Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - October 23 - Drax Project, Big News Small Town, What Did You Do When You Were Tired?

Episode Date: October 23, 2020

How GOOD is the feeling going into a long weekend?! Today we caught up with the boys from Drax Project who have a new song out, and Jono showed off a skill we never knew he had! Jono also had a bone to pick with Ben about something he's been doing for a while - he's been USING Jono without him realising! Ellen Degeneres (or Evil Ellen as Jono and producer Juliet like to call her!) has a new haircut, and it looks exactly like her wife Portia's, and we got some calls on what you have matching with your partner. Finally, we played a remix version of the NZ National Anthem before hearing about your weekend plans, and oh, what an array of callers we had! Enjoy this podcast episode and enjoy the long weekend.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. Hello, welcome to the podcast. Friday here in New Zealand for our international audience,

we're going into, what a cocky bastard, for our international, as if there's an international audience, as if there's even an audience Oh there's someone, John, John who's in Portland, yeah we do yeah, hey John, in Portland, Oregon, that's right, yeah Get in touch with us on our social media at the Hits Breakfast

if you are listening overseas we can give you a shout out in the start of the podcast, yeah, if we you know, if we have the credentials to say to our overseas audience and use that phrasing, because if we can give you a shout out in the start of the podcast. Yeah, if we, you know, if we have the credentials to say to our overseas audience and use that phrasing because if we can, you know, if we can back it up and go,

oh, look, we've got Sharon in Mozambique. Yeah. Then that's okay. That makes us feel good. We're not lying. It makes us feel like we've got an international audience. But anyway, what I was going to say is for our international audience,

we're heading into a long week. John in Portland. We're heading into a long weekend here in New Zealand. Labour weekend. That in Portland. We're heading into a long weekend here in New Zealand. Labour weekend. That's right. Now, Labour weekend I thought was last weekend. That's what you said on the show today. And I was like, no, it's this weekend.

And then you had to explain your joke. No, no, Labour, the political party won the election last weekend. So it was Labour weekend last weekend. Just explaining that one for our international audience. The Labour party in New Zealand won, so that was a Labour weekend last week. Just explaining that one for our international audience that the Labour Party in New Zealand won. So that was a great joke. As well as that great joke

on the podcast today, we've got a Kiwi lady who was on The Voice Australia. This is The Voice! Part of Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child, Destiny's Child's team. I don't think you've read

it for this journey. And unfortunately, she had to leave the show for, yeah, quite a big reason. Yeah. Yeah, very sad that her journey got cut short because she's got a hell of a voice. Yeah, it's good she was on the voice. She's on the appropriate show.

As well as that, Drax Project, always fun. Join us in the studio. Great Kiwi band. A couple of questions I didn't get to ask Drax Project, so shall I do that again? Ben likes to use his overflow questions on me, and I act as the interviewee. So you started off busking on the streets of Wellington. Best song to play busking? This is where you come in.

Do I have to answer a question as the Drafts Project? Yeah. Okay, ask me the question again. No, I've done that. I'll move on. I didn't realise that the app... You're a ruthless interviewer. Give me a chance to answer it.

Nothing. I didn't realise that the app... You're a ruthless interviewer. Give me a chance to answer it. Nothing. I didn't realise that the app Shazam helped make Woke Up Late a smash hit. I don't know where you heard that from. Well, I read it online that people would Shazam the song and they would... Anyway, I want to try something. Sorry, I hadn't heard that. I'll try something for you now. I've got the app Shazam on my phone.

I'm going to get you to sing Woke Up Late into Shazam and see if it recognises your song your own song okay here we go I'm bringing that up to you is this like a quirky radio game you're doing Woke Up Late that's all I sing

we're booked in for an interview not a performance okay well it's it's thinking about it no it can't recognise what you okay well thanks for that that was great

thanks for having me. Oh, last question to Matt in the group. Hi. Hi, Matt. Hey, they filmed a part of Lord of the Rings on one of the streets you live in in Wellington. Yeah. Okay, so...

All right, well, luckily they gave me a bit more in the interview than John O'Dyrd. Enjoy the podcast and enjoy being overseas if you're in it. All right, well, luckily they gave me a bit more in the interview than Jono did. Enjoy the podcast. And enjoy being overseas if you're in Australia. To our international audience, enjoy that podcast. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. We're joined in the studio by the boys from the Drax Project.

Actually, Drax Project. It's not like my mum saying the Facebook. They've got a new single out today. It's called Firefly featuring Fetty Watt. Fetty Watt, famous rapper in the Facebook. They've got a new single out today. It's called Firefly featuring Fetty Wap. Fetty Wap, famous rapper in the US. Yeah, it's a pretty cool sounding song, this one. And of course, you guys have also teamed up with people like actor, singer, Hayley Steinfeld. I mean, how does that work?

Do you guys have to email them or give them a LinkedIn request? Our mum calls their mum. Okay, gotcha. And they just say, like, can we, yeah. Are they allowed out to record a song? Yeah. Now, you guys have been, well, you were up until this year, travelling all around the world, highfalutin situations.

What does that mean? I don't know. I did actually read about your travels. German McDonald's, someone brought up in an interview, is the best. It actually was. So well-crafted. It's like seated. You sit down there and bring your food to you.

Oh, really? No, no. It's like a restaurant. Yeah, a restaurant. With German precision. It was German vegan McDonald's precision. What has been the best story from your travels? Because you guys are very close friends and you all study together, obviously.

And travelling around the world with your mates at your age must be a dream. Are we bringing up Appleton? Are we bringing up the Appleton story? Are we? I don't know. Are we going there? What about Buffalo? Buffalo is better.

Buffalo is good. Because we went on the jukebox. Oh, yeah. So we played a gig in this place. Yeah, we got hates. But this place is called Buffalo in the States. We just played a gig there. The home of the Buffalo chicken wing.

Yeah. It's quite close to Canada, right yeah yeah yeah on the border yeah so we felt like some chicken wings the famous buffalo wings went to the best spot in town it's where they were invented yeah yeah so we rock into this packed restaurant for these wings and it was dead quiet because the band was about to start and it's a bit quiet so but we didn't know there's a band about we didn't know that yeah but we look in the corner of the room there's a bit quiet. But we didn't know there was a band about to start. We didn't know that, yeah. But we looked in the corner of the room, there's a jukebox. Oh, go on, have a little geese.

Typed in Slice of Heaven, Dave Dobbin, and it came up straight away. This is in the middle of nowhere. In Buffalo. In Buffalo. There's like a four square greatest hits of New Zealand compilation CD that's like loaded on all these jukeboxes. So we hit play straight away. And no one in the bar has ever heard this song. that's like loaded on all these jukeboxes. So we hit play straight away. Da-da-da-da-da.

And no one in the bar has ever heard this song. And there's just these four Kiwis going, da-da-da-da-da. I don't know what is going on. And then the woman comes up to us and she's like, hey guys, can you just stop using the jukebox? I got some music about to start. But here's the big twist. On the TV was the New Zealand women's soccer team playing a game. In the middle of nowhere, New Zealand on the tv was the new zealand women's soccer team playing a game in the middle of nowhere

new zealand on the screen playing football well dobbins on the jerks projects there as well toys in hand yeah wow someone came out with a pavlova on the road i have a question logistically speaking who's how are you doing your washing oh Oh, bro, that is the hardest thing. Are you washing your undies in the bathroom sink? No, I've never done that. Have you done that? I've done that. Yeah, I've done that.

So you hang them in the shower. It's just like, honestly, it's such a task to find dry cleaners or a place with a washing machine that doesn't cost so much money overseas. Everything's written in a different language. Ben and I went to Berlin, went to a laundromat there. Oh, this took us hours. The first time we've been to Berlin, we obviously can't read, speak German,

and we're trying to figure out how to get these clothes washed. Google Translate up, looking at... The instructions. I imagine it would be the bane of your day. Honestly, it's like week by week, how am I going to get my clothes washed? It problem it's just like no we don't we're doing washing yeah because why don't you take the hat and have to wait at the launch mat oh no no you go and come back you go and come back right okay and everybody has their own uh you know

what you're doing there they're washing it's a particular thing right right? Yeah. What do you do? Well, listen, to be honest, I back my folding game. I'm a great folder. Yeah, no, my wife, Jen, she has to wash it. I'm in the folding department. Is that really the washing? The folding part. That's the finishing touch. Who's doing the washing?

Yeah, true, you're really coming at the end, taking the glory. I am the cherry on top. Just washing it. You've done nothing heavy lifting you're missing the the the bones if you don't fold you're wearing you're rocking up scrunchies can you do the real fancy one that's like the square one that you see oh you give me a t-shirt now pass me this t-shirt over here let's see it oh no here go. This is retail shop quality folding. It doesn't work for radio, but anyway.

So what I like to do is... He's holding the T-shirt. It's not common saying that. He's holding up the T-shirt. You put it face down. You put it face down on the sound desk. He's pulling out the sleeves. It's pretty flat.

