Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Producer Tayla's Home Invasion

Episode Date: July 26, 2023

Tay and her husband had a shocker Side hustles... The security camera interview 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. Interesting interaction you had this morning being outside in town there. Yeah, I was part of the car and was walking along to work and sometimes people come up to you at that time of the morning asking various questions or bits and pieces. All your favourite characters are out at this time of the week, don't you? Yeah. And you do get some funny interactions. There was one time I was on the phone to our old producer, and as I was talking to him, there was a lady with trousers off,

completely in the foyer. Oh, wow. Yeah. And she's like, oh, it's you. Also said, say hello to Ben. Say hello to Ben for me. And the producer heard it. He's like, does Ben owe her money?

What's going on? Well, this morning, a lady came up to me as well. And she was like, excuse me, do you have? And I thought, at that point, I was like, in my head, predicting. Yeah, OK, probably going to be a money situation. Cigarette? Yeah, maybe, yeah. And then she went, do you have a good attitude?

Do you have an iPhone charger I could borrow? And I didn't. I honestly didn't. And I said, I'm so sorry, I don't have them. But then as I walked away, I thought, how did the logistics of that work if I did? Because it's not something that if you do, it's quite, you know, you need that for your phone later. So do you hang around and wait for 30, 40 minutes?

She really hadn't thought that through. Yeah. No. Or if she just expected you to give the iPhone charger. Yeah, if I had it like a spare one. Would you get a detail? She'll drop it back to you later on today. So I said, oh, hey, there's a hotel reception in there.

Maybe they have one. Sometimes they have ones people leave behind, or they might have a spare one or something. That is a great hack. Yeah. Remember we were staying in Palmerston North, and I didn't have one. I asked the gentleman behind the counter,

and he pulled out this magical box of every phone charger known to humankind. He's like, people just leave them in the room. I imagine you plug them in the room and then you forget about it. What do you want, a Samsung? I can take you back to the old school. I've got an Alcatel from 1997. I can charge any phone. You bring it to me.

And he gave it to me too. So that was the hack. Oh, he kept it? Yeah. So if you send it to the direction of the hotel, give me one for free, mate. She's all over it. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The neighbours across the road from my house got a bit of a side hustle going on.

Right. Actually, the neighbour next to them as well, she's also got a side hustle where she rents out, like, dresses and things. Oh, yeah. Like a dress rental service, so, you know. If you're going to, like, a fancy dinner or something like that, you can rent a dress. All weekend, cars coming in and out, in and out. Like, great idea.

That is a good idea. Good side hustle. Because you spend a lot, I imagine you'd spend a lot on a dress that you may not wear many, many times. Yeah. So it's a good side hustle. Because you spend a lot, I imagine you'd spend a lot on a dress that you may not wear many, many times. Yeah. So it's a good idea to hire. But there's the neighbour across the road, and then all day, all morning, all night, people coming in and out. And I'm always a nosy neighbour, you know me.

I've got nothing else to do with my time. I'd be able to stick my nose into other people's business. I've always wondered what they're selling in there. Right. And finally, yesterday afternoon, wondered what they're selling in there. Right. And finally, yesterday afternoon, there was a young guy coming out, and I was like, hey, excuse me, I don't mean to pry into anyone else's business. Well, you do. Clearly, you do.

Like, for what other reason are you asking this question? Then why would I say I don't mean to pry? Actually, I should have gone, hey, I'm doing some prying. Yeah, look, I need to pry actually I should have gone hey I'm doing some prying yeah look I need to know tell us he's like oh they're selling blue light glasses

great cover from him and I was like well it must be quite dusty in there your eyes are quite red so I didn't have the glasses you should probably

put the glasses on but yeah no blue light glasses for when you're watching devices and things apparently I've seen those. And they are hocking so many of these off.

Sometimes 2.30 in the morning, people need blue light glasses. Well, you're looking at your screens 24-7, aren't you? You are. But yeah, it's a great side hustle. I wish I had the, what's the word, motivation to have a side hustle going on. Yeah. What would be your side hustle if you could? Oh, jeez.

