Benny as a Matchmaker + That Arm Vein that Guys Have

Summary

Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone

Episode: Benny as a Matchmaker + That Arm Vein that Guys Have
Date: September 3, 2025
Host: Dear Media

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone reunite for their signature blend of wit, pop culture analysis, and chaotic best-friend energy. The conversation centers on the irresistible (and strangely universal) "arm vein" on men, Benny’s ambitions as an amateur matchmaker, and a deep-dive into a memorable "And Just Like That" fashion moment. The duo banters about TikTok trends, recalls iconic pop culture, and reflect on their own comfort zones, joys, and what gets them excited these days.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Viral TikToks and Snapchat Character Creativity (00:36–01:59)

• Nina Humphrey’s TikTok: The hosts praise Nina Humphrey for her hilarious and creative videos using Snapchat filters to invent characters.
  • “She's basically taking Snapchat filters and making them into characters… She's so talented.” – Benito (01:10)
• Discussion about how digital personas can become bigger than real-life identity, and the challenge of monetizing these trends.
• Light commentary on how viral TikTok creators can pivot in unpredictable directions, sometimes going “right-wing influencer” unexpectedly, referencing past memes.

2. “This chick woke up in my house”: Merch Brainstorm & Fan Encounters (03:03–06:10)

• Phrase Origin: The phrase comes from a fan approaching Benny in an airport, which gave him “goosebumps in the best way” (04:17).
• Impractical merch suggestions from listeners (anklets, juicy tracksuits) and riffing on making “This chick woke up in my house” into T-shirts, hats, or pins.
• Playful back and forth about the logistics of arrow T-shirts for best-friend matching.

3. Cancelled Episode & Podcast Disclaimers (06:27–09:24)

• The duo confesses to recording (then scrapping) an episode for being too low-energy:
  • "It is crazy to know it's the first time we've ever left an episode on the cutting room floor." – Mary Beth (07:18)
• Discussion around their use of disclaimers, fueled by Reddit discourse and the desire to keep the vibe positive within their audience.
• Benito likens this to Sarah Jessica Parker “fake news” stories circulating, and how context is vital when listeners jump into internet culture or podcasts midway.

4. “Come on, Kerplunk”: Toxic Positivity Gone Wild (09:57–12:19)

• Benny recounts a bathroom story during which he accidentally cheerleads a friend on the toilet with the phrase, “Come on, Kerplunk!” sparking a new inside joke and episode theme (10:07).
  • "It's like toxic positivity, brain rot to such a degree." – Benito (10:44)
  • This becomes a recurring refrain, symbolizing over-the-top encouragement in absurd contexts.
• The pair riff on “gas leak era” humor—a period of life when reality feels slightly off and surreal.
• "Welcome to the Kerplunk era. Morning." – Mary Beth (11:21)

5. Pop Culture Breakdown: "And Just Like That" & The Power of Fashion (17:42–28:53)

• The Dress Scene: The hosts break down a standout moment in “And Just Like That” where Carrie Bradshaw wears an archival Vivienne Westwood dress.
  • "She never comes to things. She looks incredible." – Mary Beth (26:41)
• Benny describes the magic of the scene:
  • "It’s like true Sex and the City… just when you’ve got that dress on." (27:03)
  • Concept of the “power of a dress” that transforms a night.
• Discussion about the sexual tension, character arcs, and favorite Carrie suitors (debating Duncan Reeves, Justin Theroux, John Slattery, etc.).
• Mary Beth observes: “If you have an event coming up and you’re not sure if you should wear the dress, wear the dress. Just see how it pans out for you.” (29:48)

6. The Arm Vein Phenomenon (29:56–38:42)

• Mary Beth passionately articulates “the female gaze” as the attraction to the “arm vein” on a man, specifically visible down the bicep.
  • "There's nothing hotter on a man, in my opinion. Like, it adds so much to the total package to have this one vein." – Mary Beth (34:15)
• The hosts encourage listeners to send in pictures (fan cams) of their partner’s arm veins.
• Discussion expands to “pec privilege,” spaghetti-strap boob physics, and how everyone has their own body privilege.
• Playful back-and-forth about objectification and how women and gay men notice small details.

7. Benny the Matchmaker (38:49–46:48)

• Benny recounts previous matchmaking feats, including introducing friends who eventually had a baby (41:26).
  • “Like, life happens because of you.” – Mary Beth (41:44)
• Acknowledges the challenges of fixing up friends—"setting people up with straight men is such a risk… straight guys are so f***ing weird.” – Mary Beth (42:53)
• Reflects on his matchmaking approach as relaxed: simply “putting people in front of other people” and letting fate take over.
• Mary Beth playfully calls Benny out for giving her number at weddings, with recaps of his vetting process ("I watched him the rest of the night like a hawk." – Benito, 46:09).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On TikTok character creators:
  “She's so talented. I mean, I'm like completely… [starstruck].” – Benito (01:53)
• On scrapped episodes:
  “It is crazy to know it's the first time we've ever left an episode on the cutting room floor.” – Mary Beth (07:18)
• On “Kerplunk” as a state of mind:
  “It's like toxic positivity, brain rot to such a degree?” – Benito (10:44)
• On viral fashion moments:
  “When you've got that dress on, it’s so your Aliyah dress. I know this exact thing is gonna happen.” – Benito (27:16)
• On the arm vein:
  “There's nothing hotter on a man, in my opinion...I want fan cams of your guys.” – Mary Beth (34:15)
• On matchmaking risk:
  “Setting people up with straight men is such a risk… I will never do it again.” – Mary Beth (42:53)
• On body detail attraction:
  “On women... it’s when they’re in a spaghetti strap and their boobs sit so the strap floats off their body.” – Mary Beth (37:48)
• On letting fate do the work:
  “I’m not forcing anything... I'm not controlling fate.” – Benito (45:03)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 00:36-01:59| TikTok/Social Media: Nina Humphrey, viral filters | | 03:03-06:10| Airport fan encounter & Merch brainstorm | | 06:27-09:24| Scrapped episode story, disclaimers, podcast culture | | 09:57-12:19| “Come on, Kerplunk” tale and gas leak era humor | | 17:42-28:53| Sex & the City “the dress” scene & fashion analysis | | 29:56-38:42| The arm vein, body attraction, and pec privilege | | 38:49-46:48| Benny’s matchmaking history & philosophy |

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Episode Tone and Energy

Benito and Mary Beth’s tone is chatty, self-aware, and peppered with inside jokes (“morning”, “Kerplunk”, “this chick woke up in my house”). They strike a balance between roasting pop culture and confiding real-life insecurities, all while keeping the vibe playful and welcoming. Their dynamic, full of running gags and spontaneous laughter, makes space for both earnest advice (“wear the dress!”) and mischievous vulnerability.

