Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Megan fangirls over a young kiwi legend.

Episode Date: March 27, 2024

Show Highlights: Ben thinks kids should get of social media... because of acai bowls? Jono needs to upgrade his wife's wedding ring! We chat with Warriors winger Dallin Watene-Zelezniak.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. I like to think we introduced Jack Black, who was here with us on the weekend and he hadn't heard that song before. No. Hopefully if he does a cover, we can be like, well, that was us. He said he was going to download it immediately, but I didn't see him pull his phone out. Yeah, he had a lot on that day. He was very busy. But he also put on the Warriors top for us. You would have seen him did Up the Waz. It was talked about on Fox League they a panel show in our own show I always talked about it yeah play the video I talked about it that's pretty cool stuff yeah but then he also put a peanut Panthers top on as well so we're

kind of like we're where are we at now yeah I think we still claim it they asked Shawn Johnson about it actually on the crowd goes wild as well and he'd seen it and they asked him about the Panthers top and he's like mate, he put the Warriors top on, we're happy with that, that's great. So yeah, he was pretty happy. I'll tell you who wasn't happy yesterday, Matty McLean. A new drive show host for 2024 Matty McLean, we're in a meeting, it was like

a Zoom meeting about the company's five year plan, the strategy. Important stuff, isn't it? Oh, I hate those meetings. Didn't see us in the five-year plan in the future. Our names weren't in there for some reason. But it was sort of the end of the 30-minute meeting. And as they do at the end of those presentations,

they go, has anyone got any questions? I thought we'd universally agreed that at the end of those boring-ass meetings, no one asked a question. Even if you got a question, just email someone later. Yeah, ask them in your own time. You should have a Zoom too. Yeah, everyone's like, we all know no one asks questions. But then I feel bad because I know when your snotty radio school students come in here

and we've done all the talking, we're like, any questions? And no one asks anything. Right. And it's always awkward. You've said that before? Yeah. Yeah. So I feel an obligation to ask a question.

God. So I asked that before. Yeah. Yeah. So I feel an obligation to ask a question. God. So I asked this question over Zoom. And yeah, it was a pointless question. Probably could have been done on email. And the management team were happy. They were joyous. There was a question. Such a brown noser.

They went on for ages. And I could see Matty McLean over Zoom because he was in the actual office checking his watch. Fidgety. Looking out the window. F fidgety, fidgety, fidgety. He looked like he had somewhere to be. And this was at 12. This was the end of the half an hour. It was a full half an hour.

So I phoned him. I was like, mate, did I really push the patience of Matty McLean yesterday? And he said, do you know what was happening? I had a lasagna that was cooking in the oven here at work. Oh, in the oven too? Yeah. And it had gone past the time limit. Oh, jeez.

Hence the watch checking. Well, he should have just put his video on. Turn your video off. Turn your video off and go on. Put it on mute. Turn the video off. He was in the actual room with management. Oh, was he?

So he couldn't escape. Oh, so he definitely couldn't escape. Right. And all he could think about was his burning lasagna. No one likes it when someone burns something in the office. No. I had burning questions, though, that needed to be answered. In fact, I forgot what the question was and what the answer was.

So important. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, there's an animal wildlife rescue center overseas, and a lady brought in an animal, a hedgehog, that she'd been trying to save. She a hedgehog that she'd been trying to save she'd found and she'd been trying to save she had some food with it she's trying to rescue it back to life she said it was pretty lifeless can you help out this wildlife rescue center and they had a look at it and they went that's not a hedgehog it's actually the uh the little bobble bit from a woolly hat from a beanie it's just basically a pom-pom. It's just basically quite a large size, sort of, you know, like, I guess it looked kind

of hedgehog-esque, but very soft as well. Very soft. I don't think we can bring this back to life. She's like, it's not moving. It doesn't want the food. It won't even drink. Yeah. So they've got a lovely photo they'll put online of the hat bobble just sitting there

next to some food and some water. Because in America, a lot of people have those cute little white hedgehogs as pets. Well, do they? Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. We've got a couple on our property that can't escape because we've got a fence around the property. And the dogs had a rollercoaster of a relationship with the hedgehog in the middle of the night.

Now he just goes out and looks like sniffs them plays with them sits next to them he's become friends with them now they've they've formed a bit of a bond but i'm just thinking they're just like miniature little traveling disease pits aren't they hedgehogs yeah here they are so when you see them overseas and people like giving them baths and putting little clothes on them and stuff like it's a bit weird the thing too is the message hasn't passed through the hedgechild community. Don't cross the road. No.

Stay off the road. You're not quick enough. You don't have enough pace. Yeah. And even rolling up into the ball thing is not going to help. Yeah. I mean, it seems like a natural response. Yeah.

The worst thing is, like, I often see them crossing the road in the mornings when I drive to work, and I avoid them. I'm like, oh, phew. Lives to see another day. And then when I drive home, I'm like, no, he didn't. No, he didn't. No, he didn't. All his intestines are squashed over the right, yeah.

Must be awkward for that lady, though, bringing that hedgehog in. Do you reckon they told her or just went, hey, good, we'll take it from here, thanks, you know? I don't know. Yeah. We had a friend of a family, actually, and she thought her dog had been injured and she was like, underneath, she's like, oh, it's got like a red cut mark underneath by its belly. And she was like getting a cloth and rubbing it, trying to get rid of the blood mark. And it turned out it was just the little red bit from its little wang. I was poking the lipstick.

Yeah. But she thought, oh, the thing's been cut. It's been bleeding. And she's wiping it and all sorts. Wiping it? Oh, wow. That would have just kept it out more wouldn't it exactly i think so so one of those unfortunate things as well i don't know why she told it it's getting more there's bigger and bigger yeah so yeah you gotta be careful with those sorts of things and she didn't have to tell you that story no exactly no that's why i would have kept that one internal and it didn't

even come direct to me. It came direct for others. So lots of people were gossiping about that one. But anyway. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. It's the Easter weekend. A lot of people, including us,

going, what's up with Easter Tuesday that the kids in the schools seem to be having? Well, it's because Easter's normally in the April school holidays. Thought so, yeah. That's what is confusing. I even asked that parent-teacher interview yesterday, and they went, any questions?