I don't know. I mean, I'd like some side hustles, but then, you know, man. What's this? This is the side hustle music of Producer Joel. I tried. You know what? I actually, I lie. I went on to alibaba.com and I was like,

because there was a guy, Baz, here, who would buy shady sunglasses from the internet. I was like Because there was a guy Baz here Who would buy shady sunglasses From the internet I was like I can import sunglasses I see those hot Aussie guys On Instagram Oh check out

These sunglasses mate And I was like Jeez if those guys Could do it I can give it a bash So I downloaded A whole lot of pictures Of sunglasses

That I was going to Bring into New Zealand Right And change the labels out And put You know High end fashion labels On them Oh so you know, high-end fashion labels on them.

Oh, so you've got to like make knock-offs. Illegal knock-offs. Illegal ones. I'd say they were knock-offs. Yeah. But that was going to be

my business, but I didn't follow through. Yeah, I always thought about the legalities of all that as well. Yeah, that would stress you out.

Well, yeah, even with my daughter as well, because have you seen everyone wearing these White Fox hoodies? Yes, what are they?

Yeah, like the White Fox, a big brand in Australia. My daughter's like, I need to get you one of these and you have to order them from Fox hoodies? Yes, what are they? Yeah, like the White Fox, a big brand in Australia. My daughter's like, I need to get you one of these. And you have to order them from Australia. I'm like, you just import all these White Fox hoodies and sell them here in New Zealand. Yeah.

But then I'm like, what's the legalities of that? Even better, Ben, even better, print our own ones. Oh, yes. Just change the O to a U or something. Yeah, maybe that's, I don't know. That would save us some copyright. Maybe we could change it. Maybe we better let it change.

But I uttered the hits for you. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And we're talking side hustles, side hustling. Just been Googling, Ben. Tips for side hustling. Why don't you make handmade crafts? Who wants handmade crafts? Not from me anyway.

I'm shocked. The last thing I made, I think I glued four popsicle sticks together and made a photo frame with my daughter. No one wants to buy that. Yeah, I guess not selling it is probably the thing for a hustle. I love making that sort of stuff. I find it really, really satisfying. Is it retail quality? Could you sell it?

Yeah, I don't know if it's retail quality. Yeah, maybe, but not quite. But it does. Here's some tips. Pick something you already know, teach others about it, and charge them for it. We always had the idea of John Owen Ben's school of whatever it is we do. And then people come along and we're like, day one, punology. Then day two, prankology.

Day three, graduation. And that's it. All done in three days. So what are your side hustles? We've got Anton on this morning. What's yours? Well, I did, yeah, I was a side hustle. I was helping a friend put in some camera systems.

Yeah? Yeah. So like security cameras and things like that? Security cameras and things like that, yeah. Yeah, right. And then you decided that, hey, I like this. I'm going to make this my job yeah it was actually turned out a very pretty cool it's pretty good fun um and you get to play with some cool stuff you know you can make things blow up and doors open and shut and as well as cameras and so i don't know i just loved it and so i've

been doing it for the last uh nearly 10 years oh wow, wow. And what were you doing? What was your other job? I was a consultant. Can you put a camera anywhere? Like if I wanted to spy on Ben, for example, could you put a camera? Well, it depends where he was. I mean, you could, but legally, probably not. I wouldn't go and put cameras in bedrooms or bathrooms or anything like that.

Do you recommend that people, most people, if they can afford it, should have cameras on their property outside for security and all that sort of thing? Of course, he's going to recommend it. I'm going to recommend it. But yeah, it's pretty much happening without me recommending it. So yeah, in the old days, people used to get alarm systems. The only trouble with an alarm is you can't see what's going on.

So camera system nowadays is also an alarm and a camera system. And apart from security, it's all those other things. So you know when the couriers turn up or when your kids are turned up at home and who they're with and all that sort of stuff. Oh, mate, kids, they can't get away with anything. Unfortunately, my children have had it very tough. Yeah, there wasn't much chance of getting out, you know, jumping out the window without me knowing or having a party, although that did happen a couple of occasions.

