This is a list of episodes of Jono and Ben (called Jono and Ben at Ten until it moved to the 7:30pm time slot), the New Zealand comedy show.
The show is presented by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce, with the third presenter's chair filled by Guy Williams. In 2013, series two saw Williams being credited underneath the hosts instead of as a guest. In November 2013, the hosts announced that comedian Rose Matafeo would also be joining the team as a co-host.
Jono and Ben break into song, parodying the State Insurance commercial and explaining that their former shows have merged. Guy interviews Sonny Bill Williams during his retirement press release, creating the Sonny Guy Williams feud. The first Jono vs. Ben creates new adverts for their show. The first Action Men has the boys play 400m I Can't Touch The Ground; The Changing Room turns Mr. Vintage into an elderly couple's bedroom; The Manchilds interview The Block NZ host and co-host, Mark Richardson and Shannon Ryan while in the Guy Williams Television Segment, the boys make Guy to perform stand-up in public places. Guest appearances Guy Williams, Jeremy Corbett, Shannon Ryan, Frankie O'Halloran, Chopper Read, Steve Wrigley, Nathan Bevan, Tammy Davis, Britta Brandt, Jaime Ridge, Sonny Bill Williams and Mark Richardson
13 July 2012 (2012-07-13)
2
2
"Bieber Fever"
Guy is sent to cover Justin Bieber's arrival in New Zealand inadvertently creating a news fluff piece; Jono and Ben give unsuspecting men the Bieber treatment; In Jono vs. Ben, the boys adapt a book into a film; In Action Men, the boys go Ghost Chipping; The Changing Room sees Mr. Vintage transformed into a funeral; The Manchilds interview Sally and Jaime Ridge; in the Guy Williams Television Segment the boys send Guy to interview Justin Bieber but Guy doesn't show up and Jono punishes Ben in Sux to Be. Guest appearances Guy Williams, Justin Bieber, Britta Brandt, Frankie O'Halloran, Johnny Barker, Darcy-Ray Flavell-Hudson, Nathan Bevan, Natalie Medlock, Ben Crawford and Libby Crawford
Guy Williams flies to Japan to confront his rival, Sonny Bill Williams while Tammy Davis sits in as the third chair; Jono and Ben practice Phanding (the Art of handing an object to a stranger while they are on the phone); in Jono vs. Ben, the boys create fashion television shows; The Man Childs interview The Block NZ winners, Libby and Ben Crawford; Mr Vintage changes into a prison room in the final of The Changing Room; and Jono gets to punish Ben in Sux To Be. Guest appearances Guy Williams, Frankie O'Halloran, Nathan Bevan, Levi Hawken, Steve Wrigley, Duncan Heyde, Twitter Bird, Hunter Edwards, Jaime Ridge, and Sally Ridge
Jono and Ben try to place stickers on people in public; In Guy Williams Television Segment, Guy tries to get the National Bank horse its job back as a company logo in Mt Eden; In Jono vs. Ben the challenge was to recreate a show featuring Muppets; In Action Men, Jono and Ben are challenged to recreate the John Key Three Way Handshake; The Manchilds interview Luke Williams from the Bushwhackers; and in Sux to Be, Jono uses Ben as an Angry Bird slingshot. Guest appearances Guy Williams, Kimberley Crossman, Les the Horse, Frankie O'Halloran, Rawiri Paratene, Nitro Circus, Nathan Bevan, Bushwacker Luke, Sesame Street Cast, Adam Thompson, John Key, Butch Williams, Dusty Wygle
Although TV3 and its parent company MediaWorks were in receivership at the time, Jono and Ben at Ten returned for a second series. Guy Williams is now billed directly under the main presenters, Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce. Frankie O'Halloran and Nathan Bevan return as Man Childs, Little Ben and Little Johnny, with Jamie Christmas appearing more as Little Guy. Both The Changing Room and Old News segments were retired with The NeXt Actor (a comedic celebrity version of The X-Factor) making its debut.
The second series began airing 31 May 2013.
No. in series
No. in series
Title
Synopsis
Air date
21
1
"We're Back"
series two starts with a "The Funder Games" sketch having television hosts "fight to the death" for funding; In Jono vs. Ben, the boys choose an event of 2013 and turn it into a movie; the first NeXt Actor has Jaquie Brown work in the Pita Pit; Guy helps a customer become sunsmart in regards to their milk carton; In Action Men, Jono and Ben are in the Gold Coast where they do "Beach Sports"; The Manchilds interview Jono and Ben; In Sux To Be, both Jono and Ben are punished by having to walk through the Gold Coast in Speedos. Guest appearances Nathan Bevan, Tammy Davis, Shannon Ryan, Frankie O'Halloran, Steve Wrigley, Robbie Magasiva, Jamie Christmas, Jeremy Corbett, Jason Gunn, Jaquie Brown, Andrew Mulligan, Rosanna Arkle, Melanie Blatt, Greg Goodyer, Tame Noema, Kim Dotcom, Gareth Morgan and Colin Craig.