And I did ask the teacher that. What's with the Easter Tuesday? I think at the same time thinking, well, I kind of wanted a question related to your daughter. But anyway. No, this affects me because we're going to have to juggle kids. And she explained, the teacher explained, usually it's in the April school.

It's a lot earlier this year, Easter. So it's normally in the April school holidays. So you just kind of, as parents, you kind of go, oh, it's normally a a lot earlier this year Easter So it's normally In the April school holiday So you just kind of As parents you kind of go Oh it's normally a holiday But this year it seems weird Well at least it gives The radio announcer

Something to complain about Yeah It's always nice Leading into it This is a fun game This is What's my age again We're guessing the age

Ages of celebrities Now I love the game That makes Ben more nervous Than his usual level Of nervousness Because he doesn't want To offend celebrities No He likes celebrities I because he doesn't want to offend celebrities.

He likes celebrities. I don't think you want to offend anyone these days. I think Kate Middleton has taught us that. Britney Spears has taught us that. All the jokes made about her for many years. True. It's hard to really guess a celebrity's age. A lot of the time, too, particularly overseas ones,

if they've favoured the Botox as well because it keeps you youthful. Some of them look fantastic. Okay, former Prime Minister John Key. Over to you. How old is John Key? In his 50s. For sure. Okay, well you can lock in your answers, one each.

Oh yeah, John Key's a good question. I will go 57. I'm going to go, for the sake of it, older, 59. 62 John Key. Oh okay! He's looking pretty good. I haven't seen him for a while though. How can he get Botox? John Key!

He looks great for 62. Yeah, no he's probably just, I think just not the stresses of running a country. Probably makes you feel a lot better about life. Well you see those photos of like Obama before he started his term, I think two terms as president, and then afterwards, how it just must age a person. I mean, Joe Biden, I think he looked 20 before he started, didn't he? He didn't have the age to age.

He's actually only 38. It's a tough job, isn't it? Okay, the Briscoe's lady. Oh, don't do this. Don't do this. She's been around forever, but she looks the same. You said it. She looks the same as when she started.

I'm going to be nice and say, I'm going to take 30% off like a Briscoe sale of what I think it would be. And then I'm going to say 52. So you thought she was 80? Oh dear, that didn't work. Trying to be nice. 52. So you thought she was 80? Oh dear, that didn't work. She ought to be nice. 52. She can't be in her 40s because she's been around for ages.

Okay. She looks great. 60. Wrong answers. Ageless. The brisk goes later. I don't even know. No, 58 she is.

But looking great. Yeah, I don't think she looks 60. She looks in her 40s to me. Samantha Hayes. News reader. Newss to me. Samantha Hayes. News reader. News hub news reader. Sam Hayes. Guess.

40. I feel like she's one of those people that, you know, because she does a job that you think, oh, they're a bit older than they actually are. Yes. In her 20s, she seemed like she was 40-something. I see what you're saying. But in saying that.

Wise beyond her years. I would say I'll go 38. 40. 39. Oh, there you go. Yes, she's very young. She's very young. Thank you.

We're the same age. We're going to take it overseas now. Eminem. This blew my mind. Again, he's been around for a while, hasn't he? 50. Yeah.

Oh, 40. I'll go 50. I reckon he's go 50 I reckon 50 I reckon 52 He's 51 Oh there you go You always just think of him as He looks incredible

Again he looks incredible Stop the drinking and drugs Yeah That's the key too Yeah Snoop Dogg Oh he's He's 50

Yeah 58 52 Oh sorry Snoop Dogg Mind you Mind you He's had a life 58 52 oh sorry mind you he's had a life as long as I've had a life the hits

the Jono and Ben podcast it's a Thursday one week today actually we're going to be trying to play handball or the game four square

depending on what you called it when you're at school for 24 hours raising money for kids can wonderful organization as we said before that help out Kiwi kids. So many in need at the moment, one in six who need just things

that you think are basics like breakfast in the morning and a jacket and shoes and stuff like that. There's so many kids in New Zealand going without. So if you can help, kidscanball.org.nz or Megan, you've set up a wee text back number. Yeah, text Kids Can. It's all one word to 4487. How did you become the bloody...

She knows how to do that, which is awesome. Yeah, I know. That's great. The keyword access. So apparently though, a friend of mine, another mother who actually, my daughter plays netball on the same team as her. She's a physio.

She's like, you're going to need strapping. I'm like, strapping, really? Is that when you get all the tape all over your legs? I don't know how physical. It's not surely it's that physical, but she's like, for 24 hours, you're going to be doing it. So she's coming along kindly from her physio to help us out. Is she going to strap us?

Strap what? I don't know. Your hands or your legs? I was like, well, it's going to get sore. But anyway, we'll find out when she joins us next Thursday. Gloves might be a nice little addition. But yeah, well, the ball's not that hard. You're going to get so much crap if you wear gloves.

I don't know, but then, yeah, I mean, yeah. What did you say about the gloves? You're going to get so much crap if you wear gloves. I don't know but then yeah I mean yeah. What did you say about the gloves? You're going to get so much crap if you wear gloves. You don't want to be the, yeah. I'd rather no you can't. I've got gloves on guys. Protect your wee hair. That's going to look bad eh. But listen we're doing it for the kids and that's the

main thing. I'm also doing it for the free sweatband I'm gathering we get to keep the cool sweatband. I'd imagine so after 24 hours. It's not the first time we've done something over 24 hours but they are they're hard through the stages of about i reckon about two o'clock to about 4 30 those are the bleak times that we've done it before because everyone you know kind of goes home that's not meant to be there you kind of by yourself remember when we were driving bumper cars uh dodgem cars for, I think for like 30 hours, but through the night,

it was the bleakest time through that period. No one talked. Your body is like literally like, please, you are supposed to be sleeping now. I just need to sleep. Yeah. The poor security guard who was there with us overnight,

he was also there. And so the three of us were just driving around in silence and we found a foam like volleyball and we had a game of like just half-heartedly throwing the volleyball at each other and trying to catch it but no one was saying a word for about two hours no one smiled no one said anything it was just to get through that period and then people started arriving in the morning that wasn't for kids at all that was for no charity no it's right we did a zoomathon when we first first got to the hits for 24 hours uh where we kind of zoomed