And you had high-definition footage of the party. Yeah, well, I rang up and said, can you explain why there's two girls? So my son, why there's two girls with a box of tui under their arms at the front door. And you're like, what? Anton, that's brilliant, mate. Well, congratulations on turning your side hustle into your main hustle. That's awesome. Okay, thanks.

See you, mate. Amanda, welcome. What's your side hustle? I am a freelance digital artist, and I draw fantasy art. What's your main job? Main job? I work as a customer service in the landscape supply yard. And then you draw fantasy art with your hand.

Yeah. Very different than my day job. Yeah. Very different than my day job. Yeah, very different. So could you draw like a fantasy picture of like Jono and Ben, for example? I'm not asking you to do that, but is that the sort of thing you could do? I could draw you guys in armours and swords and shields.

Oh, could you make me a merman? You want to be a merman? I'll be a merman. If you could draw me as a merman. And you want to be a merman? I'll be a merman. If you could draw me as a merman and then you make Ben a... I'm a man at the top half, dragon from the bottom half.

Very inconvenient. Yeah. Is that the best way I should do it? I'll go dragon top half. No, I want my face on it. That should be interesting. Yeah, okay.

We'll leave that with you, Amanda. How much are you selling your art for? Are you making a bit of cash? It depends on how far you want to do, because some prefer just me to draw in lines. They can colour it up themselves. At different stages, it charges different rates. Well,

listen, I can't wait to see Jono the Merman and Dragon's Bend. Dragon's Bend when you're seeing that through, Amanda. Well, congrats on the side hustle. That's Ben Dragon's Ben Dragon's Ben when you're when you're seeing that through Amanda well congrats on the side hustle

that's amazing you have a great day you too the hits the Jono and Ben podcast security cameras the side hustle of security cameras

into a full time job yeah and it just reminded me we got one put in a couple of weeks ago have you got a security camera no I haven't got a camera it's such

no well I would advise putting it because it is the most captivating viewing you'll ever have because you can have an app on your phone. Right. And the amount of time I just sit there just watching the camera,

nothing ever happens. Oh, so watching. Just watching footage. The most exciting thing that happened yesterday was a leaf blowing across the driveway, I think. Have you got one of those ones? Because mates have it as well. When someone goes

and pushes the door button then they'll they can it'll notify them on their phone even if they're not home they'll be like oh

Jono's at the house or whatever that's a function yeah no no I haven't got that which is quite cool so even if you're not there

they'll be like they'll text you and go no we're not there but we can see you at the door you're like oh yeah

it's interesting viewing because you're like well nothing's happening But something could And that's what keeps you there That's the thrilling part of it You could chuck that on TV One Sunday night

8.30pm It'd be a ratings bonanza Well Just you Well probably TV One You're right Anyone would watch whatever Just sitting on the couch asleep anyway

Is something going to happen to this? I don't know It's been four days But something might happen There would be some classic footage On people's security cameras, though. Yeah. I thought a show would be quite good because there's no actors at the moment. So you pitch one to Netflix called The World's Funniest Security Camera Footage.

And people just send you their funny things of, Producer Joel, you were caught on camera. What happened to you? At my girlfriend's house, we got home after a few drinks and a night out. It was like 2.30 in the morning. Had a McDonald's bag and I proceeded to slip down a mossy driveway

and then the McDonald's bag ripped from the bottom. Don't blame the mossy driveway. And then Grace, my girlfriend's mum, was showing us the tape the next day. She was analysing the footage.

She has gone back through it. And I was picking up chips, McDonald's chips, off the ground and stuffing my face with it. Off the mossy driveway., McDonald's chips, off the ground and stuffing myself basically. Off the mossy driveway. Oh, God. You've got to delete this.

