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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. 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.
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Start your engine.
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Take it. I'm Benito Skinner.
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I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is Ride. Hello and welcome to the Ride Heritage Collection.
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The Heritage Collection.
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This is something new we're trying where we are going to release iconic heritage episodes of the podcast in no particular order, and we're going to retitle them so you know exactly which iconic moment to expect. Moments that come to mind. The lesbian cop at Ride Live Massive. We're talking about. I'm your sister.
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I was there. It was rare.
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It was rare. NDA and of course, how many chickens there are in the world.
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Oh, I just got a boner. Oh, my God. Wait. Mary Beth just cut her finger and is bleeding.
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I guess we have to go enjoy this episode. We hope it's a tasty treat for you. We're gonna have fun going through the archives and picking out these episodes for you.
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Think about what we're doing right now. We do exist in the world. Isn't that trippy to think about? Let's go on the journey for the Ride Heritage Collection. How do these things stay in the air? New York City, Times Square. I'm here with the prettiest girl in Brooklyn. I'm lucky the Yankees are up and the US Open was in town. We just went to the Eminem store and the carcass of Caroline's on Broadway. Rip. Rest in peace.
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They said it was a clearinghouse sale. You could just come in and take chairs. You could take posters of Chris Rock and Jeffrey Seinfeld.
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I still have the poster that Caroline said. Thank you, Caroline Slurry, for believing in me. There was a poster her that's in my house right after I got a spray tan. And then my dad has it framed in our house and it says, influenza, Benny Drama. And I just. I think about it all the time. And then the second one just said, comedian Benny Drama. No spray tan. So it looks like two completely different people.
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It's duality.
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Even my niece was like, both Drama. Because my niece calls me Drama because life imitates art, not the other way around.
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No.
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Okay, well, that was all to say that the US Open is in town
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and we are here in New York City. We're not going to U.S. open.
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We would have. Just so everyone's clear, if you invite us to anything tennis related, we will dress like Blake Lively from a simple Favor. We will show up with a collar
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with cuffs, but a sleeveless shirt. But cuffs. The cuffs exist on their own.
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Yeah, I'm just picturing Blake Lively sitting down with the costume designer for that. And she's wearing a three piece suit and a cane. And the costume designer's like, okay, I
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mean, sure, I love your. I love your vision for this.
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Sure, if that's what you think.
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She'd have a parasol. Really.
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Stop. I'm laughing so hard because we were just on the subway and we're in Times Square. I'm just like, I'm happy.
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We're happy.
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Sue me, kid.
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This is all love.
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I just think if you haven't seen a simple favorite, it's.
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You're only getting half the story.
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You're only getting half the story. You gotta check it out. And I think they were gonna make a sequel and they should.
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I agree.
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But I think Blake Lively is just so totally fabulous in that. And her costumes are so. Welcome to my island trick.
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Just do something different.
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And when. If I'm looking at her costumes for that, I'm thinking there are easier ways to tell me. You listen to ride. Do you know what I mean? I would. So I just went to a wedding with Terry in Vermont. And I actually thought at the end of the night when I took my jacket off, how funny it would be if I was wearing a sleeveless shirt and had cufflinks like her in that. I just want everyone to know that I am now the first man in history to use the Road Beauty strawberry glaze lip treatment at the Burlington, Vermont airport.
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You have to write these things down because history isn't done. We have more history to make. It's not over. Like I used to think as a kid. History is so going.
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So.
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So we need to. We need to remember these moments.
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We have to. We have to.
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If we don't, like, who will?
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What are we going to leave behind for the kids?
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The kids and the grandkids, Besides ride merch that we will make.
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At some point, they flip the page. They flip the page from the COVID pandemic. They turn it and it's me in Burlington, gate 11. Because it's a reenactment and I'm.
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It's a painter's rendering of it.
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Yeah, but then it would have a photo of Hailey Bieber next to it.
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Do you want to teach the kids or do you not want to teach the kids?
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2023 was a weird year.
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It's been.
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Bus 2023 has been dizzying. I didn't love it.
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It's a lot of time to think. As you said, my galaxy brain has been firing on all cylinders.
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Well, you said we were in the hot tub, which is a throwback to obsessed bleep it. We were at the hot tub at your apartment. And you said a few things to me that I just. I. I just thought, how lucky am I?
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So I'm on Metro north yesterday. I finished my book, which we'll talk about also in another episode. Cause we have a lot to get through today.
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Yeah.
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But I did just read a book, so that's kind of big. And I look up and I see in the vestibule. Yeah, there, I said it. There was a guy and a girl, and they had like seven bags and then a bag of golf clubs. And that's when I realized that I could never date anyone, guy or girl, who plays golf as an intrinsic part of their personality. If you go hit some balls every once in a while with the girlies, that's one thing.
