Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - May 14 - The 24-Hour Zoom-A-Thon

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. 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 pant 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. 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 Bansmum 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 10 people or less and maybe a couple of extras depending on your living situation. The rules are a little murky. Strap yourself in, Oteoroa, for some shameless commercial radio stunt publicity and it's most shameless.

This is Jodo and Ben's Zoomathon. Woo! Ah, it is the hits of Jodo and Ben. Good morning and New Zealand's breakfast. This is, well, we are in the middle of the Zoomathon. We started yesterday morning. We did our show. Then at 8 o'clock, we started Zooming.

We have not stopped Zooming. You can catch us on Facebook Live right now. I know I look dead, Ben. I look dead, but I feel alive. I feel alive inside. You don't look alive. So many interviews. I would say nearly over 100 interviews.

Probably more. More than 100 interviews. We've just mowed through. We've had Winston Peters. We've had Tim Shadbow. Lucy Lawless. Rhys Darby. Who was the guy from Lord of the Rings who phoned up? John Rhys Davies. John Rhys Davies

from the Isle of Man. I think he got the wrong Zoom meeting, but he ended up putting on a one-man play for us at 1.30 in the morning. We played a pub quiz against the guy from The Chase, Sean Wallace as well. It's been an epic 24 hours. We've been Zooming non-stop. You can catch us right now on the Hits Breakfast

Facebook page. And I know what better way would you want to end it than with three hours of shaky, shaky radio. This is a great way to end it, Ben. I don't know what sort of radio show this is going to be this morning. It's going to be live. It's going to be loose. It's going to be a rollercoaster. And next, we have

a Zoom meeting with Kim Crossman. Yeah, one of our favourite guests. She's waiting patiently through this whole awkward start to the show. She's even watching us awkwardly now on the live stream. Yeah. When we didn't know we were on the radio and we didn't know we were off the radio. Who knew? Are we on the radio now?

I don't know. The Songy Corn Flakes of Radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Kim Crossman, actor from LA. Thank you so much for your time this morning. Thank you. What's the highlight, lowlight of Zoomathon? Oh, my highlight was, and this is quite a long story,

was Ben Boyce was explaining, he was explaining. Oh. He was explaining, you know, the Iron Maidens commercial with all of our gold-winning female Olympic athletes, and it's like for the beef and lamb. I don't know if you've seen that. So there's a pun there with the Iron Maidens, and I was trying to explain that to someone who didn't know, and I had Sarah Walker, who's in the ad,

and I was like, oh, because the female athletes, and she rightly said they're more than female athletes. I was like, oh, yeah, but for the pun to work, rightly said they're more than female athletes. I was like, oh, yeah, but for the pun to work, I had to explain they were female athletes for the Iron Maidens and I got into a hole. I over-explained it. And so then Sarah Walker was listing off their achievements. She's like, you know, we won gold medals

and you just call them females. And I was like, well, before this interview, here's like I'll talk about the chicks in that beef commercial. Which is a total lie, but you threw me under the bus some more. So then I looked like a raving sexist to Sarah Walker, and I had to text her like about four times afterwards going, I'm so sorry. Look, Kim, so if you want to hang out from Mr. Misogyny, feel free.

Okay, you don't have to stay here. All right, well, it's your highlight then, Ben. Look, one of my favourite moments, we talked to Mayor Tim Shadbolt from Invercargill and he'd been doing Zoom meetings for Invercargill for the council, six weeks, but all we

saw was his mouth and his teeth for 15 minutes. I don't even know he had the top of his face, but it was amazing. It was just like a big smile and Tim Shadbolt, it was great. I don't even know if it was Tim Shadbolt or someone just was amazing. It was just like a big smile and Tim Shadbolt. It was great. I don't even know if it was Tim Shadbolt or someone just putting on a great Tim Shadbolt voice. Now, Kim, we're coming to you from your cat litter room. Yeah, show us the cat litter there.

We'll just go to the audience. Yep, very clean, clean it out daily. Now, you do love your cat. We do bring up the fact that we're not going to bring up again what you take. Well, now I've started. I've got it. So you take your cat in the pram around the neighbourhood because you love your cat. That's great.

I appreciate the fact that you do that. Thank you. He says that. But then he's like, he brings it up every time. Well, I said I wasn't going to. Oh, now I've done it. I'm Sarah Walken myself again, mate. Sarah Walken himself.

But Kim Crossman, can you tell us one item in your room that you'd like to show us and talk about for 30 seconds? All right. And I'm not making that up on the spot. Of course, you can catch us on The Hits Breakfast on Facebook Live if you want to watch the live stream. What have you got, Kim? I have got a list of quickfire questions that I've been preparing. Actually, not for you.

I'm doing some interviews later on today, and I was trying to come up with good quick-fire questions. Should I read out a couple? You might have to. Yeah, fire out a couple to us. Ready to be shot. Okay, the best food-drink combo? Oh, Pepsi and KFC.

He's going to go water and hummus. Like a tank juice and a sushi? Yeah, that's nice. Do you face the shower or face away from the shower? I do a bit of both. Combo of both. I like to wash both sides of my face. Do you have one of those showerhead nozzles that come off? Yeah, I go

under the carriage as well with that nozzle. I always think that the showerhead nozzle was like, this wasn't in the job description. But anyway, that's seen some stuff. The stuff that nozzle. That's it? No, no, keep going. Let's go two more.

Okay, the worst smell in the world is? Dog poo when you realise it's on the bottom of your shoe. Yeah, I pick up my dogs, you know, it's like I just spend half the time going... It's got such a distinctive odor, doesn't it? Worldwide. And I do admire dogs. You can watch a dog do anything at all,

but if you watch a dog go to the bathroom, for some reason they're quite sheepish about it. They cowered over. Yeah, I don't know what it is about the dogs. I was like, I've seen you eat some just weird stuff and sniff some weird stuff. You watch the dog go to the bathroom. For some reason, they're quite sheepish about it. They cow it over. I don't know what it is about the dogs. I've seen you eat some just weird stuff and sniff some weird stuff. Isn't it amazing? Because they would all have different diets.

But somehow, miraculously, the odour is consistent. Internationally. You know, you've got dogs in Paris. You compare the smell. It would be identical. Sorry, we're not making these quickfire questions that quick, King Crossman. And the last question, Kim. I am too fascinated. That could be an interesting study. One, I want not making these quickfire questions that quick, King Crossman. And the last question, Kim. I am too fascinated.

That could be an interesting study. One I want the results for, but don't want to... Here's another thing. Sorry to keep going. But we're talking about the day the white dog matter. Yeah. You don't see it that much anymore, do you? No. Is it a diet thing?

It might be diet. I thought it was just old poop. I thought that was a decaying poop. No. I did some research. Back in the day, there was a lot more calcium in the dog food. Oh, really? Which formed like a white crustacean around the stool.

And that's the result. This is the sort of stuff that you get when you've been up for over 24 hours. Kim Crossman, we've covered some ground. I'm fully invested in it, and I've only been awake for 24 hours. Kim Crossman, we've covered some ground. I'm fully invested in it and I've only been awake for two hours. We are saying some words and they're not great words, but anyway.

Remember to double pump the virgles. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We are 22 hours in. We have not gone to bed. This is our Zoomathon, our world record attempt. We've just gone through the night. We're sitting here in a boardroom

here at our work. Just the two of us, a desk. We've just gone through the night. We're sitting here in a boardroom here at our work. Just the two of us, a desk. We've got computers around us. You can check it out on the Facebook. There you go. I sound like a boomer mum at the Hits Breakfast as well. We're just saying some words. Three to four in the morning,

it was a real lull. It was a low point. I can't remember who we spoke to. It was a lovely lady in France can't remember who we spoke to. It was a lovely lady in France, Lee. We spoke to her. I think we even spoke to all-black Julian Sevier over in France. And during that three to four hour, I was asleep, but my eyes were open. I swear. Is that even possible?

