HERITAGE COLLECTION: Meet Duddy + BEN DA

Summary

Ride with Benito Skinner & Mary Beth Barone

HERITAGE COLLECTION: Meet Duddy + BEN DA

Podcast by Dear Media | Release date: March 25, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this “Heritage Collection” installment, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone revisit some of their most iconic moments, bits, and inside jokes—many of which originated in delirious, hangover-filled states and hotel rooms around the world. The episode is a freewheeling, self-aware nostalgia trip, blending absurd character improv (especially their "Duddy" persona), travel stories, pop-culture riffs, and the duo’s signature brand of bimbo existentialism. With self-deprecating humor and complete disregard for podcasting norms, Benito and Mary Beth pull listeners into their chaotic, hilarious friendship, dreaming up everything from unhinged dream dates to British gay bar scenes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What Is the “Heritage Collection”?

• Introducing the Format:
  • The hosts explain that they're re-releasing classic, iconic episodes or moments from their past, renaming them so listeners know what legendary bits to expect.
  • The concept includes moments like “the lesbian cop at Ride Live,” “I’m your sister,” NDA stories, and “how many chickens are there in the world.”
    • "[00:41] A: 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."

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2. Deliriously Iconic Bits & Characters

The Dream Date as “Duddy”

• Benito improvises a surreal, hyper-theatrical “day as a woman” bit, in character as Duddy:
  • Fantasies about outfits, dating, pasties (with huge areolas), demanding "take me to Disney for dessert," political assassination, and refusing to sleep with the man she’s with.
    • [07:24] B: I'd show up at the dinner in a corset with pasties on, crotchless panties and ugg boots to my thigh…
    • [08:13] B: I grab his crotch at one point, I say, your balls feel so good. And then I don't sleep with him. No, no. And then I kill him.
    • [08:25] A: Well, it's a political assassination. Of course it's a political.
  • Running joke about her getting lip filler earlier and claiming any bruising is from “ketchup.”
    • [08:54] B: Oh, and I would have gotten filler earlier in the day at my lips, so I'd have bruised L. And anytime someone brings it up, I go, it's ketchup. I love her. Fuck. It's all I want.

Character’s Chaotic Holiday (Duddy at Disney and Beyond)

• Duddy’s behaviors: ordering multiple meals, belching, switching accents, insisting on tiramisu for dessert, “I have to poop,” and coping with huge areolas that can’t be covered by pasties.
  • [10:13] B: I have huge areolas, by the way."
  • [12:56] B: And then for dessert, take me to Disney for dessert. It's Disney. But she also goes, I love tiramisu. And they don't have it on the menu, so they have to go somewhere else. Prove to me you love me."

The “Bendier / BEN DA” Insanity

• An inside-joke character bit sparked by having to self-tape for Euphoria and sign an NDA, leading to utter absurdity and the creation of “Bendier / BEN DA”—the kind of thing that’s only funny in a “gas leak era.”
  • [37:21] B: You just go, my name is Bendy. It's one of those things that you say… very Turf Hogwarts. Not Ron, not Hermione. Yay, Bendy."
  • [39:19] B: Yeah, sorry. That's the era. It's. We've completely lost our fucking minds and have no jokes left.
  • [39:30] B: So my name. Sorry, I'll stop. Is Bentier. But Terry was drunk…he was like, my name is Pen Da. And I'm like, that better be your last words to me…

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3. Travel, Culture, and Pop Perspectives

• London & Australia:

  • Gushing about London and plans for future trips and filming opportunities in Australia.
    • [04:36] B: I really want to go to Australia. I really do."
  • Inside jokes about British gays and the effervescent London queer scene.
    • [41:22] B: British gays just have. They have that je ne sais quoi. They have love. And there's something about them. Very bright. I had the time of my life with these crazy UK lads…

• NYC, Brand Deals, and Life Before Venmo:

  • Reminiscing about pre-Venmo times, splitting bills, the arrival of Venmo, and refusing to live in a world without it.
    • [33:22] B: And I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to actually live in a world without Venmo."

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4. Existential Musings, Friend Dynamics & Self-Image

• Glam vs. Bare Skin:
  • Honest takes on feeling better without glam, despite “looking terrible” on the podcast.
    • [02:47] A: So Just to talk a little bit about the current space we're inhabiting... when you don't have to have glam, it just feels better to not wear makeup and have just, like, bare skin. But that does definitely have its consequences, like, looking terrible on this podcast."
• Nursing Iced Coffees Inexplicably:
  • Benito discusses his slow-drinking technique and the cultural confusion this creates in London.
    • [03:32] A: Everyone in this country is baffled by the fact that it takes me six hours to drink an iced coffee."

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5. Behind the Scenes, Friendship, and In-Jokes

• Hungover Creatives:
  • Both reminisce about being their funniest in delirious, post-party haze.
    • [06:20] B: Oh, we were so hungover after the gq…I've never. It's the worst hangover I've had in years."
• Reflections on Brand Partnerships:
  • They discuss the necessity of doing brand deals, the awkwardness ("selling our bodies" for podcasting), and the effort to be ethical and authentic, even when saying no to money.
    • [30:22] B: And so if this is what I'm seeing, the copy, I can't even imagine what it was before."
• Unapologetic Reuse of Outfits:
  • Mary Beth celebrates re-wearing her “dream dress” because “Tiffany Haddish Alexander McQueen dress energy.”
    • [13:37] B: It's your Tiffany Haddish Alexander McQueen dress."

