Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Jono and Ian???

Episode Date: September 4, 2023

Ben's name has been wrong this whole time Riddle me that! The longest time working in a row.. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. How's everyone doing this morning? No, it's alright. I mean, it's a hell of a rager to get things started for 6 o'clock in the morning, isn't it? Life is not going on for two people in the studio at the moment. Feels like life has stopped for producer Taylor and producer Joel. Yeah, we'll get to why in just a second, because it's all to do with the Warriors, isn't it? Up the wars, which seems like the phrase that's sweeping the nation. Actually, after 8 o'clock this morning, we've tracked down

the biggest, smallest Warriors fan. She's five years old, and she's been going viral on TikTok, on Colonel Slaps on TikTok. All right, tell me some Warriors names. Nella Watanese on his neck, Sean Johnson, and Masalama Dhuia, and Edith Van Der Beek,

and Josh Curran, and Charles Nichol Duia and Edith Van Der Beek and Josh Curran and Charles Nichol and Roger Toivasa Sheik. Roger Toivasa Sheik doesn't play for the Warriors. Well he's coming back man. I love her. Is her account called Colonel Slaps? Is she the Colonel? No that's her father. Oh her father's Colonel.

That's a great name. I'd love to be known as Colonel Slaps. Can you call me Colonel Slaps? She's That's a great name. I'd love to be known as Colonel Slaps. Too late, mate. It's already taken. Can you call me Colonel Slaps? Yeah, so she's with us after 8 o'clock this morning now. Big Warriors fan. Obviously knows all the players as well.

And our producer, Joel, is a massive Warriors fan as well. He unleashed his inner five-year-old girl yesterday as he went to the Warriors Awards dinner as Laura McGoldrick, who hosts the afternoon show here on the Hits, also does commentary for Sky Sport. She took you along as your plus one. What a generous. Yeah, it was lovely, eh?

It was so lovely of her, yeah. She didn't have to do that, but it was a very nice gesture that she did. It was an awkward date. Yeah, what I love was there's some photos on Brad and Laura's social media in the afternoon of you and her getting like, it was almost like if you came around pre-school ball and parents were taking awkward photos of the couple, there's a whole lot, five or six

of them. I saw you kind of had your hands, but not on her hips, but sort of waving near her hips and she was kind of had stiff arms. Staying out of it pretty much. Just making sure people know there's nothing going on there. Good safe social distance. She was telling people that I was her son and this guy from Aussie was like, how old are you mate? Oh 23. He's like how old's your mum? I was like no no no

that's not actually my mum. So what was it like to go along because it's not something that I mean we'll probably never get to experience anything like that you know it's to go along see all the Warriors in the room sure Johnson wins award what's it like to go to one of those functions? It was awesome yeah well Well, you have all the current Warriors players who are an incredible group of players and then you also have

all the legends, the Stacey Jones, Simon Manoring, Arwen Goodenbill, all those guys in the same room. It was a crazy experience. Now, you must have been,

because you're having to play it cool, but you must be fangirling hard. Did you selfie up a storm? No, I actually didn't at all. I played it very cool. You would have wanted to, eh?

Like I mentioned the other situation, you're like, oh God, I'd love to get a selfie right now. But you probably had to play it cool, right? I played it cool, yeah. I almost lost it when Dallin Watinez-Elezniak was like, oh, he's known for his beautiful, luscious locks. And he's like, mate, nice curls. Oh, he said to you, nice curls.

He said to me, nice curls. And I almost lost it. But I held it. Oh, he said to you nice curls. He said to me nice curls and I almost lost it, but I held it together. Didn't want to embarrass producer Taylor. Taylor Montoya is just coming into the studio right now. How was he? Let's be honest. How was he last night?

No, he was actually good, you know, and I was embarrassed in the lead up. I was like, how am I going to get rid of him? But no, he did very well. He's mature. He behaved himself. He behaved himself. He composed himself like a normal human being. I've seen some of those Mad Dog videos that he does for his team,

his league team. They're drinking out of shoes and all sorts of nonsense. Was he doing any of that last night? He better not have. No, he didn't. He didn't. Did you keep a safe distance from him at the event? I did because we were miles apart at our tables.

