Uncanny Valley + Daniel Craig's James Bond

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• 0:00Speaker 00

  The following podcast is a Dear Media production. The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

• 0:18Speaker 01

  Hey, can you come pick me up? Yeah, what's wrong? Nothing. Are you sure? Yeah, no, I just need a ride.

• 0:26Speaker 01

  So why, I just wanna have fun. Start your engine. Take it.

• 0:30Benito Skinner?

  I'm Benito Skinner.

• 0:31Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm Mary Beth Brown.

• 0:32Benito Skinner?

  And this.

• 0:33Mary Beth Barone?

  Is.

• 0:34Benito Skinner?

  Ride.

• 0:37Benito Skinner?

  Merry Christmas, Hunter Biden.

• 0:40Mary Beth Barone?

  Biden.

• 0:43Mary Beth Barone?

  No one tell me what he did. I don't care.

• 0:45Benito Skinner?

  Totally.

• 0:46Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm seeing these articles that are like, oh, Joe Biden said he wouldn't pardon Hunter, and now he did it. I'm like, I just don't care. Do you know how many lies the Republican Party has told? He is a little dust.

• 0:58Benito Skinner?

  I don't care.

• 0:59Mary Beth Barone?

  I don't either.

• 1:00Benito Skinner?

  Like, the least of our worries, you guys, but I have to say, the second it happened, I thought to myself, Mary Beth and I have to just say, Merry Christmas, Hunter Biden.

• 1:11Mary Beth Barone?

  You texted me that, which I know when you're texting me saying, we have to start the pod with blank, that you've just had a huge brainwave.

• 1:17Benito Skinner?

  Oh, no, it's my three hours in the morning when I manic after my coffee, and I get all my ideas for the week, and then I'm done, and then I need a nap.

• 1:24Mary Beth Barone?

  And you know what else you texted me? You said, I have to say demure tomorrow. Please remember.

• 1:29Benito Skinner?

  Drum roll, please. Drum roll, please. Are you ready? On the Reddit, someone sent to me, I think Terry's been looking at the Reddit too lately, but, or was it, maybe our, we share a manager, obviously. We share everything.

• 1:41Mary Beth Barone?

  We share everything.

• 1:42Benito Skinner?

  We share Terry at this point. That I needed to say demure today, and I get to say demure finally, because it's the Christmas episode. It's the holiday sleigh ride.

• 1:50Mary Beth Barone?

  It's December. We're here. I'm in Chicago. You're in LA. I can't think of anything more fitting. I'm staying with my cousin here in Chicago.

• 1:57Benito Skinner?

  Stop. You already had a beer. You already had two beers.

• 1:59Mary Beth Barone?

  I did. I've had six beers today, six Bud Lights.

• 2:02Benito Skinner?

  A beer with breakfast? Very demure.

• 2:05Mary Beth Barone?

  It's very demure.

• 2:08Mary Beth Barone?

  I did two shows last night at Zany's in Chicago. I freaking love the girls here and I have two more tonight. San Francisco, we're closing out 2024 tour. And then guess what? I'm adding like seven cities next year. So get excited.

• 2:19Benito Skinner?

  It's such a great hour. And also, I can't stress enough, like, performing for girlies in Chicago and Chi City, you're just not gonna get better than that. Chi Vegas? Chi Vegas. Oh, my God. Make Chi Vegas a thing in 2025. That's one of my goals.

• 2:32Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what? Oh, you know, my new thing? Project 2025 can mean anything. Anything you're working on in 2025 can be Project 2025.

• 2:38Benito Skinner?

  What do you think overcompensating is?

• 2:42Benito Skinner?

  That's Project 2025, darling.

• 2:44Mary Beth Barone?

  Brought to you by the Heritage Foundation.

• 2:47Benito Skinner?

  You are so demure in your little Miu Miu sweater, you cutesy pie.

• 2:50Mary Beth Barone?

  Thank you. Before we get to anything else, I want to say that you told me to screenshot something, which I did, which was we posted clips from an episode where you and I have never looked worse. And I said, I really don't want to post these. No, first I said, oh, my God, I forgot how we looked this episode. This is in the group chat with Terry, Leah, and you. And you go so garish. And I go, I might post the Spotify one, but the lighting is so frightening. And then Terry goes, I think we got to do it, guys. These are so good. And then I said, I look like a scarecrow. And then Terry said, I mean, you both look awful, but in a funny way, not like those are ugly people, more like, wow, I can't believe they had the balls to be on camera like this.

• 3:31Benito Skinner?

  I'm not saying that marrying a horse girl is easy. I'm just saying that it's a life of brutal honesty. And I'm trying to figure out how to live with it.

• 3:39Mary Beth Barone?

  It's the brutalist. Well, you know what I decided in 2025? Sometimes I like beat around the bush with Terry when I'm like, no, I'm just gonna go for it now. Like, he has shown me that you can just like, say what you're thinking and not worry about it.

• 3:51Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, it's not a big deal. He's just kind of like, no. It's amazing. I mean, you've seen his cultural digest.

• 3:57Mary Beth Barone?

  I have.

• 3:57Benito Skinner?

  The man speaketh exactly how he wanteth. The man speaks what he thinks.

• 4:03Mary Beth Barone?

  It's so cool to be in the industry, but not in a way where you have to have people like you. So you can actually comment honestly on things. We could never say if we didn't like something.

• 4:12Benito Skinner?

  Mm hmm. But instead, we just have to like, love abstract things.

• 4:17Mary Beth Barone?

  And we have to love things abstractly.

• 4:20Benito Skinner?

  Well, I'm so scared for when you have to host SNL and Zachary Levi as the musical guest. I'm panicked.

• 4:25Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what? I say bring it the fuck on. No, have him come into my dressing room. I would love to speak on my feelings.

• 4:31Benito Skinner?

  I agree.

• 4:32Mary Beth Barone?

  But I'm doubling down.

• 4:33Benito Skinner?

  I agree.

• 4:34Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm doubling down.

• 4:35Benito Skinner?

