Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - September 08 - Michael Galvin, Jono's Prank Backfired, Who's The Oldest Person Without A Licence?

Episode Date: September 8, 2020

On today's show, a prank we played on Jono last week backfired at home with Ben! Jono's also been getting some passive-aggressive messages from his mechanic and wants to know if that is normal. We also spoke to Michael Galvin (Chris Warner from Shortland Street) and Rosemary Dempsey, the creator of the Kiwi Onion Dip, as part of our Kiwi Referendumb. Enjoy!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. Welcome to the podcast today, Ben boys. You're looking great.

You've got a hot pink on. You're rocking it. You look fantastic. Oh, thank you. Can you pull off some clothes I couldn't pull off. You've just got to give it a go. No, I'm no good. It's just fine.

Let's do it. Black's my only colour. No, mate. You look good when you put other clothes on than that. Oh, thanks, mate. Just give it a go. Just go with the confidence. Adorn it.

Yeah, no, good. Who cares? Listen, we had a fun show this morning in the middle of our Kiwi referendum. We're trying to decide what the ultimate bit of Kiwiana is. And today, onion dip taking on Shoreland Street. Two icons of Aotearoa. And we actually spoke to the lady who invented a Kiwi onion dip. Now, it was all out of pressure of sales.

Lack of onion soup sales. There's probably not been one moment in my life where I've purchased onion soup on its own just to drink as a soup. No, you're right. As a soup. So it's silver. It doesn't sound appealing as a soup either, does it? No, I'm going to enjoy soup, but yeah, you're right. If I'm going to lay out, you know,

your tomatoes, your pumpkins, your onions, what soup are you going to go? Well, I'm probably not going to go onion soup, are you? No, no. So they spoke to her. Maybe they use it as a base for something. Maybe it's like you add stuff, like you add stuff like leek and potato and things like that in your onion soup mix. Anyway, this recipe, this design was single-handedly turned around

onion soup sales in New Zealand. Yeah. Just when you thought you'd never hear from onion soup again. It rose from the dead. It rose from the onion patch. This is an amazing story. So she joins us on the show as well as that Dr. Chris Warner. Michael Galvin from Shorten Street, he's taking on Onion Dip,

well, his show. So we talked to him about that as well. Yeah, there'd be a conflict with Warner, wouldn't there? Because you're like, I'm just playing a character on this show. Yeah. But the real Chris Warner might prefer Onion Dip over a television programme. Yeah, but as we said to him, Onion Dip's not paying his paycheck.

If it was, it would be a measly paycheck. You're like, again? I just get paid in Onion Dip? This can't sort out my mortgage. And as well as that, a prank that I tried to pull on Jono backfired. That's all in the podcast today. The soggy cornflakes of radio.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. I'm in the midst of a series of increasingly aggressive messages from my mechanic. Now, if I could read them out to you, Ben Boyce. Okay. First one here. Are you sure these are aggressive messages? Yeah.

Okay. I'll read them out and you'll tell they're aggressive. Are they in caps? No, they're not in caps. Right. No. But you can still be aggressive not in caps. No, you can't be. You can be passively aggressive not in caps? No, they're not in caps. Right. No. But you can still be aggressive not in caps. No, you can't be.

You're going to be passively aggressive not in caps. First one, August 26. Hello, Jonathan. This is the mechanic. We notice your car is six months overdue for a service. If you wish to contact us to make a booking, please do not hesitate to call. So maybe that one wasn't as aggressive.

I read it out in an aggressive tone. Hello, Jonathan, your car is six months overdue. That wasn't aggressive. That could have been a polite little reminder. Why didn't it go, hello, Jonathan? No, that was just a friendly reminder. But life got away on me and I had to prioritise other things like shaving my body.

Full shaven. I'm clean shaven. Except for your head. You keep saying, it takes 10 minutes, but I haven't had time to do it. Every other part of my body is Full shaven. I'm clean shaven. Head to toe. It takes 10 minutes but I haven't had time to do it. Every other part of my body hairless. Not a single hair on the rest of my body. So I forgot about that. August 28, two days later.

Hello Jonathan. The mechanic here again. Just checking you received our previous message. Your car is six months overdue for a service. Failure to do so could result in mechanical failure. Call us to make a booking. I don't know if it's...

That sounds threatening. It sounds like they're going to go, we're going to cut your brake cables or something if you don't call us. It could just be, hello, Jonathan. What if you've got our previous message?

It's overdue? Yeah, and just a reminder, failure to do so. Oh, well, if that's how you think, well, then September 3rd, another one comes through. Okay. Jonathan. Not even hello, Jonathan. Jonathan. Oh, well, if that's how you think, well, then September 3rd, another one comes through. Okay. Jonathan, not even hello, Jonathan.

Jonathan. Hello's gone, so maybe it is turning. This is another reminder. Your car is six months overdue for a service. We're waiting to hear from you to make a booking, neglecting your vehicle service and can result in mechanical failure and to be hazard to you and other motorists.

Now they're bringing in the other motorists. I'm starting to get annoyed with you now too. They're going to put a sausage in my exhaust pipe or something as revenge. Or even worse pull my window wipers up. That's the worst. And then I got another one. You don't get back to them at all. No, I haven't got back to them. You know me, I'm shocking at that stuff.

You can just say, oh hey, got your message and we'll get back to you. But no, no one. Okay. Yeah, no. September 7th. Jonathan! Your vehicle's overdue for a servicing. Just checking you've seen our other messages. If left longer, mechanical issues will worsen. Will worsen. They'll make them worse. We strongly suggest you make a booking.

Okay, you're down the gig a little bit, yeah. I feel like this is a second partner I've got here. Well, you could at least reply back. Yeah, I probably could. I could have ended these.

I just like the attention. No one else texts or calls me. The thrill of the chase. Play hard to get with the mechanic. Remember to

double pump the virgles. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, last week, there was a bit of hacking going on in New Zealand.

Some websites were getting hacked. Oh, they thought the Russians were tapping into the bloody stock exchange and some banks and University of Auckland. And even MetService got hacked. Do you remember that? So it was big news last week.

And then I, you know, oh, wait a minute. I played a joke on you. It wasn't true. I said we hacked into your computer, your laptop. Hold on. That wasn't true. That wasn't true? That wasn't true.

You didn't hack into my laptop. No. But you told the people you hacked into your computer, your laptop. Hold on. That wasn't true. That wasn't true? That wasn't true. You didn't hack into my laptop. No. But you told the people you hacked into my laptop. I said that we hacked into your laptop. And you were playing examples of websites I had visited. Yeah. Those weren't websites. So what happened?

No. I had not visited those. No. What happened? I went on my computer onto YouTube and I typed in things as jokes. Things that maybe that you thought would be funny things that you would have looked at and not want anyone to know it. So these are examples like this one.

Hey guys, this is the one and only expert dating coach, Annabella Rose. Today I'm going to be talking about how to flirt at work. But you told me these were websites I visited. I know. You made me believe I had visited these and you told the people.

So I'd gone onto YouTube and typed in how to flirt at work. Another one I typed in was how to hide a hickey. Today I'm going to be teaching you guys how to cover up a hickey. And a couple of days ago, or should I say a couple of nights ago, somebody threw a baseball at my neck. I'm just kidding. This is actually a hickey.

It's a hickey. So I wasn't trying to find out how to hide my hickeys. Typing into my YouTube. No, because I proudly display my hickeys when I come to work. I'm like, check out who's got some hickeys. Who had a hickey session last night? This guy. I'm not ashamed.