people just during covid times and so we tried to talk to people over zoom for 24 hours the biggest zoom session i remember i thought i was hallucinating we're talking to a lady in america and i was like i can see a lizard that's right was there a lizard and there was actually i but i was like for a while i was just like oh my god there's a lizard it's moving it's in the background she didn't see anything about it quite a big lizard and then i was like sorry i need to ask is there a lizard she's like oh yeah that's my pet lizard she walked over and got it and i'm like thank god that's a pet lizard yeah otherwise i'm going now he's been about 10 minutes in silence just thinking do i bring this up publicly and one of the other ones as well ryan reynolds remember we watched deadpool uh the movie train that was a nice one actually we got to sit in the comfy movie theater and just

watch the trailer on repeat in the hope that Ryan Reynolds would contact us. For how long? I think it ended up being 30-odd hours. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can you relay that in your mind by heart now? The trailer. At the time we could. We got to know the trailer really well.

We reenacted it and we were doing a little cosplay with it all. You kind of go a little bit nuts with lack of sleep as well. But he finally FaceTimed Ryan Reynolds. How cool was this? Oh, this is international. International. This is international international international are they there i don't see anything except static you guys are idiots what is wrong with you have you had a shower have you eaten some real food have you what's going on let's just thank your lucky stars that technology hasn't advanced that far that you can smell us right now i I apologize for not seeing this SOS.

I think you both need help, like clinical help. That's Ryan Reynolds giving us a... That's so cool. Yeah, it was pretty cool. I mean, he could have done it like 15 hours earlier. But still pretty cool. But if you want to help out with Kids Can, Megan, set up a number.

Text Kids Can to 4487. Thanks, Megan. She's our keyword text one on the team. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Weather not looking too good for Easter weekend. A bit of a chill coming in over the country, so things are going to get a bit cold. But we're going to heat things up right now with

things you can say in the bedroom and dot, dot, dot. We do this every week, and this week, Megan, we're putting this all on you. You said things you can say in the bedroom and at a funeral. And every time I put one out there, I'm like, there won't be many. No. Every time I'm surprised. And the last thing you want to be doing is making love at a funeral,

so they're two very separate locations. Just sometimes the dialogue can be utilised in both. Conveniently as well. Now, what we do every week is we put our trust in the internet. Yeah. Now, this is the week is we put our trust in the internet. Now this is the same place, the same people who blamed Kate Middleton's disappearance on a Brazilian butt lift.

So we don't pin much hope on the internet. Well actually they come through every week for us. You come through on our Facebook page. We put this up and yesterday we did things you can say in the bedroom and at a funeral. We'll read out some of our faves right now. Shall I start? Go, kick things off mate. I bedroom and at a funeral. We'll read out some of our faves right now. Shall I start? Go, kick things off, mate.

I'll get you a tissue. Sometimes the bedroom can involve sobbing. Yeah, that's true. Things you can say in a bedroom and at a funeral. I don't know, half the people here. I always feel like you want to know at least half the people in your bedroom. At least. Ratio-wise.

Yeah. I didn't expect it to happen so suddenly. I bet your dad's watching us with a big smile on his face. I hope he's not. in the bedroom

and at a funeral. Lovely spread. No one's ever complimented my spread in the bedroom. I pride myself on it too. Lovely. Chris Mack's come through

too on our Facebook page. Chris Mack from 660. Hey, from 660. Friend of the show, Chris Mack, yeah. Does the asparagus roll taste right to you? I suppose you need

some sustenance in the bedroom sometimes. He was a good man. Shame he didn't last longer. It was the second stroke that did it. Things you can say in the bedroom And at the funeral Wow I didn't know it was going to be so big

I cried as soon as I came Oh my god I'm sorry were you close? And that's finished things off I think Amy sent through one on Facebook. Let's end with that. Hope the live stream's working so the whole family can watch. And those are things you can say in the bedroom and at a funeral.

It'll be back again next week. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Feels like a Friday going into Easter weekend, although the weather not looking too good. It's meant to be cold right around the country this weekend. Last night, you might hear me going on and on about Formula One because I'm watching the Netflix show Drive to Survive, which you should watch.

It's like a reality show, pretty much, which was confirmed for us last night. Producer Taylor and I went to meet Liam Lawson, who is the Kiwi Formula One driver, who is a reserve for Team Red Bull. That's awesome. And we've got a Kiwi competing in Formula One. It's amazing.

A couple of old birds going to see the young Formula One driver. It's only like 22 or something, isn't he? He's 22. Yeah. Because you had a plus one, and you decided not to take your husband, which I found interesting. We're here to look after the children.

I said I'd do it. No, well, me and Taylor, we love the show. We're obsessed with Formula One, so we went last night. And you love the drivers. Yes. The drivers are particularly attractive. So you and producer Taylor went along there. Yeah.

We actually got to talk to Liam for like 10 minutes. Bet you did. Oh, God. Can I apologise to Liam Lawson right now? Come and tell us. No. How punishing were you? I asked him. Can I ask how giggly you both were? Oh, God. Can I apologise to Liam Lawson right now? No. How punishing were you? I asked him.

Can I ask how giggly you both were? Oh, Liam. Was I giggly? Yeah, we actually both were. Oh, God. Because we were in line to say it was a line-up. And then when it was our turn to go, we both stood there going, hi. So, hang on.

Was the people waiting behind you for 10 minutes? Yeah. I didn't care. Were you, like, patting him on his arm and saying, Oh, Liam, I think we did. And then we asked for a selfie, too, and we, like, cuddled up to him. Show me the selfie. Show me the selfie.

It was quite nice. It looked really good in it. Yeah, we looked really great. But I'm, like, beaming, like, I'm with the Formula One driver. Yeah. Oh, well, you really are snuggled into him, aren't you? Yeah. He looks like your husband Taylor.

Oh thank you. So what did you learn from this experience? Well I actually Taylor was like you talk I don't want to talk. Yeah. I'm too scared. And I was like what? Scared really? I got really scared.

