Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - October 22 - Matthew Lewis, Reception Reception, What Did You Do When You Were Tired?

Episode Date: October 21, 2020

Happy "Little Friday" as we like to call Thursday! Today we had a big guest on the show, the actor who played Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films! Matthew Lewis is his real name and he's starring alongside Kiwi actress Rose Matafeo in a hilarious new film called Baby Done. Ben mentioned that last night he was so tired after work he accidentally put cat food into the washing machine instead of washing powder, and we had some great people call up telling us what delirious thing they did when they were super tired. As well as this, Reception Reception was back again, this time, Ben had some dodgy internet history he needed to get cleared...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We talked to an international actor on the show, which was pretty cool. Oh, you make him sound mysterious. Yeah, one of the stars of Harry Potter. Oh, Daniel Radcliffe? No, one of the stars of it. No, he was really great to talk to. Matthew Lewis is his name,

played Neville Longbottom on Harry Potter, and he's in a brand new movie, a New Zealand movie. Not playing Neville Longbottom. No, no, he doesn't just go, hey, that's who I play, it's Neville Longbottom. Does this movie require Neville Longbottom? Well, I, he doesn't just go, hey, that's who I play. It's Neville Longbottom. Does this movie require Neville Longbottom?

Well, I can't take the role. I'm sorry. Yeah, well, it's about World War II. Yeah, no, sorry. Sorry, I'm not a character who went to Hogwarts, and I'm not going to be part of it. It's about a deep-sea action man who's fighting a shark with a laser. Well, would Neville Longbottom do that?

I can't take the role. Wouldn't that be funny? Just being cast as one character. I'll tell you what, I've got some questions here that I didn't ask him, Matthew Lewis. So I'm going to ask you the questions. Hello, Giza. From the interview.

So you stole a Neville Longbottom outfit from Hogwarts, the outfit you wore from the set. Did you steal anything from New Zealand when you were here? No, and I didn't steal anything from the set did you steal anything from New Zealand when you were here? No and I didn't steal anything from the set why would you accuse me

of theft? That's workplace theft Okay Okay next question You're a bit of a sex symbol now How's that adjustment? I mean you know

like We're here to talk about my movie Okay What are you doing? Okay This is a lot more difficult than the

actual movie What Harry Potter house would Rose Marafio have been in and why? Oh, listen, I'm here to promote the new film, so if you could refrain from referring to my previous projects. Okay. You're a big fan of sports, rugby league in particular? Again, not movie related. Okay, okay.

Neville Longbottom's parents in the movies and obviously the books of Harry Potter, they were tortured into insanity by Death Eaters. Did they have a harder time being a parent than you and Rose did in the new movie, Baby Done? I see what you're trying to do here. You're trying to tie in my previous project of Harry Potter into my new movie. Yes, I am. But again, it's about the new movie.

It's about the new movie. You keep trying to reference the old one, but segue into the new one to try and get some Harry Potter content. These are questions that I didn't ask, and probably now for good reason, but Matthew Lewis is joining you on the podcast. Imagine if I were you. That'd be so fun to be that person in an interview. Just a right arsehole.

He was lovely. He was awesome. He was the opposite of that. And he actually gave a really, really good explanation about why he still enjoys talking about Harry Potter and how fortunate he is to have played a role in those movies. So enjoy that on the podcast. The Songy Cornflakes of Radio. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

There's a brand new movie in cinemas getting great reviews. It's called Baby Done, a comedy starring Rose Matafayo and Matthew Lewis, who was Neville Longbottom on Harry Potter. Yeah, amazing. I'm so proud of Rose. We used to work with Rose and she's such a telly. Even when she's working with us she's like 18 and you're like, damn, you're going to be a superstar. Oh yeah, she is a superstar. She's

so great and it's awesome to see her on the big screen in this movie called Baby Done. When you two having kids. You wish you were pregnant. No! Congratulations. Tapeworm can cause false positive pregnancy tests. It's not a tapeworm.

It's a baby. Oh, my God. It's all about unexpectedly being parents, and he joins us, one of the stars of the movie, Matthew Lewis, also Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter. How's it going, Matt? Very well. How are you guys?

We're going good. No worry about some of the world to you. I'm in Florida at the minute. In Florida? In Florida. Okay. What are you looking at

right now in Florida? An alligator? That's the only local reference I have. I do actually. I live on the back of me is a reservation. I'm pretty sure

we've got a gator in there. I hear him at night sometimes. But right now, I'm just in my office staring at my computer, actually. Sorry to disappoint. Oh, no, that's all right. That's okay.

What noises do gators make overnight? It's like a grunt. It's quite alarming, actually. I think you know when you hear it. It's pretty loud, to be honest. Wow. Ben, you've been making a lot of grunting noises. Yeah, well, we won't get into that with Anthony Lewis.

Now you've got a movie with Rose Matafeo. It's out in cinemas next week. It's called Baby Done. You came to New Zealand, and one thing we love in New Zealand is celebrities coming to New Zealand, and we love asking them what did they think of New Zealand. So what did you think of New Zealand?

Say some favourable things. New Zealand is one of my favourite places. I have had the great pleasure to have been to New Zealand several times. I've got family there in Auckland. I just love the culture of it. I love the people. It's a wonderful crew that we worked with. And yeah, I fell in love with the place a long time ago

and it was a pleasure to come back. Now, Rose, matter of fact, who stars in the movie with you, she's a massive fan of Harry Potter. And I understand she met you when you were 14 when she was 14 sorry. She came and saw you at a pop culture expo. Yeah allegedly so. I have to confess I'm not quite

remembering it. We had a photograph together which she sort of kept to herself for the longest time but it did eventually come out during the filming which I thought was hilarious. She claims that she's since burnt it, but I think that's not quite true.

I hope it was one of those Armageddon expos where you have to pay for photos. I hope she paid for that photo. Did she pay for it? I couldn't say. I don't think so. I'm pretty sure not. You should have made her pay for it. And any publicity shots for this movie, I hope you charged her as well.

Top dollar. Now, you spend a lot of your teenage years obviously starring as Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter. Are you sick of talking about Harry Potter?

Because every interview you do, you'll be like, ah, here comes the Harry Potter questions. I mean, it kind of comes with the territory to be totally honest with you. I mean, I look at it

from two different perspectives. You know, of course, I've finished that, you know, 10 years ago and I've been very fortunate that I've been able to go on and two different perspectives. You know, of course, I've finished that, you know, 10 years ago, and I've been very fortunate that I've been able to go on and do other things. But I'm also, you know, acutely aware that my career has taken the trajectory it has thanks to that. I don't think I would have been in New Zealand leading a film if I hadn't been in Harry Potter first. Hey, well, guess what?

Here come the Harry Potter questions. Oh, my God. Here we go. Did you enjoy Harry Potter? Is that the question? That's not the question. That's my one question. That's not the question.

Don't answer that one. My only issue with answering Harry Potter questions is that I have answered so many questions that I doubt there is a single question you could come up with that you cannot Google and find instantly the answer anyway, i.e. did you enjoy Harry Potter? Have you answered did you enjoy Harry Potter?

Damn it. Now speaking of someone who enjoys Harry Potter, our producer Juliet over here is freaking the heck out. She's doing that oh my god, oh my god that little hand waving thing every time you talk. Can you say hello

to her, Matthew? Hello, Julia. Oh my god. I'm great. How are you? I'm very well, thank you very much. He said your name, Julia. I know, this is a big deal. Would you like to ask him a Harry Potter question? Oh my god. Ask him if he enjoyed Harry Potter.

Did you enjoy Harry Potter? No, but I do have a question. I do have a question. Do you know when you're next coming to New Zealand? And if so, do you need a place to stay? Because my flat has got room for you. He's not slumming at your flat. My flat's amazing. Never long bottom can stay in my flat, anytime.

You don't have to answer that way. I think the question is more, when am I next allowed to come to New Zealand? I don't think that you want the likes of us coming down with our diseases and ruining all the hard work that you've done. Oh, listen, Julie, it would happily take your diseases.