I don't know. Biologically. So we have not stopped Zooming since 8 o'clock yesterday morning. We have talked to hundreds and hundreds of people, celebrities, Kiwis, people all over the world. Russians. We're not going to neglect the Russians. We spoke to the Russians.

If you've missed it, or if you're just like us, and you're like, I don't remember what just happened over the last 24 hours, well, here's a quick update. Right now, we've got Harry Jowsey here. You know, 3.4 million followers. It just doesn't feel real. Hey, mate, have you seen our Facebook page? We've got 1,200 people. Give us half a mil or something, Harry.

Dave Nicholas, heads announcer. How are you? Good, team. Jimmy Neesham joins us. Big fan, Jimmy. How about that final? Oh, that didn't take long. We might have to hang up on Dave.

Into the ice. There you go. Relax, Ben. Jeez, mate. Relaxing, guys. Hey, Matty McLean. There was some talk that we might be able

to try and chat with Breakfast tomorrow. We love car crash television. So is Rose McIver. Once I got to use my accent and I got a bunch of people being like, she's not very good

at the New Zealand accent. I'm like... Yay! I think Benny's been to Sparkarica and she won 900 Music Awards. Do they tell you before you go, they're like, hey, mate, sit up the front?

No. Hey. How did Dad always tip his mic on? I have people come up to me in the stream and be like, oh, you're that guy, eh? I don't really get it. That's the highest compliment you can ever get in New Zealand.

Yeah. Shannon Ryan. This is my first Zoom meeting. Hey, we've got Joseph Parker here. Mike Tyson, Sonny Bill Williams. Would you do it for a mil? Win or lose, you still have my record. I think Tyson still looks like he's very dangerous.

53, he looks incredible, doesn't he? If I get to 53, I want to be just as strong and powerful and fast as he is. A face tattoo? I don't remember half of those people. I don't, no. So that was a benefit for not only you listening, but for us as well. Just so we know what the last 24 hours were all about. As we said before, we are 22 hours in the world record Zoom attempt.

Because, of course, last night at midnight, we clicked over to level two here in New Zealand. That's right, 11.59, and we crossed to a barber in Canterbury that opened the doors at 12 o'clock, and we saw the first haircut. The first haircut in New Zealand. Very hairy man. He looked like a cast member from Star Wars. So they were shaving him, and they're probably still shaving him.

There's a lot of hair to get rid of. Also, if you're up with us this morning, we really do appreciate it. You can catch us on Facebook Live at the Hits Breakfast, but if you want to text to 4487, because Vodafone have kindly given us a few Vodafone TV boxes to give away. These things are worth it. I remember the $150 are great. Serving bowls of lolls for breakfast.

Actual lolls may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We have been Zooming nonstop for 24 hours at the Hits Breakfast Facebook page. You can catch us right now. We're talking to Zoe Bell. We'll probably guest 150 at least over the last... Breakfast Facebook page. You can catch us right now. We're talking to Zoe Bell. We'll probably guest 150 at least. Yeah, Zoe.

Welcome from her wonderful den in Colorado. Welcome, Zoe. This is the den. Thanks, matey. Thanks for having me. You guys are doing pretty good. You look pretty rosy, considering. We haven't slept.

We haven't really had any breaks as such. The steroid's been imported from Eastern Germany that's getting us through this. Zoe, you were just saying... What have you been getting? You got bitten by a puppy since we last spoke. Yes, I did. In the lip.

Oh, yeah, you did too. What happened? Proper. There and there. He just tromped on my... We had him in the car, and I think he was a little agitated, and I'm a first-time puppy owner,

and I either was holding him a bit too tightly or not tight enough or something, and he turned and – their teeth are very sharp when they're babies. Yeah, no. The next thing I was going to say is how did the lips end up in such a position that the dog was – you know? They were biteable. Yeah. Because sometimes I'd been – I'd seen you – oh, they were biteable. Yeah. Because sometimes I'd been, I'd seen you, oh, no, not you, Dom.

We used to, we were Dom, we used to kiss his dog. Like, you'd just be like, mm, not as a. Oh, yeah, I haven't got to that. Like, I love my dog, but not that, not that much. Yeah, and I was wondering if that was the situation. What sort of dog have you got, Zoe? Well, he's a little rescue. So we feel like we may be dealing with some past demons a little bit as well,

which may be some of it. But from what we know, we think he's part border collie and part Australian shepherd. Which, did you know, Australian shepherd is not an Australian breed? Oh, really? Native Colorado. They're called Australian shepherds. All the shepherds back in the day were Australian. Kiwi fruits not even from New Zealand, someone was saying the other day.

What the hell is that about? Oh, it's like it's from China or something, isn't it? We've been coasting off that for decades. I know. We've been living off that. Chinese blueberries. Who knew? Now, Zoe Bell, I was actually reading before,

because obviously you've done a lot of work with Quentin Tarantino. There was some talk, some rumors about a Kill Bill 3. Do you know anything about this? Oh, that's been rumoured for a long, long time. And I've heard him say, God, no, never. And I love that idea. So, I mean, it would be amazing. He was talking about maybe stepping away from directing at some stage.

Well, that's the thing. I think once you've said to the world that you're only going to do 10 and if you plan on sticking to that, then if you've only got one left, you have to be a bit picky about what that's going to be. There's so many options. I'm sure there's so many ideas floating around in that man's head. How do you limit that to

one more? 10 and done is quite a good theory. We could have done 10 meetings on this and been done, but no, we've decided to 150 and still not done. We're still done. Should have gone Tarantino on it. 22 hours later, yeah, Tarantino wouldn't be doing this. Now, it's a lovely day in Colorado because I can see outside.

It looks sunny. What are we talking to Grange there, Zoe Bell? I'd say it's probably about 75 or 80. But, you know, it's kind of like in the shade, it feels quite chilly. And in the direct sun, it's really hot. It's beautiful but, you know, it's kind of like in the shade, it feels quite chilly and in the direct sun, it's really hot. It's beautiful. In the mornings,

there was frost. I took the puppy for a walk this morning. There was still frost in the shade, but then the minute I was moving in the sun, I was having to take my hoodie off because it was hot. And do you know, last night at midnight,

New Zealand dropped down from level three to level two. We can go out now. I did know that. I did know that. Yeah, 11.59. I feel like New Zealand's a bit like, wait, yeah, we're allowed to go outside.

And then you've got to go outside and you're like, let's get out. Yeah, everyone's a bit like, do I want to go out? I can, but do I want to go out? It's a bit like that. Does that mean I have to be responsible for other stuff, like work and jobs and life and stuff now? I think everyone during this period has come to realise

their deep hatred for other human beings. And not wanting to interact with them. There'll be many a person that kind of keeps the personal distance thing going, I feel like. Yeah. Hey, listen, hey, thank you for joining us again. Really appreciate it. You look

after yourself in Colorado, Zoe Bell. Keep safe. Kīnā kaha. Sleep tight when you get to. Well, yeah, we'll see if we can keep going on the Zoomathon. No breaks, no sleeps. We've been going for about 23 hours almost now. Zoe Bell, thank you for joining us. And if you haven't caught Zoe Bell's boss bitch video

that's going around the internet, you need to check it out. It's the best thing you'll see today. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. We want you in our room. Talk the night together. That may not last forever.

