Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - October 30 - Chris Parker, Jono's Worst Of The Week, Celebrities You Almost Met

Episode Date: October 29, 2020

Happy Friday & Halloween eve! Today we went on a shopping spree and paid for a bunch of lovely listeners' online shopping with our company card, which was a great feeling and we think we may do it again next week! So head to our Insta & Facebook pages and let us know what is currently sitting in your shopping cart that you just can't bring yourself to buy, and we may get it for you! We also talked to people about the celebrities they almost met. Harry Styles was recently invited inside a man's house for a cuppa tea after his car broke down outside the house, but turns out the superfan daughter who also lived there wasn't home at the time. Devastating for her, but we had some people phone up with stories about how they almost met a celeb too! Finally, we were joined by comedian Chris Parker who you may know from TV shows like Funny Girls, he featured on our old TV show a bit too, and he's hilarious on social media. Enjoy Friday, enjoy Halloween and enjoy the 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. Yeah, Ben Boyce, you're off to get a mole map,

I'm off to get some acupuncture today. Yeah, well, that's, I just like, it's good that I do that, but I also say it's also professional photo, it's like a photo session get a mole map. I'm off to get some acupuncture today. Yeah, well, that's it. I just like, it's good that I do that. But I also say it's also professional photo. It's like a photo session with a professional photographer. Isn't it? And they're also taking photos of my moles, you know. But that's it. You know, you're like, hey, I've got a photo shoot this afternoon with a professional photographer.

Who coincidentally is just checking the health and well-being of melanoma. Yeah, which is a great thing to do, right? Didn't you have an incident at the mole map thing? Were you, something went on? Oh, I think I turned up like a week early. Yeah, which is a great thing to do, right? Didn't you have an incident at the mole map thing? Something went on. Oh, I think I turned up like a week early. It was a good test run, you know? No, there was something else.

Oh, really? Yeah, from years ago. And something embarrassing happened to you in the mole map place. I can't even remember. No. There was something there. Yeah. You had a mole in a precarious position or something.

I feel like I remember that, but all right. I'm quite a moley individual. I've had a mole in a precarious position or something. I feel like I remember that, but all right. I'm quite a moley individual. I've had a couple of moles. I've got a mole cut out of the top of my head, mole cut out of my back, mole cut out of my chest. Problem is, you've got to watch out for them moles. Yeah, moley, moley, moley. Moley, moley. I was no good with sunscreen when I was a teenager.

Well, now I feel like there's a lot more emphasis placed on, you know, the dangers of the sun. When your kids are going to school and stuff, you're putting sunscreen. I don't remember my mum putting sunscreen on me before going to school and stuff. I remember, yeah, obviously, if you went to the beach and stuff or playing cricket. Back in the day, it was like, get a good burning on, get a good summer tan on. You get a good, crisp burning, blister up for four days, and then you kind of even out. The skin tone evens out.

Yeah, so what were we talking about? How did we get there? You're off to a mole man. Yeah, nothing to do with the show today. You haven't got many moles on you, though. I've got a few in there. I'll try and keep up with it. Let me map your moles now.

Whip your business off. There's a few there, mate. Oh, there's that precarious one. How did I get under there? Well, yeah, I was a nude sunbather for many years. Hey, fun show this morning. Had a lot of fun. Gave away a lot of stuff for some reason this morning.

Don't know why. Why did we do that? A lot of... It was actually really nice. I enjoyed it. We got our company card and we spend up large and it's still going. I don't know when it's going to run out, but we might keep doing it next week. So if you want anything bought in your shopping cart, hit us up.

Also, what else did we... Oh, that was interesting. We talked to people who had almost met famous people. It was quite funny. They just missed them by a matter of minutes. Lady who almost ran into Angelina Jolie. Another person who almost went to lunch with Princess Caroline in Monaco at a royal palace. And someone who almost met Orlando Bloom as well.

So that's all on the podcast. Enjoy. The radio version of Morning Breath. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, last night, my kids had their school disco. Very exciting. Thursday night disco? Yeah, they were very excited.

Controversial? Oh, really? How are they pulling up this morning? Oh, well, I don't know. You don't have to deal with that. That's the joy of coming in and doing this show. We don't have to deal with that morning rush. Yeah, but I had to deal with them yesterday afternoon,

getting them ready, running around the house, getting them all ready. Was there hairspray? Oh, yeah, there was dress-ups and all sorts. Glitter? Yeah. That was just Ben's outfit. He looked fabulous.

We walked to the disco. But it was quite good. Yeah, so we walked down to the disco, and then they went for a couple of hours. They went and did their disco, and then it was funny. Lots of parents were like, well, should we go to the pub? You're like, oh, okay. So yeah, parents were like, we got two hours. They went and did their disco. And then it was funny. Lots of parents were like, well, we should go to the pub. You're like, oh, OK. So parents were like, we've got two hours.

Let's go. That's a classic Kiwi thing. We've got time to kill. Should we binge drink? Should we all go to the pub? Do our favourite pastime. Then turn up. But then picking up the kids two hours later.

Are you a kid, sir? Although I felt like probably Juliet's parents if they're picking up from Rhythm and Vines. The kids are all buzzing. They had a great time. They've been dancing. And he's like, I had three cookies. Juliet's had three other things

when she's getting from Rhythm and Vines. It's a make-style, I had three cookies. You're like, oh, well, great. You enjoy the unilight. That was the main thing. But on the walk down, as I was walking the kids down, they had some song that I think they'd learned from TikTok

and it was stuck in their heads and they just sang it over and over again and I recorded a little bit of it. I'll have a mocha caramel latte, chino, made with skim, with no cream. Please put that in a grande cup, but use the same amount of coffee that you put into it all. That way there's about an inch of extra room on top

to stir in my own nutmeg without spilling any coffee at all. And then it would just go again. It was like they were stuck on a loop. Oh, I bet the novelty of that didn't wear off. Yeah, I know. You didn't enjoy it. Oh, well, here we go. Kids can't read the room, eh?

They have no gauge when enough is enough. No, you're right. Read the room, kids. Yeah, they're oblivious. I mean, it's quite... And then you end up snapping. Shut up! Stupid coffee song.

Dad's half drunk. I've been to the pub for two hours. Come on, join it on the way home. Now go get me a beer. But you were actually doing some research about... I was, because I just saw your note in the sheet saying the kids singing the same song over and over again. And they call them earworms, songs that get stuck in your head. And it's a melody thing. I got deep into a

hole on the internet about the scientific research into a pop song or any song, how it gets stuck in your head. And it's where the first phrase of a line is in the high pitch and the second drops down. So you go, for example, twinkle, twinkle, little star. Oh, so it goes hot, okay. And there's a couple of the more popular earworm songs. Why doesn't every song, though? You crack the code.

Yeah, like, well, we're going to do this. Well, I suppose artists have musical integrity. So they're probably like, oh, yeah, I could do every song with da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, but I might become a little predictable. Another twinkle, twinkle, little star, little rip-off. I do every song with da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da There you go. Those songs, yeah. And that's what gets stuck in your head, that melody. It's clever, isn't it? That's very clever.

Crack the code. Yeah, crack the code. Anyway. Future musicians, you two. Well, no, we don't have the musical. No, we don't have the musical. I do have a recorder, though. Do you want to hear that?

Oh, no. Okay, next on the show. Shopping. What are you shopping for? We want to pay for it next. Quickie Juliet, play something before it gets there. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Turn the spikes off. This is your new breakfast. Health Star rating, still pending. It's Jono and Mano Mahit. Now, producer Juliette's a massive fan of Harry Styles. He'd be in the, you know, your top ten celebrities, wouldn't he? Oh, absolutely. Probably top three.

Should style his, Harry. I don't even know what that means. No, but we heard a heartbreaking story for you. It wasn't actually a heartbreaking story. It was a lovely story about how Harry Styles' car broke down. Yeah, it broke down outside a superfan's house. He was invited in by the superfan's dad. Not even just a fan, a superfan.

Superfan. It's a category above the megafan. Yes, yes. But this particular superfan wasn't home. And so he wrote her a note and said, I'm so sorry. We missed each other. I fed your fish. All good.

And she got home and was obviously just like, I just missed Harry Styles. Harry Styles was in her house. Oh, my God. Don't even talk to me about it. Hanging out, having a cup of tea, feeding the fish. Seems like he had a lovely time. Wrote a note. She's got a great story, but unfortunately she didn't quite meet her idol.

Yeah, he looked fantastic as well. He had tight black pants on, a flowing white shirt. He looked like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, the protagonist from Beauty and the Beast. He looked wonderful, Harry Styles. So she almost met her absolute idol, and the dad was like, I took a photo of him feeding our fish.

