Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Do you pamper your pets?

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

It's Louie the sausage dogs 1st Birthday and Tayla is celebrating! Enty on the end of the actors strike. Cheating on your partner with Mexican food? 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. Yesterday was King Charles' birthday. We didn't get King's birthday weekend though, that's at another time, confusingly, but his birthday was overshadowed by somebody else's birthday yesterday, Jono. Yes, we always talk about the King Charles Cocker Spaniel, but this is a little dashened. Producer Taylor, the proud owner of Louie, tiny, tiny little sausage dog, very low to the ground, like just ankle height almost. And the times that you bought

lovely Louie in here, a little bit of short man syndrome. Yeah. You say lovely Louie, but he growls a lot. But once he gets to know your smell and your Yeah, you say lovely Louis, but he growls a lot. He's a snarler. But once he gets to know your smell and your vibe, he's the nicest. He licks you guys now.

He does. It's been a journey, but we've got there with Louis. I think we're amicable. Yeah. It was a big day for Louis yesterday because you came in and you were like, guess what, guys? It's Louis' birthday And every parent will know, the first one's the biggest one, right? Now, the problem I have with this is it was my birthday the day before And you said, you and Louis should go for lunch

Yeah, I was going to come too, obviously to escort Louis But I think that's nice when you've got birthdays obviously you guys would have similar personality traits being of the same horoscope um so i thought you guys would have a nice time but apparently not so what place does giotto go for lunch with with the dog where's that crossover spot i mean we could have got takeaway coffees and taking you guys to the park. Oh, there's lots of pet-friendly cafes around the area. So I would have sorted that out. You give them puppuccinos. We do, yeah.

This is probably the most pampered pet, I would say, in New Zealand. Yeah, well, he's my life. You know, I've got no family or friends, really, friends here. So he is my life. I'm still making us feel sorry for you. We want to mock you. not feel sorry for you. So yesterday was his birthday. And what did you do for this pampered pet?

All right. Well, the celebrations, they kicked off nice and early. Obviously, we have to be in the office around five. So at 4.30, I had balloons waiting for him outside his crate because I know my husband wouldn't have done that. So when my husband does open the crate up at around 8, he had balloons to wake up to. So he knew from the get-go, mate, yesterday was something special.

Can I just ask too? You mentioned your husband. This is Marcello. Where is Marcello on this whole thing? Hiding from me. He didn't want any part of it. He thinks it's ridiculous. He was like, why are you doing an

Instagram shout out for him? He doesn't have an Instagram account. I said, it's not about you right now. Shut up. But then your friend wrote back. Your friend has a dog. She wrote back on behalf of the dog and the dogs are talking on Instagram to each other. So Reggie is another Dash ham, which is Louis' best friend.

He's got an Instagram account. He did a lovely birthday shout out for Louis, which Louis then' best friend. He's got an Instagram account. He did a lovely birthday shout-out for Louis, which Louis then re-shared. Mate, he was inundated with DMs all day. But yeah, then he had beautiful wrapped presents to give to him when I got home yesterday. Then he had a cake. We made a cake for him last night.

We sung happy birthday. There was party hats. It was a whole thing. How was Marcelo with his party hat on? I want to see that video he didn't have one on but louis had one on um and i was like can you just bloody get into it it's your son's birthday that's my cello montoya from the warriors that would love to share that around the warriors group chat i'm sure they would oh yes this is what we want to open up uh have you got a more

pampered pet than Louis? I think we'll struggle to find one. Yeah, what are you doing for your pet? Can you compete with Producer Taylor and birthday balloons, birthday presents, party hats? What are you doing for your pet? We'd love to hear from you. 0800 The Hits, 4487.

We've got some hell pizzas to give away at 7.30 on The Hits. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Yesterday, Louis, Louis the dog. Not to be confused with Louis the fly, but Louis the dog. Taylor, producer Taylor's dog's birthday. It was a big day in the Montoya household. Yeah, she put on a lavish birthday party for a dash. Taylor, what are we talking here?