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I love hitting some balls. I love taking out the driver and just swinging.
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It's like whacking it.
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I'll take a whack at it.
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But how are you going to carry my bags if you have golf clubs? Riddle me that.
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It's going to be a long day on the alt links.
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Yeah, it is.
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Your shoulders are going to have those weird marks you get when you're carrying something heavy. So if that's what you want. Okay.
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Okay. Like when they're on the train, I'm like, well, he has to carry all of that and the bags. Okay, fair. But most people aren't willing to do that.
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And they go up and down the clubs. Clack. Yeah, I love it. Not like the clacks of a stripper's heels that we love. It's a different clack.
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It's really. It's not as good.
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They used to make us as kids, like, walk with those. No, like, on our backs.
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Hi. Child labor laws, anyone?
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Seriously?
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So then I was thinking, well, not only would I not want to watch someone play ever, but, like, golf is sinister to me because don't manipulate numbers like that. Scores should be a tally. You don't have to make a complicated. You don't have to make it confusing. Negative 50. What the fuck is that? Also, don't explain to me what a handicap is. I'm serious. If anyone comes in my DMs today when this comes out and tries to explain how they score in golf, I will block you. Yeah, I don't want to Know it's not for my brain. Sorry, I'm busy. I'm busy with Charli XCX song lyrics. I don't have room in my brain for that.
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No, I agree. It's actually crazy. The handicap thing is insane because it's based as much as I know. And also, don't DM me. That is really fucked up. Don't do that, kid. Love you, kid, but don't fucking do that. It's like, on lies. Like, you could just, like, report false scores and then you have, like, an amazing handicap. It's pretty much like, there's a number that can be good, and if you have that, you're like, a great golfer. But people lie. There's something also with golf where there are a few things that I'm like, well, no, if you're gonna commit, like, do it. Like, when people are like, no, you don't have to put that in. I'm like, I need to see it.
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See, Sorry, sorry.
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I'm one of those gays. I need to see it go in the hole. Sorry. No, the hole's not done yet. Nina Drama wearing golf clothes.
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Her being a caddy.
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No, she's a cart girl. I have to shout out Cass Holland on TikTok. She's a cart girl. I believe in Florida. And she's, like, driving around a pink cart and, like, a pink cart, and it's green. And she has this thing that I think is so genius. She calls it men repellent. And she rubs glitter all over her arms. Is that the most incredible thing?
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Oh, my God. Weaponizing glitter. That's a new frontier.
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It really is. Weaponize everything and monetize your friendship.
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Friendships. I think if you want to make money off golfers, that's fabulous. I used to do that. I had a neighbor back home when I was a teen. I had my driver's license, and he needed to be driven to and from a golf tournament with one of his friends. So I just got his Mercedes S550 for the weekend, and I would just have to drop them off and pick them up. But then they were too drunk to drive, so I got the car. The rest of the weekend. Like, that's fabulous.
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You whipping around.
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I am the economy. And I get a fat sack of cash.
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Paparazzi, follow me. I am the economy.
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Did I already talk about when I caddied for my sister? Because, like, I did tell her to
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hit someone else's ball accidentally or sabotage.
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So crazy at doing a podcast. You don't even know what you've said.
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There's a couple things I've said a few times, and I just, like. I forget by the time we get to editing it. So I'm like, I've talked about inner child, like, 10 times.
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No, and I've definitely said the same thing about, like, my plastic friends in la. It's like, don't talk about my friends like that.
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But it's fine, you know, you don't know if people forget certain things.
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It's true. So I did caddy for my sister once. Well, you know, my family's golfers. That I've said before.
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Yeah.
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I discovered Ferrero Rocher on a golf course. Cornets, even Gardettos. Whoa.
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Whoa.
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Totally. Episode ends Gardettos. I remember caddying for my sister one time because, like, no one else could do it. And usually caddies, like, know things about golf. I was more there for, like, the Rizma because, you know, I've got that Rizma girl.
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Oh, we haven't even talked about Riz. We know you're out there, and we are participating. We just haven't had a chance to talk about it yet.
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I've yet to see the Riz King. And if you say that, you might be, you're not. That was so heated. You are so up to no fucking good, kid. I caddy for my sister, right? And my parents are like, okay, we'll pay you, you know, 20 bucks. And I was.
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I think patties get paid a lot more than that.
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Oh, keep waiting, girl. Story's not over yet. I said, make it 50, and I'm on the links, and they go, fine. Literally.
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That reminds me. Sorry.
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How much would you charge to haunt a house?
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50. 50K.
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50K?
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That's my rate.
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Yeah.
