Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Ben's Going Under The Needle!

Episode Date: December 11, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Barbie Megan won nine, well, got nominated, sorry, for nine Golden Globe Awards. Leading the pack, right, and then Oppenheimer, hot on its heels. Very good movie, Barbie, this year. I really, really enjoyed that. Yeah, I thought you were going to say Oppenheimer. I was like, that was long. Well, no, it almost intimidates me. It's like standing next to someone at a urinal. It intimidates me, Oppenheimer. You know, like, I just feel, because it's very long.

It's a lot of detail, historic. I did have to do some Googling on Oppenheimer afterwards. I was like, I don't get it. What's happening? Oh, so you watched it and you still didn't get it? Yeah. Okay, well, let's see. And then again, it's put me off a little bit more.

Now, Producer Joel, vicious attack in the middle of the night. Savage. Yeah. What happened? Tell us what happened. Yeah, I was just lying in bed last night. And then my girlfriend, Grace, lovely, lovely girlfriend, she was in the bathroom. And then, yeah, I was lying down.

I'd just got to sleep at about 10.30 last night, which is obviously quite late for a breakfast show start like us. And then, yeah, she just came in hot and accidentally fell straight on me head butted me in the nose um and yeah so it's just like her head hitting the pillow sort of thing but unfortunately it hit your head yeah she didn't realize i was there because it was dark and then just bang straight into my nose and now this morning i woke up and i was like damn my nose kind of sore and uh i was like just blew straight blood out the nose oh really because Oh, really? Because I can see a bump on your nose. Yeah.

Or is that always there? Now he's going to be self-conscious about that. Probably broken my nose now, but yeah, that was the attack of last night. I mean, you obviously remember it, but sometimes things happen in the middle of the night you just vaguely remember and you're like, weird.

You often have conversations with your partner or whatever. I have woken up and my husband's like, did I elbow you last night? I'm like, yeah, you did, right in the face. He's very like swinging the arms, like there's a lot of aggression happening in his sleep. We had someone a few months ago on the roof. I woke up and I was like, it feels like something is on the roof. Like I woke up and I was like, it feels like there's noise running across the roof. And I said to Amanda, my wife, I was like, wake up, wake up, there's someone on the the roof and I said to Amanda my wife I was like wake up wake up someone on the roof and she went yeah probably

and went back to sleep and I was like no and it was there was someone on the run from the cops we found out later from the neighbor and they ran across our if normally that's Santa's domain now he's the only one that hits the roof but yeah it was like you're gonna say just a fat cat shame our cat he's quite fat but But yeah, it was very unusual. But yeah, my wife was like, I mean, normally she actually, to be fair, she's the one that goes out and investigates. I'm a bit, I'm very much a wuss in those situations. You're like, Amanda, can you go and look for me?

There's a noise outside. What do I do? And then I'll boil the jug or put a cup of tea on or something like that. That's really my domain. So yeah. No good in the middle of the night. I am. I don't know why it falls on me. It shouldn't because That's really my domain. So yeah. No good in the middle of the night. I am. I don't know why it falls on me.

It shouldn't because Amanda's much braver than I am. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. And my family, you know, my kids, you know, like any kids, young kids, love taking photos and, you know, it's, you know, your photo stream is just on my phone. It's just full of photos that they've taken, you know, and photos that I've taken as well. But a lot of it's just them. And I'm like, I don't of them but just keep a couple i don't need 45 of them every single take yeah but we took it took a photo the other day and one of my daughters was like oh well let's get a selfie and we did and then she went oh dad don't do your tv

face i was like what do you mean and i was like well firstly i'm on the tv face is not on tv much anymore so you gotta practice and i was like what do you mean the tv TV face. And I was like, firstly, the TV face is not on TV much anymore. So you've got to practice in case. And I was like, what do you mean the TV face? She's like, oh, you know, your goofy look with the smile. And she's like, just do it normal. Either pointing or thumb. I was like, this is my face. This is my face.

I'm trying to be a bit more animated. I don't need wacky, Dad. She's like, I don't need publicity. Like, I'm in a photo on the side of a Skoda, Dad. I just need, I was like, oh, okay. So I didn't, now I'm a bit self-conscious when I get a photo taken. I was like, are you self-aware of what the TV face is? Well, I haven't been up until now, but maybe I am.

Producer Joel was just showing me a picture. Yeah, okay. Is this me or? You do have a. Yeah, yeah, okay. I do when you see it like that. You do, yeah. It's eyes wide? You do have a. Yeah, yeah, okay. I do when you say it like that. You do say, yeah. It's eyes wide, goofy smile, and a point.