You said balloons at the beginning of the day yes which would have given the dog a fright wouldn't it oh no you've met him he's got a bit of bde going on he doesn't get scared of much really so balloons upon waking up wrapped presents birthday cake at night beef bones just you know the whole kid in caboodle what is that you know so much BDS dragging along the ground because you're so low. Literally. So, yeah, because my kids, I feel like they could definitely get into a pampered pet situation, but I sort of resist it.

The other day we saw pyjamas for dogs in the store. Pete Alexander was like, let's get the Christmas pyjamas for Bone. I'm like, no, he's not going to appreciate it. My bank balance is not going to appreciate it. You know, like, but would you go there? Oh, yeah. Louis has Peter Alexander pyjamas. They're the Victoria's Secret remakes.

They were awesome. Oh, jeez. Do you kiss Louis on the lips? We know a couple of lip kisses. You do? Yes. Oh, my God. As if I wouldn't.

He's my baby. Do you see where those lips have been? Oh, well, I don't care, mate. You know, it's all love in our house. We used to work with someone and the dog would like openly just lick lips. Yeah. Yeah. When I cry, he licks the tears off my face too if we want to get really deep.

So have you got a more pampered pet than Louie, producer Taylor's dog? We're going to go to the phones. I think we've got Belle on 0800. That's Welcome, Belle. Hi. You've got the pampered pet of New Zealand. Yeah, something like that. What are you doing?

So he sleeps not just on my covers, but in my bed, curled up right into me regardless of if he's dirty or not. I don't really care. like not just on my covers, but in my bed, like curled up right into me. Regardless of if he's dirty or not, I don't really care. Yeah, I feel you. We got a dog, and when we first got the dog,

I was like, this dog is sleeping outside in the elements. And I was like, this dog is going to hunt his own food. Now he sleeps on the bed. We've provided every meal. Yep, yep. I've got that too. I've dated people, and they're like, go to bed. Get off the bed, we've provided every meal. Yep, yep, I've got that too. I've dated people and they're like, go to bed, get off the bed, go to bed.

And me and my dog look at them like, you get off the bed, this isn't good. So how does your dog welcome in if you have new partners? It depends on the person really like he loves everyone but if they can't love him as much as I love him

then they just have to go You sound like Taylor You're like Louis loves everyone Louis doesn't love everyone Louis behind your back

snarls at us gives us the evil eye I'm very scared of Louis to be honest Oh you wouldn't be scared of my dog he would love you guys This is what Taylor says This is what Taylor says.

This is what Taylor says. Yeah, alright, we're going to send you out some hell pizza. We appreciate that. You can share that with your dog. I'm sure he'll love it. Thank you. And we've got Wendy. Yeah. Wendy, how are you? Hi. So they're not my dogs, but the girl I sit next to at work, she's only young,

has two dish hounds. So I think it's a dish hound thing because honestly, these things have Christmas outfits, party outfits. She has a T-shirt with them on. They go to doggy daycare when she's at work because they can't be left at home. She makes Christmas decorations of them

and they go on the tree. It is just, she's got painted pictures that people at work have done of them around her desk and they are the most painted things I've ever seen. You're sounding quite judgy, you're sounding very judgy. They are very cute, they even have their little steps and ramps so they can get up on the bed at night. A little ramp. Oh je geez.

And Producer Taylor, you heard some things that you weren't doing there. Do you think you'll introduce those for Louis? Well, it is our first Christmas with him this year, so I've definitely got some inspiration there. Yeah, I'll start with the personalized bauble of him. I think that's a great way to kick things off. Someone's texting here. Someone's texting here, Wendy.

I don't know how you'd feel about this 4487 I have three dogs My 10 year old dog Doesn't like walking that far So she has her own stroller Well She does that, my girlfriend has a

Front pack thing because one of the dogs Doesn't like walking and it can't walk Too far So one will run and the other will be's a front pack thing because one of the dogs doesn't like walking and it can't walk too far. So one will run and the other will be in like the front pack. I've said it before. I don't know what we've done to the canine community, but their forefathers, they would be just shaking their heads. I appreciate your call, Wendy. We'll send you out some help pizza.