But my husband, bless him, friendliest guy on earth wanted Joel to pull up a chair with us I said no, I see the bloke enough, give us some space See the bloke every morning I need to chill with him here I'm glad you all had a great night

that's fantastic stuff and you know what makes me feel good is that we feel better than them Yeah for a change right Doesn't that just give you The air of arrogance too The hits The Jono and Ben podcast Newzealanderol.co.nz

From entertainment reporter Lily Rowan About ads in New Zealand That were so bad they're good And it featured an ad that I wrote many years ago And sung on I was part of The Novus Windscreen

Show us your cracker And then you say Reached in an ad that I wrote many years ago and sung on. I was part of the Novus Windscreen Show Us Your Crack ad. And then you say, ah. Novus, it's me at the end of the song, Show Us Your Crack. Were you singing in the actual ad? Yeah, I was singing in the ad as well, yeah. Because it seemed like it was a group of people. Yeah, it was three of us. Yeah, yeah.

Well, as a guy who, one of your favourite hobbies is making lists, so you must be honoured to be on a list. I was honoured to be on the list. But then as more I read it, I was like, well, they're so bad. They're good. I was like, how do I take this? When was this ad written?

Oh, geez, it would have been 20, probably 20 years ago. 20 years ago, and it's still so bad, it's good. Two decades of being. Oh, no. And so you're a bit uneasy. You're not sure how to take it. I don't know how to take it. You know, like, as you say, I'm honoured to be part of a list, but at the same time, I'm

like, but it's bad. Well, Show Us Your Crackers has got multiple meanings now, doesn't it? I mean, I can wander through town saying that on Hobson Street. And hard-working entrepreneurs will show me their state. I can buy it and it'll be very productive. You're right, a whole other thing. There's three layers to it. Yeah.

Shall we call Lily, the reporter for the New Zealand Herald, and we'll find out if I should be feeling good about this or not. Hello, Lily speaking. Oh, Lily. It's Jono and Ben calling. Hi, guys. Sorry to call you out of the blue like this. Are you in the middle of musing?

No, I'm not. How can I help? Well, hey, television and advertisements, they're so bad, they're good. Now, how do I take this, Lily Ryan? Which one did you like most? Well, do you know you are talking to the architect of one of those commercials? Stop it. Stop it. Which one was it? I wrote and my voice was sung on the Novus windscreen, so I should crack.

Yeah, but it's so good. It's probably the best one on there. Hang on, hang on. Is that what you said in the article or not? To be honest, Lily, we all know how bad it is. No, but it's so bad it's good. Yeah, well, is that a compliment? You can't say it.

So like it says here, Novus, I see you, I respect you, and part of me hates you. That's why you said it well. Under the headline, advertisements, they're so bad, they're good. Now, how do I take this? What sort of double? You can be honest with them, Lily. There's no hurt feelings here. I think it's a backhanded compliment.

I think you're right. You've definitely gone down that road as well. That's clever. And then you said, and annoying. So again, you've cancelled yourself out as well. But it's great. It's great. So what is it?

It's great at the time. Is it funny? Is it clever? It's annoying? You've used all those words. Or is it a bit of everything? I'm going to leave it up to you guys. You can decipher it, Benny.

You've rattled Ben Boyce. I didn't know. I was like, oh, I'm part of this thing. And I was like, oh, I don't know how to take it, Benny. You've rattled Ben Boyce. I didn't know. I was like, oh, I'm part of this thing. And I was like, oh, I don't know how to take this, Lily. Can we give you a special treat, Lily? What is it? Do you want to hear him just say, oh, no? Do you want to hear him say, oh, Novus?

At the end of the ad, it's still me. Yeah, I think I still sing on the other bits. No, can you sing it now? Can you play the end of it, and I'll do the end line here? Okay, that's right. Novus, show us your crack. Oh, Novus. When you your crack. Oh, Novus. When you find your vision lacking, Novus wins, whisper, you're cracking.

Show us your crack. Ah, Novus. Yeah, see, that's at the end. That's so good. That's my annoying voice at the end of that annoying ad. At least you've got a slot on the list. Like, come on. Yeah.

Yeah, well, true. Actually, I'm in some pretty good company as well. Big Save Lily. You've got to be in it to win it. She's in there as well. Spray Walk Away. A lot of great ads as well. It was the chafing cream for me.

I think that's the worst one. Is that the one with the animated limbs that are rubbing? Yeah. High concept, that one, eh? High concept. That one wasn't mine, okay? I had nothing to do with that one. Okay, good.