So I typed that into my YouTube. We had a bit of a laugh. You know, on the radio, it was fine. We laughed. I laughed about the job I was doing. Oh, we laughed. We laughed. Oh, those times we laughed.

But what I didn't realise is my YouTube is hooked up to the TV At home Which the family uses Oh you're like an iCloud sort of sharing Family sharing My YouTube is obviously logged in to the TV at home And Amanda in the weekend was Searching something on the TV on YouTube

On our TV And up comes the recently searched things How to flirt at work How to hide a hickey. Comes up in the search. I tell you what, nothing makes a human more nervous than having to explain their search history. My man is like, hey, can you give me a moment?

I'm like, yeah, yeah, what's up? She's like, what's going on with the search history? I was like, oh, we played a joke on Jono. Oh, then now you're into the over explaining. Yeah. Yeah, now you're working hard. Oh, it was a thing on the radio. I was almost at the stage of getting out the iHeartRadio podcast.

See, you can listen. This is a download of the podcast. Because it's all on there. I had to sort of scroll through, and then there were some other ones like bald men are sexy and other things. And then I was like, see, it's Jono. It's Jono's. It's Jono's ones.

But, yeah, so I think I got out. Is she listening now, Amanda? Because I'd like to say, Amanda, this never actually took place, did it, Juliet? No, it didn't. No, I can't remember this gag happening. No. This thing saying you're trying to stitch me up

on the internet, can you? No, don't do that. No, no. Listen, buddy, whatever you get up to in your own time, that's your choice, but I'm not going to support you and lie for you in front of your wife to back up these wild claims. I'm going to pull my turtleneck

up high to hide my hickey and we're going to move on with the show. Serving bowls of lollies for breakfast. Actual lollies may not be served. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Now, our boss Todd, lovely guy, he's kind of been on... He always says that I'm slagging

Todd off in the songs. All the time. I slagged him off yesterday, Ben. Not today. Okay. Yeah, no, no. He's a good guy. But he's kind of in the middle of trying to rebrand Ben and me

as a couple of great dads. And this is happening. This goes from lads to great dads. Lads to great dads. And this is all catchphrases come up for us. And we're always like, well, you've never seen us. Parent. I could have dropped a baby or two in my career.

I mean, he's probably got a fair point. The people that maybe had seen us on TV or listened to us on radio over the years may not have known that we've got kids, young kids of our own. So that's what Todd is like. You're on the hits now. You need to get out there and say. There are a couple of great dads. I forgot to pick the kids up from school yesterday.

That's not a thing a great dad would do. But anyway, the most embarrassing part is, I try and just sneak out of work now. Because if he catches you sneaking out, we've got a big open plan office here. This is not like before our show finishes. This is like a couple hours after the show starts. So we're allowed to leave. Yeah. And he's like, there

go a couple of great, and he stands up and starts slow clapping. And then bullies the whole office into slow clapping. It's like an open plan office. Even people from ZDMies the whole office into slow clapping. It's like an open plan office. Even people from ZDM, the radio show next to us. And they're like, mate, we've got some work to do.

We shouldn't be clapping out these munters. And they don't know the joke. That's the thing I get. No one else knows why. He's like, clap out a couple of great dads. We know it's a joke and we hang our heads going, oh, Toddy, you're embarrassing us.

I know, too. There's nothing more that New Zealanders love than being singled out in front of a crowd. Oh, yeah. We love it as Kiwis, don't we? Lap it up. I walk out of here with a red face every day. Yeah.

Now, Tod also came in to you, producer Juliet, yesterday as well, and he goes, a couple of great dads. These are like, yeah, your dads of the show. Jono and I are like your dads of the show for the millennials, you know, Juliet and Max that we have working on. Cool, hot, young dads. Hey, a couple of cool, hot, young dads, would you say, Juliet and Max that we have. Cool, hot young dads.

Hey, a couple of cool, hot young dads, would you say, Juju? Yeah, totally. Mind you, if you were our daughter, it'd be weird if you thought we were hot. So you were like, well, maybe not really dads. Because that was a bit weird. We all thought that was a bit weird. Yeah, that's a bit bizarre. I kind of thought you guys were kind of like, you know how every family or most families,

you have those older cousins with the huge age gap that you don't really see in a while and they're a bit odd? Yeah. Are they cool or are they uncool? Yeah,

because we thought maybe the cool uncles or something would be it. Yeah, it feels like a bar is set lower for an uncle, like the cool bar. Yeah.

For a cousin, it's a bit higher. You want your cousins to be cooler. Uncles can, yeah. Cool uncles, we're in cool uncle,

aren't we? I reckon you could pass as cool uncles. Maybe you're a bit of a mix I reckon you could pass as cool uncles. Maybe you're a bit of a mix between the odd cousins and the cool uncles. Maybe we're those cousins who never moved out of home but are fully grown. Like

stepbrothers. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Still having to sit at the kids table, you know, at the family weddings and stuff like that. Shut up, mum! Sitting there with all the siblings. We're like, okay, I'm happy

if I'm a cousin who's checked out of life. But do you want to be the lame old cousin? Yeah, I'll be the lame old cousin. I don't know if I'm happy with that.

I can picture you still being like the cousin that's at home because you've got your Toy Story backpack and your kids' merch. And we still dress like we're 17.

Yeah, exactly. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. This like we're 17? Yeah, exactly. Eggs for breakfast. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. This morning we're feeling for the Hamilton mother of five who was left in tears. Is this that story? She failed her... The Hamilton mother of five or she is five?

Of five. Of five. Sorry, yeah. Five kids. And she was going for a driver's licence and she failed because she had a dirty front seat. Now, she claimed she cleaned the car and she had hand sanitiser and masks and stuff in the car, but apparently that's a

requirement, your seat needs to be cleaned. Oh, I imagine in these current environments, these current times Ben, hygienic times, so what, didn't even get to prove her driving skills? No, didn't get to prove her driving, just failed automatically straight away. I must have set my driver's licence about probably four or five times, I think. I just get too excited, you know, doing it. It was a range. I mean, well, one thing. You get too excited.

Yeah, you know me. I'm bloody impulsive. And I was just, yeah, one, I think third attempt, did a parallel park and scraped the back wheel against the kerb. Not a good look. That's a fail. Yeah, one time I was going to a concert, so I wasn't focused. My eyes went against the curb. Not a good look. That's a fail. Yeah, one time I was going to a concert, so I wasn't focused.

My eyes went on the road. On your way to the concert, you drive to the concert. Yeah, I was like, mate, can you drop me off here? One time I think I drove over a roundabout and I had some shockers. But you would vouch,

I'm a menace on the roads. Oh, yeah, not good. I shouldn't have my licence. No, you shouldn't. No, you've seen me. You've seen me drive. Juliet, you got your hand up politely? Yeah, I'm just saying

that I think we've got the lady who failed her licence on the phone. Oh, wow. At least Producer Humphrey is just talking to her. Should we get her on the air, Producer Humphrey? Here we go. Well, this is live radio at its finest. I wasn't expecting this.

Hello, how are you doing? I'm good, thank you. How are you? Oh, we're good. We're sorry to hear about your wee incident that you had going for your licence? Yeah, it wasn't ideal. How filthy was your front seat?

I know, right? No, it actually wasn't that bad. But yeah, apparently it was a COVID risk. How old are you? 38. And you don't have your driver's licence? I do have my full driver's licence, but, yeah, I've had my restricted for a wee while.

And do you get to re-sit it when? When you've given it a bit of a go with the rug doctor? Yeah. Yeah, all booked in for next Monday. Oh, good. I mean, my car's filthy. No, they wouldn't want to jump into my car. The stuff that my car's seen is a cesspit.