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I once babysat for this family, and I only did once. They paid $20 an hour while the kids were awake. 15 an hour while the kids were asleep. Continue with your story.
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No. Babysitters get dogs.
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Sorry.
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Who put them to sleep?
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Also, what can I leave, then?
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Oh, sorry.
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Once they're sleeping, I can leave.
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Sorry. If they would have told me that in high school, I'd go, guess what we're drinking, kids? Mountain Dew, Baja Blast. We're staying up all fucking night. I would have given them Adderall coffee.
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Really?
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Your first mocha java Kimberly. Drink, bitch. Are you kidding? I would have stuck it to him. Been like, no, the kids are still up.
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It's also honor system. Like golf scoring. I'm like, how do you know when they went to bed?
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Exactly. Sorry.
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What do you. What is this, a test?
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Yeah. Sorry. They're not an R E M. They're not an army.
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No, they just went down. Sorry. They were giving me hell tonight. They just went down.
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They go, what's this? It's a crumpled Red Bull.
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Yeah. I don't know. I have no idea where that came from.
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Bye.
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Yeah, you could just Venmo me. Bye.
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Sorry. Me love.
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Anyway, caddying.
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So I'm caddying for my sister. Shout out. Katie. She was just a totally fabulous golfer. This was her worst round to date, and I think it is her worst round that she's ever played. But history. History. Again, history. And we're out on the course, and at one point, there's, like, a thing where it's like, you can get up and down. That's one of the terms. Oh, and, God, there are so many terms.
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Wait, don't.
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Don't get more bogeys. Par. Oh, my God. Shooting. Par.
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Shooting an eagle.
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I also love to say four. I just thought it was so, like, if a ball was in there.
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Four.
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And everyone ducks down.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Well, it's four.
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Four. Four. That was me breaking the fourth wall.
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Yeah.
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one point, we're on a hole. I just fully told her to hit another girl's ball on accident.
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They all look the same. What are you gonna do?
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They all look the same. See? Except mine.
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Maybe I do. Maybe I do.
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Shout out the film, baby. I do. We watched it last night.
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Am I gonna marry him? Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? Maybe I do.
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I'm his lover.
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Maybe I do.
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I'm his boyfriend. Maybe I do. To everyone at the wedding. Then he turned this into a bit. Then he turned this into a bet. So she hit. She hits another girl's thing, and it's a bunch of penalties and stuff. But this one girl's caddy was, like, lining up the, like, ball for her and, like, giving her too much advice. I'm like, that's cheating. My sister's out here with a bimbo and she's killing it. Not really her worst round, but I would get really competitive, obviously, at times. But at one point, my sister fully hits the ball. It's right on the green, and I, like, hit it with a yes. Like, that's my girl. And Once we go, I'm like, oh, you can get up and down from here. Which I thought was just. You can putt it into the hole.
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Oh, okay.
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Because we Skinners, we finish the job.
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Well, it would be insane not to.
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It's crazy not to. I'm like, no, finish it. I used to do that too with little bastards I would golf with. I'd be like, no, finish the hole.
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Isn't that the fun? Like, isn't that the sport?
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It could go around the lip of the. I know so much, so many of the terms, but get up and down is when you're in the fairway, apparently, and you have to, like, get up and down from there. But it was so funny because she
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was like, why would you go both ways?
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I don't know. She was like, that doesn't make any sense, sweetie, but I love you.
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I need to sit down with the guys behind golf and I have some fucking notes.
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But at the end of the day, we get in the car and my parents were like, okay, not. Not great. And then my sister's in the backseat, and I said, look at her right now. And she was smiling and happy. And I go, I did my job. And I held my hand out. My dad was like, that is so funny. My parents were like, actually, you're right. This means.
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Isn't that what it's all about?
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It's so cool to be gay and to just know that sports don't mean anything. It's so cool. It can just be fun. It can be fun. Well, I'm talking if you're a professional. And it's like, you know, obviously that's
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your lives on the line and things
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like that, you would think goes without saying, but who knows now? Yeah, well, now that we've changed the ride, right on the road to two hours of pure stand up.
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Pure standup. It's one hour on, one hour. It's up and down. One hour up, one hour down. But I think about sports sometimes. And one thing I was reflecting on recently was when. Because tennis, huge part of my lineage because, you know, Stanford Yacht Club and everything played tennis wasn't that good, famously.
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Oh, really? Horse girls are good at it.
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I was like, decent. I can hit the ball. But sexual horse, it wasn't my passion.
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Do you know what I mean? Yeah, sexual.
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Oh, for sure. I loved the outfits. I had some very, very cute outfits.
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Pinky, for sure.
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Kinky stuff. Stuff with mesh down the sides.