Hey, Lily, love your work, mate. Have a good one. Okay, good. I love your work, mate. Have a good one. Thanks, guys. You said someone was consistently getting your name wrong for an entire evening. Yeah, I was speaking to someone, and we're sitting down next to each other at a bar, catching up with some friends, someone I'd just sort of met for the first time, and we're sort of in chat. We're having a good chat, and I'd introduced myself at the top.

And then midway through the conversation he sort of said you know it's like in data and he carried on and i went oh did he did he say in did he just and then i was like oh maybe he did maybe he didn't he carried on then later it goes because you know in the end you know and i was always started twice again he's gone in and then thinking back i was like well oh, he started twice again. He's gone, Ian. And then thinking back, I was like, well, maybe introducing myself as Ben. And you're a mumbler. Yeah, probably sounded a little like Ian. But we were sitting there for like a lot. You would make a great Ian, too, by the way. There's nothing wrong with the name Ian.

That's fine. But I just thought it's probably because we had a long conversation. He knew friends of ours that were there. I was like, well, it's pretty much an hour we're sitting together. I thought at some stage, you know, he's going to get to the end of the conversation and end of the night and he's going to go, oh, Ian such and such. And someone's going to go, oh, no, that's not Ian.

You know, and you don't want, and they always feel embarrassed if you've been talking. Did you correct him? Well, he kept saying, he kept saying Ian. Three or four times he said Ian. He's like, I am nailing this. He's thinking to himself, I never remember names. But I've remembered Ian's.

He kept working into the conversation. And I was like, so I should have just said, oh, no, it's Ben. But it felt like it had gone past that point. Because then he's like, I've called you Ian nine times. And not once have you alerted me. I know. So what I did, and looking back at it, I was like, oh, why did I do this? But I tried to, when I was talking about things, like I was saying,

oh, my wife and I were talking about that. And then she said to me, you know, I would say, you know, she said, Ben, you know, and then a couple of times I go, you know, because I was saying to myself, Ben, you can't do it. Just to try and like sway it back the other way, almost like I'm a boxer talking like Tyson Fury in the third person. And I don't think it really hit home what I was doing. He's probably just like, that's weird.

He's calling himself Peter's name. He's totally forgotten his own name. And then afterwards, I was like, after three times of trying to talk about myself in the third person, trying to insert that into the conversation, I left it there. But now I'm like, oh. At some point now, between that conversation and now, he knows your name's not Ian

Surely Yeah Someone would I had a great conversation With Ian He kept calling himself Ben That was odd

But anyway Apart from that He was a fantastic guy So anyway Maybe that's just Maybe I'll just roll with Ian Jono and Ian Sounds like it still

Kind of works isn't it Ian's got Well you're just too polite To correct anyone anyway Ken Sometimes you get Ken. Ben-O, John-O and Ben-O

you get too. I'll do it all, mate. I'll take it all. Well, listen, it's better than when I went to my son's school. The caretaker came up to me and said,

hey, that's the twerp from the radio. And I was like, mate, my husky's not ready, buddy. The Hits, the John-O and Ben podcast. Hey, we just spoke

to Ante before. He's our Hollywood insider. He's an entertainment lawyer, and that's what NT's short for. We don't even, honestly, we don't know his real name. No. We've never seen a picture of him. We don't know what he looks like, but he likes it that way, so he can keep a bit of, you know, mystique.

He can talk, like you talk smack about the moon, he can talk smack about celebrities. Yeah, exactly. But, yeah, he's mates with some big bangers. Like, you know, you know he said oh you know tom arnold was coming to hang out the guy from roseanne and i had a capriola way and i was hanging out with his mother and we're doing this thing you're like what who is this man yeah an air of mystery yeah about him but we just finished talking to him before and it's labor day in the states today and have a listen to this we've beeped out uh the exact year but how long he has not had a day off work you guys don't have labor day or no uh oh you got labor day news well hey

if you're on holiday we won't call you we'll do it the day after we'll do it the day after i don't i don't take holidays i don't take holidays you just keep i work every day do you i have not taken a day off since october so 365 days a year for them. And then the podcast, I've taken like three days off the last four months, something like that. Oh, my God. Jeez, you're a machine. Yeah, I am.

