Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Weekend Highlights: Michael Jackson Went To Starship!

Episode Date: July 21, 2023

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The Hits with the Jono and Ben podcast. Thanks to Challenge, putting the service back into service stations. You know when you have people coming over to your house and I've done this and I've been on the other side of it and you say to the person who's hosting you, what should we bring? And nine times out of ten the person that's hosting is just bring yourselves. But just bring yourselves. No one ever just bring yourselves. But just bring yourselves. No one ever just brings. They hear just bring yourself. Like you, I imagine you're the type of person, if you hear just bring yourself, you're like, that's what they've told me to do. I'll just bring myself.

You feel obliged to bring something even though you've been told just bring yourself. You're right. Now, I now go to my wife, Amanda, because she's a lot more sensible with those things. I would go, well, they told us not to bring anything. She's like, well, what are you going to drink there? Are you going to feel guilty every time you have a drink? And you're like, yes, I now go to my wife, Amanda, because she's a lot more sensible with those things. So I would go, well, they told us not to bring anything. She's like, well, what are you going to drink there? Are you going to feel guilty every time you have a drink? And you're like, yes, I am. So you've got to bring something to drink.

And then you've got to think about who they're caring for. And you're like, hey, how about we bring dessert or we bring a salad or whatever it is. You want to bring something to at least feel like you contributed. But it's an automatic reflex, isn't it, from the host? Just bring yourself. There's probably a hundred things you could bring there's a lot of things yeah yeah you're right i think it's good bring someone over to mow the lawns yeah i appreciate when people just go hey why don't you sort out

dessert you're like great i could do that yeah you know like it is a good thing so because that's really what people want you what they don't say it so oh eight hundred the hits let's let's draw a line in the sand new zealand does just bring yourselves mean just bring yourselves? Because from this day forward, if we hear it, we're just like, no, you said it. I'm sticking with the instruction, doing what I've been told. And if you want something brought, say, listen, I'd love you to bring over someone who can pick up the courier package that I have in Highbrook. Because the courier arrived when I wasn't at home. All right.

So 0800 the hits, 4487, that's our numbers. You can give us a call or text any stage. Just bring yourselves. Just bring yourselves. This time, just bring yourselves and a mouth with a voice. That's all we need. All right. Sounds good.

Okay, 100 The Hits, you decide it. We'll solve this New Zealand together. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. We do care about what other people say. In this instance, when you are hosting a dinner whatever barbecue and people phone up and say what shall i bring and you respond backwards just bring yourselves we've all been guilty of it in the past um just show up with your sparkling personalities that's all we want but does it actually mean just bring yourselves or are you obliged like ben

always having to bring something even though you've been told, haven't you? No, you've got to. I feel like you've got to. I feel like you have to. Tegan. Hi there. What are we doing? You're coming to my house.

I've said, hey, Tegan, don't bring anything. Just bring yourself. No, always bring something, always. But there's better than that. I had old friends that used to not only bring stuff, but they'll drink ours or whatever and then take their stuff back home with them. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. You can't do that. You can't do that. You can't do that. You've done that. You've done that. With a quarter bottle of wine. I know.

I know. And I'll be like, you know, I go to my wife now, I'll be like, well, I can just take this with us. You can't turn up with a half open bottle of wine. You can't take it away either. Those are the lessons that I've learned from my wife. Although one time I turned up with a really nice bottle of wine and my friend went, oh good, thinking that we'd all drink it.

And he put it in his cupboard and we drank their wine. And I was like, and I Googled how much my wife said, don't Google. And I was like, this wine's cheaper than mine. Are you Googling at his house? Yeah. Under the table going. You know, that wine didn't get brought out later. I was like, where's that wine going to come back out?

Tegan, is it a case of if you come onto the property, nine-tenths of the law, possession, rah-dee-rah? Well, yeah, it was always just, you know, that's what you took, and that was for them, and it was, you know, a week or so they left, but it was just like a contribution. Yeah, what we're saying here is let's not say just bring yourself. Let's be a bit more specific. Yeah, I don't make it easier by saying,

can you do a dessert or a salad or anything? With your moutigs. Thank you very much. Warren, we'll get Warren on. Just bring yourself. Are we just bringing ourself, Warren? No. Yeah.

What I say is to the host, what can I do to help? Oh, that's nice. That's a great idea. It's a great way of saying it. And what do they say? What's the response back? It varies on who I'm seeing, but most of the time it's, oh, it'd be great if you could pop in and just help set up.