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I'm an ass man. So tennis is definitely like. I mean, I played football and you Know this dumper looked like a trillion dollars.
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Hut, hut, hike. Me love. Shit.
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Hit it out of.
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When I found out how they keep score in tennis, I was so pissed. Why would you do that? That's like Tesla handles.
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15, love. There are easier ways to tell us.
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You listen to ride like. Sorry, but like explain this to me. I need a math proof for how they score tennis. 15. Okay. Sorry. Love is zero. Then we go to 15. Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Things are moving pretty fast.
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Excuse me. Me love.
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Hang on one second.
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And you're not my love. I'm focused on.
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Then we go to 30.
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I know. No, it's like Schoolhouse Rock, but right
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when you think you've got it, guess what the next point level is.
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40.
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40?
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Yeah.
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Not 45. That's all I have to say on that.
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And I'm thinking the later ones. There's more stress. You should get more points for those.
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Totally.
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50 points to Gryffindor Surf Hogwarts. You know what I mean?
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Absolutely.
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For some reason I think everyone will understand once I ride for it that this relates to tennis because it just does. But I'm going to ride for fuck ass Bobs.
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Totally. So this going to be writing for something that happened on the Internet in the year of our Lord 2020. And that is when Hailee Steinfeld had a new single coming out and Republic Records commented on her post about it and she replied to them. You gonna post about it?
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History.
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Let's get into it. This episode is brought to you by no cd.
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Who cares? Ride. I'm writing for ass bobs, which bobs are having a huge moment right now. And a ass bob for anyone wondering is just when you have like a little bob haircut. And some bobs are just kind of bobs, but then there are fuck ass bobs. So for example, a fuck ass bob would be like Kim Kardashian having a bob that goes right to her chin. Or Johnny Depp in Charlie and the chocolate factory.
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100%.
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And that gets me to my history with the fuck ass Bob.
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Does the hair have to be straight?
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See, I prefer when it's like complete. Yeah, like no flyaways, Shiny, sleek and just like. It's just. It looks like it was cut with a samurai sword that day. Now that's a fuck ass bob. The energy that it gives you. So for years, my sister Katie, again, like, see how it's all. Oh, you can't. She looked like Anna went to her. She had definition. Fuck ass bob. She had like high bangs, blonde right here at her chin. It was sickening. And as a kid, I remember being like, God, I wish I had that right now. Like, the way she'd whip it. And you can never put it in a ponytail.
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It's very elegant.
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She was so elegant for years. I. I loved princesses and they all had long hair. Once my sister got that haircut, I was like, women can be so many things.
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There's so many facets to womanhood. And that's why you should listen to what Makes a Woman by Katy Perry from the album Smile.
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Exactly. Oh, I wish Jesus had a bob.
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Same. Why not make that though? Like Jesus, we can project onto him. That's like his whole vibe.
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A middle part bob. No bangs, just middle part Bob.
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And just moving the neck. You can't. They can't see it, but we're moving our necks.
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No, like him performing a miracle and a bob.
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Kim. Petra said, if Jesus was a rock star. Benito Skinner says, if Jesus had a bob.
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If Jesus had a Bob. There's so much to say about Bobs. I'm like, I'm shaking. Halloween was the one time of year I could be, like, gay and do, like, queer coded things. So I'm in fifth grade. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory comes out with Johnny Depp and his Bob. And so this movie comes out. It was huge for me. I was so obsessed. I was so sad I wasn't Mike TV in it. Still sad.
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I was Anna Sophia Robb.
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Anna Sophia Robb say that. Wait, everyone just pulled over. Anna Sophia Robb.
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I'm saying that with the gravitas that it deserves, by the way.
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Yeah.
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Like, a lot of times on here, we're not like, this isn't for fun. We're being serious.
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No. And to that I say, because of Winn Dixie, she gives a tour de force performance in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Everyone does the gum chewing girl. Like, everyone is so incredible.
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But, you know, Veruca Salt is like, that's my whole thing.
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Veruca Salt.
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I want to go Danak.
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To have seen two of the people who will be in my life for the rest of my life so young on screen. It's like seeing Terry and you just so perfectly depicted is so. It's important. And I am Mike TV because I love the boob tube.
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Oh, yeah.
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Okay.
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Ready, girl. So I go into this place that used to be in Boise, Idaho, called the Costume Shop. This place was my heaven. My mom took me after school one
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day next to the strip club.
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Honestly, it was near the torch. You could, you know, hop, skip, and a jump to the torch for. And it would have been during Ms. Racktober.
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Oh, my God.
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After the strip club episode, I texted my dad and I said, is there a way for us to get a Ms. Racktober shirt? And he said, I'll look into it, son.
