Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - November 04 - Jack Tame, Poppy's Birthday Dinner, Who Are You Named After?

Episode Date: November 3, 2020

Good lord, it's US election day today, what a stressful time for the world! And to celebrate, we went through our favourite moments from Donald Trump and all the ridiculous things he has said over the past 4 years as president. We also caught up with someone who possibly has one of the coolest/most interesting jobs in the world. We also wanted to hear why your job was the coolest because lets be honest, it's always interesting hearing about other people's jobs as long as it's not your own! We also caught up with TVNZ reporter Jack Tame who is currently over in the US and he explained to us (in baby terms, cause we need it) how the American voting system works and the vibe over there ahead of the election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Ah, we are back. We are back again for another podcast. Welcome to all of the audiences over the world and New Zealand.

It's the joy of podcasts. You can listen to them anywhere, can't you? You can. A big day for not only our podcast, but a big day in the world, isn't it? The US election going on right now. Oh, if you're in the US, yes. I'm sure you'll be taking a break from voting and tuning into the Jono and Ben podcast. Good luck voting. Good luck in the polling

booths. We learned a lot today about the US election from Jack Tame, who's a reporter for TBNZ1. He's in the U.S. He was our U.S. correspondent this morning. He explained how the electoral colleges go and their importance in the voting. It's not necessarily which of the candidates gets the most votes. There's a lot more that comes into play, as Jack Tame explained. Yeah, and you see why Trump and Biden have been staying in certain states. It makes a lot more sense now that Jack Tame's explained it.

Florida, apparently, is the one to watch. Watch Florida. He reckons if Biden wins Florida, it's all over. Biden's going to win. So that's what you've got to keep an eye on. I could vote. I've got a US passport. I haven't voted.

I don't feel like I'm not living there. Yeah, I see what you mean, though. You're right. I kind of feel like I'm not living there Yeah I see what you mean though You're right Because you kind of feel like Well What's my say I don't have to deal with The repercussions of my vote

Yeah It's my decision I can see that It's your constitutional rights sir That's right But I want to have a gun though Is that okay No you can't do that

But it's my right No way yeah Our friend Alice Got very upset When I didn't vote She was like You've got to vote You've got to vote

But then I was like I thought about it more. I was like, well, I'm not living there. You know, it's not my... Who would your vote be counted for? It would be, well, I was born in Seattle, Washington. That would be in that electorate, right? I guess. That's a very interesting question.

How does it work with the special votes in the American system? I don't know. I don't know. Maybe that's when I ask for Jack Tame, if we talk to him again on the show. Yeah, we'll try and get US correspondent Jack Tame back on. I'm sure he's not busy doing other things like reporting on the election at the White House. But anyway.

It'd be a very stressful job, that, wouldn't it? Reporting. I reckon, too, if you've only got one question to ask, you know, because imagine those press conferences. You've probably only got one question. OK, Donald Trump, I'm up here at the podium. You've got one question. And you'd be like, oh, and someone else is going.

It's like trying to get into a busy intersection, you know? You're like the Royal Roundabout. You're like, ooh, back off. What's your one question to ask to Trump in your own press conference? Like I've... Okay, you, sir. The weird guy from New Zealand in the Space Jam t-shirt. How did you get into the White House?

Oh, look, I'm not sure why I'm here, but have you ever thought about repainting the White House? There's other colours you can paint. Next question. Okay. That was your one question. I was at Resene the other day

and I was like, oh there's plenty of options but anyway. I'd go, are you having fun as President? Oh that would be my one question.

How are you today? Good, next question. Come back to New Zealand and you're like, yeah I got the scoop guys, he's having fun as President. As well as the back to New Zealand, you're like, yeah, I got the scoop, guys. He's having fun as president. As well as the U.S. election this morning, in-depth coverage of the U.S. election, blow by blow.

We spoke to a man who has officially the 11th coolest job in the world. Yeah. It just slips outside the top 10, but I tell you what, in terms of jobs, you think about all the jobs that are out there. There's a lot of jobs. This man's sitting at number 11. Yeah, so enjoy that on the podcast. Have a great day. The Songy Corn Flakes of Radio.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. We're calling every town and city in New Zealand. We're doing it alphabetically. It's going to take us about two and a half years to get through every town and city. Hokitika, as it's known to locals as the cool little town. It's on the west coast of the South Island.

Ho'okitika's got an untamed natural wilderness, a rugged landscape, and a couple of friendly characters, much like Ben's private parts. We're going to go through to the local possum shop now, which sells all sorts of possum goods. Hopefully they're open. Good morning, possum shop now, which sells all sorts of possum goods. Hopefully they're open. Good morning, possum people. Hello, possum people. How are you?

Good, thank you. How are you? It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station here. Ah, hello. Lovely to hear from you. I hear you're dulcet tones and hockaticker this morning. Oh, thank you. What is this beautiful voice's name? Carol. Oh, Carol, nice to meet you. We're John and Ben.

We're from the Hits. We're calling every town and city in New Zealand just to learn about the place. Oh, that's nice. And, Carol, you and your beautiful voice can tell us about Hokitika from the Possum People shop. You can go to the glass factory or the greenstone factory or the gold factory. Just factories. Yeah, yeah.

Let's say I'm not as interested in factories. What else can I do? And you've actually rung the possum people. Oh, let me guess. And we're a factory. Yeah. So, high per capita ofories in Hokitika. Yes, there is.

Yep. We're famous for our greenstone. Greenstone? And I understand you make everything out of possum fur. We do, because you've got your jerseys and your jackets and your coats and your rugs, and then there's slippers, very nice slippers. Now, are you the shop that does the possum genital warmers?

We've got nipple warmers and willy warmers. Oh, there you go. And how are your nipples, Ben? Do you need warmth from them? No, I'm too old for that. Geez, that would have been an appropriate question. That was directed at me, so that wasn't me. I appreciate you answering that, Kel.

That's okay. Honestly, she's an open book. The Wild Food Festival we know about are very famous. Do you go along to that? Yes, I have been along to that a few times. They eat all sorts of crazy things. Yeah, they're grubs and all sorts of matter. They do.

No part of an animal's body you can't eat at that place. I'm not a wild food person, so I just have the normal stuff. Yeah, I'm with you. I like to keep to my zone. Outside of the West Coast, all I perceive of you and your part of the country is that you're always eating horse hooves and pig's nostrils. Not me. No, but that's the word out there.

That's the street talk out of the rest of New Zealand about you guys. Ah. But now we're just finding out that it's a place full of factories. Well, listen, lovely speaking with you. You're an absolute treat. And we learned a lot about everyone today. Well, listen, lovely speaking with you. You're an absolute treat. And we learned a lot about everyone today. Oh, that's good. Bye.

