Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: The Final Cheese Roll Journey / Robbie Fever!

Episode Date: November 9, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Jono and Ben's Great Cheese Roll Trick. Wow, what a week it's been. It's been a big week. Producer Taylor, live from Australia. Well, she came here live from Australia, now she's still live, just dead inside working with us. She's never tried a cheese roll, has she?

No, it's a real delicacy. It's something that I feel like every New Zealander needs to have. It's famous down in Invercargill where they love to roll their R's and they love their cheese rolls as well and we decided we wanted to get one, well we wanted to get one into Taylor's mouth but we couldn't send it down there

so we've been on this magical journey over the last week. Kate got in touch from the Batch Cafe in Invercargill and she said to you what, Taylor? She is going to make me a fresh one and get it to me in Auckland somehow. So excited. So yeah.

Well, sound excited then. Absolutely, yeah. She needs a cheese roll. Has she tried one? Have you had a cheese roll before from Invercargill? No, actually never have. We want to transport this piece of Kiwi culinary history from one island to the next.

And where is it right now? It's sitting in the fridge here at work. Now, Richard, we do have a tracking device on it too, so wherever you go, we can track you, basically. Wherever you go. It's like we're accusing you of having an affair or something. Don't worry. We know everywhere you have been. We were just hoping he could have somewhere to drop it at the airport

and then we could hopefully arrange someone else to pick it up from you and take it on their travels. Not a problem. A remarkable sweet shop would be happy to have it. Brent, you're heading from Queenstown to where? Auckland. Oh, that's where we need the cheese roll to be. Can we please store our cheese roll at your shop there at the airport?

I'm not particularly sure. Actually, you know what? The more we're talking, the more I'm like, this is... I don't want to, like, I'm going to back out of this one. You know what? Where are we depositing it? Um, I think it might be... Uh-oh.

Uh-oh. So that's where we left it yesterday with Mel on the way to Hamilton. We lost contact, lost... the cheese roll went MIA, but we have discovered overnight that it did end up in Hamilton. And you know what they say, sometimes you've just got to grab life with both hands and the cheese roll by both hands. And we've taken into our own hands now, haven't we, Ben?

Yeah, it feels like we've been, you know, we've stood back on the sidelines for too long now. We're we need to get involved and we've sent well i say we need to get involved but we sent someone else yeah uh producer joel uh we have sent out in the trenches he's out there in the battlefields we said joel you need to wake up earlier than you already do so he got up at 601 instead of 602 and he headed to ham Hamilton this morning. Welcome, Joel. What a morning it's been, boys. What a morning. He departed I think 4.00, 4.30 this morning to go and collect the cheese roll.

Now, Jo Riddell, who runs the company Cars here, she can get emails if you've been going over the speed limit, Joel. You might have to ask her for a coffee order. I've gone over a couple times. Her email's been pinged. I'm not exactly sure why could her expressway start. Alright, so anyway. I've gone over a couple times. Her email's been pinged. Pinging. I don't know why can't an expressway start.

All right, so anyway, company logistics aside. Joe Riddell, inbox full of pings going 120 down the motorway. The cheese roll, have you laid eyes on it? Well, it was last left at Liquorland Dinsdale Hamilton. I've just arrived here, and I can see it. It is on the other side. It's not open right yet, but the lovely staff here are just about to open the door, and I believe I can see the package.

I can see the cheese roll right now. Only in Hamilton will they open a liquor shop at 10 past 6 in the morning. Do you want me to grab you a pack of Waikato dry for a drink? That'd be great. Don't tempt me. All right, so you're going to be able to get that very shortly and then hopefully get back up here, back to the show, for Bridgestone. No, we're literally the live handover right now.

Okay, let's hear it. Thank you so much. You're on the radio right now. Is that all good? Yeah. What a handover. The cheese roll's coming home. It's coming home that all good yeah what a handover it's coming home it's coming home all the drama we expected producer joe we'll check in on you throughout

the morning as we try and get this cheese roll back to producer taylor the hits the jonah and ben podcast now i love i love to be organized and i think i passed that on to one of my daughters indy uh she loves to be organized she's she's I passed that on to one of my daughters, Indy. She loves to be organised. She's super organised. Yeah. Now, you're impressed with her organisation, which is saying something. Yeah. Because you're a guy who packs his bag nine days before a flight departs.