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Final Thoughts

This episode captures the magic of Ride: a blend of oddly specific cultural analysis, confessions, trending moments, and the kind of banter only longtime friends can share. Whether dissecting the iconic power of a Vivienne Westwood dress or discussing the mystical allure of a guy’s arm vein, Benny and Mary Beth remind listeners that life is best lived with humor, curiosity, and (occasionally) a little matchmaking magic.

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Transcript

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The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

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Hey, can you come pick me up? Yeah.

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What's wrong?

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Nothing.

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Are you sure?

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Yeah, no, I just need a ride.

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Ride. I just want to have fun. Start your engine. Take it. I'm Benito Skinner.

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I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is Ride.

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Morning. So I can't even. I do think I'm pretty early to this.

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You think that? And then on my page today, it was all fan cams of her.

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Damn it.

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Saying, morning.

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Morning. It says strawberry and cream calzone.

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Calzone. Thank you.

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Morning.

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So do you want to explain it a little bit?

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Yeah. Can you bring up the name of the girl? Because I actually really want to make sure the credit is given where it's due.

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Here's. And here's. Sorry, I was just watching our TikTok. Oh, I found it. Her name is Nina.

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It is what it does.

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Nina Humphrey with two A's. And she's basically taking Snapchat filters and making them into characters. I will play this if you want.

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So turn your life and make it art.

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Turn your life.

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I just turn your life and make it art.

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The thing with these Snapchat filters is there's no remnant of what the person's actual face looks like. It's like you are just a different person.

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I thought like in the off chance that she's super greedy. Like, I will say this is going to be hard to monetize. Can I just say, this is going to be tricky.

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Well, she's doing, she's doing a bunch of the filters and doing them as characters I saw.

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Which she's so talented. I mean, I'm like completely.

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She'll probably come out as a right wing influencer in the next two to three weeks soon. Yeah.

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Remember when plane lady. Remember when plain lady let down all the gay guys? Also, I've been working this morning. Like I did a. I did a brand activation and so I'm like, my words are going to be caught in my low back and probably my butt. So you just have to go with it today. And to that I say morning.

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Morning.

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I paid. Oh my God. Today I was working with Katie Jane Hughes.

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Morning.

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And I would not stop making her say, yeah, morning.

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I'm sure she loved that.

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Well, she had a British accent. She's. I mean, she is British, so it was, you know, she could tap into it easily.

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I like identifying people as having a British accent instead of identifying them as British.

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She has a British accent.

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So she has a British accent.

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Wait, that's so true. Like, that's how my brain just did it this morning. I was like, well, she has a British accent.

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I like that.

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That's such an actor of me. Do you understand?

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Totally.

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Because I'm, like, looking at, like, these specific things I can latch onto.

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So I have bangs. This is my bang reveal on the podcast I posted on TikTok, like, oh, this is your sign to get bangs. Cause I was feeling toxic that day.

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Yeah.

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And someone commented, are the bangs in the room with us?

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Oh, wow.

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Wow.

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Oh, shit. You really got her.

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I bet you're fun at parties.

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Yeah. And to that you just said, my dad died. Yeah.

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Wait, no, say more things.

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Yeah, no, this. I got here. Remember when that guy was mad at you because you didn't go to a stand up comedy set?

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It wasn't stand up, for the record. It was a staged reading of a reality show from the early 2000s. It wasn't even like I was gonna freestyle and say that. And he was so furious with me. He sent me the longest DM and wanted a $10 Venmo for. For the white claw that he bought.

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And you said. Moaning, I'm actually going through a lot right now.

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I said, h.

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I love that you're wearing this shirt.

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The shirt that you bought me.

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Yes.

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Because you know me so well.

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Where do I get this shirt? I was at a Boise thrift store and they had a Hillary Duff tour 2005. And it really took my breath away because I went, hey, I'm buying it for Mary Beth. But it was the first concert I went to. Wow.

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You know, I saw her on tour as well. It was wherever your New Jersey football team plays. Wherever New Jersey football team plays.

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God. Oh, I got this one.

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Oh, me, me, me. I know.

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So this thing has happened. There's been a shift in my life, and I'm so happy. But it's. There's something really incredible about being at a Hudson News in Chicago and having someone come up behind you. I would say just close enough where I can feel your breath.

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Yeah.

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And have them say, this chick woke up in my house. Like, it gave me goosebumps in the best way. Thank you. I'm sorry.

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Here's what's hard about it. First of all, I love how excited everyone is.

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You changed my life, Mary. I mean, you, like, you're the one who pointed this one out.

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I'm always pushing you.

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Yeah, exactly.

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I'm always pushing. I'm a pusher, Katie. So the problem. The problem with making this into merch, which we asked for merch ideas from, you Guys. And wow. Were they completely insane. Anklets was a suggestion. Just anklets.

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Not even a period.

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And juicy tracksuits. I go, now how are we gonna do that?

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Definitely.

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I look like Pam and Jella.

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You know what? We're actually gonna find a supplier.

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We're gonna find a supplier.

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Imagine you and I are like we're traveling the world and we're looking at textiles. I want to feel the zipper. Has to. It needs to. I don't like.

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And then we're manufacturer.

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We get.

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We get sued. We're in jail. We're in a Thai jail. I don't know why it's in Thailand. But we are.

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We are.

