Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 3: The Arrest..

Episode Date: April 18, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone. Kia ora, welcome. Episode 3 of the Burner Phone. We purchased ourselves one of those shady little phones. Very affordable, very cheap phones that you get from petrol stations. Probably more expensive to buy two tin cans and a piece of string, wouldn't it? For a communication device. They're very affordable. Yeah, and it works and you can leave messages. And every day we clear a message on the burner phone,

and we never know what we're going to get or where this is going to lead. This is quite exciting. It's quite an exciting podcast to do. Yeah, so we're just going to clear the voicemail here. What have we got? Received yesterday at 9.55 p.m. Okay. Hey, gentlemen, Ben.

Just wanted to say you guys are awesome, and I hope that you've had a really good week. Okay. Bye. Oh, that's nice. To the pessimistic out there, the pessimists, you might have thought that I might have prearranged that, listened to the voicemail, and teed it up. Did you?

That it was favorable and said, Hey, John, I love your work. Did I, Ben? Did you? Of course I did. Did you? Yeah. Did you tee that up? Oh, no, no. It's a real call. it up did you that it was favorable and said hi john i'd be in love your work did i been did you of course i did did you yeah did you check that up oh no no it's a real cool oh it's real cool oh good i just trawled through all the abusive ones and i was like let's start with a positive favorable okay yeah i mean i can play all the others if you want i quite like that what it was nice so you can do i don't know who that was leaving us a lovely message saying that we're

awesome don't get you don't get many compliments in this, you know, not that you do it for compliments. A lot of times. It's all we do it for. It's all we do. Why else are we do, why else are we soulless, egotistical performers? I do remember one time we had a,

a not so favorable TV review about our show or something, some article, and there was comments below. Remember that? And a barrage of comments about how, just how terrible the tour was. Oh, yeah. I'm just some article, and there was comments below, remember that? And a barrage of comments about how, just how terrible the talk was. Oh, yeah, no.

I just, and you know, and that's what happens. Yeah, we get it, but it still hurts, but that's what happens and you want everyone to like you, but that's what happens.

The worst was like comments, negative comments, and now they have the like 82 thumbs up. Yeah. Like these are people, so I look at these and a 79 deep. I'm like,

there's not one positive one. Why don't I try and turn the tide? You're going to be that one person out there. Turn the tide on the comment section. I tell you what, it's a tidal wave, the comment section, isn't it? So I came in and it would have been maybe like a pro Jacinda person commenting on the bottom of a stuff article when, you know, she was nearing the end of her leadership,

going, hey, she's not that bad. I did the same for us, Ben. Hey, they don't seem like bad guys. And it was from Bono Friar or someone. No thumbs ups, no nothing. First comment directly after, you're a loser. Boom, then the hate train continues on. So not only was uh john or ben getting

uh like a bit of abuse online getting trolled but bono bono fryer still poor old bono fryer yeah so there we go that wasn't actually bono fryer but you know but you did try to the time it doesn't yeah unfortunately it doesn't work does it you know what i love about comments and net comments is sometimes i look at the ones on our probably facebook and i see your mum your mum jenny jenny comments oh you're looking lovely in that video always something about yeah that's a nice shirt you're wearing goes well with your eyes she doesn't bless her i mean it's lovely and it's always about something like that you're right oh you know it's i don't even think she's watched the video if she did she probably doesn't know what's going whatever but she's commented something like that oh that's oh that they look nice in there oh i think you two

are lovely or something which is lovely stuff but i don't think mum really knows that what she's putting on everyone's like everyone can read that well she's so you're like it's not a text message she doesn't know the ramifications sometimes you'll go oh your mum message on that i'm like oh did she you know it's not like it's come Oh your mum messaged on that I'm like Oh did she You know It's not like it's come directly to me To go Oh that's a message from mum

Yeah But she Yeah Bless her Bless her Ben you left your ointment in our house That sort of thing But Jenny

I do remember One time With my mum Because when Obviously a very low point in my life The pilot incident Obviously where I got arrested

A very silly thing that I did Ended up with a TV skit That went wrong point in my life the uh the pilot incident obviously where where i got arrested but very silly thing that i did ended up was tv skit that went wrong and you know a lot of media were you know wanting to they were turning up in my house trying to get you know trying to get interviews and stuff like that i wasn't working with you at the stage of your career i was i was part of the media i was like let's take this guy down i was knocking on your door i mean it was a stupid thing to do and it was you know cost a lot of money, stress. You know, my wife was pregnant at the time. There was a whole lot of stuff, you know, and I was just like, I felt horrible.