Remember to double pump the virgals. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Is the American election happening today? Oh, my gosh. What do you think's going to happen? I just don't know. I really don't know. I mean, I'm not obviously surprised.

I'm not a political reporter. Your mum wishes you were. Your mum always wishes you were Jack Tame. And we're talking to Jack Tame after 7 o'clock on the show, live from America, because... He's the broadcaster that all our mums wanted us to be. I feel like last time, you know, they were predicting Hillary Clinton would win,

and then Trump surprised everyone, and now they're sort of saying, well, Joe Biden's just a head, but the same thing could happen, right? It's quite confusing the way that they run their election, isn't it? We'll have to ask the wonderful Jackie Tame after 7 o'clock how it actually works. Because you hear about swing states and important states and electoral college votes and things like that. And I'm a very simple man, and I could probably just go on Google

and find out more about it, but I'm too lazy. I'll get Jack Tame to explain it to me. It seems different from our system, so we'll ask him about that after 7 o'clock. But it could be one of the last times we get to talk about President Trump. So this morning we want to just relive some of our most memorable moments from Donald J. Trump. He's given so many memorable moments as far as little gaffes and things he's said over the last four years. He likes to boast about his intelligence

and one of my favourite ones was when he talked about how many words he knows. I went to an Ivy League school. I'm very highly educated. I know words. I have the best words. No words? I've got the best words. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a word to describe another way he knows

a lot of words But obviously he's intelligent he doesn't like anyone having a crack as his intelligence and earlier this year he had to take a test

which was a lot of people said was about showing if he had early signs of dementia but he took it as being an intelligence test and he said he aced it

and then the reporter who was talking to him was like it's quite an easy test and Trump got offended Well it's not the hardest task. No, but the last... It's a picture and it says, what's that?

And it's an elephant. No, no, no. You see, that's all misrepresentation. Well, that's what it was on the web. It's all misrepresentation. Because, yes, the first few questions are easy, but I'll bet you couldn't even answer the last five questions. I'll bet you couldn't.

They get very hard, the last five questions. Well, one of them was come back from 100 by 7. And then the reporter was like, and the other one was a picture of an elephant and you had to say what animal it was. It's a tough test.

It's a tough test. No words. He kind of upset New Zealand in a lot of ways over the last four years with Donald Trump. We don't take much to get upset though.

When someone from overseas says something slightly negative about us, just even slightly negative, we get our pitchforks out. And this was to do with our coronavirus cases after you know, it looked like we had it under control. We got a few cases and

all of a sudden Trump said we had a big surge. Even New Zealand, you see what's going on in New Zealand. They beat it. They beat it. It was like front page. They beat it because they wanted to show me something. The problem is big surge in New Zealand. So, you know, it's terrible. We don't want that.

Big surge. Big surge. And at the time, I think there was like 20,000 cases a day happening in New York alone. I know. So, yeah, we'll play some more of our favourite Trump moments throughout the show this morning, as well as a couple of moments we've got from Biden as well, who's going to be up against Trump in the election. Okay.

More from these two old white crusty men as the morning continues on. Serving bowls of loels for breakfast. Actual loels may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Now, the One News US election special airs from 4pm today at TVNZ1. It's a big day in the US, and live on the ground over there

is reporter Jack Tame, or James Tame, as Winston Peters likes to call him. It's all well and good to look back at things in retrospect, isn't it? James, don't try and be a Philadelphia lawyer with me. I've been around a long time. All right, and we welcome that Philadelphia lawyer right now. I don't know if he's in Philadelphia,

but he's in the USA. James Tame, how's it going? Morning, lads. I'm in Washington, he's in Philadelphia, but he's in the USA. James Tame, how's it going? Morning. Morning, Lads. I'm in Washington, D.C. at the moment. So just down the road from Philadelphia, Winston will be delighted, I'm sure. Great to have you on, Jack Tame. Now, first question, can we call you our US correspondent?

Because it makes the show sound far more sophisticated than it actually is. It implies that your budgets are much, much grander than they are as well, I think. But absolutely, call me your US correspondent and, I don't know, I'll just have to get an extension to my business card. Yeah, and we'll cross live to our hits traffic helicopter

after the break, but back to Jack Tame. We've got Jack Tame with us from TVNZ ahead of the US election. Can you explain to me, Jack, how this election, how it works in America? Because I hear about the swing states and they seem to be focusing on certain states. I mean, how does it work compared to our election? How long you got? So in New Zealand, right, it's the popular vote that really matters.

You've got your electorate vote, but you've got your party vote. And the popular vote for the party vote is what matters. So whoever gets the most of those votes. In America, it's a different story, right? So instead of just counting up all the votes in the whole of the United States, they go state by state. And so each state has a different number of these things called electors. And you've got to win a majority of the electors in the country in order to win the election and what's called the electoral college now that sounds really confusing but the best way to explain it say if you are in California and you win 60% of the votes in California instead

of getting 60% of California's electors in the Electoral College, you get all of them. It's a winner takes all. So that means, theoretically, it is possible to lose the popular vote for more people to vote for your opponent and yet still win the presidency. So four years ago, Donald Trump did just that. Hillary Clinton actually got 4 million more votes for president than him. But it doesn't matter if you win a state by one vote or by 15 million votes. If you win it, generally, for most states, for 48 of the 50 states, you get all of those electors. So it's a bit of a confusing sort of messed up system.

But basically, it gives the smaller states in America disproportionate power. So, for example, a state like California has 80 times more people than Wyoming, but Wyoming is actually, each vote in Wyoming is a little bit more powerful than every one vote in California. So that's why they're like, oh, we've got to go to these important middle America states to win these people. I see. Exactly, exactly. got to go to these important middle america states to win these people i see exactly exactly see so basically like two-thirds of the states are pretty much not in play because they like california is going to go to the democrats right so donald trump's not going to bother campaigning there

and neither is joe biden because he knows he's got it in the bag same with um new york for example like joe biden's got it in the bag for Donald Trump one. But then, and the same thing applies for Republican states as well. Oklahoma is going to go to the Republicans, so Joe Biden won't bother campaigning there. There are only about a third of the states where it's a close race. And those are the states where they focus all of their attention. And so in particular, the big states that could go either way are really important. So the likes of Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan become critical when you're trying to win the electoral college.