But, you know, eventually the machine picks up. Eventually we'll all crumble. So we beeped out the year that he hasn't had a day off since. I don't know if anyone's going to beat this Yeah I reckon the longest time for someone without a holiday You know It surely can't be as long as he has Didn't your dairy owners It was a long time before they went away

Yeah they went back home to visit some family But yeah But it was like I remember talking to him Five or six years Without a day off yeah he's like well the dairy's always open you know even christmas day the dairy's open that's where you go get the batteries when you're like oh i've got to get batteries for all these toys um and you know we're honored to do this job ben but there's probably not many days whether you're here physically in the studio or not

that you're not mentally thinking about you know any situation you and i and probably every breakfast radio host in the market you know christmas day oh you're thinking about a topic when did your family feud over christmas day or if you get your partner's giving birth to your child when did your partner complain when giving birth you know everything's a is content, isn't it? So you're right. Retirement Village, even when we're not on radio, I'm going to be like, when did your bunions give you grief? Let's start up a topic.

So under the hat, so 4487. Just talking about people who haven't had days off from work. We have Enty, who's our Hollywood reporter. He told us just off air, the last time he had a day off. Have a listen to this. You guys don't have Labor Day or no? Oh, have you got Labor Day news? Well, hey, if you're on holiday, we won't call you. We'll do it the day after.

I don't take holidays. I work every day. Do you? I have not taken a day off since October 2011. 2011? That is... What's that, eight years? Because your maths is terrible, isn't it? Eight years, it's not 2019, is it?

Oh, no. Jeez. Maths is terrible. Don't try to do maths. It's a long time. It's over. How long is it? 13 years.

Next year, you know, yeah. 13 years. Hasn't had a day off. Carleen. 23, aren't we? So it's 12, yeah. Yeah. Welcome, Carleen. How are, you know, yeah. 13 years, hasn't had a day off. Carleen. 23, aren't we? So it's 12, yeah. Yeah. Welcome, Carleen.

How are you? I'm good. God, he beat me by a country mile. 2011 is very impressive. But I mean, how long since you haven't had a day off? Five and a half years. Five and a half. That's a long time.

Not far. Close to six. So what, Christmas days and everything? Yep. I work seven days. Wow, what do you do? I'm a supermarket cleaner. Well, I guess that's the thing.

I was actually talking to someone the other night. Weren't we from a supermarket? And they were saying, you know, even with the days off, you know, you've still got to sack the shelves. You've got to clean the place. There's a lot of work to be done. We have to clean seven days. But in COVID, it was great because there was no traffic

when I was a teacher worker. I loved it. Tell us about whatever this deep clean was in COVID. What were you doing when you were hashtagging? I totally loved the lockdown because I was the only car on the road for four months. I loved it. I bet you would have.

No traffic. I was going to tell you, John, I think it's a conspiracy theory. The deep clean wasn't even anything, was it? We'll just shut the doors for an hour or so, then open it back up. No, sanitize. Yeah, that sucks. Spray somebody. We wipe the dead on the wipe over something.

But it can't be 200 trolleys a day. I didn't like doing that. Carlene, you must have so much annual leave backed up. Yep. About 1,006,,000, 28 low days. Whoa. And it's due to roll over in October. Wow-wee.

So you're going to do a good payout when you retire? Oh, yeah. I'm already at retirement age, but yeah. The company's like, please don't retire. Keep working. Nah, they'll have to take out a bank loan. Good on you. Five years without a day off.

That's really impressive. I don't know if we're going to beat that. We'll go to Jack. Welcome. Longest time since you've had a day off, Jack? I've been in this office. I've worked every day since about August of 1997. 1997?

Yeah. Yeah, every day. Wow. 26 years. Yeah. Oh, you've got your maths together. Nah, someone had written it. Wow. 26 years. Yeah. Oh, you got your maths together. Nah, someone had written on the screen for me. I sounded like I got my maths together.

You got it sorted. What are you doing? I'm on the unemployment benefit. I just stopped working. It was sort of like one of those Forrest Gump situations, you know, where he said, I'm going to start running. I just said to myself, I'm going to stop working. I took up this occupation.

And I've been doing it quite happily ever since. One day I might do the opposite and say, I'm going to start working. When Forrest said, I'm going to stop. So it's that converse thing. But you can get the general picture there. We do. Oh, he's been working for the government for 26 years. I am a little bit worried about this election.

