IT'S A HITCHHIKE PART 2

Summary

Podcast Summary: Ride with Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone
Episode: IT'S A HITCHHIKE PART 2
Release Date: April 2, 2025

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Episode Overview

In the second part of their "Hitchhike" series, Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone delve into a lively discussion encompassing everything from the latest movie trailers to their experiences at Universal Studios Hollywood. The episode, filled with their trademark wit and irreverent humor, also features a series of listener-submitted reasons they "ride for" various causes and interests, showcasing the vibrant community surrounding the podcast.

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Discussion on Movie Trailers and Remakes

Benito and Mary Beth kick off the conversation by dissecting the trailer for Alex Garland's upcoming movie, Warfare, sparking a debate about gender representation in action films.

• Benito Skinner [03:08]: “I texted my agents when that movie got announced and I was like, can I audition for this? And they go, it's boys only.”

• Mary Beth Barone [03:18]: “There were no women in the Middle East during the war.”

The hosts express their frustration with the lack of female roles in such films and discuss the challenges of finding auditions that align with their interests and identity.

Transitioning to Disney's Snow White remake, they critique the film's attempt to modernize a classic story, debating whether such remakes honor the original or dilute its essence.

• Benito Skinner [17:24]: “If you're going to do a movie like that, if you can't adapt it in a way that's going to appease the Die Hards, then just either make a totally new movie.”

They advocate for the creation of new narratives that reflect contemporary values, such as inclusivity and representation, rather than reworking outdated stories.

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Universal Studios Hollywood Ride Experiences

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Benito and Mary Beth's visit to Universal Studios Hollywood. They compare the traditional thrill of roller coasters to the newer, screen-focused attractions.

• Benito Skinner [07:25]: “Now what you're saying about rides becoming more like screen-focused, it's like, where are the meeting places for people anymore?”

• Benito Skinner [27:54]: “I fully ride for these. I used to think they were a little indulgent, maybe a little silly, but like, that's when I was a kid and I was just like, wait, that's crazy that someone would go out of their way to do that.”

The duo expresses nostalgia for more tactile experiences like the now-closed King Da roller coaster at Six Flags, lamenting the shift towards virtual and animatronic-heavy attractions.

Benito shares a historical perspective:

• Benito Skinner [07:40]: “Post 9/11, media officially over because King Da at Six Flags has shut down. It was such symbolic in a way.”

They highlight the importance of physical rides as communal spaces and discuss the potential loss of these traditional attractions in favor of technologically enhanced experiences.

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Season Updates and Future Episodes

As the episode progresses, Benito and Mary Beth provide updates on the podcast's production schedule, teasing the upcoming season finale and the launch of season three slated for May 28th.

• Benito Skinner [01:53]: “It's time for, it's time for a break. So we will be recording a full episode of the podcast.”

They also mention plans to engage with listeners in swing states, indicating a possible intersection with political campaigning or broader promotional activities.

• Mary Beth Barone [08:25]: "We're going to be going to swing states like Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, all the swing states, just to make sure they're tuning in."

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Hitchhike Part II Segment: Listener Support Highlights

In the heartwarming "Hitchhike Part II" segment, listeners share various reasons they support different causes or products. Benito and Mary Beth enthusiastically discuss each submission, often interjecting with personal anecdotes and humor.

1. Hyping Up Friends' Outfits

• Leah [20:00]: “I love getting ready with your best friends... deeply confident boosting moment... core to girlhood.”

• Benito Skinner [21:09]: “Leah, you sound exactly like Malin Akerman.”

2. Custom License Plates

• Sophia [24:56]: “I ride for customized license plates because it's a way to personalize your vehicle and express personality.”

• Jackson [26:02]: “I want to have 'Love Game' on my Audi. It’s so flare.”

3. Libraries

• Clementine [29:13]: “I ride for libraries because I love reading and books can be expensive... Libraries offer more than just books.”

Benito emphasizes the cultural importance of libraries:

• Benito Skinner [30:29]: “They're Americana to me. We need to save our libraries.”

4. Girlfriend's iPad

• Clementine [41:28]: “I ride for my girlfriend's iPad because it's part of our relationship... more fun than scrolling on a phone.”

Benito highlights the convenience and futuristic appeal of the iPad:

• Benito Skinner [43:30]: “It's sleek, smaller, more convenient... like it's a piece of the future.”

5. Freudian Slips and Historical Events

Mary Beth introduces a playful yet intellectually stimulating "ride for" request:

• Mary Beth Barone [37:42]: “I ride for the defenestration of Prague in 1618... Why aren't we just kicking corruption out of windows?”

Benito and Jackson engage with the historical reference humorously, expressing a desire to learn more about such events.

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Closing Remarks and Future Plans

As the episode nears its end, Benito and Mary Beth reflect on the importance of community support and positive reinforcement. They reiterate their commitment to fostering a supportive environment through genuine compliments and encouragement.

• Jackson [49:27]: “Compliments. I think everyone needs them and I think everyone deserves them.”

Benito wraps up the episode by expressing his enthusiasm for historical learning and teasing future discussions.

• Benito Skinner [50:13]: “Most mine is, of course, going to be the defenestration of Prague. And I'm going to read about that.”

They conclude with playful banter and hints at upcoming episodes, leaving listeners eager for the season finale.

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Notable Quotes

• Benito Skinner [03:08]: “I texted my agents when that movie got announced and I was like, can I audition for this? And they go, it's boys only.”

• Mary Beth Barone [29:13]: “Libraries are Americana to me. We need to save our libraries.”

• Jackson [49:27]: “Compliments. I think everyone needs them and I think everyone deserves them.”

• Benito Skinner [50:13]: “Most mine is, of course, going to be the defenestration of Prague. And I'm going to read about that.”

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Conclusion

"IT'S A HITCHHIKE PART 2" showcases Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone's dynamic chemistry as they navigate through a blend of pop culture critiques, personal anecdotes, and heartfelt listener interactions. The episode underscores the podcast's commitment to fostering a community centered around support, learning, and unabashed fun. Whether dissecting the latest movie trends or celebrating everyday joys like custom license plates and libraries, Benito and Mary Beth deliver an engaging and thought-provoking episode that resonates with both long-time listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[Marybeth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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[Jackson]

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[Benito Skinner]

Hey, can you come pick me up?

[Marybeth Barone]

Yeah.

[Jackson]

What's wrong?

[Benito Skinner]

Nothing.

[Jackson]

Are you sure?

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah, no, I just need a ride. Ride, Ride. I just want to have fun.

[Jackson]

Start your engine. Take care. I'm Benito Skinner.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm Marybeth Barone and this is Ride. And we're recording. Yeah.