Okay, we're moving on from that one. Baby Dunn. Hey, really nice catching up with you again. Movie looks amazing and hopefully everyone gets out and sees it, because we're very lucky in New Zealand to be able to go to the cinemas, so it looks like a great time. Yes, I hope you all enjoy it very much. Thanks for having me on.

Remember to double pump the vogels. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, the last couple of days, Jono, we've been filming something for an online awards that's happening. A couple of big days for us, you know. They were long days, but enjoyable days. Yeah, they were fun. Yesterday, high drama when we were filming this awards ceremony.

During the lunchtime break, I was just sitting in the room. Oh, yeah. Or no one else around. And then suddenly a camera fell over and broke. The most expensive, probably a $30,000 camera. The leg on the tripod collapsed. Just out of nowhere. The tripod had been sitting there comfortably all day.

Smashed the glass. You're the only one in the room. Anyway, I'm not here to... Hi, drama. That's for the cops to decide. You know. Why would I kick over a camera? Yeah, true.

You know what? I want this day to be longer. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to kick this camera over. It was a lot of fun. But something, when I got home, I was a wee bit tired. And I had to, you know, I was like, oh, let's walk the dog. No one's walked I got home, I was a wee bit tired. And I was like, oh, who's walked the dog? No one's walked the dog.

Uh-oh. So I walked the dog and then I came home. Was that how the conversation went? No, I was just like, hey, I'd be delighted to walk the dog and get some fresh air. Did you come home and go, has anyone walked the dog? And they said no. And then what did you say? Well, I would love to.

Thank you for leaving that to me because this is exactly what I feel like doing right now. At eight o'clock at night. Yeah. And so after being up since four in the morning, anyway, no, that's not important. I enjoyed walking the dog. It was nice quality time. I love my dog.

Walked around the neighbourhood, then came home a little bit tired. I thought I'll put some washing on, you know, and- And you're like, why is the washing not done? No, I was just like, hey. I want to do some washing. Oh, it's my house too. We all can, we all chip in. Even though it's 9.30, 10 o'clock at night? I'm happy to do some washing. It's my house too. We all chip in. Even though it's 9.30, 10 o'clock at night?

I'm happy to do some washing. This is the most passive-aggressive radio break I've ever heard in my life. I really feel like I'm moaning. I'm not. I've got nothing to moan about. But I was a little bit tired, and instead of putting... Now that he was moaning about he's tired. Look, the longest story, the long-winded story was,

I ended up putting, instead of washing powder in the washing machine, cat biscuits. I put cat biscuits in and he closed it. And I was like, hang on, something's not right. You know when you're just in a state of a little bit tired. Now he smells like whiskers. He's got a horde of cats following him around. Yeah, the cats prefer my washing.

So, yeah, so I thought we'd throw it out there now. Surely there are other people, you know, particularly mums, you know, and going through those early stages of broken sleep, you do things that you're like, wow, I'm so tired, I did this. Oh, and shift workers as well. Those people that have to work overnight, sort of start at 11 o'clock at night

and finish at eight in the morning, probably come home and do things automatically without thinking. Wild stuff. You know, crazy things. Stuff that I can't think of right now. Oh, but you, no, that's what we want you to tell us. Yeah, I've got no examples to hand out.

You did something the other day, didn't you? You put, instead of roll-on deodorant. Oh, yeah, I put on insect repellent under my armpits. Yeah. And, yeah, I've been insect-free for many weeks. It was just smell, though. No one comes within 20 metres of me. Neither does a mozzie, and that's the benefit.

Oh, Andrew, to the hits. We'd love to hear from you this morning. We'll find a prize for every caller that gets on the radio. What have you done in a delirious state? Rhonda's on New Zealand's Breakfast. Welcome from Waiuku. Rhonda, how are you? I'm good, thank you.

How are you? Oh, we're doing well. What did you do? Well, it wasn't me, though. It was my son. He came to me one morning and said, Mum, this toothpaste is so spicy. And I said, which one?

And I followed him to the bathroom, and he held up a tube of D-Pete. Oh, yeah. D-Pete and his toothpaste. Oh, God. His mouth muscles have never felt so relaxed, though. So spicy. And relieved. Oh, the poor relaxed, though. So spicy. And relieved.

Oh, the poor thing. My mouth is spicy. I couldn't do much for laughing. Oh, geez, Ronald, that's amazing. Not for your son, but an amazing call. But if I can form a defence like Ben did, for your son, same looking tube. Oh, yeah.

You know, very similar. If you're not concentrating you can warm my teeth and look hot hold the line we're going to find something

for you that's an amazing call awesome thank you is deep heat that weird commercial on television

where they've got all the animated like limbs and the limbs have got faces they've got like a crotch

that moves and it's like boom boom boom oh no I don't have a CP but I know what you mean yes the lady's chest that's like bouncing but it's all boom, boom, boom. Oh, no, I don't have a CP, but I know what you mean, yes.

The lady's chest that's like bouncing, but it's all... I think it's for something else. It's an unusual commercial. I don't know how that got past the pitching process. Dean, you're on from Auckland. Welcome. What did you do in a delirious state? Morning, guys.

How are you going? No, we're doing well, buddy. Lovely to hear from you. Good. Yeah, so I've done this quite a few times now, both at home and at work is i start making a cup of coffee put the instant coffee into a cup and then uh well the jug and then pour the jug of boiling water directly into the jar of coffee

and you just drink a whole jar of Nescafe. Doesn't sleep. And get that day started. Wow, that's amazing. It's funny how much you do. When you actually stop and think about how much you just automatically do without thinking. You know, sometimes you can cook a whole dinner and eat it

and you go, what just happened? What did I just do? Yeah. Oh, that's amazing. Cool. Hold the line. We'll find something for you as well, my friend. Let's go to Barb.

Oh, it's our lovely friend, Barb. How are you, Barb? What's up, guys? I must say, you're doing a grand job on Dog Almighty. I'm enjoying that. Oh, thank you, Barb. Listen, we do nothing. The dogs do all the heavy lifting.

Yeah, the dogs are the real stars. What have you done on a tired state? I cooked onions in detergent instead of oil. Soapy onions. Yep, yep. Both under the sink, both yellow, wrenched in, put them in the pan, and they wouldn't brown up, and they wouldn't brown up,

and I kept thinking, why are they not browning? And in the end, I said, oh, that's fine, just put them with the meat, and then when we went to eat them, oh, they were ripped. You had soapy mouths.

Wash your mouth out with soap. You're like, oh, okay. Yeah, I should have noticed the bubbles, do you think? Yeah.

Why is my husband frothing at the mouth? Love you, Barb. Thanks for calling. Oh, the love, Barb,

we'll find something for you. We really appreciate it. Serving bowls of loels for breakfast.

Actual loels may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the Heads. We like to do reception, reception.

Jono, you call a random reception somewhere in New Zealand. You leave me a random message. I don't work there. Clearly don't work there. And we'll see if the receptionist will pass on that message. It's a fun game. Yeah, fun game we like to play.

The thing is you don't know what the message is. So we send you off to the sound proof booth, which also happens to be our prize cupboard full of expired radio station promotional goods. What have we got in there? I saw there's some old nuts or something that expired and they always put the thing out on the desk. They're like, who wants all these expired nuts?

There's expired Heineken light out there. Who wants Heineken? It's got no alcohol in it and it's expired. It's like, okay, it's just sat there for months. So that's the cupboard Ben goes to, aka the soundproof booth. We'll send him off there now and we're going to put a call through here

to a physio, I think. Hello, Hayley speaking. Hi, Hayley, how are you? I'm mostly good, who's asking? Oh good, is Mark Zuckerberg here from the computer repair shop? From where? The computer repair shop. I was just, I had someone's computer

and they told me to leave a message with you. They're booked in to see you, so if you could pass this message on to him because he doesn't have a phone at the moment, so. Okay. Do I need a pen and paper or are we okay? How good's your memory? Poor.