This election fellow's got a few strange ideas. I'm worried about my future and my job position. He might make you go out and work, Jack. Oh, Jack, thanks for bringing a laugh to our faces this morning. He's the longest serving government employee along with Winston Peters. Yeah, you're right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Taylor Montoya, welcome back in.

Good to have you on. Thank you. You want to warm us and the audience up to see if we're going to be match fit for Friday. Yeah, because, you know, in an escape room, there's quite a lot of little clues that you need to think outside the box to solve to ultimately get you out. Out there and get these two family trips to Rarotonga. So this is Hey Diddle Diddle, Taylor's Got a Riddle. I like that, yeah. So no Googling, that's the thing.

No Googling. Okay, right. Are we answering these or are we going to get some help? You can get some help. Okay. Yeah, so I'll read it and I'll give you some thinking time. Okay. And then we'll see how we go. All right. Okay.

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but you can't go outside. What am I? Piano. No. Keys. Keys but no locks.

Good option for piano though. Yeah, that's smart. That's going to make it. I do all right. Okay. So keys but no locks. I have space but no locks Good option Keys but no Keys but no locks I have space but no room You can enter But you can't go outside What am I?

I don't know Should we throw it out there? Keys but no locks Space but no room You can enter. Everyone, when they're trying to figure out, you can enter. Could it be space, but no room. I think you put on that voice to appear like you're intelligent.

Thank you. Like you know what it's about. But really, you're just buying yourself time. Okay. Okay. So that's, okay.

Four, four, eight, seven other texts. It's one come through. Okay. So that's okay. Four, four, eight, seven on the text as one comes through. Okay. Oh, well, producer Joel, which is great

because you can help us out on the day. Yeah, but he knows these though. He knows these. I tried these on him. Don't producer Joel any of these. Oh, do you know the icon here? He's got an eSpring show, mate.

He's like, I know the answer. I know. Don't producer Joel anything. Don't make him look like a genie. Yes, he didn't do the voice. It's a key, but no, no. All right, tell us the answer to that one, and then we'll do one more,

and we'll throw it out to you guys to help us, okay? All right, tell us the answer to that one. A computer keyboard. Of course, you can enter. Space. Oh, don't make us, no. Mate, you just literally came in 10 minutes ago, and you were like, oh, colonel spells colonel.

That's different. That goes against all rules of basic English. One more. One more. And we'll throw it to you. We'll find some help. No one Google it. See if you can work it out.

A woman shoots her husband. She plunges him underwater for several minutes, then hangs him. Right after they enjoy a lovely dinner. What happened? Sorry, can you come on? What's that? Shoots him underwater, you said? No, a woman shoots her husband.

She plunges him underwater for several minutes, then hangs him. Right after they enjoy a lovely dinner. What happened? Jeez, he said some stuff at dinner he shouldn't have said. Shit, punch? Okay. Punch is underwater. Can you help us out with this riddle?

We're heading to Friday. We're going to be locked in an escape room. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Jeez, yeah, Taylor Lombardi Montoya. Taylor, you came in with some warm-up riddles for us and you're not holding much hope now. This one's

a crazy one. So there's a lady, she's had dinner with her husband. Well, she shoots her husband. Yeah, shoots her husband, then plunges him underwater for several minutes and then hangs him. Then they have the lovely dinner. What's happened? You were going down the washing route. Well thought plunging underwater hanging like maybe some sort of but i couldn't you're close i couldn't get the i just yeah what do you shoot yeah which i went

100 of the hats i think someone said we've had so many texts come through for this who knew just to be popular you just have to read out a bloody riddle today karen. Kieran, you're on from Pukakohe. Welcome. Morning. How are you? We're doing well. We cannot get this. Yeah. I was just driving out to take my car into Bishkek and I thought, I don't know what that is.

What is it? She's taken a photo. She's developed it. Then she's hung it up to dry so she has a night home darkroom. And they have a lovely dinner. She's taking a fire get. Afterwards, you're like, what an idiot.

And then Taylor makes the, ooh, noise. Oh, no, I did that with the last one, to be fair. It had me stumped. Oh, well done. You're getting some help. Eat some. Let's do one more. We're none from two so far.

Okay, one more. 100 of the hits, if you know. 4, 4, 8, 7 on the text. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? I don't want to repeat the bag again, but I'd like to. I've never seen you two think this hard before.