What else do you want me to do? I gave him a cup of tea, you know I was very accommodating to him um so what we want to do right now 0800 the hits 4487 on the text how you've almost met a celebrity you know they might have been in a building five minutes before you arrived uh I remember I was in the motorway stuck on the motorway running into a radio station uh trying to meet Slash, who's a guitarist from Guns N' Roses. Oh, right. And the traffic was a nightmare. He left like literally three minutes before.

Oh, so you... Broke my bogan heart. Hey, you almost met Slash. So we want those stories. We don't want stories about meeting celebrities. No. We want stories about almost meeting celebrities, alright? And this morning, every caller that gets on the air, because it's Friday, we're celebrating with original Kiwi dip. We'll give some of that to you and a $50 supermarket gift card.

So give us a call right now on 0800-THE-HITS. Producer Humphrey, if you want to come in here, Producer Humphrey. This is a story, yeah. I'm not going to steal a story. You come in here. Welcome, Producer Humphrey from Fairleigh. Hello there. How are you?

Thanks for coming on now. We can tell the story from here. Thanks. We'll take a note. We can tell the story from here. Thanks. We'll take a note. You almost met Slash as well. Yeah, so I was probably on the same junket that he was on when you almost met him. But I was at a urinal at our old workplace. Ironically having one.

Slash was in there. Yeah. And, well, there was a guy there with no sleeves on his shirt and a top hat. And I just thought it was a guy that was off to a dress-up party. But I didn't realise. And then later I was in the office and then everyone was talking about how Slash had visited a neighbouring radio station for an interview. And I was like, ah.

I was right next to him. Pretty much. Well, you didn't quite meet him. But you were as close as you'd get, right? My eyes were down. Did you wash your, Did he wash his hands? He was a hand washer. I think I actually departed before he did.

Oh, okay. I don't know why I was so engaged in that. I don't recall. I'm sure if he didn't now, we would now. It's something that I would have noticed, though. Yeah, he would be singing sweet. If he didn't. I do judge people that don't.

But I know you thought he was going to a dress-up party or something. That's the thing. You take a rock star out of their environment, and they do look like they're in costume, don't they? Yeah, they look cool on stage and stuff. Oh, you come dressed as today, mate. This is what I wear. A fundraiser?

Office fundraiser for something? A wacky Wednesday or something? Your Tony's on the air in Wellington. How are you, Tony? All right? Yeah, hi. We're talking about almost meeting celebrities, Tony. Who was it?

It was Orlando Bloom. Oh, no. As I thought at the time, I thought of him at the time as Legolas because I'm a huge Lord of the Rings fan and it was back in 2011. And what was happening was I was at Wellington Airport about to meet my

cousin who I'd been writing to for years and years and years and we were really close but had never actually met so I was really excited to meet her until I spotted this guy just inside security and I realised it was Orlando

Bloom and it was like oh my god oh my god oh my god. And you forget about your I realised it was Orlando Bloom and it was like, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. And you forget about your cousin when you see Orlando Bloom. I know and then they arrived and it was like, oh my gosh, I was just so flabbergasted because I kind of wanted to say hello to them and give them a big hug but

I also didn't want to miss Orlando Bloom. And you missed, did you miss him? I did. Oh, don't you hate that? I don't know. He was probably checking his oar through security. That travels on its own, doesn't it? I think so, gets its own seat.

Good on you, Tony. Original Kiwi dip and $50 coming your way, a $50 supermarket gift card, so you can get some chips for that amazing dip. Emma is in Taranaki. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Emma, almost meeting famous people. Hi there.

Yeah, this is a couple of years ago, actually. I was in Cambodia, and I was just wandering through some markets, living the dream. And I got back to the hostel, and everyone was like, did you see her? Did you see her? And I had no idea what they were talking about, but it turned out that Angelina Jolie had been there at the same time as me and I

had no idea. She was probably out children shopping. Oh Jono Jono, she's done so much help and no I don't, no it's a horrible thing anyway. I know, so close so close. $50 snapping up a couple of kids and you just missed it

supermarket gift card coming your way and original kiwi dip as well. Every caller on a Friday gets that. Celebrating because they won our Kiwi referendum a few weeks ago. So there you go. I'm trying to smoke screen over what Jono was saying.

This is the thing. I say something and then he tries to awkwardly cover. Try and cover it up. He's like, I'm like a drunk uncle he used to constantly apologise for. Hey, good on you.

We'll go to Maria actually. We'll take one more. Oh, will we? Okay. How are you, Maria? Hi, guys. I, good on you. We'll go to Maria, actually. We'll take one more. Oh, will we? Okay. How are you, Maria? Hi, guys. I'm good, thanks. You almost met a famous person.

Who was it? So about 10 years ago, I was working as a nanny in Monaco for a family there, and the father was first cousin to the royal family, and they got invited to the palace for lunch with Princess Caroline and a play invited to the palace for lunch with Princess Caroline and a play date for the children on my day off.

Did they not tell you? Yeah, kind of. I was really intrigued but at the same time like, you know, I was typical Kiwi in summer, you know,

single, bawdy, jandals, so I kind of looked like a hobo so I wouldn't have fitted in with the palace look. Nearly dressed like a hobo

and went for lunch with Princess Caroline. That's amazing. Oh, what a great story. We're going to give you some original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card, all right? Awesome. Thanks so much. Just before we go, a couple of texts have just come through on 4487

about almost meeting celebrities, and they involve you, Jono. Oh, here we go. This is a stitch-up. I haven't made these up. Have I made these up? No, they're on the text machine, yeah. Okay, involve you, Jono. Oh, here we go. This is a stitch up. But I haven't made these up. Have I made these up? No, they're on the text machine. Okay, so almost met Jono,

awkwardly said hi, went for a handshake on Queen Street and got rejected. Yeah, that's COVID, isn't it? There's no time for shaking hands and there's a team of five million. This is probably before COVID, okay? And another said nearly met Jono,

went 2005-ish at a concert, sitting, wait, waiting to go inside, but he thought he was, he thought he was too cool for anyone. Classic me. And I am.

I sound like Jono on both these occasions so I apologise. Again, I have to apologise. Apologise on behalf of Jono. Do we want to reflect on the Angelina Jolie

children's show? No, let's just keep moving on from there. Some people skip breakfast, the meal, and also this show. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits.

Now you'll know comedian Chris Parker from TV shows like Funny Girls and our old TV's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Now, you'll know comedian Chris Parker from TV shows like Funny Girls and our old TV show, Jono and Ben. He's also hilarious on social media as well. Yes, good morning, Chris Parker. G'day, Jono Pryor. How are ya? Now, this is pretty exciting.

The Sound of Music Sing Along. It's happening at the Civic in November. So how does this work? Okay, well, so basically it's a big movie screening of the Sound of Music, but with all the subtitles there. And everyone's sort of encouraged to sing along to all the songs that they know already, and they already know the words to already. And it's a sort of big, kind of joyful sing-along screening of the Sound of Music. So often when you go to these movies anyway, you want to sing along to the music, but you're not really allowed to.

And this time you've got full permission to sing as loudly as you can. Okay, on the fly. Chris Parker, finish this. Sew a needle pulling thread. La, a note to follow, sew. La, a note to follow, sew. Well done.

Always good. So how many times have you seen the sound of music, would you say, in your lifetime? Really good question. It's always been a Christmas favourite of mine, even though there's nothing very Christmas-y about it. More for the Nazis and the classic of the mountains. It's quite Nazi-ish, isn't it?

Yeah, it is. It's a Christmas classic in a way. Before the age of 14, I'd watch the film upwards of 30 times. So hard-hitting questions. You know you come to the hits for hard-hitting questions. Hey, what facts do you know from Sound of Music? Because yesterday, researching for this interview, I kind of got into a Sound of Music hole about facts, and I thought, well, do you know any good facts from the movie? I wouldn't say I've got many facts on it at all, but I'll be very curious to know if you've got anything.

Well, Judy Andrews wasn't originally, they didn't want her for Maria. She wasn't the first choice. Sean Connery turned down Captain Von Tramp. And at the music festival at the end, when the dad seems a bit giddy, he is actually drunk. The character is drunk.

He later admitted he was drunk. You know, I do have a fact from the sound of music because Laura Daniel and Joseph Moore, they went over to Austria for a holiday once and they went on The Sound of Music tour. Turns out Maria and the Captain of the Von Trapp actually really not that in love. But we will just forget about that

and just be able to enjoy the movie. What was the one that we were researching the other day with the Dorothy and the Tim? Oh, that was Wizard of Oz. Oh, Wizard of Oz. Did you hear what went on on that film set? I've heard everything that's gone on. I'm a huge Wizard of Oz fan, yeah.

I know everything that went on, especially around all the munchkins, right? I heard they partied really, really hard. Oh, these wild nighttime group activities in the hotel. The Tin Man got poisoned with the spray paint. I know. I mean, really, if anything, Sound of Music, a smooth sailing in terms of a filming. You know, like...