This could be new spectator sport. Right sleeve coming in. Oh, right sleeve. Oh, he's gone over top. A quarter right in the middle. The sleeve is hitting the middle. Oh, right sleeve. Oh, he's gone over top. A quarter right in the middle. The sleeve is hitting the middle. The sleeves are overlapping. There's a little bit of a space in between,

slightly off centre. Three folds. That's perfect. That's actually very good. That's perfect. Oh, my God. It's a home run. You can put that in a shop.

That's very good. That's textbook folding. Shop quality. Very impressive. We've got Jack's textbook folding. Shop quality. Very impressive. We've got Drax Project hanging out with us. It's good to see you guys again. You guys have toured all over the world doing washing and also playing with some big artists everywhere.

Just want to say an artist that you've toured with and just the first thing that pops into one of your head. Okay. Let's go Ed Sheeran. Lovely man. Loveliest man in the world. He does seem like the loveliest guy, eh? Yeah.

Okay. Camila Cabello. Hard worker. Right, okay, okay. Christina Aguilera. Absolute legend. Superstar. Yeah, you toured with her through Europe. 660.

Oh, those bastards. I was hoping you were going to sledge somewhat. I'll give you an opportunity, Jono and Ben. We haven't toured with you yet, so. Loveliest, most down-to-earth fantastic people. Oh, there you go. And great folders. Great folders.

They can fold the heck out of a t-shirt. When are you getting us on your next tour? Well, we can do the merch. We can fold the t-shirts. What? Next gig we do, you guys will do the merch table? We'll run the merch table. Okay, okay, okay. There you go.

I love that. We can talk to people. We like talking to people. It can fold. It's great. Jack's Project new single out today, Firefly. Great to see you guys again. You guys are always fun to hang out with.

Thank you. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating still pending. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Ellen. Evil, evil Ellen. Stop saying evil Ellen. Evil Ellen DeGeneres.

We were watching the TV after the show yesterday, Ben, and you noticed something about evil Ellen. I know something Evil Ellen. Stop saying Evil Ellen. Evil Ellen DeGeneres. We were watching the TV after the show yesterday, Ben, and you noticed something about Evil Ellen. I know something about Ellen. I don't, I don't. He doesn't succumb to Evil Ellen. I don't know. I just like, I don't want to go there. I just noticed that she's got a new hairstyle.

It's all sort of slicked back over. Well, you'd dream for a day like that, wouldn't you? What's that, sorry? Nothing. Nothing? Oh, you won't call Evil Ellen, but you'll, to my face, ridicule me relentlessly for seven years about my baldness.

He's got no problems with that one, Juliet. I just don't know where his moral compass is. Where does it sit? He won't make fun of someone he's never going to meet on the other side of the world. Well, I don't know. But he looks dead in my eyes every day. We've got a relationship.

This is what we do. If me and Alan had that relationship, I'd be like, oh, bloody evil Alan, what are you doing today mate? We don't have that relationship I don't know. Okay fair enough. Anyway but her haircut

it looks good. I think she looks better with it. She looks 32% less monstrous than she used to be. Don't you agree? But I was saying it looks quite similar to Portia her wife.

They've got similar hairstyles now. Yeah. And she's gone from bullying 10 people a day to 6. So the haircut's working. It's working. And you're right, she looks like an exact twin of Portia de Rossi, who is her partner, also

an actor, Portia de Rossi. I have a theory that Ellen's gone into hiding in an evil lair and is plotting to spread more COVID around the world somehow. Stuff she'd be up to, eh, Julie? Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. Why are you going, anyway. And Portia de Rossi stepped in. Oh, you think it's her, maybe? Yeah, it's yeah, for sure. Why are you going... Anyway. And Portia de Rossi stepped in.

Oh, you think it's her, maybe? Yeah, it's a lookalike. It's like the Melania lookalike, which goes out and it's basically just a muscular man from the FBI dressed as Melania Trump. You can actually see his three-day stubble. He's like, when I sign up to the FBI...

I didn't think I'd be doing this. So we want to know this morning on 0800 The Hits, what do you and your partner do the same or have the same? Yeah, what have you got matching? do you and your partner do the same or have the same? Yeah. What have you got matching? Have you got the same job? Have you got the same names?

We know a Lee and a Lee. Lovely couple. Oh, yeah. The same first names. Lee, L-E-E, and then Lee, the man, is L-E-I-G-H. My grandparents, they had their same birthday. And on their birthday, they had a regular session of going around and getting all the free dining on your birthday.

So they'd go. It was like a Christchurch Casino, Valentine, they had multiple places they would go every birthday because they got it for free. Just a buffet heist

across Christchurch. No, like a very old slow Ocean's Eleven. Valentine's was quivering in their boots. Oh, 800 the hits,

what have you got matching? Matching track suits, matching tattoos, matching names, matching haircuts, we'll take it. We're desperate. Jono and Ben bed Holly, we'll head to Golden Bay How's the Nelson region this morning, Holly?

Beautiful as usual Hashtag best sunshine hours in New Zealand That's what you always claim, don't you? Yeah, hashtag we've got this And also, who else claims best sunshine hours in New Zealand? There's someone else, but they were lying I feel like it's maybe Blenheim. Ah, yeah.

There's always... Bloody Blenheim. Bloody Blenheim. It's like Springfield and Shelbyville. What have you got matching up with your partner, Holly? Well, we're very similar. I think we're completely different people. Like, it's really weird, but we have very similar ideas.

Like, we think of things at the same time and don't realise. So, him and I both took a rabbit home for our kids on the same day, so we ended up with two rabbits. A surprise rabbit? Yes. It's so weird. And we've never talked about it. I was like, oh, I want one of those, and just grabbed one.

And then I've had to cancel restaurant bookings because we've surprised each other with the same restaurant on the same weekend. Like, it gets really weird. Yeah, it's really weird. I made a gag at a restaurant one night with him about he'd better hurry up and propose because I was getting over it and he literally had a ring in his pocket.

It was really awkward. Well, I'll tell you what's really awkward is your husband's actually on the other line phoning up with the same thing. No, no. Well, that's incredible. We're going to give you a $50 supermarket voucher as well as some original Kiwi dip for you to enjoy.

Amazing. Have a long weekend, all right? Thanks very much. Nice. Who goes and buys a rabbit on a whim? Oh, that looks nice. I might buy that at the same time, yeah. What are the chances?

We're into Topol. Steve, welcome. How are you? Yeah, how are you, mate? All right? I love hearing from you, Steve. What have you got? What have you got the same as your partner?

Well, firstly, mate, I just want to settle this bald head thing because I'm bald, you know, so that's a solar panel for a sex machine. So, me and the partner, we both drive the same car. But I'm pretty sure my man boobs are the same size as his. So you're both truck drivers as well? Yeah. Oh, that's amazing.

We both have the same cars as well. Oh, that's awesome, Steve. We're going to flick you out a $50 supermarket voucher as well as the Kiwi Classic original Kiwi dip, all right? Wonderful, wonderful. And don't forget to keep standing in the sun, okay, brother? All right, you look after that solar panel, Steve. Enjoy your long weekend, my friend.

Let's head to Auckland. Fiona, you're on the air. Welcome. Hi, how are you? Yeah, good. Thank you very much. What have you got matching with your partner? My husband and I have got two matching tattoos.

Of? Oh. So, yeah, on our left wrist, we've got a Celtic love knot. Oh, isn't that nice? And then on our 15th wedding anniversary, we had, because my husband's a big Lord of the Rings and Hobbit freak, we had, on this day, I married my one true love with one ring to bind us through eternity in Elvish.

Oh, nice. That's beautiful. You're a freak. You got this as wellvish. Oh, nice. That's beautiful. You're a freak. You got this as well? Yeah. Oh, that's lovely that you do. I hope you tell that freak you love him every day. I do, I do.

It's a lovely thing to do. We're going to hook you guys up with original Kiwi dip as well as a $50 supermarket voucher, right? That's awesome. Thank you so much. Good on you, Fiona. I think it'd be cool. I really appreciate it.

I've got a tattoo of a dog smoking a cigarette on my chest. Has Jen got one of those? Yeah, I was like, Jen, you need to get one on your chest as well. So now we have matching tattoos of dogs smoking cigarettes. Because dogs,

they should not smoke cigarettes. That's a good reminder that dogs should smoke cigarettes. That's a wonderful reminder. It is, you're right. Because then they can get lung cancer. You never want your dog getting lung cancer, Ben.

There we go. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Juliet, yesterday, Ben just said something casually in passing to me. Oh, yeah, he's upset about something. Yeah, we'll bring you in on this.