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So this chick woke up in my house. It's hard to put that on a T shirt because it's like we're talking about this chick. Right?

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And.

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But then it's my house.

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That's why I said the arrow. Because it's like this one over to my left. This chick woke up in my house. It's her.

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But then you have to buy that for someone to wear for you. That you comment funny.

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It's whoever you're by that's just funny. That you'll be next to them and have the arrow. It's a play on the arrow tea.

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I see. Okay. Yeah, no, totally, totally.

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That's my big thing.

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No. You want to do a play. And one of the suggestions was do a play on the arrow tee.

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Exactly. You know what? I will say I got a huge amount of people who wanted the pin. I think it's actually going to be a big button. Or at this point, there's so much excitement for it. I think it should be a bucket hat. Like a rain bucket hat. And it said Mary Beth Brown. Let me piss on her.

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No one is going to wear that, sweetie. Do you understand that? No one's going to wear that, Sweetie.

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Sweetie. We think Shy McGuagan was going to hit.

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That's true.

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And now what is every woman saying as she orgasms?

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She's saying, shy.

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So, Kaplan, you guys, I. I think before we get into this, I think I'm trying to get rid of them. I think I'm trying. I'm trying to prove a point of how far I can take my kids.

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Can I just say one thing first, which is that we did record an episode that's never going to see the light of day. And the only reason I want to say it right now is because we keep forgetting.

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Talk about it. I just joked.

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Benny and I b tched for 45 minutes on Zoom. About work. And then we decided to record an episode. It is so bad. It's not funny.

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Do you know, I think it's the saddest day of the year for me when I think about it, it's the saddest I've been all year. And we were about to do it and then you. I mean, we were just not. It was not okay. And then we do it and after it, the rest of the day, I kept thinking to myself, oh, I don't know if that would be fun to listen to.

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Neither of us wanted to say anything because we love each other so much.

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Exactly.

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But we both thought, that's not going to go to air.

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Do you know what we each think? And maybe you didn't. Hey, I'm not going to speak for you, but I was like, she said so many funny things I don't want to like.

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But no, I wasn't thinking that.

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No, I was thinking that maybe you thought that. No, I said a lot of funny things.

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You did. And you described the dress in and just like that. Which I really wanted to have on the record. That was a big part of the episode that I was like, we're never going to probably talk about that again. But it just, it is crazy to know it's the first time we've ever left an episode on the cutting room floor. And then before we talk about Kerplunk, I also did want to say sorry, I just.

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Sorry this chick woke up in my house.

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I just wanted to say that on the issue of disclaimers because it was mentioned on the Reddit. Here's what I'll say about disclaimers.

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Someone did send me that.

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We hold a mirror up to society. If you don't like what you see, change it. We're reflecting it back at you. And if you want to know why, we put disclaimers on every. If you want to know. And we're not cutting that. I just fumbled and I'm human. If you want unusual, and I'll talk about the origin of unusual later. But if you want to know why we do disclaimers on everything, look at the last few posts on the Reddit. One was about the length of the episodes and one was about an ad free version. People are attacking each other in the comments where it's just like, can you just assume that these questions are coming from a good place and everybody wants us to succeed and thrive? And if you can't do that and if you look at these comments, you will see why we put a disclaimer because the last thing we want to do is, like, alienate our audience.

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I will say I'm seeing this in the news right now of Sarah Jessica Parker. Have you seen this? Where there's kind of like, this fake news going around of fake news. This is Betty fake news.

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Hit the fake news button.

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Oh, God, I love that button where they're trying to, like, make it into Sarah Jessica Parker, like, feverishly trying to pitch and just like that to all these other networks because she hates HBO so much. And I'm just like. I don't know how to tell you this. There is no fudgeing way that's true. Like, I'm just like, this is insane. And I just think at a certain point, it's like, I think we do this because I think there is a natural tendency. And I do think that because of the world we live in, it's like, everyone must have the worst intentions, be an absolute psychopath and a nightmare and, you know, and be uneducated and ignorant and hateful. And it's like, I get it. But that's why we do them. Because, honestly, not everyone listening to the podcast has heard everything else, and they don't come to things with history or context. It would happen with my videos all the time.

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Yeah.

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It's literally why I think it's really hard for me to ever think about getting excited about making sketches anymore. Because, yeah, there was a time where people thought I worked at the White House. So it's just at a certain point, it's like, should I start everything by.

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Being like, this is a joke?

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And that's why overcompensating felt so good? I just think that there are some media that people are coming to with either history or a knowledge of, like, this is creation.

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When I heard it just like that was ending, the first thing I thought was, come on, Kupla.

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Too long, you're black. So I was in a bathroom with a friend, and it was divided.

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It was a male friend. I just wanted to.

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It was a male friend. It was not Mary Beth. She would never do something like this. But I was in a bathroom with a friend, and I was looking in the mirror, and they were in a stall and they shit. And there was a sound, and I couldn't help it. I just, like, had this moment, and I just said, I'm gonna wet my pants. Come on, Kerplunk. Come on, Kerplunk. It's. It's like, we talked about it last night. It's like toxic positivity, brain rot to such A degree?

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No, it's honestly really scary.

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Come on, Kerplunk. Yes, Kerplunk. I. I couldn't. We laughed so hard. I heard him laughing from this doll. I'll never tell you who this is. He would kill me. We were laug hard. He was just like, if someone did that to me, who wasn't you, I would never speak to them again. But it was like they just. Come on, Ker blanc.

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It's so. I can't the word. I can't even say what it is. You know what I mean? There's no word in English.

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When I texted him later, all caps in the invisible thing and it said.

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Come on, come on, Kerplung.

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K E R P L E N K. I just want to make sure you have it just in case when you send it to me. But welcome to the Kerplunk era. Morning. Morning.

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So this one's gonna be hard. I know it's not for everybody to gas leak era. In a huge way. The gas leak era is more like a tree. I would say Brony, she was gonna.

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Make the tree of the gas leak.

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Branches are.

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Well, it's a plume. It's a smoke plume of gas.

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Yeah. It's from the. It's a mushroom cloud and it's infecting all of us in really cool and different ways.