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "[07:24] B: I'd show up at the dinner in a corset with pasties on, crotchless panties and ugg boots to my thigh."
• "[08:13] B: I grab his crotch at one point, I say, your balls feel so good. And then I don't sleep with him. No, no. And then I kill him."
• "[08:54] B: Oh, and I would have gotten filler earlier in the day at my lips, so I'd have bruised L. And anytime someone brings it up, I go, it's ketchup. I love her. Fuck. It's all I want."
• "[39:30] B: So my name. Sorry, I'll stop. Is Bendier..."
• "[41:05] B: They got bendier. They wanted mda."
• "[02:47] A: ...when you don't have to have glam, it just feels better to not wear makeup and have just, like, bare skin. But that does definitely have its consequences, like, looking terrible on this podcast."
• "[33:22] B: And I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to actually live in a world without Venmo."
• "[30:59] B: We might have to go off air really soon."

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Heritage Collection Introduction & Purpose – [00:39–01:22]
• London, Jet Lag, and Coffee Culture – [02:47–03:59]
• Duddy Dream Day Character Improv – [06:38–09:19]
• Bendier/BEN DA Bit & Gas Leak Era – [36:14–39:30]
• Brand Deals, Creator Struggles & Ethics – [29:37–31:18]
• British Gay Scene Praise – [41:04–41:22]

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Episode’s Unique Tone & Style

“Heritage Collection: Meet Duddy + BEN DA” is unfiltered, maximalist, and self-referential—half fever dream, half best-friends-on-a-couch energy. The hosts seamlessly switch from elaborate bits and absurdist roleplay to genuine reflections on modern hustle culture and the chaos of millennial existence. Expect layers of in-jokes (explained as best they can), wild character improvisations, and heartfelt mutual hype—all delivered in their signature irreverent, affectionate tone.

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Summary for New Listeners

This episode is quintessential Ride—hysterical, spontaneous, tangential, and densely packed with personality. Even if you’re new to Skinner and Barone, you’ll get swept up in their wild comedic chemistry—and walk away dreaming about Duddy, wondering what your pasties should look like, and perhaps realizing, yes, life is better (and much weirder) with friends like these.

Transcript

[A]

The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Hey, can you come pick me up?

[B]

Yeah. What's wrong?

[A]

Nothing.

[B]

Are you sure?

[C]

Yeah, no, I just need a ride. Ride.

[A]

Ride.

[B]

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

[A]

I'm Mary Beth Barone and this is Ride. Hello and welcome to the Ride Heritage Collection.

[B]

The Heritage Collection.

[A]

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.

[B]

I was there. It was rare.

[C]

It was rare.

[A]

NDA and of course, how many chickens there are in the world.

[B]

Ah, I just got a boner. Oh, my God. Wait. Mary Beth just cut her finger and is bleeding. I guess we have to go.

[A]

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.

[B]

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? Beautiful. Live. Hot and sexy. Beautiful. They were playing Zara Larson in Joe and the Juice last time I went 20 minutes ago.

[A]

Yeah, we had cracker sandwiches for lunch, went in Rome and dinner and dinner.

[B]

And just to walk in. And you're, I think, coming. Coming back from COVID I'd say I came here and got the black play.

[A]

I'm obsessed. First of all, I love when people say they had Covid when they didn't take a COVID test.

[B]

Have you ever known your body? Have you ever in your life known your body?

[A]

Then they tell people I had Covid last week. So then everyone they interact with goes, well, I guess I have Covid. So now you're saying you have Covid.

[B]

Sorry, I just fleabagged at the camera.

[A]

Yeah, you broke the fourth wall.

[B]

His neck. But here's the thing. I just think, like, they haven't acknowledged us. They never will.

[A]

Join the Juice.

[B]

Yeah, they're playing cat and mouse.

[A]

No, because it's.

[B]

Yeah, but just walking in it. Beautiful. Fly, hot and sexy.

[A]

What's the song? Pretty ugly that you put?

[B]

Have you ever seen a pretty girl get ugly like this? Which is pretty much every time we're on camera for this podcast?

[A]

I'd say, well, it's okay. So Just to talk a little bit about the current space we're inhabiting. And I mean space in the larger sense. Like, yeah, sweetheart, when you attend events and things like that, you're getting glam a lot. So then when you don't have to have glam, it just feels better to not wear makeup and have just, like, bare skin. But that does definitely have its consequences, like, looking terrible on this podcast.

[B]

I've decided if you want to fudge us, you want to fudge us regardless.

[A]

Well, you and you should, like, you can't just have us with our glam.

[B]

Can you finish the shot? She's been drinking an immunity shot for about 10 minutes. Well, we are teaching the Brits how to drink a drink. You can drink Slow time, my love. Yeah, let it simmer. Nurse it.