[Jackson]

How's that, Marybeth?

[Benito Skinner]

It's good. I feel like we can't in good conscience do a third of the same intro that we were doing. So we just have to let the audience know that we've had tech difficulties and can we. It is what it is.

[Jackson]

Can we keep all this?

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, yeah, no, we're keeping this. This is how we're starting.

[Jackson]

Are we recording? We're recording, right?

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Jackson]

Well, I sang I might let you make me tudo. So I would say first take was for me or actually you second take for me. Yeah. Third would have been for the director. But I'm actually tired and I'm ready to go to my trailer.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah, it's time for, it's time for a break. So we will be recording a full episode of the podcast. So just to let everyone know, this is Hitchhike part two because we really wanted to hear from. More brownies. And then next week is the season two finale followed by, of course, a special treat.

[Jackson]

Oh, we've got such a little. A little treat from the desert. A little dessert in the desert.

[Benito Skinner]

And then season three. May 28th. Are we going to announce it? I feel like.

[Jackson]

Wait, you're doing a Terry thing? I have to call it out. I love you so much, but you're twiddling that thing. It's all I'll focus on lately. It's the smallest things and I, I, my brain is just like. That's all I'm gonna see.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, I just want to say after last week's recording where I ate a few peanuts into the microphone, Benny was fully eating a tuna sandwich into the mic while we set up. I just want to put that out.

[Jackson]

I didn't think you heard. Hey, can I just say, I didn't think you heard a thing.

[Benito Skinner]

I heard everything, babe. I heard every. Every bite.

[Jackson]

Every collard green crunch. My love, my good sis.

[Benito Skinner]

How are you? I don't feel funny today. I'm just gonna be honest with the listeners. I don't feel funny.

[Jackson]

Yeah, yesterday for my sister's birthday. I have much to report and I think you can just affirm everything I say. You don't have to be funny, but even you just sitting there is funnier than most people in America.

[Benito Skinner]

Thank you, babe. And on that note, I did want to say, I don't know if you've seen the trailer for the new Alex Garland movie, the man that gave us Annihilation.

[Jackson]

A Warfare.

[Benito Skinner]

Warfare.

[Jackson]

America being funny into warfare. Now that's range. And you say you weren't gonna be funny, kid. Are they making me laugh?

[Benito Skinner]

No. This is the thesis. The takeaway from that is it's not looking good. It's not way. I texted my agents when that movie got announced and I was like, can I audition for this? And they go, it's boys only.

[Jackson]

Yeah, so true.

[Benito Skinner]

There were no women in the Middle east during the war.

[Jackson]

Nothing's jumping off the page yet for you on this. Unfortunately, all my auditions lately are. Was originally written for a woman, but they're open to seeing other people.

[Benito Skinner]

Sure.

[Jackson]

And I'm like, I'm going to rock this assistant role out.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, yeah, you're going to turn this shit out, babe.

[Jackson]

But what do you mean you're not gonna fuck him? Like, that's me.

[Benito Skinner]

I just like the idea of making a movie and saying, it's boys only.

[Jackson]

Hey, that's warfare. Did he lie? Sorry, but did he lie?

[Benito Skinner]

I think there's erasure of our women in uniform.

[Jackson]

Do you want me to talk about Universal? Speaking of warfare.

[Benito Skinner]

You may.

[Jackson]

So I went to Universal. I have a few notes. An immediate takeaway is screens. I don't need to see it. I need animatronics. I need bad robots that are kind of like a little. They're, you know, kind of dusty, whining.

[Benito Skinner]

Totally.

[Jackson]

I think we've, we've leaned too much into 3D and the screens. And the whole day I thought to myself, am I cross eyed? Like, do I need Lasik? You know, I'm dying to do that because I want you Know the cataracts.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, and Lasik famously fixes being cross eyed.

[Jackson]

Oh, so you're going to be a bitch from Toronto.

[Benito Skinner]

Wait, so are they doing more experiential rides as opposed to coasters?

[Jackson]

Yeah, I'll say something now and I think like, I think everyone will agree with me. It might be for kids, but I don't know if it is. The Super Mario Brothers world is unbelievable. Like when you step in it, the Mario Kart ride sucks donkey dick. Why it is so ass. I turned around to Terry was behind me and my sister because we had him ride single all day. So each time all the photos of him would be with like a new plus one on the Jurassic World ride, which I got fucking soaked. I have HPV now. Like I have, I have everything now from that water. Terry was next to a 12 year old kid with red hair who the whole time goes, don't put your hands up during the photo or you're going to block me. And I was like, oh my God. I said, you know who you're talking to right now? Like it was so fire. I go, you think Terry's going to fuck up the photo? Like that's crazy. We're on this Mario Kart ride or whatever and it's all screens. They put like these little screens in front of you that do it. And I get that it's an expensive, nice ride, but it's one of those ones where it's like you get a high score. And I'm like, no, I want to feel air. I thought I was going to be on Rainbow Road, you know, I thought it was going to be like Space Mountain. It just was not it. And I turn around at one point and Terry just looks at me sitting next to a full stranger, a 40 year old man. He just shakes his head.

[Marybeth Barone]

Horse girl.

[Jackson]

Thumbs down, thumbs down. But then we went on the Mummy ride and oh my God, is that fun. There's some good ones. See that? Barely any screens. There's like two screens.

[Benito Skinner]

I don't want screens on a ride. Like that's not what I'm there for. I want to have a full body experience Mario Kart.

[Jackson]

I'm like, this is just a video game now. I could have stayed at home, right? But I'm at Universal Studios Hollywood. But the funniest thing that we did, and I don't know if this sounds annoying, but if it does, I'm sure you'll let me know. I'm sure someone will let me know. But we went on the studio tour and I Thought it was a ride. I didn't realize, like, we were going to work. Like, I'm sitting next to my sister and they're like, so that's a studio. That's like a set, That's a soundstage. And I was like, yeah. And then they're like, those are the trailers. And I was like, and then they're like, those are the offices. And I was like, mm. And then one of the sound stages is where Charlie had practiced her Grammy. Like, all her rehearsals for the Grammys were. So Terry's like, that's where I parked.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah. Wait, so they just let people walk on the studio when there's active productions happening.

[Jackson]

We were at work. It was like I spent a Sunday on a soundstage. And there are a couple ride elements. Like, there's like a Jaws thing and then there's like a King Kong again, 3D. It just sucks. It's like, well, that's not King Kong, because I wish it was animatronic. All to say, I had a few notes, I had a really nice time. I crop dusted turf Hogwarts.