But I'm trying my best. So the message is for a gentleman named Ben. It was, he did have some issues with a virus. Mm-hmm. And we figured it out. He did say could you clear the history on the computer. So I was just wondering what exactly he wanted

me to delete. So how come my belly button looks like a rotten prune? And smells like hot dogs. Wow. I don't know if he wants that on there or not or needs to search that again. Yeah. Another one here, does your virginity grow back?

I'd be interested in that one too, actually. Yeah, I'm not sure if it does. I don't know. I need to do further research on Wikipedia about that one. What to do if you've put your socks in the toaster? Okay. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced 1-T-1? Okay.

Is it weird to be physically attracted to the orange guy from the electoral commercials? See, I quite like him too. No, he's a good looker. He's obviously wearing a tight body. Okay, well, listen, if he calls later on today at some point, that'd be magnificent if you could pass that on. Awesome, yep, will do.

Thank you so much. You're welcome. See ya, have a good day. So that was the message from an innocent, hard-working computer repair operator, and now we're going to bring Ben Boyce back in, back into the studio for the soundproof booth. How was the Gunji Prize cupboard, my friend? Oh, there's a lot of expired stuff in there. Yeah. A lot of expired stuff. Back into the studio for the soundproof booth. How was the Gunji Prize cupboard, my friend?

There's a lot of expired stuff in there. Yeah. A lot of expired stuff. You were the most expired. Sorry. I walked straight into that one. Ironically, I also walked into the cupboard door as well. It's already a bit of a roast on Ben.

You don't deserve that. You didn't deserve that. I appreciate that one. That was well played. Okay, so today you're retrieving a message you dropped your computer off at a computer

repair shop what do you mean I know what you're doing here what do you mean there's stuff found on the computer maybe not

maybe not maybe it's the person go hey your computer's all fixed come and collect it just tell them it's ready to be fixed up the operator's name

is Mark Zuckerberg your name is Ben Benjamin whatever you want to say. Okay. And I'm hoping that Hayley will pass the message on to you. All going well, if she's remembered it. Okay, Hayley. Hello, Hayley speaking. Oh, hi, Hayley.

It's Benjamin calling. Hello, how are you? Hey, all right. This is a bit weird. I think I've got the right place. I'm getting my computer fixed for Mark Zuckerberg, and he said to call you for some reason. I don't know if you work.

Do you work at the computer place? Yep, he left quite a long-winded message. With you, okay, about my computer, okay. About your computer. He was just wondering if you wanted to clear some of your search history or keep it there. He thought the quickness was quite important. Of course he did. Okay.

And you might want to keep them on there. Okay. And the first one was... Oh, so you know... Okay, okay. Let me tell... Okay, so you know the details of what's on the history. Okay, I see.

Alrighty. Okay, well, what's he found? What's he found on the history? First one was, why does my belly button look like a wrinkled prune? Okay. Okay. Did you get the results of that one or just the search? No, just the search.

You don't know because I'm still waiting to find out why that is. Yeah, I didn't write everything down. Have you seen a belly button that looked like a wrinkled prune before? No, I'd love to see yours. Okay. We'll see how this phone conversation goes first, eh? Okay. Why isn't 11 pronounced phone conversation goes first, eh? Okay. Why isn't 11 pronounced wanty-wanty?

Well, that's something that has always bugged me. Why is it not? Do you know why that is, Hayley? No. Okay. That's what's on the history, okay? To be honest, this is not as R-rated as I thought it was going to be so far in my history. This is one that I'm interested in, actually, the answer to.

Does your virginity grow back? Okay. Well, there we go. You've just stepped it up a level. All right. We're moving on from that one. Can you dry socks in the toaster? Okay.

I'm thinking the answer to that is no, but I just wanted to make sure. Anything else? One last one. Is it normal to be attracted to the orange guy off the electric? Well, the orange guy is quite sexy. He's mysterious as well. I don't know what he does for three years, but he pops back up.

He runs a tight torso. He runs a tight... He's running his dog. Hayley, I'm sure you've guessed. It's Jono and Ben calling from the Hats. How's it going? Good, thank you guys. Thank you for passing on our message. Jono calls a random reception somewhere in New Zealand.

You've answered the call and you've passed on that message. You're very welcome. You're a legend. Now who's intrigued to see if you can dry socks in a toaster? No one. No one from the same. I am. Oh no. Haley? No. Haley was more interested

In the belly button I think What did it look like A purple prune Pringles And smell You forgot that it smelled Like a hot dog Ah

Sorry That's alright That's alright It was a lot to take in Hayley You've been a great sport You hold the line We want to send you out something

Thank you Eggs for breakfast It's Jono and Ben On my heads There's a brand new app that our millennial child, unofficial child, Juliet. Our millennial child?

We had a miracle baby. We did. And weirdly, she's 22. Yeah, I don't know how the maths worked out. It doesn't, but we've adopted her. But she's Juliet. She came in with some millennial news today, didn't she?

She was like, avocados are real expensive, guys, and I can't buy a house. Exactly. And you old people have ruined the planet. Thanks, guys. No, but Google has got a reasonably new feature that, you know how you've got the Shazam app where if there's a song playing

and your phone records it and it tells you what song it is? You need to take it one step back further for Jono. Cell phones are something you carry around so you can talk to people on them. Oh, because I just thought you used the one that's the landline. Yeah, okay. Are there ones you can talk...

And then on those phones, yes. Outside of my house, I can talk to people. You have apps where you can do different things. All right, over to you. So on the Google app, you can... Google? Oh, God. So this is a search engine. So on Google, you can hum. Google? Oh God. So this is a search engine.

So on Google, you can hum to Google if you've got a song stuck in your head. So it's like Shazam, but a step further. So if you haven't got the song playing around you, you can just hum to it and it will identify it for you. But I'm also like, well, I'm a terrible singer and a terrible hummer. I don't know if they'd be able to guess

what song I'm humming or singing. Humming, there's a game, there's a board game where you have to hum. Cranium, I'm a terrible singer and a terrible hummer. I don't know if they'd be able to guess what song I'm humming. Or singing. Humming, there's a game, there's a board game where you have to hum. Cranium, I think. Cranium, you've got to hum. It's called the humdinger, isn't it? You get aggressive, don't you? You start to go, mm. Oh, if people don't know, you're like, mm.

You start to aggressively hum while you've got tape on your face. Wave your arms around. So it's hard to decipher a hum. And technology these days, crazy that it's at that stage. That's such a boomer thing to say, yeah. And it's wild. It's hard to decipher a hum in technology these days. Crazy that it's at that stage. That's such a boomer thing to say, yeah. It's wild. It's wild. It's amazing.

He's going to go back in my day. Here we go. Do you know the thing that always trips me up is you go onto a website and they're like, click on this if you're not a robot. And just out there, I'm like, is there a community of honest robots who are like, oh, they got me. They got Clicky. I'm a, is there a community of honest robots who are like, oh, they got me. They got Clicky. I'm a robot again.

Guilty as charged. But, yeah, it's a new thing. So should we give it a go right now, Jono? Jono, do you want to hum something? Okay. Can you hold the phone up to him and I'll see if I can guess it or the phone can guess it. Okay. In 0800 The Hits, we want to play this with you as well.

If you can hum a song and we don't guess it, then you'll win a pass to Reading Cinemas. That's the movie theatres. The pictures, as I like to call them. You wear your best outfit to the movies. Do you wear it on your penny feathers? I'm only 38. Why am I painting myself as some geriatric old man?

It works for more of him than Gary McCormick, mate. That's all we're trying to do. And I suppose I've got the incontinence ones on, the incontinence nappies on, don't I? Okay, so here's the song. We just played it before. The one we just played, literally just played on the radio, Katy Perry Raw.

Yeah, well, thanks to my Alzheimer's, I can't think past four minutes ago. All right. Shall we hit the phones and see if someone else can hum something for us? Hey, Tiana, if we can't guess the song you're humming, you're going to win a double pass to the movies. Awesome. If we can't guess it.

Oh, okay. Yeah, she's trying to do it badly, is she? I don't know if we can guess it. Oh, gosh. Oh, daughtery old man again. Bummer. Anyway, let's just fill in some time. Before I die, which will be two weeks away.