She's right. She's right. But then I was like, well, the kids, I'm always saying to them, they always got their tongue on the side, a peace sign, a little, you know, they've got their sort of. Yeah, natural. They've got their little thing, you know. And to be fair, sometimes I do sound like my mum where I'm like,

I do get a photo. And then you're like, all right, let's take a nice one for me. Just for me. Just for me. Let's take a nice one. Just for the memories. But do you find that you would, you know, doing a lot of radio, do you feel like you have people like, oh, don't use your radio voice?

Or does that never happen? Because that is your voice. Yeah, I do get that a lot. Do you know, I met one of my husband's ex-girlfriends and she said to me oh you don't sound like you do on the radio do you you got a radio voice I was like oh but I never realized I did but obviously there's you know obviously I do well my wife is she's a school teacher and my kids also say don't use your school teacher voice because she will as well will you buy pizza or something she'll be like okay so if

i take one slice and you're like and the kids look we don't want to learn here at home as well as school but it's the same as your phone voice right like i would talk on the phone i'd be like hello megan speaking yes cuter and friendlier and approachable than when you're around the office polite yeah no just yelling at everyone around the office So, okay, if you notice me now Okay, I will try not to do my I just feel like it's my normal face Like I'm just trying to be What do you mean?

It's your normal face with extras So what do I do in the photo? Wide eyes What do I do in the photo? Almost a bit stunned with the mouth open Okay, no more photo They'll always see me around I'll be like, no photos

What's up with that guy you know you'll know the why you listening right now will know why there's a backstory that why I'm acting like a diva. Ben will no longer take photos. The hits the Jono and Ben podcast and it's heading into Christmas obviously 13 days away not far to go not long to go and you love Christmas we learned yesterday about one of your Christmas traditions writing notes and leaving it in with the Christmas decorations to read the following year, which is a cool tradition, actually. Yeah, and it's cheap, it's easy to do, and we've done it for years.

It's cool to look back on. Now, like me, you love watching Christmas movies. I always try and watch Home Alone with the kids, Elf, the Will Ferrell one, I love that. And you love Love Actually. Love Actually is the best Christmas movie. We watch it every year with our friends as like our little get-together. Oh, right.

You're watching with your friends. Every time I start it, and it starts with the airport scene, I just get goosebumps. I love it. It is a very cool scene, that opening scene with the airport. But producer Joel, 23-year-old, heading off to festivals over summer, loves The Warriors. He watched it for the first time over the weekend.

That's wild to me. You hadn't seen this before, and you had some issues. Well, yeah, I think it was a great movie. Don't get me wrong. Although it's only rated 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, so it's clearly not an amazing movie. But I did really enjoy it. But there was like eight to ten storylines and

i just think they probably could have brought it down to four you know developed a few storylines better yeah well like what about that guy colin who the guy colin the random dude who's like a waiter who goes over to america just to kind of pull a few girls and then comes back oh that's an irrelevant there was there was no need for that storyline. Oh, yeah. I got you. The two adult actors. What's your need for that storyline? Okay. All right. So you're saying too many storylines.

There's also been a bit of talk lately about how some of the things don't, like a lot of movies, some of the things don't stack up as well in 2023. Hasn't aged well. But not too, I mean, a little bit of fat shaming, I guess. But I think that's supposed to be unkind. Yeah. It's not supposed to be accepted because hugh grant stands up for her and he's like does she have big thighs yeah that scene is heartbreaking

scene though um with with the mom who's you know who finds out their husband has just bought the the jewelry i mean it's it wasn't until someone pointed out to me that he's like an older man who is her boss and that girl he's bought jewellery for could be quite young and it's like a power dynamic that's kind of not okay. Well, it could have been Secret Santa. That's why he hadn't told his wife either. He's like, oh, Secret Santa, you can't tell anyone. You know the rules of Secret Santa, I can't even tell you. Maybe they had a huge limit on Secret Secret Santa like a $5,000 limit

we've got me trying to justify it for some creep yeah and the US President hitting on the young tea girl yeah okay so you're saying

not part of your Christmas traditions now no I actually did really enjoy it though I say deep down I did enjoy it it was a great movie but the one weird thing though

Andrew Lincoln the guy from The Walking Dead, who does the iconic scene with the cardboard and stuff. Holding up the signs. How he was just at the wedding, videoing his best friend's girlfriend. I don't know. It's a bit creepy.

And the bit where she actually runs back and gives him a kiss. Yeah, it's like, does... I'm like, um... They only saw each other for two scenes. Yeah. Cheating. Cheating with your best friend. Is that justified cheating?

You've seen him for two scenes. I don't know. I think they justify it by him saying, enough. Enough now. I'm like, no, you just cheated. You can't like cheat and then say, now I've had my fix. Enough now. All right.

