Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Up The Wahs

Episode Date: September 21, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. Excited about the Warriors up the Waz on Saturday night, a big game against the Broncos. And man, the Warriors, it feels like everyone's saying up the Waz. There's even this little song that everyone's dancing to on social media. Yeah, a little catchy dance to it that everyone's doing. It's pretty cool. It is taking on. Has it reached mass market, though?

Have we hit neck minute level? I feel like we're there. You think so? I feel like we're there, but hey, maybe we're... We wanted to do a bit of a social test, didn't we, to see if it has spanned the generations officially, Up the Wires, because it's coming quick, it's coming hard, hasn't it? Probably two months, it's caught on like wildfire. Everywhere, everywhere.

It really has. The businesses are getting involved over PA systems and shots. It's like everywhere. NBA coaches have been saying Up the Wires. I know. So what we thought we'd do yesterday is play a little game and get hold of the grey power phone book. So these

are sort of elderly people Yeah, grey power. New Zealand's most prolific gang of grey powers you know, the 60s plus. And we kind of figure if they're saying it then we can officially say up the waz has taken off. Yeah. So the game was how quick we

could get someone to say Up The Waz back. Ben, you tried the wonderful Jacqueline first. Hello, Jocelyn speaking. Jocelyn, Up The Waz. Absolutely. Up The Waz. Absolutely Up The W wars. Absolutely up the wars.

Yes. Come on, Jocelyn, you've got one in you. Up the wars. Up the wars. Sorry for the random phone call. It's Jono and Ben from the Hits Radio Station. We're calling numbers at random, trying to drum up support for the Warriors. Oh, okay.

Definitely up the wars. Definitely up the wars. You Definitely up the Waz. You're the new record holder. That was seven seconds there, Jocelyn. Oh, awesome. Will you be staying up for the Waz? It's a late one on Saturday. Absolutely.

What do you want to say to the team? Again, they're not listening, but you can say it anyway. Up the Waz. Up the Waz. Good on you, Jocelyn. Have a great day. Apologies for calling you a Jack. Okay, bye.

Bye. I called you Jacqueline. Sorry, Jocelyn. Wonderful Jocelyn. Richard, so you have nearly correct names that you've got. 90% get them. You get the first letter and then it doesn't matter after that. Then I had a go with Brucie.

Now just clarify, Bruce is his name? Who knows? We'll find out hello bruce speaking up the waz how you going up the waz brucey hey who am i talking to it's johnno here and I'm just calling to say up the wars, Bruce. What does that mean? Up the what? The Warriors? Oh, up the what?

Oh, you're right. Yes. You nearly got there. You nearly got up the wars, Bruce. Good on you. He just wants you to say it, Bruce. Up the waz Bruce Up the waz

Sorry for the interruption Bruce on your day We just wanted to get the message out there for the Warriors Right Very good Very confusing phone call This is just Jono and Ben from the Hits Radio Station Bruce Drum up support for the Warriors

Up the waz He's on board now I love it And we're just trying to drum up support for the Warriors. Up the waz. Up the waz. He's on board now. I love it. Good on you, Bruce. Have a good weekend. All right, you too. See you, mate.

See you. Cheers. Up the waz. Hey, up the waz. It's official. It's everywhere. Who's having the best weekend? Want to know who's having the best weekend?

In fact, we want to find out from you as well. We've got some passes to Megaland, which is the world's largest inflatable bouncy castle course, which is going to be in North Harbour Stadium for the school holidays. We've got eight family passes to give away on 0800THEHITS. Tell us why you're having the best weekend. Now, Connor from the Hits in Christchurch, Hayley from the Hits in Wellington, every time we get them on, you can feel the tension in the hits. Tell us why you're having the best weekend. Now, Connor from the Hits in Christchurch, Hayley from the Hits in Wellington,

every time we get the mind, you can feel the tension in the air. And Ben, I know you get confused. It's not sexual tension. It's inter-island tension. Okay. Connor, Hayley, welcome along. We'll go to you first, Connor.