[Benito Skinner]

I was gonna ask. I was gonna ask. That was my first question. Well, post 9 11, media officially over because King Da at Six Flags has shut down. I saw that on Taxi Cab tv. It was this huge roller coaster that they built in maybe the early 2000s that was sort of legendary in the Northeast. King Daka was such a big ride, and it closing down was sort of symbolic in a way. And now what you're saying about rides becoming more like screen focused, it's like, where are the meeting places for people anymore?

[Jackson]

No, I don't know. It's like. I will say I saw a new Fast and Furious ride coming, though, that looks like a really unsafe roller coaster. So at least I think we're getting more into, like, let's get back out there. Let's feel the wind. I want to feel the sweats.

[Benito Skinner]

Do you want to address the break that we're taking? Because it isn't. I mean, it's not so much a break as, like, the season is ending. But of course we're going to be out promoting overcompensating, which, as I told you last night, I'm calling. We're out on the campaign trail. So we're going to be going to swing states. We're going to be going to Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, all the swing states, just to make sure they're tuning in.

[Jackson]

Well, of course. And we do have a little thing that we're planning. I don't know if. Should we say it yet? Let's just say if you were thinking about planning little watch parties in LA for overcompensating, you should.

[Marybeth Barone]

Should do it.

[Jackson]

Get to planning. Jackson, are you going to watch Day Of? Yes, I'm absolutely going to watch Day of. I'm so excited.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm excited to get into hitchhikes and I don't think I have anything else to say. Up top. Like, I don't know. I had a dream last night affirming. I had a dream last night that we just started an episode without an intro. We just went straight into it. It was so weird. It was kind of a nightmare in a way where I was like, this is going to be too jarring for people. Like, what? What are we doing? We have to stop. Cut.

[Jackson]

I don't think it would ever be too jarring for them, I think. I don't know. Shies McGough and felt like the craziest thing, but I think Grandpa Terry. Can I just say, the way you guys have embraced him, he feels seen.

[Benito Skinner]

He's part of the universe. He really is a character.

[Jackson]

You know what I keep laughing at is when you say you. You say hi to him when you enter the house.

[Benito Skinner]

Hi, Grandpa Terry. Well, it's rude to room and not say hi to everyone.

[Jackson]

He kisses you on the neck. Yeah.

[Benito Skinner]

We have a special relationship.

[Jackson]

I'm so excited to hear more hitchhikes. That was so much fun. I just want to reiterate, I wasn't like, that wasn't me scolding the person who said, beat a dead horse because, like, I didn't know that either. But I think we're all learning together in a really powerful, beautiful way, I'd say.

[Benito Skinner]

I agree. And it's. It's a conversation and it's ongoing. It's a living, breathing thing. Language. Language is a living, breathing thing. And we're learning new stuff all the time.

[Jackson]

New shapes.

[Benito Skinner]

New shapes.

[Jackson]

Should we play some of these? Welcome to part two of the Hitchhike.

[Benito Skinner]

And this is an extension of Ride Heritage Month. Pretty much the rest. I mean, March through April, all the episodes are red.

[Jackson]

Heritage Month, it's kind of just. It's in perpetuity.

[Benito Skinner]

It's in perpetuity. Yeah.

[Jackson]

Like, with the show coming out, how could that not feel heritage?

[Benito Skinner]

And that's May. So that. That's the three months.

[Jackson]

That's May 15th. I just want to keep putting that in everyone's brain.

[Benito Skinner]

May 15.

[Jackson]

May 15. Head. May 15. In 227 territories across the globe. I Cannot wait to see you dubbed in German.

[Benito Skinner]

Me too. Oh, my God. Shiza. Hold on. I wanted to say something. That this is something. That's my opinion. It's not necessarily correct.

[Jackson]

I'm excited for this.

[Benito Skinner]

If I ask for gum and you say you have mints, just say you don't have gum. I don't want to mint. That's not the same.

[Jackson]

Okay.

[Benito Skinner]

Do you get that reading is fundamental? No, I understand that the person is trying to be helpful and offer me some something, but it I don't want to mint. And then to say no to your offering, which is you trying to be nice, actually just then makes me feel bad. So if I ask for gum and you don't have gum, just say, I don't have gum.

[Jackson]

Oh, and on that, which is. This is. It's kind of the exact same note. I just drove by a Titanic billboard that said, experience the journey of the Titanic. And I thought to myself, what part of the journey I don't want? Do you know what I mean? I'm like, what are you talking about?

[Benito Skinner]

What was that an advertisement for?

[Jackson]

I guess some. I'm. Hey, I can only assume a 3D immersive experience with screens, but I was like, huh, okay. Yeah, I don't think I need to experience the journey of that.

[Benito Skinner]

I definitely don't.

[Jackson]

I'm. Hey, I'm good. I recently saw this thing. It was a tick tock where it talked about how in the movie, obviously it was, like, lit, but it was blackout when it happened. Obviously, there was no moonlight on that night. So that means that when the ship split, the lights went out, so it's completely pitch black.

[Benito Skinner]

That is sending a chill down my spine right now.

[Jackson]

No, the car is rolling right now.

[Benito Skinner]

Did you go to the journey of the Titanic? Where did you hear this?

[Jackson]

No, I saw this on Tik Tok. I don't know. The Titanic is following me. I swear. It's Grandpa Terry again. He's trying to spook me.

[Benito Skinner]

I. That really. That really makes me feel upset.

[Jackson]

Relive the journey. I'm like, I'm good. Should we do a Donner party experience too and relive that? The are you guys talking about?

[Benito Skinner]

Relive the journey is where they just put you in a cold bath and they turn the lights out and then they kill you.

[Jackson]

Wait. Oh, my God. You're in one of those, like, ice clubs. Do you know what I'm talking about? Yes, the Polar Bear clubs.

[Benito Skinner]

Of course.

[Jackson]

I want to go there in Times Square with you.

[Benito Skinner]

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[Jackson]

You get so many points.

[Benito Skinner]

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[Jackson]

Can I say one thing really quickly? Miley Cyrus is obsessed with archival clothing. She's obsessed with talking about it. Can anyone explain this to me? I. And Miley, I love you and I love all the pieces. I just fear she's too fixated on it. It's like everything is like archival, Elias. And I'm like, wait, okay, yeah, you look great.

[Benito Skinner]

Where are you seeing this? On TikTok, on red carpet interviews.

[Jackson]

It's the Titanic and it's Miley Cyrus archival. Okay, that's it.

[Benito Skinner]

Can someone put together a super cut of Miley Cyrus saying archival? By the way, I saw a super cut of Gal Gadot's worst line reads ever. Now that is some good media right there.

