Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 57: Bad Luck For Ben...

Episode Date: July 27, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone No, if we were a specific day weather and news podcast, then you'd be wanting to know what day stuff was happening. But this one, this is evergreen, mate. In 2079, they could go back and listen to this and go, geez, those guys were innovators, pioneers of podcasting. Or listen back at the Cancel You for saying something that you just said there. You said innovator. You can't say that anymore in 2079. How Jerry called himself an innovator. He's taking jobs from other innovators by saying he's an innovator. You can't say that anymore in 2079. How dare he call himself an innovator.

Yeah. You know, he's taking jobs from other innovators by saying he's an innovator. Yeah, cancel him. And I've said it too, now repeating it back, so we've both been cancelled. I want to know what the very first ever podcast was. Let's have a look at that. What was the first ever? Because the people who got into it early, they're reaping the benefits now, aren't they?

They really are. What was the first ever podcast? Here we go. First ever, because the people who got into it early, they're reaping the benefits now, aren't they? They really are. What was the first ever podcast? Here we go. First ever on-demand radio show was IT Conversations by Doug Kay. Oh, wow. See, Doug really. He was the innovator. Yeah, he did.

He led the way, didn't he, Doug? The show ran from 2003 to 2012. Oh, that's a long time. Doug, Doug, okay. I had a lot of IT conversations over that time. Oh, I've locked myself out of the computer, Doug. You tried turning it off and turning it back on again. How do I update?

I can't gain access to the Excel spreadsheet. It's locked. Oh, you have to log in with that password. Yeah, yeah. So all those sort of IT conversations. No wonder it went for so long. Oh, there is a lot of IT. It's computers, technology.

It's the greatest thing, but then when it's not working, it's, jeez, it's frustrating. You just want to do something and it doesn't work. You lock yourself out of your computer multiple times a month. And there's a very short

than the work computer. It logs you out. If you're not touching the computer or doing something within 30 seconds, it'll log you out. Surely you can change that in the city you can uh but every time you log back in it goes back to the preset thing so every day i'm like you know i see yeah because i sit across the desk from you i can always see a look of concern in your eyes wriggle the mouse and you know battling away every few minutes I look like I'm frantically working on it. All I'm doing is looking

at what's happening coming up in the show on it. You know? Just looping back to Doug Kay's first ever podcast. Yeah. Jeez, who would have been listening to that?

Because no one would have known podcasting was a thing. No, but Doug was out there. Doug did. Doug did. I'll tell you who I found an oven mitt the other day that we got sent,

speaking of iconic broadcasters, from Rick D's in the Weekly Top 40, which is an American show. I think it's still going. It's the Top 40 songs. Now, he is a legend in America. Oh, yeah. Rick D's in the Weekly Top 40. He had little jingles.

He'd count down the hottest songs. Hi, Rick Dees. And I'd listen to that. And I hadn't mastered it. I think it played in 2XSFM and the Manawa 2. And it would come across. I'd be able to just tune in in my room and listen to Rick Dees. Loved listening to Rick Dees.

He was. All the top songs and stuff. Oh, yeah. He was an icon. Simulcasted. Not simulcasted, but broadcast. Probably in almost every English speaking country You would imagine

Around the world And we tried to get Sharon We were working with Sharon On the edge She tried to get him on the show And he was like Yeah yeah definitely keen

But I don't know And sent us out some merch And I've got I've got an oven mitt Signed by Rick Dease Going you're hot stuff Ben Or something From Rick Dease

I was using it last night I was like oh Rick Dease But, you're hot stuff, Ben, or something from Rick Dees. I was using it last night. I was like, oh, Rick Dees. But I don't think the interview, we've never lined up the interview. So I'd love to talk to him. Did we not talk to him? No, I don't think we ever did. Not because he stood us up or anything. I just think, I don't know.

I think we ended up leaving. Oh, well, that'll do it. It was probably on us. Yeah, it was probably on us. That'll do it. Interesting that he sent out an oven mitt to a girl named Sharon, too. You're like these oven mitts. I don't know if he did.