Great. So then Warren's offering, you're firing it back. Yeah. Because I guess if you go, what shall I bring? Then it puts pressure on the host to go, oh, now I've got to ask them to go and buy a specific item. But if you're offering help, Warren. It can be, can you pick up this on the host to go, oh, now I've got to ask them to go and buy a specific item. But if you're offering help, Warren. It can be, can you pick up this on the way through?

Or can you look after the kids while we sort something out? Jeez, you're a helpful guy. How far does your help extend? Can you be an alibi for me? Can we call you 7 o'clock Sunday morning and go, the kids are a nightmare, mate. Can you come over, Warren, do the dishes? Wouldn't be the first time I've done that one. Oh, good on you, Warren.

What a lovely guy. Someone's texting, 4487. Never turn up empty-handed. Yeah. I often take a good bottle of wine and a dozen eggs from my hens. I was going to say, if you didn't have hens, it would be a slightly random thing to turn up with. There's some eggs.

Freshly laid eggs. 12 of them. We're going to cook, if you didn't have hens, it'd be kind of a slightly random thing to turn up with. There's some eggs. Freshly laid eggs. I guess it's handy. 12 of them. We're going to cook them tonight. No, but that's nice. It's a lovely gift. Snacks is another good one as well. Bring snacks because that's the thing.

People, you know, you spend a lot when you are putting on, you know, the meal that's at your house and stuff. So it is always good to contribute, I think. A bag of chips goes a long way. Yeah. Doesn't it? Well, there we go. So always bring something.

That's what we've learned. And you've got to stop saying just bring yourself. Be a bit more specific. Thank you very much for your call. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Chris Hipkins. Good morning. Good morning.

Hey, how are you doing? I'm really good. How are you guys? We're doing all right. I was just reading a big article on you on the New Zealand Herald as well. And you like to unwind your happy places, building things like shelves and retaining walls. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, you know, you've got to do something to pass the time. How many of those are you putting up recently since getting the top job? Yeah, not so many lately. Not so many, I have to say. Flat pack shelves are my – you couldn't find an unhappier place for me. Oh, no, you can't do flat pack. You've got to build them from scratch. Oh.

Flat pack's too easy. Yeah, yeah, you've got to build them from scratch. That's the fun of it. I know. Yeah, it was a really fascinating article. They talked to your mum as well. And I'd be, I mean, if anyone went to talk to my mum, I'd be so nervous. But your mum, very intelligent person.

Well, I have to say this, I was still a little nervous. You know, when I knew the article was coming out, I was sort of holding my breath thinking, oh, goodness, what embarrassing stories has she told them about me? No matter your status or who you are, you're always like, Jesus, mum. What do they want to talk to mum about?

Can I pre-section these questions? Yeah, exactly. Chris Hipkins with us. Now, you launched your slogan. What's the slogan for the Labour Party for the election campaign? Oh, mate, look, we're in it for you. That's the slogan because, you know, that's ultimately what the campaign is about. I'm in politics.

I'm here because I want to make life better for everyone, for New Zealanders. So, in it for them. Are you involved in the brainstorm? Because it feels like no matter what slogan you come up with, it's going to get mocked and dissected on the internet. There is absolutely no way of avoiding that. Every slogan that we looked at, I was thinking, oh, yeah, there's a few memes in that one.

Now I know you've locked it in, but we've just come up with some alternatives. It's not too late to get some new core flutes out there in the game there, Chris. OK, here's one I'll pitch to you. As long as our plane doesn't break down, we'll get this country flying high. No, that's okay. Laugh, but not better than the other one.

Okay, here's another one. Chris is going to be winning this thing anyway. Make sure it's the right one or the left one in this case. Well, yeah, I was going to say it's got to be the one on the left. Okay. Well, let's go with one of your favourite sayings. Spread your legs on your way to vote Labour. I'm never going to live that one down, really, am I?

It's going to be with me forever. And that's all we have. That's all we have. I think you probably got a better one than we came up with, Chris. But you have been travelling a lot recently. Yeah, you have. How have the travels been? It's not too bad, although I have to say this week

I've sort of been wondering where I am sometimes. You know, the time zone thing, bouncing around the place, all the different time zones. I've sort of been trying to readjust my body clock this week to actually be back in regular New Zealand time. Well, that is a perfect lead-in to a game that we want to play with you, Prime Minister. Oh, no.

This is where it always goes wrong. You're like, I've seen these games. No, it's not. This is Where in the World Were You, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. You're running a crazy schedule at the moment. Yeah, very busy. There's not a day you're taking off. We're going to mention a date in the last two or three weeks.