I put all these people through all this stuff for something very, very stupid. And it was a big lesson learned. Well, I would have thought it was strange that you've gone through the worst time in your life, thousands and thousands of dollars in legal bills, and then you go and get your wife pregnant. No, no. Why was sex on your no, she was pregnant. What was sex on your mind? No, she was pregnant.

Oh. She had a baby. No, she had a baby. She was like, yeah. Because when I'm stressed out, sex is the last thing on me. Oh, there's now that going on, that's for sure. That was definitely not. I was surprised I was still living in the house at the moment.

But I remember because the media, as they do, they want to get angles, you know, want to talk about the story and stuff like that. And so they're contacting. I was, you know, like where people come to the door, where people are ringing me and stuff like that. Did they actually knock on your door? Yeah, they found out the house.

How do they know where you live? I don't know. I don't know. They just, yeah, turned up. And, yeah, so that happened. But then I thought I better reach out to, I think, the media people were like, oh, you better reach out to your parents and just say, don't say anything if anyone did.

So I did. I talked to mum. I talked to my dad. I said, if anyone reaches out, don't say anything. And then mum rings me later and goes, I had someone call. And I'm like, oh, yeah? She didn't say anything.

You didn't say anything. No, I didn't say anything. I was like, oh, good. Except I did say that. I was like, oh, mum, I just said that I love my son. It was something really lovely like that. I love him. He's a lovely boy.

And then I think the headline was like, mother defends criminal son. She got like part of the stitch up. She got a roasting. Yeah, she got, that wasn't quite what I meant because I was just saying, I didn't support you in that

and I didn't, I was like, no. So, yeah. So, mum learned a lesson there about commenting there as well, even though it was all, again, poor mum. What I put her, just a horrible, so really, really. She didn't deserve that. No, no.

She was like, I just said he was lovely and I loved him, though, you know, silly, but I still love him. Mum stands beside. Ruthless criminal son. Yeah, I know. It was like, oh, poor mum. So again. Jeez, they really do.

They can twist your words, can't they? The media. Yeah. Hey, we're part of it. We are part of the media. Oh, the amount of stitch-ups I've done in the edit on people. You know, when you record your phone prank calls and things, just, oh, stitch them up in the edit.

Not the old John. You learn your lesson. You do try and be better than you once were. You know, I guess it's about life and growing up. We got quite philosophical there, didn't we? That was meant to be just the little one we were going to play on the next message. But I feel like we've probably fulfilled the time. How much better now do you think you are than you were then as a person?

I never – A point system. I don't think I'm any – 10 out of 10 better? I don't think I'm any – I don't think I'm any better, but I I don't think I'm any Like I don't Think I'm any But I definitely think about

Stuff I try and think about stuff A lot more Worry I'm a lot more anxious And worried about stuff Yeah do you do Have you always been

This anxious and worried Not as Definitely not as Anxious and worried But you know When you know that What you can do You think you're doing

Something that's Has consequences Yeah That we'd never think That we could end up With you in jail And all sorts of You know Stuff like that You're like Well that's... Has consequences. Yeah, that we'd never think that we could end up with you in jail and all sorts of stuff like that. You're like, well, that's a pretty worst-case scenario

when it comes to what was meant to be a light TV sort of moment. Yeah, I mean, who would have thought pranking could take you to court? Yeah, and get on the news and get you in jail. So, yeah, that was a real lesson learned. So, really, that's now probably in my mind goes to worst-case scenario a worst case scenario a lot and that's yeah i mean maybe that's for the better but i definitely it probably makes it difficult for you to work with me because i'm like oh i don't know about that no it's not i understand where you're coming from i understand where you're coming from i do want to know what happened in prison talk to me about prison showers the rules what happens

we were only in the cells for well not i not I'd say only, but probably five or six hours. How many showers did you have? No, I didn't hit the showers once, so yeah, didn't hit the showers. Were you sitting with other people who were waiting? At first we were, and then I don't know why we got moved to another place at some stage, and then it was just the three of us. When they're like, what are you in here for? Were you like, oh, ram raiding, Or did you like make up a cool thing?