[Jackson]

I didn't realize you were so opinionated. Okay, I saw Snow White. I. I saw Snow White.

[Marybeth Barone]

Bury the lead.

[Jackson]

Go whistle. Wow. You go work for two days. I sang to I know a Guisto while you work. And then it'd go, I.

[Benito Skinner]

That's very the Scuttle butt. That's The Scuttlebutt Part 2.

[Jackson]

It's so scuttlebutt. I think Rachel Ziegler really has an unbelievable voice. I think those movies are just a nightmare to adapt because I think we want to see exactly what was there but redone. But they think we want a new movie. And I think some people do want a new movie, but I just want.

[Benito Skinner]

Shot for shot or just like don't remake something maybe with like, that is fucked. Like, if you're going to do a movie like that, if you can't adapt it in a way that's going to appease the. The Die Hards, then just either make a totally new movie. Didn't they make Mirror Mirror? Wasn't that the same, like, that's the story of Snow White.

[Jackson]

I don't know if that was Disney, but that had such beautiful costumes and Armie Hammer. Can I just say, we're not saying we fudge with him. I really don't think I fuck with anyone.

[Benito Skinner]

No, I actually don't fuck with anyone either. And I. I don't agree with anyone's political views except Bernie Sanders. And that's all I will say.

[Jackson]

I didn't know that you were so opinionated.

[Benito Skinner]

Is that from Snow White?

[Jackson]

Gal is giving Nina drama in a way that I can't quite put my finger on at times. Maybe we got in a little bit of trouble. Maybe we are just a little mad. But I've got something for you, girl. It's cool to be bad. I'm not kidding. That kind of slayed that. That was, like, exactly it.

[Benito Skinner]

So what I'll say about Gal Gadot is that she was gonna quit acting to be a lawyer before she got Wonder Woman, and I think she should have done it. I have no problems or qualms with saying that. I think, go do your law degree and leave us alone.

[Jackson]

I think that with all of these projects, I think the hardest thing you can possibly do is try to make something that will make everyone happy. And I feel like that is what some of these feel like. Like they're just trying so hard to make it work for kids, but then also adults, but then adapted. So it's like, more about consent and, like, a woman's autonomy. Like, it's just there's so many things that are at play and they just end up with such a disjointed thing. Because you know that every single decision is made with, like, fear almost.

[Benito Skinner]

I think instead of maybe remaking all these movies that some of them are not really fit to be remade. Let's just have some new stories. I would love for the kids to have some new narratives to get on board with some new princesses and princes and gay characters and trans characters and all these things that, you know, reflect more of the modern world as opposed to trying to take a story that was made in the 30s and make it relevant or make it, like, unproblematic. I just think just it's. You can't win. You can't.

[Jackson]

Losing game.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Jackson]

So let's get into the hitchhike.

[Benito Skinner]

Let's get into hitchhike. And I'm really.

[Jackson]

You're so opinionated.

[Benito Skinner]

Us to the brownies.

[Jackson]

Yeah. She, like, cracks a lobster when she does it. It's so funny. Never mind. All right, let's hear him.

[Benito Skinner]

Wait, where are we going?

[Jackson]

Who cares? Ride.

[Marybeth Barone]

Hi, my name is Leah. I am so in love with you both, but today I am riding for hyping up your best friend's outfits. So this is obviously an extension of the Girls and Girlies episode, but I think there is nothing like getting ready with your best friends. One in itself is very special thing, but two within that, when your friend comes out and maybe she's wearing a new top or she's showing her right now she's unusual, or she's trying something adventurous and her decollete and is looking at you for hype, and you have the floor to hype her the fuck up over what she's wearing. It's just such a fun and lighthearted, but also honestly, deeply confident boosting moment that I love. This is, like, so core to girlhood, and I ride for it so hard. And I believe you both must as well. So, yeah. Love you guys.

[Benito Skinner]

Okay. I have to say, Leah, you sound exactly like Malin Akerman.

[Jackson]

Oh, my God.

[Benito Skinner]

Like the Heartbreak Kid in such a crazy way. And I just rewatched the Watchmen a couple of weeks ago. And so if no one's ever told you that before, like, you could have a career in voice acting. I just want to say that.

[Jackson]

Oh, can I say something to you?

[Benito Skinner]

Sure.

[Jackson]

Who watches the Watchmen? I think about that all the time.

[Benito Skinner]

It sticks with you.

[Jackson]

I love this. I love this because complimenting your friends, you can take the energy from the room, or you can bring the sunlight. Let's bring the sunlight. Kids, here's my thing. Everyone needs it, too. Like, someone you think doesn't need it, they need it. And if you love something, say it. Oh, my God, it's such a scary time. We need this. We need community. We need the love of a bestie to be like, you look so cute today. Or, like, if they're telling you, oh, I kind of, like, look like shit. It's like, no, you don't. You're my bestie. Don't talk about my bestie like that. And you slap her.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah, you slap her.

[Jackson]

Got this.

[Benito Skinner]

You do this all the time for me, especially when I'm wearing something. Maybe A little bit outside of my comfort zone, which I feel like you really push me to be more fashion forward and I love that because I want to take risks with fashion. But sometimes you're just like, oh, I don't know if it's worth it is. It's going to photograph weird. What's the story I'm telling here? And I feel like just having that moment where you get ready with your friend. And this used to be more in the pregame space, like back in, you know, the college days, which you'll see reflected back at you and of course, overcompensating. But now it's like when I'm staying with you or if you're having a sleepover or if you're visiting somebody in another city where your bestie might have moved and you, you only have the clothes you brought, and so you really want to walk out looking and feeling your best. And so I feel like this is such an important part of the evening as it unfolds.

[Jackson]

I completely agree. It's hype. It's being a hyper for your. Your girls and your gays and, and dare I say, even your straight boyfriends need a compliment every now and then so they don't shoot us. Like, we have to give that.

[Benito Skinner]

Exactly, exactly.

[Jackson]

Going to look good for us. We have to pet the egos just a little bit. I think this is beautiful and it's spreading positivity. And you can either make someone feel like shit or you can make them feel like a million fricking bucks. And why not do the latter?

[Benito Skinner]

Where are we on as a society? Society? Like, I've walked by some people recently who I've wanted to compliment on their outfit, but I haven't done it because I'm like, are they gonna think I'm weird or annoying? I don't know.

[Jackson]

You're not a dad. So I think it's coming from the right place. Well, I try to make sure, like, within two seconds they know I'm gay because this face could give. Graduate of usc. Parents paid for me to be on the crew team. So I have to make sure that there is nothing threatening about me the second I walk into a store. So I make sure that I do that first. I lay the groundwork in a way, and then I. I let her rip, you know, And I love compiling someone's makeup because that takes so fucking long. And I'm just like, your makeup looks fucking bomb. And I said this the other day at Cinemark North Hollywood when I went to Snow White Gwissel While you work. And she was like, it took so long. And I was like, I bet it looks amazing. It's like, intricate.