So what is your Christmas tradition? Is it like Megan watching Love Actually with her mates? Or is it like Joel bitching about Love Actually after watching it with no mates? 0800 THE HITS, 4487. We want some Christmas traditions that we can all enjoy heading into Christmas. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Talking Christmas traditions, and even while Kasia was playing, we're still talking love actually.

We're reflecting on scenes. You're just saying that Mr. Bean, you know, Rowan Atkinson, he was meant to represent what in the movie? I think he's supposed to represent the Christmas fairy. So at the end, he helps the young boy find love. But also in the scene where he's taking ages to do the wrapping, he's trying to stop the dad from cheating. He's trying to get him found out and stop that whole scenario.

Apparently. Gotcha. But I just love Rowan Atkinson in there. He's taking ages to do the wrapping. That's why he's trying to get him caught. It all makes sense. Now, that's a tradition that Megan has every year watching Love Actually. We want to know yours.

Nadia, good morning. Good morning. I'm great. Thanks. How are you guys? We're doing all right. We're talking Christmas traditions. I don't know if you can compete with the adorable one that Megan does,

writing a note and leaving it in the Christmas tree, packing away each year. I don't know if you can compete with that. Well, every year after we've done the Christmas rush and all the presents and that, we actually have a Santa-making pancake competition. So the pancakes are in the shape of Santa? Yes, so basically it's round pancakes

and we all get the same ingredients to make it fair play, which is chocolate sauce, whipped cream, a bowl of cut-up strawberries, and the pancake. And we post a post on Facebook afterwards, and the family sort of gives their judgment as well. Oh, so you judge it. You put it out to the people. You make pancakes looking like Santa.

You put it out for the harsh critics on social media. Yeah, and yeah, so it's great fun, and obviously the kids love it because they get to eat pancakes every Christmas morning for breakfast. I like that one. And how competitive does it get, Nadia? Well, it depends on who's hungry and who actually really wants to win. Do they look like Santa at all?

Like, are they one of those things that when you see, oh, a guy finds a chip that looks like Jesus, and you're like, is it? It's a big squint. Is it like one of those, or do they actually look like Santa? Well, our eldest daughter is quite the artist, so yeah, a couple of them can look quite close to Santa. So she does really well.

You've had a few years to practice, right? If it's a tradition, you can have some flair with it? Yeah, well, I've been doing it probably for about eight years now so it's great. And yeah, the kids look forward to the centre pancake competition. I'm way too competitive for that. It would end up in a throwdown. Christmas morning, the plates would be flipped.

Especially putting it to social media. That feels like it's a dangerous game. But it sounds a lot of fun. Do you find with pancakes, the first one's never good. I know you worked at a cafe for a while. It's the test pancake. It's never as good as the other ones. I don't know why that is.

You've got to get the temperature right in the pan. We find the same. Oh, sorry, what was that? We find the same, that the first one was never the best. Yeah, yeah. No, it's probably like we got rid of Jono, we got Megan. The first one was never the best. Nadia, you have a wonderful Christmas.

Thank you so much. You guys have a great Christmas too. Morning, Tracey. What is your Christmas tradition? Our Christmas tradition is actually Christmas Eve, where I do Nibbly Nights with the kids, and we have a ray of food. Watch Christmas

movies while wearing matching PJs. Yes, that's my vibe. What do you call it? Nibbly Night? Nibbly Night. I like the name, Nibbly Night. Well, it's really when mum can't be bothered cooking so we just get what every week out of the fridge and call it

Nibbles. Oh, that's a good Nibbly Night. I like that tradition as well. Yeah, it's nice to do those things. And the kids love it? They have. I've got them matching Macca's pyjamas this year. So they don't have to be Christmas-themed PJs? Well, they normally are, but hey, I couldn't resist.

I could say, oh, it's Peter Alexander. Mate, you've already checked out on dinner. You might as well check out on the Christmas decorators as well. That's awesome, eh? Well, that sounds like a fun thing. I like that. I feel like we could introduce that to my family. I love a matching outfit. My family, they'll

play along for me, really. They'll put it on for Dad. Well, I've done it for 16 years with the kids. I was 16 and it's their favourite part about Christmas. It's like, oh, I can't wait for Nib with the kids. Oh, wow. That was the 16th, and it's their favourite part about Christmas. It's like, oh, I can't wait for Nibbly Night. Oh, and I love the name, Nibbly Night. Well, you have a great Christmas.

I will. Merry Christmas. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We had our friendmas Christmas at the weekend. Yeah. Did you do Christmas presents for your friendmas? No. We decided, sometimes we do. sometimes we do like a baking competition.