She got really nervous. He's 22. Yeah. I know but he's really smart in his field. Yeah. And I. You never get nervous around us that's probably why. No never. never get nervous around us that's probably why I like geeked out and asked him about

the modes on the steering wheel and the technicalities of the car I'm sure he was very obliging and lovely and he was like great question actually I was like oh my god he said I did a great question you're like I think I just got pregnant am I ovulating Jesus Jono he was so nice pregnant. Am I ovulating?

Jesus, Jono. He was so nice. I'm glad. I'm glad. So is he actually in, he's in Formula One, he's in there. He's in the reserve seat. So he's not racing at the moment, but right now is when they decide on all the seats for next year. So we're all hoping, fingers crossed, that he gets a seat in Team Rainbow next year.

He'll be hoping he is not seated next to you two. Me and Taylor were like, we'll see you at the Melbourne Grand Prix next year. Oh God, please don't. The Jono and Ben Podcast. A man in Japan, he was actually on a TV show with his partner and it's just recently come

out. He was giving her the silent and been married for many years, the silent treatment. Now I'm not going to say how long that he gave her silent treatment. He didn't talk to his wife for an enormous amount of time. I'm not going to say that

because I don't think anyone will beat it. Did they go into the show to patch things up? The son actually did. The son went and put them and said, I want to see my dad and my mom talk. Were they still living together? Yeah, they were still living together. And he was giving them the silent treatment.

Three kids, silent treatment, an amazing, amazing amount of time. And I'll tell you about it very shortly, how long it was. It's an incredibly effective tool in the art of arguing the silent treatment, isn't it? And listen, I'm not here to stereotype, but as a sweeping generalisation, I kind of believe the female species have mastered the art of the silent trigger. I was going to ask you if that's a tool that you guys actually do,

or is it strictly for, because my husband doesn't do it to me. Yeah, I can't do it. I can't handle the silence. I can't handle the silence. I can't handle being alone with my thoughts. But that's why we do it. Yeah.

I don't mind. I don't mind. I kind of like it. You do your things, you go, but you kind of feel like it's a productive I don't mind. I don't mind. I'm kind of like, you just go, you do your things, you go, but you kind of feel like it's a productive period for both parties.

Ben's like, I've got so much I want to do, Liz. I'm like, Amanda does the cheese stuff, she does great stuff, I do stuff, it's so great.

Are you not worried what the silent treatment is for? We'll sort it all out later, you know, like, it's just right. In the meantime, I've got stuff to do.

In the meantime, great, I'm getting stuff done. Yeah, we can get things, we can work through it doesn't affect you emotionally at all

oh you know of course we'll get to the time period you're like yes we'll get that we'll sort it out

yeah exactly she's got stuff she does productive for all of us do you ever like try and stop the silent treatment

do you ever want to end it and be like okay let's talk about it it's not really a game we don't really play too many games like that because I feel like

sometimes it's a game that people play silent treatments you know it's like a punishment yeah you about it it's not really a game we don't really play too many games like that because I feel like sometimes it's a game that people play it's not a treatment it's like a punishment yeah but it's I'm angry with you you should know

what you've done that's the other one it's like you go is there anything wrong I don't know you tell me and you're like

well sheesh there could be like 23 things how many do you know about and then we can discuss those yeah you're very effective but Ben Boyce he almost would like encourage side tricks Oh, jeez, there could be like 23 things. How many do you know about? And then we could discuss those. Yeah, yeah. You're very, very effective.

But Ben Boyce, he almost would like encourage silent treatment so he can go and get some stuff done. Yeah, exactly. What bro gets stuff done? Longest time you've done silent treatment on Andrew? I think maybe three days. Three days? Is that a lot? Is that a lot?

It's nothing compared to this Japanese man. That's nothing. That's giving you something. Is that a lot Is that a lot It's nothing compared to this Japanese man That's nothing That's giving you something Is that pure silence Nothing is said to him Over three days It would only be Admin stuff

That you had to say Snappy one word stuff Yeah Yeah And is he trying to Is he trying to make good here Over the three days No because then

Sometimes it backfires on me And he gets angry Because he's like Well this is stupid And I don't know what I've done So he's equally as angry. So it ends up being silent treatment both ways. Have you got to the point where you're like, I forgot what I was being silent about?

Sometimes, yeah. Or like the next day you're like, oh, it wasn't that bad. Now I'm committed. I've just got to keep going. I've just got to keep going. Pretend. And sometimes you're like, what else can I bring up in this argument to make this worth it? And another thing.

Just trying to open old wounds The Hits the Jono and Ben podcast we want to know on 0800 The Hits the longest silent treatment that you've had and also

what was it over and I'm going to tell you in just a moment if it can beat this Japanese couple that are on a TV show yeah impressive stats yeah

the kids you're saying one of the boys never even saw them talk never heard them talk, never heard them talk to each other. No, yeah. So I'll tell you about that in a minute if you can beat it.

Tama, good morning. Morning. Now, we're talking silent. We're going all right. We're talking silent treatment. Now, hopefully this has happened previously, not currently. Absolutely, yep. You'd be a brave soul to phone up about current silent treatment.

Yeah, true. It's a little raw soul to phone up about current silence treatment. Yeah, true, it's a little raw. Okay, what happened? What went on in your situation? Yeah, so look, I went out randomly one day and went to the old Guildtrap Volkswagen. And yeah, they talked me into a brand new kind of Tiguan Allspace family wagon. Oh, nice.

Sounds like a nice car. Yeah, it was a great car. And yeah, kind of rockiguano space family wagon. Oh, nice. Sounds like a nice car. Yeah, it was a great car. And, yeah, kind of rocked up and said, hey, honey, you know, I've got this amazing new car. It's going to, you know, it's incredible. And basically not a word from her, you know, for several weeks. Several weeks? Wow.

So no consultation period from you and the partner obviously you consulted with the uh the car dealers and that was good yeah absolutely i called my best mate say hey mate come and help me oh you're not helping you're not helping yourself here did you know did you know driving home what the potential reaction was going to be did you think it would have been like wow that's an amazing car yeah look to be? Or did you think it would have been like, wow, that's an amazing car? Yeah, look, to be honest, in hindsight, hindsight's a great thing. I probably should have consulted the missus. Yeah, you know, I think so.