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Oh, thank God we have boots on the ground.
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Yeah, we really do. But my dad going in there and being like, no, I just need the
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merch is one T shirt, please.
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Fabulust. So I go into the costume shop with my mom after school, and my parents were kind of like, okay, Halloween costumes. Like, we can't spend. You know, this is crazy. You're gonna wear it once. But I was like, see, the thing about me is I'm not gonna wear it once. This is. This is gonna be a whole thing. So we go in and I go to the wig department, and there's this wig, and it's $40. And I had to talk my mom into it. I was like, I'm being Charlie in the chocolate factory. I'm gonna win the Halloween contest. This is like.
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You're gonna make the costume?
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No, People are gonna just totally go crazy. They're gonna write about this one day. And so I put it on, and it was my first time being in a Bob. It was. Which name? Blb. So they call on you Bob your head.
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Just.
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You know that I'm known for the Bob. It was. I put it on and immediately. Yeah, it was.
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Your head starts generating.
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It was magical. I felt the power and just turning your head and the whole thing moves with it.
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No, it's very powerful.
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It was so. It was magnetic.
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The costume designer character in the Incredibles. Famous Bob. Oh, Edna.
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Edna.
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Fabulous.
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Totally fabulous Bob. She taught us what the fashion industry was early.
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Totally.
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And thank God we had insight.
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It's a movie for kids, but it's also a movie for adults. But it's also a movie for kids.
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Exactly. Soul is just for adults, so. And that's that on that. And that's my big statement of the day. My mom is like, okay, you know what? This will count as a birthday present. I'm still.
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I love when moms do that. They're like, I'm gonna justify this. We'll split it over two holidays and we'll call it a day.
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She must have just been, like, watching her son put a bob on at a costume store. And I'm whipping it back and forth being like, my son's a homosexual.
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Happy birthday.
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Happy birthday, sis. So my mom gets me the bob, I wear it to school. And I distinctly remember being in the car before I got out, My mom was like, okay, you feel good? Like, just a little bit like, oh, God. Like, please don't let them make fun of my son. I was a king that day.
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Halloween.
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I'm so glad I was a king. And I did win the costume contest, but I tied with a girl who was also Willy Wonka. And that's when I found out that gender is a construct. And it actually was a great lesson for me.
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It's fluid.
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It's totally fluid. And I was like, of course a girl can be Willy Wonka today. At the time, I was a little pissed. And I thought to myself, that's fucked. And actually, really? That's disgusting.
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It's not okay. It's not okay with me.
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That's against God.
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Yeah.
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But, yes.
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You changed your mind.
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It was a special day. I changed my mind. And I have the photo. I will share it when this comes Out. I think I've shared it before, but I had the goggles and stuff. I mean, that movie was just, like. It was so huge for me.
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We have to use them into Halloween as a concept concept.
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So after that, the bob comes back into my life. Because Katie, in high school, her whole teen years, middle school years, she had, like, really long hair. She gets a bob. Junior year, a platinum bob. She walks into school. I'm like, I'm so proud to be her brother reborn. I'm literally like, metamorphosis. It was so metamorphosis. She came to school in a turtleneck, Burberry boots, and a platinum bob. And I was like, she's rewriting the rules. She wanted to make trouble. We both had no friends. Oh, yeah.
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Oh, yeah. Lea Michele also has a bob in the famous I'm living in your house, of course.
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I mean, that's.
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It's back with a vengeance.
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So once I got to college, I mean, Bob's away. Bob's everywhere.
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That's huge. Did you just come up with that?
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That just literally off the dome.
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That's.
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We've got the chops, girl. Whoa.
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I want people. If they were looking for a sign to get a bob, this is it. Take your. Like, you only have one life, and we have to enjoy it.
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Yeah.
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Tag us in your bob pics. We want to see the transformation.
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I'm seeing. It is trending right now, and I'm like, the bob is forever, though. And the energy that the bobs give, that's what.
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It's a shift.
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Because you know what? Because I know that straight guys are a very classic. Like, I like long hair. I love the bob because it's like, you know what? Eat it. Go play golf.
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Yeah, go play golf.
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Fucking bob.
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I've been growing my hair out for a while because I actually had a bob in my early comedy years as well. I can show you some photos, but I loved having a bob. I just. I've been growing my hair out now for a while, and I just want to see how long I can get it. But he has been a huge proponent of the bob. He's like, anytime you're ready to get a bob, you have my full spot.
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I just think it's sick. And when they're shiny and glossy and Kevin Murphy. Oh, yeah. Good night, Good luck. Terry's mom. One year for Christmas, I bought everyone wigs because I just. I think there's no greater joy.