It is Jono and Ben's Zoomathon, the world's longest Zoom call. We started yesterday morning. Well, we're on air at 6 o'clock. The Zoom call started at 8, and we almost been going non-stop, no sleeping for almost 24 hours now. Yeah, I tell you, the worst thing is we've got a computer screen in front of us and you can see a real-time image of yourself

and it's like I'm looking at a shell of a human being when I stare into the screen and look at myself. You've even got a bigger picture of me on your screen. How does that look? Terrifying. Not great. But we've had Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting through the night. Many Kiwis all over the world and many other people as well.

We even had a surprise by Sean Wallace from The Chase. We had a pub quiz with him. We've done so many things throughout the night. We nearly beat Sean Wallace from The Chase. I'm going to say it. We were close. I reckon you were worried that we were going to beat him and make him look bad. I was worried. We were up 6-3.

I know. You buttoned off a couple of softball questions. We could have rammed it home and beaten the Dark Destroyer. But Jono, you had a few low points, as did I, throughout the night, but right now there's apparently a montage focusing more on your low points than mine. So I'll eagerly play this and listen

to it. Have a look. My lips are dry. You keep saying that to me and I don't know why. I want you to kiss them. You should go to a hairdresser and get some hair. Kimberly, what do you do? Criminal psychology. Generally, it's a shocking childhood, isn't it? Shocking upbringing.

You're spouting off stuff like you know what you're talking about. Can you hypnotise me to have some hair? And I had the opposition radio station on my cat and you came really close and you let a ripper of a fart out just as you passed me. That's true. That might have happened.

That's what I do. No low points or highlights. I would have said there was a highlights package. I don't know. There's some bloody banging bits there. I don't know what it is. I'm just saying. You can't, when you talk for so long. We just said words. Just words. I don't know what it is. There's some bloody banging bits there. I don't know what it is. You can't, when you talk for so long.

We've just said words. Just words. I don't know, we may have offended a lot of people along the way but I can't remember if we have, so hopefully that stands up in court. We've said a lot of things when we started our Zoom call yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. We're in the middle of our Zoomathon, the world's longest Zoom video call.

We started at 8 o'clock yesterday. We've been going for almost 24 hours now. We're very lucky. We got on Capital FM overnight in London, the biggest radio breakfast show. They had a radio studio that looked like the inside of a NASA spaceship. It was pretty flashy. And they were all just gorgeous looking. He was gorgeous.

They were too good looking for radio. What are you doing? Why are you on radio? It's like they've got supermodels doing radio inside a spaceship. I was like, what is this future radio station? But anyway, we'll play some of that after 7 o'clock. But we're joined now. And she's quite quiet and whispery

because she doesn't want to wake up the household. Doesn't want to wake up the baby. And her wonderful partner Pip please welcome actor and comedian Madeline Sami. Hello. How are you? It's official. I'm just, I'm regretting

saying yes to 6.45 guys. I know. Why did we book you into this horrific swap? I feel like I bullied you into this. I was cocky okay. I was like hey, this is my life now. I'm up at 6.45, but would you believe it? This morning is the sleep in morning. I know.

But, you know, look, I'm ready. I'm ready. My hair isn't. My hair is all over the show. Your hair's looking good. Are you feeling like you need a haircut now that we're in level two? Because I wouldn't.

I'd keep that going. I'm feeling more grey. You don't look grey. You can't see it underneath all the dark here, thankfully, at the moment. But I did turn 40 last weekend, guys. And

ironically, a few days before I turned 40, I found my first grey eyebrow. So I don't know if it's the pandemic worry but definitely things are getting greyer in my face It becomes a bit of a tug of war between your coloured bits and your grey bits doesn't it over

the next 10 years I've got wayward eyebrows all over the show sometimes I'm like how did that sprout that's like half a metre long overnight Do you know that you still have gloves on? Yeah no I'm like, how did that sprout? That's like half a metre long overnight. Do you know that you still have gloves on? Yeah, no, I'm still wearing gloves, mainly because I've been checking Ben's prostate

throughout the evening. Yeah. Wow. These are health reasons. Apparently we have to do like a half hourly update. Yeah, no, he's healthy though. You know why I'm still wearing these? Because I always am touching and rubbing my eyes.

And apparently that's the way that the rona gets in, through your eyeballs. I'm thinking about getting him a plastic dog, you know, one of those cones that we can put on his head. We're all going to have like PTSD from, about washing our hands, which is probably a good thing, I think. When we like drop down to them, so we still have to remember to wash our hands, which is probably a good thing, I think. When we drop down to level two,

we still have to remember to wash our hands. And I'm a little bit like you too. I feel like I get allergies a lot. So I'm often just giving my little nose a little tickle. But even just putting my hand up there freaks me out now. I know, I know. Now, Madeline Sami is with us. Are you happy we're now in level two?

11.59 last night, it's free reign. I'm happy and anxious. I'm happy and anxious at the same time. I hope that we have it under control and that there's not some sneaky, asymptomatic cluster of people out there getting haircuts and infecting everyone else.

Yeah, there's a relief, but there's also a little bit of an anxiety and I think there is a little bit of PTSD because we have been living in this very careful way for the last wee while. And I think it'll take a little while to kind of trust that we're okay. And fingers crossed that we've just got it under control and we don't get a bunch of reinfections and that the economy can just start to thrive

and everyone can get their jobs back. Jesus, mate, when are you running? You should be in the beehive. That's a Sámi for Parliament. I'm voting for you in the next election. Even if you're not running, I'm going to vote for you. Okay, well, there you go. I'll just put on my best Helen Clark voice

and this will be the future of New Zealand. That was the most intelligent thing that was said over the last 24 hours. Yeah, and it was thankfully on the radio too. You guys are very coherent. I'm really proud of you. Oh, we've had our moments. We've had some low times.

We've had some high times. Thank you, friendly unicorn lady. I think we're talking to a unicorn right now. We were talking to someone and I thought I was hallucinating seeing a lizard in the background, but thankfully it was a lizard they had in their house. But I was just like, I can see a lizard crawling

across that table. How long was it sitting with you before you saw it? It was about two minutes I was looking at this thing going, it's a lizard. No, it's not a lizard. Yes, it's a lizard. Thankfully it was a lizard, but who knows. Madeline Sami, thank you so much for joining us.

We love your work. We appreciate you getting up so early for us. Go back to bed. Enjoy the sleeping. Yeah, stay safe. Stay safe. I'm so glad. I'm so glad you guys can't smell me.

Well, same right here. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We're back on the radio right now. We're on the radio, Ben. It is the radio. It is the hits, 7.04, the hits. We're back on the radio right now. We're on the radio, Ben. It is the radio. It is the hits, 7.04, the time. Jono and Ben, in the middle of 23 hours,

we've just ticked over of non-stop Zooming. How long we're going to go for, no one knows, but I'm excited. This is fantastic. The team is pumped. One person's pumped. We're not the only ones who have stayed awake all night. Everyone's done a fantastic job.

And we are joined, another Zoom meeting right now, if you want to catch us on the Hits Facebook page. Blair Chuuk from Team New Zealand, Olympic medalist. Welcome. He sails the oceans of emotions of my heart, that's for sure. How are you, Blair? Yeah, good morning, boys. Good to see you.

Good to see you still charging. We're hanging in there. You're off today training for Team New Zealand. Is that happening today? Yeah, you've actually, the 7 o'clock schedule has been perfect and you gave me another 10 minutes not at training. So I'm out the door. So what you're saying is if we don't win the cup this time,

it's going to be our fault. We can pinpoint this moment right here. Yeah, basically. We've been pretty fortunate to get back into it since we got into Level 3. But, yes, everything's going well down there. I feel like New Zealanders all of a sudden become experts on COVID-19 and also America's Cup sailing when it's on.