Well, you're quite taken back by that? I can imagine you'd be like, is this legit? Is this an actual thing? Yeah, I was like, this is a weird joke. And you're like, thank God, because my parallel parking is shocking. True story. Leticia, listen, we hope you do get your licence. Thanks for phoning through.

No, no problem. Good work. Go and scrub that seat, mate. Yep. And all the best for your driver's licence test on Monday. I hope you pass with flying colours. I should do. Thank you so much.

I'll tell you what, we'll follow up with you on Monday. Okay. See if you've got it, okay? Well, don't put more pressure on, Leticia. Yeah. Actually, we'll do it live with you. We'll do it live on the radio while you're taking the test. We'll be in the back seat.

We'll do an outside broadcast from your car while you're doing the test. Sky Sport looking for sports coverage these days, maybe we can film it. Bring along the commentary team. We'll get one news there, they can do a live cross. Breakfast TV. No, we won't do that to you.

All the best, Letitia. See, mate, that was crazy, wasn't it? Breakfast TV. No, we won't do that to you. All the best, Leticia. All the best. See, mate, that was crazy. Yeah. Hey, people are listening. Who would have thought? And I wanted to chuck out 0800THEHITS, the oldest person listening who has actually just never had a licence.

Never bothered sitting it. How the hell have you got around? Yeah. Do you know someone who's never had a licence? How old can we go? 0800THEHITS is the phone number. 4487 on the text. Let's go to Neil in Hamilton.

Welcome to the show, Neil. Oldest person who doesn't have a driver's licence. Is it you? No, it's my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law. How old? She's 50 and he's 54 or 55. Oh, wow. Never had one?

Never had a licence. I'm just saying, how do you get around? Yeah, so the two of them together, there's not one of them who drives. Oh, wow. Never had one? Never had a licence. I'm just like, how do you get around? Yeah, so the two of them together, there's not one of them who drives. He push bikes. Right. And she uses like the bus. I mean, there's options, aren't there?

I don't know why I sounded so surprised when I was like, how do they get around? Yeah, there's public transport, there's other ways. Oh, that's, and they've just got no desire to get their licence or drive. No, well, they've got no kids, to get their licence or drive? Well, they've got no kids, no, yeah, nothing. Well, you can still drive if you don't have kids, but anyway.

Yeah, I know. They don't have to, you know, then... Get people around? Yeah, no, no, I get that. I get that. No responsibilities, that's fine. And, hey, their carbon footprint, a lot better than ours. Yes. And no one's ever going to go,

can you pick me up from the airport? Oh, you'd be like, I can't. There are advantages. No rego, no warrant, no mechanical issues. Maybe they're doing it right. Neil, thanks for your call. May you go and have a wonderful day. Same with you, mate. Kelly's on the air.

Oldest person who doesn't have a licence, Kel. 90. She was 90 in August and she still walks everywhere. Who is she? Who is this magical lady? She's from West Auckland. Lots of people know her for her walking. Always walking everywhere. 30 years I've lived in Waihei.

She's still got no licence. She still walks. How did she get to Waihei from West Auckland? She walks. That's incredible. But I imagine she's probably fit and healthy. The grooviest old lady I've ever known. Oh, that's cool. Someone's just texted.

Doris, someone just texted. Is her name Doris Turnbull? Yeah. Now, look, I've got a phone number. I'll give it to you offline if you want to ring her up. She's amazing. She's probably out walking. If I take her out shopping, I get worn out. I have to sit down and wait for her. Really? She's running. She's probably out walking. If I take her out shopping, I get worn out.

I have to sit down and wait for her. Really? She's running a rapid, but she's like one of those competitive walkers with their hips whipping side to side. She walks straight. No bad hips, no bad knees, nothing. We'll get Doris's number. We'll give DT a call off air.

Yeah. Thank you, Kelly. Appreciate it. Okay. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Facebook. The Kiwi Referendum.

Yes, we're doing this, looking for the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. We figured that we'd be leading up for the actual initial election date. We've got nothing to vote on, New Zealand, so we've designed this, where we put the ultimate pieces of Kiwiana up against each other and

jeez, I tell you what, New Zealand, we love a piece of Kiwiana. We do? And we've got so much stuff that's Kiwiana. Now my question is, when does the stuff stop becoming stuff and start becoming Kiwiana and have we got too much of it? Right. Yeah, we're at the point where we're sort of in the garage now. We really want to throw it out, but we can't.

I mean, there's probably a big sign that if we're holding a tournament, there's enough items to hold a tournament that maybe we've got too much Kiwi-O. Well, yesterday was a big battle. The first battle between Cheese Rolls, very iconic, particularly down south in Southland, and Richie McCaw, again, very iconic in the South and all over New Zealand, the rugby legend. And we spoke toaw, again, very iconic in the Southland, all over New Zealand, the rugby legend. And we spoke to a couple of people that weighed in.

This lady, Kaz, from Southland, who knew how to make cheese rolls really well. Oh, my Lord. Well, it's got to be the cheese rolls. Oh, you wanted to say Richie. Oh, Richie's up for a challenge there. He is. It's tough. As much as I love Richie, I love cheese rolls more. And we went to Kurao

which is Richie McCaw's hometown and spoke to a cafe there and they were torn. Not only do they make cheese rolls but they also have to live in the same town

where Richie was born. I live in Kurao so I really although we do make the best cheese rolls look I'm going to have to go with Richie McCaw just to be a good

Kurao-out. A Kurao-gian. A with Richie McCaw just to be a good Kura out. A Kurausian. A Kurausian. Yeah, a Kurausian. A Rouser. A Kurausian. So the Kurausers backing McCaw, but unfortunately it was not enough.

Yeah, Richie McCaw lost. He lost. Out. Round one. Gone. Richie McCaw, the great Richie McCaw, gone. He'll be as devastated as he was when they lost in that semi-final.

Yeah, I know. It was a semi or the quarters in France. Oh, yeah, I think it might have been the quarters. Yeah, He'll be as devastated as he was when they lost in that semi-final. Yeah, I know. It was a semi or the quarters in France. Oh yeah, I think it might have been the quarters. Yeah, he'll be more devout than that.

So cheese rolls go through to our next round and it is a knockout style tournament and today's round. This has been an institution and something that I've watched every night

and I watch it with the commercials on network television. Ben, I know this frustrates you. He says I'm the only one keeping network TV alive. You are. But that's how I like to do it.

I like to do it the old school way. Shortland Discovery Network are keeping network TV alive. It's a good idea. Shortlandham Street. I tell you what, it's been around for 25 years, Shortland Street. Yeah, but taking on Shortland Street is something that's been around for a lot longer

and it's, I'd say, more iconic in every summer. It's not a summer that goes by in New Zealand. You couldn't have this multiple times. Kiwi onion dip. So that is the battle today. Round three, kiwi onion dip. The original kiwi dip. Celebrate.

Whatever. Versus Shortland Street. Yeah. Imagine if Shortland Street wasn't around. Three quarters of New Zealand's acting fraternity couldn't have fallen pregnant to Chris Warner. That wouldn't have happened. Yeah.

Both these things, again, very iconic. That's the point of this competition. So who's going to go through? The early polling results. Onion dipped slightly ahead, and you can get your text through 4487, and we'll announce the winner just before 9 o'clock. But we are joined right now by the matriarch of Shortland Street.

You wouldn't argue that. Yeah. Shortland Street taking on Kiwi Onion Dip, Dr. Chris Warner, Michael Galvin. Welcome. Good morning. I'm well. How are you? Oh, we're doing well, buddy.

