Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - The Burner Phone 71: Nice..

Episode Date: August 20, 2023

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The Hits with Jono and Ben's Burner Phone Tomorrow we can... Oh, yeah, just as I was thinking about that, we had apparently a friend of a friend, my friend Tiff, her friend, was in Scotland. In the middle of Scotland, back blocks of Scotland, walked into a shop, and the owner of the shop said, oh, where are you from? She said, New Zealand. He said, I listen to Jono and Ben. So we're wanting to track down this random Scottish listener

just so we can simply say we have to our international audience. We can greet them. That's pretty cool, eh? We tried calling them today, but obviously it was Sunday in the UK. We worked it out as we tried to call. So yeah, we'll hopefully have that tomorrow. Yeah, we'll do that in the morning. How has your weekend been?

You had a good one? It was all right. I spent a lot of time with you. It was a fun weekend. A couple of MC jobs. We're hosting a few award ceremonies, which was cool, actually. Yeah, it is cool. That's cool.

You get to meet some good people in this job, don't you? And see some people that are achieving some great things in different industries that you don't know a lot about. But you get there and you're like, wow, this is incredible. One of the joys of MCing awards for corporate companies is we also get given the dinner that they're having. Good dinner. I was thinking that the weekend as I was cooking dinner last night with the family going, geez, I've had the family have it, but I've had some great dinners.

We had a lamb shank Saturday night. Beautiful. It was just falling off the bone. A steak. I was like, wow, I have eaten some amazing dinners. Came home, you know, the family had had whatever they had. Spaghetti on toast or something. And I'm like, oh, mate, geez, I've had some great dinners this weekend.

Eating like a king. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's fantastic. Now, Ben, I just want to bring your attention to something that you mentioned earlier in the show because we start tomorrow on the radio. We're doing the best song ever at the hits. We thought we'd try and find the worst song ever.

A bit of a sub-competition within the competition. Yeah. And you put forward Shania Twain, That Don't Impress Me Much. And your reason being? Well, yeah, it's actually a really good song, but I've got a wee bugbear with Shania. The fact that she's like, oh, okay, you're Brad Pitt. That don't impress me much.

Or this one. But, but, but. And then later on in the song, she's like, but, but. So you're a rocket scientist. That don't impress me. And then later on in the song, she's like, oh, you're like Elvis or something? It's like, none of this is impressing. I'm like, come on. She's hard to impress, isn't she?

So that was your. That's my main problem with the song. It's a great song, as I say, but it's like she's not impressed by a rocket scientist, Brad Pitt, or Elvis or something. Elvis is probably one of the greatest artists ever. Brad Pitt, one of the greatest actors we've known. Rocket scientists. So actually there was a text that we received. I have tried calling them to tee them up, but they're not answering at the moment.

They might be involved in other matters, taking them away from the Burner Phone Podcast. So the text was, you've stated your point. The text was, I think, hi Ben, I think you might be missing the point. They may be Brad Pitt or a rocket scientist or Elvis, but do they have the touch? It's all about the touch. Well, Brad Pitt would. He would have the touch.

I'm pretty sure Elvis was a pretty hands-on guy, wasn't he? We've seen the movie. He was definitely... He was quite smooching everybody. He was smooching, yeah. I found that really awkward. It was quite a confronting bit of the movie. But he smooched young people. On stage, he was doing his Vegas shows,

and then he would just be like... And his wife would be in the crowd, and he'd just be like laying down, like, kiss on the lips. Lips to lips. Laying down, lips on the... You know, like... Lips on lips.

Yeah, lips on lips. They lips on lips yeah lips on lips they were all just like smooching up with everybody how was he getting that one past Priscilla she was there she was there she was just

showbiz mate I don't know she was yeah but we actually met a lady so that's the point is the touch

so whatever you've done credential professionally speaking Shania doesn't give a stuff it's just how you touch me what impresses her

is if you're looking after her and you're being a good partner. You're right. I guess I get it. That's the point she's making. Don't get me started on Bruno Mars. I'll jump in front of a train for you. I'm like, well, there we go. There's a lot of stuff I don't believe either, but we'll get to that another day.

