Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Show Highlights: Who Has New Zealand's Best Name!

Episode Date: May 3, 2023

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The Hits, with the Jono and Ben podcast. Cheers to Dilma, making the world a better tea. Hey, yesterday outside the school I met someone who was also picking up their child at school. And I do know her from various school activities, your fundraisers as Ben boys, your raffles, that sort of jazz. And I only just realised yesterday, the entire family's name, they all start with R's. Oh, okay. They're like the Kardashians, except with less plastic surgery. So the Kardashians are all obviously K's, aren't they?

K's. Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kevin, Constmel. You know, all your favourites. But these people are Ryan, Ryan Richards, Rocco Richards, Rich Richards, and Reuben Richards. Oh, so they've got the double R's as well. And she's Rachel. Yeah. So that is really uniformed and tidy. I like the tidiness of that whole arrangement. I could have done that for the kids, actually, because I'm the double B thing.

I could have. Ben Boyd, the alliteration works well for you. I always wanted you to marry your mother-in-law which Joyce Joyce

Joyce Joyce Joyce Joyce it would have been great for a name but shocking for your marriage

yeah I'm sure Amanda my wife would understand I'm marrying it because it's Joyce Joyce

see how well it works we can still kind of be mates that's a cool name but Amanda

Joyce Joyce just flows better. Yeah, it does. You're right. But what we want to chuck open today is a little game called Say My Name. You phone us up. If you think you've got New Zealand's best name, we'll judge. Yeah, the coolest name.

Maybe it's the name that you give them to your kids, maybe your grandkids, maybe someone you know. Whoever's got New Zealand's coolest name, maybe it's a name that you give to your kids, maybe your grandkids, maybe someone you know. Whoever's got New Zealand's coolest name. Now, they can come in the form of, as we just mentioned, the Richards. They can come in the form of a family unit as well, and maybe even a couple unit. You might know a Ross and Rachel. Ooh.

Ooh, that would be nice. Wouldn't that be good? Now I'm tickling your radio phoning topic googly's, aren't I? We're looking for New Zealand's best name right now. And under the hats, we've got Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Tickets to give away to every caller we take right now. Yeah, this is after I met someone yesterday. Ryan, Rocco, Rich, Ruben, Rachel, Richards.

What a family. What a great line-up, too. It is good, hey? I guess once you start with one or two, they've got the same lady. We've got to continue on this tradition don't you it's a good

walking marketing campaign isn't it for your family worked well for the Kardashians well it does you're right

I don't know if that's what kickstarted the career I think what actually did kickstart the career I don't

know if you'd want your kids yeah but anyway who has got New Zealand's coolest name we're doing

say my name I was thinking on driving to work this morning if I was going Yeah But anyway Who has got New Zealand's coolest name We're doing Say My Name I I was thinking I'm driving to work this morning If I was going to If I was going to rebrand Oh rebrand Johnny Thunder

Johnny Thunder Johnny You're not a Johnny Like How many times you smile And nod your head to Villa Johnny Thunder Great name

Great name Like 100% great name Fantastic Not you Not me I be like, Johnny Thunder. Great name. Great name. Like 100% great name. Fantastic name. Not you. Not me? I'm not a Johnny Thunder? Who's that guy on his motorbike? Oh, it's Johnny Thunder.

Johnny Thunder. I'm using things for Johnny Thunder like back in teenage years, early 20s. Oh, Johnny Thunder. And then nowadays you're like, oh, it's a bit sad with Johnny Thunder. He sounds like an extra cast member from Greece.

Oh, the Thunder from Down Under. Yeah, still wearing his leather jackets. Yeah, got a little wayward on Johnny Thunder. But yeah, Johnny Thunder, good name. I like Johnny Thunder. Thank you. Thank you. New Zealanders call his name.

We're going to kick things off with Kerri-Ann. Welcome. Can I say Kerri-Ann? One of the greats. Yeah. One of the great names. Yeah. One of the great names. Yeah, yeah. Not my first name, though.

Okay, why is your name so good? My last name is Holiday, which I'm not sure if it's the first name, but I do really enjoy being a holiday. That's cool, yeah. You're always on holiday. Yeah, exactly. Having a holiday. Yeah, exactly. Having a holiday. Yeah, it's good.

I like your name. It's very cool. We're going away on holiday with holiday. It kind of works well. You're a good part of Kerrianne. I like that. Say my name. We're going to send you to the gardens of the galaxy.

A five-star review as by Ben Boyce. That's it. Aaron, you're on from Tauranga. Good to have you on New Zealand's Breakfast. New Zealand's best name is your son? Yeah, mate. Yeah, he's 27, so we didn't actually know back then, but his name's Conor McGregor.