[Benito Skinner]

You're really good about that.

[Jackson]

And then I went to zero, and I had a great night. And I can only hope that she felt good for two seconds. I mean, and I hope it was longer than that. But if it was even just two seconds of a little confidence boost. Everyone needs it. Hey, Jackson. I love you. Say it back. I love you. You look fantastic today. So do you. See? Does not feel good. You guys like, come on, Mary Beth. You look freaking cute in your cozy sweatshirt and your beautiful hair.

[Benito Skinner]

Am I on glue or are you not looking right at me?

[Jackson]

I'm sorry. Am I on glue? We have to bring it back. I've been saying it a lot lately. I'm like, am I on glue?

[Benito Skinner]

Or like I had never heard it before? Legally Blonde?

[Jackson]

No. Well, Leah, you have a sexy voice. Very Malin. And if that is Malin. Come on, sweetie. Classic Malin.

[Benito Skinner]

If you're a Barony, let us know. Okay, let's hear the next one.

[Marybeth Barone]

Hi, me loves. My name is Sophia, and I ride for customized license plates for a couple reasons.

[Jackson]

A vanity plate.

[Marybeth Barone]

I personally don't have one. Just because I don't have the time, energy, or cleverness to create one that.

[Benito Skinner]

Would work for me.

[Marybeth Barone]

But I just. I feel like every time I see someone with a custom license plate, I'm just bleeping obsessed. Because it's always like, either, you know, housewife looking mom or like a young girl.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah.

[Marybeth Barone]

And even sometimes I see a dude in it and I'm like, you know what? Hell yeah. And they just are so funny, and it's almost like trying to decipher a puzzle. Like, what does this mean? Some of them are obvious and just in your face. Like, I saw one yesterday that said sweet pea. So cute. SWT P E A Loved.

[Jackson]

Oh, that's a hard one.

[Benito Skinner]

What that meant. And then some.

[Marybeth Barone]

I just see and I'm like, I don't. What is this code you're trying to. To say to me?

[Jackson]

I don't.

[Marybeth Barone]

I don't understand it.

[Benito Skinner]

So it's kind of like a game. Every time I see it, I wish.

[Jackson]

My plates had love. Game.

[Benito Skinner]

L U V G A M I.

[Marybeth Barone]

Ride for custom license plates.

[Benito Skinner]

Have you tried?

[Jackson]

Love you, baby.

[Benito Skinner]

This is such a good one.

[Jackson]

This is just incredible. I mean, here's my thing. I just was behind a car and I almost got in a wreck trying to take a photo. The plate said Dior home, which I thought Was so incredible. I was like, like fall, winter 25. Like, that's incredible.

[Benito Skinner]

And it, it was state sanctioned. Like it was a real place.

[Jackson]

Hmme, Dior. Hmme. But I really want Love Game in my Audi. If it was luv, G, M3 love game. And you know that's me, you know that's Benny Drama swerving through lanes.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh yeah.

[Jackson]

Going the speed limit.

[Benito Skinner]

He's going the speed limit. My favorite thing about you, I saw what I say that said the number two, the letter B and then it said blunt. To be blunt. And I just think it's okay.

[Jackson]

Your car.

[Benito Skinner]

Here's my thing. And it was my. It was my own car.

[Jackson]

Jetta.

[Benito Skinner]

It was my car.

[Jackson]

There are easier ways to say your Mary best Jetta.

[Benito Skinner]

I love this because it's like a little piece of flair. You did it with flair. You're making the car your own without putting. Maybe you are putting a bumper sticker, but this feels. You went, you filled out forms, you went through the state and you said, I'm going to put a little piece of my personality on this car and I'm going to make it my own. And I just love that. And it's, it's in the same vein. It's in the Maslow's hierarchy of mom's flip flops and earrings would be like a mom's vanity plate. So I fully ride for these. I used to think they were a little indulgent, maybe a little silly, but like, that's when I was a kid and I was just like, wait, that's crazy that someone would go out of their way to do that. But now that I like own things and you want to customize them and you don't just want the same Jetta as everybody else.

[Jackson]

I think this is so fun. I think it's funny when straight guys have it too. Admin can be disturbing or it can be kind of fucking hilarious and kind of sweet. I don't know, it feels so vulnerable. Like thinking of them filling that out, like they took the time to do that. Do I think that time could have been spent in a better way? Maybe, maybe, maybe not. Like, I don't know. That's kind of cute. And it's very flair. It's very chair. I don't think I'd ever do it because I know Terry would just be like, God damn it. But maybe I would. A love game is kind of sitting with me in a huge way.

[Benito Skinner]

I'm just going to amplify and say, I would. I would love to see nothing More than your car in front of me with a love game vanity plate.

[Jackson]

Me pulling up and you always know it's me swerving. It's not. It's not 9N3, you know, it's. It's love game.

[Benito Skinner]

I love that they're called vanity plates in general. That feels very ride to me. It's like you're. It's your vain. You're vain about everything, including your car. A Baroni on board would just be massive. Also, I have a question about vanity plates. Can anyone. Does each state like if. If the. To be blunt, is that the only one in the hole country?

[Jackson]

Can I just say. I guess we'll never know.

[Benito Skinner]

I guess we'll never know. I thought of a new rule. I think clear. I don't mind if people cut me who have clear. As long as they're women or gay guys, non binary people or members of the LGBTQ community. A straight man should never cut me. A straight man should never cut a woman. Stop it.

[Jackson]

Where are you going?

[Benito Skinner]

Stop it.

[Jackson]

Hey, where are you going?

[Benito Skinner]

To rush.

[Jackson]

Yeah, wait in line and think about what you did.

[Benito Skinner]

Exactly. All right, next.

[Jackson]

Come on.

[Marybeth Barone]

Hi, guys. My name is Clementine and today I will be writing for libraries. I ride for libraries because I love reading and books can be expensive, especially when I know I probably won't read them more than once. So instead of buying them to sit on my shelves at home, I can borrow them from the library.

[Benito Skinner]

It's beautiful.

[Marybeth Barone]

Libraries are not just books like people think. Movies, music, magazines, newspapers, audiobooks and more. Selling this all for free. What's even cooler is if they don't have something, they will order it for you at no charge. Libraries offer places to work or study. Oh, she wrote computers and resources to those without. A couple of months ago, I even went in there to renew my passport. How cool is that? Lastly, librarians are the sweetest people on the planet. A fun memory I have is going in and asking the librarian if she had any recommendations. She said, I think you might like this and handed me Twilight. When I die, I'm leaving the rest of my money to libraries. Love you, sweats.