  Well, you know, I'm built like a brick. Say it with me, shithouse.

• 4:38Mary Beth Barone?

  Shithouse.

• 4:39Benito Skinner?

  And there's just a few people who are on my list of throat chops next year.

• 4:43Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, speaking of the holiday spirit, so I never heard of Pete Hegseth until three weeks ago. And he has quickly risen to the top of my ugly losers. Who, if I see his face, I become enraged.

• 4:56Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, fucker Jones. He's on the fucker Jones list.

• 4:59Mary Beth Barone?

  He has a tattoo that says, we the people in the font from like the constitution or whatever. I'm like, you're a fucking loser.

• 5:04Benito Skinner?

  I don't know. I know my king Benjamin Franklin wouldn't have fucked with him. I'll just say that much.

• 5:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Fucking not.

• 5:10Benito Skinner?

  Benjamin Franklin wouldn't even fuck with you.

• 5:12Mary Beth Barone?

  No. A lot of the people in Trump's cabinet don't, don't even fucking realize that.

• 5:18Benito Skinner?

  Uh uh. Wait, I love, we can record from anywhere. People don't understand, you have recorded from everywhere in the continental US. One person commented, they're like, how about some consistency with the videos? And I was just like, how about some consistency in our careers? Okay? We don't live together.

• 5:33Mary Beth Barone?

  Do you want a podcast or do you not want a podcast?

• 5:35Benito Skinner?

  Or not? Okay. We're making it work. We're two households alike in dignity and fair Verona, as Halsey told us.

• 5:43Mary Beth Barone?

  And what? So like, you want to expect the same thing every week? Like, isn't it cool to mix things up and you never know where my eye line's gonna be?

• 5:50Benito Skinner?

  Where in the world is Mary Beth Barone? I love the shots of us just full profile recently. It was just like.

• 5:55Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh my God, that was huge. At what the fuck media.

• 5:57Benito Skinner?

  It was very A Star is Born.

• 5:59Mary Beth Barone?

  It was very, I just wanted to take one more look at you.

• 6:02Benito Skinner?

  As one day we're related.

• 6:04Mary Beth Barone?

  One more look at you.

• 6:05Benito Skinner?

  Um, I will say in my house, what's his name? Uh, Detective Poirot? What's his name?

• 6:12Mary Beth Barone?

  Who?

• 6:13Benito Skinner?

  What is Daniel Craig's name in, in Knives Out?

• 6:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Let me look it up real quick.

• 6:17Benito Skinner?

  Because it is kind of a thing now and I can't stop.

• 6:20Mary Beth Barone?

  Wait, I do declare.

• 6:22Benito Skinner?

  I do declare.

• 6:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Wait, hold on, hold on, don't, don't say anymore.

• 6:25Benito Skinner?

  Okay, I'll, I'll knock it off.

• 6:27Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, you're not ready for his name in Knives Out.

• 6:30Benito Skinner?

  Green lights.

• 6:31Mary Beth Barone?

  Benoit Blanc.

• 6:33Benito Skinner?

  No, Benoit, my name is Benoit. I'm here to serve this here murder.

• 6:41Mary Beth Barone?

  But can we talk about the outfit? Are you wearing workout shorts with a flannel?

• 6:44Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 6:45Mary Beth Barone?

  And loafers?

• 6:46Benito Skinner?

  It, doesn't it feel kind of Christmas? It feels like what you wear when you're home and you just kind of throw some stuff on, including your mom's flip flops.

• 6:52Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 6:53Benito Skinner?

  Just kind of vibe out. I knew that I had a new top. I love my little flannel here. So I was like, all right, I'll put that on. Maybe they won't see the shorts, but this angle couldn't show you more of the shorts, in fact.

• 7:03Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm seeing a lot of leg.

• 7:04Benito Skinner?

  You're even getting my, which is my favorite thing in the world. There's a compression short built into the short. One of my favorites.

• 7:10Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what it's reminding me of in Clueless when she drops the pen and a gay guy that she doesn't know is gay says, nice stems.

• 7:16Benito Skinner?

  He's very me. Let's just say that. Sometimes you see yourself reflected in media.

• 7:24Mary Beth Barone?

  Him being gay back then, I feel like was so groundbreaking.

• 7:27Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, we were kind of represented as more of like a kind of fantastical thing.

• 7:32Mary Beth Barone?

  But you are that.

• 7:33Benito Skinner?

  Period.

• 7:33Mary Beth Barone?

  So.

• 7:34Benito Skinner?

  Very demure.

• 7:35Mary Beth Barone?

  Who's reinforcing gay stereotypes?

• 7:37Benito Skinner?

  Exactly.

• 7:38Mary Beth Barone?

  I put the question to you.

• 7:40Benito Skinner?

  He had style and, and swag.

• 7:42Mary Beth Barone?

  James Dean.

• 7:44Benito Skinner?

  James Dean.

• 7:45Mary Beth Barone?

  Should we get into what we ride for?

• 7:46Benito Skinner?

  Yes. So I will be riding for Daniel Craig's James Bond.

• 7:51Mary Beth Barone?

  That is not what I thought.

• 7:53Benito Skinner?

  I hadn't told you. I knew it, kid.

• 7:55Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, I will be riding for Uncanny Valley.

• 7:58Benito Skinner?

  Yes.

• 7:58Mary Beth Barone?

  So welcome to the Christmas sleigh ride.

• 8:02Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:31Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:32Benito Skinner?

  As we hit a Christmas concert.

• 9:34Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:35Benito Skinner?

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• 9:39Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:39Benito Skinner?

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• 9:42Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:46Benito Skinner?

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• 9:54Benito Skinner?

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• 9:55Mary Beth Barone?

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• 9:55Benito Skinner?

  I think in melodies.

• 9:56Mary Beth Barone?

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• 10:13Benito Skinner?

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• 10:17Mary Beth Barone?

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• 10:19Benito Skinner?

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• 10:21Mary Beth Barone?

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• 10:23Benito Skinner?

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• 10:29Benito Skinner?

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• 10:44Mary Beth Barone?

  I would love that.