You can play counsellor on this. I think Juliet, yes, she can be the judge. Yeah. Juliet can be the judge. So can I give you the back story? This was probably maybe two years ago. We were, you know, Jono and I, we hang out, we work, you know, and we're working together at a cafe on our laptops, and there no Wi-Fi. And John was like, oh, just use my

hotspot, hotspot off my phone. You can use it. Yeah. I said, are you sure? You said, yeah, go for it. Those were your words. Go for it. Granted. Okay. So far, everything is factual. Your case, your defence case. You don't dispute that. We'll let the defence go first. So I have been going for it. Every time outside of work where I don't have Wi-Fi and we're doing some writing at a cafe or somewhere we didn't have Wi-Fi,

oh, my computer's just connected back up to Jono's hotspot that he's put off his phone. So I'm using your hotspot. And so then yesterday, okay, yesterday in passing, I was like, oh, do you want some internet? And he's like, oh, no, no, I'm fine. I have been on your hotspot for 12 months. 12 months.

12 months. He has been plugging his dongle into my hotspot. And I have been none the wiser. Well, you should go for it. I said go for it wiser Well you should go for it I said go for it once When you say go for it It doesn't mean go for it For the next year

I thought you were like Relaxed about this Like you were like Go for it It's Wi-Fi My hotspot's clenching right now I'm far from What's the opposite of relaxed

Now Juliet Yes Over to you So Your thoughts on this Because I've said this He should have said something What Even told him Oh just by the way I've said this is, he should have said something. What?

Even told him, oh, just by the way, I've connected back up to your hotspot. It's just doing it automatically. The thing is you were knowingly doing it. You're like, shall I do it? Yes, click, bang. Sure, I could use my data, but I'm like, why use mine when I can use yours? Oh, so you have data that you could use. That's irrelevant.

Let's not get into that. I didn't help myself out. You got into it. At the first time I didn't help myself out. You got into it. The first time I didn't. But this time, maybe I could. But, you know, you seem so relaxed with it that I was like, hey, he's... No, Julia, your thoughts on this, please. Can I plug into his hotspot?

Can I use your hotspot? I think that you could have addressed it earlier, maybe. Thank you. But I would probably be the same as you. I would just keep going. We'll just keep popping up. And I'm like, Jono, he's a giving guy. But also, to be fair, Jono,

when someone's connected to your hotspot, there's a little blue bar that pops up at the top of your screen that says hotspot connected, one connection. So you should have noticed that as well. Juliet, I'm 92 years old. Okay, my glaucoma doesn't allow me to see little blue bars saying someone's,

that old mate's got his dongle, dongle fluttering around in my hotspot. Surprised he knows how to open his laptop. Yeah, I know. He sort of types on the top of it. To be honest, I don't even know how to turn this thing on. It's just a black screen. Thank you for your internet.

I appreciate it. Next time I'll let you know, okay? I spoke to my friends at Skinny's. You are now being charged $39.95 a month, okay? Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Now, yesterday, just mentioned in passing, just a blasé comment. We were talking about the national anthem. Ben Boyce not happy with the pace of the New Zealand anthem. I feel like you made this a thing. You were just like, it's a great anthem. I said, it's a great anthem. I said, yeah,

everyone in New Zealand probably thinks it's the best anthem but then we got into the discussion that maybe everyone from all over the world thought their anthem was good. No, I love our anthem. But you just wanted to

shave 30 seconds off it. Oh, yeah, it's like the happy birthday song. Sometimes it's like, yeah. It drags, it lags a bit. So you just wanted a God of Nations

and I just said, what we'll do is we'll get Aaron, our fastidious production engineer to do a dance remix of it why someone is he

I said it I forgot you know we just say stuff with a song he's emailed one through oh really so here's

just for you Ben voice a paced up version can I hear what it sounds like there we go oh no here we oh that's cool I like that yeah you like this this gets you a seal of approval it's like Calvin Harris There we go. Oh, no. Here we...

Oh, that's cool. I like that. Yeah, you like this? Oh, so this gets you a seal of approval. It's like Calvin Harris has jumped on the New Zealand national anthem. That's pretty cool. I feel like I'm on Georgie Femme or something. 7.33.

Beautiful day, beautiful day. Beautiful day out there. Beautiful people. Fun afternoon. But yes, there you go. That's just for you. Thanks from Aaron. Oh, thank you, Aaron, for that.

I really appreciate it. But yeah, long weekend this weekend That's just for you. Thanks from Aaron. Oh, thank you, Aaron, for that. I really appreciate that. But yeah, long weekend this weekend. Feels good, doesn't it? Yeah, or a short weekend if you usually have a four-day weekend. Yeah, well, that's true. Isn't it amazing what, you know, just an extra day slapped onto the back end of a weekend really does for the human mind?

Yeah. Isn't it? I, like, yesterday, we were like, oh, it's Labour Weekend. And you said, wasn't that last weekend? And I went, no, no, it's this weekend. And then you had to explain your joke.

And I was like, oh, no, it was an election. Labour did well last weekend. Yeah, Labour won last weekend. So last weekend was Labour Weekend. But no one laughed. Even when I explained it, no one went,

not even a pity laugh. You're like, I thought that was last weekend. You're like, what? Oh, yeah, just the election was last weekend, Labour won. Because Labour had a good year. Yeah, they did have a pity laugh. You're like, I thought that was last weekend. You're like, what? Oh, yeah, at least it was last weekend. Because they had a good year. They did have good results.

Nothing more humbling than having to explain your joke. Anyway. That's how it went. Anyway, on with the meeting. I was like, that was some great A content right there. Labor Weekend was last weekend. So what we want to do, we want to throw this open. Celebrating the long weekend, 0800, the hits800, the phone number 4487 on the text.

Love to get your phone calls and texts. So what we want to know, who is having the best weekend? Okay? And we're going to decide who's going to be having the best weekend. I don't know why. We're the official judges. I want to know why we want your weekend that you're having. Because the two of us, we're not doing anything really exciting.

Oh, looking forward to hanging out with the family. Haven't spent enough time with my family indoors in 2020. Yeah, so it'd be nice to sort of shut the doors, not leave the house and just... Locked out. Locked out for a couple of days. Yeah, yeah. All right, 100 The Hits is the phone number.

Why are you having the best weekend? Don't forget, everyone that gets on here gets the original Kiwi dip. Kim's on the phone. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Kim from Tūrua. Morning. Morning.

Why is your weekend going to be the best? We're the judges. We've made ourselves judges for some reason. Well, I'm going to have the best weekend because my best friend is getting married tomorrow and I get to be her br-bridesmaid as she calls it because she's just having the children at the altar but I stay the night

the night before with her and help her and her beautiful daughter get ready and yeah That's lovely. I get two days to recover. Oh that's great. Kim is going to get turned up at that wedding. Oh, that sounds beautiful. Good on you, mate. Well, have

a lovely weekend. That sounds great. So we've got a wedding in the mix there, Ben Boyce. Kim gets original kiwi dip and $50 supermarket card. Okay, let's head to Maddie. Te Awamutu, welcome. You're on the air, New Zealand's Breakfast. It's going to be the best long weekend for you. Why? Because I'm going on a three-day bender.

That's not bad. What are you doing? Tonight, we're just going to town. Yep, tomorrow night, just going to town again. Sounds like Producer Juliet talking. And then two more parties. Two more parties, okay. So town and two parties, wow. Matty, I appreciate your call, my friend.

You get an original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket card. All right, check some classic New Zealand binge drinking in the mix there. It's the same moment we've got a wedding and a three-day bender. Josh, you're on from Lower Kaimai. It's going to be the best weekend for you. Why? Because we're going to the snow and we're going with our friends. And now we've got a child on the air.

There we go, straight off the back. What a mix of callers here. Josh is going to the snow. I'll tell you what, Josh, I went to the snow with my family the other day and the snowball fights, they hurt a lot more than you think. Anyway, that's my going to snow. I'll tell you what, Josh, I went to the snow with my family the other day and the snowball fights, they hurt a lot more than you think. Anyway, that's my advice to you. You get an original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket

card. Thank you. Have fun in the snow, my friend. Ben got a face full of snow. He ended up bleeding. Cracked his eye. I need some ice on it. Unfortunately, I was surrounded by heaps. Okay, a wedding, a bender, a child going to the snow. How are we going to end this? Surely you're on the air. Why is it going to end this? Shirley, you're on the air. Why is it going to be the best weekend for you?

Because I'm seeing my family for the first time since February, and today I'm going to my friend's 80th birthday lunch. Where's the lunch? At the RSA in Te Amutia. Oh, wow. You could not get a more eclectic mix of weekends here. Oh, Shirley, you have yourself a great weekend. We're going to give you some original Kiwi dip

and a $50 supermarket card, all right? Oh, thank you very much. Now, we need to decide who's having the best weekend out of this. Here's what you want. I mean, do you want a nice family weekend frolicking in the snow? Then you can choose Josh. Do you want a three-day bender? Then Maddie.