And they had Judy Garland, Dorothy, jacked up on amphetamines back in the day, too, on the set. Of Wizard of Oz, yeah. Yeah, so the Sound of Music. I mean, it's child's play in comparison. I mean, yeah, just a walk in the park. Or climb over the mountains. Now, Chris Parker, joining us on the phone, comedian.

You used to be taught by my dad was principal at your school. He was also principal at my school, but he seems more proud of you, weirdly. He's always like, oh, that Chris Parker. So proud of Chris Parker. Kevin Boyce is an utter legend. Yeah, he's a Captain Von Trask in my own. He used to drive me around for tennis lessons

in his very fast red sports car and I was just exhilarating as to all of the lefty I could ask for, really. Did he have a racy red sports car, Kev, did he? He did. I remember a racy red sports car. He used to drive very fast in that. Ben, you know how you're like, oh, he's prouder of Chris Parker.

That's the thing with kids. The grass is always greener, isn't it? You always look to other kids and go... He wants me to be hosting this Sound of Music sing-along, not Chris Parker. Hands off, it's my gig and I'm not really cold.

He'd be proud of me. All right, let's go one more question. Finish the lyrics, Chris Parker, Sound of Music. Cream-coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels. No, boys, you can't do this to me. Are we lyric-shaming you? No boys you can't do this to me

Are we lyric shaming you? I have no I have this like thing that's wrong with me where I just absolutely cannot hear lyrics but I can definitely

get the sounds of it but just thank god this subtitle's going to be playing You just can't hum along with it Mate you watch this

every year we use After a few Pino Grease I might have't hum along with it. Mate, you watch this every year. After a few pinot gris, I might have to hum along. So if you'd like to hum along to the sound of music with Chris Parker, make sure you get your tickets. It's going to be a fun night out. Tickets are on sale at orkallive.co.nz November 21st at the Civic. It sounds like a lot of fun. Dress up, as you said, Chris.

Seems like a fun thing to do this year, which has been a shocking year. You can dress up, make a costume out of curtains and have a big night out. Oh, there you go. All your favourite Sound of Music songs sung almost correctly by Chris Parker. Get your tickets from Auckland Live. It's going to be a fun night out. And always good catching up with you, mate. You look after yourself. I love talking to you, boy.

Wake up and smell them. Actually, no, please don't smell them. That's odd. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Tomorrow on a Saturday around New Zealand, it's Halloween, which is pretty exciting, especially with those of you with little kids. They get pretty excited about Halloween, don't they? You do too. You're a sucker. You're in a soft spot in your heart for a costume.

I do. I love that. I love a costume. We're like, what are we doing this year, guys? He spent 80% of his life in costume. Yeah. So this weekend is very exciting, but we want to play a little game with you guys right now.

Maybe, you know, 100 of the hits, what are you or your kids dressing up as? You give us one clue and we try and guess it. Oh, we guess the costume. Yeah, and if we can't, we'll give you some original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card as well. Let's give an example.

You play Ben and I'll play a caller. Hello, am I on air? Oh, yes, you are. I was confused which row I was. Yes, yeah. Where's the other guy? I like him better. Okay, I'll get him.

Is he there? No, you've got to do both voices. You can't do this. No, I'm not here at the moment. Okay. Give me one clue what you're dressing up as. A ghost. Oh, no, that's...

Okay, well, no. You need to say, like, one of my daughters is going as a character from a comic book from a movie as well. Oh, and then you'd go... Then you'd go... The Catwoman. No, Harley Quinn.

Oh, Harley Quinn. Is one of your daughters going as Harley Quinn? Yeah, and then the other one's going as a singer, which is a little bit of, you know, singer, popular female singer. Oh, jeez, who would that... bit of, you know, singer, popular female singer. Oh, jeez. Who would that, Taylor Swift? No. Nothing scarier than Taylor Swift.

Billie Eilish, you know. She's going as Billie Eilish. Because she had the, you know, that scary sort of video with the sort of, you know, the crying sort of makeup. The black tears falling down her face. Did you do Halloween juju? I did it last year and I dressed as a Crayola. A crayon? Yeah, a crayon. You're going to go as a runner panicking

doing a marathon the next day. Oh yeah, I know. This weekend I'll be for Halloween in bed freaking out myself for a run the next day. Yeah, Juliet's doing the marathon on Sunday. Okay, guess the costume. The calls are already flooding through right now on 0800 the hits. Do you want to do one right now or would you prefer if we played a song

and came back with some callers? I think I'm the boss of the show. I'd like to ask my boss. Let's do one now. Okay, let's do one now. Let's go to Ellie in Auckland, shall we? Ellie, welcome to the show. How are you this morning, matey? Lovely to have you on.

Give us the clue to the costume. Hello, it is footsteps. Footsteps. Footsteps is a clue. A wolf? No. What is it? It's a creepy doll.

A creepy doll. Hold on, your clue was... Hey, hey, hey. How old are you? I'm eight. That's a shocking clue. It's a great clue. You have won original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card, all right?

Oh, wow. Just like that. That's how the game works. And you have a great Halloween, my man. Okay. Bye. Thank you. See you later.

We'll head to Kelly in Auckland. Welcome, Kel. How are you? Good. Good. How are you? Oh, we're doing well. Lovely to have you on going into the weekend, matey.

Okay, give us a clue about the costume. We'll try and figure it out. The Joker. Is it the Joker? No. Her boyfriend is the Joker. Oh, Harley Quinn. Yeah.

We didn't get on the first one. I was like, well, you really not understood this game, but you did. You understood it perfectly. You played well, and since we couldn't guess, well done. The winner of the Kiwi referendum we held a month or so ago, the ultimate piece of Kiwiana is original Kiwi dip. You've got one of those in a $50 supermarket voucher.

Oh, awesome. Great costume. My daughter's going as Harley Quinn as well. There you go. Great costume. All right, let's go to another call. Josh, you're on the air from Auckland. Give us one clue.

We'll try and guess your costume. My costume, let's go to another call. Josh, you're on the air from Auckland. Give us one clue. We'll try and guess your costume. My costume is black and white. Oh. Oh, Cruella de Vil from 101. Did you get it? Yeah. Yeah. I was just about to say, we are shocking.

Only because I saw someone else had a great costume last night at the school disco. Anyway, we're going to give it the same thing. That's the one where it popped into my head and I was like, that's a great costume. Original Kiwi dip and $50 supermarket gift card coming your way, all right? You have a great Halloween. Thank you.

See you, buddy. I think my voice just broke then. That's all right. We'll go to Abby. She's in Christchurch. One clue will try and guess your costume, Abby. My daughter's going to be very chilled. Oh, something nice.

Vanilla ice. No, not vanilla ice. Is she a corpse that's been put in a deep freeze? Oh, close. Oh, okay. Okay, that was our one guess. What is it? Hey, Kate, she's going as a fridge.

That's nearly as good as Juliet's crayon last year. Why a fridge? Has she got an affinity with fridges? Honestly, since we started talking about Halloween, she just wanted year. Why a fridge? Has she got an affinity with fridges? Honestly, since we started talking about Halloween, she just wanted to go as a fridge. So you're going to open the door and her head's going to be

sort of sitting on a plate. Oh, that's cool. That's smart. And who are you to get in the way of her creative concept? I'm clearly just a pleb making the fridge. I love it.

All right, well, we're going to send you out an original Kiwi dip and some $50 supermarket gift voucher, all right? Cool. Good on you. We'll take one more, shall we? And Taranaki, Kendall, you're on the air.

Give us one clue. We'll try and guess your Halloween costume. My daughter is going to be wearing yellow. Teletubby. Minion? Teletubby, you're right. Yes! Oh, you got it.

Yes! Well done. Wow, that's impressive. Jono getting that. I don't know why I was getting so excited about that, but that was probably the greatest moment of my week, guessing that Teletubby answer. I'm glad I could help with that then.

You have a great Halloween. We're going to send you out some original Kiwi dip as well and a $50 supermarket gift card. Thank you so much. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. We've got a company card.

Jono and Ben's company credit card. And we want to spend up large on our company credit card and we want to max out the card and we've been sending Millennial Max out and about to literally max out the card this week. We gave him a bit of a race against time to get an item from the warehouse. He had 60 seconds to buy a coffee

machine and get to the counter and pay for it. And this is what happened. To the counter, Max! To the counter! Come on, Max! Millennial Max running to the counter. Oh, no, guys. Tragedy. I've just dropped it. What, the machine? Yes. I got it all over the floor. Oh, Max.

And that wasn't just radio drama he created there. He actually took a photo of the smashed box on the floor. Oh, yeah, I thought maybe, Max, you're doing it right for radio, but actually, no, he dropped the box. And that was from Sandy at Starship Hospital. So well done, Sandy, on winning a broken coffee machine. I hope that's treating you and your colleagues well at Starship there. Now, this morning, we want to do something a bit different throughout the show.