What are you looking at right now? I'm looking at trees. I'm sitting outside in are you? Oh, we're doing well, buddy. What are you looking at right now? I'm looking at trees. I'm sitting outside in the Shortland Street studios and I'm looking at my coffee that I've got. What are you guys looking at? Each other, I suppose. Yeah, we gaze into each other's eyes longingly. Yeah.

Lovely. We have a lot of eye contact, don't we? I imagine it's the same for you with scenes, though. You have a lot of eye contact in your scenes. Way too much eye contact, yeah. And also invading each other's space because when you shoot, you have to stand unnaturally close to people.

And who's got the deadest eyes that you stare into every day? Ken Barrington is always thinking about just getting home and doing something interesting. You can tell he's not quite engaged. He's Dr. Drew, right? Dr. Drew, yes, but it gives him a mystery on screen. It makes him enigmatic, so it works well. Although it's not great if That's right, Dr. Drew, yes. But, you know, it gives him a kind of mystery on screen.

It makes him enigmatic, so it works well. Although it's not great if he's operating on you. He's not focused. I wouldn't want any of us operating on you, believe me. Now, Michael Galvin, Dr. Chris Warner, obviously, we're trying to vote right now because, you know, the election was meant to be on in New Zealand. We wanted to give people something to vote for.

And so we're voting for the most iconic New Zealand things. And we put the best of the best into a sort of knockout style tournament. And it's made it quite tricky because right now, Shortland Street, the iconic TV show which you're on, is up against Onion Dip. Oh, that's a toughie. Okay, look, I'll tell you why Shortland Street is iconic and deserves to be iconic.

This is an opinion that's been backed up by lots of people. We kind of made it okay, in a way, to be Kiwis on TV. When Shortland Street came out, right, back in 1884, or whatever, 1992, well, it came out and there's all these Kiwi accents and everyone was like, ooh, right, back in 1884, or whatever, 1992. Well, it came out, and there's all these, like, Kiwi accents, and everyone was like, ooh, no, and there was this thing called the cultural cringe. Nobody

really liked hearing our voice on the TV, you know. If you wanted to be a Kiwi on TV, you had to kind of have a proper voice. And so we got a lot of flack because of the way we spoke, which was the way Kiwi spoke. But that kind of changed, and that Kiwi voice became accepted. And then it became really a valued thing.

And then shows like Outrageous Fortune came along, and we loved how Kiwi that show was. But that wouldn't happen, I don't believe, without Shortland Street and everybody just getting used to the fact that we are Kiwis, and this is what we sound like like and this is how we behave. And so I think Shortland Street has done a lot for this country in terms of overcoming what we used to call the cultural cringe. It's not really a phrase you hear anymore,

but back in the 90s and when I was growing up, when I was a young man, the cultural cringe, that was a big thing. That being said, what way are you voting, Michael? Well, I'm going to vote for Shawlin Street. He's like, I don't know if you heard just what I said. They pay the bills. Onion Dip aren't paying your bills, are they?

No, they're not. I do admit that Onion Dip is nice. Well, they haven't had it for a long time. And Shawlin Street 2 has launched careers of EKJ Arpa. Tim Morrison, I was just watching him on Aquaman last night which was on Netflix and yeah, he's so good,

Tim Morrison, isn't he? Yeah, he is. He's lovely. Martin Henderson. Martin Henderson, he's doing extremely well. You've put a great case forward

for Shoreland Street. Thank you. My dream. My dream. Who have you got to start defending Onion Dip? Well, we're actually going to be speaking

after 8 o'clock this morning to the lady who invented Onion Dip. Oh, wow. Yeah, her name is Rosemary. She used to work for Nestle. So back in the day, she was in charge of putting together combinations to sell products, apparently, and she invented the combination between onion soup mix and reduced cream.

That is genius. But how long ago? Was this the 70s or the 60s? I can't remember. She's in her 80s now, I think. She was told. I don't know what decade it was, but I do know, well, I guess we'll find out when we talk to her, but I do know that she was told that onion soup sales,

they were declining, so they put it on her to boost the sales. Oh my God, and she did it. She did. Which is a fair call. I mean, who goes out and buys onion soup? Yeah. I hope they gave us royalties or something. I bet they did it. Well, and she did it. She did. Which is a fair call. I mean, who goes out and buys onion soup? Yeah, yeah. No one. I hope they gave us, like, royalties or something.

I bet they did it. Well, we'll find out later on this morning. Oh, awesome. Mr. Michael Galvin, a.k.a. Dr. Chris Warner from Shawland Street, love your work. We've been letting you get back to it. Thank you. Someone's having an open-heart surgery. We've been letting you get back to it.

See you, mate. All right. That'll keep. We're in the middle of our referendum. Putting New Zealand's most iconic things head to head in the ultimate battle of Kiwiana. And this morning, it's Kiwi Onion Dip taking on Shortland Street. Yeah, we've spoken to Dr Chris Warner from Shortland Street,

and now the inventor, the originator, the mastermind behind Onion Dip. Her name is Rosemary Mount. Good morning, Rosemary. Good morning to you. Rosemary, your onion dip is currently in our big Kiwiana tournament. Oh, great. We're deciding on the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. Oh, that's it.

That's it. It's won. Rosemary, you invented onion dip. I did. This is, thank you. That's amazing. Can I thank you? From my amazing. Can I thank you? From my arteries, can I thank you?

Thank you. My clogged arteries. Now, how did this come about? You were working for Manchi at the time, is that right? Yeah, I was working for Desley. I was their home economist. And my job was to develop recipes and sell product, really. That's what it came down to.

I was there to sell product. And so how did you put together that combination between the onion, you know, the onion to make onion dip? Yeah. I think, I think I've often thought about it actually, but dips were popular at the time. They just really come in and

we needed to boost our onion soup sales. Our onion soup sales, they were lagging. We need to get Rosemary. Let's get our best lady onto this. And reduced cream sales weren't, but that didn't really come into it. I tried it with cream first.

It wasn't very good. And then I thought, well, this is crazy because we've got a cream, the reduced cream, so I put it with that and it just happened. I love experimenting. And you tried it at the time, put a chip in there and you're like, oh, that's good? Yes, we did. We certainly did.

Yes. And so onion soup sales must have soared. Well, they gradually, yes, they increased gradually. Did Nestle give you a gold watch or something? This seems like their jewel in their crown. No. No gold watch. That was a job.

That was my job. Yeah. And so, onion dip, have you ever got sick of it after all these years? No, I haven't actually. I use it in different ways, not only as a dip. I love those bread rolls from the South Island, that mix of cheese rolls. Oh, yes, the cheese rolls in Invercargill, very popular down south, aren't they? I put some onion dip on that.

Oh, onion dip in that? Yeah, they're also in our competition for the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. Well, they're wonderful. They are. They're great. And also little tiny pastry cases. Put some onion dip in that. You can use it in different ways.

I use it for curing eczema. In what? It cures my eczema as well. It does? Yeah. Wonderful stuff. Versatile, doesn't it? I don't know if that would look so good in a versus.

Over the day, the smell starts to really take over, but the eczema goes away, and that's the main thing. Well, that's the most important thing. People love putting a little bit of malt vinegar in there or sometimes you don't mix it up as much and you get chunky bits, which is quite nice. I know people do like to

add lemon juice or vinegar, but I quite like it just as it is. You're like, I made it as it's meant to be. Don't mess with the onion dip. Did you ever make any other combinations that were as successful? Yeah, I probably did, but I don't remember them. That was the one that seemed to take off. Now, I want to ask you,

what do you think is the perfect flavoured chip to go with your dip? Just a plain salted chip. Oh, really salted? Yeah, a plain chip, preferably. And not too thick. I don't like thick chips. I do. I don't mind the thick cut, I'm going to say, Rosemary.