Do you want some liver issues later in life? Choose Maddie. There's also Kim, who's going to the wedding, and there was Shirley, whoday bender? Then Maddie. Do you want some liver issues later in life? Choose Maddie. There's also Kim, who's going to the wedding, and there was Shirley, who's going to an 80th birthday. Okay, I'm going to make the call. Let's get Shirley back on. Shirley going to a party today, the 80th. You're the winner.

You've got the best weekend, Shirley. Oh, thank you very much. Good on you. And you pass on our kindest regards to your friend who's turning 80. I will. She's a lovely lady. She's fit and healthy like me. Oh, tell her.

And you do sound fit and healthy, Shirley. Tell you what. Wouldn't beat you in a running race. That's for sure. Tell your friend she doesn't look a day over 79. Right. Love you, Shirley. Thank you for listening.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Hey, with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. Hey, Ben boys, I want to play a little game with you. You know I have gone

on public record and I've stated previously that YouTube should be teaching and raising our youth. We could save billions on education costs. So Jono Prior 2023

coming soon to Parliament. That's what I'm going to be campaigning on YouTube the world's classroom it's free too there is so much you can learn on there

oh it's crazy yeah apart from the niggly ads you have to wait five seconds to skip the only time I've really appreciated those commercials

are when you're doing a YouTube home workout and they pop up through the workout and you're like yes I will hear about Grammarly. Please tell me more. I'm quite unfit.

So last night I had to teach myself something from YouTube and I want you to guess what you think I was learning. So, Juliet, if you could play a piece of evidence. I've stitched you up before with stuff that I thought you could be looking on YouTube. Remember I said I hacked into your computer? And so I had to get audio of how to flirt in the office and how to do all these things like that. And then it

stitched me up because my history ended up popping up on the screen at home. That was a lot of explaining to do. And then a man phoned me and I was like, no, what are you talking about? I don't know. Whatever he's up to. I have no part of it. But he's doing a lot of flirting at the office. He's very good at it. It's like he's improved. It's'll have no part of it. But he's doing a lot of flirting at the office. He's very good at it. It's like he's improved.

It's like someone's been teaching him. So here is the first piece of audio. Keep your chin up, all right? People are going to be taking pictures of you, and it's better with your chin up. You don't want it buried here in your chest. Snack area. You've got to keep it tight.

Then you're going to think about your hip. This whole fun area here these hips need to be dropped low so your knees are bent legs nice and flexible okay so have you got a new idea yet wow it's something like keep your chin up like i was like well maybe it's a workout but then it's like people gonna be taking photos of you yeah there's just there's some more so so you can never guess. Some of the biggest problems, this is probably the number one problem, is looking down.

For God's sakes, don't look down. I swear to God, they get performance anxiety. You're looking at them. They will not do what you want them to do if you keep staring at them. It's not like making sandwiches with your partner in the bedroom? No, no, no, it's not that. Why would you take your mind there? Keep it classy.

I've got one more piece for you to listen to. You can do it anywhere. You can do it outside. You can do it in your house. You can do it in a park. You can do it at work, wherever you want. It can be a solo pursuit, or you can do it in a park. You can do it at work, wherever you want. It can be a solo pursuit, or you can do it with a whole bunch of other people

or one other person. Doesn't matter. Taking photos. Selfies. No. It was teaching my daughter how to roller skate, Ben. Really? It was a roller skating instructional video.

Because she got some roller skates yesterday, and she's like, now you need to teach me how to roller skate as if I'm like a roller skating aficionado. I've got no previous experience in the roller skating game. So I YouTubed it and this lady taught me. And it was like, you know, have you seen

Bambi? The movie Bambi? Disney when Bambi's learning to walk? It was like that on roller skates. Bloody dangerous roller skates, aren't they? I do my skating once a year like that. You know, when it comes to town, it's in the outside ring. You're right. I'm just all over the thing.

You're grabbing onto the thing. You take it out. Back in the day before YouTube, what did you do? You had to break two collarbones, a fibula or a tibia, and then you got the hang of roller skating and skateboarding, hadn't you? I remember at my friend's house, I was trying to learn to go down on his halfpipe.

On a skateboard? All Saturday. All Saturday doing it. Just landing on my face. All Saturday. But keep getting back up there. And kids aren't doing that nowadays. Probably explains a lot

about you though. Sorry, just got to wipe this dribble from my chin. Making poor life decisions every morning. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits.

It's the big news. Small town. And town. We're here right now with a Kiwi singer who was just on The Voice Australia. This is The Voice.

Oh, thanks, Juliet. We've got Ella Monnery. How's it going? Nice to see you. Hi, good, thanks. Happy to be here. Now, you were on The Voice. How long ago was this?

So, filming was in February. Had to come back because of COVID. So you were on The Voice. How long ago was this? So filming was in February. Had to come back because of COVID. So this is The Voice Australia. The judges on there were like Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child. Boy George. We've got Guy Sebastian as well as Delsa Goodrum. So you've got some amazing singers sitting there. How

nerve-wracking was that to come out and perform? It was literally the most nervous I have ever been. I was sweating. I was shaking. Really? I needed to go to the bathroom. You know what I mean? It was rough.

I was so nervous. Just more about like... Where did you end up going to the bathroom? No, I didn't. I've had to hold it on. You had to hold it while you were singing. I'm on stage and I'm like sitting there like, oh, here we go.

But I have never been so nervous. Like more just about rejection, I think. So this was your audition. Let's have a listen to this. So you sang Higher Love, a Whitney Houston classic. Did you get to choose it? No. They were just like, this is the song you sing.

Yeah, I think I went through about, like, 20 songs back and forth with them, and then they picked this. And how nerve-wracking was that before someone actually pushed the button? My eyes were closed, so I didn't see. And then I saw Kelly Rowland and I was just like, I'm done. Thank you. She turned around for you.

Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child. I know. Unreal. How's that? Yeah, I know. I love her and I love her music. So like... I'm ready for this jelly.

Yeah. I was like, do you guys need another person for Destiny's Child? Because I'm ready. Who cares about the show? Let's go. So she turned around. You were in Team Kelly. And then as Jono said before,

you had to stop because of COVID. Yeah, so those rounds were actually pre-recorded. So I went over in January, did the blind audition, came back home, went back in February for the battles.

Don't know how, but I've won it somehow. Nick Minnit won the battle and then... Well, can I just say wonderful insertion of Nick Minnit there too. That was great.

They told me they like play up on being a Kiwi. So in my audition, I actually said, holy hecka. Yeah. Good, I go. I'm from New Zealand. And, yeah, Kelly was like, what did you just say? I was like, oh, no, no, no. I'm sorry.

I didn't say anything. Nothing, nothing. But so when I came back after the battle, that was when, like, COVID first kind of started. I remember I was at Sylvia Park just getting a few things ready for my next trip. I was at the chemist or the glasses. Kelly Rowland's going to love this list. I was doing all the things.

And then my friend just showed me this news article being like 14 day quarantine to enter Australia or New Zealand. I just went, oh, okay. And like called one of the producers. I was like, what do I do? They're like, we're figuring it out. Don't worry.

You're okay. We're fine. There wasn't? No, not fine at all. What's the opposite of fine? Yeah, opposite of fine. That was it. That was what happened.

So for a while, they were like, yeah, we're going to get you over, and I had to apply for exemptions and do all this writing. I even emailed Jacinda. And what did Jacinda say? Oh, no, she didn't reply. She's probably quite busy doing some other stuff. She replied afterwards, her secretary being like, you need to contact old mate Winnie.

And I went, well, I've got no chance, so I just left it. But so they applied to the Australian government and they just said, nah, not a good enough reason. It's a shame. So, Kelly, you were in team Kelly. What was she like? Kelly Rowland. Yeah, amazing.

Beautiful. Like, speaks so slow and then hears me going, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, what do you want to do? Holy heck, I'd be better. Kiwi, kiwi. Chandles.

And she's just like, Ella, it's so great to have you and she smells so nice. Oh, is that right? Yeah. Listen, I reckon you're going to come but they'll have a redemption story. Yeah, I hope so because that's come, but they'll have a redemption story.

Yeah, I hope so, because that's actually probably better for me because the show kind of didn't happen the way it's supposed to this year. Like Kelly Rowland didn't go back to Australia. Wow. So it's kind of a blessing in disguise. And you've come back, and you've got a single out at the moment.

And you're with Jono and Ben on the house. Yeah, I mean, wow. It couldn't get much better than this. Oh, yeah. Kelly Rowland and us. I mean, you know. So your singles are called Work That. I've got some of that for you.

Hey. You got some good. Oh, mate, Vince Harder. Oh, Vince Harder's doing that. That's awesome, because he helped produce this for you as well, right? So he actually hit me up afterwards being like, you should come into the studio and do some music. And so you used to sing at weddings

and things like that. What's the biggest drunken auntie song that all the aunties come up with? They're like, make sure you play Fleetwood Mac Dreams. No, it's definitely still Wagon Wheel. Oh, is it? Yeah, everyone loves a bit of Wagon Wheel.

