Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - MINI: We Review The Lion King Musical

Episode Date: June 27, 2021

In this MINI edition of Jono & Ben, we review The Lion King Musical.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Over the weekend, I was lucky enough to go along and see the Lion King musical. It's the circle of life. It was slightly better singing than what that just was. It was amazing. That was actual audio from the show.

Costumes are incredible. Producer Juliet, you went and saw it the other night. Yeah. As well well Very good The attention to detail That they've put in those costumes Is phenomenal Yeah

People as giraffes And elephants and stuff How they do that Is pretty incredible So good Are the lions real? No not quite Not quite

But no it was awesome It was really cool But one thing I did notice As New Zealanders We love a local reference Oh you know how we love people mentoring New Zealand

but then there was a little bit and they were like the curtain dropped down they were like it looks like one of the characters like it looks like

one of the shower curtains from the warehouse. Oh my god it's the warehouse. We shop at the warehouse. It's New Zealand.

And then there was another one where they had to mine and boom you know off something and they're going we could get some

kumla fries or hoo hoo grubs. Oh my god it's from New Zealand. And then there was another one where they, Tamon and Pumba, you know, off you know something and they're going, we could get some Kuma fries or hoo-hoo grubs. Everyone's like, oh my God, it's from Asia. We put Kuma in our mouth. We just frothed over a local reference. No, we do. But well played. Just a few of those sprinkled through in amongst them.

Not even that, they even incorporated Frozen. Do you remember that bit? They sung like a little bit of Let It Go and everyone was like, ah, Frozen. And they're like, I know that song. Millennial Max went last week too with Juliette,

who works on the show, and he came back with a list of complaints. But nothing to do with the show. No, like an 84-year-old, he was like, there wasn't enough leg room in the seating and he was like, the lights were too bright

and he was like, the music was too loud and it started too late. It was amazing. I think it was amazing. After sitting there, I was like, the lights were too bright and he was like, the music was too loud and it started too late. It was amazing. I think it was amazing. After listening to that, I was like, how could anyone find a complaint about this thing? Like, what is Max doing?

I think he was like, the tickets were too heavy to carry in my pocket. I ran into someone, a mate of ours, actually, John O'John, and he was at halftime and he had never seen The Lion King. Like, not the musical, the movie. He's never, he's like... Well, it must be like a lot to take in. I know. I, not the musical, the movie. Oh. He's never, he's like.

Well, it must be like a lot to take in. I was like, how's the more faster thing? He was like, yeah, did not see that coming. Did not see that coming? Yeah. Like. Yeah. Wow.

Yeah, like he says. Who's John? Who's John? Oh, I guess afterwards. But yeah, a friend of ours, John, we've known for many years. And yeah, he was like, he knew, I know there are a lot of references from the show, but did not know the storyline to The Lion King. Hadn't seen the movie.

He's just like, I just haven't seen the movie. He said, I haven't gone out of my way not to see the movie. Yeah, yeah. But just hadn't seen the movie. But yeah, I was like, wow, how could you go along? It's been around for a while. I haven't seen Lord of the Rings and I thought that was poor. Yeah. But not seeing The Lion King.

Even for me, not even a movie aficionado. Yeah, they made different versions of it. There's sort of the animated one and the not-so-animated one. But, yeah, I thought it was pretty credible that someone had gone on their life without seeing The Lion King. Has anyone, 4487, Texas, has anyone else not seen The Lion King? Is this John character, the suspicious John character, who Ben's going to inform me who it is afterwards?

Is he the only person in New Zealand who hasn't seen The Lion King? Yeah, well, I'd say so. But then you wouldn't debut with the stage show. Surely you'd go back and start. It was opening night. It was like, oh, check it out. It was very cool. And actually afterwards, because I took my daughter to, you know,

because there was that after party afterwards. I was like, oh, should we go home? She goes, I want to go to the after party. You're like, why is that? She's like, I don't know. I don't know what an after party is. I just want to say I've been to an after party afterwards. I was like, oh, should we go home? She was like, I want to go to the after party. You're like, why is that? She's like, I don't know. I don't know what an after party is. I just want to say I've been to an after party. So I was like, we're getting dragged into an after party

by your 11-year-old. Going, hey, we better go. She's like, no, I'm lucky in the after party. You've got little bits of food. I'm talking to people who are looking around, looking for someone better to talk to. Exactly. Exactly.

She's like, it's an after party. I've never It's an after party I've never been to an after party before But yeah it was pretty cool The Lion King So go check it out Unless you're with Millennial Max Who for some reason Found the seats

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