• 10:45Benito Skinner?

  Squarespace, come on.

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• 11:09Mary Beth Barone?

  That's Squarespace.com/ride to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

• 11:13Benito Skinner?

  The language here can be in your own words, Mary Beth, so if you want to switch that up or do whatever.

• 11:17Mary Beth Barone?

  I thought you did an amazing job and I have nothing else to add. Isn't that so cool? I loved it. Cause you know what? You can improve on perfection.

• 11:25Benito Skinner?

  Hinge is a dating app designed to be deleted.

• 11:28Mary Beth Barone?

  You said it, sister.

• 11:29Benito Skinner?

  While the holidays can be crazy bo-bazy, take a moment to pause and reflect on your dating journey over the past year. Yeah, I like Terry quite a bit.

• 11:38Mary Beth Barone?

  What do you want in 2025? Oh.

• 11:43Benito Skinner?

  What will you do differently in your dating journey next year?

• 11:46Mary Beth Barone?

  So before the new year, take time now and refresh your Hinge profile to better represent who you've grown into this past year. Give it a little refresh.

• 11:54Benito Skinner?

  It's time and it's also so fun to do it with not family, but friends over the holidays. It's like, we're bored, like, let's just have a good time. Let's see who's on here.

• 12:01Mary Beth Barone?

  No, I want to partner with Hinge and help people like redesign their Hinge profiles to find love. Cause it's something I really excel at and I want your personality to shine, who you really are, not who you think is going to attract the person that you might like. Like you need to put yourself out there.

• 12:16Benito Skinner?

  I agree. Also, it's really hard because it's like, it's hard to always describe yourself in a lot of ways. So I like look to friends when I need to like tell people three words that describe me.

• 12:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Absolutely.

• 12:26Benito Skinner?

  Energetic, zesty, love.

• 12:28Mary Beth Barone?

  So update your photos, dating intentions and your prompts. This one in particular is perfect. This year I really want to...

• 12:35Benito Skinner?

  No, I think this year I want to watch Mary Beth get married.

• 12:40Mary Beth Barone?

  All right.

• 12:42Benito Skinner?

  I'm serious.

• 12:43Mary Beth Barone?

  Pressure's on, kid.

• 12:44Benito Skinner?

  I'm serious.

• 12:46Mary Beth Barone?

  Refresh your Hinge profile early or download Hinge today and set your 2025 dating intentions now.

• 12:52Benito Skinner?

  Let's do this.

• 12:53Mary Beth Barone?

  Thank you, Hinge. I hope everyone's finding love through Hinge. Wait, where are we going?

• 12:59Benito Skinner?

  Who cares? Ride. I had jingle bells here, Jackson.

• 13:04Benito Skinner?

  I know it's more solar power era for you guys in Australia. Isn't it summer down there?

• 13:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Also, we're taking four weeks off.

• 13:11Benito Skinner?

  Oh, yeah, we're giving you guys coal this year for Christmas. We're taking four weeks off.

• 13:15Mary Beth Barone?

  No, we're not. We're just taking a break so we can come back with even better episodes.

• 13:19Benito Skinner?

  And Heritage Month is gonna be so worth it. So many surprises await in 2025, but there's no denying that. Mom, you daddy, or they're a little tired this year. They've been, they've been getting presents all year.

• 13:32Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, a lot of gifts off season and I feel really good about the work we've done. I also am so honored that we're featured in so many people's Spotify wrapped, especially because we didn't even come back until the summer.

• 13:42Benito Skinner?

  I thought that too.

• 13:43Mary Beth Barone?

  So to be in your top few listens, I mean, for people, that's number one. Obviously, you guys.

• 13:48Benito Skinner?

  Well, to me, if you're not first or last, so seeing some of those lists hurt, I won't lie. But I, I always saw that the taste was there, so I was happy.

• 13:57Mary Beth Barone?

  And I think it's cool that we've only been on for half the year and we're still cracking that top five for so many of you.

• 14:02Benito Skinner?

  And less than number one is Joe Rogan. I don't want to see it. I'm kidding.

• 14:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, we'll get into that next year.

• 14:09Benito Skinner?

  That's a next season type thing.

• 14:11Mary Beth Barone?

  2025.

• 14:12Benito Skinner?

  But yeah, 2025 is just gonna be so fabulous. Let us know. So I really can't get a read. I know you love Terry's mom, but like, do you actually want guests? Like, I'll never know. And I had a thought of maybe.

• 14:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Can someone start a Reddit thread?

• 14:24Benito Skinner?

  What if somebody said, bring Terry on to do a little digest for you guys, which I thought would be really fun. That could be fun. There was one recommendation on the Reddit, which we'll post, but it was like Hitchhike where people.

• 14:36Mary Beth Barone?

  Yes. Oh, my God, I screenshotted that to send to you.

• 14:39Benito Skinner?

  Brilliant.

• 14:40Mary Beth Barone?

  Okay, so I really love this idea where we're gonna get voice notes from baronies and they're gonna tell us what they ride for. And then we'll do an episode where we pick two or maybe a few more even. And we'll say if we ride for the thing or not and why. So I'm gonna have you guys email it to us, but I'll write, I'll put it on the Instagram. If you're not following the Instagram, you're only getting half the story. And we'll get those for an episode early next year. We love you guys and how your minds work. They're so cool, dude.

• 15:06Benito Skinner?

  Did I ever talk about fully being on the Orient Express?

• 15:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Not really.

• 15:10Benito Skinner?

  Totally.

• 15:11Mary Beth Barone?

  So I thought you were riding for the Venice Simplen today.

• 15:14Benito Skinner?

  Yes, which of course I ride for it and I rode it. I mean, girl.

• 15:19Benito Skinner?

  Let's just say Benny Drama rode that thing to hell and back.

• 15:22Mary Beth Barone?

  It looks like just as glamorous as what you deserve to be riding on everywhere you go.

• 15:27Benito Skinner?