It's not that long ago. And you have to try and remember where exactly in the world you're taking off. We're going to mention a date in the last two or three weeks, it's not that long ago, and you have to try and remember where exactly in the world you were. OK, I'll give it a go. OK, Wednesday, June 28. June 28? I think I was in China. Yes! You were in China! Having a meeting with Xi Jinping. Is he a nice chap?

Yeah, actually, it was a good conversation. I mean, he's got a big flash building, I have to tell you. But, you know, it was a good conversation. I hope you went in there and that was the first thing you said. Oh, this is a big flash building. I can put some shelves up here if you want. Get your dating wall outside. Okay, Saturday, 15th of July. Okay, so not too long ago

I just got home So it depends what time you're talking about Yeah, I was in Auckland first thing And then Wellington in the afternoon Yeah, well done And it says you met with under fire minister Kitty Allen Yeah, that's what you did on that day. And now Monday, July 10, where in the world was Chris Hipkins?

Oh, now, Monday, I would have been in Brussels. Bang. You're on fire. I was in Brussels first thing in the morning, and then I was in Stockholm and Sweden in the afternoon. So there you go. It's like that game Carmen Santiago that you play at school on the computer. Where in the world is Chris Hipkins?

Hey, well, listen, great catching up with you, Prime Minister. You look after yourself. All right. Cheers, guys. Great. The Hits, the Jono and Ben podcast. To a password expert.

How many passwords is the right amount? As many passwords as accounts you have is the right answer there, which is a tricky thing to say and a tricky thing to do. But if you want to be secure online, it's important you put that effort in. So you have a specific one for every website? Every website. Yeah.

If you use a password more than once, it doubles the risk of it causing you a breach in some way, shape or form. Yeah, how do you like those truth bombs? Yeah, it's really fascinating. Kaboom. Now, Ben, after we spoke to him, you said we should play a real fun game. Now, I'll let you explain the format of the game

because I was like, this is never going to work. No one's ever going to participate. And I'm doubtful as well. But OK, so what happens is no names. People just call up, you know, and you just say your password for something. It's like when you go to a swingers evening at Ben's. No names. You just say your password for something It's like when you go to a swingers evening at Ben's No names You just say a password for something

But you don't say what the password's for It's like the most dangerous game in radio And then that's it You can't ask them a name I know that's going to be tough for you Because you always want to know someone's name Well not only just purely for No one knows if you're talking to them

Hello caller is all you can say What's your password? And then they'll go Smokey23 Which is one of my passwords But i'm not going to tell you what it was for what website's for yeah but you know i'm going to go on like every website actually it's a very old school i don't think the business still exists but yeah easy store thing i'll go i'll check one out here okay oscar poppy underscore one two three four three, four, five, six, Gene. I'm not going to tell you what password or what website that'll be going to.

Okay. But we've given too much because you know our names, so you don't even have to give that much. Okay, you just have to go the password on 0800THEHITS. I'm instantly regretting doing what we just did. Now, this is why we left this towards the end of the show, because I was like, no one's going to participate. But if you'd like to phone up, the almost most dangerous game on radio.

It's pretty dangerous. Might be too dangerous for the hits. It might be for another radio show. It might be more of a ZM thing or a Hauraki thing. Yeah. The renegades. The bad boys of radio. Yeah, I pointed it out there.

I taunted it, you know. Yeah, so 800 of the hits. You can call us up anonymously. You tell us your password. Share it with Aotearoa. Can you trust the HITS audience? I don't know. To keep your passwords safe.

The HITS, the Jono and Ben podcast. Ben, high concept radio stuff. We spoke to a password expert who coincidentally will put on the podcast on iHeartRadio if you want to hear all the tips about how to manage your passwords safely and how many you should have. Apparently one for every website you're registered on. I know. Too many.

But then there was that really handy little place that you could go as well. Password manager. Password manager as well, which you need to have a password to unlock but it remembers all your passwords. So we're undoing all of his good work, all of his helpful public service announcement work now by getting you to phone up and tell all your passwords. So we're undoing all of his good work, all of his helpful public service announcement work now by getting you to phone up and tell us your password. This is your game.

You explain how it works. It's a very dangerous renegade game. No names, no names. You don't say where you're from, who you are. You just say your password and you don't say what the password's for. Now I was like, no one's going to participate in this. It's too much.

How many people do you think have called up? Zero. One. It's better than zero at that moment that's better than zero so let's go to caller one caller one okay okay no names no names uh just say your password nick is 69 nick is 69 okay i do want to know what it's for but i I can't. I want to know your name, too. Okay, can we just talk vaguely? How many sites is it associated with? Too many. Too many. Okay.