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Come on. Come on, Kaplan.

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I mean, it is objectively funny. I can't say that it's not. Thank you.

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So I will say I can't say that it's not. I married about to dinner last night. We had a little date night. We got sexy for each other. I'm not kidding. And I kept saying it throughout the night. And there were a few times in the conversation where you ignored it.

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Well, because you know.

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Come on, Kerplunk.

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There were just times where we were talking about something serious and then you would say, come on, Kerplunk.

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Put this dumper in.

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It's the weight and feel of the product. He loves to sit in the chair. It's the fact that it comes mostly assembled. I've had this chair, I've had both of my cook chairs for I guess a year and a half now. And yeah, I've had no issues with it. I love it. And every cook that's out there has given a good glowing review. Article offers fast, affordable shipping across the US and Canada with options for professional assembly. If you prefer a hands off experience.

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Well, I would like to say a couple of things. First, great one is that. So we've talked about this on the podcast, which is the tweet that I saw that said the middle by Zed and Maren Morris was 911 for retail workers. And I am reminded due to this TikTok trend that we did dinner, which is using a song from Lemonade. I actually worked at SoulCycle when lemonade came out in the studio. So I just want to say that Beyonce's lemonade was 911 for SoulCycle workers. And I'm not saying I don't like the music. I actually love the music.

[A]

Fabulous album.

[B]

It's. It's like one of the true pieces of art, I would say, like, from this generation, but it. I heard the songs enough that they would appear in my nightmares.

[A]

Well, of course. So you know what's funny? I recently had to buy Tidal again to watch Lemonade. You can't watch it anywhere.

[B]

It was on HBO for a while.

[A]

I know. And I couldn't find it on HBO Max. So I went on HBO Max, but I couldn't find it. So then I had to get Tidal. So now I have Tidal in case anyone wants to use my login. You can.

[B]

For title.

[A]

I'm using it for title. It's kind of like not cheap. But there was something that they did that was, like, actually, like, helpful to producers. I think they, like, paid them adequately. But. But yeah, it just seemed insane that that was the only place I could find it. But I did watch it again. And it's really crazy because it's one of those things where you feel the time period like, it actually really took me back to 2016, which was helpful for overcompensating. But that was what was cool. I think that was the.

[B]

What year is it?

[A]

Go back to? Yeah, it was a button. I didn't.

[B]

You didn't do that?

[A]

I didn't do that. But to go Back in time to see, like, how every single thing she did in lemonade became an, like, a full trend. Like, the trickle down of that into what women wear to weddings. Do you know what I mean? Like, watching that was so. It, like, kind of blew me away. I don't know. I just.

[B]

It's the culture to this day.

[A]

Oh, how I've missed you, my love. Come on, come on, come on, come on. Yeah.

[B]

So let's talk about the scene. And then just like that, so.

[A]

And I'm actually glad that we're doing it now and not in. What are we going to call that? The Vault. The Vault episode.

[B]

It's the Disney Vault.

[A]

It's the Disney Vault episode. And this one's never opening. Oh. One day I want to ride for the Disney secrets.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Take off all your clothes.

[B]

Yeah. And when my friend fell in the manhole. Well, not my friend, a friend of someone I dated fell in a manhole at Disney. An uncovered manhole.

[A]

Oh, so that'll be the same episode.

[B]

Yeah. Because it's a Disney secret, in a way.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

She fell down an uncovered manhole and got electrocuted. I maybe have talked about this already.

[A]

I haven't heard of it.

[B]

And she woke up in Disney jail.

[A]

They said. You're not gonna say of anything about what happened today, are you? It was Walt.

[B]

It was Walt. They woke him up from being cryogenically frozen.

[A]

He's so alive.

[B]

He's in a Disney Vault.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

There's no movies in there.

[A]

No.

[B]

He wanted the Vault to himself.

[A]

He's selfish. So that's our big Walt bit. We're gonna tour it, so. And just like that, the woman wondered what the she had gotten herself into. The last two episodes are very. Come on, Kerplunk. Like, I do think some of the, like, gen zers would say, come on, Kerplunk.

[B]

To Epcot.

[A]

Yeah, to Epcot. Which I'm like, so they really didn't ask you to read for Epcot, huh?

[B]

I didn't get an audition for Epcot.

[A]

God damn it. I didn't either. I didn't get an audition for the gay guy who was voguing at Thanksgiving. And I'm pissed. He was wearing a denim corset. I'm like, well, I would have loved that. I would have eaten that.

[B]

I have to imagine. We weren't available.

[A]

Totally.

[B]

We were in a. We weren't available.

[A]

We're in Toronto. Yeah, Toronto. So here's this spectacular moment, and I honestly, like, I could just ride for it, but I. Why not just do it in the intro. So this episode, I believe it's 10 out of 12, if I'm correct. But if not, I know you'll figure it out. So we've kind of had this whole season of kind of getting gooned in a way by they won't they By Deacon. Duncan Reeves.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

Is it Reeves?

[B]

It's Duncan Reeves, yeah.

[A]

So it's Duncan who has just electrified me in a way. I mean, to me, it's Carrie's hottest. This is her hottest bag.

[B]

It's hard for me to say because I'm a Justin Thoreau, John Slattery type of gal.

[A]

Of course.

[B]

Duncan certainly has a place in the top five.

[A]

And me too. Can I just say. But Duncan, I just. There's something about. I know you in British accents right now. He. So this man has a British accent.

[B]

So he has a British accent. We're not sure where he's from, but he has a British accent.

[A]

And every day he'd say to Carrie, morning. Morning. Take your heels off.

[B]

What is it? Strawber cream calzone.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Thank you.

[A]

Or should I say. No, no, no. So. So that's him. That's very him. This electrifying scene happens, and I just want to describe it to you if you haven't seen it yet, because, like, I think I could paint it a good enough picture. We start this episode, and Aiden's gone. He no longer finally. You. You broke my heart. I want to make that merch, but I think it'd be illegal.

[B]

I think so too.

[A]

You broke my heart, Carrie. Remember when he licked his paw?