[A]

Everyone in this country is baffled by the fact that it takes me six hours to drink an iced coffee.

[B]

It's all people I brought up to me. They're like, you're still with that coffee? I'm like, have you ever. Coffee is. Is as good as my day gets.

[A]

I'm nursing it.

[B]

I'm nursing it because I don't want it to end.

[A]

Because once it's gone, honey, it's gone. You can't get it back.

[B]

It's gone. And then you have your second one, and it never hits the same as that first one.

[A]

It doesn't hit the same.

[B]

Well, the fern does tickle you quite a bit.

[A]

You are understanding. We're in the Great British Library. We're in London. I guess we should say that, too.

[B]

London. I love it here. And London's so happy to have you back, baby girl. And I finally get to do a ride that I've been waiting to do for since I was six.

[A]

It's really fun. And a necklace. And a necklace.

[B]

Delaney Jane, she's, like, entered her new era. So there's AI and then there's Delaney Jane. She is, like. She's adding her own special effects to her videos. The production value has increased tenfold.

[A]

She's killing it.

[B]

She's absolutely eating down. I need to meet her. I need to give her a hug. She's so.

[A]

I'm just trying to think where we could do that.

[B]

Her daughter.

[A]

We have to go to Australia.

[B]

I really want to go to Australia. I really do.

[A]

So far, I have. My sister lives there.

[C]

Like, I have.

[A]

I need to go. I need to visit her at some point.

[B]

I think they love us down there.

[A]

Film down there. A movie will film that. We're in at some point.

[B]

Yeah, definitely.

[A]

They love filming in Australia. We're gonna get there.

[B]

What about London?

[A]

We'll stop by.

[B]

What about New York City?

[A]

Well, I wouldn't. Yeah, I would love to film something in New York. Oh, should we talk about gq Men of the Year party? Not all that.

[B]

Made you think of it.

[A]

The party. Yes, it did.

[B]

Should we read some of our jokes or. We're actually gonna save those for. We have a very special guest next week.

[A]

Oh, yeah, we have a guest. We have a guest next week.

[B]

It is so not who you think it is.

[A]

Yeah. Can I just say, I think it's gonna totally, like, completely save us.

[B]

When you said it to me, I couldn't believe it.

[A]

Yeah, well, it's returning to the sacred text in a way.

[B]

On the tv. Or I could just watch you two right here. No.

[A]

You were being so funny.

[B]

I was the funniest I've ever been yesterday.

[A]

I know.

[B]

So for anyone who wasn't there, I'm

[A]

sorry, but it was hardly anyone.

[B]

So it was just two people. It was two people for some reason. I could have toured it. It was like you were cracking me up.

[A]

Do you want to talk about your dream day as a woman? You.

[C]

You went.

[A]

You riffed last night. You were riffing solo. I didn't have to say anything.

[B]

I was so tired.

[A]

I want to be a woman, for one.

[B]

Why? I had Covid. Well, I have covered. It's the Black Plague. They got all kinds of stuff over here I'm not used to and. Are you laughing? I love our producer, Jimmy Cutie.

[A]

We didn't have Jimmy last time because we booked two last minute, but we were left to our own devices of clicking the record button. And I just said I got too scared last time we.

[B]

You know, I didn't click that record button.

[A]

So I like. It's a. You know. I want to include you together. Mutant and proud.

[B]

Wicked good.

[A]

We were riffing yesterday. We had fun.

[B]

Oh, we were so hungover after the gq.

[A]

I've never. It's the worst hangover I've had in years. It was so bad. I really was upset with myself. I was. I was sad.

[B]

I keep taking down cheeseburgers in a way that is. It's seeming clinical. It's clinical, but it's so me. It's like a cheeseburger.

[A]

Let's talk about Daddy. If you think I forgot one thing you said last night.

[B]

Her name is Daddy, I think. Okay, so I just was, like, so delirious, and I just thought, I want to have a date as a woman. And I want to be such a level of out of pocket that, like. So I said I would start the day. What'd I say? I said I'd meet a guy and be like, take me to dinner, why don't you? Like, the second I meet him, he feels so uncomfortable. He'd say, yes. I'd show up at the dinner in a corset with pasties on, crotchless panties and ugg boots to my thigh.

[A]

No. But then he takes you to dinner, and the whole night, you're saying, I

[C]

want to have your babies.

[B]

And then you. All the time with my finger. And I go, I want to have your bab.

[A]

And then he tries to touch you, and you go. And then you go, you have to take me to Disney.

[B]

First, you forgot what I ordered for dinner. Dog. Dog and a strawberry banana smoothie. Then I take two shots and oysters.

[A]

Then you go ride the rides at Magic Kingdom.

[B]

And the whole time I'm going.

[A]

And then you say, your balls feel good.

[B]

I grab his crotch at one point, I say, your boss feels so good. And then I don't sleep with him. No, no. And then I kill him.

[A]

I'm crying.

[B]

I throw him in the river.

[A]

Well, it's a political assassination. Of course it's a political.

[B]

This whole day was spent with the govern.

[A]

I want this for you so bad.

[B]

I know. Come on, Genie. Where you at? It's all I want.

