hits, he's giving us a thumbs up. A very meagre thumbs up. He's using his middle finger though. You can join us at the Hits Breakfast on our Facebook page. So the live stream carries on. We're going all the way to level two and then some. We'll see what happens. Thank you so much for

joining us. We might be still here, Zooming tomorrow during our breakfast show from six. Who knows? Dear God, if this is how we started, I'd hate to see what's happening tomorrow. It is the Hits, Jono and Ben. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from six on the Hits and via the iHeartRadio

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