I'll catch a grenade. You're like, mate, you would not. You would not. No, you would. Blow your hands off for this person? No. No. I mean, come on, man. Jump in front of a train? Well, we won't be seeing you tomorrow. Yeah. No, you would. Blow your hands off for this person? No. No, I mean, come on, man.

Jump in front of a train? Well, we won't be seeing you tomorrow. Yeah. No. And the blade? You put my hand on a blade? Yeah, no, Bruno. You're saying some stuff.

You're not backing it up. Yeah, so that was the point. What was it we were talking about before? Oh, Elvis. Smoochy Elvis. Oh, we were talking about- We met Cathy for now. Yeah, she was great.

She runs a Elvis impersonation competition. She does, yes. It's just out of Wellington in the hut there. People from Australasia, around the world, come over and perform some amazing Elvis impersonators, and she runs it. She loves Elvis. Went to her house everywhere.

Bathroom, bedroom. Elvis everywhere. Lounge, kitchen, everything. Elvis. It's incredible. It's like Elvis came in as the interior decorator and was like, you see me? We'll put me in every room on every wall.

Like anything you like. Fridge magnets, wall clocks, scarf, just everywhere. Like everything Elvis was there. It was incredible. It was like an Elvis museum she lives in. The big one too was we were like, where's your family? Where's the photos of your family? She's like, I've got no time for my family when Elvis is in your life but her point was

because we're just going back to Elvis smooching everybody she's like Priscilla new selling you what she signed up for no excuses yeah well you don't like him smooching don't don't don't be there he's a smoochy guy yeah I don't know she wouldn't be buddy Elvis to get cancelled Nowadays walking into The crowd and smooching Everybody Well yeah

You wouldn't be able To do it I guess it wasn't It's not that you Should be able to do it No but I guess It wasn't You know everyone

Was okay It was consensual smooching Yeah yeah But still a bit weird For everyone But did it make you How did it make you feel It made me a bit weird

I was kind of like Oh this is But I guess that showcased You know what he was like in that particular thing. Did you come out of that movie thinking Elvis was a great guy? I came out of it just saying, because it was more about the manager and Elvis. Colonel Bob or Tom or something?

Yeah, Colonel Tom Parker. And how, according to this movie, again, I don't know if I haven't done... I haven't looked into it past the movie, but just how hard he worked for poor Elvis and how, you know, like he ended up taking a lot. And Elvis wanted to stop and wanted to tour the world, but he's like, mate, he just kind of mind screwed him into carrying on in Vegas, not touring the world,

all these things, and just night after night after night after night just to basically fund him. Well, because Colonel Tom couldn't leave America, right? Yeah. He was an illegal alien. And it felt like he just forced Elvis to, you know, every time he'd have this tour lined up, want to go over the world, he'd kind of just keep him.

Yeah, I didn't realize that Elvis didn't go, didn't do like Taylor Swift and go everywhere. Didn't do an international tour. Just America. Really? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was, yeah, yeah. Sheesh. And so that, because obviously if Colonel left with him,

he wouldn't be allowed back into the country. Yeah. Right. Elvis never performed outside of North America. Wow. Yeah. He did it across the border in Canada, and he served in the military in Germany,

but he never did, yeah. Which is incredible for someone who's massive. A superstar. Yeah. Still today. Like worldwide, it was huge. When do you think the old Elvis impersonation thing's going to die out? Because eventually it's going to...

Yeah. Just the age of the fans will probably... You'd say you're probably in the last 20 years of that, maybe. Yeah, you're probably right. Might be on the tail end of Elvis impersonators. It's probably helpful having a movie about Elvis that kind of brings them back for a new generation. Who do you think's alive now that would have a generation of impersonators?

Swifties? Yeah. I love Taylor Swift whenever she passes. She's big enough, but yeah, would you do that? It's kind of like the iconic Elvis look. Ed Sheeran? Would Ed Sheeran have a impersonator? Yeah.

Would you do a Harry Styles impersonation competition? I don't know if there will be. I mean, but hey, maybe that's your thing. You can start that up afterwards. Yeah. There we go. That was the Burner Phone today, covering a bit of ground. A lot of ground, actually.

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