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Oh, wigs are so powerful. And if you are considering getting a bob, pop by the wig shop, put it on. Put it on well, though.
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Don't be crazy. Put your hair.
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Put it on well and see what you think. Because it's like that it might be your time.
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She put on this white bob that I got her. She could not stop. And she still has it. It was so fucking funny. Like, she just. And you do this. You kind of do almost like scissors.
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It changes your mannerisms.
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Kim has one right now, I think. Hailey Bieber. Yeah, she cut it short. It's just like. It's Bobville. It's Bob.
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Bob Mania.
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Bob's away.
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Bob's R Us.
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I just think fuck ass Bobs are power. And anytime my girls can feel that power, I'm empowered too, because it's just so fun.
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It's contagious.
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I'm assuming a lot of neck pain goes into having a bob because how can you not whip that thing around?
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Let's just say Anna Wintour has always had a bob for a reason.
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We had to end the ride for Bob. Talking about the queen of the Bob, the mother of Bob's mother Bob. She. Oh, my God. It is always. It's perfect. It is just right under her chin. And the bangs are right here. I assume she gets a cut every
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day and she deserves it.
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She's done so much for it with a men's razor. Someone's in there.
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Well, she sleeps too.
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Oh, totally.
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She's busy. She's busy.
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Imagine, like, sleeping in that bob, waking up with it.
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Perfect.
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It draped along the pillow. It's just one big, like, little mushroom. I just. Wow, what a fabulous cut. I don't know its origin, and I'm excited to learn in my DMs. You're allowed to send me that.
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Definitely. But that's something we're open. We've opened our hearts and our minds to.
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And my mom had one, too. My mom had a fucking fabulous.
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Well, I think everyone's dad had a mustache at one point and everyone's mom had a Bob.
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Fuck ass Bobs. I'm so glad they're back and they're here to stay there for the history.
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Same power. Yeah. I can only assume Hailee Steinfeld had a fuck ass Bob when she posted this iconic Instagram comment.
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I'm picturing it wobbling.
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Oh, yeah. As she's typing, stomping the yard. So, Hailee Steinfeld, I've been a huge fan of for a really long time. Obviously Hayes, she was in True Grit, where she was nominated for an Academy Award, one of the youngest nominees in history. A lot of people don't know that she's a thespian.
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How can people not know that?
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Because they don't know the history. That's the thing. It's not covered in schools. So she's a thespian. And as many thespians have before her, she said, well, I also can sing and I would like to have a music career. And I signed right up. She has so many bops. If you haven't listened to her EP Haze, it's really good. But then she also has a song with Florida Georgia Line that's fabulous. And then she has a song that's called no More I Love yous. I think it like samples this, like iconic Annie Lennox song. But you should just listen to her whole, like, body of work.
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Is it Earthquakes and Heartbreaks? What's that song called?
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Oh, you mean Headphones and Hell Knows.
B
Headphones and Hell Knows.
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That's a fabulous song.
B
That is such a fabulous song that needs to play before A ride on the Road.
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Hayes was kind of one of my breakup albums when I decided that I was going to focus on comedy.
B
So it's a great pre comedy album.
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I have a lot of like, feeling when I listen to it.
B
Yeah.
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Also, oh my God. And I almost forgot. She sings on the song Starving by Zedd.
B
Okay, so we've almost cleared the top five best songs ever made.
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Ever made. And they're all Zed.
B
Where it goes.
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I remember the first time I heard that song, you're gonna Die. It was its soul cycle because I took a class from an instructor who like knew Zed or something and she played it.
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Well. They all do.
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They all know Zed. They're all besties because they're dropping those tracks in class, of course. So Haley has continued her music career and she was with Republic Records.
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I mean, how cool.
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So in 2020, she posted on her Instagram, this was the caption half written story out May 8th. Pre save now Black heart emoji link in bio Republic Records comments. Three black heart emojis. And she replies publicly, this is not a dm. And she goes, you gonna post about it? Imagine being the gay social media intern that day at Republic Records in the pandemic.
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That poor twinkle.
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The you're in the pandemic. This is late February 2020.
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They've been trying to nail the voice for a record label, which a few companies. I do think I've nailed the voice. Revlon being one.
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Totally.
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One video that Revlon did. We were gagged by this video from Revlon. It is so. So it's so good and it's so quotable.
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I say I can't stop smiling.
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So you're going to post about it.
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Next time someone texts you Happy birthday, you want to know the response? You're going to post about it.
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You anything. If people give you any compliment, you're going to post about it.
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Are you going to post about it? Literally hold people accountable. This gets me into something I've been so obsessed with the past few weeks. Nobody takes accountability for anything anymore. Nobody is held accountable for their actions. I'm not talking about like cancel culture, stuff like that. I'm talking about interpersonally in modern society. Nobody's taking accountability for what they do.