All of a sudden, we become experts every few years. Do you find that the case, where people are out there going, oh, you should have been foiling? To be honest, I don't even know what foiling is. What's foiling? But I hear it all the time, the America's Cup. Yeah, that's quite good. But no, I think that's one of the great things about New Zealand

is that they get behind sporting events. And, you know, the America's Cup in particular, I think, you know, obviously we're avid rugby fans in New Zealand. But then the America's Cup sort particular, I think, obviously we're avid rugby fans in New Zealand, but then the America's Cup sort of goes, takes sailing from probably a bit lower to right up there. You must be like, where were you guys for the last six years when I've been battling it out at my regattas on a Sunday afternoon? I haven't seen any of you. We've got Blair Chuke with us from Team New Zealand.

How does social distancing work on the boat? And do you have to adhere to it? Or are they in your bubble? No, they're not in our bubble. But we, yeah, so Team New Zealand's kind of made up of lots of different parts, right? So the actual on the water is only a really small part of the team. So the key thing for us to get back into when we um got back into

it was the boat build so the you know to actually race a boat we build it ourselves and you know that's a huge amount of hours months and months and months so that was on a tight time frame so lucky to get back into that but then then there's the design work and all other aspects but then the actual on the water it's just we just had to be smart and there's the design work and all the other aspects. But then the actual on the water, it's just, we just have to be smart. And there's times when you, you know, would normally be closer and you've had to sort of, you know, push yourself and do something differently. But that's a small compromise you have to make to get on the water, you know. Do the new boats have that cool trampoline thing that they had,

the last boats had, where they saw someone was jumping across on the trampoline? I think that's the technical term, isn't it? The cool trampoline thing? The cool trampoline thing in the middle of the boat. That you can bounce off? No, these boats don't. So the last boats were catamarans, so that trampoline sort of, along with a bit of structure, joined the two

hulls together. This time around that's just monohulls. So like any yacht you'd normally see sailing in the harbour, it's one of those, but just on foils, which Jono lifts the boat out of the water. Oh, now I know what the foils are. I was paying $20 for my foils back in the day.

I don't know what you guys are paying for TV soon. Slightly more expensive. Slightly, just a little bit. Well, we can't wait for the America's Cup. It's happening next year, March, all going well. Blair Chuuk, thank you for joining us on the non-stop Zoomathon. No, thanks for having me, boys, and keep it up. Good on you, buddy.

Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. We started yesterday around about 8 o'clock Zooming. I don't know why, but we decided we wanted to... You look like a stockbroker who's lost all his investments, Ben, in your suit jacket. I feel like I've lost the... Anyway, I'm here now. We've been Zooming non-stop. Hundreds of people have joined

us through the day and night. It's been a lot of fun. Big names like Lucy Lawless, Hamish Blake from Hamish and Andy, Zoe Bale, All Blacks, all sorts. You tape it off towards the end there with some generalisations. I started strong and that's the main thing. Yeah, that is the main thing.

And joining us now, live from their Melbourne studios, guest number 153 in the 23rd hour of the Zoomathon, the one and only Jason PJ from Kiss FM. Welcome, guys. Good morning, lads. Good morning. And I don't think Jono's in any position to be throwing around comments

regarding how other people look this morning. Sorry, Jason's just off air. He was like, you look like I've been on a four-day bender. This is how I started out yesterday at eight o'clock in the morning. And I've started with a very low bar and I've kept that bar low for 23 hours, Jase.

How are you guys keeping fresh? Have you had any showers? Have you changed your undies? You used to work in this building, right? Yeah. Yeah, they've got a shower in the garage. I didn't even know they had showers in the garage. It's a rigmarole.

No, no, that's nothing. The new building we're in now, we work at Kiss in Melbourne, and the shower is next to the kitchen. So do you know how odd it is being in the shower and you can hear people mopping? A jail prison. Yeah, you can hear the toast of mopping.

And there's a window directly through it. Now, Jason, PJ, you guys used to be doing a great show on ZM, the drive show, and now you're on the morning show,

the breakfast show in Melbourne's Kiss FM. It's an awesome gig. Can I just say, why did all four of us sign on to this whole breakfast thing? We were all on drive, guys. Those were the glory days, weren't they? Drive is the sweet chef. We've only been doing this for a few weeks,

but I find my whole life now is just centred around sleep and just thinking about sleep. I feel rude. I feel like we should have texted them before they signed the deal and gone, it's a trap, boys. Don't do breakfast. Don't do it. Well, you talk to everyone that does breakfast radio,

like you get used to it, eh? And everyone's like, no, you don't. No, no one gets used to it. But honestly, congratulations on the gig. It's an amazing gig for you boys, and I hope you enjoy it. It's a good company. We're having a lot of fun here. We've got a really great team, and I'm getting quite internal here, aren't we?

This feels like a performance review. We're having a wonderful great team and I'm getting quite internal here, aren't we? This feels like a performance review. We're having a wonderful time here and glad we signed on. What I want to know is if, because you guys set up in the boardroom there in the building? Yeah, just on the other side they have the iHeartRadio lounge. Now, I don't know if they've changed this since

we were there, but the wine fridges used to be left unlocked. Oh yeah, we used to take, allegedly, some people in the building used to... Treat it like a 7-Eleven. A little bottle shop, you wouldn't even... You could just get in. Now we know the real reason they scarped it off to Melbourne.

It was workplace theft. I'll go check the fridge right now. I'll check the fridge right now. Yeah, go on. Yeah, go check. Well, Jono's got next door to the I Heart Lounge. You guys, what's happening? How's Melbourne through

this whole, are they in lockdown or is everyone kind of out and about? Well, we've sort of just eased restrictions, so we've come into a bit of normality where you can get five people in your house and you can congregate with like ten people outside. But, I mean, you know, we're still being really wary

and sort of just moving forward, we're just, you know, we don't want to go backwards. I think the rest of the world at the moment is extremely jealous of New Zealand and rightfully so. You know, you guys did it really tough for a few weeks, but, you know, you're getting the rewards now. Because we slipped down to level two last night at 11.59, so this is why we're doing the Zoomathon to celebrate, you know,

the only positive thing out of lockdown, which was Zoom. Now, I've just raided the fridge, guys. I don't know how your calcium levels are, but three bottles of milk, baby. They replaced the San Blanc with milk. Oh, listen, Jason, PJ, you guys go and have a wonderful show in Melbourne. Thank you very much for sparing some time. And look after yourselves. Keep safe.

And wash your bloody hands, okay? Hey, boys, I know these things aren't easy. We've done them in the past, but they are a lot of fun. But stay strong. You're almost there. I love your work, guys. Keep up the great work. It's so great to see you guys kicking ass in Australia on Melbourne Breakfast. There we go. Jason, PJ, ladies. You can't say ass anymore, Ben. Oh, sorry. Oh, guys. Keep up the great work. It's so great to see you guys kicking ass in Australia on Melbourne Breakfast.

There we go. Jason, PJ, ladies. You can't say ass anymore, Ben. Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry. Can't say ass. Family friendly stuff, mate. Text me about the sleeping thing and that.

I'm sorry. No, that's smut on my earwaves. Thank you. Sorry, mate. New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. It is the world record Zoom attempt.

We have been Zooming for over 23 hours now. No sleep, no breaks. We've talked to hundreds of people from the Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, Olympians like Eliza McCartney. We've had actors like Rose McIver. Rhys Darby's joined us as well, sports stars. It's been an amazing line-up.

I'm just looking through these people. I don't remember half of them. No, I remember Rhys Darby because we pointed out that he had quite an amount of Bluebird chips in the background. And then he turned it into a Bluebird chips infomercial. It was very funny. It was very funny, yeah. And at the end of it, he was like, if I don't get paid for this by Bluebird chips, then... So, Bluebird, you've got a new ambassador, whether you like it or not.