We all bring baking and give it to each other. But this year we didn't do anything. Got us to live in crisis. Like cutting down. But as I was going to our friend Miss party at the weekend, I was like, oh, let's get some Bevraginos going. Let's have a drink at lunch. And it wasn't like a classy bottle of red

or anything I just went for some margarita premixes oh nice yeah nice good summer drink though yeah yeah just a couple

and on the way there I stopped off at the liquor store and I was by myself went in and I just took my phone paid with my phone but

didn't have any like form of because, you know, I'm 33. And as I was paying for it, the lovely man, who I don't know, he was like, oh, have you got some ID on you? I was like, excuse me. Also, then I suddenly was like, hang on a second. No, I don't. I started panicking and I didn't know what to say. So I said, I'm married. And I showed him.

Oh, you've been married. I showed him my wedding ring. He wasn't kind of panicked. He'd be like, I'm not hitting on you. No, I know. It wasn't like a question to ask you on a date. Do you have any idea? Let's go. I was just panicking because I was like, would I be hitting on you. No, I know. It wasn't like a question to ask you on a date. Do you have any ID? Let's go.

I was just panicking because I was like, would I be married at 18? I don't know. So that was your justification to like, I'm married. Yeah. You made that moral confirm. I did. I did. And that's when he just sniggered and looked at me and was like, oh, she's just kidding.

Oh, was he just kidding? So I went from feeling like on top of the world, like I'd been ID'd, and he was like, don't panic. Like, I know you're not 18 or even close to. It does sort of, it takes the rug from under your feet, doesn't it, those moments. I had one a few years back. I got ID'd with some friends going into like a bar.

And I was like, oh, yeah, okay, I'll get the ID. Again, feeling flattered that I did. And then the guy went and looked at my ID and goes, whew, couldn't have got that more wrong. some friends going into like a bar and I was like oh yeah okay I get the idea again feeling flattered that it did yeah and then the guy went and looked at my idea and goes couldn't have got that more wrong oh wow it doesn't matter though he still ID'd you yeah and I was like oh you didn't need to say that out there that could have been the bit you said in your head no at least he still thought you looked you thought you thought the guy that ID'd me was just kidding straight up it is an awkward it's an awkward thing and I get why they need to do it yeah but you can have those those those moments in stores i had one a few years ago when we had the tv show going on and

the lady oh right you had a tv well yeah for a while but the lady was like hey it's the guy and she said it quite loud it was at the supermarket big long line it's the guy for the tv it's the guy you know and then and then TV. It's the guy, you know? And then she's, what's the TV show? You're like, oh, she's making quite a scene. And I was like, oh, John O'Byrne. And then she turned around to the person who was in the checkout from the aisle. Do you know who this guy is?

And when they say that, I'm like, oh, God. And the lady's like, no. And then she goes, he's from that show. What's the show? You're like, oh, please. And you feel like you're doing your own Wikipedia. You're like, oh, it's a thing. And it's like, oh, please,

can I just buy whatever I need to buy and get the heck out of the supermarket? I thought you were going to turn around and be like, no, I prefer Jono. I think she thought I was Jono. Now these are, well,

two of them are actual news headlines. One has been made up by you and Megan, she's very good at making up headlines, we've discovered. She's quite a good liar. Yeah. It's a good skill to have. I have a journalism degree, Megan, so this is where it gets good to. Okay. Yeah.

Okay. I've talked you up. I don't know how to speak today. I've talked you up. You've come back from Sydney where there was 45 degree heat. Yeah, 44 on Saturday. Jeez. Yeah, it was great.

I feel like you've had a heat stroke. Then I come back here and I'm like, oh, yeah, that's cool. We're still in winter. You're in a puffer jacket at the studio without a word of a lie. Okay, first headline. New anti-aging drug designed to prevent aging in dogs is expected to be approved by the FDA in 2026. Okay, so anti-aging dog.

Okay. Okay, number two. Budget airline encourages passengers to pack own oxygen mask in case of in-flight emergency. Own oxygen mask? Okay, we'll delve deep in a minute. Okay, and the third headline. And number three.

Scientists make VR goggles for mice so they can feel what it's like to be attacked by a bird. Sorry. Would she laugh at her own headlight? Yeah I don't know That feels like the obvious one to me I actually would I think Like little tiny VR

Like does that Feel like the It feels like that's instantly the lie But I don't know What do you want to No I feel like scientists Would do something stupid like that Like little VR goggles

Cute little VR Like Stuart Little Well they're always doing tests On mice right? Yeah It's time to give back to the mice I think Get, they were always doing tests on mice, right? Yeah. It's time to give back to the mice, I think. What it feels like to be attacked by the bird.

What does it feel like to run free in a field or something like that? Well, I think like it's to make them think that they are out in the open instead of being tested. Okay. If that was a true story. If it was a true story. Let's go back to the first one again. Okay. New anti-aging drug designed to prevent aging in dogs is expected to be approved by the FDA in 2026.