Oh, you've explained that. Now, what is the general vibe in America on Trump? Because I don't know, I kind of feel we might get a slanted negative view. Oh, not fake news. We're getting fake news. We might be getting fake news about the perception towards Trump in the States. When you see him at rallies through middle America,

there's thousands of people there. There's obviously a passionate audience for him. What is the general vibe from the American public? Well, I mean, it depends who you ask, right? There are some Americans who think that he is the single greatest politician of all time. There are tens of millions of Americans who think he's the greatest president of all time. But likewise, there are tens of millions of Americans who hate the guy, who despise the man and desperately want to vote him out. People are

just so divided on this president. And it's interesting that they're on track here for a record high turnout, which I think kind of reflects just how divisive Trump is. So how soon will we get an idea of who's going to take this out? When will the votes start rolling in in New Zealand time? Will we know today? Will we know tomorrow? Will we know in weeks? I mean, will Trump leave the White House if he loses? Yeah, good question. I don't know. I mean, at one o'clock this afternoon,

the polls on the East Coast close and the polls on the West Coast are open for a few more hours after that. Some states, though, will get results pretty quickly. Florida is one to watch. We'll get results in Florida super quickly. If Joe Biden wins Florida,

I don't want to guarantee it, but he's pretty much won the presidency. So that's something to watch really early on in the night. As for Donald Trump afterwards, honestly, who knows? I don't think anyone knows how he's going to react really early on in the night. As for Donald Trump afterwards, honestly, who knows? I don't think anyone knows how he's going to react if he wins or he loses. He could contest the election over the last few days.

He's been saying he thinks it's rigged. But he could also just go, oh, you know what? The media has done me over and go and start a TV network. No one knows how he will react. Well, Jack Tame, we really appreciate your time on what is such a busy day. You go put your sunglasses on, do another live cross, and we'll catch up with you soon. Fantastic, guys.

Hey, thanks very much. See you soon. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, a friend of ours, she's in a new relationship, and it's going really well. She's seen a guy for a couple of months now. Who is this?

Oh, I don't want to name her. I don't want to name her. Well, tell me about our friend who's in a new relationship. You've got to keep me up to date with the gossip. Well, I'll tell you off the air. Is it my friend? No. Oh, your friend.

Okay, that's right. Don't tell me about it. I don't know. End of chat. End of chat. I'm done. If I don't know her, I don't want to hear about this. But she was staying over at a new partner's house about a week or so ago.

And in the middle of the night, you know, she woke up and she was thirsty, you know, as you do. And she drank the water beside the bed, thought nothing of it, went back to sleep. And in the morning he woke up and he was like, um, my contact lenses. Oh, she drank the contact lens cleaning fluid. No, he put them in a glass of water, just I guess, I don't know what. I think it was just water, fortunately. Oh, so she just, oh my. She just drank the thing,

included the contact lenses and drank them without even knowing. Did she admit it? Yeah, well, I guess in that situation, there's probably other options to go. But you never want to go, has she just met this person? She's relatively new.

It's relatively new. You don't want to kick the relationship and go, I swallowed your contact lenses. A very unusual thing to drink, right? Although we have brought up the fact that I think a few years ago, that guy we were talking to, remember, he was in a new relationship and he thought he found dried meat that built on. Oh, yeah.

And he ate it beside the bed and then his new partner was like, oh, that was my son's umbilical cord. He didn't like to swallow it. He just sort of was chewing it. He nibbled on it. But, you know, even when you actually was in the shower at the time, even when you unpack that story, you're like, who has bedside Biltong? You know, let alone just going, oh, that looks nice.

I'll start chewing on it. Not even in a packet. No questions asked. You're like, oh, they must be built on. That's not the first conclusion I would draw. No, that's what I thought. It reminded me though, my friend drinking the contact lenses of your mum

who just randomly drank a glass of water once and it was bleach. Oh yeah, this is, have I told you this, Juliet? I think so. So it's many prolific years smoking. Wonderful, rich history of cancer intake. Cancer intake up and up. It was great.

It was great. But then my fingers would turn yellow if I had too many, like on a day. And so I'd bleach them. So I'd just dip two fingers into a glass of bleach to kind of try and de- And did that work? No, but my fingers smelt very sterile.

Yeah, like the pools after it's been chlorinated or something. Anyway, so I left this. My bad, left this glass on the bench of bleach. Annie comes along, Annie Pryor, and just picks up the glass and starts drinking. Now, here's my, this is back to your contact lens story, back to your Bill Tong story. Who just picks up a random liquid and starts drinking it.

I'm in the lounge with my freshly smelling fingers. Just going, hmm. Dying for a cigarette, but holding off. And I can hear in the kitchen. Were you like a teenager there? I was a teenager. I was like, oh, keep it down. Shut up, I'm trying to watch Beverly Hills Dino 2.

I know, Mum. Shut up. Of course you're embarrassing. I'm watching Melrose Place and other references. And I went in there. And your Hugh Wright pants. My mustard origin jeans. And she's pointing at the glass and I'm like,

yo, that's bleach, Mum. Oh, you idiot. And yeah, so then we had to take her to Southern Cross and we dealt with that. We flushed her clean insides though from that day on. Some of the cleanest organs you'll ever find. We definitely don't recommend that.

The US election is on today. It's a big talk all over the world and we don't know exactly when we'll find out who's going to win. It could be today, it could be tomorrow, or it could be in weeks if Trump refuses to leave the White House. If he loses. It's going to be close though. Now you've got a

wonderful way to acknowledge one of the greatest political moments in history. With a prank call of some... Sorry, well it's more of a challenge based around it, you know? Yeah. So I've got some pieces of paper over here and on them are some terms that they're using in the election.

We've got, you know, like Biden, Trump, voting, polling, White House. And I want to see how many of these you can insert into a conversation. You've just got to ring up a cafe at random and you've just got to see how many you can get into the conversation. This is our news jargon game. We love cold calling people, don't we? It's the only way we can get people on the show. It's the only way I get to talk to my family, by surprise calling them.

Otherwise, they won't interact with me. So every time you insert one of these pieces of electoral jargon into the conversation, we'll ding a bell. How's that sound? This sounds like a fun game, Benjamin. All right, good luck, Jono. Robert Harris, Tracy speaking, sorry. Hi, Tracy, what's going on?

What's the laughter about, mate? You know. A bit of office banter? Yeah, something like that. A bit of office. Listen, I've been biding my time, and I thought, well, it's time to call you. Yep.

Okay, now I pulled out a trump card with the flatmates that I live with, and we've decided to come and visit Robert Harris in Greymouth. Right, good. Yeah, would you suggest we come? Of course I would. Do you live in a house? Yes. What colour is it?

Grey. Mine's a white house. Right. Yeah, pure white. Resine white. Yep. Okay, so I debated with the flatties. Put it to the vote. And you won. We elected you the winner so we'll be at Robert Harris this afternoon at one o'clock. I know.

Okay, and it got a little heated there because they wanted to go. Have you heard of Bonsai Cafe? Yes. They wanted to go there, but I said, no, no, we put it to the vote. It's my democratic right. Cool.

Okay. So how many of you are there? There'll be four. Yep. All right. How long have you worked in the hospitality industry? How long?

Yeah. Too long. I was thinking of opening a pub. Yeah? And calling it the Republican. Right. Would you go there? Maybe.