And he wants to be paid. So, we're doing this to celebrate the fact we're in Level 2 New Zealand. Yeah, we are. Thanks to our team of 5 million. That's what Jacinda's been saying. The team of 5 million have done it. And now we go out there and kiss each other. No, no, no.

To celebrate. No, just be sensible about things. And we stay in Level 2, hopefully. Because you don't want to get back. No, going back would be a nightmare. Now we're at level two. It's a good feeling. But throughout the 24 hours,

apparently I've been owned many times by guests and my own talking. I don't know what this is, but I can't wait to hear it. Into the ice baths they go. Straight down, brother. Straight down. I'd like to say goodbye to Art Green and also my testicles.

Parallel parking in the car park. Every time I go and park next to him, he's always taking up too much space. We've got Ben Humphrey and Ben Boyce. My thing is, we can't have two Bens. So Ben Boyce egotistically refuses to change his name. I bought a new car many years ago. You made me drive down the motorway eating a dog roll.

It was Ben's idea. Every time we see you, you bring it up. And I was like, here it comes, here it comes. So there was a couple of times Ben got owned, left out a sexism scandal, I see. I haven't done that. We edited out the sexism scandal. I got caught and did that.

It was a total, anyway. He got embroiled accidentally in a sexism scandal with Sarah Walker and him. That's what happens. He regrets it. He had to text Sarah. I did, and she was fine with it too, but the way I...

He welcomed her onto the show. He's like, hey, hot cheeks. And I was like, mate, mate, mate, mate. Not in 2020. You've done... Some wingman you turned out to be. It was Jono and Ben's Zoomathon.

That didn't happen by the way. Well, there was a sexism scandal but it wasn't. There was one but it wasn't a hot cheeks base.

Was it hot lips? I can't even remember what the... It was something. He's had to text to apologise. NZB's going to issue a statement later today

in the Herald. It's ugly. It's turned ugly in New Zealand. We are losing our minds. We've been awake for over 23 hours doing non-stop zooming. Morning. It's Jono and Ben on the hips.

We are almost 24 hours of non-stop zooming. We started yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. We have not slept. We've hardly had any breaks. We've been non-stop zooming. One of us has been in front of the screen the whole time. And we've had so much uh so much stuff has happened over the last 24 hours hundreds of guests joining us all over the world

we've had magic tricks we've had ice baths we've had uh wine tasting we've had burlesque dances and we had a burlesque dancer at 1 30 in the morning and uh at one point i thought the dance was gonna ben was gonna rip the plugs out of the feet we always stop the place but it stopped just tastefully thankfully stopped tastefully in time uh it heading to a place, but it stopped just tastefully. Thankfully. It stopped tastefully in time. It was just a bit of cheek. It wasn't there at the end. Yeah, a little bit of cheek.

Yeah, but I didn't know where it was going to go. But something, one of my favourite moments, and there's been many favourite moments throughout the last 24 hours, but we had a pub quiz that we played on Zoom with our mate Riggsie

from Believe It or Not Quizzes, and he organised Sean Wallace from The Chase as a surprise from the UK to take us on in the pub quiz. Guys, listen, I'm telling you, you're not. I'm no cleverer than anybody else. It's all about having an interest, a passion and focus. And remember, I'm a trained barrister, so I'm trained to think on my feet.

I'm trained to think quickly under pressure. And I've been doing quizzes for 19 years. But it doesn't make me cleverer than anybody else. Everybody has an interest in terms of a passion to learn. And, you know, that's how it is, really. We're getting a pep talk from Sean. It's incredible. You're going to pull us through this thing, Sean.

He's a very nice guy, and we took him on a trivia. We were up 6-3 and I was like... You're still upset that we didn't beat him? Yeah, no, because I could tell that you were getting

softball questions wrong because you didn't want to beat the destroyer and I was like, no, now is the time. This is the moment and... I got the Matthew Broderick.

I got a couple of Dan Brown. We were up 6-3 and we lost. We had it in the bag but anyway, I'm not bitter about it. He was a lovely gentleman, a true gentleman, wasn't he, Sean? Yeah, we know. And we lost it. We had it in the bag. But anyway, I'm not bitter about it. He was a lovely gentleman. A true gentleman, wasn't he, Sean?

Yeah, we've got... He was. He was. And we've got more surprises and more great guests joining us. You can head on to our Facebook Live stream. It's happening now on the Hits Breakfast. If you want to get involved, give it a like. It'd be great to have you on there.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben. You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. We've been awake for almost 24 hours live Zooming now. Non-stop. It's the world record attempt. The world's longest Zoom. We've had hundreds of guests joining us from all over the world.

Celebrities. Russia. We haven't left the Russians off the mark. We've got a country of over 144 million people. I was talking before, the fact about Russia, when you give flowers to someone, there's a protocol. So if I'm just giving flowers

to you, Ben, in a platonic fashion, I've got to give you an uneven number of flowers. But if you're grieving, I need to give you an even number of flowers. It's one of the many things that we've learnt that will stay with us forever. And joining us right now, New Zealand's favourite daughter. She was birthed out of the womb of Mother Aotearoa

in the Cook Strait, I think, between the North and South Island. She sprung from the waters. Please welcome Nadia Lim. Morning. Nadia Lim. Morning. Nadia Lim, sorry about that. Congratulations on achieving the longest Zoom record. Oh, well, thank you. Thank you, Nadia.

I don't know if anyone else is stupid enough to do it, so hopefully we'll have it for a while. But what you've done, speaking of technology, which we kind of loosely were, you created a whole show in lockdown, out of your kitchen, filmed on a phone. Yeah, yeah, we sure did. Yeah yeah it all was kind of off the cuff it was about day three of lockdown i put up like a little video of making a um a store cupboard pantry staple curry on social media and that went crazy and then the next day warner brothers new zealand which is a production

company called and asked if i wanted to do a whole show like that and I was like okay we'll give this a go not thinking about all the logistics of it with having to look after kids 24 7 as well and not having any experience making a show but yeah we got through it but yeah everything

was just done on the phone I think what this has proved is that camera operators have we done them out of business now I mean, I think what this has proved is that camera operators, have we done them out of business now? I mean, Nadia, you're filming your own show on a cell phone. Well, there's a big difference though. It didn't look that great. That's the thing, I don't think

the next Lord of the Rings is going to be Peter Jackson out there with his iPhone going, oh yeah. James Cameron's restarting filming Avatar, but it's all going to be on a cell phone. Why has this meeting just ended? Uh-oh, the it's all going to be on a cell phone. Why has this meeting just ended? Uh-oh, the meeting's just ended, guys. Zoomathon just cut out.

Mid-meeting with Nadia. Does it not go 24 hours? Does it go longer? I don't know. The Zoom stopped. Is this the end of it? I don't know. I'm not disappointed if it's the end of it.

If this is how it ends, this is how it ends. There's Nadia Lim on there. We've got Kieran Reid waiting for us to talk. What? We've got the team in here panicking. Is that it? The Zoom meeting's just finished at 7.39am. What?

Oh, whatever. Alan's saying I'm saving it. I'm trying to wrap it up and go home. I don't know if you can pick up what I'm putting down, Al. The Zoom's ended. Well, The Zoom's ended at the moment. Mid-meeting with Nadia Lim. Is that the end of the attempt? The world's longest Zoom meeting?

I'm going to call it. I don't know. Let's play a song. We'll come back. We'll play Nine Days. And we'll come back and we'll talk more about this because this is some controversy. Yeah, what do we do?

I don't know. Do we call it? Well, if you've just joined us, a lot of drama here. We're in the middle, well, we were in the middle of our Zoomathon. We started yesterday morning, 8 o'clock. We went Zooming nonstop for almost 24 hours. We're talking to hundreds of Kiwis, celebrities, people all over the world on UK radio.