She'll make lists for the house. She's 11 years old, but she'll make lists for the house if we go on holiday, things we need to pack. She's doing lunch for March 24 right now. She's getting organised. She was the one that remembered that she had a double booking between something at school and the doctors the other day. Not the parents. She was the one that came and go,

just been thinking about tomorrow's schedule. You know, that's- And this was two o'clock in the morning. She's thinking about this. But yesterday it backfired on her, her organization, because sometimes, you know, they're getting back into summer. We're talking about the weather. It's going to be dry.

It's going to be windy. It's going to be potentially rainy. But they get back into school swimming back at swimming and sometimes on school swimming days because she's organised she's like well

I'll get up in the morning I'll get my togs on get my swimming togs on then I'll put my school clothes over the top just so I'm good to go straight into the pool straight into the pool

and then afterwards I can get changed and take the togs off no messing around makes sense and I went to her yesterday when I picked her up I was like how did school

how was swimming today? And she went, not so good. They had for some reason they decided to cancel swimming on that particular day. But what wasn't good for her because she spent all day with swimming togs. Togs on? Underneath her clothes all day. All Olympic style togs? Yeah.

Full one piece underneath. She was like, very inconvenient sort of outfit to be wearing under your clothes all day long. But ready to go if there's a 100 metre freestyle. Not ready to go if you need to go to the bathroom. There's a bit more logistics involved. She was like, you need to go to the bathroom. Yes, I see. Yeah.

But you're right. So you get your fall into the overalls territory then, don't you? Everything's got to come off. Exactly. So sometimes being too organised can backfire. That's us. And we came up with some alliteration to get a cheese roll from Invercargill, all the way from Invercargill to our Australian producer, Taylor,

who joins us in the studio now. It's lovely to have you, Taylor. Thanks for having me in. Excited? Excited. The cheese roll is not far away. I cannot believe today's the day. Yeah, the roll has been travelling all up the motu and overnight arrived in Hamilton, Ben.

And we thought we needed to send one of our own out into the battlefields. And that's why producer Joel got up early this morning. He's travelled to Hamilton at an average of 120, 130 k's an hour. And the HITS vehicle, apologies if he came speeding past you this morning. But you know why. There's an emergency. The nation needs results. They need this cheese roll.

And Joel, welcome. G'day, guys. How's it going? You sound like you're going fast. He's trying to get this cheese roll back. Friday's a big day for Joel. You know, he likes to get through his stuff to have Friday afternoons off.

He's got a pub to get to at midday. He's got to get this done. So have you had a look at the cheese roll? You picked it up. It's been in the chiller bag since Monday. It's been up and down the country. Literally, it's been up and then it's been down again. But have you had a little look inside?

To be honest, I haven't really stopped. It's just been full pedal to the country. Literally, it's been up and then it's been down again. But have you had a little look inside? To be honest, I haven't really stopped. It's just been full pedal to the metal. But to be honest, I did open the bag and it's a bit honky. That's the only problem. It's a bit what?

Honky? Oh, smelly. Oh, Taylor. No. Now, you had a cut-off point that you thought that you would potentially eat the cheese roll, which was what, Wednesday was it?

Yesterday. Yesterday. Yeah, I called it yesterday. If you walked into a cafe and there was a sandwich in there and they're like, hey, just before you buy this, this has been here for five days, what are you doing? We made that Monday. Yeah, I probably wouldn't eat it, to be fair. No, and ours is even worse than that.

Like in a cafe, it's in a cabinet, right? Ours has been in strangers hands on a plane where else this is this thing has lived life it is contaminated all right producer joel what do you reckon your eta how long until uh you're back here in the studio well we're just coming past mercer uh which is about 60 60 k's away so about 10 minutes away? The way he's going Although I believe the Friday morning Auckland traffic Is probably going to hit And it wouldn't be

A New Zealand trek Without going through A bit of Auckland traffic Well there you go Before 8 o'clock 8 o'clock 8 o'clock this morning If there's a pileup

On the southern You'll know who's at fault Will we get the cheese roll back? Well it sounds like we will In record time Who's having the best weekend? It's a good weekend around the place. Robbie Williams in the country.

Yeah. A lot of stuff going on. As we do every week, catch up with Hayley from the north and Connor from the south. Both work for the hits around the country. Welcome, guys. Thank you. How are you both today?

Not too bad. Fights over toast. Are you breaking up fights? Are you fighting with your husband again? Yeah, we just, who gets the honey and who gets the marmite? Every morning. One of the big issues. I think Mr. Peters is fighting with Christopher Luxon about the same thing right now in the negotiations.