Come on. Is there a high-def footage of that? He's a catch, that guy. But, you know, stuff like that. This guy's just coming home from a night out. You want some moss with those chips? You know, you can have commentary over it. You can see that happening.

Yeah, well, I imagine couriers and stuff, there'll be all sorts of bloopers that you'd see from time to time that would happen. At the moment, I've just got my dog relieving himself on the lawn, but I'll keep banking up the footage. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Taylor's coming. You are looking for a place to live at the moment.

It's a nightmare out there. It is. It's very hard. This has been like a two-week process so far so we haven't found anything you're very stressed out every morning you show me pictures of places yes kitchens are a big thing for you yes they are yeah I love a good kitchen yep uh Italian you need you need a good kitchen absolutely stereotype there so you went yesterday yesterday afternoon to look at a place yep so rushed off from work um to this place. So me and my husband, I've been the one that's predominantly been booking in all the houses.

So I said to him, listen, you've got a bit of time off this week. There's a buy round. Can you just book in a few? Because I don't have time anymore to look. So he goes, yeah, okay, I booked this one in. Let's go. And I was like, great. So we rock up to the street.

We park and we get out of the car and we can see a lady flag us in from the window. And we're like, oh, great. The real estate estate agents they're nice and early so we walk in she lets us in introduce ourselves all all well and good yeah i proceed to help myself up the stairs because like i said we've done about 20 of these now so me and marcello treat it as like we're professionals you know we get in we suss the kitchen out we open drawers we go to the as like we're professionals. You know the thing, yeah. We get in, we suss the kitchen out, we open drawers, we go to the bathroom. Like we've got a whole process. Do you divide and conquer?

Does he go off to another part of the house? Absolutely. So he'll normally go to the bathrooms because that's important for him. I'll stay in the kitchen to see the storage options. Right, so you're opening cupboards, you're checking out places. You've walked up the stairs. Yes, I'm in this person's house. You're checking out the house.

Where's the real estate agent? She's just standing watching, perplexed. And I'm in this person's house. You're checking out the house. Where's the real estate agent? She's just standing watching, perplexed. And I'm giving feedback. I'm saying to Marcelo, look, it's a good kitchen, not a lot of storage but still better than what we're in now. So, yeah, could do, could do definitely. And is he giving feedback on the bathroom? Yeah, he's opening the drawers saying, God, they've got a lot to move out.

I was like, true, but, hey, beggars can't be choosers. And so I'm noticing the real estate agent i'm firing off questions and she's not very giving with information and i'm like oh she's probably shown this house that many times um and then so it gets to this point we're five minutes in and she goes so um yeah here's the table um it was a bit heavy so um i couldn't bring it downstairs, but if you guys want to help me, I can help it to your car. And I go, oh, yeah, no, that's okay.

Like, nice table, but if we get this house, we're more than prepared to bring our own furniture in. We've got a table. And she goes, why would you be bringing your furniture in? And I was like, oh, I don't mean to jump the gun, but if we do get approved, like we don't need a furniture place, it's fine. She goes, you're not here for the table from Marketplace?

And I said, sorry? No, we're here for the house. There was an open today to have a look. We're going to move in? Yeah. She goes, this house? I said, yeah. She goes, no, no no I live here

with my family this house isn't available and I turned to Marcello he's bright brown I said mate what have you done where are we

sorry so you're in a complete stranger's house who's selling a table and you're like rummaging through the bathroom the kitchen

I'm giving her feedback on her house my son just walked through her bathroom cabinet I'm like unusual giving her feedback on her house. My son just walked through her bathroom cabinet. I'm like, how do you know the people that came to get the table?

He's like, she's got a lot of stuff to get out of this bathroom. She got, and straight away her tune changed. She was like, no, no, no, no,

this place isn't available. You need to get out. Like, I'm waiting for people to pick up this table. I said, mate, enough with the table.