We had ice baths. We had magic tricks. We had everything. We had cabaret dancers, we had magic tricks, we had everything. We had cabaret dancers 90% naked. And then in the middle of our chat with Nadia Lim just before. Zoom just cut out. Gone. Zoom just said I've had enough.

You've out-zoomed me. You've zoomed. You've out-zoomed the Zoom. I've got no more zooming left. That's what Zoom said. It just went in the middle of the chat with Nadia Lim, our celebrity chef. Apologies to Nadia for abruptly being cut off. We had some hot fire questions for Nadia. Yeah, we did.

We'll hopefully get to those one day. So what happens? What do we do? We're 20 minutes short of the 24-hour, 15 minutes short of the 24-hour mark. Well, that's what we wanted to get, obviously. That was our personal goal to get through. But I guess... No one brags about 23 and a half hours, do they?

Have you ever heard anyone brag about that? I've heard people brag about 24 hours, Ben. But I want to brag about 23 and a half hours. Maybe it's a point of difference. Do we stop here? What are your thoughts? Well, I guess the Zoom meeting, is it officially stopped? I don't know.

If you want to text us, you can text us through the hits, 4487, and tell us what you think we should do. Do we continue on with this? Do we restart the Zoom link? We've got guests lined up. We've got big guests lined up too. Do we continue on with it or do we call it a day? Let's throw it to the text poll, 4487.

You can call us too. 0800 the hits. High drama here. And I'm too tired to deal with this drama. Inside I'm like, I'm anxious, but outside my body is acting like it's not caring, Ben. But I am. We haven't slept. We haven't slept. And I think we've broken Zoom.

Almost 24 hours into the world record attempt. The Zoomathon. 23 hours. We rode it too hard, baby. 45. We rode it to the limit. We pushed it. We pushed it and pushed it, Ben. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Now, if you've been following our show on the hits breakfast on Facebook, also listening on the radio, you'll know that 8 o'clock yesterday, we embarked on a mission to do the world's longest Zoom video call. A life-changing mission in the name of charity. It was the last day of Level 2, Level 3,

sorry, for New Zealand, before we kicked into Level 2. It was a celebration of Zoom, the video calling facility. We thought, let's do the world's longest Zoom. We called it the Zoomathon. We paid for the premium, upgrade from the 40-minute limit. We've been riding it like a racehorse.

Oh, we've been talking to people all over the world, heaps of celebrities, hundreds of people all over the world had joined us on our Zoomathon as we went non-stop, no sleep, caller to caller on our Zoomathon. And then just about 20 minutes ago, 23 hours, 39 minutes in, this happened in the middle of our chat with Nadia Lim. James Cameron's restarting filming Avatar, but it's all going to be on a cell phone.

Why has this meeting just ended? Uh-oh, the meeting's just ended, guys. Zoomathon just cut out. Mid-meeting with Nadia. Is that the end of the attempt? The world's longest Zoom meeting? I'm going to call it. We've got the team in here panicking.

Is that it? I was very flustered. I didn't know what happened. The screens just went off. Yeah, and a lot of people running around panicking, plugging things in, starting computers again, rejigging things. And we threw it out to you, the audience, the people of New Zealand.

It's New Zealand's breakfast. You make the calls. And we just said, you know, do we stop this one? Do we call it at 23 hours 39 minutes for the world's longest Zoom meeting? Well, because if we start another Zoom thing now, that's a new Zoom meeting, right? Or do we start again? And Gail on 0800, theits, you're on the air.

Gail, your thoughts? Hey, look guys, you've got to restart. You can't end a meeting until the host actually leaves it. So get back on there. Don't be pussies. Don't be pussies. Don't be a classic New Zealand burn there. And I mean, no one likes being called a

pussy, Ben. It cuts deep. It cuts deep. Don't be a pussy. It's all starting again. We've done 23 hours, 39 minutes. That's what we did. Yeah. And now we start again.

I can't go 20. Not every story has a fairytale ending. Yeah. Let's take another call. Surely they can't tell us to start again. We've got Armand on the phone. Welcome, Armand. Your thoughts, Armand?

Great thoughts. Oh, we're not there. I was hearing a voice in my head. I hope he was talking. Maybe I'm imagining things. So we've got guests lined up to take us through the next half an hour. We've got one that's joining us in the waiting room.

We might get to them next. A very famous guest. Now, we'll get to him now. We can click him on now. He's missed out the world record attempt, but we'll put him on anyway. Former All Black captain, Kieran Reid, joining us live from his lounge. He's connecting to the audio. Got that confused face.

Now he's got a confident face, and he's on. Kieran Reid. Kieran Reid, you're on Facebook Live. You're on the radio. Nice to see you. Hey, guys. How are we getting on? Mate, high drama.

Oh, yeah. We need to bring you up to speed, Kieran. We ran the Zoom meeting for 23 hours and 39 minutes. We were just talking to Nadia Lim. The thing just cut out. It just stopped. We only assumed. I was actually listening to it and I didn't know what happened.

We didn't know what happened. So, like we heard yourself, we've got some other people lined up after yourself and it's like, this is technically now a new Zoom chat. You've either just missed out on the world record or you're Zoom meeting number one on our next

world record. How do you want to play it, Kieran Reid? It's over to you. I reckon I'm number one, eh? Oh, she's not going to get it. Honey, I'm not going to be home for another night. Let's go three down. Oh, hang on. This is the former All Black captain, Kieran Reid.

Like, I can't go. I can't. Look at the boys, Kieran. You're pushing the boys. Look at't. I can't. Look at the boys, Kieran. You're pushing the boys. Look at us. Yeah. I've got a red face. Why have I got a red face like Santa Claus?

What would you say when the All Blacks are coming and you're like, mate, we can't carry on? Have the All Blacks ever said that? I don't know if they had. Well, no, I think there's those points that you're definitely in training, mate. And I think that's, you know, there's times where you just have to really push on.

I think, you know, you can't just settle for, you know, not quite there, can you? He said 24 hours, I don't think you've quite made it. He said not quite there. But we did 23 hours. Gail called us a pussy. I can't. Like, you join in and go, he said, Kieran Reesie, not quite there. Gail's throwing out, oh, my gosh.

We've failed. We've let down New Zealand. We have let down New Zealand. We claimed to be New Zealand's breakfast, and we've failed. We've failed. What did we say? But we never said we were going to go 24 hours. That was just us.

But it was just a nice, anyway, having this conversation with Kieran Rees. Kieran, we should probably let you get on with your day. What are you doing? What are you having for breakfast? Well, I haven't had my brekkie. I've got my three-year-old's in there watching some TV. He's got his brickie, but I'll probably just have some Weet-Bix, you know?

Like, standard old brick. Still pandering to the sponsors, eh? I like it. I'm not sure why. It's obviously ingrained in me. I need to get some Weet-Bix in. I'll have some Weet-Bix and wash it down with a tasty Gatorade or something afterwards. Yeah.

Hey, Kieran Reid, thank you so much for joining us. Not actually part of the World's Longest Zoom Meeting, but it's always a pleasure to see you, and thank you for taking time

to Zoom through to us. Yeah, we really do appreciate it. We're just a bit flustered with what's going on. We didn't expect this. Nah, cheers, guys. Hey, well done. I don't know,

is it a record or not? No, now he's going, is it a record or not? He's like, you nearly made it. Oh, look, we're going to or not? Now he's going, is it a record or not? He's like, you nearly made it. We're going to come back after eight o'clock. Let's hang up on him.