Yep. Yep. Have you got an outdoor area? Of course we have. And have you got seating out the barrack? Yeah, we've got seating out there. You wouldn't want to sit out there today, though. Bit chilly.

Yeah, a bit wet. Now, your website states that you have a swing for the children. No. What is the state of that swing? We don't have one, so is it... Why do I keep banging on about the swing, then? Yeah, I don't know. Well, a swing is my vice, I have to say.

And also chocolates. Have you got chocolate on the menu? Oh, in some shape or form, we would have. Yep. Now, who is your... If you were at a lawn bowls club, would you run for president? Look, it's Jono Abed calling from the Hits radio station. I was making Jono try and use as many terms about the US election as he could.

I was holding up signs to weave into your conversation. So that's why I was so odd. That's all right. Was it natural and free-flowing? Yeah. You really stuck with it for a very long time, and I really appreciate it. I know. I did well, didn't I?

Have you literally got nothing else to do with your day? No. You're very busy. We've caught you at a busy time. This is peak coffee-making time. Yep. Anyway, who are you going to vote for in the election?

Is what I'd ask you if you're in the US. She can't vote. Hey, tell you what, you've been a good sport. We've wasted your time. Could you hold the line? We would love to send you out a prize.

Righto then. All right, have a great day. It's a voucher for Robert Harris. We're making coffee great again. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Very shortly, we were talking to someone that we think has got one of the coolest jobs in the world. In fact, it's the 11th coolest job, according to a website you found yesterday.

Yeah, we're not going to say what it is, but we want to open up a bit of a fierce competition amongst you. 0800, the hit's 4487. Do you think you have the coolest job listening right now? I mean, what do we do? I mean, we've got a pretty cool job. All we do is ramble over the beginnings of everyone's favourite songs and annoy them because they can't hear the beginning of Bruno Mars

or Pink or Lewis Capaldi or something, another one of their favourites. Yeah, that's right. If the world was ending, I'd come over, right? You'd be talking all over that, wouldn't you? Oh, well, if I can, if I'm allowed to talk over the start of it, then I will. I'll happily talk all over the start of a song. Nothing makes a radio announcer happier than when they talk all the way up to the part where the person starts singing.

Jeez, you've nailed your job. And you do that very well, Ben. Well, sometimes. It's a little bit of a game you play. It's a lot of fun. It makes the job fun. So if you think you've got the coolest job in the world, 0800-THE-HITS-4487, it could be as big or as little as you like.

See, I take Oscar to drum lessons. His drum teacher, Mark, is so... What I really love is watching someone do something that they love. And it brings me joy. I like to be brought joy by other people. No, but he just loves the drums, loves music, loves teaching the kids. I'm like, damn, he's in the right gig.

Well, he is. And so he would think he's... He must have hated the drums. Oh, this is just mine. Bang, bang, bang. These kids are shocking at the drums. Bang, bang. Well, that's a cool job.

If you love drumming, then that's the job for you, right? And it's all relative, isn't it? Yeah. One person's cool job might not be cool to another person. So why do you have a cool job? I'd love to hear from you today. 0800 The Hits is the phone number. We've got some movie tickets to give away.

Let's go to the phones. We'll head to Megan in Putaruru. Why have you got the coolest job, Meg? Hi. I got the coolest job because I work with my partner. We both truck drive. Get to see Aotearoa at the expense of our bosses. Oh, you get to drive through New Zealand every day with your partner.

Are you driving together? No, we drive a truck each. Do you go in the same direction? No, we go our own ways, but pretty much on the phone all day to each other. Do you ever meet go in the same direction? I know we go our own ways, but pretty much on the phone all day to each other. Do you ever meet up in the same town? Does it ever work out like that in the schedule? Yeah, yep. In Kawaroa or Rotorua.

Have you got a honk, honk for us? Can you do a horn, please? No, it's shameless. Easy. That was not what I was expecting. I'm not going to horn shame you. That was a lovely horn. Hey, Megan, love your work.

Thank you for calling. We're going to send you to the movies, all right? Yeah, thank you. What a wonderful job. There we go. This is fun. I could drive a truck. I'd like to do that.

We head to George in Hokitika, the West Coast. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, George. Coolest job. What have you got? I used to take people for horse and camel rides along the beach in Palm Cove up in Cairns. Oh, that is a great, and you sound like

you do a camel tour in Cairns, Australia too. What's riding a camel like? A real forward and back, not sideways. It's a slow sort of jolting experience, but yeah, it's unique. You need about six sheepskins underneath you to make it comfortable.

I bet so. So compared to a horse, a bit of a smoother ride on a horse. Oh, for sure. Yeah, well, I appreciate your call. That's a pretty cool job. We're going to send you to the movies. Have we got any more calls? We do.

Good on you, George. Thank you. Shiloh, welcome from New Plymouth. How's the knacky this morning, alright? Morning, yeah, not too bad. Pretty cloudy. Hoping for a nice day though. Good weather report too. Local weather. We've got it for you here on the

hits. Why have you got the coolest job, Shiloh? I'm just a stay-at-home mum. And I've, you know, not many people have the privilege to be a stay-at-home mum for so long, you know, not many people have the privilege to be a stay-at-home mum for so long and it's been two years now

and it's just, to me, the best job in the world, you know, watching, raising your little ones. That's a cliche but you never get

that time back, you know, so enjoy it while it's there because it's awesome. Exactly. Oh, good on you, Shiloh,

that's great, what a great job. I'm sure there's a lot of people listening right now, travelling to work going, oh, I wish I was at home with the little ones. So good on you, Shiloh. Thank you.

Text here, I'm flying to Antarctica to do some building down there. That's a cool job, building whatever they do there. Thank you. I don't know if you can tell, I don't know what he does. Another text here, I'm a navigator. Sorry, marine rigger for Team New Zealand. Makes the ropes for Team New Zealand. Cool job.

We'll head to Helen in Franklin. How are you, Helen? I'm fine, thank you. How's yourself? Oh, listen, we're doing well. Ben's a little gassy this morning, but we won't reflect on that. Am I? Not the time to reflect on that.

Because it's not true. What's your cool job, Helen? I'm in a regional truck with my husband. He's dyslexic and he can't read or write. So I'm his navigator and I get to tell him where to go. Oh, wow. So you're in the truck all day together.

Sure am. And you're giving him directions. Sure am. Oh, I bet that never gets am Oh I bet that never gets tense I bet that never gets tense Oh that's so cool That you guys get to hang out together And go around New Zealand Sure it is

Good on you Alan Make it be a call We're going to send you to the movies Really appreciate it Hey You've got toothpaste On the side of your mouth It's Jono and Ben on my hips

Now from the start of December To the end of February It's really's Jono and Ben on my heads. Now, from the start of December to the end of February, it's really exciting. Auckland Museum is set to host the tallest and very impressive Lego brick model in the Southern Hemisphere. There's a whole exhibition that's been put together by a certified Lego professional,

the only man in the Southern Hemisphere to have this job. He's also a judge on the TV show Lego Masters in Australia. He's Ryan the Brickman McNaught. He joins us right now. How's it going? Good morning. How are you? Australasia's only certified brickman.