[A]

Genie gives you one mission. You don't. You don't. End homelessness.

[B]

And during dinner, I.

[A]

It's not worldly.

[B]

Putting my fist in my mouth.

[A]

It's dead. It's Teddy. It's One day is Daddy.

[B]

One day is Teddy. Yeah. And she's so. Like. I don't know. I know exactly what she looks like for some reason. Oh, and I would have gotten filler earlier in the day at my lips, so I'd have bruised L. And anytime someone brings it up, I go, it's ketchup. I love her. Fuck. It's all I want.

[A]

Now, this is a great idea for a short film, if you ask me.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because the twist that she's a political assassin, I think would really catch people off guard.

[B]

She has a gun, right?

[A]

A couple of guns.

[B]

You thought I was going to be a woman for a day and wouldn't have a gun? Come on, now.

[A]

You'd have to.

[B]

I have to make it through the day.

[A]

You'd have to.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Your balls feel so good.

[B]

Your balls feel so good. Just out of.

[A]

Jimmy's dying in the corner. His heart's about to Stop.

[B]

Well, no, Jimmy's thinking.

[A]

He said, if only I can meet a woman such as that.

[B]

He goes, dream date. And he knows that. Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God. Okay, so the world ain't ready.

[B]

So, girls, if you're listening, just a few little pointers. I think my pasties would be either X's or hearts.

[A]

Well, you know they make shamrocks. Did you know they make shamrock pasties?

[B]

So they're shamrocks. And in the middle of dinner, they'd keep peeling off, and I keep going, oh, my goodness, my bosoms. And then I have to press them back into my nipples. I have huge areolas, by the way.

[A]

I know. I assumed that.

[B]

Yeah. They don't cover them.

[A]

No.

[B]

Yeah. And then in the middle of dinner, she has. I have to poop.

[A]

The idea of an areola. I'm sorry. Because this might be out there, but.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

One that's so big that a pasty

[B]

couldn't even try an XL paste.

[A]

It is, like, still the outline of it. Like, it doesn't quite cover it.

[B]

Well, It's. In fact, it kind of just makes like a. The. Like a. Like a symbol.

[A]

Yeah. It's a whole.

[B]

It's a totally new thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

So that's where we're at creatively.

[B]

So kind of like, I've never been more. I'm in creative flow.

[A]

No, you're in flow state.

[B]

I'm in flow state, yeah.

[A]

Wow. I mean, to see that live last night and again today, obviously. I mean, you could see I was, like, actually crying, but thank you. The idea of that. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I almost just revealed who was listening. We can bleep it, but he was.

[A]

As if they're not gonna figure that out.

[B]

Okay. The other person who was there was,

[A]

of course, Edward Blumel. It's good to catch up with old friends when you're in town.

[B]

Yes. And he. He missed being in hotel rooms with me doing bits for you. What's something about. I see the two of you in a room and I'm like. I launch into. I'm it. The clown.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We love that dream role.

[A]

I did extend my stay at the hotel one night, and they kind of honey dicked me because they told me how much it was going to be without VAT, service charge, etc. Etc.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So when I went down this morning to tap that credit card, I was hit with a number that I was simply not expecting. And I just said, you know what? C' est la vie.

[B]

La vida bonita.

[A]

La vida bonita. Carpe diem.

[B]

Of course, well, that one too.

[A]

Okay. Another modernization I want to do. Carpe diem is Latin for seize the day. But I think carpe diem, shoot your shot. You should be DMing more people.

[B]

Oh, sounds like someone's got a new T shirt idea.

[A]

Me putting that on a T shirt.

[B]

I want you to come out with a T shirt brand.

[A]

I sell three units of the carpe DM T shirt.

[B]

You think that's a three unit purchase? That, Scott? You think that has numbers, honey?

[A]

Bestseller potential numbers.

[B]

Jimmy'd buy one.

[A]

Jimmy would. Well, we would gift one gratis. He'd buy three.

[B]

I want Jimmy to wear whitey tighties with that on it. On the back it says carpe diem. Some girl taking those off the married fully. His wife taking those off the fudge. See, I can adapt.

[A]

She goes, who have you been hanging out with?

[B]

So, oh, wait, this is daddy in the middle of the date. So what's your wife's name? She leans from southern to Nina Drama to. Yeah, different accent per oyster.

[A]

Different accent. Her. Yeah, yeah, her having a smoothie after dinner and then just belching.

[B]

And then for dessert, take me to Disney for dessert. It's Disney. But she also goes, I love tiramisu. And they don't have it on the menu, so they have to go somewhere else. Prove to me you love me.

[A]

See, if we lived in a world where women could behave that way, the world would be such a better place.

[B]

No, that's what I mean. Like, it's just this one day.

[A]

We have to go back so much.

[B]

I know.

[A]

And even still, guys won't date us. Like, we can be the perfect woman.

[B]

And still you were the perfect woman the other night at gq. Men of the year. A night all about men. You made it all about women.

[A]

Women's is, my goodness, gross. Yes. I mean, it was fun. I wore the dress in my dreams. I decided I'm gonna wear that dress again to something else because I want to rewear.