It's like, kitchen's alright, could could do a little bit of spruce. She's like, excuse you. I'd just take the table and leave. Oh god, it's so good. I just wanted to die. If you could turn the clock back five minutes,

you would. Absolutely. Double check the address maybe. Marcelo, not in charge of any of this moving forward. He's great at rugby league, but, you know, looking at property is not a strong point. This is what we want to open up. Wouldn't it be good if you had a function,

like a talkback radio station delay button? Yeah. Where if you're stuffed up, you could hit this button and take yourself back five minutes to just realign things. What was the moment for you you'd love to go back five minutes? The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. When did you want to turn back time like the, like sheer

five minutes when something embarrassing happened with just her amazing story? Not so much for producer Taylor about her and her husband Marcelo turning up to what they thought was an open home but the lady was actually just selling a table and they were critiquing the house opening drawers

going into the bathroom he just walked into the bathroom I didn't even ask him what the heck is going on these people they come to get the table oh it was so funny so yeah if there was a function in life where you could hit a button take it back

five minutes just go I wouldn't take that back because it's brought me so much joy, that story. Oh, John, let's get you on. Welcome. How are you? I'm good. How are you guys? We're doing well, mate.

It's lovely to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. What happened? What happened? If you could take it back five minutes, what was the incident? Well, this wasn't me. This was my wife. But my wife was doing the right right thing walking the dog during the day while i was at work and um we've got a black black lab and um he's a bit of a cheeky young

thing who likes to grab things in a game of fetch he doesn't like to bring it back he just likes to taunt you with whatever he's grabbed so my wife was down on the beach walking the dog and um saw that he'd picked up something and was running around the beach brought it back to to say, do you want to take it out of my mouth or not? And she quickly realised that it was a pair of clothes and thought, that's a bit odd, that it was a pair of clothes, but even worse, it was a pair of jocks. So he had picked up some underwear and shorts that were lying on the beach and thought, this is a bit strange. And she looked around and then she saw there was a guy in the water who happened to be

skinny dipping. The dog's got the whole thing it's so good and so what what did the dog run off with the clothes what happened oh absolutely straight down the beach uh hundreds of meters away taunting her to come and get it and my wife sort of reluctantly thought it was the right thing to do is to try and get this man's underwear back to him but yeah I was chasing this dog who didn't want to give it back and kind of got the help of a local person to help wrangle the dog. Poor guy would have been going

okay what are my options here? What options have I got available? There's not many options. No you're right. Thanks for your call Joel that's brilliant. Belle if you could turn back time five minutes what was the incident? I went to a concert, and they had like a pre-act who no one knew who it was.

The music was really terrible, and everyone was kind of standing around and like booing and kind of like not vibing. Okay, so it was a bit of a hard gig for the opening act? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it was pretty rough. And he kind of like had a bit of a pause and then he's like, I have one last song.

Like, who wants to hear my last song? And I genuinely thought everyone else would like answer. So I yelled out at the top of my lungs no and everyone turns and looks at me and i'm like oh that's embarrassing yeah because this is dedicated to my mom who just died from cancer oh no you look like a monster you're like I didn't want to hear your song And now Oh it's so bad

And then you have to Kind of sit there I didn't want to hear this Did anyone else Oh don't tell me About your problems mate Yeah literally It was just

Yeah it was rough Yeah If you hit a button Turn it back five minutes, you can say, yes, play more. Give us a personal song. Oh, Val, that's so good. Yeah, that's the one.

We're going to hook you up with some hell beats, so thank you so much for sharing that embarrassing story with us. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. There's a comedy drama you can catch the second series of on TVNZ right now. It's called Creamery. Eight years ago today, the virus took all the

world's men. I don't say guys anymore, Jamie. It's triggering. It will not take our potential. Yes, it's going really well in New Zealand, not only in New Zealand, but overseas as well, and we're joined by the star of the show, one of the stars of the show, JJ

Fong. Hello. How are you? It's been an age, it's been an age, we're ships in the night. Oh my gosh, what have you guys been up to? Well we haven't been making shows like yourself like Creamery that's big in New Zealand, Australia, America it's huge, congratulations. Oh thank you, yeah we're stoked. What does the old bloody actor's strike mean for you? Can you still get it out there and do what you need to do? No, I mean, unfortunately, like, a lot of us can't do any press over there.