All right, every week Hayley and Connor both desperately trying to seek our approval and our affection with their events. Connor, we'll start with you in the South this morning, my friend. Both desperately trying to seek our approval and our affection with their events. Connor, we'll start with you in the South this morning, my friend. You guys have heard of the Strongman Games before? We have a history with this Shaina Wirihana, who is one of the New Zealand's strong women. Yeah. A good history too, by the way. When I say history, it always sort of lends itself to negative connotations. Oh, there's a guy, though, that I do run into there that has wedgied me on multiple occasions.

He's a strong man. He literally pulled Ben's underpants. He pulled them about two meters in the air, pulled his underpants to the point where there was blood involved. Oh, my God. Well, there won't be any of this because there's no underwear involved at all. No, there was no underwear. Underpants optional. So where is the Strong Person competition happening?

It's the Haurarata Highland Games. So it's touching on some Scottish history. So you'll be wearing kelp, thanks to no underwear. Ah, I see. Paper tossing, highland dancing, pipe band competitions. 10,000 people make their way to Haurarata in Canterbury. Over 500 competitions. I think there is the odd strongman thing in there

with the heavy boulders lifting and grunting and stuff like that. Yeah, you've got to grasp on that competition. Who else? Ruben Dijon. Another one of those. He throws the big... I also have a grasp on that competition. The big boulders and all sorts.

The big fence posts type thing as well. It's pretty impressive what they do. It is when you see it in real life. I'd love to go to it. I can't make it this weekend because, well, Wellington's not on show, Auckland's not on show, nowhere in the North Island is on show, but Christchurch is on show. What's happening at Christchurch on show?

Yeah, oh, that's right, because, I mean, this weekend, Sir Dave Dobbin headlines the Ricketts and Race Course, which sets up Cup and Show Week. You've also got the Fast Five Netball World

Series here this weekend, men's and women's netball teams playing five-a-side netball, six-minute quarters, power plays.

The place you want to be this weekend is not just the South Island, but Christchurch, because again, guess what, guys?

It's on show. It's on show. You know, we're going to be on show in Christchurch, well, not us on show, but we're going to, buddy, Cup Day on Tuesday. Yeah, looking forward to having you down.

That'll be lots of fun. You're doing the fashion show, aren't you? You're emceeing the fashion show. Emceeing fashion in the fields? Yeah, we're definitely entering that. To be honest, even hearing the words Cup Day triggers me a little bit. We've been there before, Connor. Hey, Lee, in Wellington.

Hello. Connor can go eat a pork chop because we've got lots of shows too. What's happening in the North? Wow, it is definitely festival season. Have you guys heard of Michael Park School in Ellerslie in Auckland? I have heard of Michael Park School. Very specific reference there Hayley, but I have heard of the school.

So it's a Rudolph Steiner school. If you don't know what it is, just think hippies and home knitted jumpers, really alternative learning ways. They do this thing called Eurythmy where you dance around with loose flowing garments. They are the best school at putting on a school fair. And when they do, every year hundreds and thousands of people from all over the city in Auckland come see it. It's amazing, really.

They've got fairies and whimsical people. You can make your own candles, needle founting. Even the lucky dip prizes are handmade by all the parents. They're like little founted things. It's incredible. I can smell the incense already. Okay, so we've got a school fair. What else is going on in the north?

And then we've got Brooklyn Twilight Festival in Wellington where they haven't done this for eight years, but the main street of Brooklyn is going to turn into this festival. There's live music, there's 50 stalls, bouncy castles and Anika Moore is travelling for it as well and she's going to be

there performing for the kids from 3 o'clock. Oh well, we've got some tense competition being boys this weekend. We've got strong people with no underpants on and we've got free-flowing garments at a school fair. What are you going to go? Look, Christchurch on show. It's on show.

Get banging that into us, into our heads. All right, Connor, you win it this week. Yeah, boy, it's on show. Get here. Good on you, guys. I appreciate your time. As always, have a lovely weekend. Thanks, guys.