And so do you just still receive a plentiful supply of onion dip from Nestle? Free onion? Oh, you're having to buy your own now? I do. You have to buy your own? I do. I do. I'll be in the supermarket telling everyone.

I think they should send me a must-see. It's like Michael Jordan having to buy his own Jordans. Corporate world. That's right, mate. The corporate beast, Rosemary. You're just a cog in that corporate machine. Exactly. Rosemary, thank you so much for your time,

and thank you for the tip. Good to talk to you. Bye. Take care. Our favourite white splodgy substance taking on our favourite soap opera. Ben Bliss, you've been managing the polls, keeping an eye on the polls,

the News Hub Read Research poll, Colmar Brunton One News poll, and all morning, Onion Dip just been pipping Shorten Street at the Post and the final results just come in. Yes, they have just pipped Shorten Street at the Post. Onion Dip. Kiwi Onion Dip. Theyipped to Shorten Street at the post. Onion dip. Kiwi onion dip.

They're through. The original kiwi dip. Kiwi onion dip. So well done. Kiwi onion dip goes through to our next round of our knockout style tournament, but it doesn't stop there. No.

If you're a fan of the internet, they tell me it's taking off. Yes. Then you may want to head along to our social media channels, Hits Breakfast. You've got on Instagram and the Facebook page as well, where we're chucking this up after nine o'clock.

Round four, Lord. This is Lord of the Rings. I'm restless. Oh, the Battle of the Lords. Really in it, Lord, Lord of the Rings. So if you want to vote for your favourite, go to the Hits Breakfast on Instagram or Facebook and you can vote. Okay, all right.

It's a really good referendum, this, isn't it? Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Just like a chocolate milkshake, only white and disappointing. It's Jono and Ben on the Hits. Spy, launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso tortilla pocket. It's our favourite part of the show, behind the commercials, the weather, and some other stuff.

Producer Juliet with Spy. So Sia has donated $100,000 to a radio show in Australia. Fitzy and Whipper are specifically the hosts over there. For them to give away to people who are doing it tough in 2020. So $100,000 split among people in Australia, and people can nominate who they think is deserving for some money. And I just think that's the greatest thing ever. Isn't that so generous of her?

Oh, so generous. And actually, I've just got an email through here. Benny has got in touch with us. Recording artist Benny. Don't say that. Don't say that because we're talking to her today for later in the week. Well, she has kindly donated $10

and a St. Pierre's sushi loyalty card. Two more clips, you get a free sushi. And we'll be giving that away as well. Thanks to Benny. Now, this is a very generous act. It is. From Benny and Sia.

Yeah. Sia loves cheap thrills. Normally, that's a song, right? Yeah, she's like, I don't need money to have a good time. Obviously, she saved the money from her cheap thrills and she's spending it on 100k. Maybe she paid back the people from that night who paid

for all her Ubers and her drinks. And the chandeliers she broke from swinging on them. She's got some costs mounting up. She's giving it away to a radio station. So if any celebrities are listening to us, surely approach us and give us a 100 grand to give away. That'd be great. That's a great pitch, Juliet.

Yeah, you're welcome. Oh, the phone great pitch, Juliet. Yeah, yeah, you're welcome. That's what they all get into. Oh, the phone line's lighting up. Yeah, yeah, wonderful, wonderful. And Gordon Ramsay, someone has spent some time and gone through. He used the F-bomb 212 times during his new TV series with National Geographic. No, you can't tell the world's in lockdown when you're resulting to counting how many F-bombs Ramsay's dropped.

I know. And they've also counted the word bloody 45 times, the S-word 27 times, and arse 11 times. He's just an absolute. You've cut together a bit of a montage as well. You didn't quite dedicate 238 times. No, I didn't.

But here it is. Hey, you. Hey, f***, quick. Come here, you. Come here. Touch it. Touch it. Hey, f***, quick. Come here, you. Come here. Touch it. Touch it. Touch it. It's cold. F*** you. It's still walking, that f***ing piece of beef.

You. Pathetic. I don't want it anymore. I don't want to wait for your s*** anymore. I don't want your s*** anymore. Out. Out. He's so aggressive. He seems unreasonably angry. But I don't think he's always like that. No. I think he just puts on a persona for TV.

But when he's filming those shows, obviously he's in the kitchen calling someone up. And then when the cameras stop rolling for a coffee break, is he like, hey, guys, I reckon the shoot's going really well. Yeah, how was that? Was that all right? Was I too angry? Yeah, these contestants are like, you're just abusing me.

Oh, it's all for the cameras, mate. It's all for the cameras, all right? Roll up, let's go. Oh, what the? Throwing a pan at your head. Oh, time for lunch break. Okay. Yeah, no.

Let's go get lunch. We'll get dinner. Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your family. Wow. You've got a mixed split personality, Rambo. Vast contrast. Anyway, he's entertaining and that's the main thing.

Exactly. I don't care whose feelings he's hurt. And that is Spy Things to Old El Paso. You can hurt. And that is Spy. Thanks to Old El Paso, you can launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso Tortilla Pocket. Hey, you've got toothpaste on the side of your mouth. It's Jono and Ben on my heads. Guess what's in the pocket

with Old El Paso Tortilla Pockets and win your share of 50,000 pesos. Now, if you love Mexican food, you can now get your hands on Old El Paso Tortilla Pockets. Tortillas with a bottom, so all your favourite fillings stay inside with no mess. Great invention. So you can get a pocket eight-pack,

ready to be filled to the brim with your favourite morsels, no matter how messy. They're kind of almost like holding little cones of sort of tortillas, which is a great idea. Genius invention. I bet you it was that little kid that they're always so happy with on the old El Paso. They throw them up in the air and enjoy.

Now, each day, Jono's going to give a clue to what's hiding in one of his pockets. Now, if you think you know what the iconic thing from Mexico is, 0800 the hits, and you could win 10,000 pesos, which converted is around about 691 New Zealand dollars. That just sounded better when we said 10,000 pesos. Although, this morning in my pockets, I've got tissue. You know when you leave a tissue

and it goes through the wall that's the worst thing a human can do to another human you have to clean it all up

and it's a nightmare so we're going to make it a little harder today and if no one gets it it jackpots until tomorrow

so we only take one call so what's you want to give some clues who do you want to go to two phones

already ringing should I do the clues first they're not going to know what they're going to answer you haven't done your clues? Oh, should I do the clues first? They're not going to know what they're going to answer. You haven't done your clues.

Sorry. Clue number one. It's named after a region where it is produced, this particular item. Okay. That is sitting in my pocket. It takes 8 to 12 years to mature this particular item. Dwayne Johnson has his own brand of this item. Okay, well, should we stop there?

Is that too many clues? No, it's good. I think it's the right amount. I feel like I've done all this the wrong way around. I went to go to the phones and got the clues wrong. Lynn, you're on the air. Welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast Limbo. G'day, g'day, g'day.

How's Kaitaia this morning? Yeah, oh, Linbo. G'day, g'day, g'day. How's Kaitaia this morning? Yeah. Oh, beautiful sunshine. Just put all me blankets in the washing machine to wash, get dry. Yes. Yes. I've never met anyone so pumped about washing. I love it.

I love it. All right, Lin, you heard the clues? Kind of. I sort of came in halfway through. Oh, that's what we want. Someone who's half heard everything. Oh, you might be tough, man. I can read them out again for you.