I voted yes for David Seymour. I just want a choice, okay? Okay, so do you want a tough one or an easy one? Well, an easy one. Okay, you want a really easy one? Okay. Go. All right.

Oh, came in like a wrecking ball. Yes. Give us a tough one then. Okay. Okay. I don't know. Watermelon Crush, that song that Harry... Oh, Watermelon Sugar? Watermelon Sugar.

Oh, you were so wrong. By the way you said, oh, you were... I thought, oh, here we go. He's got it. You were so wrong. What was it? It's a Titanic song. Oh, John.

She said it was a hard one. John only remembers the maiden voyage at the time. I think he was going to go on it. It's a schedule song. Oh, she said it was a hard one. Jono remembers the maiden voyage at the time. I think he was going on it. It's a schedule pop-up. I was the only surviving, the surviving passenger.

I'm glad I went with the easy ones back then. Tiana, thank you so much for calling through and thanks for this weird rant of me being an old man.

This has been Jono and Ben on the Hats. Have a good day. We'll see you tomorrow. Want more Jono and Ben on The Hits. Have a good day. We'll see you tomorrow. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Great to have you with us on a Thursday. It is. The A to Z of New Zealand. This is where we call every town and city. Well, we are. We're in the process of doing that. It's going to take us over two years to call every town and city in New Zealand.

I think we've got one of the best, musically speaking, national anthems in the world. Wouldn't you agree? I find it... Well, do you think every person in every country would think theirs was... Because you've probably become accustomed to it, don't you? I mean, Australia's not got a bad one. The US not bad. Yeah, true.

Yeah, you're probably right. I feel like we can pick up the pace a little bit on our Sunday birthday song sometimes. Oh, you're like, you just want a bit of a... I love the words. I love it when they do it in Māori before the games. It's great. But you just want a bit of a... God of Nations.

Yeah, you can trim it down by 20 seconds. Let's get into, you know, patriotic, you know? We should remix it. Yeah, right? Let's do a dance mix. It's, you know, very patriotic. Love it. Okay, what we're going to do today is we're going to get Aaron, our production engineer,

to do a dance mix of our national anthem just to speed it up for you. I don't want a dance mix. Speed it up for you, mate. Oh, yeah. Old party voice over there. Anyway, we are phoning every town and city in New Zealand. Today we're going to Havelock North. Havelock North located in the Hawke's Bay.

Isn't that a wonderful region of New Zealand? That's lovely. Access to over 70 wineries. 70 wineries! Which means there are nearly more wineries than people. Which also means productivity in Havelock North is at a national low. It's also got some of the most fertile soil in New Zealand.

Did you know, Benjamin, people have been known to fall pregnant simply from walking on that soil. That's how fertile it is. I don't know if that's quite the that soil. That's how fertile it is. That's quite the case, but let's call Havelock North. Where are we calling? We're calling a clothing shop here.

Dine Boutique, Mandy speaking. Hello, Mandy. G'day, how are you? G'day, g'day, Mandy. You sound like a riot. What sort of shenanigans are you up to, Mandy? Working, working, what are you up to, Mandy? Working, working. What are you up to?

Well, we are working too. We're Jono and Ben. We're from the Hits radio station. Yes. We just want to learn. Every day we find a different New Zealand town or city, and today is Havelock North. Oh, my God.

Hello, Handy Mandy. You're kidding. No. What can you tell us about Havelock North? I know it's close. What, it's part of Hastings, is it? A suburb of Hastings? Havelock, yes, it is.

Havelock North, yes. Yeah, we know about the wonderful Tomato Peak. Oh, yes. Yes, that's right. We've got a good Tomato Peak. What's that? What is it? It's John Owen Ben on the phone.

Oh, what are they doing? We're calling up. Maybe you can tell them. The Tomato Peak, it's very famous here in Havelock North. Everybody does lots of walks, and it's got lovely views of all over Napier and everything. It sounds like a place where teenagers would go and pash. Yeah, probably.

A lot of pashing. Probably not so much now, though. Not in the COVID world, maybe not so much. Have you gone up there for a cheeky pash, Mandy? No, definitely not. No, I'm too old for a cheeky pash. Now, vineyards. There's a lot of vineyards in Hawke's Bay, right?

Yes, there is. Beautiful. Now, I'm looking on Havelock North's website. Now, there's a nice couple. They're going for a bike ride in Havelock North. They put their bikes down. And they're having an impromptu picnic. But they've got actual wine glasses with them.

So would they carry those in their bag while cycling? Oh, probably plastic glasses. Oh, okay. Well, they look cool. They look glass to me anyway. I don't want to... Yeah, and I don't want to be pessimistic here. I feel like that was a pre-prepared photo.

Is this a stage photo, Mandy? Are you staging your tourism photos? Is that what you're doing to us? Pretending that everyone can just happily cycle around with glassware in their bag? Most definitely. They're lying to us. They're having a lovely picnic.

Town of liars. No, Mandy, how long have you lived in Havelock North? My cousin and I own this business. It's a dying boutique and our parents owned it. Our mum owned it before us. Oh my gosh, you're the second generation of owning that.

How long has the shop been open for in Havelock North? Havelock North, 37 years and Waipakarau, 51 years. Oh my goodness gracious, man. What do you sell there, Mandy? We are a clothes shop. We sell Tralee's Cooper,

Luby Story. Oh my God, Annie Pryor, my mother, would be frothing in your shop. Fr sell Tralee's Cooper, Luby Story. Oh my God, Annie Pryor, my mother would be frothing in your shop. Frothing away, Mandy. Now Tralee's got robbed. I know, isn't it? It's awful, yeah.

Inside job, they reckon. Yeah, I think it was an inside job. They find the people that took it. Now a question we had yesterday on the radio was what would they do with all those clothes? Because they were only samples, right? So if they turned up on Trade Me, then... Yeah, people would know where they came from. Yeah, they definitely would.

So they'll get caught. Hopefully, hopefully, yeah. Get those toe rags, Mandy. Definitely, definitely. Alright, Mandy, one thing we should do if we come to Havelock North, apart from visit your wonderful store? Well, we've got lovely restaurants and we've got lovely restaurants and we have got beautiful stores.

Piku Restaurant is lovely. Marlow, it's the most beautiful little village and we have great atmosphere. Okay, what would I have to pay you to leave there? Drag you away from the town. Oh, probably a million. A million dollars? Well, I don't have a million dollars.

I was thinking more like five or ten. That works. Ten dollars, okay. That works within the HITS budget. Yeah, all right. Well, Mandy, lovely talking to you. I appreciate your time this morning. No problem.

Thank you for ringing. Have a great day, Mandy. Enjoy your day. You too, Mandy. Okay, thanks. Oh, Mandy. She was great. Say I love Mandy.

Oh, and the A to Z of New Zealand continues as we slowly make our way around New Zealand alphabetically. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, Ben Boyce, I know you've had an incident, and I didn't know if you planned to talk about this or not, so I just thought I'd start talking about it now, and then you got no choice to back out.

Oh, is this what happened outside the school the other day? Yeah, involving the candy. Yeah, so it was one of those situations where I looked, it looked worse than it was and I didn't even think about it because my two daughters had a friend over a couple of days earlier and that friend had left some

stuff at our place including some chocolate that they'd left behind and so when I was picking up the kids from school I thought, well, I should bring that down to the school outside the gates and give the chocolate to the kid. Return it. And it looked on the surface of my head, I'm like, well, this is an innocent situation.

But for anyone else looking around, I could tell as I went, oh, yeah, okay, as I gave the chocolate to the child outside the school that wasn't one of my own, I was like, I could see the other parents looking like, what is this guy doing? Oh, if Judith Collins there

should be raising her eyebrows. I mean, whenever you're handing candy to a kid that's not yours in a public place, it's a good recipe to end up on Police 10-7. I always find. Yeah, and in this situation,

totally innocent situation, but I was just like, oh, this is not... Well, no one's thinking you were doing anything dastardly. You don't have to... It was all above board. We know it's above board.