Do you put that on your email signature? It's on my passport. Oh, nice. I'd be flashing that around all over the show. How are you, mate? I'm awesome. How are you guys? Yeah, we're doing good.

We're really excited. Auckland Museum's going to be hosting basically an exhibition that you've put together. Can you tell us what's in there? What's some of the big things that we can look forward to seeing? Well, the Southern Hemisphere's tallest Lego model, which is a giant rocket, which is, you ready for this? Seven and a half metres tall, which is pretty awesome.

Yeah, a life-size motorbike. We've got a Harley. Life-size, wow. We've even got animals. We've got penguins. We've got a whale, an orca whale, life-size orca whale. Life-size. Yep, sure.

You can even come up and give it a hug. How can you transport this? Because obviously this goes around the world. How does it arrive? Well, to give you a bit of an idea of size and concept, it's about four 40-foot shipping containers, you know, the big long ones? Yeah. It's about four of those, and each of the models we build in sections,

and then we basically put the sections together when they get to the museum. You've built a life-size whale. How long does that take you from start to finish? Yeah, that one was about a month, give or take. That's pretty quick for a life-size whale. I've done my best. Yeah. Ben built the Millennium Falcon.

Yeah, no, the Millennium Falcon. That was, I think, 7,500 Lego bits. I thought I'd be able to knock it out in a couple of days. I ended up having to transport it with me all over summer everywhere I went in the back of the car. It was like another child. I had a little seatbelt on and everything. But it was such a, finally got there and did it.

But, jeez, it took a long time. Well, the good news is my job's probably not in jeopardy then, is it? No, definitely not. So you're building for a month. You build a life-size whale. How many hours a day? Look, it really does depend. Obviously, you know, there's a few other got to run a business and all that kind of stuff.

But usually somewhere between eight to ten hours a day. Do you get sick of it? Never. It's Lego. How did you get sick of it? Yeah, well, I guess you're right. Yeah, it's a pretty awesome thing to be able to do for a job. Now, where has Lego taken you?

Because who would have thought you could turn this into a full-time job? What amazing countries and amazing experiences have you had, Ryan, through your role? Well, look, probably the weirdest one was quite a few years ago. I actually took Lego and played with some kids in North Korea. Wow. They let you in? They let us in, and these kids, they were just unreal kids. They'd never seen Lego before.

I wouldn't think so. And so we sat down, and I mean, I don't speak North Korean, and they didn't speak English, but we kind of found a way to communicate through Lego. It was pretty wicked. Did they like it? Loved it. Has Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un made Lego legal now in North Korea?

I'm not sure he lets anything be legal, to be honest. It must have been a surreal country to visit. It was one of the strangest things I've ever seen. I've been lucky enough to travel a lot. Now, we've got Ryan McNaught Brickman with us. There's a museum. There's going to be an exhibition at the Auckland Museum from the 3rd of December to February 28th.

Have you got these things insured? Absolutely we have, yeah, of course. I mean, this particular show called Awesome, it took about a year to build all up. So, yeah, a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this one, so we make sure we look after it. And I can imagine for people going along to see these things in real life, it would be so much more impactful than just seeing them on the internet

or as a picture. Yeah, definitely. And not only that, you know, we've got a lot of great activities that everyone gets to do and build their own stuff along and put it on display with ours. So it's pretty much an interactive sort of thing, not just come and have a look. Here's a question I just thought of. As you are the only one in the Southern Hemisphere that's a Lego professional. Now, if you had a Lego box, would you follow the instructions or you're like, oh, look, I know how this works?

Well, here's exactly how I do it. I'm not saying this is right or wrong. I don't want to cause any international incidents or anything. But I build by the instructions the first time and then I'll pull it apart and make something else myself. Oh, okay, with the same lot. Well, Ryan, it's really great catching up with you and it's really exciting that over summer

in New Zealand we get to go along and check out what you basically designed out of Lego. It seems incredible. Thanks very much. New Zealand's breakfast.

Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Many people go, why is that song playing on the radio at the moment?

I'm hearing it all over the show. And it was from a TikTok video, wasn't it? With Dogfo, the guy called Dogfo skateboarding down the road

in America. And became, they got Fleetwood Mac back into the top 20 again in the US charts because of this viral challenge that had people drinking cranberry juice

and going on a skateboard. Oh, the internet. Oh, no, it's okay. I hope Fleetwood Mac are cutting him in on some of those royalties they're getting now. Last night,

I got a phone call. 5.30. Answered the phone and on the other end of the phone i heard where are you now no human being in the face and the history of telecommunication ever wants to hear where are you like i'm right here i'm at home answering the phone yeah but you know you're not meant to be where you are when you can't remember where you need to be and you go into cold sweats and you panic and you go, I'm at home. Someone texts you, are you far away? You forgot where you're meant to be.

That's the worst. You're like, not far? You're like, where was I meant to be? Why was I meant to be there? And you go through three phases, don't you? A, you're trying to remember where you're meant to be. B, you're trying to think up an excuse as to why you're not there. And C, you're just to remember where you're meant to be. B, you're trying to think up an excuse as to why you're not there.

And C, you're just in a flat-out panic. Do you love the people text that I do the same? Five minutes away or two minutes away. You never are. You're at least 10 to 15 away. You're like, two minutes, just parking? You're like, OK, I haven't got there yet, but that'll buy me some time. We do, after working with Guy Williams for many years,

we would always, he's not good with a schedule. And we'd go text him, hey, mate, where are you? And I'm just coming down. It was always Potsdam Road. Potsdam Road, which always meant he was 25 to 30 minutes away. Yeah, that's right. You'd be on the show. You'd be like, oh, Guy's late.

Where are you? He's just on Potsdam Road. Just coming down Potsdam Road. OK, because we're meant to be filming in Wellington. So how far away are you? But yeah, no, it sent me into a panic. But anyway, it was a friend of mine. He's like, we're meant to be playing tennis.

We're having a tennis tournament. And I said, what? I didn't know I was enrolled in a tennis tournament. Right. And over the weekend, we had some people over to the house. The kids signed me up to a tennis tournament. But no one told me I was meant to be playing tennis. Oh, so you didn't even know about it at all.

No, and I played tennis when I was a child, but it would be like bringing Andre Agassi out of retirement if Andre Agassi couldn't play tennis that well. Okay, so not a good example. And putting him in a tournament. Because he'd probably still be fine, right? He'd probably be all right. And it'd be like bringing me out of retirement to play tennis

and not playing tennis very well. Yeah. Because you used to play quite a bit as a kid while your parents would enter you into the tournaments and then it was basically a camp to get out of the house.