We're going to do this a few times, so stay tuned. You could win your chance to have something in your shopping cart pay for. So online shopping, I feel like we all do it. You go on a website, you put stuff in the cart, and then you go, oh, I don't really need it. It's probably an extravagant purchase. Nine times out of ten, you slap yourself in the face and give yourself a good old reality check, don't you?

Do you have wise remorse as soon as you pay for something? Because I like swipe myself up and go, I'm going to do it. I'm going to get the t-shirt and then I go why did I pay that on a t-shirt? Oh God. You know? As soon as you

like click accept you know? Everything he purchases is a piece of NBA merchandise. That's the only thing he's buying online. Children's NBA singlets children's NBA t-shirts. He's getting them at cost anyway.

So yeah I'll 800 the hits. If you've got anything sitting in your cart, we'll try and see if our credit card will still be able to knock it off for you. Well, let's head to Dunedin, shall we? How are you, Chels? I'm really good. How about you guys?

Mate, we are doing well. How's Dunners this morning? Oh, pretty good. Pretty good. Can't complain. Can't have a bad day in Dunedin, can you? Not at all, no. So what's in your shopping cart at the moment that you haven't paid for?

Some pearl earrings. Oh, okay. Whereabouts from? Michael Hill Jeweler. Michael Hill Jeweler. How much? Okay, so have you got those sitting in your cart right now? I do, yeah.

So they're $79. Okay, all right. Pearl earrings. I'm trying to find them. Oh, well, no. Are they lovely? On. Okay, all right. You found them? Oh, well, no. Are they lovely? On the website right now. Do you want to get the matching necklace?

Oh, hey, if there is one, let's do it. Okay, for $79, there you go. I've found it right now. Okay, yes. Okay, Michael Jeweler. And I'm going to put that through on the company credit card. That's yours. That's yours.

Well done. Oh, how good. Thank you so much. There's a wee bit of a story, if you've got time to hear it. I love a story. So we're renovating at the moment. So for the first time in probably our lives,

my hubby has started watching the bank account quite closely. Oh, right. So here's why I haven't been able to sneak these through. Oh, well, listen, you don't have to hide anything from him now. You've got an open, honest relationship, and some other men just bought you some earrings.

Nothing weird about that. This isn't weird at all. How good, how good. Hey, well, thank you for sharing that story, Chelsea. It's lovely, and you enjoy those earrings, okay? Every time you have those on your lobes, you think of Jono. Name one Jono on the other bed. Weirdly,

you'd be like, oh, I don't want to wear these anymore. You're a good sport, Chelsea. Look after yourself. Cheers. We need earrings with our radio station because you listen and... Aren't they called earphones? No, but earrings. Like the hits. You want to create

hits earrings. That sounds like a shocking idea. No, we're not brainstorming. We're paying for people's shopping. Nicky, you're on the air. Welcome. You want to create its earrings. That sounds like a shocking idea. No, we're not brainstorming. We're paying for people's shopping. Nikki, you're on the air. Welcome. Hello, how are you?

We're doing well, mate. What's sitting in your shopping cart that you'd like us to pay for with our credit card? Augustine clothing. Augustine. I have had my eye on the sassy orange dress since the pre-sales. If I go to the Augustine website and type in sassy orange dress, will that come up? It should do. Oh, it is sassy.

Oh, is it sassy? Very sassy dress. And very orange. And very orange. Yeah, no, nice. I see why you've chosen that one. You'd like us to get that for you, would you? I would love that.

Off the shoulder number. Okay, I'll put 4548602. Don't take that out. We're doing this sort of behind the... What do you mean? No, don't read it. I'm going to put the credit card details in. No, you do, but we'll do this off the radio.

Okay, all right. Yeah, so congratulations. That sassy orange dress is all yours. Wow, thank you so much. No worries. Hey, Annette, you just go and enjoy that dress, Nicky. Thank you, guys. Okay, where are you going to wear it? What function are you going to wear it to?

Oh, probably Christmas Day. Oh, wow. When you put that on, you say there's a bit of a story behind this number. Not only is it sassy, but yeah, some weird guys on the radio bought it for me. You're like, oh, okay, that was odd. Making poor life decisions every morning.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy, go WhatsApp spy.co.nz. She smears the good names of celebrities. Like, she smears smashed avocado on her toast, on her millennial toast as producer Juliet the Spy. And I'm having that for breakfast this morning. Very excited. What's the white stuff you put on that?

Feta. Oh, yeah. A bit of feta is really nice and a little bit of lemon juice but I don't bring lemons to work, that's a little bit too much I think. You've got a fancy palette. I do like it. My job got a very basic Bogan palette. What's happening with Spy? So speaking

of food, Chrissy Teigen, wife of John Legend, she has spent a week and this is like something I don't know why she has the time for this a week trying to perfect these homemade Halloween treats. And I'm like, what are you doing? Just buy some lollies. Like, isn't that just too much effort?

Put it in the too hard basket, I say. I was ordered by Poppy, my daughter. You know, we went to Taupo with the golf and we tried to get the hole-in-one on Lake Taupo. We had got a whole bunch of golf balls from She Loves Golf. They all came in boxes and Poppy's like, I'm going to keep those. And then Amanda, your wife,

took the rest for her class at school. And you're like, you're never going to use those. You're getting all snotty. Did she take them to school? I don't know, yeah. I think she did, just to prove me wrong.

Are they still sitting in your boot? Yeah, yeah. But anyway, my job all week has to be spraying them black and orange with spray paint. For Halloween? For Halloween. Right.

I still like Chrissy Teigen. But I did it in the garage and it was windy and then the tarp blew up and then they all went onto the car. The orange and black spray paint. Oh, now you've got a Halloween themed car, so that's nice. It's much better than that. Chrissy Teigen doesn't have a Halloween spray painted themed car. No, and Brad Pitt and his married girlfriend, yes, his married girlfriend was in an open relationship with her husband. Brad and her have split after three months of dating.

I think there was like a 29-year age gap or something. If Brad Pitt can't make it with a married girlfriend, then what hope is there for the rest of us? I know. So that was a quick little whirlwind romance. I remember when that story broke and we were all roasting him for dating someone 29 years younger and also who was married.

He's Brad Pitt though. Yeah, true. He can do that. Listen, he's going to be fine. He'll find another married girlfriend. Yeah, true, true. And that's Spy. For more, you can go to the hits.co.nz.

We apologise in advance. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Hey, very excited. Jon and Annie, appearance coming up from Christchurch this weekend. And I feel like I spend more time with my parents than you do with yours. I felt like they were just here last week.

They were only here a few weeks ago. Why don't they just move in? I enjoy spending time with my parents. So do I. Unlike Ben. Oh no, don't pat. No, no. Unlike Ben who refuses to even engage

in conversation with his mum. His poor mother. Juliet, have we still got that voicemail? No, no't, Pat. No, no. Unlike Ben, who refuses to even engage in conversation with his mum. His poor mother. Juliet, have we still got that voicemail? No, no. We do. This is from Jenny Boyce leaving. Oh, this will melt your heart. It'll break your heart, actually.

She's actually coming out tonight, so looking forward to that. There you go. Stick that in your buddy. In your beer and pipe. Smoke it. Not if the referendum doesn't go your way. This is a voicemail that Jenny Boyce left on Ben's phone. You have a message received yesterday.

Oh, wow. Guess who it is? It's somebody called Jennifer. It happens to be your mother. And who hasn't heard from her beautiful son for a long time. So, hopefully you're relaxing and having a lovely day. And maybe we can catch up when you've got five

minutes. Even a minute. Good. Okay. Lots of love. Bye. Couldn't even spare 60 seconds. It's always nice to hear from a fan. It's nice to get these messages. I actually love my parents. I love my parents. Anyway do. I love my parents.

Anyway, they're coming on. John Pryor, he's got three special talents. One is getting lost in Bunnings Warehouse for five or six hours. Two, playing solitaire on the computer. Oh, he's very good, right? Bloody good at solitaire. And three, catching flies with his hands. He's very good at this.

And so he actually phoned last night. He said, what's the fly population like there in Auckland? Oh, because getting into summer changes seasons. Christchurch, a bit of a lack of flies, he was saying, in his area. So he likes to come up, get his hands warmed up for his fly catching sessions. It's impressive, but at the same time, I don't like the

idea of having a fly in my hands. Yeah. And I'm like, you don't really want to be touching flies, you know? Like, he's taken time out of his life to teach himself this skill. He could have been learning other stuff. Yeah. But I'm like, you don't really want to be touching fly, you know? Like he's taken time out of his life to teach himself this skill. He could have been learning other stuff. Yeah.

But he's like, you know what? I'm going to nail my foot to the floor with fly catching, fly wrangling. So his hands are like a human can of mortine.