You too. Bye. The Hits, the Jono andathan ben podcast producer taylor we brought you into the studio ben the other day uh he confessed that he wanders around with a toothpicking device a little flosser and you were like publicly i shouldn't be doing that my wife said the same thing we just had dinner out she's like please don't it's a floss with a handle and also like a scraper so you can oh they're great they're great they're great they're so good they fall out every

now and again out the back of the pocket i have to pick them up someone's oh someone's dropped a thing but anyway and you're saying i'm unclassy and we already know you know we probably know the answers to these things but there's a quiz out there yes so every year the socialite his name's nikki haslam from the uk um he brings out a list of things that make you really common of that year. So obviously he's brought out the 2023 list, and he does come with some credibility. He's friends with the Royals. He's like an etiquette teacher and stuff like that.

So these are a bunch of snobbish things that lower class people do. Yeah, so it's like if you're a bogan, you'll probably say yes to most of these. Okay, so we don't want to say yes to any of these. Let's be honest. Play along in your car. Okay. Okay, first we don't want to say yes to any of these. Let's be honest. Play along in your car. Okay. Okay, first up. Have you ever used the word Moorish?

I've probably used Moorish. It's not a common word I use, but yeah. But I have heard people use it many times. Right, I might use both as yes there. Have you ever said the word use? Hey, I'm not the one getting the clues, Carla. We know I'm a bogan. Your use is more bogan than boorish.

Okay, number two. Do you use the phrase 110% in every cellar? 110% I do, yeah. Absolutely. Is a punnet of strawberries currently in your fridge? Damn right it is, yeah. Why is that? I think it's just because it's basic.

Oh, yeah. Stop being so basic. Yeah. Do you love strawberries? Do you bake brownies? No. I eat them. Does that count?

I'm sure it does. Yeah. My family would. Yeah. My daughters would. Yeah. Well, the Bogans. You have Bogan little kids, mate.

Unclassy kids. Have you ever written an invitation with a metallic pen? Yeah, we have. She did have a metallic pen at home. Yeah. That's not good because they smudge. I think that's the point he's getting at. Do you own a collarless shirt?

A T-shirt? Yeah, which you're both currently wearing. 147 of them all with holes in rock bands. Do you regularly eat Italian food? Hey, I'm offended. Do you eat Italian food? Yeah, Pizza Hut, baby. Yeah, I think that's the point they're going for.

Do you boast about your children's achievements? Yeah. Only on the radio. Have you ever incorporated pop culture into your wardrobe at home, Ben? Oh, my God. No, no. Oh, my God. It's a walking pop culture.

You just went to the top. Do you currently have a bucket list? No. I've got a bucket. There's probably things I want to do, but not an a bucket list? No. I've got a bucket. There's probably things I want to do, but not an official bucket list. Right, right. And do you carry your house keys everywhere you go? Yeah.

What else do you do with them? I feel like rich people don't carry house keys because they have someone that does it for them. There's just a guy bullying people who are poorer than him. Some of those I don't think are that unclassy. Anyway. Okay. So what we want to find is New Zealand's unclassiest family. Okay.

Oh, 800 of the hits. The unclassiest thing that's going on in your household. And I'll front foot it, you know. We've got to be vulnerable. We've got to share our stories. I have snuck potatoes out of a buffet before. Those nice crispy potatoes. Put them in a napkin.

Oh, yeah. And really enjoyed those potatoes afterwards as well. And I've cut my toenails poolside at a hotel, Taylor. Oh yeah, that's right, yeah. That's sophisticated. You're combining personal hygiene and a resort pool.

The hits. The Jono and Ben podcast. So Taylor, you just put us to the test with an unclassy quiz, which I feel like, I don't know, maybe for someone who's a royal type person maybe these

were things that they would say were unclassy the thing that threw me is do you hold on to your car keys all day everywhere you go yeah what other option do it does uh do us lower class people have yeah i don't know but producer taylor there was a great text that came through just after you accused us of being unclassies yeah um. Producer Joel has just joined us as well. He's raising the same point. Producer Joel's actually making his way back from Hamilton with your cheese roll we're transporting this week. And it was about the toilet habits of your whanau in Australia there, Taylor.

Yep. Joel, what would you like to say? Just driving back through Tuckerninny right now as well, beautiful suburbs of Auckland. But, Jono, you might want to turn the mics off while the songs are on because I think New Zealanders heard you read that text out loud. Love on the Taylor's family going to the bathroom with the door open. You didn't say it like that.

No, and someone's texting saying, hey, Muppets, your mics are on. What a Bogan thing to do. So there we go. Hurry back to the studio, Joe. I know you are. So, yeah, anyway. Yeah, okay, 0800 the hits we are after. New Zealand's unclassiest family.