Did he actually have your name on it? He signed it. He would sign one for you as well. I didn't realise it had the names on it. Yeah, he signed it. Ben, you're hot stuff. Rick Dees. He'd signed that on top of the oven mitt.

No, I think Sharon got something else. I think he learned. He's not getting cancelled. Oh, shit, here we go. Rick Dees is still doing the weekly top 40 He's still hosting the show It streams in the US Making the

It's the longest continuously Running countdown In the world That's really interesting Yeah We found out about Doug Kay The first podcaster in the world And Rick Dees the longest running countdown in the world.

Do you reckon Rick Dees is – I wonder what Rick Dees thinks of the music nowadays. He's kind of just kind of rolled with it, though. He's through it all, you know. He's 73 now. Yeah, is he? Yeah. Wow.

Jeez, you're hot stuff, Ben. No, thank you, Rick Dees. How did Rick Dees know you were hot stuff? Well, I don't know. I think it was just hot stuff for the oven. You know, I think it was a clever pun. That's a good little bit of merch though, isn't it? Yeah, oven mitt.

Because it's one of those things you never go out. Well, I don't. I never go out to buy an oven mitt. Like I never go, geez, I really need to get an oven mitt. I'll just use a tea towel or whatever it is. But if someone gives you an oven mitt, you're like, well, that's handy. I'll put that in. Now, do you put the signed Rick D's oven mitt in the same category as your signed Dan Carter

jockey underpants? Like, do you use the oven mitt for its functional purpose? Yes, I do. So is Rick's signature fading off? Yeah, it's fading off a little bit as I've been getting hot. You've got casserole stains all over. But it's been very practical and very handy, so thank you very much. I think when Rick D signed an oven mitt, he imagined it

to be used. So that guy loves radio. That guy loved lifts. And I did. As a kid, I loved listening to Rick D's. And now I'm loving the crap out of his oven bit. It's keeping my hands from not getting burnt. Covered in spaghetti bolognese. All sorts of stuff. I think he probably imagined it being framed and put in a...

Probably. He's a legend. Yeah, he is. Anyway, speaking of legends, you, you're the legend. And you can text BurnerPhone to 4487. You can get our number for the Burnerphone and leave us a message like this legend. Hi, Jono and Ben, this is Jason. I just want to give a shout-out for my partner, Penny, for her birthday.

She turned 31 today, so thanks, Jono and Ben. See you, bye. Oh, Penny. That's lovely. Happy birthday. Jason, what a lovely guy. That's lovely. Shout-out to Penny.

And I think we'll hook her up with a birthday present with a Challenge Petrol Service Station voucher. And Jono will chuck in one of his signature oven mitts as well. Oh, your hot stuff, Penny. No, we don't do that. It doesn't really stack up, does it? No, let's just do the... I make it sound weird when I do it.

The Challenge Petrol Service Station voucher. Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Happy birthday, Penny. Bester. Yeah, that's great. Yeah. Happy birthday, Penny. Best birthday you've ever had, Ben. Best birthday party. I'm trying to think.

Off the top of my head, I'm not really a huge, I mean, yeah, not these days, not a birthday person. Have you had a big, a significant birthday party where you've invited hordes of people and they're there to celebrate you? Oh, my mate and I, we had a combined one, I think, probably in our early 20s and stuff. We used to do them, yeah, because we had birthdays around about the same time, so we used to do a birthday party. I think two years in a row we did something, and we did something different each time. I think we had a pool.