We know you don't go around schools handing out Macintoshes to kids that aren't your family. No one ever was jumping to that conclusion. And if you were, you wouldn't be talking about it on the radio. But I'm glad you keep publicly defending yourself as if the Herald are going to do an expose on you.

He's like, he what? He didn't say that. He wasn't doing it. I had the same thing. I was dropping my son to school and we're in a car and I got, again, it looks bad, tinted black windows.

And his friend Leighton was walking. He was walking along the footpath. So you're in the car with your son, Oscar, right? Yeah, and Oscar had some treats and he's like, oh, there's Leighton was walking. He was walking along the footpath. So you're in the car with your son, Oscar, right? Yeah, and Oscar had some treats, and he's like, oh, there's Leighton. And I was like, oh, we should stop over and give him some candy. So I pulled over in the car, opened my front door, because Oscar's in the back, obviously, being a child. Yeah.

I'm like, hey, mate. Yeah. See, I know. See, it's a perfectly innocent situation. I get all innocent if the Herald's listening. Yeah, yeah. And I was like, hey, mate, would you like some lollies? But all you see from anyone else looking on.

From across the road, you're like, oh, what? You've pulled over. You've stopped the car and you're handing out. Yeah. So just be careful. Oh, yeah. Halloween's the only acceptable time to pass candy to kids that aren't young. That's a good point.

You've brought this up before. Like, every other day of the year, you say to your kids, don't ever take candy from strangers. And then we send them out one night. One night. Go wild, kids. Every house. I don't care. Just come back in a few hours.

In fact, don't go onto their property. Go up to the door and get candy. It's a weird concept. Yeah, but tomorrow, don't. Yesterday I went up to the stairs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But tomorrow's a different day, okay? And it'll be a year until you can do that screen. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But tomorrow's a... Today's a different day, okay?

And it'll be a year until you can do that again. Okay. Oh, jeez. You adults are running a crazy system. Yeah, right. Very weird. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Still friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh. You're on the hits. Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Still friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh. This happens yesterday.

Jono and Ben on the hits breakfast. Home of the world's longest credit. Thanks to Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh. So this happened. I feel like someone on the team's pranking us because this happened the same time yesterday. Yes, I was just going to say, as it kept playing,

that happened yesterday. The thing that's meant to play once, I think, by three times. Okay, are you playing the thing over and over, Producer Juliet? No, I'm not. It's just in the computer, like, as it is. It's just playing. I just let it play. Okay, someone get Boss Todd on the phone.

We're getting to the window. The show is not... We're going to do this live, are we? The show is not continuing on until we sort this out, this madness out. Okay? Dial Todd on the phone. We're getting to the window. The show is not... We're getting to this live. The show is not continuing on until we sort this out, this madness out. Okay? Dial Todd, Producer Juliet.

I think Producer Ben has got it. Have we got Boss Todd on the phone? Oh, wow. He's quick. He's quick. Bozzy Todd.

Bozzy Todd. Hello, Bozzy, Bozzy, Bozzy. Bozzy, Bozzy, Bozzy. Hello. Good morning. Good morning, Boss Todd. Yeah, John, I wanted to get you on the phone.

What's... Yeah, this thing that keeps playing. What's up with that? Oh, I, Boss Todd. Yeah, Jono wanted to get you on the phone. What's, yeah, this thing that keeps playing. What's up with that? Oh, I'm across it. Yeah, I'm across it. And so should Jono be. The negotiator. Oh, because I signed the deal with Skinny.

The friendship with Skinny. Originally, it was just you, Skinny. It was Jono. They just sponsored me. Yeah, then Ben came in. Can I be honest? Seriously, boys. Great.

I love your energy since coming to the hits, you know. We've got you to the hits. Everyone going, who are these two crazy lads? I said, no, no, no. Great dads. Great dads. We wanted to get a partner for the show, and Skinny, they're different, and they're different and all that.

And so, well, Jono was the one who was pitching it. And so there's so much I don't know. But when he says he's promised a lot of things, well, it turns out over, I don't know, was it lunch? How long was that lunch, Jono? It was three to nine hours. Wow. So we're going to try and work this out because obviously, I mean, we want people to know Skinny is part of the Jono and Ben Hicks family,

but yeah, when the credit lasts as long as a meatloaf song, it's not good. Why is it doing it, though? So is this in the contract? It's in the contract that you set up. That you set up, Jono? This is your fault. This is you, the negotiator. Who reads contracts?

I sign up to apps all the time and just go, I agree. I read the conditions, click the box. It's funny now, but it's actually something I've got to, what they call, unpack. Okay. And kind of come up with a solution. So, I don't know, maybe we can shorten something I've got to, what they call, unpack. Okay. And kind of come up with a solution. So, I don't know, maybe we can shorten the credit. But anyway, I don't know.

Okay. But well done, The Negotiator. Feels like there's going to be a meeting after the show. That's fine. Boss Todd, thank you for answering your phone. Thank you, thank you. We'll sort it out, Ben, don't worry. You're looking all nervous.

No, I don't know what else you've signed up for. That's what's making me nervous. But anyway, we've got some Spy Entertainment news next. How do you feel about having another baby and calling it skinny? New Zealand's breakfast. Just don't eat them. They're chewy. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy.

The what's up spy.co.nz. All right. Some days, Juliet sits there and wonders, is reading stories stolen from the internet as good as it gets? And the answer is yes. I'm sorry, Juliet. This is as high as you're going to get. This is what I'm destined for in life.

I love it. Sean Mendes, he dates Camila Cabello, who used to be in a band called Fifth Harmony. And they're kind of both the same age, young, sort of big stars, especially for younger people. And he claims that every song he's ever written in his whole career is about her. And they only started dating last year. Okay, well, that's disturbing, yet can't be factually correct. Every song he's written. Yeah, I've kind of gone through some of the songs.

And I was like, you know, surely there are some weird songs that he's written that's not about love that can't be about her. But we kind of discovered that literally every single song You can make an argument for the fact that they could have been written about her.

Yeah, yeah. Like there's this one here. You take me places that tear up my reputation Manipulate my decisions Baby there's nothing holding me back Okay, that could be

definitely a love song. And then you've got Senorita. I love it when you call me Well she was in this one, right? Well, she was in this one, right? Yeah, she was in this one. Spanish? Yeah, okay.

There's no argument there. One to, two to Shawn Mendes, nil to us. And then there's a song which is a little bit weird. Oh. It isn't in my blood. She was lacking in blood and he was like, oh, my blood type, it's not. So I can't donate to you.

So sorry, yes, another winter. I thought it was a surprise blood test at work and he was like, you know, I'm, it's not. So I can't donate to you. So sorry, yes, another winter. I thought it was a surprise blood test at work. And he was like, you know, I'm fine. But yeah, okay. Lost in Japan. She's like, we should use GPS to get around. He's like, no, no, no. Let's do it my way.

We'll get lost. So actually, they're all about Camila Cabello. Well done. Pretty much, pretty much. You'd love Sean Mendes to write a song about you. Oh, and he will one day. I know he will. He's currently in his

Camila Cabello phase at the moment. Yeah, that's going to end soon when he next comes to New Zealand and meets me. Thank you very much. You saw his torso in the office and you...

I don't think I've ever been the same since. Like, it was just... We hadn't seen you pre-torso so we can only vouch for you after. Yeah, exactly. I'd love to have seen you pre-torso, so we can only vouch for you after. Yeah, exactly. I'd love to have seen you pre-torso.

PT, pre-torso. And that's Spy, dedicated to Shawn Mendes. For more, you can go to that stuff, go to NZ. Morning! It's Jono and Ben on the Heads. Oh, I tell you what,

a little bit naughty this. Have you got that music, Juliet? I was a little bit naughty last night. What'd you do? I went shopping at Countdown, and then when I was packing little bit naughty last night. What did you do? I went shopping at Countdown. And then when I was packing my shopping, I pulled out my pack and save reusable bag. Oh, I've heard that happen before.