  That is so sweet. I wish that was what Amtrak's were like. It was very Titanic. It was very 1920s. I loved my little outfits. It was just fabulous. Nespresso, thank you. What can I say but Nespresso? Thank you. I did, in fact, look at someone who works at Nespresso and say, that's that mean espresso.

• 15:45Mary Beth Barone?

  I was hoping you would say that.

• 15:47Benito Skinner?

  They worked at Nespresso Dubai. They didn't love it, but it did click with a few other people. So I felt good about it. I only had to repeat it one other time. So, you know, it was a hit.

• 15:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Here's what I'll say about performance.

• 15:59Benito Skinner?

  What are you gonna say about performance?

• 16:00Mary Beth Barone?

  And I feel this now more than ever. It's not for us. It's for the audience.

• 16:06Benito Skinner?

  I agree.

• 16:06Mary Beth Barone?

  So if you said that and it made even three people smile, then it's worth it to me.

• 16:12Benito Skinner?

  Oh, that gets me to, I have a sketch coming for everybody as a little Christmas treat. Because I was like, you know what? It's been so long. I've been just in the edit bay with overcompensating. I need to make my little girls some, a little Christmas treat. So there is something coming in the, you know, in the meantime, for this little month off.

• 16:31Mary Beth Barone?

  Personally, I can't wait. As a fan, I can't wait.

• 16:33Benito Skinner?

  It was fabulous. Like, it just, every part of it was glamorous and fabulous. Terry stayed up the whole night, even though there are little beds in the rooms, which was absolutely insane. I can't stress enough, like, how many bits I did in this train, it would make your head spin. But I think you can imagine that. I did a mall, obviously. You're waiting for a train. Thank you very, which kind of leans Nina for me. I kind of can't find her voice. So I did that. I did a couple Hermione's, Turf Hogwarts, and then I would put on conductor hat. I didn't get the conductor, the Prada conductor hat in time for the train. Let's just say, your warlord was ungraled this past week.

• 17:13Mary Beth Barone?

  No fucking way.

• 17:14Benito Skinner?

  Let's just say.

• 17:17Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, that's, that's a good hint for the ride holiday gift guide, which will be coming this week.

• 17:21Benito Skinner?

  Oh my God, I cannot wait for the holiday gift guide, can I just say? Also, I saw that all the ride merch, it's on clearance. No, it's on sale on the Dear Media site. I don't know if that was just Cyber Monday, but a great stocking stuffer, something to give the one you love or your bestie of the year. I didn't know it was still up. I was like, oh, hell yeah.

• 17:39Mary Beth Barone?

  Something to give each other. Well, that will be available in perpetuity. And I think what we're gonna do maybe in 2025 post holiday is relaunch the Heritage Rhinestone Tea in red, black and white. Because I really love those teas and I wear them all the time and I just think like they should be available forever.

• 17:55Benito Skinner?

  Oh, you can't imagine that tea on my titties lately. I tried one on yesterday because I'm going through my closet. Oh, I can't think of anything you would have more fun doing. That should have been your Christmas present.

• 18:04Mary Beth Barone?

  I would have loved to be there, is all I'll say.

• 18:06Benito Skinner?

  You would have rode train on that shit. Let me just tell you.

• 18:08Mary Beth Barone?

  I would have the Venice simplen, my love, choo choo.

• 18:10Benito Skinner?

  It was everything I wanted. Thank you for giving me the platform and the opportunity to say that was a dream of mine and the dream came true. And it was just such a privilege and an honor. And it was really special for me and Terry. We've been working very hard this year and we got 24 hours to be just little 1920s dolls. I don't know. It was really cool. I didn't get my dream of running into random people's rooms and saying, this been a murder. But other than that, it was great and I.

• 18:36Mary Beth Barone?

  Other than that, hey, next time.

• 18:38Benito Skinner?

  Yeah. But oh God, Terry got so, oh my God, I was, I was kind of insane. But it's funny, sometimes in this show, you'll say something and then I'll be like, oh yeah, I think I am kind of like really into that. And then it clicks in my brain and then I watch every single Daniel Craig, James Bond, while I have a cold. I was sick last week. You, you knew that.

• 18:58Mary Beth Barone?

  My heart went out to all those affected.

• 19:01Benito Skinner?

  Well, my body knew I had one day off for Thanksgiving and it was like, oh, let's, let's get sick.

• 19:05Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, they fed it right into the schedule.

• 19:07Benito Skinner?

  It felt so good. So I watched every single Daniel Craig, James Bond. And I was like, oh, I don't just ride for this. I fucking ride for this. Like, I love this shit. I love him. I had just seen Queer, so it was like a huge Daniel Craig moment for me and his blue eyes are just, they're crass.

• 19:23Mary Beth Barone?

  It's called Luca Guadagnino's Queer.

• 19:25Benito Skinner?

  Well, that's Luca Guadagnino's Queer.

• 19:27Mary Beth Barone?

  Thank you.

• 19:28Benito Skinner?

  Oh, God, I need to put that as my bio on Insta. I keep forgetting. Luca Guadagnino's queer.

• 19:33Mary Beth Barone?

  Queer.

• 19:34Benito Skinner?

  Because I am kind of his queer. You get that.

• 19:37Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah. No, I think so. I think you are. You're fantastical and you are Luca Guadagnino's queer.

• 19:42Benito Skinner?

  OK, so here's the thing. So I'm sick and I'm watching these Daniel Craig Bonds, which we talked a little bit about and how you hated the ending. And I understand that it's divisive.

• 19:51Mary Beth Barone?

  It was a betrayal to the fans and it was a betrayal, speaking of the audience. Don't give me, oh, James Bond has a family. He's fallen in love with Leah Sedu, one of the most beautiful people to walk the planet, and he is a family man now. And then boom, boom, pow, he's dead. Are you kidding me? I was told as a young girl, watching the Pierce Brosnan James Bonds, when I saw him go through a tunnel and the tunnel explodes, and my dad or brother or mom or somebody turned to me and they said, James Bond never dies.

• 20:18Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, it might speak to the culture, like post 9/11 media not being what it was. But also, post 9/11 media, whenever you ride for that, Casino Royale has to be in it because the first plot is like a plane and terrorism. It's very interesting.