Yeah. It wasn't a great decision on my part, yeah. Yeah, and so the ice started to thaw over the four weeks, and now is the car still in the family? It's still in the family. It's her car now. I've upgraded to the Amarok.

So, yeah, so we're all good. Everyone's happy. So you told her about the Amarok? I told her about the Amarok. Oh, good. Oh, good.

I really appreciate you. Cool. Thanks for sharing that with us. Cheers, guys. See you later. Thanks, Tama. Okay, Megan, Andrew comes home with a new car.

He hasn't told you. Surprise. Silent treatment. It's same. It's a big nod. car. Hasn't told you. Surprise. Silent treatment. It's same. We have like an unspoken kind of $200 rule. You don't spend more than $200 without talking to the other person. Definitely not a car. So that was an impressive silent treatment.

But this TV show in Japan that I keep banging on about, that basically got a husband and wife to talk together for the first time after silent treatment. He hadn't spoken to her in 20 years. 20 years. Was she trying to speak to him? Well, yeah, the son said that he's 18.

The son's 18 years old. He got them together on the TV show and said, I've never heard them have a conversation. So they've fornicated. Yeah, that's what I thought as well. Yeah, so they haven't spoken for 20 years, but he's 18, so they definitely did it when they were doing silent treatment. Yeah,

which seems unusual, but anyway. He's like, I don't need to talk. Well, maybe she pitched it. Yeah. And she went into labour and there was silent treatment happening. According to this TV show they got together, they are now talking. But his reason behind it, he thought that he felt that she was spending more time with the kids and stuff. He was jealous of that and their relationship with the kids.

I know how to fix that. I'm going to withdraw even more and not talk to you. Which wouldn't have helped at all. What have you like? Oh, he's pulling away. But it's a surprise they stayed together for 20 years without the silent treatment. And that's like pretty much being single, right? Well, I guess they were still doing it.

Still doing it in silence. Incredible. Wow. Yeah, no one's going to beat that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Of course, the Warriors play Sunday, Easter Sunday at Go Media Stadium. They're playing the Knights, which is going to be a big game, and it's also going to be big for us because at halftime we've got our big mascot race.

20 mascots taking part to see if our hits mascot could win. Well, it won last year. Will it win again? You can find out. You can watch it on Sky Sport if you aren't going to the game. And right now we're joined by one of the stars of the Warriors. We've got a highlight of him. They're all back on their lines.

Six more tackles. Johnson, the early kick. Warriors. We've got a highlight of him. One of my favourite players with the long hair scores some amazing tries. Dallin Watene-Zelesniak joins us right now. Good morning. Yeah, I'm good, thank you. I'm good. Playing blooming well at the moment too. You're not just like diving for the corner for tries,

but you're getting stuck into the bloody hard stuff up the middle. How much does your body hurt the next day after that? Yeah, it's very sore. Marcelo and I are roommates, so we wake up the next day and can barely walk right now. It's okay feeling like that when you win. It's not so good when you wake up and you've lost. When you wake up the next morning, you're like, ouch, ouch, ouch. Yeah, you find out like you have corks or you didn't even know you did.

And you're like, oh, man. Now, Dylan, can I ask you a question? I keep getting fed on my Instagram algorithm, you promoting cool-looking watches. Oh, these guys own watches, yeah. Now, I was going to ask you, is this an AI scam, or are you actually in the watch game? Because I wanted to buy a watch,

but I thought maybe it might be some scam where they've used your face. Yeah, my brother and I have, it's mostly my brothers, but you could say I help out too. And yeah, watches, we sell watches. Oh, you do do watches? Yeah. Oh, must buy one yeah

yeah yeah it's um yeah they're called they're called W's so you probably can't be late for training or anything too if you've got watches as well

so everyone will give you grief yeah I've got no excuse now no excuse you're like mate tell it no excuse have you gifted have you gifted the whole team

watches yeah no no some boys have watches but um they can pay for them Mate, Dallin, no excuse. Have you gifted the whole team watches? Yeah, no, no. Some boys have watches, but... They can pay for them. You're not going to get a watch, John. No, you can't angle for a watch, mate. Stop going for it.

Dallin, we've got to ask... We'll see, we'll see. We'll see how this interview goes. Now, of course, the mullet is kind of your signature thing these days, the long-flowing mullet. How long have you been growing that, and is there any plans to, you know, you couldn't lose it now, right? Yeah, I know.

It's been, oh, sorry, my daughter's just hopping in the car. That's okay, mate. What's your daughter's name? Lola. Lola, say hi. Hi, Lola. Hi. Hi, Lola.

How are you, sweetheart? She comes to training with me in the mornings, and we go get a hot chocolate, eh, darling? Oh, stop. That is the cutest thing ever. You're melting hearts. But yeah, I've been growing my hair for about three years now, I think it is. What would it take for you to cut it off?

What would we have to bribe you with? Oh, far out. Maybe my daughter's asking me to. He's not going to do that, mate. It looks great. My daughters have curly hair, so they actually love that. I look a little bit like them. It does look very good.

I could only dream of wonderful locks like that, Dylan. When you score tries and you're flying through the air, a lot of the times your body's over the sideline and then your arm is in play and obviously you score the try just in the corner as well. Are there moments there where you're flying through the air going, dear God, how's this going to end? Yeah, all the time.

I do it and then in midair I'm like, oh, this is going to be sore. You can tell because you're flying like Superman. Yeah. Yeah, when I was younger, when I first came to NRL, when I was around 18, 19, I said it was fine. But now, I said I'll wake up the next day and my back's sore. You're essentially throwing yourself in the air and landing down for probably about a metre or so in the air. You know what?

If the NRL could put pads at the end of the field. Yeah, why don't they? Some crash pads. That'd be nice. Soft on the blow on the sidelines too. Sunday, big game, Easter Sunday, which is cool, taking on the Knights. But also halftime, I don't know if you know,

we're running a mascot race. We've got 20 mascots and our own Hits mascot's going to be running out there on the field. So any advice for our mascot? I mean, what's it like running out there on Go Media Stadium? Anything we need to watch out for? Wear some boots. Wear some boots? Oh, okay. Does it get slippery?