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Dear me is going to clip that.
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They're going to clip that and the incels are going to be like, how much she weighs? I can't.
B
Someone commented how much she weighs on you.
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Talking about double standards and balancing the scales of justice.
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Highly quotable. I will say it's been a drama how much she weighs.
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I wanted to comment and say me or the scales of justice. They'll tell you and are you going to post about it?
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Are you going to post about it? I think this is our empowered episode. Of course. Empowered. Just like the ads on the subway that have armpit hair. Women fuckers. All the ads on the subway are very you fuckers. You know what I mean?
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Yes.
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All that's what ads are right now.
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Subway ads really piss me off because as I posted on my Instagram story and a lot of people didn't know what this means. So there's B2B which is business to business, and then there's DTC which is direct to consumer. There's businesses that sell products to businesses.
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Crying right now.
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I'm trying to think of a good example.
B
Right is D2C.
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Right is D2C. It's direct to consumer. But for example, there's these like HR companies or like there's a company called that I. It's like how to organize your spreadsheets or like your documents or something. Don't.
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I got to get up.
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How many companies are there in the world if you're going to advertise a business to business company on the subway? There's too many companies. Stop. All we need now more pilots, more surgeons for figs. Yeah, and we need more teachers.
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I agree.
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We don't need any more companies. If you're an entrepreneur. Put the pen down. Stop.
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No companies and no more get ready with me. No, I promise you we don't need.
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We have to move Forward as a society. Don't put an ad in front of me. That's business. To business. Sorry.
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Hey, fucker.
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Hey, fucker. Hey, fucker. Are your documents getting all fucked up? Well, my mom is going to save you $800,000 thousand dollars a year because you're so dumb. I'm a business of one. We'll bleep it because I don't want to like talk a company. I just think if there's that many CEOs, we have too many CEOs.
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I think it's the generation of Zuckerberg. Like all. It's all these straight guys who were like, I'm going to make my next billion dollar idea. Well, I've said for years that straight men want a billion dollars and queer people and women just want like a nice house.
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Yeah.
B
And that's it. And like maybe a Prada bag, you know, that's it for us.
A
Just one.
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But for them, they go, I want a billion dollars and a human person. I want to own a human person.
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I heard this thing when they were trying to raise the minimum wage, which said, if your company can't exist paying people $15 an hour, it shouldn't be a company.
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I just pictured Marshall killing us again.
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It's fine.
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Marshall stands up and kills us. Marshall's not in New York, but for some reason I feel like he would be here for that comment to come kill us.
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If you listen to Ride, I just have one thing to say. Are you going to post about it?
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Exactly. It's just the power of that. Her taking on big pharma like that.
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Oh, my God.
B
She didn't have to do that. But she did it.
A
She did. She could have emailed them through her, like, PR person.
B
Yeah.
A
But she was like, why the fudge isn't my record? Fucking company fucker.
B
Oh, exactly.
A
Where are my subway ads? Where are my subway ads for my new single? Are you going to post about it?
B
Yeah.
A
Hold people accountable. Hold people accountable. There's too many businesses and you should put on road beauty peptidizing lip gloss wherever you are.
B
Strawberry glazed peptide lip treatment.
A
Totally.
B
Me putting that on and getting jerky. God, I love buying jerky at airports.
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We decided jerky is not traditional family values.
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It's not.
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For some reason, but that doesn't mean it's bad.
B
Maybe if you're on a road trip, I could kind of lean. But the road trip itself is traditional family values. The beef jerky is not.
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It's nuanced.
B
Also, if you're gonna have so much plastic and so few product within it. That's just not traditional family values in the new sense to me.
A
Can't we get a recycled paper?
B
Jesus, there's a lot of protein in those.
A
I mean, it's. It's one of the best.
B
Dizzying. It is so dizzy.
A
But we need. We need to do some like, recycled paper packaging on jerky.
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I think. You know what that comment does is it's the power of your voice.
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Raise your voice.
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La la la la
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la la la.
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When she goes.
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John Corbett. John Corbett. And not a lot of people remember this, but I am here to remind people. Hold them accountable, if you will. John Corbett was not in the TV spinoff of My Big Fat Greek Wedding called My Big Fat Greek Life. And then he was just in the sequels. Sorry, sorry, Hollywood. I'll suspend disbelief for some things, but not that.
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No, Neo Frodalos. She was like multiversing before anyone else was.
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Multiverse of madness.
B
Seriously, that is crazy that that happened.
A
So hold people accountable just as Hailee Steinfeld did. And let's get into Ride or Die. You know what you are, Benny? Hmm?
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A f it.