What is happening in the south this weekend, mate? Morning. I'm a little thrown off by that statement there, but yeah. Inter-island tension, mate. Don't get'm a little thrown off by that stover there, but yeah. Into island tension, mate. Don't get confused. Yes, okay, great. Just want to make quick mention of a few regions

this morning that are going through it, of course. South and specifically Gore and Queenstown both have a local state of emergency declared due to all the rain they've been having. So, looking a bit rough in places, but from what I understand the local emergency services are doing a great job of getting hold of people. And then, of course, the fire, the scrub fire happening in Pukaki Downs,

which is a beautiful part of the country. I've stayed there before. You can look across the river and see Mount Cook in the distance. So firefighters working hard to control that blaze as well at the moment. So all go in the south, Hayley. Way to make you feel bad now. We're going through it here. Yeah. He's guilt tripping. It's a now. We're going through it here. Yeah.

He's guilt tripping. It's a good play, good tactic from your corner. Yeah. But as far as things happening, the Guinea pig show is not interrupted by the rain or by the fire. It's still all go. You can bring your novice pet down for the Guinea pig show into Needham. You don't want to bring along a novice Guinea pig for the professional Guinea pig.

These things are juiced up. The stuff that Arnie was on when he was bodybuilding, that's what these guinea pigs are on. Steroided guinea pigs. We've met guinea pig enthusiasts before and I tell you what, they are passionate about guinea pigs. Yeah, you don't want to mess around with guinea pigs. They're like a cute rat, aren't they,

the guinea pig? Adorable, but they die really easily. So even if you give them a quick fry, apparently they I won't go there, but yeah I think you catch my drift. So the guinea pig show in the south what else is happening? This is a little bit of cheating here because it's

Tuesday and Wednesday, Dunedin and then Invercargill, New Zealand's sexiest comedy live on stage Ladies Night, the nationwide tour makes its way to the South Island. The Glenroy Auditorium on Tuesday and then Wednesday. If you miss out in Dunedin, you can make the trip down to Invers at the Civic Theatre.

And the photo is this guy with a washboard, six-pack of abs. I think we've just gone to your Facebook page, John Owen, pasted that on the profile there. Are they sexy stripper comedians? Yes, I think that's kind of the idea. A hilarious new production of Ladies Night promises to be the funniest night out. Well, there you go. What you want when people are stripping in front of you is some sexiness as well,

some comedy as well. Hey, good on you, Con. Appreciate that. We're going to head to the north. He's guilted you with a state of emergency, Hayley. How are you going to pull it back, mate? Best weekend. Yeah, well, it's hard to follow with a sexual tension and state of emergency,

but I'll try. I'll try. We have, wow, the world of wearable arts in the capital. This is the first weekend it has kicked off. We are going to have 60,000 people see it over the next three weeks, and it's wearable arts. We've got errorless dances, huge show, and tickets are about a million dollars each, so a real bargain.

We went there once, and we played a silly little game where we had to make an outfit out of stuff we found in rubbish bins. Remember that, Ben? That's right, yeah. The world of wearable arts. Yeah. How'd that go for you? Pretty much how you would imagine.

Yeah, exactly how you imagined. I think I had a condom on my finger or something by the end of wearable arts. How'd that go for you? Pretty much how you would imagine. Yeah, exactly how you imagined. I think I had a condom on my finger or something by the end of it. And then the second one of the day, we have Tauranga Stamp and Coin Fair Saturday. But guess how much one of the most expensive stamps sold for recently? $60,000. $16 million. What?

There are stamps where there's only one of that particular stamp in the whole world. People go nuts for them. So this Saturday, there's going to be coin dealers, appraisals, buying and selling, and it's going to be all over the place, but just don't mix up

the stamps and send it to your auntie's postal address in the mail. Send the Christmas card off. Listen, we haven't done this before. World of Wearable Arts, massive event. You can't argue with that. Connor, he's got a state of emergency. I'm calling it. It's a draw.

It's a draw. It's a draw. It's a much-signed debate, the leaders' debate. Everyone called it a draw the other day. Well done. You guys have a great weekend, and I hope everyone's safe down in the South Island. Dogs, dogs, dogs, undies.

You know I can't grab your fish chips. Net minute. Friday. Flashbacks. And an appropriate one this week, we thought, just given the zeitgeist of the preliminary finals, the prem finals. Why aren't they just calling it the semifinals at the NRL?