Wow, that's cool. Like being a famous fighter. Famous MMA fighter, mate, yeah. Is your son also a volatile, unpredictable Irishman? Oh, no. He's got a bit of Scottish in him, so a little bit unpredictable. That's very cool. Hey, we'll send you along to Guardians of the Galaxy

Johnny Thunder, what are you doing? Come on Johnny Thunder, keep it together We'll send you along to Guardians of the Galaxy Let's go to Nina Welcome, say my name Nina Good morning So it's not actually my name It's my mum and her siblings

They're in alphabetical order So A, B, C, D, E Oh that's cool What are their names in that order? Amanda, Brigitte, Cornell, Danielle and Edwin And was it in that order? Yeah it was in that order Yeah the parents are like

We're only doing five letters of the alphabet I can't do the whole alphabet That's really impressive And were they sort parents are like, we're only doing five letters of the alphabet. Okay, I'll do the whole alphabet. That's really impressive. And were they sort of pedantic, like things in order? Well, I think the first three or four, they were just names that they liked, and then they were like, oh, it's in alphabetical order, so just, yeah, chose E for the last one. That's tradition now. Good on you.

We're going to send you along to Guardians of the Galaxy. Awesome. Thank you. Only if you say, thank you, Johnny Thunder. Thank you, Johnny. Thunder. Sorry, Johnny Thunder. Thank you.

That's it. Proper name. First and last, Allegra. New Zealand's best name. You've got it. You think you've got New Zealand's best name, Allegra? Yes, I think I do. It's a very cool name.

I don't know if I've ever met another Allegra before. Have you? No, I never have. Yeah, it sounds like a very fast car from the 90s. The Honda Allegra or something. Yeah, that's a great name, Allegra. Yeah, it was also a very bitter wine. Oh, was it?

Is that where it came from? No, I'm named after my mum's favourite character in a movie. What movie? Sorry. Hitch. Oh, Hitch with Will Smith. Yeah. Oh, that guy's got no blemishes on

his career. That's very funny. That was a good movie. That was a good movie. He's a relationship character. Yeah, he was. Yeah. Yeah, but then he fell in love. Oh, he was a guy who couldn't be tamed. No. Yeah. Great film.

Great film. Hey, well, Allegra, you go and have a great day, and you just say, thank you, Johnny Thunder. Thank you, Johnny Thunder. No problem. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. Now, I did something over the weekend that I hadn't done. Oh, honestly, I hadn't done this since 2020 at least,

and it was terrifying for me. I left the house without taking hand sanitizer. Oh, jeez. Honestly. Hand sanitizer is like your ultimate wingman, isn't it? A wingman for the anxious germaphobe, hand sanitizer, yeah. And I just got into the habit of the pandemic to carry a little bottle of hand sanitizer in my pocket.

You've got an adorable little flavor, a little Japanese cherry blossom. Oh, I do. You'll do that from pandemic to carry a little bottle of hand sanitizer in my pocket. You've got an adorable little flavor, a little Japanese cherry blossom. Oh, I do. You'll do that from time to time, the little cherry blossom. A little cherry blossom. But I went out for dinner with my wife because my mum was staying. And so we went out to dinner. And I got to the restaurant.

I sat down. And then I did my usual, I'm going to put some hand sanitizer on. I went, uh-oh. And my wife went, what? And I went, I haven't got hand sanitizer. She's like, what, you? You haven't got hand sanitizer? I know.

And in this position right now, I was like, well, my wife, you know, the supportive wife. Am I going to get a supportive wife? But no, she's kind of like you in that situation, Jono. She's like, she sees this as an opportunity to mock me. She goes, but hang on. You just touched the menu. You touched the door in the

uber you're like you open the door in the rear i was like stop stop doing this as well you know so she starts getting inside my head about all the things that i've touched and i imagine you're you're starting to see all the germs everywhere like a toilet duck commercial hanging under the toilet seat that'll be all over the table for you no then i need to have it now like i don't have to have it all the time. It's just if I'm going to eat, it's obviously a thing I've kind of got to the habit of putting it on my hands when I'm going to eat.

So I was like, uh-oh, what am I going to, I'm starting to get a little nervous about this. The waiter came back over and he's like, well, have you guys thought about what you'd like to order? Can I please order one bottle of Japanese cherry blossom? So my wife said, she's like, well, have a bottle. And he said, a bottle of what? And my wife's like, hand sanitizer.

And he sort of went, what? And she's like, yeah, my husband hasn't got his hand sanitizer. I was like, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. But to his credit, when he came back, he came back with a large, very large bottle of it and popped it down on the table next to my drink. So I had more than I needed. I had the restaurant supplier hand sanitizer. People had to come over to your table and squirt it. But I had more than I needed. I had the restaurant supplier hand sanitiser. People had to come over to your table and squirt it.

