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Jono and Ben at Ten
Format	Comedy
Starring	Jono Pryor, Ben Boyce
Country of origin	New Zealand
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode (inc. commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	TV3 (New Zealand)
Original airing	2012
External links
Website

Jono and Ben at Ten is a satirical news and entertainment show hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce. The show currently airs on TV3 on Friday nights at 10pm. The show is filmed in front of small studio audience and includes a third presenter Guy Williams who sits in a chair to the right of the stage and often mocks the comments made by Jono and Ben. Guy Williams was also a part of the show's earlier incarnations.

Show History [edit]

The show was originally started in 2008 presented solely by Jono Pryor titled as Jono's New Show. Jono is best known as the co-host of the drive show on The Rock FM, a radio station owned by the same company as TV3. Jono's New Show screened on Monday nights on C4. In 2010 the show was renamed as The Jono Project and in 2011 with C4 being rebranded as FOUR the show was moved to TV3 now screening on Friday nights at 10pm.

In 2012 Ben Boyce became a secondary presenter on the show and the show was renamed to its current name Jono and Ben at Ten. Ben Boyce previously had his own show Wanna-Ben and before that teamed up with Jamie Linehan(Bill) in Pulp Sport. The addition of Boyce saw the format of the show change to include segments similar to those seen in Pulp Sport.

Jono and Ben at Ten quickly became a top rating show for TV3. New Zealand Herald TV blogger Paul Casserly named it in his Top 5 Comedies of 2012 [1] while stuff.co.nz reviewer Chris Philpot named the show in his Top 10 shows of 2012 [2]. Jono and Ben at Ten was also nominated for Best Comedy Show in the TV Guide Best On The Box Awards. Pryor and Boyce were also nominated for Funniest Person on TV.

Segments [edit]

The following segments are seen on the current Jono and Ben at Ten.

Jono Versus Ben [edit]

Each week Jono and Ben compete in a parody sketch competition on a certain topic e.g. Medical Dramas, Kids Shows, Blockbuster movies. The video is usually a humorous video which parodies part of a popular Television show, movie or advertisement. After both videos are shown Jono and Ben will ask the shows viewers to visit the shows Facebook page and Like the video they like best. The video with the least likes is considered the losing video with the loser finally being required to take part in an often humiliating activity during the week called "Sux To Be". Some weeks the loser may have to witness a prized possession being destroyed such as the first challenge saw Ben's flat screen TV skyrocketed in the air, weeks later Jono's Holden Kingswood became the target. One particular week Jono and Ben decided the result was a draw and as a result Guy Williams became the victim of the "Sux To Be" segment of the show, Guy was made to be a nude model at an art class.

The Man Childs [edit]

The Man Childs are Jono and Ben at ten years old. Each week, Jono and Ben send ten year boy versions of themselves to do the celebrity interviews. The Manchilds are dressed to look like a younger version of Jono and Ben and ask cheeky questions written by Jono and Ben. The Man Childs have interview everyone from All Black Ali Williams, actor Anna Hutchison, boy band The Wanted and socialites Sally and Jaime Ridge. The segment is sponsored by Roadies from Shapes, which has the catch phrase "feed the Manchild".

The Changing Room [edit]

The segment normally starts with Jono and Ben talking about what happened on the TV3 show The Block NZ often mocking scenes on the show. Jono and Ben then start their version of The Block called The Changing Room. The starting sequence of The Changing Room is a parody of The Block opening credits. The actual Changing Room segment takes place in a Mr Vintage clothing store in Auckland, an unsuspecting customer asks to try on an item of clothing and while trying on the garment the crew will put up four temporary walls around the changing room entrance and create a scene such as a funeral, wedding, locker room. When the customer exits the changing room he or she will walk into this room often very confused. This segment is normally played out on several customers. At the conclusion of the first series of The Block, Jono and Ben decided to discontinue this segment however a week later they both decided to make the shows presenter Mark Richardson the victim. Jono and Ben, with the help of The Block winning team Libby and Ben, entered Richardsons house and changed a room in his house to a Shane Warne cricket themed as he and Mark Richardson had a rivalry.

Jono and Ben Action Men [edit]

Jono and Ben will be required to take part in a fun challenge out in public. Challenges have ranged from trying to sneakily place items into customers supermarket trolleys, seeing what objects people will hold if distracted by a phone conversation, placing red noses on people during red nose day and trying to race 400 metres around town without touching the ground. The challenge sees Jono and Ben compete against each other, often watching and commentating on the other's efforts.

Old News [edit]

News stories from the past week are made to look like a news story from the 1960s or earlier with the story shown in black & white and the picture quality degraded, the sound is replaced with a voice over using the same tone used in 1960s TV news with the voice over often nothing related to the news story.

BSA Censorship [edit]

Jono and Ben's attempt to clean up the "smut" on New Zealand TV. Clips from a recent news story, advertisement or TV show are shown but certain ordinary words are bleeped out leading the viewer to believe the presenter said a swear word at that point.

Guy Williams Television Segment [edit]

The shows third presenter Guy Williams is usually sent out by Jono and Ben to report on a big event from the week. Guy will do his best to interview those at the event often causing a humiliating scene for Guy Williams. Sometimes Jono and Ben will prank Guy Williams during this segment. During one of Guy's stand up comedy shows Jono and Ben came on stage and held up signs asking the audience not to laugh at any of Guy's jokes.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• The Jono Project - Official Page