Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 15: Jono's Got a HOT Doppelganger

Episode Date: May 8, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone Is our Burner Phone where we like to clear a message once a day, a message left by you It could be anything that you want to leave, if you want to text BURNER to 4487 We'll flick you back the number and you can leave us a message Can I call myself out there Ben, we played the introduction to the Burner Phone Jono and Ben's Burner Phone and I just came on and said Burner Up Now I just want to draw this back to a conversation we're having yesterday where sometimes you just say stuff

you just say yeah particularly in this job where your job is to say stuff but you end up just saying stuff and you lose your train of thought and you're like what am i saying like where am i true eating what you said you did a podcast the other day you started talking i did i did a lot of time i had answers about stuff it was a parenting podcast really it was interesting i really enjoyed being part of it was great but there was one in particular thing that i did not have an example for and i just started talking and i think i even went you know and i was trying to pad for time and think you know because some people's philosophy is this and of course other people they think that and those things that people and I just kept talking.

I was there about a minute and I still didn't have an answer. And then I went, oh my God, I'm just filling time. And the lovely people I was doing it with, they were just, they smiled and nodded. But you could tell in their head, they're like, I don't know. I didn't know where I was going. I had no idea where I was going. I have that multiple times a day. We spoke to a, we won't name him, but a very respected older broadcaster, a legend.

Met him in the office. And he started regaling a tale. And halfway through, we're all thinking, where is he going with this? I think he even went, where am I going with this? And it went on for a long time. And then somehow he miraculously pulled it back to the opening topic at the end, didn't he? And that's why you never turn up to work late. And you're like, geez, we took a long road round to get to there.

But hey, we're all guilty of it, aren't we? Exactly. Now let's clear another message. Now we've actually pre-heard this message today. It's a bit of an unusual one. It's just some commentary that was left on our burner phone and it's from the ACC, the Alternate Commentary Collective, who do a great job commentating sports, giving

a... We'll feed the loose-head scrum. Jono Pryor will come off the back. Will he take it off the back? He goes Pryor. Pryor has it. Umunga Jensen knocked over about 20. Right in front of the sticks. Fakatava has it. He gives it up to Jono Pryor.

Jono Pryor to the line. Got the penalty. Just short, Jono Pryor. There's going to be a gap. Here they come, try to Frizzell. There we go. Now who's Jono? Is there a rugby player called Jono Pryor?

I don't know. I mean I feel like this has been left on our phone because maybe there is. Should we call G Lane, Mike Lane, the head of the alternate commentary collective and find out are you playing? Are you moonlighting as a rugby player? Am I moonlighting as a rugby player?

Would it surprise you if I said no? The training required and the commitment to make a super rugby team. I don't have it. All the skills. Hello, Mike speaking.

Mike, it's John or Ben here. Hey, how's it going? Good. Good. Sorry to. Mike, it's Jono and Ben here. Hey, how's it going? Good, good. Sorry to bug you, but we've just been playing some audio of what sounds like Jono Pryor playing a wonderful game of rugby. What's going on? Do you think I'm stupid? Do you think we're stupid here at the ACC?

I know we've felt for a lot of your gags, you two. But to then go out and play Super Rugby for the Highlanders, we know that's you, Jono. It's not Hugh Renton. It's not Hugh Renton, the 193-centimetre, 6ft-420kg No. 8 for the Highlanders. It's you, Jono Pryor, OK? I know. The date's over.

The date's over. It's a step too far in the prank game, isn't it? I've assumed a lot of training has gone into this, many years of planning, preparation, and training. I don't know how you've done it. I'm not interested in how you've done it, but I'm not falling for it, okay? Hugh Renton, I've just Googled him.

If it is you, jeez, you're ripped. I mean... Oh, look, I mean, obviously some hard work's put in. I mean, look, it's his birthday on Friday, too. Happy birthday, Jono. Or Hugh, or whatever your name is, or whatever you like to go by. I don't know. But, look, you've done some interesting things in your time,

but putting on 40 kgs in the space of just a matter of months is commendable. Of pure muscle as well. 40 kgs of protein and muscle. And you've grown four inches. He looks – geez, we could be, I've never looked athletic. And you never sounded more athletic in that commentary we just heard. And you guys made me feel really good because no one's ever sounded that excited to say my name before. To Jono Pryor, Jono Pryor to the line.

What a penalty. It really did. You can do a wonderful job on the commentary, Mike Lane, and you've set up a wonderful empire, a media empire of commentary, of which, and you've set up a wonderful empire, a media empire of commentary, of which Ben, you're a part of. Ben does a lot of basketball. I do some basketball, some cricket. I've done the old league. It's fun. It's a lot of fun. A lot of fun times.

How's he set up? Let's not do a performance appraisal on that. You've got a great spectrum of commentators across the board. And let's just leave it at that. And then just say that I, from time to time, am part of that. You know, yourself, Jeremy Wells, Matt Heath, James McConey, some big names, Di Henwood, Ben Hurley, you name it. Where is Ben Boyce on the starting lineup?

Look, let's just say, look, he's in his internship, so let's just say that. Okay, yeah, okay. Because, I mean, Jason Hoy did pull him aside at one stage. I think you might have got him on air for his first air check live on air. Yeah. And I recall Jason being quite brutal about that. He was very brutal. It was cutting.

You said when you first started, you're like, I'm not sure if my gags are landing with these guys. I don't know. They don't give you anything. It's the thing. You'll throw it out, and then it'll be an animal back into the attack with the black caps. I'm like, oh, okay.

Guys, that was a pun. Okay, we'll just keep putting it. But it is a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun to be part of it. I did notice I'm not part of the trip to Paris, but hey, there's probably still time, right? Oh, yeah, look. I mean, look, if you text Paris to 3236

and play out the form, Ben, you might be lucky enough to join us on the Export Ultra beer garden tour of Paris. There's rumours that there's going to be a day trip to Amsterdam. Oh dear God. A day trip. I heard about the last one.

What happened on the last trip to Amsterdam? It's very full on for one day, right? Yeah. Look, that's why we need to go back. I think we just need to go back and right some wrongs that were committed in 2015. There was some stuff that went on that just you know maybe that we just need to move on from but we do need some closure on a few things so now my lane we really do appreciate you being part of the burner phone podcast i'm going to be fully transparent i don't know who listens

to this if anyone but we've wasted 15 minutes of your work day when you've got stuff to get on with uh anytime anytime hey good on you mate thank you okay see you guys 15 minutes of your work day when you've got stuff to get on with. Anytime. Anytime. Good on you, mate. Thank you. Okay, see you guys. See you, bud.