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Your words, not mine, babe. You're my ride or die.
B
Ride or die. I will ride off into the sunset for. Are you gonna post about it? Because we say it so all the time.
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I'm gonna blast starving by Zed and Haley Steinfeld.
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Because it's also, you know, what it's about. It feels really good when someone's proud of you and like, wants to share it. And it's obvious that someone doesn't.
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Celebrate.
B
Celebrate.
A
You got a single coming out. You want to celebrate?
B
Yes. Public records, for cripes sake.
A
I mean, my. My goodness, how fabulous. I think it's really important that we remember those moments.
B
I wonder maybe someone will let us know. Did Republic Records ever post about it?
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We need to know.
B
God knows that they. There was definitely an internal meeting.
A
There was a call to action.
B
Yeah.
A
And I hope that everyone got on. Zoom in.
B
That where the Gen Z intern. Oh, sorry, haze.
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Oh, there you go with the nails. Needless to say, I ride for Fuck ass Bob's. As someone that's had a Bob multiple times in my life and I had a Bob as a kid.
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Also, I almost brought you a wig for this app because I know I can picture it right now. I can. I can see it now.
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See it now.
B
I can see it now. Me and my girl and a fuck ass Bob.
A
Well, who knows? Maybe when I'm out in LA next.
B
I would love that so much. I have so Many bob wigs. I'll never stop getting them.
A
Bob wig also made famous. I believe in Lost in Translation.
B
God, there's so many.
A
And the movie Closer, starring Natalie Portman, Julaw, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen. I mean, my goodness.
B
Zoe Kravitz walking down, like, any kind of, like, Runway in Batman. But it actually should just been called Catwoman, the reboot, because it was so. It was visceral.
A
We're gonna do a bob appreciation post.
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She's walking in the, like, ice. The Ice Box or whatever. That club was sick Penguin.
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Hey.
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Had a sick club. Wait, let us in. Wait, let us. They should have had us in that movie at the door. Let us in.
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Edward told me about a tweet that was like, I know. Gotham has a crazy gay scene.
B
No. Ty Sunderland. Shout out. Ty. He had this thing that was like, sorry, that, like, the ice box is gone. Or like, something like that.
A
I want to go there.
B
Slap. What a fabulous episode.
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Be empowered. Hold people accountable.
B
I'm not going to tell you to go get a bob unless you really want to get one because the grow out phase might be tough. And I won't even lie to you about that.
A
So sometimes when it becomes a lob, a long bob, that's a labor of love because you'll want to straighten it, but it takes way longer. And then it's like. But if it's curly, then it's like sort of just like makes your head into a triangle.
B
I never said bob.
A
No, no, no.
B
Sometimes you have to do hard things.
A
And we can do hard things.
B
And we can do hard things.
A
Thanks, guys.
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You gonna post about it?
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Are you gonna post about it?
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Rate and review Ride.
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Oh, my God, I love that. It's full circle.
B
There's gonna be so many things that say you get to post about it. I'm glad we have our caption and everyone else's caption for a while. For a while. Bronies were covered through the holidays.
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You're welcome.
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Love you.
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Me. Love, love you, Love you. Sweat.
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Oh, my.
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Exit Granny babe. Eyes on the road. There you go. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode.
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Original Air Date: May 6, 2026
Hosts: Benito Skinner (“Benny Drama”), Mary Beth Barone
Production: Dear Media
This Heritage Collection episode of "Ride" is a rollicking, irreverent deep-dive into cultural touchstones, personal anecdotes, and iconic internet moments, all filtered through the comic chemistry of co-hosts Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone. The main thread is the dissection and celebration of the phrase “Are you gonna post about it?”—originating from a viral exchange between Hailee Steinfeld and Republic Records—but the episode also takes enthusiastic detours into topics like golf, haircut history (in particular, the “fuck ass bob”), accountability in modern life, and the cultural power of internet language.
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True to their signature style, Benito and Mary Beth deliver their takes with a blend of biting wit, “bimbo” absurdity, cultural literacy, and genuine affection for pop culture and each other. The episode is conversational, playful, and peppered with recurring inside-joke catchphrases (“me love,” “are you gonna post about it?”), invitations for audience participation, and a light-touch, self-aware approach to both nostalgia and internet-era fame.
This episode distills everything fans love about "Ride": comic chemistry, keen observations about the absurdity of both pop culture and daily life, and iconic catchphrases ready for memeification. Through the lens of “Are you gonna post about it?” Benito and Mary Beth turn Instagram comments, haircut trends, and the politics of golf into commentary on modern existence and digital accountability.
RIDE OR DIE TAKEAWAY:
“Are you gonna post about it?” – The question, the meme, the accountability call of our age.