[B]

It's your Tiffany Haddish Alexander McQueen dress.

[A]

Exactly. Thank you for saying that.

[B]

It's back.

[A]

Oh, my God. When you rubbed your nose.

[B]

God, it's just like.

[A]

That was so. It's crashed. Well, you rubbed it. You went like this.

[B]

You know what?

[A]

If you haven't seen.

[B]

Our friend said it was cutie.

[A]

If you haven't seen the episode of Ride from last week. The way Benny. Someone in the comments goes. The way Benny rubbed his nose like a toddler. And it has the timestamp, so you can just.

[B]

Sorry. I just, like, sometimes it just. It's.

[A]

So you were doing things. You were doing hand puppets or whatever. Shadow puppets.

[B]

I have SARS COVID 19.

[A]

All right, let's get into what we ride for.

[B]

Sometimes I think about you saying, thank you, my friend, about the bat at the Wuhan market. Do you remember?

[A]

I remember. But here's the problem where.

[B]

Because if Covid hadn't happened, your friend wouldn't have gotten on.

[A]

Oh, yeah, of course. And she would have still got married.

[B]

She would have still gotten married to someone who cheated.

[A]

That was my cousin.

[B]

Your cousin? Yeah, your cousin.

[A]

That's la familia.

[B]

Yeah, La familia. La familia family runs deep. What did I write for good? Scanlan family. Strong in a. In a script for overcompeting. Yeah, that made you laugh. It's fun to write drafts and know that Mary Beth will read them. And then I'm going to get a text about something that I've added. I have little winks for my girl. Today I will be writing for not saying hell.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I'll go first.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

What about that, Jimmy? Is that. Is that the perfect woman smiling? Gee, I wonder why she's single.

[A]

Yeah, if you can't handle me burping.

[B]

That was very duddy. Duddy would have done that after every oyster. And then she goes, these always managed to make me sick as a dog. Take me to Disney. Stupid. She'd say stupid the whole time.

[A]

The only ones to ride rides on a full stomach.

[B]

Oh, no. And then when they go to Disney Mountain, she does Splash Mountain. She has a first doll there.

[A]

She buys a mini costume as well.

[B]

Well, of course, not to wear. Just to buy.

[A]

Just to have.

[B]

Just to have.

[C]

She goes, I love this piece.

[A]

Buy it for me.

[B]

Buy it for me. I want to go to the Bibbidi Boppity boutique. That's what she says. And every time she meets a princess, she goes, I'm one, too. I love her. She is the one. God, she's me in another dream.

[A]

You would. You would make this character come to life. But I understand why you can't.

[B]

Too tired now. Too tired.

[C]

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Who cares?

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Ride not this episode obviously. Are we recording? Because we're already starting the episode. I'm not cutting this. We don't have to say we're not wearing makeup.

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They could figure it out. Yeah, I think all the clues are there. Do I have berries in my teeth?

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No.

[B]

I was maybe going to ride for smoothies, but it's our holiday sleigh ride.

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It's the sleigh ride.

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Clap. I love your nail color. Linkin park after dark.

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So this is gel. So I don't know what they even.

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Oh, could I do headphones? Oh, do you want to or.

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No, I don't ever want to because they make our heads look huge.

[B]

Oh, God, I love. So burn. Dysmorphia can happen in pod. Yeah, that's all I want to say.

[A]

And also in pod and out of pod.

[B]

Sex is the greatest aphrodisiac. Can someone tell us we're trying to figure out. Have I already said this?

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We don't. There's no way of knowing. Except if we listened to ourselves on the podcast, which we're simply not going to do. But if anyone's listened to that episode recently. Did we say that sex did?

[B]

Like, our favorite aphrodisiac is sex. Just to be clear, when Duddy's slurping down three oysters at once, mind you, she looks at the guy, mouthful of oysters and goes, I don't care. Sex is the greatest aphrodisia.

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Wait, you know what I was thinking?

[A]

I think Daddy has a Christmas album.

[B]

Oh, 100.

[C]

He's never.

[B]

Well, she has music before something. She has a good voice. I really.

[A]

She dated a producer for a while, and he was like, we should just get in the studio and do something.

[B]

Oh, my God. She totally was. She dated the guy that was in the studio with Zara Larson. He, like, did sessions with Zara Larson and she's married to him.

[A]

Yeah, but she dates outside the marriage as well.

[B]

Well, yeah. She has to get her kills. Should we talk about her tartan holiday date night?

[A]

I wish she would.

[B]

Your cousin was wearing a fabulous tartan skirt.

[A]

She forgot about crazy because for me,

[B]

as an artist, I'll see something and it just will, like. It'll just click for me.

[A]

By the way, I have no zingers today. I have not added to.

[B]

Because it's the holidays.

[A]

It's the holiday. No, I have no zingers.

[B]

You were so funny last night. Obviously, we watch Heated Rivalry because our king, Robbie G.K. riley from Overcompensating Bottoms

[A]

in Pay for Pay.

[B]

We're so Robbie. We're so proud of you, sweetie. Grace had no idea. I didn't know that that's what Robbie was doing.

[A]

Speaking of smoothies, after his little nursing shifts at the old folks home.