But I was like, yeah. I bet you were 99.99% pretty happy when that arrived. You just wouldn't have been focused. You wouldn't have been in the moment. No, you're right. That was kind of, yeah. Yeah, through you. So there we go. I had a terrifying encounter, but it all worked out for the best. It's like you without hand sanitiser is like Mike

Hosking without a labouring Peter Bully. It's just something doesn't feel right. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. I'm just checking the weather in London Ben Boyce. Things looking a little overcast but not too bad. Spring, a lovely spring day we heard before from our UK correspondent. Can't wait to be there. Yeah, we're heading off

after the show today for the King's Coronation. We'll be live in London tomorrow. And someone who's not happy about the fact that we are going over to represent the hits is the station royalist, Laura McGoldrick. Huge fan of the royals. Even got her own royal podcast, didn't she? The Royal Tea. And once she found out that we were going,

fair to say tensions have been a little high. This is Taylor, the producer of the afternoon show with brandon laura calling her laz yo that's hey sorry mate sorry um i forgot to ask you during the show um ben from jonathan ben uh he's just texted asking if you reckon you could tune um cross to them tomorrow morning in their show, because you know how they're going to England for coronation? They're kind of, like, unsure, like, who they should be chasing, what to be asking when they're there.

So do you reckon you could? What would you possibly send to people who know nothing about the royals or even care about the fact that this is happening? It just literally makes no sense at all. But, you know, I'll do the work for them. Listen, at least they're asking you for your advice. Even if they don't know, they shouldn't go. Like, I go on everyone else's show talking about the Royals,

but they're going to see Jono and Ben who know nothing about them. It's cool. No, it makes perfect sense. So, yeah. She's not happy. Yesterday, mout makes perfect sense. So, yeah. She's not happy. Yesterday, mouthing off on the radio, Ben. Mouthing off about you. Not about me.

No, me as well. More of that. I've got a real problem with the fact that we have a breakfast show on the station. I know where this is going. That are run by John and Ben. They are the hosts of that show. And they know nothing. In fact, they enjoy the fact that they know nothing. They're run by John O'Bien. They are the hosts of that show. And they know nothing. In fact, they enjoy the fact that they know nothing.

They're not even fans of the Royals. In fact, I go on their show to talk about the Royals. You are the queen of the hits. Yes. You are. I'm the queen of the hits. I'm most people's royal correspondent in this building, in this company. And I am the only one that would appear to not be travelling to the UK

to be a part of the coronation and covering it. Because you've got the podcast, and even outside of royal coronation times, non-stop. You never shut up about them. And today, Jonathan Ben, they had the audacity to ring me and ask me what they should ask people once they get over there. I was like, just, you know, why don't you do your own work?

So poor Laura. And I do feel, there's a part of me that does feel sorry for her because, yeah, you do go on these trips and you're like, well, there's definitely a better person who could be going and representing the station. We both know that. But we want to shut this open. Oh, 800 the hits.

When were you left behind? Ben, I know you have a personal story. So, I mean, Laura,, Laura's going through you. As a child, not once but twice, I missed out on family trips to Hollywood on the Gold Coast, movie world. And, yeah, in the Gold Coast, the theme park, my sister, because my parents separated, and they're both separately with their new partners, had trips over the course of maybe six to 12 months. They both took trips over there to Hollywood on the Gold Coast and took my sister.

Both times, both occasions. I was, okay. Did you ever think that maybe Hollywood on the Gold Coast wasn't ready for you? Maybe it wasn't. Maybe it wasn't. But you got a significant amount of theme park childhood trauma that you haven't dealt with.

And every time you go to it, like now you're making up for it, taking your family along to day-long expeditions on giant bouncy castles. Yeah, I'm going to, any excuse to go to a theme park, I'm there.

Maybe it is. Maybe they say it all comes from childhood trauma and this is it. There's a lot of theme park stuff he hasn't dealt with. I need to go to more theme parks, guys. Well, at least being left behind

as a kid, it kind of prepares you for being broken up with as an adult. Yeah. You're like, oh, this is what it feels like. Lost and lonely.

Have you been in this position? Oh, 800, the hits. When you're left behind, we feel bad that we're leaving huge royal fan Laura McGoldrick behind as we head off to the King's Coronation this weekend after the show. We're actually going to be broadcasting live from London tomorrow. We feel bad, don't we? And when you've been left behind, just to make Laura, maybe she's listening to this, might make her feel a bit better about things.