[Jackson]

So that read like a speech in high school in speech class. So beautifully, so eloquent. Five paragraph essay. You're fabulous. We're not going to have libraries in three years, so I think this is great for us to bring some attention to them now.

[Benito Skinner]

I, I just saw an article that said Doge is gutting libraries, like while we're all paying attention to other stuff. So I, I fear that we're going to lose libraries. You know who loves the library is my sister. She goes and gets books out multiple times per week.

[Jackson]

Do you know who did something so striking to me was Troye Sivan.

[Benito Skinner]

What did he do?

[Jackson]

Terry and him were working on something and he was. We were in Paris. Oh, God, this is one of those stories, isn't it? And he had spent the whole day in the library in Paris just working on his laptop and. And looked at a few books and yeah, I was like, wow, that sounds like an absolute glorious day on earth.

[Benito Skinner]

That's hot to me. Oh, no. O know I'm attracted to Troy Sivan randomly. Oh, this is when I heard that.

[Jackson]

It happens to the best of us.

[Benito Skinner]

It happens to the best of us. Look, libraries. There's such an important piece of, like, America. They're Americana to me. I'm in the middle of watching a movie called Party Girl where Parker Posy plays like a.

[Jackson]

She works at a library and she.

[Benito Skinner]

Works at a library. Do a decimal system.

[Jackson]

God, I love that movie. It makes me want to get falafel every time I watch it. And wear Issaki and Comme des Garcon.

[Benito Skinner]

And GPG and just everything about it.

[Jackson]

Of course.

[Benito Skinner]

We need to save our libraries, kids. I don't know how we're going to do it, but much like our rights and things that are nice in this world, we're going to have to fight to save them.

[Jackson]

Oh. Do you know that I really want to bring back Reading Rainbow? Have I told you this like I want us to be the host of it with Kaia Gerber.

[Benito Skinner]

I, I thank you for saying that.

[Jackson]

Sorry, Jackson, aren't you in Library Science?

[Benito Skinner]

Kaia Gerber's book club and Library Science.

[Jackson]

Fab.

[Benito Skinner]

One thing I will say about that girl on set, between every take, she is reading a book. She's reading a book in the green room. She's. I'm like, she's just turning pages all day. I was so impressed. She's not just having the book club as, like a fun project.

[Jackson]

She lives her values. Just like you were watching Mad Men all day and I was shopping on the essence sale at every second I could. So here's the thing. Live your truth, live your values, always stay true to you. And head to the library. I really want to go to one. It's been a while. I need to find the one that's in my area. I wonder which one. I'm not going to say where because I don't want you guys to come kill me, but I do think that I think we have to go to the more I think it's it's community and I can I in my head the community at a library is really lovely. Like that seems really safe to me. My, my godmother's daughter works at the library in Boise and so that was the last library I went to and it was just like I walked in and it smelled so good and it was so friendly and people were learning and they were honestly while the rest of us were bopping around running errands, they were reading about worlds.

[Benito Skinner]

They were reading about worlds quietly as well. Peaceful.

[Jackson]

We work at the library. We go, we have just the book for you. And we slide over City of Indra.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh yeah, it's the last copy.

[Jackson]

I got just the one for you. I didn't realize you were so opinionated. And then I slide over City of Indra the story of Lex and Liv.

[Benito Skinner]

Hello and welcome to the ads. I am coming to you live from the family room at my parents house. Pinky is asleep on a chair next to me and if you just heard that bark, that was my brother's dog. That's not what I'm here to talk to you about. I'm not here to talk to you about who is at my parents house right now. I'm talking to you today about Quince. Who doesn't love the good things in life? Even though you may enjoy a little luxury, it doesn't mean we can always afford it. Until you discover Quince. Quince is my go to for luxury essentials at affordable prices. Quince offers a range of high quality items at prices within reach like 100% Mongolian cashmere sweaters from $50 washable silk tops and dresses, organic cotton sweaters and 14 karat gold jewelry like the hoops that I have. Or of course you know, my famous black bodysuit. The best part, all Quint's Items are priced 50 to 80% less than similar brands. By partnering directly with top factories, Quince cuts the cost of the middleman and passes savings on to us. And Quince only works with factories that use safe, ethical and responsible manufacturing practices and premium fabrics and finishes. I love that. So give yourself the luxury you deserve with quince. Go to quince.com ride for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. That's Q-U-I-N-C-E.com ride to get free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com ride my brother's dog Gary is going absolutely bananas over this deal. Head to quince.com ride to get free shipping and 365 day returns. Even the two satanic holidays. That's right, 365 days.

[Jackson]

Oh, yeah. Mom and dad are reading these ads separately.

[Marybeth Barone]

Yeah.

[Jackson]

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[Benito Skinner]

Next.

[Marybeth Barone]

So I ride for so many things that it was hard to choose. I was choosing between Freudian slips, Hillary Duff's album Metamorphosis and the Defenestrations. I don't know if I pronounced that right. Of Prague. And I honestly think that it's gotta be the third defenseration of Prague for me. It's so topical, you know, it's like. It's like 1618. The Bohemians straight up, I think, like, kicked a Habsburg straight out the window. They're like, f. This corruption. And it started like the thirty Years War. And I'm just like, where's that energy today? Like, why aren't we just kicking, you know, corruption out of windows? Like, I just don't understand. It seems like an appropriate response at this point. So I definitely ride for the defenstration of Prague in 1618, for sure. These accordion slips and Hilary Depp's Metamorphosis are like close seconds and thirds.

[Jackson]

Those three things are pillars of you. You have met, I've met my match. That was your id, by the way.

[Benito Skinner]

The Baronies. Sometimes they hold a mirror up to me.

[Jackson]

I can't even. Where do I even begin with this? Every time, though it sounds like, you guys are in the closet hiding from somebody. And I think that feels right.

[Marybeth Barone]

Agree.

[Jackson]

You can't reveal, like, hey, right is just for us. And we've always said that you can't share it with anyone else who's in the house, but, oh, this is fabulous. Throw corruption out the window. I mean, hell yes. Freudian slip I'm obsessed with, though. It's very Oedipus.

[Benito Skinner]

Freudian slips are so fun. And they can always be celebrated. Like, the Freudian slip doesn't have to be embarrassing. You can all have a good laugh, you know.