Out of the house, just doing something. Yeah. And I was shocking it. I would lose in the first round and then they put you in a plate round and then if you lose

in the first round of the plate round you get to a very special round with very special tennis players. And then if you lose in the first round of that as I did every school holidays

you end up eating mints and cheese pies for two weeks watching other people play tennis and mum would pick me up like four days into the tournament how was it?

I was like oh it was good yeah no still going still battling my parents had a false perception of how good I was at school because you're the only child too I think

no one to compare you against really no gauge they're like oh you're a good tennis player and even to today they're the only child too, I think, to that. No one to compare you against. No gauge. Oh, you're a good tennis. And even to today, they're like, oh, you could have made it in the tennis circuit.

I was like, no. I was shocked. And swimming was the other one. Dad's like, oh, you could have been an Olympic swimmer. I was like, have you seen me swim?

I barely keep above the water. That's the joy you're right of being an only child. Yet, by default, you're the best in the family. He's our best swimmer. Looks like he's almost drowning in the water. Yeah he's still a little swimmer. Look at him go.

Why is he the 30 year old man with floaties on his ass? Morning! It's Jono and Ben on the Hatch. Very confusing moment for the pair of us yesterday walking back to the office and we bumped into a lovely lady who pulled us aside and said, well, this is what I thought I heard.

Yeah, I love the way you thought this. She said, Jono and Ben, I've named my kids after you. And I was like, what? This seems... You were like really like, wow, that's the most amazing thing. Gave her a hug and it was an emotional moment. And then we walked off and you were like, you heard something different. She said, cats. I named her a hug and it was an emotional moment. And then we walked off and you were like, you heard something different.

She said, cats. I named my cats after you. She said cats. It's not as cool. John and Ben, I named my cats. I was like, wow, he must love cats. He's hosting a dog show, but geez, he really loves cats. He's like, oh my God, this is beautiful.

On reflection, it's probably a shocking display of parenting to name your children after us. But we've got boring names anyway. So you could go, oh no, I'm named after John Campbell or Ben Affleck. Yeah, true. We're versatile. If we get too embarrassing, you can simply change. Even it's probably a shocking display of pet ownership to name your cats after us.

Either way, I'm going to say it's kids because it's a cooler story. I was going to say it was cats. But anyway, I guess we won't know. Unless we run into that lady again, we won't know. Unless we run into little Jono and Ben later in life. I hope they're out there listening. The little cats, cats, I listen to the radio. But they're kids.

They're cats. Anyway. Okay, back here. We had the debate. The debate raged on when we got back here as well. I loved how you were like, oh, this is just so special. I'm like, wow, he really, really is. If it was cats, she'd be like, wow, he was intense.

He was really intense. We'll have to rename the cats now. He weirded me out. But we thought we'd find out this morning on 0800 THE HITS or 4487. What were you named after or what did you name your kids after? Like, what's the story behind their names? Yeah. Were you named after the skinny and the bald guy

from some B-grade radio program? Or did you name your cats after us? I'll wait and hope to hit the telephone number 4487. Have you been named after anyone? Famous, movie stars, athletes, whatever. We'll take anything. And we've got some prizes up for grabs, don't we, too? Yeah, we've got some movie tickets up for grabs

if you want to give us a call right now. We'll head to... Oh, thank you, Juliet. Some little music for you. Some game music. Unexpected, but appreciated. You're welcome. We'll head to Whangarei.

Who do we have on the phone here? Is this Oriwa? Hello? Oriwa? Hello? No, they're gone She gone Not a good start to your game

No You don't see this on the chase Do we know Do we know what They don't Don't see Brandy Walsh going Hello Are you there

The contestants are in front of them Normally right It'd be very weird If he was Are you there G'day mate I'm talking to you Well we hit the Ruakaka

Jermaine is on the phone. Yeah, man. How's it going? And you were named after someone famous, Jermaine. Yes, I am. Oh, Jermaine from Flight of the Conchords. Jermaine Clement? No.

Jermaine. What other Jermaines do I know? Oh, Jermaine from Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine? Oh, Jermaine Jackson. Yes. Oh, yes. From Jackson 5. Yeah, it's the one. Oh, Oh, yes, with Jackson 5. Yeah, it's the one.

Oh, yeah. It didn't go with Michael. No. Mum didn't like him. Mum didn't like Michael? Oh, right. No. Well, maybe she was on...

Oh, she made a right choice early on. That's really cool. So, is this something you grew up listening to, the Jackson 5? Yeah, for sure, man. I was playing all the time. Is your surname Jackson? No. Oh, that's a good story, though,

for your name. Love a good story for the name. I've got a bit of a boring one. My initials are Jonathan Richard, so JR. And my mum was in the States at the time. I was born in America. And she was watching this program

called Dallas. And you might have seen the Who Shot JR? Oh, very famous episode, right? Yeah, so then I was named JR after some guy I don't know. I don't really know. At least it filled in 30 seconds on the radio all these years later. You got to tell a mildly amusing story.

Well, good on you, Jermaine. Love your work. We'll send you off to the movies, my friend. Cool. Cheers, dude. Reading cinemas. Marie in Palmerston North. Have you got the famous name Marie? Not famous, cheers, dude. Reading cinemas. Marie in Palmerston North. Have you got the famous name, Marie? Not famous, but it's my son's name.

It's going to be really hard for you guys to guess who he's named after. Okay, what's the first name? His name is Bowdo. Oh, I don't know a Bowdo. No, Jesus. What would that be? Oh, Bowdo.

Bowdo. Short for Burra Pears? No. There's a Bowdo Johnson who's an actor on Days of Our Lives. Oh, okay. No, there's a... I'm just looking at famous Bowdens here. Bowdens, yeah.

A Bowden Johannesson, a South African pole vaulter. Oh, that'll be it. That'll be it. The South African pole vaulter. That's what we're looking at. There we go, we're looking at it. 100% yeah. Obviously Bowden Barrett, big fan.

Yeah, I had quite a traumatic birth of my son, so we decided to name him Bowdoin because, you know, Bowdoin's like that clutch player who was here for a year. Oh, that is a lovely story. Have you met Bowdoin, told Bowdoin, messaged Bowdoin? No, my brother told him no, and he was like, OK, cool.

OK, cool. Listen, I'm hugging a lady and crying because she named you a cat's after us Bono Barrett goes okay cool

Nate rename your kid rename your kid Jono and or Ben and I'll come down and give you a hug Marie absolutely

we're going to send you the movies we really appreciate your call good on you we'll take one more shall we we'll going to send you the movies. We really appreciate your call. Good on you. We'll take one more, shall we? We'll head to Tokoroa, Nala on the air. Nala, have you got the famous name?