A little bit naughty. And you're like, yeah, I go and shop at other places. Sometimes I shop at the Stickman. I'm shopping around, guys. I'm seeing other shops. Don't you feel it always a little bit naughty when you pull out the opposition supermarket's bag? Same thing happened to me. I took a Countdown. Don't you feel it always a little bit naughty when you pull out the opposition supermarket's bag? Same thing happened to me.

I took a countdown bag to New World, felt a little bit naughty. They're like, that bag's not from here. I'm like, yeah. Damn right it's not. But I'm going to put your stuff in it. That's right. Yeah, it's funny how you do feel a little bit naughty

in those sort of situations. And it's like when you go to Bunnings Warehouse and you walk out and the security guard's at the door and you just walk straight past him because you're happily paid for your item. I find the one, too, on rubbish day, for some reason, sometimes you go to put out rubbish and all the bins are on the street, yeah, the weedy bins, and then you're like, oh, mine's a bit full. I'll put something in the other, in my neighbour's bin, which is out the thing and you feel a little bit the street, yeah, the weirdy bins, and then you're like, oh, mine's a bit full, I'll put something in the oven

in my neighbour's bin, which is out the thing and you feel a little bit naughty then, don't you? Yeah. Even though it's like the rubbish people are going to take it away, they don't care.

You still feel naughty. You're not even going to know it's in there. I know. Because you probably hide it under the rubbish a little bit so they don't notice. So I'll wait 100 minutes. We're going to open this up

on a Thursday morning. Let's start with Steph and Christchurch. Shall we? What have you done that's a little bit naughty lately, Steph? Well, I actually work for Samsung, but I've never owned a Samsung, and I've only got an iPhone. Oh, damn, girl.

A little bit naughty. Wow. I know. And you went public with that? I know. I thought I was on Anonymous. Sorry. Kevin, thank you for your call.

Jono, you've been a lot naughty by saying your name. Thank you, mate. Do you like how I go, thank you, mate? Hoping that everyone's just forgotten their name? Yeah, no, they haven't. Someone's texted saying, yesterday, guys, I bought a coffee from one cafe, and then I went and met a workmate at another cafe, and I sat there drinking the coffee from the other cafe. Oh yeah! When you take food into something else that's not, even you do that some of the kids they'll have something different to you and you're like, well this is a little bit naughty the sushi's not from here.

You took popcorn to the movies. Oh yeah, well that was... Well you're not actually allowed to do that. They're like, why are you bringing your own popcorn here when we, yeah. That's not part of the terms and conditions of the movie. Please remove yourself from our theatre and put your trousers on. This is Toy Story 4. Trousers on? Oh, you did this time. Another text here. Yesterday, I asked someone to return the money they owed me from lunch last week. Isn't it always awkward asking for money back?

Oh, yeah. A little bit naughty. Yeah, and it's one of those things you go, ah, anyway, about the thing that we, yeah. Here's a good one. I was sitting behind someone on a plane and I was reading their texts. You do that.

I've seen you do that. I love that. It's one of my favourite hobbies. I'm looking, peering through the seats. I've always got my face jammed in between the two seats. They're like, what are you doing, you oddballed man? I'm reading your phone, mate. There's a typo.

There's a typo. I don't want to say that. Hey, thank you very much for your calls. Really appreciate it. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Scrolling through your feed.

This is the only news bulletin that's been brought to you by Command C and Command V. No one has been working hard at copying and pasting news stories from other news sites than this man, Ben Boyce. Now there's a Photoshop photo of rappers Ice Cube and 50 Cent. They're wearing caps and they've got Trump on their caps and that was circulating

all over social media yesterday. Also tweeted by Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump. He said, two great, courageous Americans. But it's a Photoshop photo. So Ice Cube has called him out on it and said that it wasn't actually the caps that we were wearing. And now he wants to bust some caps.

Yeah. Is it a good Photoshop job? It's actually not a bad Photoshop. It's convincing. Yeah, like you can see. And it's not a red, traditional red Make America Great Again hats. It's just, yeah, they're wearing blue caps for something. I think it was a basketball

tournament or something. And they put Trump over the top and that got circulated by even Donald Trump's son. This is the thing. But you just believe anything on the internet, don't you? You just take it at complete face value. I've never questioned anything from the internet. All the lonely singles

in my area wandering around. They're all up to stuff. Hair loss. We can cure your hair loss. Grow it by 30%. The hair that is. Still the hair. Still not grown by 30%.

We actually met Ice Cube once. When I say met, we were in a stark room for two and a half minutes interviewing him about a movie. I tell you what, very staunch individual. Oh, yeah. You wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of Ice Cube. Oh, yeah.

He's got that sort of history of being, yeah. But he was really fun for us. We tried to make him laugh because he's quite, you know, with some terrible jokes about Ice Cubes. What was the fun? Got in a fight with an Ice Cube, an actual Ice Cube, but didn't last long because it got quite heated or something. Oh, Juliet, don't you groan. Turn your microphone off.

It was something like that. Turn your microphone off. We don't want a millennial groaning at our funny jokes. Yeah, well, he pretty much gave the same reaction.

Not really a groan, he just went. No, he almost looked like he wanted to end us. Yeah. And is this the most outrageous wedding request ever?

So a couple have gone viral for their wedding request because they're asking guests to fund their wedding. But you're not just paying for the wedding. It's like a radio station promo. They're giving you prizes depending on how much money you pay. So if you pay $1,500, the bride will throw her wedding thong at you on the day.

What, her underpants? Yeah. In front of like uncles and aunties and things? Yeah. Alright, who's ready to get a face load of panties? People, they're all

a little bit saucy some of these things as well. And the people are going, well, if all of us buy in for that package, how many pairs of underwear are you going to be wearing? Is everyone just going to

stand up and line up and just go, wah-bang! What about she flings them at you like a slingshot. Yeah, you can also spend the night with them on their honeymoon for $3,000 to $5,000, but you are sleeping on the couch. Yeah.

Which again, it'd be... $6,000 you could procreate with them. Yeah. You'd also go away on a weekend away with them. They'll feed you chocolates and all sorts of stuff as well. $7,000 they'll let you take out a mortgage and buy them a house. So there you go. So we'll get on them for showing some initiative,

but it'll be interesting to see how well that goes. Unorthodox. So, I mean, that's probably getting more money in your classic wishing well situation, isn't it? Yeah, we're getting something in return, I guess. Offering incentives. You love the wishing world, eh? Oh, yeah.

Just tell us how much you want. Don't go, well, you decide. What's your, okay, so if I say I've got... I hate that you decide. If I say I've got a wishing well... Just tell me us how much you want. Don't go, well, you decide. What's your, okay, so if I say I've got... I hate that you decide. If I say I've got a wishing well... Just tell me, what do you want? Just say you want 50 bucks, okay, I'll put 50 bucks in. Yeah, no, but what are you putting in?

If I just throw the ball in your court? I don't know. I'll probably get a low ball, yeah. Am I getting a 20? I'll be like, oh, well, I can pay for parking here, and I don't know, it was a lot of money. Well, so you're going to put a note in and go, by the way, petrol costs.

I had to buy a belt and a tie to match. To go to Frank Casey, rent a suit. Yeah. Yeah, right. So I factored that in and you've ended up with $5.20. Yeah, in fact, you owe me. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. More painful than your alarm clock.

It's Jotterwood Band on the hits. Synchronise Odds. Oh, geez, it brings us great joy, this game, doesn't it? We give you a prize, but then we try and steal it off you because producer Juliet, she throws out a category and Ben and myself have to get the same answer at the same time. Hence the name Synchronised Answers. That's right.

So a Hell Pizza vouchers, $40 from Hell Pizza, is up for grabs right now. That's great. Breakfast pizza. I love breakfast pizza. We don't have to buy it now. Oh, don't you? You're okay.

Sarah? Yes? You don't have to buy the pizza now, FYI. You can get it later. They've got the new Silencer of the Lambs, which looks really good. You can check it all out at hell.co.nz. Welcome to the 6 o'clock club, Sarah. How are you?