Emma joins us. How are you? Good, thank you. How are you? Yeah, good. We're talking about the most classless thing in your life, Emma. And for you, it's your husband. Pretty much, yeah, pretty much, yeah much yeah what's he doing what's what's

the what's the unclassy thing he's doing um he went on the days where it's you know a wee bit warm and a wee bit cold he likes to wear sandals and shorts obviously but he likes to wear socks with the sandals as well oh keeping his options open for a cold yet warm day. Yeah. This is publicly? Publicly and very proudly. And proudly. So what sort of sandals? Like Velcro ones? Yeah, yeah, like the standard open ones, yep.

He doesn't wear them with like the jandals, but that would be... You've got to get in the toe bit. Yeah. Yeah, but okay, so strap-on Velcro sandals with the socks. Okay, bold fashion move. Yeah, look, well, you know, I'm just glad he's comfortable. I've been getting into the croc game, dipping my toes literally into crocs recently,

and I have been doing socks with crocs. What are your thoughts of socks? It sounds like a Dr. Seuss book. Crocs and socks over the fox. What are your thoughts of crocs and socks? Oh look, go for it I think crocs get a really bad rap, they're great shoes No, I'm as the same

She's like, mate, I'm used to sandals and socks Velcro sandals and socks Hey Emma, thanks for your call What do you think about this one that's just come through, Emma? The unclassiest thing in my life again is my husband, this is a common theme coming through He sticks his contact lenses to the bedroom wall Ew, how do you find them again?

Well I guess you probably It's a good holding thing isn't it? Yeah Use your eye gunk to It's like an adhesive Oh well okay You sure own What you've got to remember too

Is there's always someone worse off than you, Emma. Yeah, that's true. We're taking a look back at a simpler time. Now, Robbie Williams, he came here a number of occasions, didn't he? Yeah, he has. And when he came in, it was just a whirlwind of charisma, wasn't it? He could have come here and spent the night with anyone. I think Jenny Boyce and Annie Pryor, both of our mothers,

would have thrown their hat in the ring. Definitely. I love it when a big star comes to town and it becomes big news. Yeah, this was the most recent I can think of, probably Jason Momoa. Yeah, true. You're right. We're still doing it. Charmed the pants of us all.

Definitely. And Robbie did the same. It was one of the biggest news stories in the country. It was 2001, one of the more iconic times when he was here. Richard Long was reading the news with Judy Bailey. That was before he got even to invest in that company. And he was talking about Robbie Williams being there and recapped all the things he was doing and then went into a press conference where someone even lost their top.

For hours, British pop star Robbie Williams has certainly made his presence felt in New Zealand. In case you didn't know, he dropped his trousers on the home show and today he entertained a huge media scrum in Auckland. But he wasn't the only focal point, as Dylan Tate reports. He's a new kid of cool, known simply as Robbie. You either love him or hate him. There's no middle ground. But everyone wants a piece of him.

Robbie, I love you. I love you. I love you. One fan lost it completely, as well as her jumper. Yeah, lost her jumper. They had that on the news. What? How did she lose her jumper?

Well, she took it off. Robbie, I love you. In the middle of the press conference, run it up. I think it was. Oh, not a lost property situation. No, no. And I think it was a plant from another media organisation making a bit of a scene. Staged the event.

But it became big news. I thought she was going to say, has anyone seen a blue knitted cardigan? I was, yeah, misplaced it. So this was a big press conference back in the day where all the radio would go on. You had your gag. You had your gag ready to go. Yeah, that was someone's gag. It made the news.

As Richard Long talked about, he went on the Paul Holmes show. Now, Paul Holmes at 7 o'clock was the biggest show in the country, right? Yeah, you wouldn't get any bigger. Holmes, an absolute legend of New Zealand broadcasting, and watching this down, this was a very long and awkward piece of... I mean, we've been played part in many long and awkward piece of television. I mean, we've been played

part in many long and awkward pieces of television Ben. I'll only play you a little bit of it because as you say, it's quite long and awkward but Paul Holmes gets up from his desk live and then he goes to find Robbie Williams who had taken his pants down in the corridor and it played out like this. He's tough he's funny, he's vulnerable

he goes on the lam, he lives at the edge, he gets the work done however, away from the spotlight, he writes the songs, he's funny, he's vulnerable, he goes on the lam, he lives at the edge, he gets the work done, however, away from the spotlight, he writes the songs, he does the business. He's 26, he's a rock star, he is the British rock star, the world rock star really at the moment of the last three years. And he's in New Zealand for one private concert, private concert tomorrow night. So we'll go and find him at the Dory Beatty somewhere. There he is.