Yes. My name is named after Lion King. Oh, hold on. Let me guess. Let me guess. Lion King? Yeah. Oh, yeah, we got it.

We got that one. Named after the little lion. Yeah. Yeah. Of course, Nala, one of the main characters. Yep. That's pretty cool. My dad fell in love with the name.

It was either that or the Titanic, you know. What, you're going to be named the Titanic? Here's our baby, the Titanic. It's a running joke. What a badass name. Oh, no, maybe not. Oh, that's very good, Nala. Hey, thank you very much.

Really appreciate you listening. We'll send you off to the movies Thanks to Reading Cinemas eh Maybe Thank you Thank you so much Have a great day What more Jono and Ben You can catch up with the boys

Anytime Just search Jono and Ben On Instagram Ah yesterday My daughter Poppy's birthday Eight years old Oh birthday Poppy Oh gee whiz

I tell you what Got a very cute message From our friend Bryce Who works on the On the rock my daughter Poppy's birthday. Eight years old. Happy birthday, Poppy. Oh, gee whiz. I tell you what, I've got a very cute message from our friend Bryce who works on the rock and sharing on the edge. Bryce is probably over at the rock bloody sucking on pre-mixed bourbon as we speak.

That's what they'll be doing right now, aren't they? Doing a burnout or something. Yeah. But they've got a little boy, Tyson, who sent Poppy a birthday message and this is the most adorable thing you'll hear today.

Go. Happy birthday, Poppy. I love you. Aw. Say, have a good day. Have a good day. I love you. Aw.

Was it Popeye or Poppy? Popeye. Popeye. Because Popeye was pretty good, too. He had all that spinach. He got quite strong. He was adorable. Popeye was wild, wasn't he? He was, yeah. He was on Performance spinach he got quite strong he was adorable Popeye was wild wasn't he

he was yeah he was on Performance Enhancing he really was yeah it was a cover right who was his partner Olive

Olive was his partner and she must have been like I'm with a rollercoaster of a guy here he's on the roids see real look at him just going he's like

so probably she's dating a meth addict except it's replaced it with spinach but anyway Popeye's birthday you said so we're like special birthday what do you want for your birthday probably she's dating a meth addict. Except it's replaced it with spinach. But anyway, Poppy's birthday, you said,

so we're like, well, you know, special birthday. What do you want for your birthday dinner? Oh yeah, they get to choose pretty much, right?

And she's like fish fingers. She says you have fish fingers six out of seven nights of the week. Her commitment to processed fish is unparalleled. Like she's keeping Sea Lord in business. So it was birthday fish fingers last night. Right. What would your ideal birthday meal be?

Oh. A bit of beetroot hummus, maybe? Some celery sticks? Now we're talking. Although like Poppy, I have that six out of seven days a week. Yeah. Birthday fish fingers, were they any different from regular fish fingers or not?

They tasted a bit more celebratory. I put a candle in one of them. Oh, did you? To try and change them up a bit from the crusty things that we eat six nights of the week. Now, it did make me think, if you're in prison and you've committed a heinous crime, Juliet, I don't know what

sort of stuff you've done. What could you have done? Oh, I don't know. You tell me. Maybe some serious fraud. But now they've gone, well, we have to execute you as well. No. What could you have done? Oh, I don't know. You tell me. Maybe some serious fraud. But the other gone, well, we have to execute you as well. So the fraud was really bad. It was terrible stuff. What's your last meal?

A hefty, hefty burger. I actually decided this yesterday. I decided this yesterday that burgers are my favourite meal of the world. They're just so good. They're quite versatile. Pizzas are, you know, some people do that thing, what's the one food you would're quite versatile. Pizza's a, like you know when some people

do that thing, what's the one food you would live on to? Pizza's a good one. Yeah. Because you can change pizza up. Oh, that's quite good.

And salads, Ben. Yes, there's so many options for salads, you're right. There's so many things you can put in a salad, right?

It's the all round meal. Thank you for bringing me into this conversation, that was good. But if you're on your last meal, could you go for something like the Valentine's all you could eat and just go, well, have a good meal. Just keep eating. Yeah, yeah, on your last meal, could you go for something like the Valentine's

all you could eat and just go, well, I haven't finished it. Just keep eating. Yeah, just keep going to the buffet. Three years later, he's still going. He's only had the seafood.

Oh, there we go. That was fun, wasn't it? Yeah. You ran out of a bit of fun there. Talking about me being a fraudster. I love it. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Scrolling through your feed. Well, prepare yourself for the most underprepared news bulletin on the airwaves. Benjamin Boyce comes in with the hot takes from overnight. Now, yesterday, Dr Ashley Bloomfield had his 1pm press conference, as he's been doing most of this year on the TV. And it was also announced yesterday that Dr Ashley Bloomfield was up for TV Personality of the Year. TV Personality of the Year. Now, amazing New Zealander.

I mean, if anyone deserves to be New Zealander of the Year, it's probably this, probably Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, right? But to be fair, you know, I mean, his character, I don't know the man personally, but his on-screen persona, quite bland and not much personality. I rock the irony of being personality and delivering bleak news every day. You couldn't really want it. You wouldn't put a personality in that. It would be a bit like, oh mate, it's quite a serious subject. You don't want someone with it. But anyway, I think it's great that he's doing it, but a little part of me is

like, I've been doing TV for a long time. You have been doing TV for a long time. Not once have I been nominated. Have you been? No, but not once have you pulled us through a pandemic. No, true. If anything, you created a pun-demic for your love of wordplay comedy. A pun-demic. And New Zealand hasn't made its way through that yet. You're silly.

The damage you've caused. So well done to Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, a nominee for Personality of the Year. He's got to win. Yeah, alongside people like Hilary Barry, though. Ooh, she's good. Kanoa Lloyd. I love Kanoa Lloyd. Paddy Gower in there. Yeah, he's in there as well. He's good to win. Yeah, alongside people like Hilary Barry though and Kanoa Lloyd. I love Kanoa Lloyd. Yeah.

Paddy Gower in there. Yeah, he's in there as well. He's good. Yeah, so he's good. Great entries for that. Jeez, that show that they put on him and Jacinda

would have been a ratings bonanza, the COVID update show. Imagine the ratings. The most watched show of the year, right? Yeah. Is there a highest rating

show category? Because they should put that in as well. Jacinda will be like, hold on, I was co-host on that programme. I didn't get nominated for personality. Chris Higgins is there. Mate, I chipped in. I did some stuff.

He had a supporting cast, but I tell you what, he sold the show, Ashley. And Jacinda Ardern, speaking of her, as you just were before, on Breakfast TV yesterday, they had three quickfire questions to her. Have a listen. Who do you like in the Melbourne Cup? Who do you like in the American election? And who do you like in the Bird of the Year? Well, Bird of the Year, Black Petrol.

