Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: $3 For All You Can Eat Pizza?!?!

Episode Date: April 20, 2023

For Flashback Friday we take a deep dive into the nostalgic pizza culture of New Zealand What everyday event would you win a gold medal in? Shoes on a powerline... Ben's kids love the warriors... sort of. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Dogs, dogs, dogs, undies. You know I can't grab your goose chips. Friday, flashback. It's a Friday, and we like to look back on a Friday at something nostalgic. I really, really enjoy this. A wee trip down memory lane, as I said before. It really does. It's amazing how quickly you forget about things, but as soon as you hear something or see something, boom, you're transported immediately back to that moment in time, aren't you?

And New Zealand has had just a wonderful history of pizza, haven't we? Probably a richer history of pizza than the Italians, I would say, over the years. And so many wonderful pizza proprietors. Do you remember Eagle Boys? Yes. Eagle Boys came in from Australia. It came in not for a long time, but a good time, didn't it, Eagle Boys? It didn't feel like it was around for like 20 years or anything.

No, it had an Eagle mascot. I remember it would spin the signs out on the street as well. And you remember the iconic ads? What are you going to throw at us this week, Eagle Boy? Three large pizzas. Three large pizzas for only $26.95. The Eglibor. Did love an Eagle Boys suit.

Now, I can't remember, were they the delivery cars with the phones on top? Or was that Pizza Haven? I wonder, yeah. And then eventually they started going, oh, these phone cars are too expensive, and you started, you know, teenagers would turn up in their parents' Corollas, and then eventually, you know, maybe 20-year-olds and their rusty old Daihatsus or something. But, yeah, Eagle Boys was a wonderful... They do a great job, pizza companies.

As soon as I heard that number at the end, I was like, oh, that's right, 100, 101, 101. Well, you know, they do a good job of just getting into your heads. Yeah, oh, Pizza Hut's got the good number, the 0800... Pick up Pizza Hut. Yeah, again, you're right. They just do a good job. As someone who worked in advertising, writing ads,

I mean, I could only dream of that sort of recall. Now, I'm going to play you an ad here. You might remember the all-you-can-eat in-dining Pizza Hut. Yeah, it was huge. As a kid, all you wanted to do was go along and have just gorgeous self on pizza after pizza. And dessert as well. There was a whole lot of dessert.

Oh, and I don't... This is 1990. I probably wasn't aware of what my parents were paying when they would take me to All You Can Eat Pizza Hut. But just listen how... The cost of living now, we know it. Well publicised. Us, the media, we keep banging on about it.

Have a listen to how cheap All you can eat was in 1990. Gonna hit the hut tonight. Oh, Pizza Hut, that's right. Treat yourself to Pizza Hut's new all you can eat. Help yourself as many times as you like for just $3.95 when you dial in. Gonna hit the hut, yeah, Pizza Hut tonight. $3.95. All you't eat. Gonna hit the hot gal pizza hut tonight. $3.95. All you can eat.

$3.90. Jeez, we must have been fat back in the 90s. $3.95. I mean, I get all that inflation, but $3.95. All you can eat now for $3.95 is your stomach lining. $3.90. Wow. Yeah.

A wild deal for a pizza hut. There you go. Bring it Wow. Yeah. A wild deal from Pizza Hut. There you go. Bring it back. Like I said, we always wanted to bring it back for a weekend, didn't we? Someone's texting for it. Yeah, we did. We wanted to do the all-you-can-eat dining restaurant. It seemed like quite an outrageous cost to just do it for a weekend from when we looked

into it, Ben. I know it's your dream, but they're like, oh, we're going to have to rebuild the pizza. You know, the construction costs alone. There's a lot. For 48 hours, this is what you want to do? Yeah, Ben. I know it's your dream, but they're like, oh, we're going to have to rebuild a pizza. You know, the construction costs alone. 48 hours? This is what you want to do? Yeah. So that idea's never got off the ground. Someone's just texting, Pizza Haven. Do you remember Pizza Haven? Not really.