[Jackson]

No, because also, it's like, you know when people are, like. When you're drunk, like, you know, you. You're more yourself, or you, like, say. And people are like, that's not true. I'm like, no, I know you wanted to say that to me. Got it out of your system. I didn't realize you were so brilliant. Sorry.

[Benito Skinner]

I have New Era alert. The defenestration of Prague is so fascinating. It's not something I really knew about, of course. I love to hear the. The name Hapsburg thrown around on the pod, though. Of course.

[Jackson]

Well, of course. And I'm wondering why we're not talking about the Charles Bridge.

[Benito Skinner]

The Charles Bridge. Something has to be involved. Fun activity for the Bronies is look up when Prussia was dissolved. You know, like, it's more recent than you think. A lot of happened not that long ago. That's what we're forgetting. And so I just. I need. History repeats itself. And I feel like it hasn't even been that long. So, like, we just need to be aware of these things. And. Yeah, I want to throw people out a window. I have a very long list on my phone of people I want to throw out a window.

[Jackson]

Dear media, can you just make sure to clip that first part about Prussia while we're at it? And then I have to say, with my linebacker arms these days, I just know I could take somebody. Just give me a reason to throw somebody out of a window. Talk back to one of my girls. Hey, aim for the bushes. And I think that anything that goes down in Prague is something I'm interested in, because I was there for two days when I was abroad, and I loved the John Lennon wall. And I walked around the whole day by myself because I was what we like to call clinically depressed. Yes. And that town, the gothicness of it actually, like, awakened something in me. I thought it was incredible. I loved it. I loved the bridge. I thought the bridge was so cool. And I was Drinking a lot, which was kind of crazy for me, but I do remember Prague. Like, really taking care of me. So whoever fought to make sure that I could. A gay man could strut around Prague in his Stan Smiths for a day? Like, I can only thank you. Now, on the podcast, it sounds like.

[Benito Skinner]

It was the Bohemians, so bravo.

[Jackson]

The bohos.

[Benito Skinner]

Hey, props to them.

[Jackson]

And their descendant is Sienna Miller.

[Benito Skinner]

Absolutely. I have Sienna Miller hair today. You didn't even comment on it.

[Jackson]

Well, I can barely see it.

[Benito Skinner]

My hair.

[Jackson]

There's a fern gully behind you, but thanks, babe. Here's the thing. I just think you're the most beautiful woman.

[Benito Skinner]

Oh, stop.

[Jackson]

And I was. It's so funny because. Do you. I mean, I assume you do this like, you don't have to, but I think you do. Like, every meal I'm at, I just talk about you. I show photos of you. I show outfits you've worn that I like. I've shown you on Halloween. Like, I'm like, her face can transform into anyone. You have to see this.

[Benito Skinner]

Well, I just assume that anyone who's talking to me is, like, fully aware of all your work and everything about you as well. So I just. I talk about you as an extension of me. Like, anything you know about me, you obviously also know about.

[Jackson]

Imagine how I botched your final joke of thought provoking the other day with the 911 thing. I was trying so hard, and they were like. I was getting really close. I was like. And then it's the ice cream museum. Isn't that what it was?

[Benito Skinner]

Museum of Ice Cream or Museum of Ice Cream?

[Jackson]

And I was like, you know what? Go stream it.

[Benito Skinner]

That's it.

[Jackson]

Go watch it.

[Benito Skinner]

And you can even just fast forward to the end. It's like five minutes at the end. Well, thanks for quoting me, babe. It means the world.

[Jackson]

I was doing the best I could. Oh, my God. You know the one I love that you're doing on tour right now? The one about you being blonde, and it's like, give a gay guy a TV show. It's not just because it's about me.

[Benito Skinner]

It's just like, this is what happens when you let gay guys make decisions for you.

[Jackson]

All right, continue. Next one.

[Marybeth Barone]

Okay. Hey, I ride for my girlfriend's iPad, because I think if a mall is an older sister, an iPad is a vacation. My girlfriend loves her iPad. And I realized this a few months into dating. She was always gonna have it on, or we'd be in bed, and she just like, oh, just kind of pull it out. Oh, do you want to watch a show? She's drawing on it. She's going on Pinterest on it.

[Jackson]

It's a part of the relationship.

[Marybeth Barone]

I have one of my own third character. I benefit so much from her having one to the point where I don't really think I need one. Like, we're on a train, we're on a plane. We're in a hot. She pulls out her iPad. I'm like, let's go.

[Benito Skinner]

Hands me an AirPod.

[Marybeth Barone]

Now we're watching her favorite show on a plane. Or, hey, let me look at some outfit ideas. She pulls out her iPad. It's so much more fun than, like, scrolling on a phone or pulling out a laptop. And I love, like, not having the responsibility of it being mine.

[Jackson]

Yeah, it's just.

[Marybeth Barone]

It's fun. It's a vacation. And I want to know if you ride for your partner or a partner's iPad or a piece of tech like that. Okay, love you.

[Jackson]

Bye. Love you so much. This is so funny to me. Immediately my brain goes to. They lose the iPad. Breakup. It's the only thing keeping them together.

[Benito Skinner]

Am I on glue?

[Jackson]

Sorry. I think this is so incredible. It reminds me of the movie Her. For some reason, Terry does have an iPad. I find myself a little jealous of her every now and then, seeing your partner just so happy, fully horizontal. But their neck. They're cranking their neck to look at their iPad. That's like. I just know how relaxed he is and how much fun he's probably having. And when he puts out his little stylus pen, like, that's. That's childlike wonder. And I think I completely agree. I love that you're doing things together on the iPad. I'll talk to Terry and see if we can start watching shows together on it and drawing. I love, like, to turn into your partner drawing while you're in bed or.

[Benito Skinner]

Putting out together, like, graphic design. We literally just got my dad an iPad for his birthday. And I was looking at it with the keyboard, and. And it has that little kickstand. And I just thought, how have these not just completely replaced the laptop for most people? Like, it's so much sleeker. It's so much smaller. It's so much more convenient. Like, obviously, if you're, like, editing videos and stuff, and you need, like, powerful software, I understand why you wouldn't want to have just an iPad. But for most people, the iPad is getting the job done. And I just think, like, it's such a futuristic thing that it would have been in, like, A movie set in 2060 when we were kids. Especially being able to draw on it. Like that's. It's like it's. We're living in. It's so Spy Kids.

[Jackson]

It's incredible. I love them. I'm so glad your dad has one. He's going to have the time of his fucking life on it. Because my parents have one. They love it. It is also such a little. The iPad's a little bitch. You can download all your shows on that but not a laptop. I. I'm so. Can anyone say why?

[Benito Skinner]

Well, because the iPad is app spaced. Whereas like a computer is like software or whatever. I mean, they're both software.