• 20:32Mary Beth Barone?

  That's going to be an explosive episode.

• 20:34Benito Skinner?

  Oh, I cannot wait.

• 20:35Mary Beth Barone?

  We have so much good stuff coming. Post 9/11 media, separating the art from the artist. What are you going to ride for next year?

• 20:41Benito Skinner?

  I'm going to ride for sex at some point. I don't know when.

• 20:44Mary Beth Barone?

  I can't wait for that.

• 20:45Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 20:46Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, having a uniform. I'm riding for next year.

• 20:49Benito Skinner?

  Oh, well, hi, carpool. Sorry.

• 20:52Mary Beth Barone?

  Hi, I can't fucking wait.

• 20:54Benito Skinner?

  And I love adding my little flair. Did it with chair, my love.

• 20:58Mary Beth Barone?

  Did it with chair.

• 20:59Benito Skinner?

  Did it with chair was my favorite moment of the past year, by the way. That's on my Spotify app. It should have just said, I wish I could have our little moments.

• 21:07Mary Beth Barone?

  Here's what I want to do for season three.

• 21:08Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 21:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Is actually keep track of our best of moments so we could do an episode of just like all the best moments.

• 21:14Benito Skinner?

  Little clips.

• 21:14Mary Beth Barone?

  But we've, we're sort of can't really catch up with season two on that one, but maybe season three.

• 21:19Benito Skinner?

  I completely agree. Marion can kind of go through them with us.

• 21:22Mary Beth Barone?

  Exactly.

• 21:23Benito Skinner?

  I'm gonna get her in here. She'll be the only guest. But yeah, if you want to guess, just let us know. I don't know. Or if, like, who you would really want, we'll think about it and just try to figure that out. But like, you know, it's fun to have it during Heritage and kind of have like a little switch up. But sometimes I just like talking to my girl. Sue me.

• 21:38Mary Beth Barone?

  I know. Imagine if there was another person here. I don't know, it'd be weird. So.

• 21:41Benito Skinner?

  Imagine you in a Bond film, because that's what I'm imagining, and I need it. I need you in a Bond film. When you wore that J.W. Anderson black silk dress, which if you wear a slip dress in front of a straight guy, they will comment, and you had the blowout hair at my birthday, and you did it at my birthday.

• 21:56Mary Beth Barone?

  I did it at your birthday, and I had a parasite.

• 21:58Benito Skinner?

  And my sisters were like, oh, my God, you look like a bombshell. Everyone was like, bombshell alert. So.

• 22:03Mary Beth Barone?

  It was a cool day for me.

• 22:05Benito Skinner?

  I need you as a Bond woman. Here's the thing. Yes, the ending, I'm sad about. And yes, the music editor did have, gotta get that, right before.

• 22:13Mary Beth Barone?

  Gotta get that.

• 22:14Benito Skinner?

  We lost Daniel Craig's James Bond. Gotta get that.

• 22:19Benito Skinner?

  But here's the thing. They set it up in a way, it's like, he couldn't live because he couldn't touch his daughter or his lover. And if I couldn't touch Leiza Do, if she was my partner, like, if I couldn't even hug her, I'd just be like, yeah, you can blow me up. But Casino Royale, oh, my God, what a comeback. And everyone said, the internet went crazy. They're like, a blonde James Bond, where they were so awful about it. And then he came in and he's like, I'm gonna give you body, I'm gonna give you gruffness, and I'm gonna give you story, lineage, aristocracy, and a fight.

• 22:52Mary Beth Barone?

  And the bathing suit.

• 22:54Benito Skinner?

  And a fucking tight little bathing short, you fucking bitch. And he kisses with his mouth open. Deal with it. This James Bond is gritty. He's got a frickin' scary background. And what I love about this whole James Bond thing, and even with the death, is it goes from tip to taint. We start it with how he became 007, and we end it. And what I didn't realize this whole time, because all these movies are like five years apart, and I can't stress enough how fun of a holiday to watch this would be. This would be fun for the whole fucking family. Everyone is gonna have a good time watching these. And when you get to Skyfall, that's Home Alone. What a treat. You know what I mean? Like, that's so cool. So, and they all kind of have like winter vibes, like, oh, my God, I'm thinking

• 23:36Benito Skinner?

  of Spectre. Oh, yeah. So, oh, my God, Spectre is, put some fucking respect on Spectre.

• 23:44Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, and can I say, girl singers?

• 23:46Benito Skinner?

  Don't.

• 23:50Mary Beth Barone?

  Girl singers.

• 23:53Benito Skinner?

  I love No Time to Die and god damn it, Skyfall is insane. Holy fucking shit. And then they follow that up with, hi Sam Smith. And I thought, hell yeah.

• 24:07Benito Skinner?

  I can't tell you any of the words of any of the Bond songs for some reason. We start with Casino Royale, where it's very, you got any dice? Which I don't know if we've ever talked about, but you know, when some women are wearing suits and it just looks like they're about to ask you if you've got any dice.

• 24:22Mary Beth Barone?

  So that's what that is.

• 24:23Benito Skinner?

  The symbol is that. It's like a whole thing. Eva fucking Green, I can't even begin to describe. Her voice is so low, so I know you could do an impression. And they're on a train and they have dinner on the train. It's very me. To come back like that and create a whole new world that very much felt like Christopher Nolan's Batman when he did the Dark Knight trilogy. It's like, no, I've got something different for you. Pierce Brosnan was a bit more camp, which I loved. It was amazing and it had its moment. I'm going to give you something different. It's going to be gritty. It's just, he did it with chair.

• 24:55Mary Beth Barone?

  He did it with chair.

• 24:56Benito Skinner?

  He did it with chair in Casino Royale when they're doing the nut rope.

• 24:59Mary Beth Barone?

  Can I just say the IMDB trivia for these movies is totally fabulous. There's a glove continuity thing when he like fights some animal like on a lower level of a grandiose building. And I feel like they did a few takes without the glove and a few takes with, and it was like they had to CGI a glove on him or something. Like the lore is, and he broke ribs during filming.