I feel like it's that one is the lie. You reckon? Yeah. Okay. Why wouldn't dogs want anti-aging? You think just it's no one's. Well, because if they were trialing it for humans, they wouldn't trial it on dogs. And I feel like...

The animal testing thing. Taylor might make up something about anti-aging. And she loves Louie, her dog. Louie, the snarling dog that comes in here and... Love to keep him around. Okay, all right, all right. Well, let's lock it in. Let's say that's the lie.

Because I feel like a budget airline would ask you to bring your own oxygen mask, right? And then you just have to plug it into the cabin or something. I saw someone turn up to a plane yesterday, not while I was on the plane, but just a news story with a parachute on an airline. It's going around on TikTok. Which would make you feel a little uneasy if someone...

Well, I think it's great. Yeah, I wish I did it yesterday when I got back from Sydney because imagine that bit of turbulence and the plane goes down. I see you. I'm good to go. You can say bit of turbulence and they sit the parachute off. Okay, so we're good to go. You can say a bit of turbulence and they set the parachute off. Okay, so we're going to lock in.

All right, we'll go with you, Megan. Story one. Story one is the fake story. All right. That's incorrect. Yep, so it was the budget airline. Let's see if they're going to make you bring your own oxygen. Oh, so that's a fake one.

That's a fake one. I feel like when you buy a ticket with an airline, that should be. They these add-ons though like oh do you want food oh do you do you want oxygen so that hang on so that means they are making cute little mice goggles they are they are yeah which is exciting developments in science and anti i'm more excited about the anti-aging yeah so this is for larger dogs or breeds over 20 kilos because they do tend to age a bit quicker. They're getting this drug so dogs can last longer and I'm very excited as an owner of a German Shepherd back in Sydney.

Oh, very cool. How long until owners are going to start taking it themselves? They're like, I'm over 20 kgs, I'm true. How many dog years am I? Geez, don't do the maths on that. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Because, Megan, you come on here to the show. I was like, oh, this will be a fun week with Megan.

Last week. And then it's like, what? Day one, Monday, you're like, guess what? I've booked you a procedure on Wednesday. I'm like, what sort of procedure? What's a procedure? A procedure just sounds. A procedure sounds very scary.

And to be honest, a lot of people would find this quite scary. We haven't revealed what it is to you. No, you haven't revealed it. Now, Producer Taylor, you know about this. You've scheduled it into my calendar. Yes, so it was actually my idea because I have been dreaming of getting it done myself. Right. But I'm using you as my test dummy.

Like a guinea pig. You can't test on animals anymore for good reason, so now you can test on me. What's the next best thing to a mice, Ben? So, because you were talking about yesterday, a generalisation, but it is often true, that how females generally, more than men, will go to a lot of effort.

There's a lot of things you were saying that you will do as part of your regime. We should embrace ageing, but I feel like society is not quite there yet and i'm not ready to embrace my gray hairs uh so we do go to a lot of effort um for our beauty regime and you said i understand i do get it i got a photo my daughter took a photo the other day and i was like oh and she goes it's all good dad i'll a filter on it. I'm at filter stage of photos now. My kids know I'm at filter stage. They take those 0.5 shots that are meant to look.

They think it's funny because their forehead looks big. And it's like, because they're not used to seeing themselves looking like we do. We're like, if anything, I need more help than less help. I don't want a 0.5 photo of my forehead. Also, I want it known that I don't think you need help. This is more to, I think. Sounds like you do. You look great. I'm very nervous about my wife keeps asking me questions about it because i said i was

going to find out yesterday and i didn't she's like what is it i don't know she's like honestly what is it i thought i don't know she's like well we got uh my daughter's birthday we're going out with family wednesday night what are you going to look like going out i'm like i don't know and so she ended up i gave her your name you were going out wednesday night yeah i got wednesday night my daughter's birthday. And I was like, text Taylor. Text Taylor. So Amanda's like, oh, text Taylor.

Yeah, Amanda's in on it now. But then I was like, well, what is it? She's like, I'm not telling you. So she's not. So, Producer Taylor, we're not going to tell you just yet. Okay. But will he have to sign a consent? Yes.

There will be some forms for you to sign. Oh, I don't consent to it. Yeah. We're going to have to because we're paying for it. Well, you can have it then. That's what you want, right? Me to pull out, you have it. Amazing. So, I thought we

would tell you this morning, but before we do, I thought maybe we could take some calls on some beauty balls-ups. Oh, no, don't. When you've been somewhere and it hasn't quite gone right, or you've done some've been somewhere and it hasn't quite gone right or you've done some beauty therapy yourself and it hasn't gone to plan. I don't need this.