It's something that's named after a region where it is produced. This particular item, remember, it's a Mexican-themed item. Takes 8 to 12 years to mature. And Dwayne Johnson has his own brand of this. Have you got any idea what it is for 10,000 Mexican pesos, Lynn? I was thinking of chilies. Oh, it's noties. Oh, no. It's not chillies. Sorry, Lynn.

It was tequila. You could put chillies in tequila. Don't try and bamboozle us, mate. We're here running this game. We're as organised as it can be. It's got a jackpot to tomorrow, but you've got another chance tomorrow. You have a great day

with your washing will do will do love your work Limbo so jackpot's tomorrow so tune in tomorrow on the show where we're giving away

20,000 Mexican pesos thanks to our old El Paso tortilla pockets this is wild tortillas with a bottom so your favourite fillings stay inside with no mess

New Zealand's breakfast just don't eat them they're chewy it's Jono and Ben on the Heads. Now at the moment, you know, off of months, so all we've been talking about is COVID-19 here in New Zealand and right around the world. You know, it's one of those moments in

history, isn't it, when we're all, you know, floating in space, just our heads in capsules, floating in space in 20 years. We'll be talking about this to our grandkids. There was a time we had to wear them and they'll be like, shut up. Take me to Mars. How long to go?

Oh, just we'll be there soon. I don't know why I'm reenacting this weird hypothetical situation set in space. But you're right, though. It is in words that are becoming the new normal, like the new normal, things like that. We're talking about masks are becoming a thing that people are wearing all over New Zealand, and for good reason.

Those are all good things to have, right? Yeah, I mean, you do a lot less touching of other humans, don't you? And you feel kind of weird when you shake a hand now. Are you allowed to shake hands? I don't know. Have you shooken a hand lately, Producer Julia? I don't think so. I think I just go for the elbow.

Weird elbow. The elbow thing, you know? And do the awkward... We did one the other day and we both walked away like, I feel filthy. Oh yeah. I feel like I've caught it already, just from shaking a hand. We thought we may pay tribute to some things that have

gone, that we are going to miss next to this new world. Yeah, like Ben's Portuguese calf massages. Calf muscle massages. I'm going to miss those. Oh, you can still do those. I'll book in for another session Friday. But these are things we are going to miss right now. We've got some nice dramatic music.

Things we're going to miss because of the current world situation that's going on. I'm going to miss reading those filthy communal magazines from 2005 in the doctor's reception. I'm going to miss coughing and sneezing without people looking at me like I'm the worst human being in the world. They're going to be like, what is he? I'm going to miss blowing out candles on birthday cakes then eating the saliva cake that everyone passes around and has a slice of.

I love that. I love that note going, is this a sauce or someone's slobber? You don't know. I'm going to miss that. I'm going to miss awkward white guy handshakes. I never know which way you're going to shake. You've got to make it up.

Is it going to be a cool thing? And you end up in a clasp with your fingers intermingled. Yeah. I'm going to miss going to the supermarket and squeezing every bit of avocado and then putting them down and deciding I don't want avocado anymore because they're not in season and they're quite expensive. That's what I'm going to miss. I'm going to miss having to politely smile when I can't be bothered smiling at someone.

Now I'm wearing a face mask. It's true. No one knows what you're doing. No one can see you cheering. You've really got to work your eyes. You've got to squint them eyes to a smizing. Yeah. I'm going to miss wearing pants

when conducting work meetings. Oh, no, we actually should wear pants because we're back at work now. Yeah, no, do. You should actually. We've been meaning to talk to you about that. Okay. The whole crew's talking. Oh work now. Yeah, no, do. You should actually. We've been meaning to talk to you about that. Okay. The whole crew's talking.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, fair enough. I'm going to miss going to the buffet and piling nine different types of food onto my plate. None of it makes sense, but you eat it anyway. And finally, I'm going to miss passports. Hmm. Probably won't need those again.

Those are some of the things. And I'm going to miss showing. Can I just check one more? I'm going to miss showing my nose and chin off to the rest of the world. Keep this thing hidden. This big nose and ugly chin should be out there for all to see and make fun of. And those are some of the things we're going to miss. Morning, it's Jono and Ben on the Heads.

Welcome to the show. This is the Six O'Clock Club, how we branded this little hour of the radio program. I want to say good morning to the girls at DHD, Commercial Laundry, who listen every morning. The 6 o'clock club, it's great. Just a reminder, we've got our AGM coming up for the 6 o'clock club. Right. There's going to be a vote as to who the new CEO of the club is going to be.

All right. Currently, you're the CEO, Ben. I feel like it should be you. You're very passionate about the 6 o'clock club. I'm the marketer. I'm the brander. You very are. You you're the CEO, Ben. I feel like it should be you. You're very passionate about the 6 o'clock club. I'm the marketer. I'm the brander. You're the quiet CEO. I love being part of the 6 o'clock hour,

but I didn't know it was a club. You keep saying it's a club. Yeah. And we'll send out an email. The best role of 6 o'clock club is not to talk about 6 o'clock club. And I'm doing a great job. You're not. There will be a Christmas party too this year for the 6 o'clock club,

which is great given the current COVID climate too. I'll be booking out a bowling club or something for us to all to attend to. I'll send out an email. Time for this. Kia ora, I'm Ash Thomas and this is the Beeping News. Yes, producer Juliette inconveniently beeps just lovely news headlines. Yeah. That's fine.

Without the beeping, we would understand what they were. Ash Thomas, our newsreader, reads them. By the way, must give a shout out to Ash Thomas' mask game. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. She's got homemade masks she makes. Every day she's bringing different masks. They look great.

She's got more masks than I've had showers. Yeah. Seven. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. More masks than, like, Batman. You know, when Batman goes to his wardrobe and he's got a different

lot of masks. Different masks for every day of the week. He's got them labeled. More than the Avengers. But anyway, that's so good to this. He's got a different mask for every day of the week. He's got them labelled. More than the Avengers. But anyway, that's good. All right, first news story. Parrot amazes wildlife park visitors by... So Parrot amazes wildlife park visitors by...

I reckon it's one of those parrots that swear. You know, they're always amusing, eh? Yeah. You bring the kids up to it and it starts... Hey, your mother! And you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're one of those. I'm going to say the Parr parrot amazes wildlife park visitors

by masquerading as a lion for 10 years. Oh, yeah, that sounds realistic. Parrot amazes wildlife park visitors by singing Beyonce. Now, do you want to hear this parrot sing Beyonce? Of course I do. That was my first question. Here we go. If I were a boy.

If I were a boy. If I were a boy. Wow. That's literally a parrot singing If I Were a Boy. Isn't that so good? I know, it sounds like a human. It does. It really does, but it's a parrot.

Are you fooling us? No, it's literally legit. That's pretty impressive. I know. It's a great news story, isn't it? It is, mate. Yeah. I'm frothing for it.

Sounds like how if someone at a Christmas party would sing. Yeah. If I were a boy. A few would sing. Yeah. If I were a... If he drinks in. Yeah. Next news story. Nudist couple will pay someone £2,000 to help them move, but the person must...

Have arms. Oh, that's good. It's very handy for moving, isn't it? I'm going to say also be nude. Oh. Nudist couple will pay someone £2,000 to help them move, but the person must be naked too. Oh!