You have a great day. Thanks. The Hits, the jonah and ben podcast we uh we played from tiktok for you uh just before which was a couple in america and she had been uh cheating on him with going to his favorite mexican diner uh restaurant without him and she confessed all in this whatever it is i love you we'll talk through it yeah i love you too but i don't know that you'll forgive me after i tell you what i did how bad could it be i mean i don't know it was pretty bad i ate mexican without you today no you didn't

yeah so that was i was i was really you called into question that the the legitimacy of the accents and also the acting right didn't you like it sounds like a read-through for a play isn't it oh no shale you did it yeah how could you do that? Now, we've been called into question, Ben, boys, by an authentic American from Nashville who wants to show us their authentic accent. I know you are after people doing things behind their partner's backs. Well, put a pin in that, mate, because we're taking a dog leg to William in Christchurch. Welcome.

Hi, y'all. How you doing? Howdy. Hi. Oh, boy. Hi y'all, how you doing? Howdy Hi Oh boy Are you originally from America or are you playing us? No, I'm not playing y'all at all I'm originally from Nashville, Tennessee

I'm originally from the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee but I've been here for the last 24 years coming up 25 next year. When I arrived, I was only five years old over here. But I've been talking to my family and everything like that for, like, every week. And I've still got my accent strong, but, like, my accent has softened over the years.

Well, listen, when I picture an American, this is how I want them to sound. It's so sweet. Yeah, like, a lot of them, a lot of, listen, when I picture an American, this is how I want them to sound. It's so sweet. Yeah, like a lot of them, a lot of like New Zealanders and everything like that always think that all Americans are Southern, but you've got the ones from like the northern parts of America, like New York and everything like that, where they've got that really strong Italian background and accents

and everything like that. And you've got the ones over in California who are a lot softer. But where I'm from in the southern states, we literally talk like this every single day of the year. The audio that we just played before from TikTok, legit, that was their actual accents? That was their actual accents. That was their actual accents. It kind of sounded like they were around

from the Kentucky region, like the state of Kentucky. But yeah, no, that was full on legit. Okay, okay. I follow them on TikTok. Okay, so the accents are authentic. How about the performance? Are we believing the two-person play?

I would have to give you guys the performance of 100% out of 100. Oh, there we go. It's a legit clip. Thank you, William. I really do appreciate it. You all have a good day now, y'all. You go back now,

you hear? Okay. All right, William. Have a great day, y'all, and hope the weather brightens up your day, and bless your hearts to all of New Zealand. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, texting, that's a

thing. We're all doing it. A great way of comms, isn't it? It's your preferred method of communication, texting, isn't it? As opposed to a phone call. Yeah, just find it easier, clearer. It's there. It's done, you know. There's so much from a conversation that you can take out. It's just there.

It's there. It's easier. Yeah, you don't. One of your worst nightmares is a meandering phone call, isn't it? An unfocused phone conversation and you get to the end of it and someone's like what was what was the point of that do we do we just resolve that yeah i don't know yeah and someone will take one thing out of it and someone else will take another thing so you're right i'm like text email it's there it's clear you know maybe for your

phone calls at the beginning you need to set an agenda what are we trying to achieve in this conversation yeah everyone's clear from the outset. But something I just want to bring up is it's a text method that you don't actually do, to be honest, Ben, but it's the multi-texter, the scattergun texter, where they'll fire off five, six, even seven messages.

How are you? What are you up to? all separate messages it's been ages we should catch up and they're bang bang bang bang and they come through like assaulting your phone yeah i know i know what you're talking about but then sometimes i go because i'm the opposite i will send like a good dan brown novel you know and I'm like, is that too much? Should I just scatter gun? I've been thinking about the scatter gun technique. Scatter gun is, it seems very erratic form of texting, like stuff that you could all just have tidily wrapped up in one message coming through in six installers, like a Peter

Jackson style text message. I do notice with the scatter gun technique sometimes you reply to their text and then it doesn't know what to reply. You get out of sync with the person and the answers. Am I replying to that? I'm good, thanks. How are you? And they've sent through another text and then I'm replying, I'm good, thanks

just to something. Or do you need to wait for all the scatterguns to come through and then you reply back in one tidy one? Maybe. Maybe you're right. We just need some clear for all the scatterguns to come through and then you reply back in one tidy one? Maybe. Maybe you're right. Maybe that's the way. We just need some clear rules around the scattergun test. The Hits.