And I don't know it. We love a bit of Wagon Wheel. That one. Sorry. There we go, boys. Stunning. Are you turning your chair around for that? No, you're not.

You're walking away from that one, aren't you? All the best. Thank you. And hopefully you get to go back and get some redemption on The Voice as well. Yeah, here's hoping. Hello, Monnery, ladies and gentlemen. Kiwi lady who was on The Voice and then her journey got cut short thanks to COVID. We apologise in advance.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Most shows in New Zealand, they like to look back at the best moments of the week, but not us. We like to look at one person in particular's worst moments. This is character assassination at its best. Oh, well, listen, you know, no other job. Do you publicly ridicule someone

for a shocking performance at work? Apart from politicians. Yeah, I was going to say politicians. And probably actors as well. Who else would be in there? Professional sport, professional athletes. So, okay, well, I'm in the mix. And so I get singled out on this programme by Ben Boyce,

who's even got an introduction for this part of the show. Yeah, let's hit the intro. Ben Boyce Productions Limited proudly presents Jono Fryer's Worst Moment of the Week. We don't want to showcase all the highlights. No. Why would you do that? Puts up a worst moment of the week. We don't want to showcase all the highlights. No. Why would you do that? Puts up a false facade

of the programme. We like to look back at some of Jono's worst bits and we spoke to the guy who played Neville Longbottom on the Harry Potter movies, Matthew Lewis.

And producer Juliet, you are a massive fan and things got a little bit weird in the convo. 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. 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. He went there. He did, He went there. He did. He went there.

Anyway, Julia's flat's probably full of the disease. Neville will probably catch something from your flat. Needs a deep clean like that Snap Fitness

gym. Next, we want to reflect on when a lovely story about a baby being born on a rescue helicopter in New Zealand over the weekend.

And John, I had this to say. A baby in New Zealand has been delivered safe and well on board an emergency helicopter in Auckland. And they chuck all the placenta out the window, do they? All the leftover bits? I don't know what they do in that situation.

Cut the umbilical cord with the blades, the rotor blades? Hmm. I'd just like to give you a moment to reflect. Oh, yeah, I know. I don't like hearing this back. Okay. This is like a therapy session or something, and I'm reflecting on the bad things I've done over my life.

Well, you got stuck into someone else unnecessarily in Spy. Captain Sir Tom Moore. He said that he would be keen to play James Bond in the next film. James Bond to die another day. No. There's a war hero. There's a guy who did amazing things for charity walking around his yard during lockdown.

Sir Tom Captain... Oh, that guy, that guy. You know, the unforgettable name. Sir Captain David... Sir Captain... He's got too many starts to his name. Tom Moore. Okay.

He was Captain Tom Moore, now he's a Sir Captain Tom Moore. Well, I want to double down on those comments. He wouldn't make a great James Bond. Do you think he'd make a great James Bond? What do you want to say, Mr. Simon Barnett over there? What do you want to say? I think he'd make a wonderful James Bond. There you go.

You'd go and see Tom Moore and James Bond. I'd be glad to see that. I'd be glad to see that. It'd just be someone sitting there on a rocking chair. Okay. Hey, stop doing that. Get the hose out, spray it at the kids. Just moaning at the skateboarding kids.

Get out of here. James Bond to moan another day. Finally, I talked about a little, a pointless argument I had with my wife. And again, you took it to a strange place. It happened in the weekend. I was backing out of the driveway. And as I'm going out of the driveway,

my wife makes a noise. Oh, yeah. This suddenly gets me super flustered. So my wife went, and then went, oh my God, that's such a cute dog. That was the sentence that she came out with. And I was just like, please. I did slam on the brakes.

Ironically, the dog was stuck under the car. But it was cute up until that point. The dog was a cry. R.I.P. dog, R.I.P. Like starting your day with panda eyes. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Jono and Ben on the Hits breakfast. Friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. It is. Jono and Ben on the Hits. Jono and Ben on the Hits breakfast. Friends with Skinny. Happy, happy, happy-o.

It is. Jono and Ben on the Hits breakfast. Still friends with Skinny. Yeah. Happy, happy, happy-o. It's going to go one more time. Jono and Ben on the Hits breakfast. Home of the world's longest credit.

Thanks to Skinny. Happy, happy, happy-o. So Skinny, our friends of the show, as you know, and this long, skinny, jingle sting thing, it's been playing all week around about the same time, right, Jono? Yeah. We found out it's your fault. Yeah, well, Boss Todd found out in the contract there's a clause there

which means Skinny, they can get extended moments of airtime, and so that's how they've decided to use it. Yeah. And it's caused a little bit of a kerfuffle backstage. It's too long, but Boss Todd has joined us in the studio right now. And I guess, well, you know, the jingle thing thing is too long, Todd. It's good that we've got a friend in skinny, eh, Todd? Look, that is good.

I agree. And when we knew that you had connections there, we thought, look, just let it happen. Yeah. But you basically, the negotiator, have put this bizarre thing in there. Did you not know? You didn't read the contract. I don't read any contracts.

Who reads contracts? When was the last contract you read? Well, at least get someone else to summarise it for me. Tony, when was the last contract you read? Well, I read your contract. I signed it. Now, the thing is, I'm the front person. I'm wheeling, dealing, shaking hands, lunch and dining, doing the deal.

The back end, there's nothing to do with me. Anyway. I got the contract. That's the main thing. So, Todd, you came into the studio yesterday and we got you to call Ellie, who's the big boss at Skinny. Your mate, remember? Your mate. The one you signed the contract with.

I don't know why you're not calling Ellie. You're meant to be friends with Skinny. It was a long lunch. I can't even remember signing anything. Yeah, if you sign a contract and now we're playing this long thing. It's too long. So Todd phoned Ellie yesterday after the program. Hello, Ellie speaking.

Hey, Ellie. Todd at the Hits. How are you going? Oh, hey, Todd. How are you? Yeah, good, good, good, good, good, good. Hey, you got a minute to just talk about a little thing? Yeah.

You didn't hear me on the radio this morning, did you? I actually did. Ah, yeah. Okay. Now, look, it's all good fun, but just in the actual nitty gritty part, this wonderful relationship we've got going awesome. We're just delighted, love working with you guys. But just on the jingle, can we just have a look at the contractual thing around that? I wasn't sure if it was a joke, but just on the jingle, can we just have a look at the contractual thing around that? I wasn't sure if it was a joke, but the jingle went for about 30 seconds and it's just one

of those things where I'd love to just chop it back to about its normal five to seven second length. Yeah, well, there was something about that in the contract. I don't know if you saw it. Did you? Well, I don't know how it's got to this, but we've allowed Jono to sign off on a commercial contract and generally there's standard sponsorships. Yeah, mate, he did a great job getting to know you guys,

but can we just have a look at this again? I mean, is there any way that we could just make the skinny credit just a bit skinnier possible? Please, please. Good call, good call. Yeah, I think we could probably work something out because, you know, you guys are good friends of ours now. So, yeah, let's sort something out. Happy to reduce it back to a normal seven seconds.

You're going to owe me something. Oh, yeah, yeah. Like a favour or something? A favour, yeah. And I can call in the favour at any time. Okay, so seven seconds. We'll get that amended and get that over to you, and, yeah, I'll look at helping you out with something.

Any ideas on what that might be? Not yet, but keep your phone on. Okay, all right. All right, thank you. Hey, thank you, and, yeah, we'll keep chatting. Okay, wonderful. Bye. Feels like it was like And yeah, we'll keep chatting. Okay, wonderful. Bye. Feels like you owe the,

it was like a mafioso sort of situation where you're now in debt. I'm out of this. I'm clean. The summary of that phone call is that we now owe Skinny something else. We can stop playing the long sting, the long version of their jingle,

but we owe them something. Yes, that's exactly where it got to. But at least we've had a little win there with the skinny. Happy, happy. What happens next? I actually don't know if I've got to go over there and mow the skinny lawns. Todd really needs to. How did you get out of this, Jono?

This was your mess. And now poor Todd. I mean, he looks great for his age, but he's aged 10 years in the last conversation. I have. I have. So then you're saying he doesn't look great for his age now? Because he's aged? Now I've got myself in it.

Jono says, yeah. I'll survive. But anyway, look saying he doesn't look great for his age now? Because he's aged? Now I've got myself in it. Jono says... I'll survive. But anyway, look, we don't mind owing Skinny, but we've sorted that one out. We'll go through the rest of the contract, the negotiator over here, eh? Wheeling and dealing. So at some stage they're going to call Liam Neeson,

you know, with some sort of task for us. It's going to happen, all right? I feel like this show's going to be sponsored by Skinny for the next 19 years. Low in calories and Lou in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. It's been over probably the last year or so. Oscar, my son's gone to a new school next year.