I'm fine, thank you. Have you got any notes for the meeting that you'd like me to take down? No. No? You're all good. What do you do? I'm a healthcare assistant. Oh, right. Are you off to work now?

Yes. Whereabouts? North Shore Hospital. Oh, well, you are doing God's work. Thank you very much for all the hard work you do out there. Yep. I assume you do's work. Thank you very much for all the hard work you do out there. Yep. I assume you do hard work. You might be the laziest person

in the hospital. How do I know? Okay, Sarah, well done. You've won the pizza voucher. We're just going to try and steal it off you. Here we go. All right, boys,

name for me a tourist attraction in New Zealand. AJ Hacker Bungee. Oh, okay. You've gone zorbing. So So far your pizza is safe, Sarah Yep Okay, we've got two more chances to try and get that pizza back off you

If we synchronise an answer Name for me a word that's associated with COVID-19 Pande... What did you say Pantene? I was going to say pandemic, and then I ended up saying Pandini. Okay. Sarah, so far you're shoving that pizza in your face still, mate. Okay, the last chance for us to synchronise an answer,

take that pizza off you. Here we go. Name for me a Kiwi actor. Robbie Bummingaseva. Well, listen, Sarah. It's way too early for Ben and me to try and sync up, so that means you've won thanks to Hell Pizza, okay? Oh, fantastic. Thank you.

You go and look after people and keep working hard. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Yesterday we were just, I think we spoke about this on the show yesterday, but we finished filming an awards ceremony for a company because, you know, these current times, you've got to pivot.

Usually you'd be doing this awards ceremony in a conference centre. Not this year. Not this year. We filmed it, so it's online. And at the end, when you're... Normally you'd be coming out and you'd be going, everyone ready for the greatest night of your life? And everyone was like, oh, it's you guys.

Oh, Not really. No one really wants to sit through 320 awards and us. I mean, we just really drag those evenings out and make them way more painful than they need to be. But at the end of the awards ceremony, there was a requirement for us to let off confetti cannons. Yes, we were doing these yesterday. They were filming them.

And, you know, it's always quite fun when you get to let off off confetti cannons. Yes, we were doing these yesterday. They were filming them. And, you know, it's always quite fun when you get to let off a confetti cannon. However, I've got a bit of post-traumatic stress disorder from our previous confetti cannon work. I was a bit shaky yesterday. I was like, oh, I haven't been back to the confetti cannon since the last incident. And there was an incident.

Well, there's been a couple of almost incidents. Yeah, we've had a colourful history with confetti. Not only the confetti is colourful, but also our history with it. The first one was at your house, wasn't it? Yeah. Yeah, and you were, I think it was some sort of prank of some description.

You know us, producer Julie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you walked out into the room and I fired off a confetti cannon at you and a shard of metal went straight into Ben's hand. A huge gash in your hand. We obviously got a cheap one. But yeah, it had a shard of metal. And do you know, I was just thinking then, another time at the house,

you woke me up in the middle of the night. Remember that? With confetti cannons, cheap ones again. And they were sort of paper ones, coloured red. And then you threw water over me. And I think you had John Tugud from She Hard playing. And it was like, eh. And they were sort of paper ones, coloured red. And then you threw water over me and I think you had John Tugud from She Hard playing. And it was like,

and then you left. And when you walked out, the red from the confetti cannon and the water all created like bloodstains throughout the house. Yeah, it looked like a murder

had taken place. So then we had to get the rug doctor. The rug doctor didn't even work. We had to get you a replacement carpet. I just thought of that one. Then we had to do a promotion for carpet court. work we had to get your replacement carpet I just thought of that then we had to

do a promotion for carpet court so we got Ben's replacement carpet I remember oh no it was Godfrey Hurst that's right

yeah so I mean not a great history but I felt the worst one for me personally oh yeah but not for me because I had to replace my carpet yeah no that's right

thousands of dollars of carpet but this one I let one off and it had to be done in a hurry okay this was in the studio when we were doing the TV show let one off, and it had to be done in a hurry. Okay?

This was in the studio when we were doing the TV show, right? Yeah, and I'd pick it up in a hurry, and I wasn't quite looking. So I pointed it off, and I had let it off the wrong way. I was wondering if this was going to be a case, if you were going to let it off the wrong way, because I feel like that's such a Jono thing to do. Oh, it is such a Jono thing to do. Yeah, and I fired it off, and unfortunately, the trajectory of the cannon was pointing straight at my little party popper.

The big cannon towards the smaller cannon. And unloaded. All I'll say is I'm still pulling confetti out of there all these years later. It came in at a hell of a force. The metal shot straight in there. And it was on tally. And I couldn't really make a fuss at the time.

But then you look back at the replay of it. Slug it down as you go, whoa! And in the mealy of confetti raining from the roof, you can see a bald man cowering in pain. Thank God I had children before that because I wouldn't have any now. So just be careful with confetti kids. You've got to be careful, yeah. I mean, they're there for a good time, but they can turn to a bad time very quickly.

Fire them away from those sort of regions. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on the Hatch. Juliet, bit of an issue yesterday driving on the road with a friend of yours, Briony. Yes, my flatmate. Yeah, I was driving along yesterday and we were sitting at the traffic lights and just about to approach the traffic lights, but there was a road kind of just before it that people can turn out of.

And driving along and someone pulls out quite close to sort of where I was driving, so they should have waited. You know, they were technically in the wrong. But I'm not naturally a tooter. He's not a tooter. He's a timid tooter as well. Yes, I'll go through everything before I have to toot. Yes, I feel so bad when I toot, even if someone's in the wrong.

Whereas Bryony, on the meantime, she is the most savage person on the road. Like a jotto. Yeah, I'm a ruthless tooter. The most impatient person. Yes. And she just like does not care what she does on the road. She'll just pull the finger, she'll toot and everything. So she was sitting in the passenger seat and she was like, oh my God. And then she kind of looked at me and was like, what? And she leaned over and just honked the horn for me.

Oh, a passenger honking. Good on you, Briony. I'm a passenger honker. You can't though, because then the people turn around and you were the one behind the wheel. They don't know it was a passenger honking. And you sit there going,

you guys weren't the passenger. It wasn't me. If I'm a passenger and I honk and there's an injustice that's been criminalised. You can't lean over and honk. I know, but I'm happy if you're like, hey, it was the passenger. You can point at me. It's fine.

I'll put my hand up and say, that was me. I'm the passenger and I'm not happy. Imagine how fired up the driver is. They just think it's you, the driver. I know. I know. And you're like, well, I've just been framed for something I did not do. Listen, I was travelling with Ben one day and we were at an intersection.

The lights turned green. Now, as soon as the lights turned green, I feel that it's... So you've got your hand ready. I've got my hand on the horn. You have got maybe 0.5 of a second to one second to get out. Lights go green eee you're like oh my god I'm almost like

if you haven't run the red I'm going to start honking but old mate here he's I'm like we're sitting behind this Toyota Yaris they're doing nothing

the lights have turned green I'm like they'll notice I'm like what are you doing honk he's like no

I was like honk he just went he I like doing a little thing with the side of my hand, just sort of tap it. Barely audible.

I'm hoping for a little, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me. The car just waited there. We missed the whole light phasing. He ended up here, he's like, you know what? I think the best option is for him to just get out of the car. And he just left his car at the intersection. Just so he didn't want to create a fuss. They need two horns

on a car they do one aggressive for people like you and the other for me people like Juliet and I just a little excuse me

excuse me and I know it's a fine you're on a knife stage between excuse me and an aggressive honk sometimes you can go

for an excuse me and it goes oh shit sorry I know you're checking your iPhone I'm sorry but yeah and I didn't mean to

but you're right. Okay, all right. So there we go. What I like doing is, you know, when there's a lonely lamb stuck in the middle of the intersection. Oh, like someone's out there in the car and they haven't timed it. They haven't timed it. They're stuck.