We hired a pool hall and had a pool hall competition between so people would have pairs of things. That was actually quite fun. Yeah, that's good. And I think we did a lawn bowls one or something as well it was yeah it was a good activity it was quite fun we

did like activity we'll do something and we'll hire the place and that was actually fun because you're doing something along those nights but then we kind of faced yeah

three I think we faced out of it mate yeah the big day out was huge and then you know not around anymore yeah so it's good it's always good when you can smoke screen with

another person's birthday yeah like he kind birthday He really to be honest He was like when's my birthday And I kind of went along I love parties I love going to parties I don't mind throwing a party but I don't know about the birthday For people who

Us in the radio industry We love attention But for some reason I don't like attention out in public. Right, yeah. Day to day life. Keep your head down. Like,

I don't want to have a party all about me. Yeah. I don't want all the attention to be there because then I feel responsible for people having a good night.

You know, if you're hosting a party, you want it to, you want everyone to have a great time, don't you? You want everyone to enjoy it. not just to go away

and go, that was fun rather than. Oh, that was a bit miserable. Yeah. I don't like, I don't you? You want everyone to enjoy it. Just to go away and go, that was fun rather than... Oh, that was a bit miserable. Yeah. I don't think I like that pressure. Yeah. There are some people that party people and they can throw a great party and they think

of everything. I appreciate those people. I love enjoying the fruits of their ways, but I don't want that responsibility. We did one for... Many years ago, we ran in the election, the Bill and Ben party, and we ran that when we many years ago we ran in the election uh at the bill and ben party and we ran that many many years ago again wouldn't do it now um but it was the time and i think we had to pay a thousand dollars line the election and we threw in that because all the campaigns it was kind of a bit of a like a bit of a bit of a laugh you know there's a marketing

exercise what were you gonna do if you actually got into parliament fortunately that was that was not even close you thought about, that was not even close. Had you thought about that? That was not even close. Did it dawn on you at any point? Well, we did. I mean, if it happened, we're like, geez, this would make a fascinating doco, wouldn't it?

To follow a documentary of like, when we're in Parliament, what the heck? We started as a joke. Yeah, and now we're actually there. I mean, look, Zelensky, dare I say, he was a comedian, an actor, one of the biggest shows where he played a politician, and now he is doing an amazing job as leading a country. I'm sure

he lies awake many times at night going, jeez, I wish I could go back to comedy. Yeah. I wouldn't say for a second I'd be anywhere near good as him, but we threw an election night party, because everyone does. All the major political parties, they throw a party, don't they? So we were like, well, let's make it an actual party so we i mean we hired clowns we hired guy that made balloon you

know balloon animals we got bouncy cars like we went like it was like a kid's party yeah and then the news came along and filmed us and filmed myself you know like with balloon pussy balloon hats on and party yeah that was great it was a night but that's the footage the news had when i was next thing i'm in the few But that's the footage the news had when I was, next thing I know, a few years later in a pilot, you know, like a horrible situation where I get arrested at the airport. What's the footage of the news rolls out of me? You know, when you want to go, I'm not just an idiot all the time.

And then you're like, well, hey, clearly, mate. Let's cut to wasting bloody political dollars. Let's cut to a guy in a bloody balloon hat, you know. It's not good for your cause, is it? No, but that was taking it out of context. It wasn't like I was celebrating the pilot incident with a balloon. That was years before.

I was commiserating and crying in a fetal position at home. I think the media, when someone's in a scandal or they want to have a mockery of someone, they dig deep to find possibly the worst bit of footage or imagery that they can back up their claims with. Look at this schmuck. And they've got sloppy eyes. I had a good shot that day.

Both eyes open. Yeah, they pick the day I'm drinking, I'm sculling a beer with my mates. You know, whatever. But they do that. Oh, what? I had my face in a pair of promotional bosoms. And you play, and you do that. Oh, come on.

I'm a great guy, yeah. Have a look at the other shot, where I'm slapping one on the bottom. At least that's a bit more classy. Yeah, so that's what happens. So anything, we'll come back to buy you. Well, thank you so much, and happy birthday to Penny. And as Ben said, you've got the $50 Challenge Petrol Service Station

voucher and if you'd like one you do, you can simply just leave us a message and you can win, here's the number. If you want to join the Burner Phone Podcast, text BURNERPHONE to 4487 and we'll send you our digits. You could be on tomorrow's episode.