And you go around, you know, when they go advanced. When you look at schools, you did the same, didn't you Ben? Yeah, I did. You got to get a couple of schools that you're zoned for and what you're looking at. And what I love is the school open day. I saw the parents go along with the children. We went to a few schools and there's the open day. It's almost like a North Korean style display of the school

because they're wanting to look the best for the things. They're like, here's the kapa haka group. Here's the pipe band. Here's the Amish group. I don't even know if there's an Amish. Is there an Amish group in schools these days? There might be now. And the whole time I'm there,

I'm like, where are the naughty kids? You know? You know they're around here somewhere. Well, they are displaying the best of the best. And you understand why, because they're not going to go in there and go. Yeah, no, they're not going to be like, oh, we've got some shocking kids here.

But, you know, where do they put the naughty kids? Because you never see the naughty kids. It's like they go, come on, bring your vapes and your spray cans. We're going out for the day. You're going on a school trip. Where to? Oh, no, just hop in this van. Just get out of here now.

Yeah. That's all I imagine is that naughty kids are, like, taken away because you never see them. You're right. It's impressive, though though when you go around there and you're like, wow, they're doing this, they're doing that, you know. What sort of school were you?

What sort of kid were you? Well, you always burned down the gym. You would have been taken away from the open day. Yeah, I might have been in college, but I was, no, but I was a good talker. You know, I like it. I would have been good to take talks. So they always get some good talkers to go around

and go, hey, yeah, this is, this is. Oh, you would have been a tour guide. Yeah, I think so. But then you maybe had gone to too much detail. You know, this is where the kids vape. This is where I lost my virginity over there. So if you want to do that, kids, it's a good little hiding place.

The school trip is another thing as well that I always find interesting. When the kids get on the bus and they just lose their minds, kids on mass. I'm on a bus. We're going on the bus. We're all on a bus. Yeah, so the energy levels go up 300%, don't they?

And they just sign up. Like my daughter, Sienna, just signs up for everything just because it's like, what? Touch rugby, I'm doing this. You've never played touch rugby. It's like, you never have. What are you doing? We went to the same touch rugby.

Both our kids were playing the same touch rugby. Never played touch rugby before. No, no, it was great that she was giving it a go. I was like, this is awesome. But she went along there and the whole team, I think they were in the same boat. They'd never played rugby before. No, no. It was great that she was giving it a go. I was like, this is awesome. But she went along there and the whole team, I think they were in the same boat. They'd never played it before. And there's the poor one teacher was trying to work across

like two or three teams. And it was like, oh, have you played touch rugby to me? And I'm like, oh, yeah. He goes, great. Can you make a little bit of a speech beforehand to the kit team? I'm like, oh, OK. And these kids, one of them had a phone.

And they had a phone and they were doing TikTok videos. They were taking a selfie of the kids. It was like the All Blacks before a game. They were sitting around the changing room while, you know. Doing TikToks to Benny songs. They're going, all right, guys, here's your game. They're like, selfie, come on, guys. I'm like, this is a shamble.

But the main thing is they got to go on a bus. That is the main thing. Let's think about the point, Ben. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. Scrolling through your feed. That's up there

with waking up and you think you've got to get up, but it's only midnight. Oh, yeah. That's a bloody good thing. Or a Saturday. Oh, a Saturday one when you think it's a weekday. That's a great feeling. Anyway, it's your feed that Ben's been scrolling through weirdly, tapped into your computer and stole a lot of your content. So don't ask Al, but he's got a lot of dirt on all of us.

So respect him. Scrolling through your feed, what's been happening? Well, there's a new wellness craze in the Netherlands. So stressed people can go along and hug cows, like actual cows, for comfort. So it involves people visiting a farm where they spend a few hours cuddling some of the friendly cows that also enjoy, you know, being petted and hugged. And they reckon it's quite soothing. Cows are quite warm in temperature and size.

They're a good height for hugging. And it's even happening in America. 75 bucks you can pay to go to a farm and hug a cow. Oh, yeah. We've been hugging sheep for decades. Oh, true. Yeah. And a lot more,'ve been hugging sheep for decades. Oh, true. Yeah. And a lot more, if you believe the rumours.

Very relaxing and loving at the same time. How much are you paying? Sorry, $75. In America, you have $75 to go along. Well, you can just climb into any paddock and hug a cow. Well, yeah. Can't you? I don't know if all cows are up for hugging.

Oh, they're not all huggable. No, but yeah, these ones are particularly, they're fine to be hugged. What do you do to relax? How does Ben Boyce relax? I can't even remember. Can you imagine him relaxing, Juliet? I don't really.

Do you hug anything? What do you do? I don't. I mean, I love hanging out with my kids. I like, you know, I like. But you're always doing something. I like doing something. I do like doing something.

Now and again, I'll sit down and watch some sport. Yeah, we'll watch some sport. Have a beer, watch some sport. You know that time. Jen, my wife said she saw you on the other side of Auckland yesterday, like an hour away. What were you doing?

Me? Oh, mate, I'm busy life. This was like at night. What is he doing over there? I was probably walking the dog, all sorts of stuff.

Yeah, I'm getting around. He's always doing something. Never stops. I don't like sitting still. Even now, right now, sitting on the radio. At least I'm doing something. I'm talking. If he like sitting still. Even now, right now, sitting on the radio.

At least I'm doing something. I'm talking. If he could be doing radio while walking, I'd love that. That would be his ultimate job. What do you do to relax? Juju? Oh, literally just be a couch potato.

You do, yeah? No, but I actually, I kind of find ticking things off a to-do list quite relaxing. I'm one of those people that once I've got, once I've mentally got everything out of the way, I'm calm. That's good. I agree. got everything out of the way, I'm calm. Yeah, that's good. I agree.

And this one's interesting. I found this one. This is in your news, scrolling through your feed this morning. So people in the UK were sitting outside KFC eating their quarter packs. And they looked up and look who was staring right at them, just a couple of centimetres away. Prince William. Prince William was on an official engagement, got quite distracted by KFC. And had food envy. And went over there and was sort of looking through the window up close, waving at the people, just

having a look. He's probably like, what's this? I usually have poor people come and drop this to me. Can you actually go to this place and eat here? So KFC, their official social media account of the UK, they've had a lot of fun with this, with things like Oh I Just Can't wait to be wing

for Prince William and his royal thighness, which I thought was quite good. The royal thighness is a fantastic pun. Yeah, that's a good tweet as well. Would he have had KFC? Yeah. His people would have got it for him.

He's got people to go to KFC. He would have wanted to try. I mean, they're quite, they're quite, you know. I think they're more normal than we probably think they are. I was going to say they're just like us, but they're not just like us. They're nothing like us. I'm not living're quite, they're quite, you know. I think they're more normal than we probably think they are. I was going to say they're just like us,

but they're not just like us. I'm not living in a palace. They're not roaming around Auckland at night in the middle of the night doing stuff. You don't have an uncle who's caught up

in a sex scandal. No, no. Do you? An international sex scandal? Thankfully I don't. Yeah. You've got co-hosts, though.

Yeah, well, I don't want to talk about that right now with you. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the hits.

Yesterday, Ben Boyce admitted he got home from a long day, a long day of work, and put cat biscuits in the washing machine, thinking it was washing powder. They're next to each other in the laundry pantry, just grabbed it, put it in, and yeah, just did it. Out of tiredness, deliriousness, yeah. Cats prefer chef, and so does Ben's washing.

Washing machine. So we thought we'd throw it out there on our 100th of Hits. What have you done when tired? Now, joining us on the phone, I think we've got, have we got Nicole? Do we, Juju? Nicole, what happened? Am I supposed to say it now?

You can say it now. I feel like you caught us in a delirious state. What did you do? I love this laugh. What did you do when you were tired? Oh, it was my mum who used toilet spray instead of deodorant. She went to the spare cupboard to get out her deodorant and she covered herself in toilet spray.

Oh, Glade or something, smelling like lavender mist. She stank the whole day. The whole day. Oh, yeah, because those things do sort of linger around. They've got a distinct odour, don't they? Yeah. She smelled like a toilet all day. Yeah, she did.

Oh, that's amazing. Thank you, Nicole. See you, matey. Hey, we're going to give you an original Kiwi dip pack and also a $50 supermarket voucher as well. Original Kiwi dip, of course, the winner of our referendum earlier this year. The favourite thing in New Zealand. Yeah, the favourite iconic Kiwi thing.

We put together in an odd tournament of a mishmash of Kiwi icons. Michael, you're on the air from Hamilton. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast, mate. How are you? Pretty good, mate. Yeah, we're doing well. Delirious state. You were tired. What did you do? We were going through carving. I was getting to New Zealand's Breakfast, mate. How are you? Pretty good, mate. Yourself? Yeah, we're doing well. Delirious state. You were tired.

What did you do? We were going through carving. I was getting to the end of carving and I finished milking in the afternoon. I was quite tired and I sprung awake at 10 o'clock at night and thought I was late for milking so I went and got the cows in, man.