[B]

You said the funniest thing to me last night. You go, the smoothie place is called Strawberry. I. It took me a bit in.

[A]

In New York. In the heart of New York City.

[B]

It took me a bit. I. Obviously, we had a titillating time watching we have one note. And this isn't like, we're not critics really, but just like, take a shot or smoke a cig every time it tells you six months later.

[A]

Yeah. Or any time jump. Even one day. They did a one day time jump.

[B]

Oh, my favorite. They had said two weeks three times. And then they said two weeks. But I know for a fact that's like some kind of weird note that someone was like, when's all this happening?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because it's. It's books. It's a book series, right?

[A]

You say so.

[B]

You don't even care about gay.

[A]

I never heard of it before. It's not been. It's not come across my desk, But I'm glad it has now.

[B]

I know I don't. I don't read the kind of, like, sexy, sweet books, but maybe I. Maybe I will. We're going on vacation, so maybe I'll read them on the beach.

[A]

Whoa. The books we read on vacation. So you saw mine? I almost said my niece, but no, it was my cousin. First cousin.

[B]

Yeah. And she had this long tartan skirt on, and I thought. So she was twirling in it, and it really, like, kind of flew up. And I thought, well, daddy'd wear that panty less.

[A]

But as a dress. A tube dress.

[B]

A tube dress, of course. So it'd be a tube dress that's belted at the top. She'd do spins, and she would be at a pub, and she would do the knife off the top of the Guinness in front of everyone and go, look at this. And then do that. And then she'd lick the knife. Eye contact with one person in the crowd.

[C]

She'd be laid down, of course, but

[A]

she knows exactly how much pressure to put on it.

[B]

Yes. And just a little blood comes out from the tip of her tongue. She tastes it and goes, pennies. And then pokes someone in the eye. And they're obsessed. They're, like, completely locked in.

[A]

I mean, mesmerized.

[B]

Yeah. She eats a shepherd's pie that night, too.

[A]

I was gonna say two.

[B]

Do you know what I mean?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

She orders one, and she goes, please,

[A]

may I have another?

[B]

I'm still hungry. She does what no one's ever done in the history of man, which is order more food in the middle. When people say that we can always order more food, I'm like, no, we can't do that.

[A]

No, we just waited and we sat.

[B]

So wait, we're gonna restart this whole process.

[A]

It's nice when the waiter lets you have that little fantasy, because sometimes the waiter goes.

[B]

And isn't it just that? Isn't it just a fantasy?

[A]

Sometimes the waiter goes, need to put it all in at once for Chef. And I go, can we just have this moment where I say, maybe we'll get more? Where I ask you, did we get enough food? And you say, I think so. And then I say, well, we'll always order more if we're hungry. Let's just accept that that's never going to happen.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Let's not fight it.

[B]

No.

[A]

Come on.

[B]

This holiday season, promise not to do that, you guys.

[A]

Promise?

[B]

Promise.

[A]

Also, I'm wearing a Gen Z head scarf. So my nanny. Not my nanny, Pinky's nanny, Sasha, she wears this headscarf like this. And then I had a backup dog sitter because Sasha wasn't available, and she was also wearing one like this. And I go, I guess this is what the kids are doing these days. So now, don't you think I look like I work in a kitchen?

[B]

Well, like, I'm frying up. I can't tell. I mean, like, yeah, I guess, but

[A]

I can't really, because of my ribbed tank top.

[B]

Well, I think everything about you, aside

[A]

from that sweatpants, is saying.

[B]

Is saying, not a woman cooking in the kitchen. Out of.

[A]

But I get my hair out of the food.

[B]

I would be so curious what I would look like in it.

[A]

You try it later.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know.

[A]

I know. I'm cooking up daddy shepherd's pie. Well, I guess we can't talk about Jeremy O. Harris being in a Japanese prison, but let's just Google it.

[B]

Let's just Google it. And Jeremy. Free Jeremy.

[A]

Let us know what we can do to help.

[B]

Like, we will come get you, sweetie. Wait, that's. Oh, my God.

[A]

New Year's.

[B]

Yeah, New Year's.

[A]

We go get him.

[B]

We go get him. We go.

[C]

Hey, we get off the plane first.

[A]

We run to the front of the plane.

[B]

Go get your girl. And it's us getting Jeremy O. Harris out of prison.

[A]

I just got chills.

[B]

All jokes aside, we're so worried about him.

[A]

I know. I'm like, are they taking okay care of him? Like, what's happening?

[B]

Take Care of our girl.

[A]

I need someone who knows everything about 9 11, everything about the recent stuff in Saudi Arabia. And I only say stuff because I know it's really bad. I don't know every specific. I know they, like, killed a journalist. Maybe more. Probably more. But there's people going to the Saudi Arabia Film Festival. And I'm just like, is that chill? Cause with the comedy festival, it felt like it was very not chill. And I was very much on that side of it not being chill. And now I'm just like, well, what they're. But they're doing a film festival.

[B]

I would say everything is confusing and everything is embarrassing. So you just kind of have to find that. And so you find that duality. But. Yeah. Oh, my God. It's like my greatest fear. Every time they go through my bag, I'm like, when they do that bomb thing, the like, you know, test, I'm like, what if someone just rubbed bomb powder on me?