There we go. Success. You're squatting down and picking up couches and things. Yeah. A lot of moving is not conducive to being naked, but naked, isn't it? I know. How much would you guys get amongst that

if you saw that job listing? Would you be... No. Would you do it? No. I'm not great at this. I don't like helping people move. That's my

major problem. You're right to be nude. You'll come around someone's face nude. Oh, and you want me to move? No, I'm not going to do that. But moving's awkward clothed. I mean, let alone nude. You know when you jam your fingers in the doors when you're carrying the couches? Yeah. Why do you have to be naked to this? Just to add to the shame

of it and finally in news and beeps this morning empty become the latest tourist attraction in England okay I'm going to go

empty house that Megan and Harry made the queen build for them becomes the latest tourist attraction in England I'm going to go

something random like an empty bin becomes a tourist attraction I would get amongst that one that you suggested Jono by the way not my bin

maybe not empty ghost cruise ships become the latest tourist attraction in England attraction. I would get amongst that one that you suggested Jono, by the way. Not my bid? Maybe not. Empty ghost cruise ships become the latest tourist attraction in England. So all of the cruise ships that aren't being used at the moment, they're all parked up in English Channel and some guy who runs a ferry business saw it as an opportunity to take tourists on a ferry up close. They don't actually

get to go on board, but they get to go up really close and kind of see the size of it and apparently it's just booming the business. Yeah, so that's a thing. But you could see it from the shore? Yeah.

So you just see it closer? I see it closer. See that boat you can see from the shore from there? You're closer. Look at that. Wow.

How much do we pay for this? I know. 60 per okay. It's like money well spent. I know. Want more Jono and Ben? You can catch up with the boys anytime. Just search Jono and Ben on Instagram.

Scrolling through your feed. Tell you what, he's not afraid to tackle the big topics and give his opinion. John Campbell's a wonderful broadcaster. In the meantime, he's been voiced with topics he deems appropriate for the hits audience. Now, Winston Peters, New Zealand first leader and Deputy Prime Minister, has been snapped having a sneaky smoko break at a university, a target university, which is smoke-free.

The campus is smoke-free. Yeah, I saw him sucking on a gasper next to a sign that says no smoking. You don't get more boss than that, do you? Yeah. Okay, it looks like we made quite a good point driving in this morning talking about the weed referendum

because for years New Zealand's, you Zealand's claimed we're smoke-free, we're all you're trying to be. And then we're looking at it, we're introducing something that allows people to smoke. Which is kind of like, oh yeah, I guess you're right. You have to take down all those signs. Yeah. Smoke-free New Zealand.

I didn't know Winston smoked. Right. Do you know Barack Obama smokes? Yes, I think I actually knew that. I think he's quit now, but I think he used to, or maybe he has a stress dart in his oven. They had a tent for him outside the White House. Oh, really?

Yeah, that he would go and smoke in and be under the cover so no one could take photos. Wow. Yeah, well, Winston Peters yesterday, as we heard on the show, was very upset with Jack Tame on Q&A. He got on there and Jack Tame was asking him questions. He wasn't happy about it. Having to answer them.

On a show called Q&A, which got on there and Jack Tame was asking him questions. He wasn't happy about it. Having to answer them on a show called Q&A, which you pointed out yesterday. An old boomer. He came down hard on Jack Tame. It's all well and good to look back at things in retrospect, isn't it? James, don't try and be a Philadelphia lawyer with me. I've been around a long time. James.

James. My name's Jack. I love Jack Tame. I actually signed off the show as James T time. James. James. My name's Jack. I love Jack. Tame actually signed off the show as James Tame. Have a listen. Welcome back to Q&A. I'm James Tame. Even when Winston's not telling you off,

you feel like you're getting a telling off. You're just seconds away from a telling off as well. At any moment, he could snap. Now, Georgie Pie is no more. It came back for a while. Because we all made so much noise. We were like. Now, Georgie Pie is no more. It came back for a while. Because we all made so much noise. We were like, bring back Georgie Pie. Poor old McDonald's.

We put them under the pump to bring it back, didn't we? They brought it back, and now since June, it has gone. But you could own the very last box of Georgie Pie pies. Now, Ronald McDonald House is selling these for a great cause. Iconic Kiwi classic. 42 frozen pies, steak and cheese, and they're selling for about $18 each at the moment, $1,500 for the last Georgie Pie pies.

Oh, it was a huge campaigner bringing back the pies. I never even had one. Oh, no, but you wanted it back, didn't you? Like, bring it back. Bring back retrospective stuff. Yeah. Stuff that's so much fonder in your memory than in reality. We never had them in Marston,

but I remember one of my friends went over to Palmerston North and got Georgie Pie back in the day and bought a whole lot. And he had it in his freezer like that too. And then he had it sort of like a sort of black market sort of pie game. Oh, did he? At school, you know, so you'd be like, hey, you want a Georgie Pie?

Bootleg in pies. I'll bring one in for you. You have to pay him so you can get a Georgie Pie and get it heated up at home. Wow. So I was like, yeah, he could have bought this. Were you a fan of Georgie Pies, Julie? I've never had one

and I don't even know what's in them. I've just Googled it to try and figure out what is inside it. But you said $1 and $2 menus so you'd have a dollar pie and a $2 back in the day.

Now when you think back to it, you're like, well, $1 seems too cheap. Yeah. We had a wild rumour going at my local McDonald's when they were serving them is that when they were building it,

they were making pies but a rat fell in from the roof into the pies. And then so that was a wild, spread like wildfire. Another one was like someone found sawdust in their pie as well. It was a bad period.

They were still delicious because that's why they're the dollar, affordable. If you want to get your hands on the last Georgie Pies in New Zealand, you can head to Trade Me and that is scrolling through your feed. More painful than your alarm clock. It's Jono and Ben on the hats. The A to Z in New Zealand, you can head to Trade Me, and that is scrolling through your feed. More painful than your alarm clock.

It's Jono and Ben on the hits. The A to Z of New Zealand. We are calling every town and city in New Zealand. We do one a day. We do it alphabetically. It's going to take us over two and a half years to call every town and city in New Zealand. That's the A to Z of New Zealand.

Now, you raised a very good point just off air, Ben. You're like, we've just come off the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. Now we're phoning every town and city. It's relaxed, guys. You're like, we've just come off the ultimate piece of Kiwiana. Now we're phoning every town in New Zealand. It's relaxed, guys. It's relaxed. Quite a New Zealand-centric 15 minutes of radio here. We've addressed it now.

That's good. We've talked about there's nothing we can do with this. We've put it together like that. We're rolling with it. Yeah, we've acknowledged it. It wasn't like that

before the show, but we've moved something back and we've tripped ourselves up. Yeah, well, it's just 15 minutes of we say we're New Zealand's breakfast and I tell you what, no one can argue that in the last seven minutes.

But today we're going through to another Frankdon. Yesterday was Queenstown's Frankdon. Today, Hamilton's Frankdon, a central suburb of the city of the Tron. It's the site of the main passenger railway station, a major industrial commercial stretch on State Highway 1, and it was the home to the V8 supercar race when it was there. Oh, of course. Great location to do burnouts, grow a mullet,

and drink pre-mixed bourbon and cola. But apart from doing some rakis, growing a mudflap, and smashing some codies, what else does Frankton have to offer? Well, we're going to go through to the cake shop here. Hopefully they'll be up early. Bacon away. Good morning, Cakebox. G'd morning, Cakebox. G'day, Cakebox.

It's Jono and Ben from the Hits radio station. How are you? I'm well. What is this? We're in the middle of the A to Z of New Zealand. We're calling every town, city, suburb in New Zealand. There's one a day. It's going to take us two and a half years in Frankton.

Hamilton is next. How are you? I'm very well. What is there to do in Frankton? Get your car repaired. Okay, a lot of places if you've got a warrant, rego. Yeah, all of that.

Mechanical failures, they can get sort of rust repair. Yep, very good panel beaters around the road I can vouch for. You're going against the grain and specialising in cakes. Yes, we do. You know, Ben doesn't like cakes.