I went and saw that to the cow shed and I realised, yeah. I was saying 10 o'clock. Jeez, you jumped back to work at 10 o'clock. How do you fall asleep on a deck? Were you on a chair or something? No, I actually went inside and I was sitting down eating'clock, geez, you jump back to work at 10 o'clock. How do you fall asleep on a deck? Were you on a chair or something? No, I actually went inside and I was sitting down eating dinner

and just fell asleep and yeah, sort of just sprung awake and said, shit, I'm late, man. I need to get the cows in. I think it's happened to a few people actually, but... Oh, that's such a good story. Even when he's panicking, he doesn't sound like he's panicking like,

whoa, sure, yeah, better go get the cows in. Hey, well done, mate. We're going to give you an original Kiwi dip pack and a $50 supermarket gift card, okay? All right, cheers, mate. That happened to our family as well when we were growing up in the Wairarapa, not with the cows, but we were like, we kept missing the bus, the school bus. And Mum's like, tomorrow morning, we're all going to get up.

As soon as I say it, we're going to happen. Got the whole family up. We're all sitting around eating breakfast. And then someone hooked up the clock. It was 20 past three in the morning. I don't know what Mum was doing. She'd got a clock. She went back to bed and missed the bus again. Yeah, I think It was 20 past three in the morning. I don't know what mum was doing. She'd got a clock. She went back to bed and missed the bus again.

Yeah, I think we did actually, ironically, that morning. How could you miss the bus every day? I know, we're a shock. What a disorganised family. I know. And yesterday we actually got a call. I've got a replay of a lady phoning up about her son, what he did when he was tired.

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. D-Pete?

D-Pete in his tooth? Oh, yeah. In his tooth? Oh, God. Nothing like a relaxed, muscled mouth. Yeah. Spicy, muscled mouth Spicy muscled mouth Start your day the wrong way It's Jono and Ben on the hits

Now this weekend Armageddon is on in Auckland They reckon about 60,000 people are going to hit the ASB showgrounds With the event Yeah people, been along a couple of times People love dressing up, a lot of fun there Remember we did that silly game in Armageddon and we thought, okay, what we'll do is we'll dress up

in character costumes and spread out and we've got to try and find each other, but we didn't know what we were dressed as. It's quite a fun game because you're going around because people are in amazing Chewbacca costumes or Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones. It's like trying to find Jono

and amongst all these people when you didn't know what he was dressed up, you go up to everyone and go, Jono, Jono. People are like, Game of Thrones. And it's like trying to find Jono in amongst all these people when you didn't know what he was dressed up like. You go up to everyone and go, Jono, Jono. People are like, uh, no. Yeah. The amount of R2-D2s. I was like, Ben, are you there? No, but it's very good.

It's a lovely event, isn't it? But the problem is, in this current world we live in, COVID. Well, it seems to be making a bit of a return, isn't it? Yeah. And I think the organiser, I think you heard an interview with him right and he was saying he's a little bit nervous. Yeah as you would be heading into the weekend so hopefully people do go along at the

moment. He's like level one is you know that's the level where there's no COVID in the community and events like this can happen but obviously you are a little bit nervous about what's in the sun. How are they getting the stars? Because usually there's stars that you can pay $900 to have a photo with. I think they're on screen this year,

which is great. Oh, you pay $900 to have a photo with a star on a screen? But you can go on and see the stars talk over screen over Zoom and stuff, which is pretty cool.

I did wrestling once there because they have a wrestling demonstration and I went to one lesson beforehand. That seems like enough. Yeah. Well, it was enough to learn how to take a fall,

but I didn't learn how to do any good moves So So you just got pummeled Yeah I got pummeled And then everyone was like Ah here he'll come back Yeah he'll come

You know because wrestling There was always There's been a to and fro Yeah yeah Someone starts well Then the other person comes back And then someone comes through Well it didn't happen in my fight

The guy just pummeled me And then he pummeled me some more And everyone was like Oh that was a bit lame Was this the same guy The guy you were fighting Was the same guy who taught you Yes yeah Yeah right And so he who taught you? Yes, yeah.

Yeah, right. And so he just taught you not how to hit him, but just how to get beaten up. And he sort of just whispered and we go, okay, so put your hand up. And he's slamming back

on the floor like that. Okay, so now I'm going to break your neck, okay? Yeah, okay, okay. I'm going to render you paralyzed. Okay, good. Yeah, well, listen, I hope for everyone's sake

that there's no COVID that breaks out there. Exactly. And I'm sure it won't. But it's crazy now, isn't it? A different world. How guilty do you feel having a sneeze or a cough in public now? We're just talking about that, actually.

It feels like the sneeze is like one of the worst things you can do publicly. Oh, that's the ultimate crime. I'd prefer you go and do an armed robbery on a bank or something. If you do an armed robbery and sneeze while doing it, that is the heinous crime. The most heinous crime. I had a croaky voice a couple of weeks ago. Not sick, because I went to the doctor and stuff. But just the croaky voice.

Your voice has done a lot of voicing. Oh, the side way. The evil eyes I was getting. When you'd be like, what are you doing out of the confines of your house? It's true. Someone seized in the office the other day. Fired. We fired him. Someone sneezed in the office the other day. Fired. We fired him.

Walked him straight out. Yeah. Said, you'll never work in this town again. How dare you sneeze. It is like, even if you sneeze into your, which you're meant to sneeze into your arm, still people look at you. Like, you did it before I produced it.

Oh my God, I did. And I had my headphones on and then you and Ben just stared at me. And I was like, oh, oh, sorry guys. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry And I had my headphones on and then you and Ben just stared at me. And I was like, oh, sorry guys. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm a bad person. Okay, I'll just leave now. Okay, bye.

Ben, you sneezed a couple of days ago too when we were filming something. Just some dust up your nose or something. You were trying to hold on to it. I was holding it so long because you were doing something on camera and then also I was like, I can't sneeze in front of these people.

And I did and then everyone's like, look, get him out of here. What about hay fever season? David Seymour. Hay fever season. Isn't that going to come around soon? Oh, yeah. And everyone's going to be like.

Listen, everyone's going to try and hold on to their sneeze, and there's going to be busted hemorrhoids. Don't do anything not to sneeze. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my head. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something I'm very proud of us for committing to sneeze. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. The A to Z of New Zealand. Something I'm very proud of us for committing to this. I thought, you know, normally we'd stop by now, but every day.

Our marriages and, you know, relationships, kids, they've gone. But not this. Not this. The A to Z of New Zealand. This will always be with us. We call a wall for the next two years. We call a different town or city in New Zealand one a day. We do it alphabetically and we're slowly

making our way all around New Zealand. Yeah, and today we're heading to Harwooda which is, you know, in the New Plymouth region of New Zealand. And I've looked up the top ten things to do in Harwooda and you know a town is I don't want to say Oh, don't say it.

But I feel like by not saying it, you've said it. When they resort to, you know, eight of the top ten things involve walking and or strolling, you know what I'm saying. Right, okay. But I have found something really interesting in Harwood. There's an Elvis Presley museum. Oh, wow.

And Elvis Presley... That's pretty cool. Do you know Elvis? And she's like, kind of, I've heard of him. I don't blame you. I mean, he's 50 years ago.

Was it Elvis? It was a while ago, but he's got some hits. He's got some hits. So yeah, we're going to phone the Elvis Museum in Harwood.

It's top of the morning, KD speaking. Top of the morning to you, KD. JP and BB here from the Hits radio station. Oh, for God's sake, what are you guys up to? It's Jono and Ben here. We like to call every town and city in New Zealand one a day,

and today it's your town. Oh, my God, fathers. You must be getting desperate. Now, can I tell you, KD, I went onto the internet. You may have heard of it. It's taken off. Now, can I tell you, Katie, I went onto the internet. You may have heard of it. It's taken off. Yes, I have. And it had 10 excellent things to do in Harwood.

Oh, dear. One of them was climb the Harwood Water Tower. Okay. The other one was walk along Gladstone Walkway. The other one's walk along King Edward Park. A lot of walking. The other one is have a stroll along Lakes Walkway. The other one was walk through the Tarwhiti.

So a lot of walking. So I was like, I like walking. But then you, at number eight, pop into KD's Elvis Presley Museum. Wonderful. You've hit the top ten, KD. Yeah, the top ten. That's pretty cool. And I think that is, I take it as a compliment because really it wasn't meant for the public.

It just happened. Oh, really? So how long have you had Elvis stuff and had a museum? Now, well, it's been open 40 years. Wow. I'm 72 years of age. I started my hobby when I was a teenager. I drove my parents' man, I drove the wife's man,

and I've still got the wife. So everything's running good. And you've still got Elvis in your life. Now, who do you love more, Elvis or your wife? Next question. He's not going to answer that one, OK. What's your most prized piece of Elvis Presley memorabilia, KD? My autographed 1989 LP that was signed and given to me

by a gentleman over in the States, and he came to Harawira and he donated it to the museum. And I just about, I couldn't believe it. No charge, he donated it. What a gentleman. And so people from all over the world have come to your museum. They have, but since the lockdown, sir, it's not been possible. But you've got to ring to see it because it just sits in the back of my home.