[B]

Stop, stop. We're not talking about that right now. We're not talking about that right now.

[A]

So Carrie gets invited to a publishing event or a book event for Deacon Duncan Reeves, publisher.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And he's like, oh, you know, do you want to come, Like. And she's like, well, yes. Like, I think she really does. And what I love about all this, and I'm just gonna spoil it, I love that Aiden was like, I can tell you want to fuck this guy. And Carrie's like, we're done. And then she. Him, like, that's incredible. That's Carrie Bradshaw. And that's iconic. So that's Sex in the City. And just like that, Aiden was right. You.

[B]

Sex in the cd.

[A]

We.

[B]

Sex in the CD from the movie. From the finale.

[A]

We would have eaten that part. We throw a party. Dinner for you.

[B]

You. You said Sex in the City. I.

[A]

We have sexies. And then at dinner, they had the book there and got wine stains all over It.

[B]

Well, that actually was one of the most infuriating plot lines ever. I'm like, just call the restaurant. Just tell them you're going to be late.

[A]

No. Anyway, that scene where it's a bell and bad boy, that song playing, I literally, every time that plays, I'm. My body is chills. I will say this isn't at that level, but this did give me goosebumps. I was watching alone and I did gasp, so. Don't laugh at gay guys. It hurts our feelings.

[B]

Okay. Okay, sorry.

[A]

We get excited.

[B]

Sorry.

[A]

This is like the equivalent. What's the thing with. If you ask a straight guy the plot of Dune, this is. Or what was your thing that asking.

[B]

Gay guy to explain Wicked to you.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You'll never see a gay guy happier than if you ask him. What's the plot of Wicked?

[A]

Only the. My equivalent.

[B]

Not your type of gay. Different type of gay.

[A]

Hey, I'm not that kind of gay.

[B]

You're more, you know, sexy. Sex in the City. Because of you. As Sex in the city.

[A]

And we are sex in the cities. All the cities are us.

[B]

So you have Z sex.

[A]

We have Z sex. I just love. They're like, we need two Parisian idiots. It's so hot in here. I'm gonna be a full drip sweat at the end. You guys are gonna like it. I had this idea before I came here where I thought it'd be so funny if we were topless the whole time. We did a black bar over.

[B]

You totally.

[A]

Probably would never be able to post on YouTube again.

[B]

Not monetizable lips on YouTube.

[A]

So Carrie gets invited to this event, and she's like, okay. And then Charlotte comes over and Carrie's talking to her about it, and she's like, you know, she has this insane Vivian Westwood dress, which now that I've. After the episode, I had to research this. It was actually Vivian's dress. It's archival and it was worn by Vivian. It was from her collection. It's like spectacular. People call it the Cinderella dress. It just like it's corseted and then it has this kind of like, tulle skirt. It like, kind of nods to classic Bradshaw, but it's like, it's just. Just absolutely spectacular, this dress. So then we get to the end of the episode and Carrie's walking out, and she's in kind of a business suit. She's like a long pencil skirt. Sexy. Of course, she's in that new hairstyle, which is this kind of part side part where it's like a little wave and then it gets really big at the end. It's like. It's something that randomly. And I say this in a nice way. My big.

[B]

I can't wait to hear it.

[A]

You know when sometimes they'll pan to the confessionals in the Kardashians, and Khloe has, like, a total hairstyle.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

It's kind of that, but. And it's fabulous. So it's that. And then Carrie thinks for a second.

[B]

She stops in her tracks.

[A]

Fred again starts to play. She turns. The next scene we get is Deacon Duncan talking to publisher, who we find out later is ex wife. And Carrie walks in in this fucking dress. She looks unbelievable. Like, just body, body. Everyone there is going to be. I didn't know her body was so t. Right. And so. And everyone says that. Come on, Kerplunk. Three people say, come on, Kerplunk.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So Deacon Duncan's talking to his ex. She sees Carrie walk in. Carrie takes off her jacket and she goes, oh, my God, Carrie Bradshaw's hair. She never comes to things. She looks incredible.

[B]

She did look incred. I mean, like, indescribable.

[A]

That day on set, she must have just been laughing. Very like Anne Hathaway playing Catwoman. She must have just been like, oh, my God.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

I can't believe I'm telling. Telling you this. What I found out during sin. Oh, my God. She looked. I mean, it's just phenomenal. It's like true Sex in the City. Like, just when you've got that dress on, it's so Your Aliyah dress. And when you wear that, I know this exact thing is gonna happen.

[B]

I don't know what I'm gonna wear that to, but I'm excited.

[A]

Did you see the tweet I sent you?

[B]

No.

[A]

Someone goes, imagine fumbling Mary Beth Brown amplifying. I'm gonna. I'm gonna redownload Twitter and say, couldn't be me. So. So this happens after this. Obviously. Duncan is just, like, his jaws on the floor. He can't believe it.

[B]

He's like, he has no choice.

[A]

But she said, you got me going, crazy girl, and your body's tea. Wait until you see my body, because I. My body's also t. They go home. He says this thing that actually, like, makes my spine, like, feel. It's like ASMR to me. They go back because he lives in her basement, by the way. He says, oh, just by the way.

[B]

He lives in racement. He lives in a racement.

[A]

He says every day when he shits Carrie, he goes, come On Get a Blood. So he goes, I'm going back down for that. Would you like to join me? And this whole season, they've been working on, you know, writing the book, the woman of the book. And he's writing about Margaret Thatcher, of course.

[B]

Right. The other woman of the book.

[A]

A biography, of course. Well, she's kind of. Throughout. She kind of permeates the whole show.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

He says to her, and just to be clear, I'm. I'm done writing for the day.

[B]

Blow my hair back, why don't you?

[A]

I was literally.

[B]

The power of fashion, and it's the power of address.

[A]

Exactly. It's the power of dress. It's a power of showing up to something chesty.

[B]

Speaks volumes to have chest out.

[A]

I mean, you know, it's like, you're a liar dress. I'd say my equivalent is that tight little black tea you made me, by the way. Oh, yeah. And if I whip her out, I'm trying to prove something.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

And at first she says no. And then she gives him that Carrie Bradshaw razzle.