Hang on a minute. Kieran Reid, former All Black Captain Kieran Reid, he always helps us out. We really do appreciate it. We love your work, buddy. Okay, we'll be back

after Ed's and you's. The drama continues. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Well, if you just joined us, welcome along.

8.06 the time. And we started this time yesterday on a journey. It was going to be a journey of discovery. We found things out about each other that none of us knew, Ben. And our relationship has reached an all-new low. So the goal was to just do the world's longest Zoomathon. For the last day, New Zealand was in Level 3. We started at 8 o'clock yesterday morning,

and we were just Zooming one after another. The same Zoom call with hundreds of people all around the world and Chris Mack from 660 multiple times. This was welcoming in Level 2 for Aotearoa, a celebration of Zoom. And at 7.30, we were continuing on. It was 7.39. This is this morning, right? Almost 24 hours in

Yeah we're interviewing Nadia Lim and Juju, I'm not sure producer Juju if you've got the audio, this is what happened when we were talking to Nadia James Cameron's restarting filming Avatar but it's all going to be on a cell phone Why has this meeting just ended?

Uh oh, the meeting's just ended, guys. Zoomathon just cut out. Mid-meeting with Nadia. Is that the end of the attempt? The world's longest Zoom meeting? I'm going to call it. We've got the team in here panicking. Is that it?

Then Gail phoned up on 0800 HITS and said that we need to start a new one. Embark on a new record. It's 23 hours, 39 minutes. Chris Mack is kindly joining us again. You really did carry us through

about five hours of Zooming yesterday, Chris Mack from 660. Hi, guys. I am, quite frankly, I'm devastated. I'm not sure what you've done. How did this happen? I don't know. I'm distraught. I don't know I'm distraught I don't know

I love it how Chris Mack he's got a family he's got a bar but he has just he's passionately supported this project he has for whatever reason and he's been with us

through thick and thin through dark hours in the night and he wakes up to this devastating news and if you remember I was fairly I was fairly judgmental about the whole process to begin with

when I first called in. I don't know, I was fairly flippant about what you guys were trying to do and then I kind of got excited about it. I thought,

you know what, they're doing something and gosh darn it, if I don't have anything else to do, I'm going to be involved. They're doing something. Well, next we think it's only fair

that you make the decision whether we embark on a new one or we call it at 23 hours and 39 minutes. We'll be back with Chris Mack from 660 next. Jono and Ben's

Zoomathon, the world record attempt. It's high drama. This has been the longest tail out. I mean, there's so much drama. We can keep this going. Cancel the daytime shows, Toddy.

We're going to go through to three o'clock with this. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Well, the Jono and Ben Zoomathon. That's what we started yesterday at eight o'clock. The world's longest video call. Video Zoom call. That's what we wanted to do. Hundreds of people joined us. Yeah, we went

all over the world. Do you name a country, Ben? Russia. Yeah, thank you. Wales the world. Do you name a country, Ben? Russia. Wales. As long as it's not like Uzbekistan or something because we didn't go there. UK. We were joined by everyone from Rhys Darby, Winston Peters, All Blacks, Team New Zealand Sailors, Shortland Street Actors, Lucy Lawless, the Briscoe's Lady, Mad Butcher. Everyone

joined us through the day and night. And we had hoped to just continue on the World's Longest Zoom meeting beyond this, where we are now, but less than half an hour ago, we were interviewing Nadia Lim, a celebrity chef, and the Zoom call just cut out completely, just

stopped. It's like Zoom had had enough. It's like, mate, you've ridden me like a soldier. Yeah, there's only so much I can do. I've got other meetings I need to tend to. How much more of this inane meeting banter can I put up with? And Zoom had had enough and just cut out. And so we threw it to the people.

Do we start a new one? Do we call it at 23 hours, 39 minutes? Well, that's the world record. No one's gone 23 hours, 39 minutes as far as I'm concerned, but we've decided it's not up to me. It's not up to you, Jono. No, we've decided it's up up to me. It's not up to you, Jono. No, we've decided it's up to a hero that emerged

throughout this journey. An unlikely hero, too. Chris Mack, bass player from 660. When they make a movie on this, you know, it'll be the character he was. He was against it from the start, but he turned. He came in more involved. Yeah, the little bit. You're like John

Candy in Cool Runnings. Now, Candy, to begin with, Candy's like, I don't want anything with this Jamaican bobsled team. You're going to be a nightmare. But eventually, he's like, actually, actually. There's something in this. There's a heartfelt story in this. Hang on.

This change from me being a hero to you guys becoming Olympic golf starters. There's something in your brain that's elevating you far above the station that you were born to live in. So Chris Mack just joined us in a guest spot. It was meant to be like a 10-minute slot. He had disdain for the project to begin with. He's like, what is this? What are we doing? But eventually he came around to it and spent a marathon four or five hours with us, returning, going away, showering, having dinner, coming back,

having with his family, having family time, coming back. And he kind of turned into a director. He was running interviews. He was a pivotal part of this. I know. We could have done this without John Candy, you know? I mean, Chris Mack from Sex Sexy. Guys, it was a blast, really.

It was very enjoyable to be a part of it. I guess what happened was I thought you guys were doing one of your, you know, patented Jono and Ben publicity stunts. And I thought, all right, yeah, I'll jump on. Yeah, we'll mention who you were. Yeah, exactly. Let's be honest, as we were. And then I thought to myself, you know what?

There's something in this. I think I could help them because they're clearly flailing in the water. So I jumped on and I thought I was just really having a good time hanging out, to be honest. And it seemed like every time I came on, you would add another guest who I actually knew. Yes. Because what I've been doing basically on lockdown is spending most of my time

on this app, Houseparty. I think a lot of people have been using it. And basically, I was kind of using you guys because instead of being on Houseparty, I was just kind of hanging out on your Zoom call. It was great. It was a nice way to spend the night. Oh, so it wasn't true, Fridge. It wasn't even

fake friendship. You wake to the devastating news at 228 that the Zoom meetings just ended and so we feel it's only fair that you make the decision whether we continue on, start a new Zoom or call it at 23 hours, 39 minutes, hit the music.

Guys, I just I am absolutely devastated for you that it cut out at that point. And as much as I wanted you to hit your target, I really couldn't be bothered hanging out for another five hours with you guys

on a Zoom call. So let's call it there. It is the record, guys. This is the record, the world record. 20 hours. 20 hours, 39 minutes. 29 minutes. Here we go. We'll take it.

We've done it, New Zealand. Chris Mack, thank you. Thank you. No, thank you. Thank you, Chris Mack. Thank you, New Zealand. To the hundreds and hundreds of people that have joined us all over the world. Donated their time.

And, you know, apologies to the viewers who watched some fairly grim content between the hours of 11 and 2am. Oh, there's some stuff there. Stuff we can't take back. There was some stuff. We're going to analyse this a little bit more on the show as we carry on until 9 o'clock.

Chris Mack, thank you so much for your time. You're a real hero. John Candy of sorts. John Candy. We leave the Zoomathon there. Thank you a real hero. John Candy of sorts. John Candy. We leave the Zoomathon there. Thank you, New Zealand. Back to the music. It is the hits.

You got Jono and Ben. The Zoomathon 23.39. That's our time. 23 hours, 39 minutes. The Zoomathon. Jono and Ben's world record. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Welcome along Thursday morning. The first day in New Zealand of Level 2. Very exciting, very, very exciting. And we just finished our Zoomathon, 23 hours, 39 minutes. Hey, I'm not going to reflect on the negative. We're just short of anything. And we say thank you, New Zealand. That couldn't have happened without New Zealand.