And I know the anxiety. I'll be in that position. We'll be there. Traffic's here. High stress. You're in the middle of the intersection. The worst thing is when the light goes red and you You're in the middle of the intersection. The worst thing is when the light goes red and you're stuck in the middle of the intersection

and the wolves on the outside. Oh, yeah. And people are not even close. You're still going like... You're stuck in the middle of the intersection. I know, I know. I'm just like... Start your day the wrong way.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Buy the WhatsApp by doco.nz. Here's an update about famous people who will never be on this show. Producer Juliet comes in with a bit of spy celebrity scandal. Thanks very much. Now, Paul McCartney, he has announced a new album called McCartney 3, I think it's called, which features, which he recorded entirely in lockdown or what he likes to call rock down, which is a good old play for him.

Nice pun, Paul McCartney. Yeah, but he's the one that played every single instrument on every single song. So he must have spent his whole lockdown recording every guitar chord and every drum solo and everything and just pieced it all together for a new album. Oh, well, that's impressive. Talented. Do you know, Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters recorded that first Foo Fighters album. That's all him. Recorded it himself

by himself. Really? All the instruments. Wow. Wow. There's the band, the Foo Fighters, right? Yeah, and then obviously in later albums, I think he got other people in there, obviously. Have you learned an instrument? I always wish I learned an instrument. Yeah, no, me too. I really wish I did too, that's why.

Oscar, my son, he's learning drums. And Poppy, my daughter's learning the piano. Oh, instrument. Yeah, no, me too. I really, yeah, I really wish I did too, that's why. Oscar, my son, he's learning drums and Poppy, my daughter, is learning the piano. Oh, drums. Yeah, drums. Apparently it's very good for like, even though it's loud

and noisy, the teacher said it's good for like mindfulness because it's all you're concentrating on. True. You've got your two feet working, your two arms,

it's all you can think about. Yeah, it's quite a lot of coordination to get it right. And he's obviously got the music abode. Oh no. He's got the music bone. Oh, no. He's got the music gene in his body because his father is an accomplished recording artist.

Recording artist. With a recorder. Recording artist. That was Haysaw, Sister by Train. Why do you carry a recorder around? But what such human being carries a recorder around in their bag? A six-year-old or a desperate radio host

wanting to fill some air time. Request a song. No, The Sound of Silence. It's not really, not the musical version, just like the sound. Just the sound of nothing, please. Let it be the highest.

No more requests. And another artist that is working on another album is Miley Cyrus and she's entering a new genre of music. Maybe, Jono, you could enter a new instrument. Something maybe like a flute. That's a little bit more nicer to listen to. But she is working

on an album of Metallica covers. So she's pretty rock and roll, you know? The Bogues will be up in arms about that, but they'll be crying tears of Cody's over that, won't they? They will be. Will you be crying tears of Cody's as well? No, I like pink now, mate. Don't you even talk to me.

Metallica did the covers of Miley Cyrus. That's what you want these days. True. In a family-friendly Valentine's restaurant. Exactly. And speaking of Miley Cyrus, she has spoken out about a UFO experience she once reckoned she had.

So she was driving through a city in California with a friend and got chased down by a UFO. She said, I'm pretty sure it's what I saw, but I'd also bought some weed wax from a guy in front of a taco shop in a van. So it could have been the weed wax, which I think is a very probable outcome, very likely. Well, good on her for being honest.

Yeah, true, true. Have you seen a UFO? No. No. What is it with celebrities seeing UFOs all of a sudden? Like Demi Lovato did it the other day. Yeah, and they're all going out to those places. Did you ever hear about the Area 51 situation that happened, I think?

Maybe it was last year. Everyone wanted to storm this area called Area 51 in California because they thought the government was, oh, I don't know. It was a doco. It was a super place, right? Yeah. There's a rumour that the government locked off this area because I think there was an alien incident, UFO incident,

and so no one's ever been allowed in there ever since. Right. Yeah. We spoke to a guy. Yeah, we did, actually. no one's ever been allowed in there ever since. Right. Yeah. We spoke to a guy. Yeah, we did, actually. Who had been abducted by aliens. Yes, we did. Yeah.

In America. And quite a lot of people had witnessed this alien thing. So, yeah, so he wasn't the only one. He said he was just driving down the road, saw a massive flash of light, his whole family, the car disappeared, and they just woke up, he felt like, a second later. But it had been hours. And they're all in different places in the car disappeared and they just woke up, he felt like a second later, but it had been hours and they were all in different places in the

car, his grandmother who wasn't driving was in the driver's seat, and a whole lot of people in the town also saw the same sort of thing, so yeah so when that happens in multiple people, you're like there's something in it, something in it, they didn't even get he didn't feel probed or anything

no, only by our questions that was the only thing didn't feel probed or anything. No, he didn't. No. I didn't buy our questions. That was the only thing. Those are the only probing things. You're right. And that's five more. You can go to thehits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben?

You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. And we like to wrap up our show every day with why it's going to be a good day. A feeling good. And on Thursday, which you like to refer up our show every day with why it's going to be a good day. A feeling good. Out on Thursday, which you like to refer to as... Little Friday. Yeah, we preload for Friday on Thursday with some good vibes. You start to care less and less about things, don't you, as the week progresses.

That's what I find. Yeah, you're like, I'll deal with that next week. Yeah, my care factor drops. And then we've got a long weekend. Oh, yeah, it's exciting. Three days. I forgot about that. When was the last one?

Lockdown. The longest weekend of them all. Yeah. When was the last actual legitimate one? I don't know. The Queen's birthday, maybe. Yeah. Yeah, don't.

I have learned this over the years. Never put Ben on the spot with public holidays and where they're located in the year. No, I don't. He never comes through. You've never once come through. No, not once. So, 0800 The Hitch, you tell us why it's going to be a good day.

Actually, we were talking earlier about why you were a little bit naughty. And Andy actually has phoned through. Andy, welcome to the show. Lovely to have you on. Hello, hi. Why is it going to be a good day for you? You're a little bit naughty. Oh, yeah, yeah.

So I had the Sky representative just call me up on the phone out of the blue when I was in the middle of a meeting, and I was like, they were trying to sell me some package or some deal, and I was like, how can I get them to go away as quickly as possible? And I was like, oh, I don't have a television. Oh, is that what you said? A little bit naughty. A little bit naughty because I do.

I do, and I've got a computer which I can also use. Yeah, so that was kind of the end of that conversation quite quickly. It's funny how you find that you need to make up excuses to a complete stranger on the other end of the phone. Yeah, true. Why don't you just go, oh, and hang up? You're not going to call back. When I was leaving the country from the UK to New Zealand

and I was trying to cancel my phone contract and I said I was emigrating, which that time it was true. So that was a good one. You end up lying to these people not to hurt their feelings. You've never met them. You're never going to meet them. Oh, Andy, thank you so much. We appreciate that.

Hold the line, buddy. We'll send you out something. Tickets to Reading Cinemas, my friend. You go to the movies. We'll go to Rebecca in Christchurch. You're on the air, Rebecca. Why is it you out something. Tickets to Reading Cinemas, my friend. You go to the movies. Oh, cheers. We'll go to Rebecca in Christchurch. You're on the air, Rebecca. Why is it going to be a good day for you, matey?

Hi. It's going to be a good day because I finish at one today, and then we're going downstairs for a truck show. You're going to a truck show? Where's the truck show? In Invercargill. It's going to be our daughter's first truck show. Oh, nice.

You sound like a veteran of truck shows. Oh, my daughter's first truck show. Oh, nice. You sound like a veteran of truck shows. Oh, my partner's a truck driver. Well, that makes sense. Well, you enjoy that mother truck and truck show. You keep on trucking and we'll give you more truck puns as well as a double pass to Reading Cinemas, all right? You enjoy. Awesome. Thank you.

All right, and George, quickly, you take us out. Why is it going to be a good day on the West Coast, my friend? Because it's a beautiful, sunny day, and I'm sitting in the digger looking at the Alps. Oh, sounds beautiful, George. You enjoy that. Thank you so much for listening. We'll catch you tomorrow from 6 o'clock.

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