You don't? No. I only remember it because when I was first starting in radio, the rock was heavily associated with Pizza Haven, and we had an abundance of vouchers that I think were designated for listeners but ended up in my stomach. From 19 through 25, I lived on Pizza Haven.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. For New Zealand, we won the Commonwealth Games in 11 years' time in 2034. I think we're going to do some sort of co-pro with Australia and we thought well hey if we get the Commonwealth Games it's way way away let's branch out the sports

Are we hashtag co-labbing with a particular city in Australia? I don't know actually Producer Joel you can come in now Victoria the state I believe Thank you now turn off your microphone stay out of it Well that's good Melbourne Melbourne New Zealand hashtag collab for the Commonwealth Games

Love the Commonwealth Games because we do so well we don't even have to break down stuff per capita do we at the Commonwealth Games? No awesome so yeah there's sports there's always new sports brought in as well so we thought we'd find out from you if there was something that you would win golden uh what would it be now as i say it's not necessarily a sport it could be things about you know for me worrying

we talked about this earlier you know i worry about stuff that's probably think i could win golden worrying yeah hand sanitizing too oh yeah who's got the cleanest hands and then they have like a you know someone licks the hands and then they have like a, you know, someone licks their hands and goes, oh, yeah, that's clean. Yeah, that was big.

Drenched in alcohol, those hands. Ben, I know what you're going to say. I'll get to the chase before you. I'll cut to the chase before you do. Kind heart. Eh? Kind heart.

Thank you. That's what I was going to say about you. No, I was a hair loss. Yeah, exactly. You just want to look like a nice person. You know what, I'll give you a gold medal in. Yeah.

Bullying. Oh, hey, it's nice to win gold, you know? I've been training for this for a long time, so thank you to everyone. I was trying to think of another everyday thing that I might win gold in. Folding t-shirts. You are very good at folding t-shirts.

Very good. Like retail quality. You give me a t-shirt, I'll fold it, and that would be the most boring sport on the face of the earth but I'd win gold in it. Oh but that's what we want we put it on the Hits Breakfast on Facebook last night, some great

comments coming through as well eating chocolate is one that's come through a few times, eating grocery packer taking everything in one load I always thought that should be the strong person competition yeah that is

like 12 bags of shopping and you've got to take them in for some reason it's humour we just find that you have to

take every bag of shopping from your car boot inside yeah like a second trip is just not even an option

not that far it's not that far but I'm like I'm trying to get I need a win here trying to get the ball oh well I'd probably get gold Katie says I'm trying to get the ball I need a win here trying to get the ball oh well I'd probably get gold

Katie says I'd probably get gold for saying I told you so every time a toddler gets hurt which is a good one okay

I don't know the hits give us a text or call 4487 the text number this morning if an everyday event was at the Commonwealth Games

what would you win gold in? Commonwealth Games. Could be coming to New Zealand. I hope it does. In about 52 years, great way for the government to distract what's really going on in the country at the moment.

Hey, we've got the Commonwealth Games happening in 2082. Something to look forward to, isn't it? It costs a living. It's tough out there at the moment, but hey, Commonwealth Games. We filled out the application form to have the Commonwealth Games in 90 years.

Yeah, true. She's way to get political, John, aren't you? Oh, no. But you know, it's the vibe out there, mate. Let's live in the misery that is now.

Let's not look forward to the future, Ben. But yeah, if the Commonwealth Games did host sort of everyday things, what do you think you would win gold in?

Me, another one just thought of parking tickets. Oh, yes. You would definitely win gold for that., another one just thought of Parking tickets Oh yes You would definitely win gold for that A lot of parking tickets come through Because the thing that we enjoy Is you get them sent to work

And you like to spell this out on the radio Every time in the hope that Jennifer, my wife, will hear that Constantly It's an exciting day in the office When you get mail Because we're like Oh John, I've got mail

It's parking tickets Do you know I got Coming back from Christmas And they had all stockpiled Over the festive season mail because we're like oh johnny's got mail it's parking tickets do you know i got uh coming back from christmas and they had all stockpiled over the of the festive season and i had been here for a few weeks producer b humps he phones me facetimes me and i knew what it was like i was like if any he's gonna be flashing tickets and i answered the thing and he's like waving them around there's about a dozen of them and And my wife Jennifer, she works here as well in the marketing department, he goes and hands them to her. This is the stuff I'm meant to hide.

Parking tickets. But I'd win a gold medal in it, that's for sure. Nick, we'll get you on from Christchurch. Welcome. Hello, how are you? Yeah, great to have you on. Yeah, we're doing well, Nick. It's lovely to have you on.

Your everyday event, what would you win gold in at the Commonwealth Games? I would sure win gold in telling my kids to sit down at the table and eat their dinner. I think a lot of parents would be pretty good at that, but you're obviously the best. Well, it's an everyday event, and it happens probably about 10 times before there's any listening going on. But would you judge the gold medal performance on getting the kids to sit down? Or how many attempts? Probably the amount of attempts I'm guessing that you would win gold for, right? Yeah, so it would be trying to get four to stay still.