He can catch them. So the trick is apparently you go over on top of the fly and you come swoop and clap your hands together. The fly feels the air pressure and actually automatically flies directly up into

your hands. Next thing you know, you've got a crushed fly in your hands. You're like, wow. No part of me that doesn't regret that. Very deadly hands if you happen to be Louis and his friends. I was telling you yesterday, one of my dad's special tricks. I mean, he's very talented on guitar

and he's got 100 songs he takes around, you know, as well, in his wallet. Yeah, he's got them in a list and you have to sit down and listen from one to 100. It's a long night. It's a long night. You don't get home till 4.30 in the morning.

You give a night. But I tell you what, that version of that 3.30am wagon wheel will live with me forever. I feel like my dad, when he shops for like a birthday present, he's a one-stop shop type of person. He's like, got to get better present. I'll go in here forever I feel like my dad When he shops For like a birthday present He's a one stop shop Type of person He's like

Gotta get better presents I'll go in here And I'll get the things And he did a great job this year I got a voucher From Paper Plus But I feel like He was at the counter

And went oh maybe I can't just give him a voucher I'll get some other stuff Around the counter Oh so you mean He'll go to one location To get multiple presents For everyone

So his Christmas shopping Is all done in one place Because I showed you this And I quite like it. I've got into it. It's like a, it's a mini leaf blower. Oh, it sounds like an air,

an air and nose shaver, doesn't it? And you use it just for like blowing the dust off your like computers and stuff like that. Oh, you're doing a wonderful job of blowing there, Ben.

Thank you. Now you've used it on your face. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I've been used it on your face. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm not using it on my hair. What is the point of it? Like, what's the design? The dust and stuff away from it,

just a bit of it, you know? From the keyboard. Give it a little bit of a, I feel like Mark Hosking, he does this, does he in the studio? Why don't you just use your mouth and blow the dust off the keyboard?

I could do, but I've got this now. I feel like I need to use it. How do you charge? It's like a, it's like a USB sort of thing, yeah. It's orange and black like your normal size leaf blower,

but yeah, no, he definitely found that at the counter. He can give your hair a bit of a, or you probably couldn't, but I can, I can give my hair a bit of a, you know, like a little blow dryer, so it's lovely. If you asked him why? No, I haven't actually, I don't need to find out. I know he'll like this pen, and he was right, I do.

Yeah, it's great if you live in a tiny, tiny house with a very small driveway. Tiny little leaves. Adorable little leaves that you can blow away. Great for the Smurfs. Papa Smurf would like that around the village. He would love it. Like starting your day with panda eyes.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Scrolling through your feed. You made it sound like producer Juliet was getting engaged to Harry Styles. Yes, in case. Maybe it is. It would be good for the show if you got engaged to Harry Styles. Oh my gosh.

I'd probably just be passed out in the corner and you need to get someone else to push the buttons for you. No, that's fine because we'll just say well our producer's engaged to Harry Styles. We can dine out on that for years. Alright, ladies and gentlemen

he's been furiously fingering away at his keyboard all night to bring you this bulletin of nearly correct news. It's Benjamin Boyce and scrolling. Alright, ladies and gentlemen, he's been furiously fingering away at his keyboard all night to bring you this bulletin of nearly correct news. It's Benjamin Boyce scrolling. Well, in New Zealand, we love getting fired up about things, don't we? It's something we love to get fired up. I don't even know what you're about to talk about, but I'm already fired up, Ben.

So on Fox News in America, there was a lady, Laura Ingrams, she does a report over there, and she talks about New Zealand's harsh sort of quarantine measures, as far as when we keep over there and she talks about New Zealand's harsh quarantine measures as far as when we keep people into the country. And New Zealand's been fired up for the way she's talked about it. The Kiwis have a terrifying new response to rising COVID case numbers.

They're throwing people into quarantine camps. If someone refuses in our facilities to be tested, they have to keep staying. No leaving the camp until you're negative. What, so she's... Well, to be fair to Laura Ingham, Jacinda's saying a facility, so it makes it sound like it's a camp,

but it's just a hotel room. Yeah, yeah. Well, it's like they've either left that out on purpose or they... This is the... You know, Trump always talks about fake news and he... He loves Fox News. He loves Fox.

But in some ways, this maybe is fake news that they're doing back the other way, which I find quite interesting. And anyway, have we gone... I hope we've gone feral. I hope our team of five million, our defence... It's more like a defensive gang of five million who will go in on you if you say anything bad about our country. And, you know, we're all really proud of our efforts with COVID in New Zealand,

so I guess that's why we're all getting fired. You know, and we're doing a good job. You want to have these sort of measures, you know, rather than everyone can come through and lick fence posts or whatever they want to do. Oh, we lap it up when they say something favourable about the country, but when you say something against us, we turn feral. I know.

Feral. Hilary Barry's gone viral, hasn't she? Yeah, she said you're an egg. Love New Zealand and Hilary. Told you, feral. I know. Feral. Hilary Barry's gone viral, hasn't she? Yeah, she said you're an egg. Love New Zealand and Hilary. Fair told you. Feral. Calling her an egg. The worst of all the insults in New Zealand. That's right. You're just an egg. A what? An egg?

No. And the world's most, sorry, New Zealand's most beautiful cities have been announced. You might have heard it in the news with Ash Thomas this morning. So Hamilton and is it Whanganui or Whanganui? I mean that because we're trying to get a pronunciation correct and we've been saying Whanganui on the show. I'm pretty sure it's Whanganui.

Right, but the H is back. Yeah, because I remember we called Whanganui once and then the person corrected us when we said Whanganui, but I'm getting inside my head about it. I don't know. We'd love to know if you know 4487 on the text. Maybe call us because it might be harder to say over text. Yeah.

Say it like this, and you'll be like, oh, hang on. Oh, okay, hold on. 0800, yeah, you're right. Call us. That's good on you for pulling yourself up there. And we're giving away original Kiwi Dip too and a $50 supermarket voucher because the original Kiwi Dip too and a $50 supermarket voucher because the original Kiwi Dip run at one hour referendum. We hold our own competition as well,

much like New Zealand's most beautiful cities. Hamilton. It's a lovely city. You've been to the gardens. We drove past them and he got all the ants down. I was like, oh, here we go, Hamilton. But I went to the Hamilton Gardens. I keep banging on about it.

It's beautiful. Free and amazing. So, yeah, it's really cool. Nothing like free and or amazing. We've got a full board of people who are wanting to correct us on about it. It's beautiful. Free and amazing. So, yeah, it's really cool. So, yeah. Nothing like free and or amazing. We've got a full board of people who are wanting to correct us on our pronunciation. Hello. Welcome to the hits, Carla.

How are you? You all right? How's it pronounce? Okay, Carla's gone. All right. I'm sure I regret doing this. Let's go one more. They might just want the dip.

Yeah. Then the voucher. Hello. Who's this? Good morning. How are you? Oh, we're doing well. Hello, who's this? Good morning, how are you? Oh, we're doing well. Now, Whanganui or Whanganui?

Whanganui, W-H. Fortsight. Thank you. Okay, that's good to know. Thank you. As you say, we're trying on the show to try and say things correctly, so it's good to get that right. And because you caught up, you get an original Kiwi dip

and a $50 supermarket gift card. Oh, that's fantastic. What's your name? It's Brenda. Brenda, you sound like. What's your name? It's Brenda. Brenda, you sound like a little cherub. Thank you very much for that. That was weird. That was weird.

What have you got planned this weekend? Going to the Home and Lifestyle show in Wanganui. Oh, lovely. Have you got a nice home and or lifestyle? I have a lovely home, but I don't have a lifestyle. So maybe you can improve on the lifestyle after the weekend. That's the idea, right? and or lifestyle? I have a lovely home auto lifestyle. Auto lifestyle, maybe you can improve on the lifestyle after the weekend.

That's the idea, right? That's a good idea. Well, you go and enjoy your lifestyle, Brenda. Lovely talking to you. Low in calories and low in laughs. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, we've got a company card and we want to just max out the card.

Literally, we've been maxing it out. We're sending Millennial Max out and about to make purchases for you guys, whatever you want while he's max out the card. Literally, we've been maxing it out. We're sending Millennial Max out and about to make purchases for you guys, whatever you want while he's been out and about. Jenny, would you like us to pay for a coffee for you? I'd love a coffee. Accepted. It's accepted!

Just outside Kmart. Jules, what do you want him to get you? A new duvet cover. Swipe the card. Swipe the card. Approved. Yes! And today, petrol, we understand. Swipe the card. Approved. Yes! And today, petrol.

We understand. Yes, I'm with Nigel. So it comes to $103.94. Accepted. Accepted! Change! There you go. I hope it's good.

Run the gauntlet, okay. Here we go. The card has been approved. Thank you. Change! Nescafe. Oh, yeah. Nescafe sounds good.

To the counter, Max. To the counter. Tragedy. I've just dropped it. What, Nescafe. Oh, yeah. Nescafe sounds good. To the counter, Max. To the counter. Tragedy. I've just dropped it. What, the machine? Yes. It's all over the floor. Sandy, well done.