Melbourne Cup, I'm in a sweepstake and I've taken Horse 12, Twilight Payment. And when it comes to the American election, I make no predictions. But Twilight Payment came in yesterday. She won. Let's go just in to win something for once.

I'm glad it's all turning out for her. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Not a morning person. Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy. No, what's up? Spy.co.nz.

All right, kids, stop your TikTok and stop sucking on the vape pen and get ready for another update of unfounded gossip about celebrities from producer Juliet with Spy. So in a last bid to get some votes, Donald Trump has spoken at a rally, but he has gone for a bunch of celebrities this time, slamming celebrities that are on Joe Biden's side. And he started off with a bit of Lady Gaga chat.

Now he's got Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. I could tell you plenty of stories. chat. Now he's got Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. I could tell you plenty of stories. I could tell you stories about Lady Gaga. I know a lot of stories about Lady Gaga. And Jon Bon Jovi, every time I see him, he kisses my ass. He's got a knack of mispronouncing words that no human can actually mispronounce. They're un-mispronounceable. You could have someone land from another planet on Earth and they couldn't mispronounce. They're un-mispronounceable. You could have someone land from another planet on Earth

and they couldn't mispronounce those words. I'm pretty sure he said Nambia was a country instead of Namibia in Africa and mispronounced all these African countries once. He probably calls Melania Melania or something. Melanoma. I reckon it's a tactic sometimes as well. And this is how he pronounces Beyonce's name? They got Beyonce

and they got Jay-Z, right, Jay-Z? Beyonce. I mean, she's one of the biggest artists in the world. Yeah, I know, surely he can't get that wrong.

Yeah. He probably just does it to wind everyone up. And then he slammed LeBron James as well and then everyone just started chanting, LeBron James sucks.

Yeah. LeBron James, or something like that. And he's like, I haven't watched basketball all year! All they do is the shooting and the back and forth up down the court is boring. Ratings are down.

I think he's got, he's across everything, isn't he? Everything that doesn't matter. Yeah, true. And you guys, that's weird. You've never seen Jacinda or anyone else, you know, seem to like go out and actively say, I hate that sport. I hate that person in the country. Oh, you were saying, imagine if she went on the podium,

she's like, the All Blacks, they suck. Yeah. Down with Sam Cain. Sam Cain sucks. Dave Dobbin, he's awful sick. You know, like, you wouldn't see that happen.

Even if someone came out and bagged them, they would still go, they'd take the high ground. He goes ad-libbing. He just turns up to those events. He's got nothing prepared. No.

Like, maybe they should just in between flying between states and just go, hey, here's a couple of notes that you can focus on. Yeah. Yeah. I feel like if he doesn't win the election, part of us all will just miss the comedic aspects that we get from him, right? I mean, he's been the most important cast member of this programme.

He should be on the payroll. We've got Jack Tame from One News joining us, TVNZ joining us after 7 o'clock with all the latest. He's in Washington, our US correspondent. Woohoo. And Kendall Jenner, she has had hosted a Halloween birthday party for her 25th and she's getting absolutely roasted online, of course, because then there was no masks, there were no social distancing.

No masks at a Halloween party. Yeah, true. That's the real crime here. Yeah, true. And there was real crime here. Yeah, true. And there was photos of her, you know, blowing out all the candles on the birthday cake, probably spreading all of her COVID all over that chocolate icing. I heard Kris Jenner talking to Andy Cohen on his podcast yesterday,

and she was saying what they don't report. Everyone got a three days before. They all got COVID tests on the way in. Everyone got COVID tested. They both had a negative test. They did take some steps. Okay, that's good. Towards actually, but all got COVID tests. On the way in, everyone got COVID tested. They both had a negative test. They did take some steps towards actually, but everyone loves the narrative. No one wants to hear that, mate.

Everyone just wants to go in on her blowing candles out on her birthday cake. Exactly. Which is actually a disease. I mean, that's one of your bugbears, isn't it? I've always thought for a while. Kids' birthdays and the... It's just a layer of saliva on top. You never really think about it until COVID happens, eh?

No, right. You're like, everyone's here. Up until now, we've been freely just eating saliva cake and not having a worry in the world. Exactly. And she also tried to stop everyone finding out she was having a Halloween birthday party because she had signs everywhere that said,

no social media. Take all of the photos you want, but please do not post on social media of any kind. But of course, photos everywhere. So well done, Kendall Jenner. That's what I like people at weddings who are like, don't post anything on social media. Do people say that

at weddings? Yeah, I've been to a couple of weddings, don't post it on social media. Which is fair enough, because I think the bride and groom want to be, they want to put their photos out first. Oh, is that the reason? Well, that can be one of the reasons, rather than people like, oh, I got this shot of the video. And also you get, like, a lot of people spend the whole time just with their phone up, videoing something. they're like we've got someone

actually videoing this who's a professional just enjoy the moment when you go to weddings and sometimes they would put like disposable cameras on the tables and they'd leave it to the guests to take photos and then they'd go the results

so many, the first thing you do is take it to the toilet. Exactly. It's a missed opportunity if you don't. And that's five. For more, you can go to thehits.co.nz. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits.

We're on the hunt with Coca-Cola to find New Zealand's good buggers. And Sarah's on the phone from Tokoroa. Who do you want to nominate, Sarah? I wanted to nominate Christina and Richard Ogle. They are, I'd say, massive angels in disguise in our community. They have a massive heart for our youth,

our rangatahi, and also for our vulnerable people in Tukoroh. And so what did they give up? They give their time, obviously. Have they got an organisation or something that they've set up? Yes, so about eight years ago,

they've seen this massive need, and basically from there they made themselves available 24-7. From then they've helped feed them, clothe them. They've mentored our youth. Wow. They've also started a youth housing where they help put a shelter over our Rangitahi that maybe not have a home or have had youth that have come in and out from jail

and haven't had no home to go to. So they help support them while they transition back into the community. Oh my gosh. There's people like this in here. Like these people have been sent from above. Well, they sound like they're deserving entrants and potential winners of this competition,

so thank you so much for nominating them. It's okay. Thanks so much, Donald and Ben, and Colin the Hits. Oh, Sarah, she's thinking the station, the sponsor, the hosts. Have we just talked to the perfect caller? I don't know. Bought us a heartfelt story. Ben Boyce, do we want any

more from Sarah? No, I don't think we could ask for any more from Sarah, but if you want to nominate someone in your community that you think are good buggers, like Christina and Richard in Tokoroa, then you head to the hitstockcode at NZ and we could be coming to your town, giving them some money as well as a plaque as well to say thanks on behalf of Coca-Cola

for the work they're doing. Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys' weekdays from sex on the hits and via the for the work they're doing.