Four? You've got four to manage. Bloody herding cats. I bet another event you'd win gold in is put your shoes on. Yeah. Just put your shoes on yeah just put your go to bed yeah

all those yeah wait it could be like a decathlon you know you have all of the the parenting go on Commonwealth Games I love it we're going to send you out some hell pizza

so you can tell your kids to to sit down and eat that at the table I'm sure they will sit down and eat that actually they just don't want to eat their veggies. You have a great weekend, Nick. Appreciate your call. Cheers. Nicole, welcome.

You're on in Christchurch as well. So what's your... I won't spell... Oh, shut up. Shut up, bro. I can see what you're about to say. You wouldn't win gold in shutting out, though, would you? What's your everyday event you'd win gold in, Nicole?

Being able to fold a fitted sheet. I was about to say that. That's a skill that I wish I'd mastered, but I can't. I sort of just bunch it up and put it in the cupboard and hope someone else will deal with it. But what's your technique? So I just sit down and watch some YouTube clips

instead of being able to just wrap it up in your hands. Yeah, and I've mastered it. And now I've got to teach my mum to be able to follow them, which is a cool skill to learn. Yeah, I'm just going to keep bunching and stuffing.

It works for me. But hey, it's obviously working for you. Well done. We're going to send you out some help. You've won gold. Oh, awesome. Thank you. And one going to send you out some hell pizza. You've won gold. Oh, awesome. Thank you. And one more. Everyday event should win gold in the Comm Games.

Shannon, welcome from Auckland. What would it be? Hi. So from getting up and getting ready to getting to work, I think I can do it in pretty record time. The fastest person to get to work. Is this because you like to snooze the alarm or just like to give it? Oh, yeah.

I have like seven alarms to get me up in the morning and then I get in the last minute. I'm like, all right, got to get up now. Oh, so, okay. How many like once you're up and what's the time between getting up and getting to work? So, I've got like 20 to 15 minutes to get up and get ready and then get to work in about 20 to 30. Jeez, that's remarkable. Yeah. Getting ready dressed and ready to work in about 20 to 30. Jeez, that's... Yeah.

Yeah. Getting ready dressed and ready in 15 minutes. That's remarkable. Well done, Shannon. I work in retail. And you work in retail. Good on you. You've got gold as well.

We're going to give you some hell pizza, home of the best damn pizza. Oh, many. Thank you. Have a great weekend. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. You had a very awkward conversation, a particularly awkward conversation with your son.

Yeah, well, you know the shoes on the power lines. We all know what they're for. It's a wonderful marketing strategy. For those that need to know what the shoes mean, they know what they mean. Although we all know it, so surely the law enforcement agencies know. Anyway, I feel like, well, it's, but hey, they're there.

They're there, right? It's a billboard campaign that costs you the price of a pair of shoes, isn't it? Sometimes you look up and you're like, there's some nice shoes out there. Barely worn, those shoes. Now, you had the conversation brought up with your son and you didn't know what to say back. So we put on the Hits Breakfast

what could you say? Why the shoes are over the power lines? Great suggestions coming through on Facebook. What happened? say? Why the shoes are over the power lines? Great suggestions coming through on Facebook. What happened? Someone suggested that the linesman was fixing the power lines and he accidentally left his shoes up there by mistake. That's quite good. Why was he doing it?

I don't pay this apart, mate. Why is he doing it to your feet? But anyway. Well, yeah. Giraffe earmuffs, carefully placed to the right height, ready to go. That's really good. Just in case a draff is wandering down a suburban street. Oh, my ears are a bit cold.

Just slots in perfectly. It's good to have them playing helicopter, helicopter, please come down and someone let go of their shoes. A pelican came to try and pick up Jono. Someone suggested you tasted really bad, spat you out. You ended up on the power line, spat out the shoes as well. They ended up somewhere different. So they're very... Then my son would be like, surely you would have told me that story before this moment. But they are beautiful. They're like earrings for power lines, aren't they? My big query

around this is because you've got some shoes outside your house, are you on the power lines? They've now gone, yeah, but the neighbour who used to live next, anyway, across the street they used to have them. Neighbours at war. Back and forward. Now the person has left the neighbourhood, but that was one of the things the neighbour across the road would do. To wind her up.

Yeah, would just like throw them outside her house. I was like, you're sacrificing a lot of pairs of shoes for this. Yeah, but it is, you know, the reward is worth it, isn't it? Because it would wound her up. As she'd ring the council, the council, come get these shoes.