Yeah, if you're not wearing boots, you're going to slip over. Yeah, we've got to, I know you're going to have other things on your mind on Sunday, but we're going to have 20 of New Zealand's finest mascots racing, my friend. I'm going to be in at halftime listening to Webby, but thank you, I was like, race now. Yeah, no, fair enough. You've got stuff going on. You've got stuff to do,

mate. We can send you a video of it later. Oh, one more question before we go and let you go, because I know you're busy. Megan doesn't know a lot about rugby league, about the Warriors, but at the end of the season, we reckon she's got to interview Webby, your coach, with some advice that you guys have given her

about things that make her sound like she's knowledgeable. So what's one thing she could say that would impress him? One thing, there's quite a few. Get on the launch pad. Get on the launch pad. Get on the launch pad.

Get on the launch pad. How's the team been getting on the launch pad there? Yeah, right. What was the other one the other day? Processors. Processors. Yeah, Rocco Barry said about the – talk about the processors apparently. Yeah, get into the launch pad.

Get into the launch pad. Boys, just do that. Boys, get to the launch pad. They'll be fine. Okay. Okay, guys. I'm going to remember that. We've got processors in the launch pad so far.

Great stuff. Well, Delaunay, thanks so much for your time. Great luck. Good luck this weekend. And Lola, enjoy your hot chocolate. Say bye, darling. Say bye.

Bye. Bye. He's very cool. DWZ from the Warriors. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. Wedding rings. We had our wedding rings on

for a number of years now. My wife, Jen, and myself. And interesting enough, she comes home the other day. She's like, Jenna, myself, and interesting enough, she comes home the other day, she's like, oh, I was in a meeting, a meeting with someone

who said, your wedding ring, it's not big enough. Not big enough. Not big enough. That's a ballsy thing to say to someone. Yeah, it was a friend jokingly saying it, so he was saying, you know, for your 20 years one,

maybe it's tradition that he goes back down to Michael Hill Jewellery and says double it when is the 20 year anniversary couple of years away

right so you've got time to save does it matter does it matter to you Megan because this is obviously the sentimental thing

of that ring too yeah that's what I was going to say is I don't really I don't think I would want a different one because this is the one that I had

on the day damn right Michael Hill Jewellery sold because this is the one that I had on the day. Damn right. Michael Hill Jewell has sold me his finest yet most affordable ring back in the day. However I would accept a bigger one for another finger. Oh right. You just want rings on all fingers. Yeah I mean you can put diamonds on other fingers. Sure. Do you want like a mini

disco ball sort of dangling from one of your fingers? Would love that. Yeah. Ben I know you've just opted for a tattoo, so about 60 bucks worth there on that ring. Yeah, I've got a wedding ring. This is in the bathroom drawer. You just don't like wearing it? No, I kind of went into it going to said that.

I was not really a ring person. I mean, I was like, oh, we'll get one for the day, but yeah, but I've kind of gone, well, what am I doing with this thing now? Publicly, he doesn't want to look attached. That was the problem. He doesn't want to look tied down. He called it a tiny little finger handcuff.

No, I didn't. No, I didn't. Yeah, yeah. I just got it tattooed on now, so it's good. I like that. Yeah, that's a great way. That's a great affordable ring to tattoo. Yeah.

Because it looks like you've really committed. I've committed. Yeah, well, I've committed more than, yeah. You look like Tattoo Big Bling on your ring. You've gone for just a simple band. I could put a big diamond. Maybe I will for 20 years. I'll put a big diamond. That's what you could offer your wife, Jen. I could tattoo your ring. You've gone for just a simple band. I could put a big diamond. Maybe I will for 20 years. I'll put a big diamond.

That's what you could offer your wife, Jen. I could tattoo your fingers. I'll tattoo a big diamond on there. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Who's having the best weekend? Of course it is Thursday, but we are heading into the weekend at a long Easter weekend.

We want to know which island is going to have the best one, the North or the South. Megan, you were saying leading into this, you're going to decide today which island, based on purely the facts. Purely what they are bringing to the table. No politics will be entered into,

no bribery, no corruption in today's decision. It has been tainted the last few weeks. Like a Russian election or something. Yeah. Now, Connor and Hayley join us now, looking to crucify each other, if I could coin a phrase, this Easter. Welcome back.

Hello, thank you for having us. Nice to talk to you guys. Heading into the weekend, we're very excited. A lot of the country having a time off. Let's start with Connor in the South. What's the South got on offer? What's this, Russell Crowe out there deleting a few dolphins, is he, mate? What's going on?

Russell Cootes, mate. Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe. I'm trying to. Russell Crowe. Don't try and drag Russell Crowe into this. Gladiating every single dolphin in the harbour. Apologies to Crowe and the dolphins there. We head to Wanaka for

the first time in six years Warbirds over Wanaka is back. This is one of the coolest events. You don't have to love planes to love this because in some cases you might not even see some of the jets. They've got this F-117 Night Walk thing, which I think the whole idea of that plane is you don't know it's been there. What? You don't know the plane's been there, you mean?

It goes so fast. When they're actually using it in the battlefield, it's that quick, you don't even know it's been there. It looks like something from Mission Impossible. It does. Not ideal for an air show, though. You'd like to probably see it. And a whole bunch of other jet planes and whatnot as well. It's an awesome weekend.

Friday, right through to Sunday in Wanaka. I should rip off the band-aid then tomorrow night. It all goes down at Apollo Project Stadium. The Crusaders lose their sixth game in a row. No, it'll be redemption. It's redemption. Although it's the Chiefs, isn't it? Yeah, it is the Chiefs.

And also the Chiefs have looked good so far this season. Although I'm resting my laurels on the fact that we've got 14 championships and we've won seven years in a row. So I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm not stressed out at all about this game tonight. You're trying to convince yourself.

I'm not panicked. I'm fine. Well, the more you say I'm fine, the more we think you're not fine. But anyway, Crusaders have been incredible, as you say, over the last few years. I'm sure they'll turn things around. Not this year. Not yet. You're in the Crusaders area. Yeah, they are my team.

They are my team. When they're winning, they're her team. That's what's on offer in the South. Let's whip across to Hayley in the North. Hayley, what's going on? Well, I've gone for a bit of an Easter scene this long weekend because the North Island's actually celebrating Easter. Oh.