I just can't believe it. It's mind-boggling. Oh, that's awesome. Have you ever been to Graceland before? Four times now. Oh, four times. And so, okay, Elvis' number one song, In Your Eyes, KD.

Oh, hell. I like some of the early stuff he did, like A Fool Such As I, Don't Be Cruel, all that sort of era. I love all that rock and roll era. Yeah, great, great. When he was raw, you know, the real performer should hit the fan with him, you know.

Yeah, whatever. Because, listen, I wasn't alive at that time. So when it all hit the fan, what happened? 1975, the pressure got him. His manager worked him to bits. In the end, the manager was taking 50% of all his earnings. So what I'm trying to say is the money was getting spent. He had a lot of hangers on.

He had prescription drugs in his body and his system broke down. And that's why he put on a lot of weight. There's an old saying, isn't there? Everyone's willing to get in the limo, but one day the limo stops. You've got that spot on and that comes to the end of the road. Yep. Did you make that saying up? I just made that saying up.

It's quite a profound saying, though, isn't it? It was quite good, yeah. I'll tell you what, it sounded pretty good to me. It sounded good to all of us, actually. You get brownie points for that round. Yeah, to be honest, no one's more impressed than me. I'm going to call Hallmark, get that on a card. It was good.

It was really good. Hey, well, lovely talking to you, and I'm sure our listeners would love to go along and visit your museum sometime. All they've got to do is give us a call so they can catch me at home. That's all they've got to do. to you and I'm sure our listeners would love to go along and visit your museum sometime. All they've got to do is give us a call so they can catch me at home. That's all they've got to do. I love it how you've got a museum at home but the only problem is you need to be at home

just to open it up. Well, thank you so much for your time, Katie. Cheers, man. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Buy the WhatsApp by doco.nz. Listen, in an

attempt to make us sound in touch with pop culture, here's a millennial reading stories about celebrities. Juliette coming with Spy. Gracias. So, Ed Sheeran, he is auctioning off childhood toys and handwritten lyrics I was thinking, when you said this

before, Jen, the songs, I was like, he's Ed Sheeran He's on track to be a billionaire by the time he's 30, and he's selling his items on Trade Me to make a buck. But then you said it's for charity. So it's for charity. Some of the proceeds. It's all for charity. It's for charity.

So it includes Lego bricks he played with as a kid, which I'm like, how do you prove that he played with those Lego bricks? Anyway, sorry, here's just me being... DNA. I'll get a DNA swab for you. True. Me being sceptical. Hand-written lyrics

to his hit single, Perfect. How do you know he just didn't rewrite the lyrics on a piece of A4 paper? Oh, true. Good point. Well, it's still from Ed Sheeran, though. He's still been written

from Ed Sheeran, so yeah. And like a three-pound ticket from his first gig that he performed in his hometown. And for the same auction, other stars like David Beckham, Kylie Minogue and Usain Bolt have also donated. So, what an auction to be at. That's pretty cool.

I'd just steal everything. You know, don't you have Usain Bolt's very crotchy running tights? Oh, we got given. Well, not his actual ones. I thought you had his running tights and you wore them once. And I was like, well, that shows a lot of Ben. No, we got, you're given like a kit that he would wear. Just for when you wanted to dress like Usain Bolt. Yeah, but I don't run like Usain Bolt in similar sort of kits.

So Ben was going to cafes dressed as Usain Bolt in his running tights. You know the one-piece light cream? Yeah, so he would go out. I'd actually never put it on. I was like, well, it's not for me. You know, like I'm, you know, you've got to be a fast runner to be able to wear a one-piece sort grey. Yeah, so he would go out and... I'd actually never put it on. I was like, well, it's not for me. You know, like, you've got to be a fast runner to be able to wear a one-piece sort of,

you know. Oh, yeah, and you need to have confidence as well. Borax, yeah, the one that wore all that off, right? True, true.

And Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are inviting a fan to eat lunch with them in LA, again, for charity. What a celebrity. Why are they doing

so much charity work? Don't know. Because they're horrible people and they need to make themselves feel better. But they released a video to invite people.

It started off kind of boring and then Ben Affleck literally, literally. They're banging on about their charity stuff and they're like

get to the good stuff. I only can concentrate for 15 seconds. They started giving themselves quite a bit of grief about the movie roles that they'd had been replaced with, right? Yes, yes. You've got to spice it up.

You've got to make it appealing, right? Spice it up. But like right now, no one wants to come have dinner with this guy. Well, let's do another check and you sell it. Push it. Okay, all right. Hey, everybody, it's Matt Damon.

Don't act. Don't be weak. You just said human beings don't behave Like You have to be authentic Tell them something They're interested People might be interested

Hey you come see Jason Moore You fat man Robert Haskins coming No Jeremy Renner will be there They're just bickering It's like us

It's like us They're just like us Was it actually meant To be released It was very echoey It was the best shot They had Just the two of them

Just bickering Hey Can I just say Ben Affleck looks fantastic He looks great I just became so used to seeing Videos of Ben Affleck Slumped over a blackjack table

In a casino after No he looks amazing He looks great I'm happy for him I did a lunch once Like a charity thing Where when You know

Someone paid To come along And then Then the tab ran out. Oh. So, I felt really guilty because these people

would actually pay money to go to charity, you know, for the charity and then I was like, oh good. So, I ended up,

you know, you're paying all up. Did you pay for the rest? Yeah, you end up having to do that because you're like, oh, this is people like,

yeah. You're a charitable guy. Well, no, I'm not, but I hope in this situation. No, I'm not.

I hate charity. I gave $5 instead of a $50 note. But, you know, but I hate charity. I gave $5 instead of a $50 note. But you know, I hope in this situation, me and Affleck, they've got it all sorted. I'm sure they will. My funniest story about you and charity is when Ben was sentenced to community service for something he did. Horrific crimes.

He robbed a bank. Anyway, we don't talk about it. But he had to do community service. This is a true story. Not the robbing the bag part, but the community service part. He was at an event and the lady came up to him and was like, oh, so nice of you to donate your time. She didn't know he was on there. And did she

need to know? She didn't know. It was quarter pointed. Did she just need to know? She needed to know. No, it was nice. But you should have said it. He didn't say anything. He's like, yes, it is nice. And can you just sign this timeheet for me? For no reason, just on an unrelated note. That is good.

That is good. For more, you can head to the hits.co.nz. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. We are heading into a long weekend. That is very exciting. So we want to know why it's going to be a good weekend for you.

Feeling good. Oh, we're under the hits. We want to know. it's going to be a good weekend for you. Feeling good. Oh, 100 of the hits. We want to know. We're kicking things off at 9 o'clock. Don't forget, with four days of bangers, pop goes the long weekend. So that's exciting. But why is it going to be a good weekend? We'd love to know.

And every caller that gets on the air gets an original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card. I love Fridays because as soon as we mention this, the phones are already full. Let's go to Debra in Whangarei, shall we, Juju? Why not? Let's go live to Debbie. Welcome, Deb. Hello. It's going to be a good weekend for you. Why? Well, we failed our warrant for the caravan, but

this morning the husband's brought it home. He's had it rechecked, and it's passed so we can go camping. They got a dodgy warrant. They got a dodgy warrant, and they're off for the weekend. Look out. They'll be slowing everyone down on the roads, but they'll be having a great weekend away.

Oh, that's awesome. Where are you going? It is... Hang on a minute. What's it called? Ah, Russell. Oh, Russell. Up north.

Oh, yeah. My mum lives up at Russell. It's lovely. Beautiful spot. Very cool. Say hi to my mum for me because I was actually going to go up this weekend, but I'm not now. Say Beautiful spot. Very cool. Say hi to my mum for me because I was actually going to go up this weekend, but I'm not now.

Say hi to Jenny Boyce. Say hi to Jenny. The only time he speaks to Jenny Boyce is when he's pranking her on the radio. So if you could pass on a message. I love her and I'll talk to her soon when we do our next prank. Anne-Marie in Morrinsville.

Come on down. Is it going to be a good one for you, Anne-Marie? Oh, your phone's breaking up, mate. No, we've lost Anne-Marie. I'm going to tell you why it's going to be a good day for Anne-Marie. Okay, Ben? Why's that? Because she got to speak to Benjamin Ross-Boyce.

Well, she kind of did. And she got on the air. That class is going on the air where she gets an original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card just for that phone lack of coverage. She got to speak to New Zealand's top 80 broadcaster, Ben Boyce.

Emma, you're on the air. When's it going to be a good day? My daughter has a teacher-only day today, so she and I are having an extra weekend. Oh, how cool is that? Oh, that's well planned

from the teachers, isn't it, too? Very. As if they haven't had enough time off this year. Have a great weekend. You too, Listing. We'll catch you Tuesday.