Because this is a procedure that we're going out to pay for to get done for you and it's a big thing. But during the week, we are going to do some other beauty things with you as well. This is the only thing you're getting done. I did ask you if you had any TV appearances. No. No, I definitely don't have that. Any photo shoots? Oh, jeez. Okay, all right. this is the only thing you're getting done. I did ask you if you had any TV appearances. No.

I definitely don't have that. Any photo shoots? Oh, jeez. Okay, all right. I tint my own eyebrows because I'm too tight to go and get it done somewhere else. But one time the little pack that I get that tints your eyebrows, they changed the, I guess, the makeup of it and the way that you do it. So I ended up putting it on.

Previously, you had to leave it on for like 10 minutes. So without reading the instructions and the fact that the pack had changed, I left it on for 10 minutes. And the new formula only required one minute. So I had dyed my skin and my eyebrows. It literally looked like I had vivid on my eyebrows, and it took a couple of days to go away. Like a character from Sesame Street or something. Yeah, like it literally drawn on my own face.

So that's the worst that I've ever done. Those things can happen, and this is what's making me nervous, and there's callers coming through to tell about their beauty botch-ups as well. We've got Liesl on 0800, the Hats. What have you had done, Liesl? Well, a few months ago, I decided to go a bit darker with my hair and went to the salon, very reputable place. I've been there, gone there for ages and everything.

And she did some, she put some dark hair or hair dye on my head. And it was actually fine. But the following day, it started to get really itchy and quite painful. And I ended up having a bad allergic reaction to the hair dye. And my head literally swelled up. I looked like one of those bobbleheads. Immediately, I just thought of those Mars Attacks aliens. So you got like, what, a double-sized head on your shoulders?

It wasn't like double, but it was quite, you know, you could notice it. It was quite a bit bigger. To be honest, I would rather a swollen head than my hair falling out. Yeah, no, luckily that didn't happen. I did have a very sore and blistered scalp for a few weeks. Oh, you poor thing. But, yeah, so no more beauty treatment. Did you go and ask for your money back?

No, I didn't, but I did message my hairdresser because I've known her for ages. She felt really, really awful about it. Not bad enough to give you your money back. No, not that bad. And, yeah, so she'd made lots of notes and everything. So now we're very careful with whatever we put on my head. Yeah, it was quite a harrowing experience i can imagine very traumatic

everyone would think you're all kind of up yourself big-headed at work but but obviously not great for you no oh you poor thing well thank you for well no not thank you for sharing that with me actually it makes me even more nervous about my procedure so we do all these different things to keep looking youthful and keep looking beautiful. And I said I get it. And then you're like do you really get it? I don't think you do get it. And now I'm thinking well maybe I don't get it. But I'm going to get it. Apparently.

Something that's happening tomorrow as well as a couple other things this week. Now what's going on? So this is a procedure that we have to do. Is it a procedure? You keep saying procedure. It is. That that we have to do. Is it a procedure? You keep saying procedure. It is. Procedure.

That you will have to sign a consent form for, and you will have to answer probably some health questions. It's at a clinic, and it's done by a professional. Okay. A lot of people would, you're getting this done for free. A lot of people would love this, including producer Taylor. I would too. I'd be scared though, and I would probably feel woozy to be honest feel woozy is an hour-long procedure hour it will uh break

skin you will have you will bleed probably it's not pec implants hey no that would take longer than an hour. I look like Peter Andre from the 90s. Is there anything it is to do with your face? So I did ask you if you had any photo shoots or any filming or anything happening this week that maybe you didn't want us to mess with the moneymaker. Well, there's not much money being made by us at the moment. So how long is this? Yeah. What is this?

Are you ready for us to tell you what you're getting done? Yeah. Tomorrow, Ben, you will be getting facial acupuncture. Facial acupuncture? What, needles into the face? Yeah. What is it? Who does this?

What's happening? Okay, I'll try. Producer Taylor really wants to get this done And she made the appointment I'm jealous, yeah So we're heading to the awesome business in Ponsonby Called Glow Body And they specialise in this

So I'm not just taking you down some side alley We're going to the best of the best There's a lot of needles around the alley Raised around work And I'm not so keen to stick those into my face So you're getting facial acupuncture So there is science behind this. So they target certain pressure points in your face that stimulates collagen, right?

Right. So, mate, 60 minutes of your time and you're going to come out glowing. But I'm quite tense and pent up. Is this going to help me? Well, you're definitely going to have to relax. Yeah, you'll have to. So nails will sit in my face. Yeah. But you won't see them because it's on your face. Well, you might in your to have to relax. Yeah, you'll have to. So needles will sit in my face? Yeah.