The Jono and Ben podcast. 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 well the actors may have been on strike but he's never struck on us welcome nt how are you i'm great how are you guys we're doing well yeah actors back to work mate yeah that was like 118 days and that was just the actors and don't forget the writers you know we're out before that so it has been a very long time seven or eight months where before you know that hollywood hasn't been doing anything so what does that mean our favorite sort of movies and tv

shows going back into production yeah i mean a lot of them will go back into production. We're finally getting, like, dates that things are going to be released and stuff. And everything's pretty much pushed out a year for the most part. It costs, you know, the Southern California economy probably $6 or $7 billion. Whoa. Jeez. Yeah. billion dollars whoa geez yeah and then you know probably 40 or 50 000 40 or 50 000 people you know jobs and stuff that that couldn't work well it's great it's great it's over what i did enjoy too

um was now that everyone could promote movies or tv shows suddenly a barrage on social media hey i was in this movie four months ago that i couldn't say anything about i know so what what were they wanting exactly you know they wanted more money they wanted some you know things to do with streaming and residuals and stuff like that where you know it would go into streaming and they wouldn't get any money for it for the most part but a lot of it had to do with ai and one of the things that the studios have been doing is they'll take lesser known actors and say, hey, we'll give you a part in this movie. And but if we give you a part in this movie, we want to be able to own your likeness forever and not have to pay you anything extra.

So then they could use that image in other movies. Correct. And, you know, and they were taking advantage of actors and stuff that that needed the money, that wanted the job, wanted the insurance and stuff like that. So this covers a lot of the AI stuff. But again, it's only for three years. And the cynic in me says that the studios will go, well, you know what? We don't really have a handle on this AI thing yet. And we can't really make everything work.

But maybe in three years we will. And then we won't need the actors anymore. So you think, well, I guess if you're looking at just purely a business model and cost-saving, then from a business point of view, not a human point of view, and worrying about the well-being of actors, from a business point of view, it makes sense.

Yeah, I mean, if you can just make movies without any kind of human in them or whatever, or just, you know, use AI again with, with images of, of actors that you've already done. The, the more likely problem in the immediate future is if you can take Drake in

the weekend and make an AI song using, you know, samples of their voice and making a catchy song. And then you throw it on YouTube and within an hour or so has 100 million views before the label can take it down but everybody's downloaded and stuff. I think that that is more of an issue than the acting part of it right now. I heard Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl done by AI. I mean, if Johnny Cash can be singing Barbie Girl in AI,

I mean, that's amazing technology. It is. And the thing is, is like some people have embraced it, some of these artists, and some are like, you know, that's not me and no, no, no. Because it is taking away money from them, obviously, for somebody else. But I think it is also kind of cool if you can hear Johnny Cash

singing Barbie Girl. That is cool. That is cool. Johnny Cash will be rolling in his grave, but it is cool for us. A funny one, too. It's like, obviously, it's an amazing tool, AI, but how does the human race use it just as a tool and not let it overtake what we're required to do as humans? I don't know. You know, I get scared whenever I go online and there's some kind of TikTok video of a robot, right, doing some kind of crazy thing and, you know, running, you know, 100 miles an hour or something like that.

And you're like, OK, and then throw some AI with there. And then I feel like we're just going to be, you know, imprisoned by the robots. I know. You say it sounds like the Terminator, but it's a reality. It could be a reality Yeah, and it's a scary reality Well I tell you what Enty we will never replace you with a robot

you have our word on it, thank you so much for your time you're going to have a great week in Hollywood Alright you guys have a great week, I'll talk to you soon