Yeah, it feels a little unusual that it's the final before the final. It's not the grand final, but it's, yeah. They do sound more distinguished, though, the preliminary finals, don't they? And this one goes back to, well, 1993 where, you know, the NRL was probably like it is now at its peak. We love rugby league and it was all thanks to, well, a lot of it had to do with Tina Turner, not this Tina from Turner's.

Hi, I'm Tina from Turner's and you know what I love? We love her, don't we? She loves cars and we love her. She had nothing to do with this in 1993. She was probably not even born in 1993. But Tina Turner, She was the front woman For the NRL theme song She collabed with Barnsey

And Simply the Best What a song The Winfield Cup A glorious time where cancerous cigarettes Could blatantly sponsor sporting events They went hard They had the Winfield Cup The Benson Hedges Tennis? And cricket as well, too,

I think. Cricket, yeah. Schofield Road Primary, Athletics Day, all sponsored by Siggy's, mate. Rothmans were... Anyway, yeah, it's not about cigarettes, it's about Tina Turner. Chuffing on darts and slurping on twoies. She even came out at half-time as well, and it was pretty incredible at the NRL as well, and performed

simply the best. She's got full leather pants and a leather shirt on. The whole crowd chanting and singing away. It was epic. The ad was epic as well. It was incredible.

If you watch the game, actually we'll put on our story on the Hits Breakfast on Instagram if you haven't seen it in a while. It is incredible to watch again. It was, and a whole bunch of shirtless

beefcake NRL players who have probably got the early onset of dementia nowadays from the big hits they took. There was an era where they'd like if their ears were bleeding. If they were bleeding from the ears, they'd just tape it up

and get them back out there. Yeah, so that was pretty incredible. Actually, I went to the NRL final. I paid to go see the Warriors because I love the Warriors when they made their first ever final. And halftime, they had Billy Idol. Billy Idol was performing. And it was very memorable because have a listen Billy Idol came out.

You ready to rock? Are there any Warriors fans here? I love my buddy! Just wait for some power What happened? That was it What happened? That was it, no power Something, a fuse Like Billy Idol came out Everyone cheered And he obviously was banding

He was like Warriors fans No one cheered when there were Warriors fans And everyone did And they went roosters And then he went Waiting for some power Because obviously a everyone did. And then he went Roosters. And then he went waiting for some power because obviously a fuse had broken. And then he went, stop. We can't.

We can't. And then that was it. It went off. It was a gig. That was a gig. It was like obviously no time to sort out the power. I don't know. He probably flew from America to be there.

Did he still get his fee? I guess he did. It wasn't probably his fault. But at the same time, just bantered with the crowd and then left didn't sing a note ideal gig for idol isn't that it's like july footy you know he was like yeah we're here the footy mate but i mean in his credit he was filling time you know like well well obviously a few bro and yeah flu's a fuse blue and then yeah yeah we'll chalk that up

as a win won't we so there we go very memorable one that I saw live at the NRL greatest half time performance ever the hits

the Jono and Ben podcast very excited about the Waz the Warriors Saturday night very late one in New Zealand for New Zealand time

playing the Broncos it's going to be awesome actually what time's that it'll be 10 o'clock, is it? Yeah, it's pretty much 10 to 10. Yeah, kick-off. Which is an unusual time, just 10 to 10, but anyway.

And then Daylight Savings makes it 10 to 11. Don't think about that. Don't worry about that. Don't think about that. I don't know why I made you think about that. And joining us on the phone from the Warriors, Jackson Ford, good morning. Good morning, guys.

How is it? We're doing all right. Up the wars is how we need to start these things now. Sorry, up the wars. You know the rules, guys. How is it? We're doing all right. Up the waz. Is that how we need to start these things now? Sorry, up the waz. You know the rules, Jackson. Nice to talk to you, man. Congratulations on one heck of a game. I must be so stoked with how it was on Saturday night at Go Media Stadium. Yeah, the stadium was pumping again, as usual, and it was good to see we got the win.

When you're playing on the field, do you block out all the noise of the crowd? Because it seemed electric on Saturday night. Yeah, it was another level again on the weekend. Good mates with Clooney, Adam Clooney, the halfback of the night. He was telling me after the game he was trying to steer his boys around. No one could hear him. So keep up the noise because I think we're used to it now. Is that loud?