[B]

The ride of his life.

[A]

And I'm really totally. She says that, yeah, do you want the ride of your life?

[B]

And he says, yes, and I'm done writing for the day. You have sex and city.

[A]

Where's sex?

[B]

And you have sex. We have sex.

[A]

Can we be them for Halloween?

[B]

Yep.

[A]

Wait, that's exactly what we're doing for the Halloween episode.

[B]

And we carry the book copy of the book with a big, big wine stain on it.

[A]

Same.

[B]

We're the French Carrie Bradshaw fan stood up.

[A]

Gary stood us up. So they. And then all of a sudden, he's, like, smoking a joint. After which I think would kind of disappoint me if that happened. But it is what it is. You know what I mean? I'd be like, oh.

[B]

Oh, the coolest man in the world.

[A]

Yeah, I guess we're. Guess we're done for the night.

[B]

Bye. I'm gonna go upstairs.

[A]

Oh, my God. It's like he has this tan and this beard, and it's just like, chest hair. And, you know, I'm not easy to intoxicates.

[B]

I know.

[A]

And I'm not just saying that to be like a pick me. I hate that term, by the way.

[B]

Oh, God. Same. I would say if you have an event coming up and you're not sure if you should wear the dress, wear the dress. Whatever your equivalent is of the dress, wear the dress and just see how it pans out for you.

[A]

What will you be writing for today?

[B]

Today I'm going to be riding for that arm vein that guys have.

[A]

I'll be writing for our producers. Laughing she's loving. She's like I love that vein girl.

[B]

Oh, I'm going to talk about it at length.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[A]

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[A]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[B]

Okay, so I'm gonna go first because I have been wanting to talk about this.

[A]

I'm surprised you can even focus right now because I made sure it was big today.

[B]

I know. And thank you. Here's the thing.

[A]

Yeah, what's up, sweetie?

[B]

There's the male gaze. No, sorry. No. There's the male gaze.

[A]

Keep this.

[B]

Okay, so I get conf. Like fiction, nonfiction. Male gaze, female gaze. Like, what's happening?

[A]

I'm solo.

[B]

There's the male gaze, obviously, that we're all familiar with. It's like, how we see, like, women in media through the male gaze or whatever. Here's what I would like to propose as the female gaze. That's what happens to me when I see a straight guy in a T shirt that is actually fitted and just coming out below the T part of the T shirt is an arm vein that goes right down the bicep up.

[A]

You know what? I feel like I don't have it today.

[B]

I don't know if you have it today. You have forearm veins, and I'm not gonna overlook that.

[A]

I wish you wouldn't.

[B]

I'm not gonna overlook it.

[A]

Good.

[B]

He said.

[A]

Because they can be huge for the culture, too.

[B]

When I see it, though, and I.

[A]

Will say, you've been known to be very attracted to a gay man as well.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because those gays have got this.

[B]

No, it's that guys have all guys. Well, I actually think it. I think it comes with age. I don't think, like, guys in their 20s have it. I see it more on like. Like guys who are in their 30s who work out.

[A]

Duncan Reeves.

[B]

Duncan Reeves, Basically. So time stands still. It's slow motion. I'm just completely mesmerized by this arm vein. There's nothing hotter on a man, in my opinion. Like, it adds so much to the total package to have this one vein. And all I can say is congratulations to any woman who is dating a man that has that one arm vein down the bicep. I want fan cams of your guys.

[A]

I was about to say, I can not imagine the photos we're going to get. And I'm so excited.

[B]

I want. I want the photos I was on a walk with. We'll bleep the name because I don't want any conspiracy theories. But he had the vein. I hadn't seen him in a while and I just was like, I'm objectifying you. Yeah, I didn't say that.

[A]

That can be so. You should have.

[B]

I know.

[A]

I mean, I'm sure he.

[B]

I didn't want to make him uncomfortable.

[A]

I don't think it would have.

[B]

But it's just like to me, I'm just like, okay, so let's go to my place. Yeah, let's go there really quick, quick.

[A]

Hey, cute jeans. Take mine off me, please. Sue me, I wanna be. What I was singing earlier was Audrey Hobert.

[B]

Hobert.

[A]

I think I love her album. It's so fun. I'm just having a good time with it. I keep listening. I'll tell you my favorites later. I need a couple more weeks with it. Yeah, she has got little bops and everything she writes. I've thought in my head, I don't know.

[B]

You thought, sue me, I want to be aw.

[A]

Well, yeah, your ex is iconic.

[B]

So I'm in my kissing era right now. Know, I'm just. I just want to kiss. I don't really want to do anything else. But you can't get a UTI from kissing. And I might have to put that on a bumper sticker. Just think about it. You can't get a UTI from kissing. That's all I'm gonna say.

[A]

You can get herpes.

[B]

Sue me, I wanna be aw.

[A]

That's our sue me button. We didn't sing it.

[B]

No, that was a studio button.

[A]

So. Hey, so it's funny when you sent that one vein that guys have, I thought to myself, I know what you thought.

[B]

Oh, dude, I know what you thought.

[A]

I got a vein for you.

[B]

Yeah, so that's why I made it. I specified that arm vein. I would say if you have that arm vein, keep up the good work.

[A]

I will say if you want to activate it, just do as many curls as possible or just do as many push ups as possible. If you want to activate that vein, you guys, that's my big tip.

[B]

And if I'm seeing that out in public, I'm objectifying and I'm sorry, I'm just only you look at them.

[A]

You go Morning.

[B]

I go, how would you like to hear morning?

[A]

Do you want this chick to wake up in your house? I can't believe you're coming for my merch with the arrow. I think it's gonna work.

[B]

No, I think that. I think that could work. I'm just. We gotta make it cute.

[A]

Yeah. There is something so cool about that. It's my big thing. We have to compliment straight guys every now and then or they'll kill us.

[B]

That's the thing. That's why I wanted to bring something complimentary. And like you said, gay guys can have it too. And if you're a gay guy who has it, just tell me you're gay off the bat. That just immediately.