But you won't see them because it's on your face. Well, you might in your periphery. Peripheral. But do we have any idea of how many needles? I think there's quite a few. So I'm going to look like a hedgehog or something. Yeah, yeah. Please do not roll over.

Please do not. And so what? Collagen will help me Look youthful Make you look youthful Okay alright Mate everyone could do with more collagen How painful is this do we know It's not

Have you had acupuncture before No I haven't Do we know because there's acupuncture they put in And then sometimes they flick them Or they twist them And that can be quite painful Or it can twitch your nerves and stuff Yeah we'll see Not sure if that's the one Why does it have to be in painful or it can twitch your nerves and stuff. Yeah, we'll see.

Not sure if that's the right. Why does it have to be on the face? Why can't they? Well, that's what you want to be youthful looking. You want to put it in your arm. Put it in your arm. Put it on my shoulder and hopefully the collagen will move up to my face. Can I just say Jono, our very own Jono, gets acupuncture done regularly.

Give it up to his face. We've said his face. No, but when I told him about this, he said he'd even be keen to try it out. I said, that's a bloody good idea for him as well. Okay, a 4487 on the text because I need to consent to this. Should I consent to this? Ultimately, it's my decision,

my body, my choice. That's what they say, right? It's true. Not in radio. Not when you work in radio. Spilling the tea on Hollywood's A-listers. Kardashians. I have met every single one. Exposing scandals.

She's not a good person, but either is he. Digging the dirt. Is she a diva? Yes. And finding out what's going on behind the scenes. Yelling at cast members. Yes. It was a script.

No. His identity is a secret. But his stories have been proven right time and time again. This is NT. All right, Kerry. It's your time of year. If you Google Mariah Carey at the moment, you get snowflakes coming down Google. Oh, wow. I mean, she said it. She's the queen of Christmas. Have you met her, Auntie?

Is she a diva or is she actually a lovely person? I mean, she is the one person, person like if i write something that is in any way negative i generally get a letter from her lawyer the next day oh really and what kind of tone of the letter oh it's just it there i mean it's it's basically just hey you wrote this or whatever i and look and they're all true but, but just her lawyer is just a person who, you know, they have a system where they're just Googling and have searches for Mariah every single day. I think that Mariah has made herself the queen of Christmas. And I just have a really big problem with the way that she treats her co-writer and how every year

the All I Want for Christmas is more and more Mariah's and basically that she came up with it when she was a kid or something like that on a Casio keyboard. And, you know, Walter, the poor guy who, by the way, wrote like Hero and One Sweet Day, is just going to push off to the side. And he wrote the whole Merry Christmas album, by the way. But she has taken the, you know, All I Want for Christmas and just said, oh, no, it's all mine and all this kind of stuff. Not, you know, she has, it's 50-50. And honestly, she's probably lucky to get the 50.

But she's made it where it's 90 to 10. Walter would still be getting paid though, right? Oh, he gets paid. Don't worry about Walter. Well, Auntie is. Do you worry, Auntie, you get a letter from a lawyer? That would scare me. That would worry me.

That would frighten me. But what, I mean, are you so used to it now that you kind of just have to roll with it? Yeah, I don't really care anymore. Because I know that it's just, it's kind of like this. It's kind of like, you know, there's just some people that have like Google alerts. And if you have enough money to have a lawyer on retainer or whatever, and then whatever. I could go on there today and write, you know, Walter wrote 90% of it. And then the lawyer would say, oh, you know, this post that you wrote or whatever, you know, remove it.

And I know that Walter wrote 90% of it, but I just, I don't care. So I just, I choose to not, you know, you know, talk about it. So I write about it. Okay. Well, moving on to Hugh Grant at the moment. He's back. He's in Wonka. He's playing grumpy old man characters these days. He used to be the love interest, the heartthrob.

Is that who Hugh Grant is? Has he sort of transitioned into a grumpy old man? He is a grumpy old man. He has been a grumpy old man for a while. Oh, really? And he didn't want to be a oompa Loompa and he hated filming it. Here's what, here's what studios hate is they hate that, you

know, the movie doesn't come out officially till the 15th and they don't like when somebody goes, I hated making this movie. I hated, I hate

every bit of it. Um, I only took it for the paycheck. I don't really like it. I don't really like it. I don't care about it. Oh, so what's your question? You know, yeah.