When did you guys know that? Because obviously all week everyone was on calf muscle watch with Sean Johnson hoping that he was going to play. When did you guys know that he was going to take the field for the Warriors? I think captain's run pretty much made the call. He didn't train with us pretty much that whole week. He was sort of just doing his own thing doing some rehab running and stuff but um on captain's run they made the call he was gonna play so yeah you know

how much shawnee changes out changes our team he puts those kicks in the corners and you know always picks the right option in attack so how um how nervous do you get before games like that jackson and how nervous will you be before the game this weekend? Surprisingly, not too bad on the weekend. I don't know what was going on. I don't know if it really hit me yet. But running out, I was, yeah, I really got the nerves going. But, yeah, I guess nerves are a good thing.

And, yeah. I suppose a bone-crushing tackle will probably take all the nerves out of you. Your first carry, that's all you need to get through. Good first carry, you'll be all right. What's your first year in New Zealand over here for the Warriors? You sold most of your belongings to come over here, I understand. So a big commitment for you for your life. Yeah, it was going to be a big change.

Just pretty much sold up everything I had. I'm so grateful that I made that opportunity to come over here under Webby. I think it's been one of my best moves of my life. The Dragons, they didn't really want me. Not many teams really did want me, but having a chat with Webby after the season, he sort of put some hope in me. So I thought, might as well just give it one last crack, and yeah, it's come up pretty good.

Yeah, like, just on a personal level, you mentioned teams not wanting you, and obviously you would take it personally, because it's a direct criticism of your performance on the field. How does that affect you, and players in the NRL? Oh, it's not real good. You put so much effort in, you know, your whole life. You know, as a kid to try and, you know, play NRL.

And, you know, Dragons were going too red hot at the time. And I wasn't really getting many games either. So, yeah, like it's not good that other clubs don't really want you. And you just sort of like it's hard. But, you know, it is what it is, I guess. Well, we're so glad it's worked out for you. I mean, I was reading actually Webby the coach was saying you're the fittest guy in the club, he was saying in a news story.

So, jeez, I mean, there's some fit guys in the Warriors. Yeah, I don't know about that. We've got some fit guys in there. We've got Dow, Marcy, Barney goes all right up the middle. Yeah, so. Producer Joel said he can take you in a 100 metre race though. He said he'd like to do that once the season's over. I didn't say that.

He said that, Jackson. We talked to Jaz Devanga last week and he was saying before the game he gets quite nervous. He goes to the bathroom probably five times. It's over the course of the day. We're like, how much fibre have you got in your diet? High fibre diet. How many times are you going? No, I do get a bit nervous on game day too.

So I'm a little bit like Jazz. As long as I'm not like Joshy. Joshy always has to have a vomit right before kick-off. So he said it's part of his routine now. If he's not vomiting, it doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel like it. Okay, Josh Curran. It'd be good if he didn't do it before one game

and ended up doing it on the opposition player. They're like, oh, come on. That'd be all right. Put him off a bit. Good luck. You got any family heading over to the game, of course, being from Aussie? We'll see.

We'll see. Hopefully. But, yeah, we'll see. Yeah, like if they play their cards right, I might be able to get them in. Yep, yep. All the best this weekend It's been such an amazing season

We're so stoked Everything's worked out We love having you here At the Warriors And hopefully up the wires Again this weekend Yeah no worries guys Thank you very much

Up the wires The Hits The Jono and Ben Podcast So producer Taylor Of course married to Marcelo Montoya And the Warriors He's already over there

You're heading across to Brisbane Yep Today I'll head straight To the airport after the show's done, so if we could wrap this up nice and early. We've actually got a few meetings that we need to get to. We do. I think you need to be at the airport like a week ago if you want to fly out of Auckland as well.

True. It looks like a shambles at the airport. Your mate just tried to get through and her flight was leaving in 20 minutes. Yeah, still in security. Yeah. So excited game this weekend. You get very nervous as well.