[A]

I will soon.

[B]

So that I come out to me.

[A]

I will soon.

[B]

I come out to me. I'm gonna be supportive. But yeah. I've never actually dated someone like boyfriend, girlfriend that had the arm vein. But I've hooked up with some guys that have. And it looks good. I just can't really say it enough. It looks good.

[A]

Yeah. I will say I'm trying to think of what my equivalent would be.

[B]

I mean, giga.

[A]

I do love that.

[B]

Do you notice it on guys?

[A]

What is like my thing that I notice to me that part that goes from chest into shoulder is kind of shocking to me. I would say like, that's just gonna like, take my breath away. Kinda. I sometimes also find back really, like shocking.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

It's just like, whoa. And not necessarily a tricep, but just like a back. Like a broad back.

[B]

I'm like, fuck on women. I would say the equivalent, which is. It's a little detail. It's when women are wearing a spaghetti strap bathing suit top or dress, and their boobs sit in such a way that there's a space between the strap and their like, body. Like, it's. It's like raised the strap. It's something I can never achieve because my boobs are so small. But where you can. Like when they move, you can see like, like through the strap.

[A]

Oh, now see, now you've got me. Now I know. It's when you have the. The pec line right there. Yeah, this.

[B]

There is. And it's privilege. It's.

[A]

It's peck privilege.

[B]

It's peck privilege. It's that arm vein privilege. It's boob privilege. It's like everyone's got privilege. We can acknowledge it. We could talk about it, we can move on. You know what I mean?

[A]

So fun. It's like everyone has their own little thing. You're I don't know if I've ever noticed that V. I'm like, yeah, that's hot. I don't know if I'll show you some pictures. I mean, girl, I know. I've seen them all. Should we talk about me being a matchmaker?

[B]

I can't wait to get into you being a matchmaker because both of the guys that you've tried to matchmake me with have not texted me.

[A]

Make me a match.

[B]

You're giving my phone number out at weddings.

[A]

Give them that snatch. Okay. What I want to talk about is me as a matchmaker. And before we get into things that, yes, Are in progress and yet the seeds are there. The. The groundwork is laid, in a way. Come on, Kerplunk. Come on, Kerplunk. That was a good one. Yes, Kerplunk. So I. Years ago, for our Halloween party that we did for obs. Bleep it. God, the right Halloween party would go so hard. But we're just kind of busy.

[B]

Kidding.

[A]

We're just a little busy. I love making you smile. Are you doing good?

[B]

No.

[A]

Are you doing better?

[B]

Why would I be? No.

[A]

I actually had fun last time.

[B]

But I'm here right now, aren't I?

[A]

I know. We were making each other laugh last night.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, I laugh. I'm laughing through the pain.

[A]

I know, sweetie. Your hour is so good.

[B]

Thanks, honey.

[A]

Everyone who goes to it tells me how amazing it is. And I go. I know. I go. I know.

[B]

You go.

[A]

I'm a mommy. I know.

[B]

I know.

[A]

So. So years ago, before this Halloween party, my friend Nikki DeRoost, who is a makeup artist, was doing my makeup for that event we had with Kim Petras where we did the live pod recording. And I was talking to her about the Halloween party. And I said my friend Kurt was going. Kurt is the designer for Noon Goons. We're obsessed. We love it here. All of us, of course. So I. The way I approach as Alex. Alex Hitch. That's who I am.

[B]

Alex Hitchens.

[A]

Alex Hitchens. If you're nasty, drop the ins.

[B]

It's cleaner.

[A]

So I give more of a If this sounds nice, I don't say that. You'll love each other. Who's to say? I could never predict something like that. But I said, this guy's going, I. I feel like you guys would maybe have a nice time at a drink. And he's not a killer you obviously know of. And I've had a lovely time with this person, and I love you both. Both. So if you Want to get a drink before, if anything, Like, I can't imagine that you'll hate each other, so. And that's, you know, so bar is on the floor in hell, but I am just kind of like in my head, I kind of see these two people having a lot in common and really enjoying each other. And I like the energies together. That sounds nice to me. So Nikki and Kurt meet that night. They just had a baby. They just had. Come on, Kurt Blanc. Right when she had the baby. Come on, Kurt blog.

[B]

Come on, Kurt Blanc.

[A]

I'm so Jude. I mean, I'm just like. I'm completely electrified. So my Jude. His name is Jude.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Which I'm like, that's just. Hey, Jude. Like, that's just. I'm like, completely. Yeah. I'm honored. I'm excited. It's like, it's going on the cv.

[B]

No, it's really amazing.

[A]

It's crazy.

[B]

Like, life happens because of you.

[A]

This is my first, you know, venture into this, so now I'm entering it with you. I haven't really done anyone since because it hasn't come to me. I don't. It's. It's only when it feels like I get a little spark.

[B]

That's not true. You have match made someone. It's one of our friends with one of my agents, if you recall correctly.

[A]

It's not my fault. If.

[B]

We'Re cutting that.

[A]

We're bleeping that.

[B]

We're bleeping that.

[A]

That's not my fault. I thought vibes were. Hey, they had a nice time.

[B]

They had a nice time.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

They had a nice time. I. I just needed to call you in and say, like, that's not the only time that that's happened.

[A]

Well, that's not exactly true, Ellen. That's what you just did to me.

[B]

That's not the truth, Ellen.

[A]

They really tried to cancel me over that.

[B]

So here's the thing with matchmaking. It's really. And I think you should. I almost think you should take your perfect record, which is like 2 and 2. If you think about, I don't know how you measure the success of the matchmaking, but quit while you're ahead. Because setting people up with straight men is such a risk. It's something I've done before, I will never do again because I just. It's too risky. Straight guys are so fudgeing weird.

[A]

I know they're freaks, but the one I said so there was someone I was with recently, and I've only met him a couple times, but I was like, he's really nice, and I enjoy him. And you had told me all you wanted to be was held, so I was like, I feel like he'd do a good job.

[B]

Yeah, he has that. He has the vein, which is killing me.