• 25:21Benito Skinner?

  He broke ribs. At one point he said after, I think Spectre or maybe Skyfall, he said he'd rather break a glass and slit his wrist than play James Bond again. I don't know why, but there are easier ways to say you listened to Ride for some reason.

• 25:33Mary Beth Barone?

  And then to do it, I think is even more ride.

• 25:36Benito Skinner?

  And to be like, I'll do it, but you have to kill me at the end is so fighta.

• 25:41Mary Beth Barone?

  Do you know who's in charge of James Bond? Do you know who the woman is that gets to eat dinner with the Bonds and say, you're James Bond?

• 25:47Benito Skinner?

  No.

• 25:49Mary Beth Barone?

  Barbara Broccoli.

• 25:50Benito Skinner?

  Period. I thought you were about to say the Queen.

• 25:54Benito Skinner?

  It's Pippa.

• 25:54Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, they meet with Pippa. It's Pippa Middleton. The Broccoli family like owns the IP or whatever. So Barbara Broccoli, she eats dinner with all the potential James Bondses. And then I think she ultimately gets to decide.

• 26:06Benito Skinner?

  And Daniel Craig sat down and go, what are you about to order?

• 26:10Mary Beth Barone?

  I do declare.

• 26:11Benito Skinner?

  I have a whiskey neat. We go from Casino Royale into Quantum of Solace, which if you bring it up around a straight guy, if you even whisper it, they'll go, well, the rider strike, it's uneven. And I'm like, okay, here's the thing. I don't see that. I watched that movie and I don't think movies are as good as they used to be. And I say that with such verve, but that movie today, 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. I rewatched it. It's fabulous.

• 26:36Mary Beth Barone?

  Don't look at Rotten Tomatoes of anything that came out from 2000 to 2015, because it'll break your fucking heart into a million pieces.

• 26:43Benito Skinner?

  Legally Blonde, I would assume now get 120% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on what I've seen other things get. It has like a 70. Like it's crazy.

• 26:53Mary Beth Barone?

  Which is a fabulous rom com starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack has a 54%. If that came out this year, it would be nominated for several Oscars.

• 27:02Benito Skinner?

  Don't even tell me what You've Got Mail is. I don't want to know.

• 27:05Mary Beth Barone?

  You don't want to know.

• 27:07Benito Skinner?

  I bet it's 40.

• 27:07Mary Beth Barone?

  You don't want to know.

• 27:08Benito Skinner?

  God, Quantum of Solace, like keep its name out your mouth. But then they were like, okay, fine. You didn't love that one? Let the sky fall.

• 27:17Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, my chills.

• 27:21Benito Skinner?

  That one is, it's just perfect. It's home invasion. You think he's dead and he's not. It's sex, it's power, it's Javier Bardem being a little nasty and a little flirty and.

• 27:34Mary Beth Barone?

  I love when he's like that.

• 27:36Benito Skinner?

  I would just die. I want to be a Bond villain so bad and just say like, and you know what I love about it? It's like, they're not camp, but they still give him a few lines where he's like, I showed him the watch you made me cue. It blew his mind.

• 27:48Mary Beth Barone?

  They'll have a few moments like that where he says something clever and witty, even when he's being like chased or whatever. Oh my God, sorry. The opening sequences where he's being chased. That's like, that's just film school right there.

• 28:01Benito Skinner?

  What's film school?

• 28:01Mary Beth Barone?

  That's a master class. It's film school.

• 28:03Benito Skinner?

  What I love about it, it's very the ride ads, which people stay for the ads. The ads in these movies kill me and I'm like, every time I'm obsessed, like his Omega watch.

• 28:12Mary Beth Barone?

  I say, give me more.

• 28:13Benito Skinner?

  No, I agree. I go, no, I need a couple more cars. You're being crazy.

• 28:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Is Aston Martin the official car of James Bond?

• 28:19Benito Skinner?

  I assume they don't have to, they just kind of give them, they don't have to pay for that because they're like,

• 28:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, no, for sure, for sure.

• 28:24Benito Skinner?

  They're like, you can have as many as you want. The one he has in Skyfall, the like, I assume that's the original. I think it's the, the original one.

• 28:31Mary Beth Barone?

  What comes after Skyfall?

• 28:33Benito Skinner?

  Well, I need to tell you, Spectre, Christoph Waltz. Christoph Waltz comes in and he's like, hmm. Don't you know that all those fucking villains were working for me? Like, I had no, these movies came out like five years apart and there, I mean, so many things happened in between. I also like, I've never read the books, but now I'm kind of interested and I feel like, oh, me on a beach reading Ian Fleming's James Bond? Imagine seeing that. So it feels.

• 29:00Mary Beth Barone?

  Sorry, I got lost in picturing that. Did you see me?

• 29:02Benito Skinner?

  No, I know.

• 29:03Mary Beth Barone?

  I was speechless. I'm just like in the same bathing suit style that Daniel Craig has. Like, I would love to see that. I do need to see it. Can I just say?

• 29:11Benito Skinner?

  It's polka dot.

• 29:12Mary Beth Barone?

  I need to see it.

• 29:12Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, oh, done. And you know what? You just might. I know that who Christoph Waltz plays, that character is in a bunch of the books. And was also, I think, in the Pierce Brosnan things. I don't know. Don't correct me on any of it. I don't care enough to be corrected.

• 29:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Could anything matter less? That's my question. I've been asking myself this constantly before I leave the house. If I'm stressed about something, I go, has anything ever mattered less? No. Okay, perfect. Here I go. I'm on my way.

• 29:36Benito Skinner?

  I said Mickey instead of Mikey Madison and, and Terry was like, no, that's wrong. And I was like, I don't know. I know now, I know that I flubbed just now, but it's not going to happen again. So let's just continue on. So Christoph Waltz is like, yeah, all these bitches are working for me. Deal with it. Like, I've been watching you, James Bond. I'm kind of gagged for you. I'm kind of just doing all this because I'm obsessed with you, bleep it.