All right. That's enough. I feel like we're going to incriminate you or we don't want to get hacked anymore. When the bank asks you for your password out loud and you have to say it, at what point do you regret having that as a password? Straight away, but who cares? Thank you very much. We'd love to send you a prize, but we can't

because we don't know your name. Thank you, Nickers69. Thank you very much. Let's go to caller 2. We've got another caller, Ben. Caller 2, say your password. Anonymous, we won't mention your name. Morning. It's capital letter D RR-A-N-1-0-6-H-9-E.

Okay, we don't know where you're entering that in. I like you gave us the capitals as well. Have you locked that into a few sites as well? No, I've got a different password for every website. Oh, you do this, do you? Oh, you're one of those people. And do you find it hard to remember do you have like a manager situation no what you do is you have two sections of the

password so the first section is the actual website so say oh yeah and the second one is a random number um so the second part always stays the same but the first part of the prizeware changes I see on the website yeah there we go this is a game where Ben Boyce you test my hazy memory

against the alert awake memories of the wonderful listeners to the hits 0800 the hits telephone number you explain the format baby yeah if you can beat Jono to guessing the exact year that these iconic things happened, then you'll win some Hell Pizza,

now delivering beer and wine as well. Now, Jono, I've said you can only guess the year once. You've got to be 100% sure of your answer, okay? I can't. I'd be a shocking historian. They'd be like, hey, when was the treaty signed? And I'd be like, oh, 1800s, or was it 1900? I don't know.

Vague recollections of stuff, particularly when you go back to the wild eras of the 80s and I'd be like 1800s or was it 1900s I don't know vague recollections of stuff particularly when you go back to the wild eras of the 80s and 90s well let's see how you go

I'll talk about Tom Cruise this week obviously Mission Impossible I mean he's 61 I mean that's Mission Impossible looking like that

at 61 but he had an iconic movie in this particular year Jerry Maguire famous saying show me the money! Oh yeah, Cuba Gooding?

Yeah. Is he being cancelled, Cuba Gooding? I think there was something going on there, yeah, going on with a court case or something as well, but yeah,

cute little kid as well, you know, talking about human heads weighing eight pounds or something like that. That kid was adorable. I interviewed him when he was like

20 years old. Was he though? He wasn't as cute, but he was lovely. He was a lovely guy. What age do you officially lose your cuteness? Probably about 13, 14, isn't it? Yeah.

So that Jerry Maguire came out in that year, was one of the big films. It's the 90s then. Okay, I'm in the 90s. Yeah, it's in the 90s. Now before TikTok, obviously, but we were still doing silly little dances. We all had moves as well.

Okay, so what year was this? Nakareira was the biggest song in Billboard charts of that year. I'll give you one more little thing before you give your final answer. An iconic entertainer came to New Zealand. Now, I want you to make no jokes about this particular. I found some news footage, because this particular entertainer was the biggest star in the world at the time, came to New Zealand, performed in Auckland,

and he did a lovely, lovely thing that made news. Michael invited AJ along as he visits the children's hospital known as Starship. Michael tours private wards exclusively with AJ to meet with children confined to their rooms. Michael Jackson came to New Zealand, performed at Auckland. Meeting children confined to their rooms.

I'm just saying. I'm just saying. So what was the year? Do you know what year that was? The iconic things. I went to that concert. I remember driving up from Marston with my family. Twelve hours to come up. I remember you going, what was that funny smell you kept saying to your mum, didn't you?

Yeah, yeah. Funny smell of permeating across. Pepsi tour, wasn't it? Yeah, it was massive. A lot of Pepsi. Came out on a spaceship and stuff like that. It just blew my mind. Saw my kid from Marston.

I was like, wow. Yeah. Okay, do you know the year? Do you think you know the year or someone got it before you? I'm going to say 1997. You don't have to say if I'm correct or not, but Kirstie joins New Zealand's Breakfast. I'm saying 1997, Kirst.

Macarena has thrown me a little bit to the honest. I feel like it's been around forever, but I think it was 96. 96, there you go. November, he came to New Zealand, Michael Jackson, as well. He went to Starship, lovely place for him to go, no jokes. Visiting the children to find their rooms. Yeah. Well done.

You've got yourself some hell pizza this morning. Cool, thanks. Love your work, Kirsty. Jeez, the muckadana has stopped the tester time. Yeah, right. Cockroaches and the muckadana. It was like kind of TikTok, eh? Because everyone knew the dance moves and stuff.

We just didn't post ourselves doing it. No. Which is probably for the best. Did you know the backstory to that? It's actually about a lady, a very sultry lady, who was very free-loving. Oh, really? With many gentlemen across the dance floor.

Oh, I did not know that. No jokes from me on that one either.