There he is. There he is. Hello. Lovely to see you, mate. Lovely to see you too. So he's walking through the halls of the TV station. A lot of giggling around with Robbie. But yeah, he had his pants down, Robbie, live on television. And then they came back out into the home show. What was my favourite part of that whole clip too is like they're walking.

Which way are we going? Through here. Thank you. Okay. So they're walking back into the studio now. But Robbie's got his pants down by his ankles and he's having to do that shuffle you know like if you when you used to pee when you were seven years old the pants came right down and he's having to kind of waddle his way back to the studio there's no very restricted isn't it when you've got your pants down by your ankle i actually remember like one of my first

jobs in radio was writing commercials and robbie came in. I think it was around about that time, and he came in, and the building was at a frenzy. Oh, just a frenzy. Pants on, pants off. I think it was pants on, but just everyone. Everyone else would have had their pants off. And I walked past him in the corridor. He'd just come out of the bathroom. I was just walking to the bathroom,

and I just went, hey, man. And he went, hello, how you doing, or something. And that was my interaction with Robbie and I was like oh damn it damn it I could have said

something way cooler but I didn't hey man's cool this textbook yeah that was yeah but it was a real it was a lackluster

you know you might have thought he's from accounts hey man I got this invoice but I didn't punish him because he was getting a punishing from everyone you know

well there we go Robbie Williams the time he came here and impregnated New Zealand with charisma Ben yesterday went through you know how sometimes Well there we go, Robbie Williams, the time he came here And impregnated New Zealand with charisma The hits, the Jono and Ben podcast Ben, yesterday I went through You know how sometimes in random suburban streets

The police will hold Warrant Rego checks, you know they pull you over I think it's just a bit of filler content For the police, isn't it? In between chasing ram raiders But this was covering all the bases Warrant, reg Driver's licence in between chasing ram raiders and but this was a it was covering all the bases warrant

reg driver's license oh yeah and they chucked in a breathalyzer just for a bit of the whole thing just the whole thing yeah i thought am i gonna is this a health check as well okay for you but you know but my my issue being uh is the guy and he was lovely he was really you know very polite and but i was like are you 14 years old or am i getting older i think you're getting younger people look yeah i definitely think or have the police really opened up the catchment to you know pre-teens to enter police college no um no i think we're just yeah at that stage when you're 20 and you look at a 40 year old you're like geez yeah no but then when you get to 40 you're like, yeah, at that stage. You get to that stage. When you're 20 and you look at a 40-year-old, you're like, jeez. Yeah, I know.

But then when you get to 40, you're like, hey, I'm still kicking. Yeah. I'm still kicking. And then you look at a 60-year-old and you're like, jeez. It happens from time to time when you meet a teacher for one of your kids' teachers. And then you're like walking around. You're like, hello, little child. G'day there. Where's your parents?

There's a teacher. I've got a parent-teacher interview. Do you know if the teacher's around? They're like, you know, I am the teacher. I've been out of, you know, university for a few years. Oh, oh, you know. That's what I was going to say to this police officer. I was like, has Dad brought you to work, little fella?

Do you want me to drop you home? I'm glad you didn't. No, I didn't. I certainly wouldn't have done that. But the same thing applies, too, when you get old and you're thinking, this is a sad reflection of life there's a police officer with a blemish free skin and

what am I doing? What have I achieved? Yeah. You know? I think it's always good to have those older players in sports teams as well too just for everyone to go oh well he's still playing, he's still kicking around and he's 49, not that they ever have an all black he was 49 but why not? Because he'd be useless, he's still kicking around, and he's 49. Not that they ever have an All Black who's 49, but why not?