• 29:59Mary Beth Barone?

  I ride for you, Charlie.

• 30:02Benito Skinner?

  We've got the same hair.

• 30:04Mary Beth Barone?

  We've got the same hair.

• 30:06Benito Skinner?

  No Time to Die comes out. Rami Malek is the villain. Lea Sedoux makes her way. She's, I think, one of only a few women who have been in two Bond movies. And she is like his full love interest. She could say anything and I'm like, okay, well, she ate down. It's like her in Dune, part two.

• 30:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Hmm, my god.

• 30:24Benito Skinner?

  It's so cool to be in the same timeline as Lea Sedoux.

• 30:27Mary Beth Barone?

  But Anna de Armas fighting in a black silk gown that's like floor length.

• 30:31Benito Skinner?

  V cut.

• 30:31Mary Beth Barone?

  And I know they had to use so much boob tape on that because it was like, it didn't move.

• 30:35Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, it's unbelievable. That's scene stealing. And she got the part after she did Knives Out. Fun fact. Daniel Craig recommended her and then she got the part and she only had three weeks of training. This is a little IMDb trivia.

• 30:46Mary Beth Barone?

  Ah!

• 30:47Benito Skinner?

  And then the director was like, you should say that, like that you've only had three weeks training when you meet James Bond. Yeah. And so she says it in the thing. She's like, I've only had three weeks training. And she like, they have a couple of drinks during it. I love their little team up and it's non-sexual. It's just a fun time. Like just, hey, men and women can just coexist and have a good time.

• 31:04Mary Beth Barone?

  Except if it's Monica Bellucci and Daniel Craig, because they do bone down. And I just think it's also cool to cast older women in these parts.

• 31:13Benito Skinner?

  It was so hot.

• 31:13Mary Beth Barone?

  They are sexual.

• 31:14Benito Skinner?

  I mean, she was unbelievable in it. Another man will come in a second and kill me. Nina drama would die to be a frickin' Bond woman. Let her. Hello, James Bond. I've been expecting you.

• 31:29Benito Skinner?

  Like my story, you'll never sleep another night once you see my stories. Good luck. No time to die. It's tough. It's a sad ending. I get it. I don't get it. But you know what? There's gonna be a new Bond coming soon and, and here we go. And goddamn did Daniel Craig leave a legacy.

• 31:47Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm excited to see what they do with it next. I do think he's gonna be a hard one to top. And yeah, let's just say, the movies aren't perfect. Art is imperfect. And I think you should just sit down and wanna enjoy it.

• 31:58Benito Skinner?

  I think it's the best collection of Bond movies, though, and they all tell a story. And they're so fun to watch and they're so entertaining. And I just can't recommend enough this holiday season. Just snuggle under a blanket and have a total Bond fest.

• 32:12Mary Beth Barone?

  Have a total Bond fest. And when you're done with that, maybe revisit the Bourne series.

• 32:16Benito Skinner?

  It's very, I mean, Bourne is the American version in so many ways. God, they need to redo it with a new Jason Bourne.

• 32:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Jason Bourne. I'm wondering what your franchise is gonna be, cuz I see one for you, Ken.

• 32:27Benito Skinner?

  You see a franchise for me?

• 32:29Mary Beth Barone?

  Whether it's Marvel or a Bond type thing, or I don't know. I'm just, I'm excited to see what you do next.

• 32:36Benito Skinner?

  I know you're gonna be a sexy vixen in something, cuz I know you could do a high kick in a slit dress. So let's do this.

• 32:42Mary Beth Barone?

  And heels.

• 32:43Benito Skinner?

  Because every now and then they're gonna need a little American hussy to come in to James Bond.

• 32:48Mary Beth Barone?

  James Bond, you have our attention.

• 32:51Benito Skinner?

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• 33:17Mary Beth Barone?

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• 33:38Benito Skinner?

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• 33:55Benito Skinner?

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• 33:57Mary Beth Barone?

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• 34:04Mary Beth Barone?

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• 34:08Benito Skinner?

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• 34:17Mary Beth Barone?

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• 34:25Benito Skinner?

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• 34:48Mary Beth Barone?

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• 34:51Benito Skinner?

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• 34:54Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:05Benito Skinner?

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• 35:07Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:08Benito Skinner?

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• 35:10Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:12Benito Skinner?

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• 35:32Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:34Benito Skinner?

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• 35:51Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:56Benito Skinner?

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• 35:57Mary Beth Barone?

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• 35:59Benito Skinner?

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• 36:01Mary Beth Barone?

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• 36:04Benito Skinner?

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• 36:09Mary Beth Barone?

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• 36:10Benito Skinner?

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• 36:20Mary Beth Barone?

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• 36:39Benito Skinner?

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• 36:47Mary Beth Barone?

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• 36:52Benito Skinner?

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• 37:11Mary Beth Barone?

  It is. You know what I like to do and give to my kids is chocolate covered almonds. I also love like a sparkling soda that has like a probiotic in it.

• 37:18Benito Skinner?

  Oh, totally.

• 37:19Mary Beth Barone?

  And I love crackers, gluten free crackers.

• 37:21Benito Skinner?

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• 37:40Mary Beth Barone?

  Something amazing happened two years ago where I got to explain something to Terry that he had never heard of before.

• 37:46Benito Skinner?

  That happens, but once in a lifetime.

• 37:49Mary Beth Barone?

  Once in a lifetime, and I was so happy it was something to do with graphic design, with aesthetic and with art.

• 37:56Benito Skinner?

  Totally. Hey, put this in your digest, kid.

• 37:59Mary Beth Barone?

  Put this in your digest. The uncanny valley effect is a hypothesized psychological and aesthetic relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. So the first time I ever heard about uncanny valley was when the Polar Express came out.

• 38:20Benito Skinner?

  All aboard, where's your ticket?

• 38:23Mary Beth Barone?

  The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will risk eliciting eerie feelings in viewers.

• 38:32Benito Skinner?