If they had another barney, you'd go, all right, here's some more shoes up in the pillow. But me, there's the floor, I find the floor in the plan

is because, yeah, okay, shoes here, one of these houses is going to help you with what you need. Yeah,

yeah. For those that like to buy plants but don't like to go to garden centres like to go to suburban homes yeah but which house is it

that's yeah there's probably half a dozen in the vicinity do you knock on all the doors how do you know which one it is that's a very good point what did you say to Oscar

like at the end did you say anything I told him you told the truth yeah which is probably that. Yeah, I was like, now go on, mate. Knock on the door. Get us a bloody tinny.

Be a good boy. Just find out which one of these it is. Because I don't know which one it is. What are these houses? Here's 20 bucks. But how do they get them up there? If that was an Olympic sport, New Zealand would be winning gold. Oh, actually, well, so a Commonwealth Games sport. That could be something.

Chuck it in there. New Zealand does. Because we want to talk about this next. If you could compete in the Commonwealth Games for something that you're good at, not necessarily a sport, maybe it is throwing shoes over a power line, what would your sport be? 4487, love to hear from you next on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Huge news for Warriors fans last night. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, who's been playing rugby, played for the All Blacks, has announced he's coming back to the warriors next year for three years now i've been saying that potentially it's our year for the warriors this year but now it's like well next year is it's our years the next five years are our years now you had a note in the run sheet that we share a very organized radio show that we uh we know what we're talking about. The note says, Ben, why your young girls are now fans of the

Warriors. Now, can I have a guess? Yeah, because I took them to the game the other day. I'm a huge fan, as you know. Is it because for just 80 minutes a week, their dad isn't making them do activities? He's sitting down, focused on something, and that doesn't involve them on jumping, climbing, running, doing stuff.

Maybe, maybe. Is that why they're fans of the Warriors? Not in particular, but they might be fans when I'm watching it at home. They might be fans of that. Yeah, because there was a game on last weekend, a home game, and I was like, hey, one of my activities. Let's go to the Warriors. This was something more for me, and because it was for me, I mean, you know, the family were keen to come along, but I this was something more for me and because it was for for

me i mean you know the family were keen to come along but i know it's more for me so i was conscious of making sure everyone was having a good time because i want everyone to go away going geez it was fun of the warriors let's go back again so you know i was that dad for a change you know me i love my carrot sticks and hummus but if you want to you want a mini donut that day, this is the day to ask Dad for that, you know? Dad's panned for all the deep fried foods. Whatever you want. You want nine litres of Coke, drink it. Yeah, so I wanted everyone to have a good time as well.

And then they'd been, when they were very young, they'd been to the Warriors game, and they remember when they were there, there's the hill, there's the grassy hill. And they were like, we slid down that hill can we go sit over there and I was kind of torn at this stage because our seats we had were great I could see the scoreboard I could see the screen I was happy but then the grassy hill is where the kids wanted to go and up there you can't see the scoreboard or the or the big screen it's kind of behind the big screen yeah but i was like we'll go up there for a bit just to give you know the kids a fun time and they were

having great fun rolling down the hill sliding down on boxes they were loving it and i was a little agitated because i was great i met the warriors great everyone's having a good time but i couldn't see the screen i was like hey guys can we go back to the seats now and they're like no this is so much fun we love the warriors and i'm like oh you know i can we go back to the seats now? And they're like, no, this is so much fun. We love the Warriors. And I'm like, oh. I can take you to a grassy hill after the game. I know. But I was torn by the fact that now they've got some love

of going to the Warriors games. So now I feel like afterwards, it was so much fun sliding down the hill. We want to go back to the Warriors. Well, why don't you combine both? Save costs on tickets, drive to the Warriors, drop them off at some grassy hill, you go to the Warriors, Well, why don't you combine both? Save costs on tickets, drive to the Warriors, drop them off at some grassy hill, you go to the Warriors, come back,

pick them up, you know, an hour and a half later. How's the grassy hill? Maybe pick them up some hot donuts or little mini donuts or something and bring them to them. So, yeah. We'll go to the Warriors. It's our year. Yeah, they've got a big game on Anzac Day

against Melbourne, actually, a late one, nine o'clock Anzac Day. I understand if we make it through these next four games you pretty much we may as well just get the trophy. Is that the deal?

Well no one ever says you know. Book the tickets to the grand final. I was almost last night when I heard two of us a shake and I was like oh

next year let's hold hold back on that one. The hits the Jono and Ben podcast.