Marie, what happened to you? Well, it was a few years ago now before mobile phones, et cetera, and we were on a trip in Europe with a company called Top Deck where we lived on a double-decker bus for 47 days. Now, can I just say, when you were travelling, can I ask you, sorry, can I ask you, when you were travelling through Europe and you called it Top Deck, what did the people think you were calling it? No, it was Top Deck. It was full of New Zealanders and Australians,

so it was definitely Top Deck. Oh, so everyone understood what was coming out of your mouth? Correct. Sometimes when I say the word, oh, I'm going to work on my deck, or I've got to hear, it's lost in translation. Okay, so you're on top deck. We went out one night. I got up and went to the bathroom, and when I came back, the bus was gone.

Oh, no. Jeez, it was a quick departure. Yeah, it was. Yep. So what did you do in that situation? No phone or anything? No passport, no money, no anything, because everything is on the bus. Oh, my God.

So where are you, sorry? I was in Florence. Right, okay. I mean, there's worse places in the world to be stranded. Yes, yes. And I was lucky. I had met a couple of people who were from New Zealand the night before, and so I went and found one of those people,

and he helped me go around and beg for money. So you had to go around the whole campsite? Pretty much, yeah. Begging for money in a little plastic bag. And, yeah, they got to their next stop and realised that I was missing, but they can't come back. So, yeah. Why is turning around

not an option? Yeah, no, it's a bit, they're on a strict time schedule and they were heading to Pompeii, so for a tour. We lose you, you're gone. The bus only moves forward. Can I say that's some shocking tour guiding from the bus driver.

Even a head count. Like, oh, that looks like enough. That'll do. Let's mow on. Yeah. So there were only 22 of us on the bus also, so it wasn't a big head count. So, yeah. I'm married to said bus driver now, but that's a whole different story.

You're married to the bus driver now? I am. What? Oh, the same bus driver that left you in Florence. That's correct. Are you married to the bus driver now? I am. What? Oh, the same bus driver that left you in Florence. Yes, that's correct. Are you? Let's see. It was really employing the treat them mean, keep them keen policy there by driving off.

Yeah, that's how that worked, yeah. Well, hey, great story. Jeez, left stranded in the middle of Europe. Really appreciate it, Marie. You go and have a great day in Hamilton. Thanks. Hamilton, the middle of Europe. Really appreciate it, Marie. You go and have a great day in Hamilton. Thanks. Hamilton, the Florence of New Zealand. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast.

Jono, you're taking the credit for something. Well, yeah, I... Well, it's not often in life, this is probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where I can swoop in and take the credit for an historic New Zealand event. Now, a little bit of a back story. There is a guy named Jono, an ultra swimmer.

Jono Riddler is his full name. Overnight, he just completed his world record swim. Basically, he swam for 100km in the Hauraki Gulf. Incredible. 33 hours hours non-stop. Non-stop. He wasn't allowed to stop and touch a boat or anything like that. He just had to swim non-stop. 33 hours through the night, through shark infested waters.

Pretty much 100km would be verified today. And that's a world record. So incredible effort by this guy named Jono. Yeah. Now, leading up to this world record event, there have been billboards all over the place, like digital billboards. And it's like a big shot of a guy swimming in the ocean. And it's like, support Jono as he swims 100km in the Hauraki Gulf.

And the amount of texts I have received, at least one or two that have said, oh my god good luck on your swim A few people have said to me, is Joe swimming the 100km? We're right behind you and I have thought to myself, well this is like if Sir Edmund Hillary

was named Ben Boyce and about to climb up Everest You don't have to do any of the heavy lifting, but I can take all the gratitude, praise. The good thing is, you know, like it was probably a year and a half ago, I made you run a marathon at the top of the Sky Tower. You know, you've got that history on your side where you've run a marathon. Athletic history.

Well, you know, you've done something a bit out there, a bit crazy. So it could be in the, yeah. And they'll go, what's old Ben making Jono do now? Swim 100km over the harbour. Jeez, all right, good luck. It has that sort of feeling to it. Obviously, congratulations to the actual Jono, but you're getting a bit of...

And I'll be taking all congratulations as well. You can text those through 4487. Little does anyone know, I can't fill out a pair of Speedos. My thighs are way too white You've seen my thighs in Speedos It's disgusting And I hate floating plasters in the pool Swimming puts me off

Yeah well shark infested waters I don't think I'd deal with that very well Incredible effort 100km non-stop Can I just say well done Jono? You can and you can keep saying it Jono is a hero Well done, Jono. Can I just say, well done, Jono? You can. And you can keep saying it. Jono is a hero. We should get Jono on.

We should. Yeah, we should. He might be having a bit of a sleep in today, which is fair enough. But at some point, we should get him on and have a chat and see if he's okay with me accepting the praise for his historic attempt. Yeah.