You've won a broken coffee machine. Yeah, Sandy. So we're giving Millie and Max a break from going out and about and spending on our company card. This morning we're doing, we're paying for your online shopping, clearing your carts, because a lot of people shop online, they put stuff in their cart, and then they go, oh, I can't afford that now, or it's an extravagant purchase,

I should spend my money on better things. Well, we want to buy those things for you this morning. And I think it's timely that I clarify, too, that we draw the line on buying products off the dark web. Yes. Black market products. Yes, you're right. Organs, nuclear weapons.

These are legitimate products that you can get delivered, right? Just like fun track pants from Kmart. Yeah, things like that. It's the nicest stuff. Yeah, exactly. Another station might buy those organs off the dark web. Not here. Not here.

We're not focused on that. We're going to go to James. Welcome. How are you? Good, thanks, mate. Lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast, James. What have you got sitting in your shopping cart? Well, I've got a wedding ring sitting in my shopping cart.

Oh. And you haven't purchased it yet. Well, I did purchase a wedding ring. My wife is wearing a wedding ring, but I got that off AliExpress for $1.99. Okay, so you are married, but you didn't quite get the ring that you wanted. No, not quite. Okay. So she's wearing the $1.99 ring at the moment?

Well, she's heavily pregnant and it's turning black, so she's not wearing it currently. So you want her to have a ring that she can wear? A ring that she can wear. Okay. That's nice. Okay, so whereabouts is this ring from? The ring is at Pascoe's.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I've heard of Pascoe's. Yeah, the jeweller. That's what they say. Okay. Okay, Pascoe's. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I've heard of Pascoe's. Yeah, the jeweller. That's what they say. Okay. Okay, Pascoe's the jeweller. What's, okay. What's it called, mate?

What's it called? I don't know. I think Producer Ben's got it. It's a white carrot, white gold ring. White gold ring. Oh, here we go. I've got it here now. Producer Humphreys has got it for you?

Yeah. No, that's a beautiful looking ring. Yeah. I'd love to wear it. Why don't you ask me to marry you? I'll wear that ring. He's already married, mate. We're waiting in line.

You've got your nine carat white gold diamond ring there. Can we put that on the card? Cut my card, John. I'll put the card in. Four, five, four, eight. No, okay. Don't read the numbers up. I should have learned that from last time.

Okay. Okay. James? Yeah? Guess what? What? It's just declined. No, it hasn't.

No, it hasn't. Don't do that. No, it hasn't. No, it hasn't. Don't do that. No, it hasn't. No, it's going through. You've got the ring, my friend. Awesome. It just got accepted. Well done.

This card keeps going on. Hey, what's your wife's name? My wife's name is Kelly. Okay, should we give her a call? Yeah, do you mind if we call her right now and tell her? Yeah, go on. Is that all right? Can we get her number?

Well, don't even. We've already got her number. Jeez, this production team's's too good we're ahead of the game you're already doing so you already pre-told her or can we okay she doesn't know there's a kelly hello hi kelly hi oh it's john i'm being here from the hits radio station how's it going i'm good thanks how are you guys we're good. We've got James on the phone. What's he done? He's got some shocking news. It's devastating.

No. Devastating. He's got something to... James, it's your news. You tell, Kelly. You don't need to wear the AliExpress wedding ring anymore. Thanks, John Ombi. James has selected a ring That he thought that you would love

And we've bought that for you right now On our company card So that's all yours Oh my gosh Thank you guys so much Well you're welcome I feel like James James is the one you should be thanking

And we'll just have to You know the company will probably talk to us About expending But this doesn't matter Right now this is a lovely moment. This is awesome. Yesterday was my birthday, so this couldn't get any better. Oh, there you go.

Do we tell you the ring's now worth $2.99? No, no. You've upgraded a whole dollar. It's a lot more than that. Oh, thank you guys so much. Oh, good on you. Thanks, James. Oh, good.

Well done, James. Well done, Kelly. Well done, Pascos. Well done, the credit card. And a good on you. Oh, good. Well done, James. Well done, Kelly. Well done, Pascos. Well done, the credit card. And a baby on the way, is that right? Yes, yes. And our wedding anniversary is on the 16th, so I don't know what will happen first, the baby or the wedding anniversary.

Well done. Congratulations. Have a lovely marriage together, a fruitful life. Enjoy extracting a human being from your body. And have a great day. Thanks, guys. No worries. Have a great weekend. What's more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime.

Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram. The A to Z of New Zealand. We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. We're making our way right around the country. It's going to take us over two years to do it. We're doing it alphabetically, learning quite a lot as we go.

Yesterday we phoned Herbert, which is just a small little town close to Aumaru, right? Have you got the internet? Yeah, mate. Yeah, yeah. Do you use it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, mostly for just trade me in porn. And would you suggest everyone comes to visit Herbert? Not really.

He was awesome, mate. He was funny. So he worked at the petrol station. It was one of two shops in the town. The other was a quirky second-hand store. But he said on Friday nights, the petrol station turns into the town bar. And so everyone comes there, and that's where they all socialise. Isn't it great to know there's places

like that in New Zealand? It's awesome, right? Today we're heading to Hidakino, which is located in Northland. And looking at pictures of this place, it looks like a location that would star in an Air New Zealand safety video. You know, when you see the ones when you're flying back into the country. And looking at this place,

nothing is going to increase your blood pressure in Hidakino. Everyone in the town, they'd have a nickname, like tree trunk or snake or something. It's got a beautiful beach. It's got a pub. And tonight, the pub is hosting the karaoke competition. Oh, nice. Yeah, where the poster says you can dance until your feet bleed.

Until they bleed. Oh, wow. They love their karaoke in Hidikino, and there's the main jackpot of prize of $150 tonight, too, if you're in the region. Someone spent the trip. We'll head through to Hidikino now. I look like I was going to win.

It's not going to happen. Hello, Hidikino School. Kitty speaking. Kitty, how are you? We're good. Kia ora to you. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. Oh, hello.

Oh, now you sound disappointed. You did sound disappointed. You started so bubbly. Depending on what you're talking about. Well, it's the Inland Revenue, and we're doing an undercover sting on you. No, we phone every town and city in New Zealand. Oh, yeah? We're doing one a day, Kitty.

Okay. And we're up to the H's, and it's Hidikino's turn. Oh, wow. We just doing one a day, Kitty. Okay. And we're up to the H's and it's Hidikino's turn. Oh, wow. We just like to learn about the place, that's all. No hidden agenda, no, yeah, just filling radio breaks. Okay.

Our only agenda is to entertain the nation. Oh, good. I don't know if I'm up for that. How long have you lived in Hidikino? About 12 years now. Where is it?

So it's about 25 minutes out of Koraua. We're on the west side, sort of by Ahipara. A lot of people would know that place. Oh, yeah. I know where you are. Love Ahipara. Love it. Yeah, yeah.

We're about 15 minutes from there. Yeah, right. They've got some horse trekking up there. They've got you can ride the bikes on the beach and stuff like that. Yeah, yeah. All of that. All of that. Yeah, I went up there over summer.

Went up there and, because everyone gets on their boogie boards up, you know, obviously up the top of the North Island and it goes down the big sand dunes. That's fun. Yeah, yeah. Cool. That's up at Paki Stream. That's further up north.

They do a lot of that. Yeah, that's a lot of fun. So, yeah, probably in Ahipara too. Yeah, no, 90 Mile Beach, you're nearby. Yep. So, we're sort of at the beginning of 90 Mile Beach, like just over the hill is Waikiri, we call it, and that's the beginning of 90 Mile Beach.

And I have a beef with the beach, if you don't mind. Oh, okay, what's that? It's 88 kilometres. Yeah, well, I don't know what the... You've been lying to us this whole time. I don't know how long it is, Matt. So it says 54 miles, apparently, according to Quick Google. So it's a 54-mile beach.

Oh, okay, okay. So where's the extra beach? Why are you hiding that from us? Is there a secret beach anywhere? Now, we've found a school here, haven't we? Yep. How many students have you got? We have 32 kids.

Oh, that's adorable. Oh, it's awesome. What an awesome little school. How many students have you got? We have 32 kids. Oh that's adorable. Oh it's awesome. What an awesome little school. How many classes? Two classes. Wow that's cool. And we go up to year 8. It's a beautiful spot. We live in paradise. Yeah you do.

It's our special piece of paradise. We've got traffic here. We've got soy lattes. We don't have none of that stuff. We've got exorbitant house prices. We've got four-wheel drives that don't have mud on their tyres. You know, that's what we've got in Auckland. Waste of time having four-wheel drives down there.

Yeah, true. I don't know why people drive four-wheel. Anyway, that's a story for another day. Now, Kitty, we like to end A to Z of New Zealand with a little bit of an on-the-spot commercial, a promotion, if you will, for your part of New Zealand. So I'll lead you in and you just fill in the blanks. Okay.