Well, it's not that I don't like cakes. I just feel obligated to have cakes. You know, on a birthday. I'm not a big cake person. That's fine. I could change your mind. You could change? Oh, okay, okay.

What's your best cake? Most popular is our chocolate mousse. Yeah, see, I do like a chocolate mousse. It's not as stodgy as your stock standard chocolate, is it? No. A bit lighter, fluffier. Yep, yep. Another question.

The blowing of the candles in this COVID environment. Not involved. Yeah. If you can, I have heard that there are, there's like these weird covering things that you can put over the cake. Oh, you can put a cover, yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

But I've heard. Yeah, it was Mother Bugbear before COVID that you just, you'd go to a kid's birthday party, they'd spend 10 minutes just hosing the cake in saliva. And then everyone would go, what a piece of cake. You're like, no, I don't. It builds immunity, I reckon. Well, yeah, that's what we used to say, right?

Not anymore. It's like a glistening layer of slobber. Now, Frankton, have you lived there for a while? We've had this shop here for six years. Okay, so you're well-versed in Frankton, have you lived there for a while? We've had this shop here for six years. Okay, so you're well-versed in Frankton. If we were ever to come there, and let's say my car didn't need a warrant, a rego, or any fixing,

what else would you suggest we do in Frankton? There, that's a pretty hard stretch to give you something to do, actually, in Frankton, to be honest. I notice there's a lake. Oh, yeah, we are just down from the lake, yeah, around Lake Domain. That's a nice walk. Jump in the lake?

Yeah, take about 30 minutes, walk around it. Well, normally people would say that as a bad, oh, go jump in the lake, but you're saying it's a good thing. Oh, no, you don't want to swim in it, no. Have a walk around it. It's toxic. They sprayed it with arsenic about 70 years ago, and they're still trying to deal with it, I think.

Fair enough. That's like Springfield on The Simpsons. Something like that, yeah. Nuclear waste in there. Three-eyed fish. Hey, lovely talking with you. We've covered some ground, you know, toxic lakes.

Yeah. I wouldn't say it's that bad, but no, it's nice. I mean, as a kid, we used to swim in it. And your 12 fingers would bounce. Not encouraged. Hey, listen, well, you look after yourself.

You keep baking, and have a great day in Frankton. Thank you very much for your time. Okay, thanks. Not a morning person? Sadly, neither of these two. It's Jono and Ben on the hits. Spy, launch into mess-free Mexican with the new Old El Paso tortilla pocket. She doesn't drink coffee in the morning.

She has a steaming cup of celebrity and then spills it all over them. Here's Juju with Spy. That's a wonderful pun. Thank you. So John Legend, he won the title of sexiest man alive last year. There's an official thing. It's like People Magazine or something, eh? Yeah, People Magazine.

They do it every year. I mean, Idris Elba's one Dwayne Johnson's one David Beckham's one they're all sexy men they're sexy as they're all very sexy and he is ready

to give it up he said he's done with that title he's done it and he wants to give it away apparently people on Twitter are all like Jason Momoa

Jason Momoa he's a good looking guy he's sexy he's really sexy I always wanted to do the sexiest man dead competition. Who would you get in there? Elvis?

Elvis is sexy. Yeah, true. John Lennon? Yeah. Heath Ledger? Heath Ledger was sexy? Oh, Heath Ledger. You're sad.

It makes you sad. But I'm saying they're sexy. I know, but it still makes me sad that they passed away. Because Heath Ledger passed away too soon. Oh, so there's like a time gap. Yeah, I like that. But even still. Frank Sinatra?

Yeah. He was sexy? Is he all right to say he was sexy? Yeah, but Frank Sinatra, anyway, I don't know why I'm humouring you on this. But you're remembering them for their sexy times. Yeah, like you're going, okay, peak Frank Sinatra.

He was pretty. Yeah, okay, all right. And peak Elvis. Yeah. Sexy. Yeah. I'll release my list. Yeah, you should do that.

You should do that on the hits.co.nz. Sexiest man to look dead inside, Joe Pryor. Thank you. And I don't know what that's saying, but I'll take it as a compliment. And Megan and Harry, they've finally paid back all the taxpayer money that they owed for the renovations they did on Frogmore Cottage. I think they lived in for like less than a year. They did spend all this money renovating it and then...

And then she ripped him away from his family. Yeah. Pretty much. To a vacuous life in Hollywood. Pretty much. But they've paid all that back because of the big Netflix deal that they've signed, which is I think multi, $150 million or something. So we're just talking about this.

So they've signed on to Netflix to produce films and movies and TV shows and that, but they won't necessarily be in them, and they won't be about the royal family. They'll just be producing scripted things or factual things, but they'll just be producers on there. That seems very vague. It seems a lot of you signed up for it, just some stuff. Oh, we'll produce some stuff. You give us $150 million, we might do some stuff.

You put our name, like Harry Presents. They could do some more voiceover work, like Megan did with the elephant documentary. Maybe. She was great in suits. Maybe she'll get back. True. Maybe she wants to get back into acting,

and this is her way to it. Well, Harry's definitely chosen his path now, isn't he? A separate path. And as long as he's happy, that's all I care about. As long as you're happy. Do you care about that? Of course I care about Harry's happiness. Do you know what I always

kind of thought about? If he dies, he'll be on my sexiest man dead list. Oh yeah, for sure, for sure. What I kind of thought about was when Harry and Meghan got slammed for spending all the taxpayer money on Frogmore Cottage, Kate and Will actually spent a lot more, but they didn't get the heat. Yeah.

Oh really? Well maybe because they stayed with the royals. Yeah, true, true. Yeah, because they're't get the, they didn't get the, The heat? Yeah. Oh really? From the internet. Or maybe because they stayed, stayed with the royals. true. Yeah, because they're good British people, who suppress their feelings, and emotions. Kate doesn't talk.

No. Okay, like she's supposed to. She just sits and looks pretty. They behave how they're meant to behave, how we want them to behave. Yeah. For the royals,

right? For more spy, you can head to the hits.co.nz, and it's thanks to Old El Paso, you can launch into mess free Mexican, with a new Old El Paso. You can launch into mess-free Mexican with a new Old El Paso tortilla pocket. They're bloody good. I have taco Tuesday tonight.

I'm going to get some of those. Yeah, we like that we get the boats. Even though I know we're here for like that. They're kind of like those, but a bit more salient. Yeah, pockety. They're a little more pockety. And I've been a boatie guy. I might try the pockety thing.

Yeah, you should. Like starting your day without your morning coffee. It's Jono and Ben on my hits. A feeling good. Why is today going to be a good day? We want to end the show as we like to do every day with some positivity here to send you out there and having a great day,

the best day that you can in New Zealand. You know, I feel a bit sorry for Tuesday. Tuesday doesn't get much love and attention. Monday gets all the hate. Wednesday gets, you know, well done, we're halfway through. Thursday's the entree to Friday. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the amount of great lip service those three days get. Tuesday, nothing.

It's a no man's land. Yeah, you're right. It sort of just goes under the radar, doesn't it? So we want to give it the attention it deserves with you, Amber. Welcome from Tauranga. How are you, mate? Morning, good. How are you? Oh, we're doing well. Lovely to have you on. Why's it going to be a good day? You finished what I said. You know what I'm talking about, Amber.

Yeah, well, it's a beautiful morning here in Tauranga and I just treated myself to a hot chocolate. Oh, that chocolate's not cold. It's hot. And I tell you what, we'll give you an Ashley Bloomfield face mask. Thanks for coming to Face.co.nz. Have a great day, New Zealand.

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