You know, we did. We talked about what we're all kind of in there for and yeah. Who, what were other people in there for? I think, yeah, all sorts of, yeah, a wide variety of things. But for some reason I felt like it was the worst. We were like, what are you, you know? Even though they were looking at us like, why are you? Oh, come on, guys.

You know? Oh, yeah, I've just robbed a bank. But guys, you don't go pranking at the airport. Yeah, and it's a very, yeah, it's a lesson I should have known and I didn't. When you spoke to the other people waiting their court appearances and they told you what they did, did you sort of slide further away from some of them? Oh, no, no. You just what?

No, because you're all in there together No one's better than anyone else No, I'm definitely not better than anyone else But yeah, just a real surreal Just a real, almost like looking back now Even now, it feels like that was a bad dream But that was something that did actually exist The whole time just feels very surreal

And just like a horrible low point Is it like a changing room? Where if you go off for your court appearance, everyone's like, good luck out there, mate. Do you offer yourselves good luck? Do you say goodbye to the other people in there? I guess, yeah. I'd like to be fair.

You can't remember. It was a bit, yeah. I guess so. You probably, well, I don't know if you say good luck to anyone else who've done some, I don't know. Do you say goodbye? I don't know. I don't actually know if we talk i remember are they friends for life someone kept no because we went we're only there for four or

five hours and then someone came in at one stage and then you get moved because you know i don't know what was going on you get kind of taken to a room when you get talked to and then you get taken to a place afterwards and you get some photo you know like some mug shots done and and you get taken to a fingerprint did you get those for your portfolio? I haven't ever seen. Head shots? Never seen that, no. So, jeez. Yeah.

And then you get taken to the cells and then you got, suddenly someone comes in and goes, oh, you guys are coming. You go, okay. So you just go and you don't know where you're going to head and you head to another room and then you head. I can't even remember. I don't think the court was that day. We had to come back to court.

Oh, you had to come back. Yeah. Having a brief period in that environment. Yeah. think you'd survive in Piremeremo? I'd survive. No. No. I wouldn't survive. No.

I'd barely survive now, you know. Look at me. Look at me. Prison would be just, it would be terrible, wouldn't it? Yeah. Having to go to prison. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Maybe there's people who've been to prison Listening to the Burnaphone podcast right now If you have been to prison Leave us a message We'll get you on What is it like? Is it as frightening as the movies? Because the movies have done a bang up job

Of terrifying everyone Of prison Haven't they? TV shows, movies But it might not be like that It does make it very, yeah, even, I mean, that wasn't, that was, yeah, that wasn't prison as such, that was a holding

cell, but yeah, that was still, that was too much for me. Kindergarten to prison. So hopefully I've learnt my lesson and become, I'm trying to be a better person each day, but we're all learning. I can vouch, you were a monster back then, but you're a far better person now.

Okay. You have improved. Thank you. So yeah, from that lovely compliment which I felt good at the start I've now gone to the end of this podcast feeling bad about myself again

for something that I did. Don't feel bad about yourself? What's in the past? Listen, do you know what they say? Do you know what they say? What do they say? I'm just trying to the more I say do you know what they say

I'm trying to remember what they say. Yeah. And it is What's happened in the past Has happened Yeah You can't go back And change that No

It's what you do tomorrow What are you going to do In the next five minutes? You can learn Yeah Try and learn from it And try and be better from it Everyone makes mistakes

That's been You can't change that I wish you could There's a lot you wish you could Oh yeah Wish you could But you can't You actually just can't

No Can't travel back in time And change it So all you can do Is You actually just can't. No. You can't travel back in time and change it. So all you can do is shape your future. Yeah. Jono Pryor, 2023. Be better each day. All right.

Sounds good.