[A]

And he hasn't come through yet, but I'm not writing him off yet. I think he's traveling a lot. So here's my thing. It just.

[B]

If you wanted to, he would, is all I'm gonna say. If he wanted to, he would.

[A]

Just not that into you.

[B]

No, he's just not that into you.

[A]

That's so not true at all. Like, he just. He's really busy. He has a job. He has a job, which is kind of like a. That's great. Like, I'm off to a good start. So then recently I was at this wedding, and I meet this other guy, and he made me laugh twice. I was completely thrown off my accents.

[B]

That's insane.

[A]

And then I'm, like, having a nice time with him. I sit by him. And then finally, I was just like, my good bro, are you single? And he was like, yeah. And then I brought you up. And he goes, my celebrity crush. And I went, well, that's funny. Do you want her number? No, I'm kidding. I asked you first.

[B]

You did? Well, you texted me. I said, ask him who he voted for.

[A]

Yeah. And he answered correctly.

[B]

Trump.

[A]

Yeah, he got it right. And then. Yeah. And then from there, I kind of, like, just vibed around. I, like, I made sure he said a few more things that were good. And he actually, like, asked questions, which blew me away. I was like, this is such a great back and forth. We're having a conversation.

[B]

The bar.

[A]

So. Yeah, well, it's in hell.

[B]

It's under the table, so.

[A]

It's in hell.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But we were kind of like. I was like, I. With you.

[B]

I'm saying. I'm saying yes. I'm saying yes to life. I am open to all incoming opportunities, and I'm taking each one seriously, and that's all I can do.

[A]

You got really nervous about texting, which I thought was cute. Suit. Well, I asked him. I go, do you have a real job? And he goes, well, I'm not an actor. A musician. And I said, yeah, that's what I meant.

[B]

So, yeah. Do you have a real.

[A]

So you have a real job? I go, then check. Love it.

[B]

Okay. So the last time I set anyone up and I appreciate the hard work you're doing, I might die for this.

[A]

I just had that thought.

[B]

We'll see. I Gotta talk through this one first.

[A]

I just got nervous.

[B]

Cops are on their way. Can you hear them? They're coming for you.

[A]

They're coming for me.

[B]

It's not the lesbian from Ride Live.

[A]

I will just say before we get into Ride or Die, it's me as a matchmaker.

[B]

Totally.

[A]

It's not what happens.

[B]

It's not matchmaking in general.

[A]

No, it's not matchmaking in general. It's just because I think. Let me tell you why I think I'm coming to this differently. I'm not forcing anything. I'm not forcing meeting up. I'm not forcing the dates. I'm giving numbers out. I'm giving vibes out. You let it happen. I'm not controlling fate.

[B]

No, totally.

[A]

God knows I.

[B]

You're putting people in front of other people.

[A]

Exactly. And I go, here's this. You know, like, my intuition's pretty good. I immediately know when someone has bad energy. Totally smell it. You know what I'm so bad at is matching other gay guys with gay guys. I'm like, terrible. I'm like, what do you think of this person? They're like, like, are you fucking serious?

[B]

And I'm like, gay guys have created a culture where you don't even want to suggest that two gay guys might be a good match. Because then it's like, oh, what? Cause we're both gay?

[A]

Come on, kerplunk.

[B]

And then, come on, Kerplunk happened.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what you are, Benny? Hmm?

[A]

A it.

[B]

Your words, not mine, babe. You're my ride or die.

[A]

Ride or die.

[B]

Let's get into ride or die. I actually do ride for you, being a matchmaker.

[A]

Thank you. I got really nervous.

[B]

I could hear that. You have good instincts. I don't think you would ever put your nec out there for someone who you didn't co sign like you didn't believe.

[A]

To be clear, this guy who eventually did get Mary Best number. I watched him the rest of the night like a hawk. I watched how he danced. I watched how he drank. I watched what the he ate, everything about it, every instance of it. How he was texting, what he had on his phone. I took his phone.

[B]

You took his phone? You looked in his hidden folder?

[A]

I had sex with him. No, I. I. Like he had been vetted by another. It's like that also is so important. I look at the entire family tree. I found out I knew where he went to school. I knew where, like, what his friends did. I knew what part of the city he was in. I'm excited Can I just say I'm excited?

[B]

I'm glad you're. I'm glad you're excited.

[A]

All you want to be is held. I think I'm trying to catch up.

[B]

I agree.

[A]

I ride for that vein. I love when it pops up every now and then. It's not always.

[B]

I'm look at a picture of it after this. Just for one second.

[A]

I'm just really curious if I've ever had it because I feel like I maybe have.

[B]

I think you probably have. Yeah. I think you had it maybe when we were filming. Overcompensating.

[A]

Oh, whoa. You think I lost it It?

[B]

No.

[A]

Wow. That's what you just said.

[B]

Putting words in my mouth.

[A]

You just said that. My love.

[B]

I'm gonna let you look for this.

[A]

Yeah, there it is.

[B]

So there it is.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

It is so.

[A]

It is on the COVID of paper if you want to see it. It's on the left handed side. It's on the left hand side.

[B]

It's on the left hand side.

[A]

Morning. Morning.

[B]

Morning.

[A]

Remember that day I had spray tan and it dripped down my leg so it looked like I had Kaplan? I remember I just ride for it. I. You know what I really ride for specifically? Like within it. I love those little things. I feel like it's so interesting to hear that I have a really good ride that I'm doing next week that just came to me because of this.

[B]

It's not the one that we previously discussed.

[A]

No. Because I feel like that one's really intense and I want to save that for a day when we're both really sad. Okay.

[B]

Perfect. That's gonna come any day now.

[A]

Yeah. It could be tomorrow.

[B]

Could be tomorrow.

[A]

I'm really happy to be here with you.

[B]

Me too.

[A]

We had a date last night and it made me so happ.

[B]

I love you so much. So. Cheers to another episode of Ride.

[A]

Cheers. Come on. Morning. Oh, my. Exit.

[B]

Benny, babe. Eyes on the road.

[A]

Benny, we go.

[B]

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