I speak without a... Can you repeat, sorry? I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? Like a wind chime. No. Oh, damn it.

I thought we cracked it. Speak without a mouth. Producer Joel, you think you know the answer. He does know the answer. Let's go to Kira. Then we'll get Kira on. Damn it. Why can't we work this out? Well, this is why we need the audience to help us out of the escape room. Kira, do you know the answer? He does know the answer. Let's go to Kira. Then we'll get Kira on. Damn it, why can't we work this out?

Well, this is why we need the audience to help us out of the escape room. Kira, do you know the answer to this one? Um, I think it's an echo? Yes! Well done! Well done, you got some help as well. Jeez, we really need your help. Friday, please help us. Six o'clock

Friday, we're going to be locked in an escape room, and as we said before, we're going to give away two family trips if we get out. If we don't get out, we don't have any trips, and judging by that, we need some help. Yeah, if it's on us, we've got no trips to give away. We'll still be in the escape room. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Warriors,

the Wars, playing their finals against the Panthers on Saturday night, six o'clock New Zealand time, and a lot of talk about Up the Waz but there's been a great social media video that we've been enjoying from a TikTok account called Colonel Slaps that features 5 year old Amalia and she knows

a lot of Warriors players. Alright, tell me some Warriors names. Nala Watanese on his neck, Sean Johnson and Masalama Douya and Adam Vanilbank and Josh Curran and Charles Nichol-Glockster and Roger Toivassashek. Roger Toivassashek doesn't play for the Warriors.

Well, he's coming back, man. And Marty and Amalia join us now. Good morning. Good morning. How are you doing? We're doing all right. Now, one of our favourite videos that's come out of social media over the last couple of weeks. Obviously, you're a big Warriors fan, but you passed on that love to your daughter. I did, yeah. She's been watching on the TV, very confused over the past few months

and decided to get involved. Yeah, what has she been confused about? Just what this game is? Yeah, who are these guys that are hugging each other all the time, Dad? And so you've been teaching her over the season the names of the players and what the sport is. Yeah, I started yelling out a few names and noticed that she was pronouncing them even better than I was. Well, yeah, that's the thing. I think Di Henwood, who loves his rugby league and does great work for the ACC,

commented on your post saying, I've better pronunciation than most of the NRL commentators. She's pretty good for five. Is Amalia there? Hello. Hi, Amalia. How are you? Good.

We love your video. Who's your favourite Warriors player? Dallin Watanese-Lestak. Yeah, he's pretty cool. I love his hair. Are you able to name some Warriors players for us now, Amalia? Yes. Go for it.

They were Watson, Nussel, Eastiac, Sean Johnson, and the Solomon Sawyer, and Adam Vanilbrink, and Josh Curran, and Charles Nickle, and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, and Rocco Berry, and Big Bunty Yafawa. Big Bunty Yafawa. From what I understand, Roger, two of us, he's not playing in the Warriors this year.

Well, he is coming back, baby. He's coming back, baby. I've been saying that a lot at the moment. Do you know that our producer here at radio, her name is Taylor Montoya. She's married to Marcelo Montoya. And so now we've got a new way of saying her name thanks to you. You're welcome.

Did you know that? Come in, Taylor. We'll introduce you to Taylor. And you can say Montoya. Taylor Montoya. That's what we've been calling her recently. Have you got your headphones there, Taylor? They moved over from Australia.

And Taylor does a wonderful job of running this show. But this is Amalia. Hello, Amalia. Hello. How are you? I love it. Do you like that? Do you like the pronunciation?

I love that. That's awesome. What do you reckon this weekend, Amalia and Marty? How are we feeling heading into the finals? Good. Have you been to a Warriors game yet, Amalia? My dad has been down, seen up the walls, and downalia? No, my dad had set up the wires and had Alan

cuddle my dad. Oh. Which I wasn't here because I was too crook. Oh,

you were sick. Oh, you have to go to a game next season when they're back. Or even maybe one of

the finals games. Sounds like we might get one here. How many five year olds who say they were crook? Not many say

he's coming back. I was too crook, mate. I was too crook. You're so awesome he's coming back to baby. I'm too crook, mate. I'm too crook. You're so awesome as well. And so what do you want to be when you're older,

Amalia? Because I love McDonald's, I just can't hold it. I want to be a worker. You just love McDonald's do you? Yes. What's your favourite meal

to have at McDonald's? Oh, a happy meal with chicken nuggets and sweet and sour sauce and chips. Did you know that you've gone viral on the internet, Amalia?