Have you ever thought about a trip to the beautiful Herakino? Here's what the residents have to say. Yep, Herakino's a beautiful little spot not far from Ahipara. We have a lot of beautiful locals up here. We have a pub just down the road from us and further on you have horse trekking

and then further on from that is Whangapere. Lovely out there, beautiful people. And while you're there you can also go surfing, go boogie boarding. And let's not forget the... Fishing, lovely kai, kai moana. And never look past the...

Oh, you've gone through a lot of options. And never look past the, I don't know, here they came to school. Yeah, and then there's that one magical thing that we always forget about, but you must do when you're there. Um, and then there's that one magical thing that we always forget about, but you must do when you're there. Um, um, I don't know.

Relax. Relax, that's good. As the locals always say in Heterokino. Gay hard or gay home. Oh, you're awesome, mate. Thank you so much for talking to us. We really appreciate it. Awesome, thanks.

Have a great day. Wake up full of shame. Wake up with these guys. It's Jono and Ben on the heads. Hey, you were just talking about online shopping because we've got the company credit card. We're going to do some online shopping for you after 7 o'clock this morning. So if there's any items that are lingering in your cart.

You love it. Yeah, you love like putting stuff in your cart and then not paying for it. Oh, it's one of my favourite hobbies. Imagine you doing that in real life, not on a computer. That would be the equivalent of going around a store for hours, putting all the stuff in,

walking up to the counter and then going, no, thanks. Well, there's a big line of people behind you. Walking out. Frustrated. Pussying out at the checkout. Yeah. No, you're right.

Well, we are going to clear those carts this morning. So if you've got any items sitting in your online shopping cart, 4487, because we've got the company credit card, we'll go loose with it. But yeah, speaking of online shopping, you know how pop-up ads come up? You see those on the Herald. New Zealand Herald has pop-up ads. Every website has pop-up

ads now. Nice work talking about a company one, though. Well, same company. That's good. Well, I'm a company man. I've been drinking the company Kool-Aid, my friend. I don't know what you've been sucking back on over there. No, Mum. I company mate. I've been drinking the company Kool-Aid, my friend. I don't know what you've been sucking back on over there. No, Mum. I appreciate it. If I was to say NewZealandHerald.co.nz was

probably the best website I've ever been to. Oh, wow. Better than the hits.co.nz. Anyway. Can you have two number ones? I guess I can in the most beautiful town of the year for New Zealand, so why not? No, but you know the pop-up ads, but what they're doing now is they're so sneaky you can't find the X button.

Oh, yes. Like finding the X button on an ad now or the close thing that you need to click on to close the ad. It's like a Wears Wall-E book. Yeah. Sometimes I end up surfing websites behind the ads because I can't find the X button. And you end up clicking on it and then they take you through, which they want to do to the website. Yeah, but you're like, I was meant to find the X button. And you end up clicking on it and then they take you through

which they want to do to the website. Yeah, but you're like, I was meant to hit the X button. And now I'm here. And my ads are always so like, look 10 years younger, grow it by three inches. My hair, that is.

Yeah. And bad, procure your bad breath. And so these things are flashing up at work in front of everybody and you want to close them quick. You want to be quick. How to surf the internet incognito. I don't want that sitting on there

for any longer than 10 seconds. No one needs to see that. Well, we talked about your internet history a while ago, didn't we? You came to work going, are you guys getting these ads for Bobby Rio about dating female? He's like a womanizer coach

and so he teaches you how to get dated. And these are popping up on your pop-up. Essentially manipulate women. And I don't know how they ended up there. Yeah, exactly. He came and talked to us. He's like, are you guys all getting that? And we're like, no.

And you're like, oh, come on. Come on, you must be getting this. This is everywhere. So they're like, what sort of stuff are you looking at? Clearly. Well, that's the problem. His ad obviously popped up. I was trying to click ex, couldn't find it.

Accidentally went through to his website. And learnt 10 convenient tricks to mind effing women into dating me. Oh, jeez. Sue me. No, but that's just my bit. That's an old man's bugbear with the internet. Well, thank you. There we go.

Thanks, Blue. The mate the ex is bigger. I can't see it. My glaucoma's playing up. Start your day the wrong way. It's Jono and Ben on my head. We like to do this on a Friday. Well, I do in particular.

Ben Voice Productions Limited proudly presents Jono Fryer's Worst Moment of the Week. Now, as I mentioned before, a lot of radio shows on a Friday like to get, you know, like to look back on their best bits, but not us. We like to look back on the worst bits from one particular cast member of the show.

Just mine. He likes to focus in on mine. I feel like this is, you know, like you all week, you just mercilessly mock me. Even last night someone was talking about, oh, yeah, buddy, referendum, I know which way you voted, mate. So that was a joke.

Yeah, so you mock me all week. This is my chance to go back through the archives. Well, we can't actually present Ben's worst moments of the week because they're all off air and they're all very dark. The stuff he does around the office. I saw him put an Apple core into the non-landfill bin. We won't talk about that on the radio. I saw him log into a shared computer and then just leave himself logged in there, but no

one else could get into it because no one knew his password. You've got to lock that computer. Lock it down. Those are the sort of stuff he's up to. But we won't talk about that. We'll focus on mine, okay? Yeah, we started this week with a bit of sexism. An astronaut in space has voted from space, an early vote.

How cool is that? Everyone will know how he's voted, though. She, mate. The woman can be your sexist. Or we can go to space. Are they allowed in space now? Naughty. Who let them in space?

They're meant to be downstairs preparing meals for the astronauts. I stand by those comments, too. Space is the universe's man cave. Men only. Don't double down on it. This is your chance to repent. Do you know, as soon as I said to you, oh, they'll know how he voted, I'm like, I bet

it's a female. And then you had no qualms about hanging me out to dry. You're going to just roll with it. No one's going to investigate. I want to be factually correct. So there you go. Also this week, a shocking joke that you said your cousin says. Your cousin.

I don't even know if it's... I feel like you pinned this on someone else. Because it's something... Anyway, have a listen. My cousin's one joke about a reality show. He's like, you get a whole bunch of Alzheimer's patients, but they're addicted to cocaine. And they're all in a house, and it's like, whose line is it anyway?

Oh, God. All right, let's go to the phones. Which cousin? It was actually my friend Mark. But I made up the cousin because I didn't want to pin it on him. I didn't want to pin it on me. And now I've ended up pinning it. Oh, God, I'm sorry.

And finally, you talked about your kids. I found a lizard in the backyard and sort of adopted it as a pet. Leslie. You were helping feed Leslie the lizard, that's hard to say. And yeah, things kind of took a turn. You said at the end of the show, Ben,

I mentioned I had to go home and feed a lizard. So I went home and fed the lizard. It means the lizard's living a great life. I spray Raid on flies and feed it to the lizard and he's loving it. Right. Which in hindsight might be. Yeah, great life. I spray Raid on flies and feed it to the lizard, and he's loving it. Right. Which in hindsight might... Yeah, I know.

I might give him the Raid. Yeah, look, I think you'd release him. Release him back out. A fly swat would be probably better next time than spraying chemicals all over it. And feeding it to a lizard. Yeah. RIP lizard, RIP.

It was fun while it lasted. Oh, God. Your chance to... Sounds really bad when you say feed the lizard, doesn't it? It does sound a bit raw. It sounds like a term. A euphemism for something. Hey, we've got a card.

The company credit card, and we're spending it. Millennial Max has been out this week trying to max out the credit card. Buying all sorts of things, from coffee machines to actual coffees to petrol, duvets, buying them for you. But today we thought we'd just go online specifically, didn't we?

It seems like a lot of New Zealand like doing online shopping, putting stuff in their cart for themselves and then deciding that maybe it's not the right time to be splurging on these sorts of things. So we thought today we'd spend, we'll buy some of these items for you guys on our company card. It's the, you get, well what you do by this

is you get the thrill of shopping, but then you don't have to have the pain of paying for the shopping. It's fun, isn't it? You want to though. I love that then you're like, oh I don't know. I can't justify this. Ben gets buyer's remorse instantly. Yeah, as soon as I do purchase something I get like, oh shit. What's your most regretful regrettable online purchase?

Probably spending too much, like you were saying before on t-shirts. On NBA merch. Yeah, I know. Just NBA merch most regrettable online purchase? Probably spending too much, like you said before on t-shirts. On NBA merch. Just NBA merch. He supports every team. So many teams. He supports all the NBA teams. Classic Ben on the fence. I just like sport. Go sport. They're all doing a great job. They're all out there, you know, running around.

Having a good time. Heidi, how are you, mate? Are you all right? Hey, mate. Yeah, I'm good. Lovely to have you on the air with us on New Zealand's Breakfast. Okay, you've had something sitting in the shopping cart. We're going to use our company credit card to pay for it. What is it? Yay, it's a pair of Catherine Wilson Lola heels and Dolly Pink. Woo-hoo!