So how are you feeling, like 24 hours out from a big game? Not even going to lie, I'm already starting to feel a vomity. I'm like, yeah, at any point now I could just chunder. You could. So you do vomit. That's your ritual, isn't it? You vomit for each game. It's not even like a ritual.

It's just from so much nerves. Like if I could choose I would not do it but yeah will you see Marcelo before the game or nothing mate I can't risk

saying the wrong thing so you just avoid him yeah for this game I will because normally it's fine like I have dinner with him the night before but I just can't risk it do you text

yeah I'll probably just ease off the comms. Okay. Just kind of give space. And so when is the first thing you've seen each other? After the game? Yeah. Really?

When Lose or Draw, you'll see first time after the game? Yeah. Oh, it's very exciting about it. But yeah, we're all very excited. Up the wars, everyone seems to be saying, which is awesome. And I'm going across to Australia as well. I'll see my sister in Melbourne. And then we're going to see some family and do some stuff on the Gold Coast.

And I was like trying to work out like if, and I don't want to get too far ahead, but if the Warriors make the final, I'm going to be in Australia. Yes. And I'm like, well, hey, I mean, I've already gone over once to one final, spent all my money. I got on a drink driving commercial to go to Australia many years ago. It was actually a documentary. It wasn't a commercial. Oh, is that what it was? You got done a drink driving commercial to go to Australia many years ago. It was actually a documentary. It wasn't a commercial.

Oh, is that what it was? You got done for drink driving. So I'm like, hey, I'm going to be up by the Gold Coast. Look at Sydney. And I was looking last night and I'm like, it's just a nine-hour drive. He wants to dog-leg his family's holiday. And then back again. I was looking at it.

Oh, so an 18-hour round trip. Yeah. Last night I was talking to the family last night. I was like... Is Amanda saying, shove it up your arse? I was like, you know,

I was like, look at it. Sorry, it's under nine hours. Eight hours, 56 minutes. Right, okay. So I just want to factor in a few things. One, it's school holidays in Australia too. So the roads, it will not take you eight and a half hours.

It's probably going to be like more like nine and a half, ten. Easy. Especially when you go through those regional towns like nine and a half, ten. Easy. Especially when you go through those regional towns like Coffs Harbour and all that. That's stuff they can find out on the journey though. Yeah, at the moment it looks good. It looks good. And I've done that drive a fair few times.

Pacific Highway by the ocean looks beautiful. That's what I was saying to Amanda. No, it's not. It's so not. Don't say that. It's inland and it's honestly, you could not get a more barren Boring drive of your life

If you tried Well that's stuff again They can find out on the drive I'm just saying We could see a part of Australia We've never seen before Pacific Coast does sound luxurious It does

It does not I'll tell you that It's not You might run over a kangaroo Yeah There's lots of roadkill There is lots of roadkill A once in a lifetime experience

For your family to see thousands and thousands of drunk Aussie rugby league fans. Yeah, exactly. A memory they'll cherish forever. So where are they? Are they getting across the line? Well, they're like, now if we do it, we'd have to fly. Yeah, I agree.

But what about the road? We've got a rental car. Let's just go. Let's hit the road. Life's a journey. Life is a highway. That's right. So I wanted to know this morning, help me out a little bit.

What's the longest road trip that you've been on? You've actually gone, have you taken something more than like a nine-hour trip? Because then you can go back home and say, listen, I spoke to Charlene from Timaru and she drove for 18 hours nonstop. Yeah, she drove across America. You can do it. Four days. And it was the most epic adventure of her lifetime.

I want some great road trip stories this morning. And we've got some challenge petrol service station vouchers to give away, haven't we, Tana? We do. $50 vouchers. All right. Have we got multiple ones? Yeah.

Really? Yeah. Oh, 800 The Hits, free gas. Yeah, road tripping. Help me out a little bit here this morning on New Zealand's Breakfast. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. And I was trying to pitch to the family because we are seeing some of our family

in Australia and we're going to be, you know, close to where the Warriors potentially could be in the grand final. And I was like, hey. Nine hours is not close. It's close. It's close. One hour's one way. Who doesn't want to drive and see the sights of Australia? I was trying to pitch that to the family. Just leave it with them. Have a think about it.