Seven. Shot by it. Did Jesus take a plane somewhere? I don't know. Maybe he did. We have got the Easter show happening, an iconic event at the Auckland Showground. So 84,000 people went last year.

You've got Bunny BMX. We've got Go-Karts. We've got New Zealand's biggest bouncy castle, which sounds absolutely ginormous. Yeah, got all the bloody carnies ripping off every time I go there. The carnies are with their bum bags taking all my money. That's fun, though. Yeah, pretty much.

But you get to bounce on the biggest bouncy castle at the same time. Well, that's cool. Easter shows are always good. One of my daughters is very excited about trying to go along to that already. So that's a good one. What else is happening in the north? And then further down, we've got Palmy, which is a big Easter pop-up on Saturday. And Palmerston North in the square, they've got live music.

They've got a giant egg hunt for the city, face painting, and a hot cross bun eating competition. How many hot cross buns do you reckon you could smash back? I reckon I could do a pack. A pack? Really? I reckon. In a race against time or just over a day? Well, no, I feel like you're shaming me.

We can get a pack. Over a whole day. Is it a six pack of hot cross buns? Well, yeah, but no, I don't want to double down because you guys, I feel like you're shaming me. I feel like we should get some in there before nine o'clock and see if we can get six, put six away. Half a dozen before nine.

Okay, well, Hayley, thank you so much. And listen, you guys had four days to fiddle with, come through with some wonderful events. And Megan, you said you were going to go based purely on facts this week. Well, whilst I'm a big fan of Easter, I'm going to go with the South because Hallbirds is back after six years, and hopefully this isn't the sixth loss in a row for the Crusaders. And you know what? I'll back you up.

I could eat two packets of popcorn. Yeah. Okay, good. Connor, Hayley, you have yourselves a wonderful weekend. We appreciate your time as always. Thanks. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. It'll be cold around the country,

a bit of a cold snap coming through. 13, 14 degrees is what they're predicting in Christchurch and Wellington tomorrow. Going to have a cold bunny out there, aren't we? Yeah. Over the weekend. And now, who, what corporate monster invented the surging system?

Oh, it's happening a bit more lately, isn't it? Yeah. No. Feels like it's just come into play over the last 24 months, maybe two or three years, surging, particularly with concert tickets. Yeah. Now it's sort of seeping out into transport.

Uber surging prices. Cabs are now surging prices. Is it true that Air New Zealand, like flight airlines do it? They surge. I think so, yeah. I think they do at popular times as well. It's almost like these people want to turn a profit based. I think so, yeah. I think they do at popular times as well. It's almost like these people want to

turn a profit based on demand. Yeah, exactly. Supply and demand. It is frustrating though when you've paid for something and you know what, like for example,

taxi fare, you know what it roughly should be and then all of a sudden it surges and you're like, oh my goodness, this is a lot more. Like when the worth changes depending on how many people want it.

Yeah. It's like, well, yeah, that same thing cost me cheaper and everyone else wasn't going. I had some friends. They left after the rugby on Saturday night. Travelled 2.8 kilometres. So not far, no.

2.8 kilometres. $96. No. $96. It was $50 to even get the cab moving. You pay $50 before you even leave the start line. My husband was like, maybe we should get an Uber home from the Warriors game.

I was like, absolutely not. How much would that cost? Yeah. Well, there's some people, when they've been to a concert at Mount Smart or Go Media Stadium, $150. Yeah.

Yeah. Bonkers. It's wild. What's the most you paid for a cab ride well we did $10,000 remember that's right

we took a taxi for once from Auckland got a taxi driver and then to see how far $10,000 would take us just out of Wellington

we did over a few days and stuff as well we were doing for our TV show yeah it just got us all the way got one end of the island pretty much the other didn't it

plus we had to shout the taxi driver dinner. Yeah. Accommodation. Accommodation, yeah. I was going to say, was it the same guy? I was like, is he leaving the meter running

during the night? And he kind of was as well. But yeah, $10,000 got us down the country. And he's like, I've got a family back. So he went with us for a week. He was a lovely guy. And it was all worth

the 45 seconds of television that it ended up being. Literally. For 10K. it ended up being. Literally. For 10K. It was a fun trip, though. It was actually a really fun trip. We learnt a lot, actually. A lot of conversations we had with him. It was lovely.

He introduced us to an Indian pop star, one of the biggest pop stars in India. And we went out to the airport and met the... Jazzy B. Jazzy B. Jazzy B. Oh, wow. Jazzy B did a concert here and we went out and met him. And we bee jazzy bee jazzy bee oh wow jazzy bee did a concert here we went out and met him and we took him for a ride in there yeah he's a big deal he's a huge deal so

yeah what we want over oh 800 the hits four four eight seven most expensive uh cab cab ride or uber trip whatever maybe you may have had no other choice you know some people end up getting trapped in uh the regions there's no flights, you have to take a taxi. And you hear those stories of people falling asleep as well, too. The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Imagine the traffic's going to get busy throughout the day, right around the country, people

heading away for a long Easter weekend. And just talking about your most expensive Uber or cab ride, a friend of ours we used to work with had a company taxi card and went out for dinner and it had been a long day. She was a little bit tired

a little bit tired and so he's hopped in the vehicle and given the driver the instructions of the address fallen asleep. Yeah but they've got the address so you'd still get there right? That's what you think. Well he claims he gave him the address. And then he woke up pretty much an hour and a half out of the city.

Oh, that's cheeky. The taxi driver should have been like, hey, wake up. Where am I going? He might have been like, hey, wake up. Do I just keep driving? Do I just keep driving? Yeah. And then had to turn around then obviously pay double the fare

Yeah So 800 the hits We're talking most expensive cab or Uber trip Amy hi Hi Hey nice to talk to you now We're talking about the longest taxi fares Now this wasn't you

This was a friend of yours It was It was It was a few years ago now too What happened? It was a night out She'd been We'd been drinking

and she'd had a bit more than me. I lost her and then I got a message the next morning. She'd called a taxi to see a guy up in Whanganui from Wellington. Oh, that's a big trip.