Because he'd be useless. He'd be old, injured, tired. It's more like us going, oh, I'm not as old as old, mate. He'd still play for the All Blacks. Well, Doogie Howser, MD. Remember Doogie Howser, MD, the young child doctor? Remember that TV show? That's how I feel when I go to the doctor now.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben Podcast. What a journey. So, Producer Taylor, you've been in New Zealand for, what, over a year now? And you've never had a cheese roll, the iconic cheese roll from Invercargill. So, it's been a journey for this cheese roll. We've got it made in Invercargill. It's travelled up the country through

the help of everyone, passing it on like a baton, a cheesy baton. Five days on the road, just festering away, travelling, commuting. Thank you to everyone who has helped transport the cheese roll. We've had, you know, the trucking industry came on board. People off to work conferences, you know, shops at the airport, harbouring the cheese roll overnight. It's been on planes, it's been on automobiles, it's been around the country

and we have it here right now. Here it is. Here it is. Hit the music. The cheese roll after five days. Five long days. I can't wait to get you up. We've built it up. I hope it lives up to your expectations. It hits chill-a-bag right now. We're opening it up. It's been into some ice. I imagine the ice is probably melted around. It has been kept in refrigeration. Oh, you can definitely, it's got a, it's, oh. I don't know why, but suddenly I feel really sick. It's got quite a strong smell, a cheesy smell after five days.

I have indigestion already. Oh, OK. Yes. There's a little note here. It certainly does. Do you want to read your note? It really stings the nostrils. Is there a little bit of mould at the bottom of that?

Is there mould on there? Something's growing on it. Oh, look, you've got a little note for the Batch Cafe. Oh, it's damp. It looks damp. It looks damp. For our New Zealand audience, that's damp. All right, so the beautiful people at the Batch Cafe have written a nice little note.

Hope you enjoy our mouldy cheese roll. Pretty much, and we hope it's a memorable experience. Well, I feel like it will be be Depending on how this ends for me It literally does have mould growing on it That's But don't Now's the time to taste it You know it's bad

That might be chives That's chives That's chives I don't care what it is mate It's damp And I'm not eating it I'm sorry Chuck it in the toaster

And it won't be damp I don't want to sound ungrateful Well you are You are Look at all the journey This thing has been on Guys I can't The effort The air time we've damp. I don't want to sound ungrateful. Well, you are. You are. Look at all the journey this thing has been on. Guys, I can't. The effort, the airtime

we've given this. I can't. Are you for real? Of course we're for real. If I have a bite and I go missing for a week and I'm on sick leave, you'd better not contact me

and you can produce for yourselves. Okay, we kind of knew this might be the case. So Jessie from the office right now is bringing in freshly made cheese rolls. Okay, now this I could get around. Yeah.

When was this made? This morning? That was only made four weeks ago, so. All right. Vintage. Here we go. A cheese roll for the first time. Taking the bite.

It's been toasted just before. Oh, this feels soggy too. What's in this soggy bread? Oh my God, you Australians. I at least pretend like you're enjoying it And? Initial thoughts? She's crint

Why is there onion in it? Because it's part of the recipe It's cheese, onion, it's eating It's like a french onion With like crap on it I'm sorry, I don't want to be Do you not like it? Don't like it I it. I'm sorry. I don't want to be. You are. Do you not like it?

Don't like it. I think we'll stick to ham and cheese toasties from now on. I don't think the onion's too strong. I can't swallow this. We didn't need any more reason to dislike Australians anymore. Now you've come over here, spat in the face of our prized cheese roll. Well, there we go. So there we go.

Out of 10? Seven. Seven wallabies out of 10. It definitely wasn't a seven, the look on your face. Thank you to everyone that's helped us out. Swallow it.

Swallow. No, swallow one bite. Do us the bloody favour. Just a bite of the cheese roll. Three, two, one. Ten years ago, radio, we would have made you eat roll. Three, two, one. It's done. Ten years ago radio, we would have made you eat this. We would have made you marry one of those.

The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Thank you for you, Jono, stepping in to produce, you know, to push the buttons while producer Joel was driving to Hamilton to get the cheese roll. And I think you'll find there was no slip ups. It's just like riding a bike, haven't done it for a while Have a listen to some songs that played with a bit of an extra this morning I'm not that

I can't say My problem is fear Britney Spears featuring you as well, then we had Teddy Swims featuring you and a story about a dog Something's got a hold on me lately Though I don't even own a dog. But you do own a dog.

That's the weird thing. I don't even own a dog. There's the ramblings of a madman over something. You know how they say it's like riding a bike. Well, sometimes you ride that bike straight into a wall.

There's a lot going on. There was a lot going on. I don't even own a dog. Like a punchline to a joke. You're like, what was that? What was the shit up? Have yourself a wonderful weekend.

We'll catch you tomorrow for the Saturday Beer Stuff Show.