31 May 2013 (2013-05-31)
22
2
"Episode 2"
TBA
7 June 2013 (2013-06-07)
23
3
"Episode 3"
TBA
14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)
24
4
"Episode 4"
TBA
21 June 2013 (2013-06-21)
25
5
"Episode 5"
TBA
28 June 2013 (2013-06-28)
26
6
"Episode 6"
TBA
5 July 2013 (2013-07-05)
27
7
"Episode 7"
TBA
12 July 2013 (2013-07-12)
28
8
"Episode 8"
TBA
19 July 2013 (2013-07-19)
29
9
"Episode 9"
TBA
27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
30
10
"Episode 10"
TBA
4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
31
11
"Episode 11"
TBA
11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)
32
12
"Episode 12"
TBA
18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
33
13
"Episode 13"
TBA
25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
34
14
"Episode 14"
TBA
1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)
35
15
"Episode 15"
TBA
8 November 2013 (2013-11-08)
36
16
"Episode 16"
TBA
15 November 2013 (2013-11-15)
37
17
"Episode 17"
TBA
22 November 2013 (2013-11-22)
38
18
"Episode 18"
TBA
29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)
39
19
"Episode 19"
TBA
6 December 2013 (2013-12-06)
39
20
"Episode 20"
TBA
13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)
40
21
"Episode 21"
TBA
20 December 2013 (2013-12-20)
Red Nose Day Comedy Cure For Kids (2013)
While not entirely a part of the Jono & Ben at Ten show, the special was to raise money for the Cure For Kids cause. Jono, Ben and Guy, "biked" the length of New Zealand (Invercargill to Cape Reinga) while performing their shows skits and challenges in different cities. The special was an amalgamation between the Friday night primetime shows on TV3, including 7 Days, Jono and Ben at Ten, Super City and X-Factor. At the time of airing, both 7 Days and Jono and Ben at Ten were on their mid-series hiatus.
Each week, Jono and Ben challenge each other to creating the most popular video where the audience votes by liking either or both videos on Facebook. The losing video's creator ends up being punished by the winning video's creator in the next episode of Jono & Ben at Ten's segment Sux To Be. Where there is a draw, Guy Williams is the recipient of the punishment instead of either Jono or Ben.
– indicates the presenter with the winning video.
– indicates the presenter with the losing video and the one who gets punished in the following episode.
– indicates a draw so Guy Williams gets the punishment in the following episode.
In episode 1x08, Jono's wife leaves Ben a spare key to perform the punishment.
In episode 1x10, Jono and Ben state their videos were a draw therefore Guy Williams was punished by having to pose in a life drawing class.
In episode 1x14, while Ben's video won and his punishment for Jono was packaging up his car, their crew felt sorry for Jono and stole the flour cannon. As such, Jono shot Ben with the flour cannon before he could complete the punishment.
In episode 1x16 Jono was helped out by Nitro Circus
In episode 1x17, Ben made out Jono (who has a fear of heights) was bungy jumping, only to later push him off. Also this episode saw the debut of the flour cannon.
In episode 1x18, Ben's wife, Amanda, lets Jono into the house to do a final scare.
In the series one finale, when Jono was about to perform the final punishment on Ben (who was scared, had ice cold Powerade dumped on him, shot by a flour cannon and punched in the head by a female boxer), Jono slips on the ice and does not complete the prank. Later, while Ben is pranking Jono's pride and joy, his car, by shrink wrapping it then dropping a barricade on to it which crushes it, Ben reveals he switched Jono's car with a decoy.
As this was the series finale, the Sux To Be punishment was decided by the JABbies, where the top three sketches from both Jono and Ben were voted for on Facebook. However, the boys decide to punish Guy. His punishment was that he had to stick his hand (and head for the third box) into three blind boxes while singing with "I'll Say Goodbye (Even Though I'm Blue)" with the Jordan Luck Band reminiscent of Guy singing this song at Sonny Bill Williams's press release. The boxes contained cockroaches, a rabbit and live eels respectively.