Oh, that's quite a distance. What is it on the goods? So, okay, that's a two and a half trip, two and a half an hour trip. That's 195 Ks. Yeah, I think it was about 500. Oh, 500.

And then did she get a taxi back as well, I assume? I think she did. I think she did. I think maybe the guy paid. Wow. So she went to visit a, that's a, yeah. You hope he was home by the time you got there, like, a couple hours later. Yeah, yeah.

Gee whiz, that's commitment to the relationship. What happened in Whanganui that night? I don't know, but I think, yeah, it's pretty. We've got a lovely garden there. Can you imagine he showed her all the sights and sounds? The river, yeah. Yeah, that's right. Exactly, yeah.

Hey, that's lovely. Awesome, Amy. You're going to have a great day. So are you too. Appreciate your time, mate. We'll get Jacob on. Welcome to New lovely. Awesome, Amy. You're going to have a great day. So are you, too. Appreciate your time, mate. We'll get Jacob on. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, Jacob. Biggest cab or Uber trip?

Yeah. Our flight from Auckland to Nelson got cancelled. Instead, they sent us to Blenheim, and we caught the taxi from Blenheim to Nelson at like 10 o'clock at night and $1,300 later. It's like an hour and a half drive one way. Did you have any idea what it would be going into that taxi fare?

I thought about $400, $500. Oh, Sam, I bet the eyes didn't leave the meter, Jacob. No, not by a long shot. Yeah, we'll just keep ticking over you like, oh, do bet the eyes didn't leave the meter, Jacob. No, not by a long shot. Yeah, we'll just keep ticking over you. We're like, oh, do I get out here? Do I get out and hitchhike? Oh, jeez, $1,300. Oh, that's painful.

You must have just felt dead inside paying that. Well, I was lucky the airline paid for it. Oh, ideal. God bless you, New Zealand. That's why they're in such financial strife at the moment. It sure is. This taxi ride. We appreciate you, Cole.

Have a great long Easter weekend. Okay, you too, guys. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I think it's time to get kids off social media, and it's not about protecting them from explicit material. I mean, that's a good reason. Self-confidence. Yeah. You've got a better reason, though. mean, that's a good reason. Self-confidence. Yeah.

You've got a better reason, though. Yeah, there's a whole lot of stuff. I actually saw this great tweet yesterday. It said, kids today are like, so what did you do before the internet? Did you not know anything? And the answer is yes. You'd ask your Aunt Marge a question, she'd give you the wrong answer, and you'd carry that misinformation for 20 years.

Exactly. It's true. Because that's the thing now, kids are so smart. They can just look at anything and they know about products and things that I just, you know, they're teaching me stuff.

Do you remember looking things up in like an encyclopedia? In your house, you had like one or two and everything you'd get out from that book. And if it wasn't in there, you're like,

well, I guess I'll never know. It's a mystery. And it came in and it was about 30 or so books. It wasn't there, the encyclopedia. How often came in and it was about 30 or so books. It wasn't there the encyclopedia. How often? They must have

had to update it quite regularly. But not regularly enough I would imagine. RIP to Britannica. Hopefully they're out there somewhere still giving it a bash.

The other thing too is the internet has obviously fast forwarded human intelligence by leaps and bounds but also taken us back it feels like

many years as well, the internet. Well, yeah, totally. You know, yesterday I went to, because my daughter wasn't here yesterday, you guys know that she was helping out with something. She had the day off from school. And then afterwards we went to the mall and she was like, can I get something to eat, like a little treat? Now, back in the day, you know, that might have been, hey,

some nuggets from McDonald's or something that wouldn't cost too much. Yeah, 50 cent mixture of lollies. And then she was like, I'd like an Asahi bowl. I'm like, okay, so explain to me what this is. Firstly, what is it? She's like, Dad, you'd love it. It's healthy. She got me into it.

She played into my sweet spot there. She's healthy. It's like a smoothie, you know, with all good stuff with fruits and some little bit of nuts and grains and stuff on top. Maybe a little bit of peanut butter. It's basically like a milkshake and you know breakfast cereal making love and that was what they'd make you know it was a sahiba i'm like all right you've sold me on it's healthy let's get one and then we ordered it from the place and then the lady's like that'll be 17 dollars and i went

oh no no it's just for her we don't want two and she's like no no that's just for one I was like 17 bucks this is the second time second show in a row where he's named a dollar figure in a high voice yesterday it was 17 bucks 300 bucks

and then we chatted you know she had it we bought it no it was too late but it was actually really delicious

you know it tastes lovely and expensive ingredients yeah and they look aesthetically very pleasing they do they're made by someone who actually gave a toss

about what their breakfast looked like. Not like here where we just have a mushy, sloppy bowl of Wheat Bix. Yeah, exactly. You have it all throughout the day as well. They are really delicious. But I was like, $17? The kids are too smart. This is why you want her off social media.

She's seeing everyone making their Asahi bowls. We're going into Sephora or another makeup store and it's just drunk elephant product. We need to get this. Drunk elephant. This is 60 bucks. 60 bucks.

So what's the other one sold at De Janeiro? Oh yeah. 35 bucks. Get your moisturiser from farmers or the warehouse or

something. You don't have to buy a chemist warehouse. How about you just get your moisture from water. Yeah.

I'm really finding the usual to say back in my day my eyeshadows were two bucks. But you had a guy at me yesterday because Sienna was

talking about lashes and wanting to put lashes on and you're like I'll leave it be. Let it live a little. She put lashes on and you said to your daughter it looks

like spiders on your eyes. It did look like spiders on her eyes. I was like Ben leave her. I was like she's 14 and you're like

yeah leave it be. Leave it be. I'm like alright Megan. So yeah I got tied off by me. She started vaping Megan's like just leave's 14. You're like, yeah, leave her be. Leave her be. I'm like, all right, Megan. So yeah, I got tied off by Megan. She started vaping. Megan's like, just leave her be.

She's discovering herself. Megan's trying to be the cool auntie. I see what's happening. Yeah. So let's get kids off social media. You can't keep me young. Oh God, is that me?

Have a glass of salve. As long as they're doing it at my house. I had a Chardonnay last night, so I'm already there. Kids, you can drink whatever you want at Aunty Megan's. Oh God.