We're not members of SAG, but we just want to stand in solidarity. You could do a sneaky little interview. We could do a sneaky one. Then you're going to get barred from, you know. Exactly. Like in future, you know, we can't join. So in all seriousness, is it a good, like right now, it's probably like selfishly a good time for you to release content

because no one else is. Well, yeah. Well, we're hoping that over in the States, everyone will be watching Creamery because no new content will be going out. That's our hope. Well, it, well, we're hoping that over in the States, everyone will be watching Creamery because no new content will be going out. That's our hope. Well, it's series two of the show. Now, if anyone hasn't seen it before, then catch it on TVNZ. But it's set

in a world where there's no men. So who's around to mansplain stuff? I mean, that's my biggest issue. Who's around to mansplain? There's no men. Who's doing any mansplaining? No, There's only There's only Jay Ryan Who plays Bobby

Yeah Is he explaining anything to you Yeah surely He's got to explain some stuff He's got to No it's all the woman It's all the woman Explaining all the things

That the man Is explaining to you I don't know How is anything getting done Oh my god That's become a cult series As well Which is awesome

So for those who haven't seen it And can go to TVNZ and check it out What is the concept around the creamery? Well it's a post-apocalyptic Dark comedy It's about three Kiwi dairy farmers Who live in a world where 99.9% Of all men have died from this unknown virus

You know we came up with the idea in 2018, and it was in a time where Trump was getting elected and the Me Too movement became global and, you know, women's rights are being stripped away. I guess we just wanted a way to unpack our feelings about the world through something we could relate to and enjoy. And this was it. Creamery.

It was like this darkly funny comedy that brings to light these serious topics, but with a very dry Kiwi sense of humour. Now, also you've done not only Creamery as well, but you've also gone and starred in a Netflix show, Wellmania, alongside Celeste Barber, which is incredible. Yes, that has been my biggest role to date. People know her, you know, from social media. She is so awesome.

She sort of like does her own version of model and bikini shots and does her own real life version of some of those and become hugely popular. I actually didn't know her as an Instagram star. She raised a lot of money for the fires in Australia. That was on Facebook and that's how I knew her. I had no idea that she was this comedian, actress. I was just like, and that's how I sort of knew her. But I had no idea that she was this comedian, actress. Yeah, I was just like, oh, oh, my God. You're like, hey, it's the lady who raised all the money for the fires.

I know. What an honor. What an honor. Wow. Yeah, okay. She's making a TV show. I guess I'm going to play her best friend. This is great.

It's awesome to see all your success. Creamery, if people want to check it out, series two right now. Now, because you've taken men out of the, you know, a lot of men out of the world, I'm going to try something. It may not work right now, but I've taken men or man out of some songs. You'll hear the beat. Oh, my God. Now, you need to say what the title of the song is back to us,

but you can't say men or man, all right? Oh, okay. Yeah, he was taking that out. It's high concept stuff, mate. You thought the bloody Creamery was high concept. We'll see how this works. Oh right? Oh, okay. Yeah, he was taking that out. It's high concept stuff, mate. You thought the bloody creamery was high concept. We'll see how this works. Oh, my God, guys. Okay, here we go.

I feel like a woman. What did I say? I feel like a woman. Come to think of it now, you just need to repeat back because we've taken it out, don't we? This game doesn't work. I should have just played the original songs and then you should have taken it out.

I beat down the word that you can't say. Yeah, this is a stupid game. To be honest, I can see why you guys got rid of all the men on the TV show. Yeah, okay. Okay, I'm backing out of that one as well. I've made more, but it's not worth playing right now. JJ, you're an absolute champion. Congratulations. Bloody proud of you, but it's not worth playing right now. JJ, you're an absolute champion. Congratulations. Bloody proud

of you, mate. Oh, thank you so much.