[A]

What when they do a little.

[B]

Don't I. Don't I look like someone who they

[A]

would go powder on right before I.

[B]

Yeah, that's what scares me in those snitch ass dogs. I looked at one of the dogs

[A]

I did one time accidentally cart from the UK to America. Luckily I didn't. It didn't get. I'm lucky.

[B]

This on pod.

[A]

My lucky story.

[B]

I wonder if you can say this.

[A]

It happened.

[B]

It could be lying the world. Exactly. Comedy.

[A]

What are they gonna do?

[B]

To do is look at the camera and I go.

[A]

Parody law. I have been latching.

[B]

Oh, my God. Parody law got me through a lot. Eight years of my career.

[A]

I've been latch. Locking my door recently because I used to just let it, you know, it locks on its own. But I've been latching it because I thought if the government somehow finds my standup, which is widely available, they might just bust the door down. And my biggest concern is keep them out. Yeah. Especially if they have big machine guns and stuff. But my big concern if I got detained was like, pinkies in the crate, so. Or she's maybe not in the crate.

[B]

I'll go get her.

[A]

They won't be for me. Yeah, I don't think they would either.

[B]

Well, they just.

[A]

If they were going to, they would have after the White House video.

[B]

Oh, absolutely.

[A]

So Biden's trusted messengers.

[B]

I forgot to tell you. A wedding I was at and a woman showed me texts back and forth. Here's my thing. Like every now and then I'll look in my DMs and people will be like, come to my wedding. And I can't stress enough. Like, I'll come if someone promises I'll have a good time at a wedding. But it remains to be seen. I was at this wedding and this woman showed me texts and she thought it was so funny. Was like, I sent this vid to a friend of mine who was like a Republican and this is what they sent back. And they're like, I can't believe they let that animal in the White House. And she was like, laughing. And I was like, this is so not funny. I was just like, this is insane. I think people don't ever think about what they do.

[A]

That is the big message of writing. There's a lot of themes and that's the big message. I wanted to quickly talk about brand deals. I just feel like we're doing some housekeeping right now. Brand deals are really necessary for us to be able to maintain our lifestyles. And I. I just wanted to say

[B]

so I can't imagine a better clip for the holiday season.

[A]

Well, I just wanted to say that I.

[B]

We might have to go off air really soon.

[A]

I appreciate people supporting them. It's like, I know it's a bummer to see it.

[B]

I know it can't make your day. Sometimes though, I will say that I love seeing my friends brand posts. I'm like, that's my girl. Because I think about them on the shooting. I think about them reading whatever the original creative was because there was something else that they then had to tweak.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

And so if this is what I'm seeing, the copy, I can't even imagine what it was before.

[A]

And I'm trying to be. And as we've always tried to be really thoughtful about the products we're advertising for on the podcast, I will say I've definitely had to say no to some bigger brand deals this year for ethical reasons. It's really hard sometimes, but we're trying to be thoughtful always. And of course, if we misstep and this isn't even in reference to anything, I'm just foreseeing, like, you know, we have to sell our bodies in this business. Well, of course, it's a constitution in a lot of ways. So yeah, just thanks for liking the posts and even commenting sometimes if you feel so compelled, we should make a

[B]

duddy account so we could do like Shein, Target.

[A]

Oh my. She and Target.

[B]

AI. Yeah, AI.

[A]

If you knew, if they knew some of the brand deals I said no to this year.

[B]

I really want to own season six. God, it's like can't we just let a woman own property? But we can't.

[A]

We can't.

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how Venmo burst on the scene. And if these walls could talk, they would say this. Venmo came out and they said, we have an easier way for you to collect money, to send money to ease the burden, ease the tension. When friends owe each other money, there

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was this visceral tension.

[A]

Early 20s. I remember life before Venmo. It was a cash. It was cash. It was paying for a drink later. It was this.

[B]

I don't, I don't remember that. I'm too freaking young going, I don't

[A]

remember a world without your first phone Venmo.

[B]

And I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to actually live in a world without Venmo. Here's my thing. Just, like, being, like, I don't want to deal with splitting it. I literally just want the waiter to, like, go about their day and, like, finish the night out.

[A]

Oh, my God. Not having to split between seven credit cards, that changed the game for a lot of people. But it's not just about that anymore. Venmo said we.

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Wait, where are we going?

[B]

Who cares? Ride.

[A]

We're hopping around today, which I love.

[B]

Do you want to go to Bendier first or where do you want to go?

[A]

Oh, let's wait. Let's do. Let's do Bendier. So right now we're sort of reminiscing on some things that happened before we had started recording the podcast and we wrote them down. We said, we have to talk about that.

[B]

You remember we had to do this with season two because Ellen they tried to cancel me was the day after we stopped recording season one.

[A]

So we were like, we're always thinking about you guys.

[B]

Of course I know what I have to reveal here.

[A]

So if I could set the scene quickly.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

So you were auditioning.