You know, because then people are like, okay, well, this guy hated this movie. And what you do is you say you hated the movie like 10 years after it came out. Because now what studio is going to want to say, oh, God, if we hire this guy, he's going to say he hated making the movie. So, you just don't do that. That's like rule number one. This is the thing. You guys are not hired for your acting ability. You're hired for your acting

ability if it's some drama movie where we're hoping for some Oscars. You're hired for your ability to promote the movie. That's what you're there for. The Rock is not a great actor But The Rock is really good at promoting Indeed, he's my favorite He's not a great actor, but he's very good at promoting movies

That's why you're hired To promote a movie, to sell a movie To sell tickets, to get people in And so when you say something like I hated making this movie, it was horrible I don't even know why I made it I've got a bunch of kids The studios hate that, they hate that more than anything I hated making this movie. It was horrible. I don't even know I made it. I just, I got a bunch of kids.

The studios hate that. They hate that more than anything. I'm drafting a letter. I'm the lawyer for The Rock. I'm drafting a letter. You're coming your way, dear. But you didn't like the dance from Love Actually, you were saying, Megan.

Yeah, I heard that. But even back in the day when he was playing, you know, aloof, lovable characters, he hated doing that dance and only agreed to do it once. You know, I mean, if you go back and you look at like, they remade a whole bunch of Love Actually like for charity or something like that, like scenes and stuff, like what are they doing now? And I don't think he participated in it. That pretty much sings it all.

Well, you know what he's doing now, though. He's in Wonka and he's hating every minute of it. The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. You were loving the, you're loving that song, Megan. Love it. Love it.

I said to Joel after he's just watched Love Actually, do you love that more now? He's like, no. And he's like, oh, yeah. No. Go to my room. He's like the teenage son, isn't he? That we never had.

Yeah. Now, I love the end of the year list. They always bring it out end of the year. And They always bring it out at the end of the year and it's great for radio fodder because we get to talk about something. I feel like they bring it out just for radio stations to talk about. But these are the things that Kiwis,

New Zealanders have Googled the most this year. Now we've got producer Taylor, producer Joel and Megan in with us this morning. So I thought we'd play a little game and I'll give you the categories and you guys can see if you know what the top thing was Googled, the most Googled in each category. this morning. So I thought we'd play a little game, and I'll give you the categories, and you guys can see if you know what the top thing was Googled, the most Googled in each category by Kiwis.

For example, NewsWise Cyclone Gabriel was the top news event this year. That was this year. Yeah. Matthew Perry was second, election results were third. So if we go sporting event, what do you reckon the most Googled sport?

Ian, jump in. Anyone at any stage? I reckon the FIFA Women's World Cup. Oh, second. Second. The Rugby World Cup. Yeah, Rugby World Cup. Damn it, I really want women to take part in the Rugby World Cup.

Sports teams-wise. Warriors. Yeah, Warriors were the most Googled sports team. Loss of celebrities. I might have given you a bit of a clue before. Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry, yeah. What was second there?

Shanae O'Connor was second. Someone like Tina Turner, I thought was, yeah, was fifth in the list as well. Global figures. Interesting. New Zealand global, global figure that we Googled the most.

Taylor Swift. No. Donald Trump. Number three. Posey Parker. Who's that? That's probably why people Googled. That's probably why people Googled.

The activist that came here. Yeah, she was kind of... And we kind of think, yeah, I don't think she's coming back to New Zealand either as well. Notable New Zealanders were Ryan Fox, the golfer. I thought it was interesting to take that one out. Politicians?

Who are we thinking? Winston Peters? Winston Peters. And number five? Donald Trump. No, New Zealand. Sorry, New Zealand politicians. Jacinda? Jacinda, still taking it out. Number one.

Movies? Oh, Barbie. Oppenheimer. You said it first. To be fair, I said before I had to Google it afterwards to be like, what's the deal with this guy? What actually happened? I don't understand.

Well, that's why people were Googling it, I guess. Sometimes you think it's not the one you'd obviously think of because people were actually Googling it. I understood, Barbie. I didn't need to Google it. Like definition. Colvert is the winner. Coldvert. Colvert.

C-U-L-V-E-R-T. Colvert. That's when you get the cold and COVID at the same time. Is it? Is it? Is that not it? I don't know. I think you just invented a new strain of COVID.

No. Why were people Googling COVID though? No. Was there a COVID in the news? I don't know. And I want to Google it. You Google it. Okay.

And we'll just go two more quickly. How to. I want to Kiwis Google how to the most. How to cook something? No. It was something we did this year year as everyone well how to vote yeah how to vote yeah how to vote something we all did this year taylor's been using ai a lot and how to cook we'll end on that one what was the thing most googled by kiwis

how to cook pasta yes well as if you don't know how to cook pasta yes well some people want to know like the exact timings and stuff not that i've ever done it well it sounds like you have uh yeah so the top five was how to cook tofu how to cook brown brown rice how to cook lamb chops how to cook steak and how to cook pasta and number one so yeah it feels like a pasta of all the things i know you're italian producer teller you'd be like i came out of the womb knowing how to cook pasta