I understood about 10% of that. Okay, Catherine Wilson. Lola heels and Dolly Pink. Lola heels. Dolly, but you're going Dolly Pink. Oh, Dolly Pink. Let's have a look at Hills and Dolly Pink. Lola Hills. Dolly, but you're going Dolly Pink. Oh, Dolly Pink. Let's have a look at these. Yeah, I mean, the navy is the more sensible option.

Oh, look at these shoes. Dolly Pink. Look at those shoes. I tell you what, Barbie herself would love those. They're in stock at the moment from CatherineWilson.com. I know. Every morning, looking online, still got my size. And I'm like, no, don't do it, Heidi.

You can't afford it at the moment. But yay, now I can. Pull yourself out of it, Heidi, because I'm just putting in the credit card details right now. What shoes are you wearing as we speak? Slippers. Burn them. Burn them.

Because right now you're going to wear high heels for the rest of your life thanks to the Hitch. There we go. Catherine Lola heels, they're all yours. Thank you so much, guys. No worries. Have a great weekend. Yeah, we'll go to Andrew. Should we do one more? Should we try and do one more? This makes me feel nice. I actually really enjoy this. I wanted to keep going on this.

See why Santa got into his gig. Once a year I feel good about myself. Andrew, you're on the air. Welcome. Good morning, boys. How are we? We're doing well. Something that's been sitting in your shopping cart. We're going to use our company credit card to pay for it all going well. Yeah, my son's first bike.

It's a wooden tricycle that can turn into a bike as he gets older. Oh, that's cool. A versatile bike. What's it called? It's a wishbone tricycle. Wish It's the Wishbone Tricycle. Wishbone Tricycle. Tricycle. Welcome to the show where you've just got two guys

Googling items and paying for them. Oh, they look cool. They look awesome. Oh, they do look good. And so that turns into a bike. Well, it is a bike. It's a tricycle. Yeah, it's a bike already.

So that is a bike. I see. Okay, I'm with you now. He's not buying a boat.cle It's a bike already So that is a bike I see I'm with you now He's not buying a boat That turns into a bike Oh so that's a bike Yeah okay that's a bike I like that

You're after the 299 Or the 279 It's the 299 Well my friend I understand you've been Like putting it in your cart And then you've been like Oh no I need to

Spend my money on You know things like The power bill And essential things, I guess. Yeah, that's right, I'm procrastinating

and I'm worried that by the time we get to Christmas it's going to be too late and I won't have the funds and yeah, it's hard, life's hard to balance so if you guys want to use

your credit card it would definitely help out. Oh mate, well I mean, don't you hate it when you've got to have the lights on at home? You've got to sacrifice it.

We want to buy this for you, all right? We're going to do that on our company credit card. It's all yours. Thank you so much, guys. No worries. Awesome. This feels good. Is it a Christmas present?

Yes, it is. Oh, there we go. That's awesome. Good on you, Andrew. You go and have a lovely weekend, all right? You too. Thank you so much. No worries, buddy.

That felt good. We should do that more often. Not a morning person? Sadly, thank you so much. No worries, buddy. That felt good, we should do that more often. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Bye, no what's up, bye.co.nz Now for your hourly update of all the people that all of us other schmucks will never look as good as.

It's producer Juliet with some spy entertainment news. Thanks very much. Now Kiwi rapper Savage, his 2005 hit song that everyone will know called Swing is hitting the US charts and it was released in 2005

and it's all thanks to the TikTok. The Tok. It was big the first time around in America. I remember being in the States and hearing it in a club and I remember talking to someone and I was like,

this is for New Zealand, not Brazil. And the guy was like, oh, cool, man. And I was like, oh, I thought it was cool. It's coming back up on the charts similar to Fleetwood Mac's Dreams

because of TikTok. So it was remixed with Coldplay Viva La Vida. And it's actually quite good and I quite like it It actually works quite well Yeah And the reason why is

So Donald Trump If you've ever watched him Try to dance It's very awkward And people have matched this song With Donald Trump dancing And then kind of recreate it themselves So he does it as political rallies

He gets on stage Donald Trump And obviously they have music He does like You know how your uncle Would dance to The Grease Megamix At a wedding

That's how Donald You've got your fists in the air, and you're not doing too much wild stuff out of your field, shaking the hips a bit. He's having a good dance, and now it's a TikTok viral challenge. You'd wake up the next morning, your uncle would wake up the next morning and go, I had a good old boogie last night. I did, I've got it there on the floor. I don't normally do that, but I got up there.

I let loose, had a little bit of a... Nothing more embarrassing to witness than that, eh? Oh, well, they are good on Savage. So he's back on the US charts. I know. It's amazing. TikTok's amazing, isn't it? I mean, soon kids are just going to know the hooks to songs.

You can put on a whole festival of just song hooks. Yeah. Have it over and done with in 45 minutes. That's probably the future. I would not be surprised. That's a good guy. Everyone's back in bed by 8.30 at night. Wonderful.

I know. It's a really good plan. And Harry Styles, oh my goodness. So I am feeling for the super fan. So basically the story is he was driving along and his car broke down outside someone's house and the gentleman inside the house invited Harry and while his car was getting fixed. Knowing who it was? I think so.

I think so. Because then it got to the point where this man's daughter came home and realised that Harry Styles had been inside her house because he left her a note saying, I'm so sad we missed each other. She's a big fan too. Massive fan. And the dad took photos of Harry inside the house feeding

the fish, writing the note for her and she got home and was like, oh my god, I missed Harry Styles. She'd be like, Dad! Why, my God, I miss Terry Styles. She'd be like, Dad, why didn't you just call me? Literally. You're the worst. Slam her door shut.

Stay in her bedroom for three days. I'd be sorry. They took me in, lovely cup of tea. But the daughter would be so upset. Oh, my gosh. It'd be devastating. Actually, we want to do this after 7 o'clock. Has anyone almost met a celebrity?

Like, you just missed them. You just... Sorry, I'm not meeting celebrities. What are you like, I almost met such and such. Yeah, 4487 on the text. So maybe you went into a cafe and they're like, oh, Justin Bieber was here about five minutes ago. My gosh.

Yeah, 0800... Sorry, 4487 on the text. Don't bother calling us, please. Oh, OK. Well, not yet, because I can't handle the calls at the moment. I'm not in the... Okay, all right. I'm stressed, okay?

4487 on the text. Give us a text. How you almost met a celebrity. And that's spy. For more, you can go 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 want to know why it's going to be a good weekend. A feeling good We like to end the show on a positive note We do this every day And we've got Aussie Ellen Are we calling him Aussie Ellen? Aussie, Aussie, Aussie We've mentioned that producer Juliette

Millennial Juliette's running the marathon this weekend Ellen, who has done no training Literally has not even run for years You're going to do the marathon? Yeah, the half You're just going to get in marathon? Yeah, the half. You're just going to get in there? Yeah.

Have you ever done anything like this before? I ran 15Ks once for a lull. For a lull? I had no issues doing that, so we'll see how it goes. That seems like the next logical step is if you ran 15 for a lull, why not do a marathon for a lull? When was the last time you ran? Oh, years. Years yes i swim for exercise so

i'm quite a tall lad and when i run my back gets sore so i just don't bother doing it we're going to follow this up monday yeah ozzy ellen go no training versus julia not that you guys are in competition with each other but just kind of curious to know how you go with no training you are now you're in competition all right that. That's what we love. Bit of radio competition. Hey, thank you. We'll head to the phones. Debra, you're on from Raglan. Why is it going to be a good day for you, mate?

Oh, I'm just heading to Auckland to meet up with two of my besties for a girls' weekend. Woo! It's a three-day weekend. Woo! Girls' weekend. What are the girls doing? Girls are shopping, lots of bubbles, just hanging out. And, you know, 47

years worth of laughs we have. Oh, strap yourselves in Auckland. Debbie's on her way. How you doing? We're going to send you out some original Kiwi dip and a $50 supermarket gift card. Have a great weekend. Awesome, thank you. Safe driving, we'll head to Westport.

Kimberley, what's happening on the coast this weekend? Why is it going to be a good one? I'm taking my daughter and a group of her friends trick-or-treating. Probably in the rain. The weather's not meant to be amazing around the country. It's unusual for that to be raining in your part of New Zealand, though, is it? Oh, here we go. Kimbo, we're going to send you out a $50 supermarket voucher.

And the winner of the Kiwi referendum we held a month ago, the classic Kiwi dip, is all yours as well. Nice, thank you. Good on you. Have we got time for one more? Let's go real quick. We've got 14 seconds. Okay, Jennifer, you've got 14 seconds.

You're on the air. Why is it going to be a good day? Because it's the first weekend in like a month that we haven't had to do house renos to help out a family member who has to sell her house because of circumstances. That's great, but we've got to go. Unfortunately, time's up.