[B]

If we're talking about scene. Welcome to yet another like, you are going to see us in every place on earth. We want every single Video episode this year to be in a different place. Different place. We will show you every podcast studio across America and maybe abroad. I'm serious. We will stop at nothing. And then you, at the end of the season, you guys can pick which one you fuck with the most and we'll go there. I'm serious. I will not stop until we've seen every interior.

[A]

I'm crying.

[B]

Me too. This is such a confusing start, but in a good way.

[A]

We just. There's so much to say.

[B]

So this is Bendier.

[A]

Okay,

[B]

So there's this Bendier.

[A]

Okay, so ghastly girl. I can't even say it. Okay, so, so, so, okay. Benny had to do. Benny had to do a self tape.

[B]

I read for Euphoria.

[A]

He read for Euphoria, which famously, you have to sign NDAs before you audition for Euphoria.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The thing with signing an NDA before an audition, that's so funny to me, is that you have to read it with someone else. They have to read the other lines. So it's like at the bare minimum, I'm at least showing one other person.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Due to the job description of what we do as actors.

[B]

And maybe that's in the fine print, but it is funny. It's like, like you will not share this with a soul. Ten seconds later, I'm like, mary, best

[A]

phone with the lines on it.

[B]

Yeah. Like, I text it to you.

[A]

So I think I said something like, I'm telling Sam Levinson you broke your NDA and you were getting ready. You were putting your little makeup on, your blush and your concealer, and you

[B]

just go, I didn't have a stitch on for this. You just go, my name is Bendy. It's one of those things that you say. And I know that you guys aren't going to get it on the first time and maybe not even the second, but you'll start to think my name is. It's very Turf Hogwarts. Not Ron, not Hermione. Yay, Bendy. And I was abroad recently. I was in London and very much was giving Bendy.

[A]

But basically we started laughing so hard and we were like, let's explain it to Terry and just see if we're. If we're totally off the mark here. And we explained it to Jerry and he was crying too, so we just figured that there was a gas leak somewhere in the house.

[B]

Well, he had three drinks recently, so, I mean, he was toasted. He was toasted.

[A]

To the fights.

[B]

To the fights.

[A]

One of my favorite lines from Overcompensating

[B]

thank you so much. To the fights. My favorite lately of yours is after Peter and you are writing awful things about a bunch of students. You go, this is fun. And give him a kiss that felt, like, so real. You've done that. You know what I mean?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So. Oh, not me getting asked about your relationship. Relationship status on the Peabody Awards carpet. We'll talk about that maybe next episode.

[A]

We're actually not gonna talk about that.

[B]

Yeah, my name. That's what I said back to her. My name is Bendy.

[A]

A journalist from People.

[B]

Benny. Drama's crashing out. I guess this all got to him.

[A]

My name is Bendy.

[B]

I. So, I'm sorry, you guys. You'll lock in and you'll just. It'll be Bendier era. But we call it gas leak era because it's not funny. But yet we're laughing.

[A]

Well, in the notes, doc, it says. It says Bendier in parentheses. Gas leak.

[B]

Yeah, it's like.

[A]

Wait. Actually, no. It says gas leak in parentheses. Bendy eye.

[B]

Yeah, sorry. That's the era. It's. We've completely lost our fucking minds and have no jokes left.

[A]

No. So it's just Benzion.

[B]

So my name. Sorry, I'll stop. Is Bentier. But Terry was drunk recently. He had three drinks, and I didn't know what he was gonna say. It's very Murph at the end of interstellar when Matthew McConaughey walks in and he was like, my name is Pen Da. And I'm like, that better be your last words to me

[A]

before he dies. And then we get to watch Lost Angli.

[B]

Exactly. I thought he was gonna say, you're losing me.

[A]

But no, he said, my name is Bendier, which.

[B]

Some of you have messaged me that you have done that to people that you're with. I. Apparently, it is not landing at all. And that couldn't make me happier. They're like, I'm. You're what?

[A]

You know, a British ism that I once heard is. It went down like a lead balloon. So think about that.

[B]

99 lead balloons. Very bendier.

[A]

I have the giggles today.

[B]

Sorry. Me too.

[A]

So British gay guys.

[B]

British gay guys. I have this, like, huge tank. This is my big subway tank. Take. I just. I'm obsessed with British gays. So I just had this party for overcompensating. Well, we had this party. I. I did truly, nothing. I just showed up at this place called House Party in London, and I just had the best night. It's just like, a bunch of British gays and. And girlies. And it was like pure joy. British gays just have. They have that je ne sais quoi. They have love. And there's something about them. Very bright. I don't know, I just. I had the time of my life with these crazy UK lads and shout out all the UK lads out there and the girlies. But it was really fun to go to the UK and let me tell you, they speak well on you over there, girl.

[A]

They frickin better.

[B]

They got bendier. They wanted mda.

[A]

I'm sure they did want mda.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, and I think they were on mda.

[A]

Speaking of British lads, I just want to call it my shirt.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Because we live in a beautiful world. Coldplay.

[B]

And speaking of American women, I'm in the row. Thank you, Mary Kate and Ashley. Oh my. Exit.

[A]

Benny, babe, Eyes on the road. Benny, look out. 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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