[Jackson]

It's all apps.

[Benito Skinner]

It's because of apps, but you know what I mean? Like. Like when you download something on your laptop, it's an application, but when you go to your iPad, it's from the app store. So there's something with that media.

[Jackson]

We have. Hello, my love.

[Benito Skinner]

If you don't fucking clip that. I love the idea of it not being hers as well. It's the girlfriend's iPad, so it's like you're not totally responsible for it. That's fabulous. Best case.

[Jackson]

Yeah. You don't have to charge it. You don't have to deal with the rigmarole of like getting that through security because you do have to take out the iPad. You have to take it out and you have to. It's separate from the laptop. It's a whole thing. Even though we never will figure out if we take shoes on or off or if the laptop stays in or out of the bag. But I know we'll get to it in about 10 years.

[Benito Skinner]

Here's something. A question I posed to the Brownies. Don't. I don't actually want to know the answer, but what is a lithium battery?

[Jackson]

And on that note, what is a Rivian? Hi, Mary Beth and Benny.

[Benito Skinner]

Me and my high school friends love ride and our group chat is called the Bronies.

[Jackson]

My name is Claire and I ride.

[Benito Skinner]

For the scale scene and raise your voice when Hilary Duff has to sing a scale. And I truly think the two of you could recreate it, which is why I put the tick tock in there as well. But seriously, love you guys so much and went to hi to be on an episode. Oh, I have that video saved to my phone for. For a reason.

[Jackson]

I had no idea that a scene that happens before it is the. Where'd you get your shoes? Out of a garbage bin in Portland.

[Benito Skinner]

Yeah, you win.

[Jackson]

These cost me $60. That's when you and I met.

[Benito Skinner]

That was at our Wicked Lady. It's. It's word for word. It's verbatim.

[Jackson]

Talk about real. Recognize real. That scene to me is such a time capsule.

[Benito Skinner]

That whole entire movie is so fascinating. We can't even get into the plotline because we don't have time.

[Jackson]

You know who the teacher is? Carrie, you broke my heart. It's fucking Aiden.

[Benito Skinner]

You can do the scales and I would like to hear them.

[Jackson]

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Isn't it like that? But there's one that we're like, no, it's this. It's.

[Benito Skinner]

It's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jackson]

And when she all of a sudden eyes closed and then she's done. Her thumbs are right through those belt loops. She's eaten down. She's shown off the vcs. And when that other girl in there is kind of like she just tore that. They kept doing that to Hillary where they would just have a completely different human's voice. And she didn't need it. She didn't need a really nice voice.

[Benito Skinner]

She didn't need it. And I. I say justice for the album Sparks. But the. The way they just tried to blend her voice with a totally different voice and think. I don't know if they thought people wouldn't notice or if it just. Why? What was.

[Jackson]

When I see you smiling and it's like, that's not Hillary. Oh, we've talked about how Paolo is something. Unbelievables. You have a twin.

[Benito Skinner]

So, Isabella.

[Jackson]

Isabella, you have a twin. I didn't realize you were so opinionated. I had an audition the other day and the final line was, I want to show you something. And me. And I know I could not get through it. She was reading with me every. And then finally on the last take, because we, you know, we had gotten it, I said, I want to show you something. And I almost sent that one on accident. But maybe the director would have been like, that's an interesting line read.

[Benito Skinner]

That's a different. It's a different direction than I would have gone.

[Jackson]

Okay, cool.

[Benito Skinner]

I was helping someone read for Carmen and in the NSO scene it used to end. The NSO coordinator would say, whoop. A Gangam style.

[Jackson]

Yeah.

[Benito Skinner]

I am not kidding you. I think we did 50 takes. That's the first line in the whole scene. And I laughed every single time.

[Jackson]

Oh, darling, you know, that's a. I think that might be a $20,000 joke that unfortunately in the budget, we cannot do. You can't. I just have to say the things I've learned. I think I could probably be at least, you know, what are they called when you're like, you work in a law office?

[Benito Skinner]

Paralegal.

[Jackson]

I could be a paralegal. I really could. Because I know so much about like, declarations.

[Benito Skinner]

They are so funny. I could be a paralegal.

[Jackson]

I could. I could be a paralegal. Jackson agrees. I just like, I know so much now about like, what things cost.

[Benito Skinner]

Size. At least a little size. Getting his coin. And I love that. What? Book gang game style. Okay, so, yeah, I mean, should we pick a ride from these? There's so many good ones to pick from.

[Jackson]

God, this is. It's near impossible. I think I have to go with hyping up your friends because I just think everyone needs it, especially in this scary, scary world. I really loved the one about Prague, though. I mean, I loved all of these so much. It's crazy because it's like you're all. You all sound exactly like I thought you would. Like Galaxy Brain queened up. This feels like queening out with my divas.

[Benito Skinner]

And it's all about friendship.

[Jackson]

They all sound like sweet, darling, darling babies. And I just feel really lucky. But I would have to. If I had to pick one, I would say it's the one that I think I believe in the most. And I. I live the most. At least I try to every day. Compliments. I think everyone needs them and I think everyone deserves them. Well, not everyone, but most.

[Benito Skinner]

Most. Mine is of course going to be the defenestration of Prague. And I'm going to read about that. Not while I'm driving. I'm going to get in the car, I'm going to get home, and then I'm going to read about it. But it's just fun to learn new things about history. I mean, there's just so much of it and. And we've only really begin to scratch the surface. I think some of the stuff, as I've said before, we could leave in the past and. And sell your Tesla stock.

[Jackson]

It sounds like I. I would probably like that. What's it called? The defense.

[Benito Skinner]

What's the defenestration?

[Jackson]

Defensation.

[Benito Skinner]

Defenestration.

[Jackson]

Denistration. Jackson, is that right? Is it denistration?

[Benito Skinner]

I think it's defenestration.

[Jackson]

I would love to relive the defenestration of Prague. Whoever is making the Titanic one. You got it.

[Benito Skinner]

I got to do that journey.

[Jackson]

And it's fun. You get to throw people out windows. They're dummies. And you throw them out. That sounds incredible.

[Benito Skinner]

Thank you guys so much. We'll be back next week with the season finale.

[Jackson]

Okay, here it is. I'll save it for the end. I'm a let you make me tsudo. Third time's a charm. Sudo. Sudo. Finale next week.

[Marybeth Barone]

We love you.

[Jackson]

Oh, my. Exit.

[Benito Skinner]

Benny, babe. Eyes on the road. Benny. We go.

[Jackson]

Ride, ride, ride, ride, ride.

[Marybeth Barone]

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[Benito Skinner]

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