Through the night, we spoke to Kiwis all over the world. So thank you very much. That was your record, New Zealand. You hold your head high. Yeah, an amazing amount of people, as you say, all around the world we spoke to Kiwis all over the world. So thank you very much. That was your record, New Zealand. You hold your head high. Yeah, an amazing amount of people, as you said, all around the world that spoke to us. And there were so many fun, great moments that we had. So many fun, great moments, Ben.

Fun and great moments. But one of my favourite moments is when we spoke to John Rhys-Davies. He zoomed through, I think by accident, at 1.35 in the morning from the Isle of Man. Now, he was one of the main characters in Lord of the Rings. He played Gimli on Lord of the Rings and all the Lord of the Rings franchise movies.

And he was in Indiana Jones. He's a distinguished actor, and he had some lovely words to say. He did have some lovely words to say. We were on the thing with him for about 20 minutes, and everything, he was pulling out hats from Indiana Jones, he had his outfit from Lord of the Rings. He was putting on a one-man play

and he gave this impassioned speech about New Zealand heading into Level 2, which if you put some music behind this, this could be a stirring anthem. Thank you for doing this and thank you all in New Zealand for setting extraordinary standards and you'll be delighted to know the British government has been studying you very carefully and is looking at your the way you end lockdown and things like that very carefully. So

be wise good citizens of New Zealand. Don't overcrowd. Don't go partying on the viaduct too soon. And my love to you all. There you go, with Ben's goofy laugh over the top of his impassioned speech. I was like, shut up, Ben. Like, seriously. Like a lovely impass Ben. Like, seriously. Literally, am I talking? Like, lovely and passionate.

You're right. And I'm like, oh, here we go, guys. Yeah, sorry, guys. Like, really let the team down again. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Yesterday at 8 o'clock, we started on a mission to create the world's longest Zoom video call. And we went through all through yesterday

and all through the night and at 23 hours, 39 minutes, the Zoom cut out. You're talking, but I don't know if you're like, you're just like staring at the desk. The motor's running, but there's, no, what's the saying?

There's a saying. A wheel in the... No one behind the wheel? Change a filter? Yeah, probably that too. You need to get the Warren Fitness at six months or something. Yeah, like that. Is the car registered? Yeah, probably that too. You need to get the Warren Fitness at six months or something. Yeah, like that.

Is the car registered? Yeah, I've got 28 days to do it. So yeah. Cool. Yeah, stuff. So anyway, we've been awake for a long time. For some reason we decided we'll continue on with the radio show. But looking back at highlights from the world's longest Zoom call,

the Zoomathon to celebrate New Zealand's entry into Level 2, from Level 3 to Level 2, now that Zoom's going to become maybe a little redundant. We were joined by so many amazing people throughout the whole time. Kiwis all over the world, celebrity guests, actors, musicians, sports stars. It was incredible. Hamish Blake from Hamish and Andy, he Zoomed us about 6 o'clock last night.

As a surprise guest. Yeah, he did. And he had a bookshelf behind him, which we were intrigued by. You have got the best bookshelf we've seen today. Yeah, we've seen a lot of great bookshelves. They're colour-coded. My wife colour-coded them a few years ago.

I noticed, because you've got the red ones up the top, which blend in with the pink. They look fantastic colour-coded. Does she go out there and she finds a book, she's like, ooh, a blue book. I need a blue book rather than what it is, just to put it on the shelf. We have 25 lilac books we bought for cover colour.

Not because of content. And then we had a bit of a sing-along. We had Joseph Parker on the phone, on the phone, on the Zoom. And he's obviously done really well during lockdown with his videos on social media where he's reenacting and lip syncing along to famous singing movie scenes.

Yeah. And I thought, well, let's try a Zoom sing-along. But you don't factor in the half a second to a second delay that everyone's on. No. I tried to do Slice of Heaven. Now no one ever listened back to that and in our heads that would be amazing. But watching that back, I don't think it's going to be that good.

I think at the time, because we don't hear the delay, I thought it was great. And it wasn't. And now we're now hearing it back. I mean, you even warned. I did. Let's not listen to that. No, we didn't.

We listened to it. And in the middle of the night, I pitched a new TV show, Ben. Because, you know, factoring in that New Zealand's borders are closed, reality dating shows, the pool is going to get smaller and smaller. And I was like, well, maybe we need to open our minds. We started talking about a TV show that we could pitch because New Zealand's so small

and now the borders are closed. You know, I chucked out a hypothetical situation. Do we need to relax our moral beliefs on incest? So do we have incest Ireland? I don't know. You've been a reality TV star, obviously, on Big Brother.

Do you think, I didn't think it had any potential. I wasn't keen on it. I think Jono needs to go to bed. He's had enough. Jog on, mate. They say in London, jog on. That was Kate who won Big Brother

in 2007 in the UK. It's still a format idea and I'll pitch it to the big companies. See how we go. Maybe we'll pitch it tomorrow when we've had some sleep. It is the Hits Breakfast. Thank you so much for your help through the Zoomathon and thank you for still being here.

Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Yesterday at 8 o'clock we started our mission to break the world record for the world's longest Zoom video call. It was a way of celebrating New Zealand heading into Level 2 at 12 o'clock last night. And, well, the Zoom call abruptly cut out today after 23 hours and 39 minutes. And we've got a caller on the line.

Hello, the Heads. Hi. Hi, The Hits. Hi. Hi, who's this? Hello, this is Sammy Mellor from Connect NZ. Hi, Sammy. Has Ben not paid his phone bill? He hasn't, and we're very mad at you, Ben. We've got a lot to say.

Oh, look, I've been a little tied up for the last 24 hours, but I'll get back to you on that. It sounds like a you problem, Ben, but we don't accept that, have we? Sounds like a you problem. not an us problem, Ben. No, you're right. You know the arrangement you had. No, no, it's definitely a me problem.

Now, Ben Humphrey, our producer, Bumfrey, as we affectionately refer to him, says you guys, Connecting Z, are a New Zealand Zoom partner, and you've called up, you've heard the Zoom, whatever it was, the Zoomathon? We have indeed, yes, we're

connected indeed, we operate for Zoom locally in New Zealand and I've just been watching you guys and your amazing Zoom calls so I had to call in and say thank you and check on your sanity and congratulate you lads, well done boys three and a half. Yeah, wow, I can't believe that we talked for that

long on Zoom, it was I don't know, I mean't believe that we talked for that long on Zoom. It was, we did, I don't know. I mean, there's obviously been some interesting stuff put on Zoom over the last few months worldwide, but I think we've... Yeah, some of the stuff between, I've mentioned it, between 11pm and 2am, Sammy, can I apologise on behalf of the hits for what went on Zoom?

You can indeed, and we will be suspending your subscription from now. You had a great run, which is awesome. We did, we had a great run. As you said, 23 hours, 39 minutes, I think was our official time for that call. It was indeed, so congrats. That is the record for New Zealand.

We're getting that 100% verified at the moment, but absolutely congratulations. You guys look like you had a great time. Oh, thank you, Sammy. Thank you. Thank you very much. I regret it. I'm not proud of what we did.

Sounds like all good stories, mate. Yeah, we did something. It was a great way to celebrate New Zealand going into Level 2, I guess. It was, I know. And how amazing for us to be at Level 2 and for you guys to probably sleep through the next couple of days. I think we'll sleep through right through to Level 1.

Hey, Sammy, thank you so much and well done for Zoom for keeping New Zealand running to a certain extent during the lockdown period as well. That's awesome. Absolutely, it's amazing. Well, thank you guys for presenting it so well and congrats again and enjoy the sleepy vibes. Hey, thanks, Sammy. Have a great day.

Yeah, thanks, man. You guys too. Well, I'm off to sleep now. You guys have a great rest of your day. Enjoy Level 2 New Zealand. We'll catch you tomorrow on the Hits Breakfast from 6.