Yeah, that's travelling the length of one of our islands to go and see them. It's to pitch that to the family. Just leave it with them. Have a think about it. That's travelling the length of one of our islands to go and see them. It's not far compared to the actual Australia, right? You're like, just there, there. You don't have to convince me, mate.

I'm on your side. You're like, look at Australia. It's massive, but look how tiny this is. It's not a big drive. It's not like driving from one side to the other.

No, that's what I was trying to say, but anyway, they're a little lukewarm about the long drive. I don't mind going to a final if the Warriors make it, but yes. So I want to know. When you go, what about the journey it's taken to get to this final? That's right.

You talk about a long drive. That's taken since 1995. Belle, we're here from Auckland. Longest road trip, mate. Yeah, hi. What was it? I drove back from Christchurch to Auckland. Oh, that's an ugly trip.

How long, what is the general? Terrific. Yeah, the ferry in the middle, that really slows things up. Yeah, that was, yeah. By the time we had got on the ferry, it was like, maybe like 11pm. And my partner was like adamant that we'll just keep driving to auckland as soon as we got off the ferry just plow on good attitude i got like violently ill not all in on the period oh jeez at all i'm not driving like we're going to a hotel we We stayed in a really rough little hotel.

Yeah, and the drive back up was also horrific. And the North Island too. Desert Road was icy. The car stood out. Oh, it was just not. Great advertorial for New Zealand right there. Traveling the roads. Listen, I've been seasick a couple of times.

It's never come out both ends. Oh, yeah, it was rough. I heard a lady walk into the toilet and go, ooh, and leave. Oh, Val, we're going to hook you up with a Challenge Special Service Station voucher. Thank you for sharing. Maybe a little too much,

but thank you for sharing everything. Good on you, Val. I'm glad you got there in the end. Let's get Jordan on. Longest road trip. We're trying to build a case for Ben to present to his family this afternoon. Yep. Where was it, mate?

So I've actually travelled the entire way from the top to the bottom, like the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. Oh, right. From the Cape to the Bluff. Yes, I got to do it for work. So I was actually paid while doing it. So it was a really cool experience. What was your job like?

Are you one of those pesky bloody Google Earth people? I wish. But no, I actually was just, I was like an adult helper for international exchange students. Oh, wow. Good on you. So we traveled around the different islands showing off New Zealand pretty much. That's very cool. Did you put the best on display, did you?

Rolled out the good China? Well, I got to do a free skydive in Queenstown, so that was probably the highlight of it. Oh, good on you, Jordan. Appreciate your time. And we're going to give you a $50 challenge voucher, mate. Yeah, that's right. Enjoy spending that.

Jennifer, longest road trip. This is big. This is big. This will make you one pale in comparison. What is it? What's your longest road trip? This is big. This is big. This will make you one pale in comparison. What is it? What's your longest road trip? So we drove from Adelaide to Mildura in Australia, and honest to goodness, it was the longest anything in my life.

How long are we talking? It was so barren. I don't know how many hours it was. I honestly don't know, but it took half my life. How long were you talking? It was so barren. I don't know how many hours it was. I honestly don't know, but it took half my life. I can't remember a time before driving from Adelaide to Mildura. It was the middle of the boonies in the middle of nowhere, and my in-laws were working there, so we had to go see them. And I was 30-odd weeks pregnant at the time,

and there's only like two stops for toilets and I had a windy four-year-old in the back of the car and the highlight of the entire trip was there was a camel but if you blinked, you missed it and the four-year-old blinked. I'm just looking it up. That's it. If you didn't stop, that's over 2,758 k's.

30 hours basically. That's out 2,758 k's 30 hours basically is the without stopping, no traffic No, it's yucky. No, look, that's a long way, yeah Oh my gosh, that's a drive Yeah, well Jennifer

Yeah, no, that's desert At least you can say we're not going to Mildura Yeah, that's right, we're not going to get laid to Mildura. Yeah. And was Mildura everything it was cracked up to be when you finally got there? Oh, yeah, because all it is basically is a little tiny, like, one-road town with a campsite at the end, and they were living in the campsite. So, yeah, it was exhilarating.

Sounds like bliss. Well, there you go. A challenge voucher, $50 worth for you, Jen. Cool. Thanks, guys.