Or do you even know what going viral means? No. No. You're very popular. Very popular on the internet. Yeah, everyone loved your video. She's like,

I just want some chicken nuggets, mate. Well, Marty, Amalia, lovely to talk to you. We'll post the video again on our Instagram as well. Colonel Slaps on TikTok as well. Very, very funny. Up the wars. Up the wars.

Who says that better than all of us? And when's Roger Tulu vs Sheik coming back? Next year. He is coming back, baby. He's coming back, baby. He's coming back, baby. Good on you, guys. Really appreciate your time.

Cheers, lads. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We went down to the Ames Games, which was awesome. In Tauranga, the opening of the Ames Games is like an intermediate schools tournament. Thousands and thousands of kids. We got them all to say up the wards on stage as well. It was really fun to be part of. It was.

It's a fantastic event. So that's day three or four of the event. It goes all week in Tauranga, so I'm sure if you're a local, you'll be loving having all those people in town. It's great. It's great. It stimulates the economy.

It's awesome for them. Great vibe. Kids are so excited about it. I know both our kids got to do it last year, and they just loved it. It's a highlight. A highlight of their young lives. Oscar was jealous he's not there this year.

Although the hoodie, I had that conversation with him because they all want to get the Ames Games hoodie. It's like the legend. I'm like, you're not going to wear that in six months' time. And I haven't, to be honest, I haven't. You haven't seen it? Have you seen it in rotation? Yeah, Oscar's still wearing his.

I sometimes put on the legend hoodie. Good. Don't know if I'm quite living up to legendary status, but we were heading there on Sunday and we were driving in the Hitz vehicle. Now emblazoned on the side are our big ugly faces. Yeah, big faces. This big bald face.

Smiling away, heavy. Smiling away. If anything shouldn't be blown up and put on a car, it's this big face. Yeah, quite large. And when you're driving down the car, you forget that your faces are all over it. People are coming alongside you, winding down the window, yelling stuff at you. Yeah. Trying to take selfies of you and stuff.

But then I'm thinking about it. I'm like, jeez, how arrogant are these two? Mooching around in the car with faces on the side of them. It's not what we normally do, but they'll take the work car down and you're like, oh, it's got our faces all over it. So Ben had to suppress his road rage just for that journey, just because it's not a great, like even if we cut

someone off in traffic, at least you know who to blame. Mate, you didn't have your lights on as I said yesterday for a good 15, 20 minutes. He claims I drove halfway back to Auckland without the lights on. I kept saying, I was like, it's quite dark until I put your light, you know, we're up high, I kept saying it. I was like, it's quite dark. It's over. Put your light. We're up high. We're up high.

I could see. I could see my waters were navigating us back to where we needed to be. I was like, jeez, I'm going to have to keep saying it. As it turns out, hey, the lights weren't on. We're like a bickering old couple. I was like, please, please turn the lights on. But one special treat was, and this is a first, we were followed. We were followed for over 15 Ks. Now, here's some audio here.

Joel, producer Joel, has just gone, is there swearing in this? And he's cast a seed of doubt in my head. So, I don't know. We're all about to find out if there is. Oh, please don't tell me there is. If there isn't, if there is, apologies. I'll pull it down. Don't worry.

There won't be a swear word okay here we go hi Jonathan Ben it's Brianna and Ash we saw your car when we were coming through a roundabout and I think we

scared like five people off the road with how loud we were screaming with the windows down and Sunday the 3rd of September okay I feel like

that's the point we need to shoot it's 12.23pm and I hope okay yes sir what did she say after that? You just want to go. Look at you.

You want to get going for this round. It was kind of cool. They screamed a lot and then they chased us down and got a photo as well. So we definitely looked like a mobile billboard, didn't we? First time I've been followed on the road and it felt good. I won't lie. Didn't it? 15Ks.

That is a ginormous waste of petrol. But also, how oblivious are we if people yell at us out the back as well? We'd be no good if we were criminals on the run. We wouldn't know if we were being tracked by the FBI, would we? No, we're people waving at us and yelling at us for 15 k's. We had no idea. We're probably bickering about the light stopping on. The FBI just turned over the house.

I don't even know that we're here. They've been following us for three weeks.