  That goddamn film is such a creepy watch. I love it, though.

• 38:36Mary Beth Barone?

  Revolutionary art, and it doesn't always have to be good. It doesn't always have to be positive. It's like Taika.

• 38:41Benito Skinner?

  Mm-hmm. Taika Button.

• 38:43Mary Beth Barone?

  It started conversations. It's post 9/11 media, came out in 2004. People's problem with the movie is that seeing cartoon characters that so closely resembled humans was ultimately creepy.

• 38:55Benito Skinner?

  It did feel like I was watching a video game at times, which can be cool. Yeah, it's shocking. I don't know if it was around this similar time, but do you remember when Beowulf came out? It was like Angelina Jolie. I remember being deeply attracted to him, but I also, that was Uncanny Valley, I think, because it's like, well, why wouldn't you just have the people in this? Tom Hanks is everyone. Isn't he also the boy, or am I crazy?

• 39:16Mary Beth Barone?

  I think he plays like 10 parts or something.

• 39:18Benito Skinner?

  It's like, I need to know, like, why?

• 39:22Mary Beth Barone?

  But the project needed to happen in that way because I think we avoided a lot of Uncanny Valley mistakes in the future. Like, we don't even know what movies would have veered into Uncanny Valley if the Polar Express didn't come out and like blow the lid off this entire thing. But it really put Pixar on a pedestal, I think, because they are able to create animated humans that are obviously recognizable as human, but different enough, like with dump truck asses, tiny waist, and, you know, big male chest.

• 39:48Benito Skinner?

  And the biggest eyes you've ever seen. Actually, really, your body type in a huge way.

• 39:52Mary Beth Barone?

  Hey, thanks for saying that.

• 39:53Benito Skinner?

  You're kind of the reference.

• 39:54Mary Beth Barone?

  I think it's just, it's cool to have a new phenomenon introduced to you. There is a fabulous chart on Wikipedia that has affinity on one of the axes, let's call it X, and then human likeness on the Y. I don't know if that's accurate, but basically it just shows you where Uncanny Valley lives, and it's just a really cool thing to bring to like a Christmas dinner, where there's a straight guy there who might have never heard of it, and he could make it his entire personality.

• 40:23Benito Skinner?

  Oh, that'd be so fun for him in the new year.

• 40:25Mary Beth Barone?

  In the new year, Project 2025.

• 40:27Benito Skinner?

  What a gift. I love that. I watched Polar Express last year because I kind of demanded hot chocolate from Terry in a way, and I was like, well, we have to watch Polar Express. And it is such an interesting watch. It's like... I know I love it for some reason. And also, I remember, do you remember when it came out? It was like the dawn of 3D in a really huge way. So it was like, snowflakes are falling. Like, I remember it being like, sold out every day at the IMAX in Boise, Idaho. Let me tell you that much. It was such a big deal. I also just want to say, anyone who's doing, anyone, it's studios, but the studio's doing the de-aging on someone or bringing someone back from the dead. It doesn't look good, so stop.

• 41:12Mary Beth Barone?

  Stop.

• 41:13Benito Skinner?

  And maybe someday you can do that, although I don't think you should do that with someone who's passed on. Like, that's just insane. Like, I know they tried to do Jeff Bridges and Tron Legacy, which I love Tron Legacy. Daft Punk did the music. Like, I could ride for it. There's so many good moments. There's America's Next Top Model, Yaya is in it. And she has this line where she goes, "He's different." And I think about it all the time. I go so cold.

• 41:35Mary Beth Barone?

  Line read.

• 41:36Benito Skinner?

  It's such a good line read. They de-aged Jeff Bridges at one point. It's just like, "Okay, well, I just watched a cartoon character."

• 41:42Mary Beth Barone?

  We haven't quite nailed the technology yet. Until we get there, let's keep it out of my feature films. Because similarly, I don't know if you saw Men by one of my favorite filmmakers, Alex Garland, but one thing that was cool about that, and this is sort of a spoiler, but every male part was played by the same actor, including a young kid. So they CGI'd the older actor's face on a young kid's body. It was so close. It was almost there.

• 42:07Benito Skinner?

  We're almost there. I don't think we're not gonna get it. I just think it's not, exactly. I just don't, let's finesse and keep it off. Would you say?

• 42:14Mary Beth Barone?

  Keep it out of my, keep it out of my feature films.

• 42:16Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 42:17Mary Beth Barone?

  I don't want to see it. Hey, guess what?

• 42:19Benito Skinner?

  I don't need to see it.

• 42:20Mary Beth Barone?

  When it's in the works, I don't need to see it.

• 42:21Benito Skinner?

  No. Terry and I were talking about how we need a third, but not to have sex with us and not be like a part of our relationship. He would just do admin. So like-

• 42:31Mary Beth Barone?

  It's called as an assistant.

• 42:33Benito Skinner?

  He would, no, but like, maybe, Terry, we were joking. We were like, they could watch this like, [BLEEP] every now and then. But believe that.

• 42:41Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, that's part of the admin.

• 42:42Benito Skinner?

  But that's part of the admin because someone will send a text to both of us and I won't respond because I'm just like, "Sorry, I'm so tired." And then I'll just be like, "Terry, Terry will respond." But then he's literally on the Brat UK tour. So we're like, "Fuck, we need a third just to like, do some of that stuff." So that's what we've been thinking.

• 42:59Mary Beth Barone?

  You need, you need a proxy. You need someone who can take on your guy's likeness.

• 43:04Benito Skinner?

  Exactly.

• 43:05Mary Beth Barone?

  There are a hundred girls that would kill for that job.

• 43:08Benito Skinner?

  Andrea.

• 43:10Mary Beth Barone?

  Project 2025.

• 43:11Benito Skinner?

  Andrea.

• 43:14Benito Skinner?

  Should we get into Ride or Die?

• 43:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Let's get into Ride or Die.

• 43:18Benito Skinner?

  You know what you are, Mary Beth?

• 43:19Mary Beth Barone?

  Bisexual?

• 43:20Benito Skinner?

  Well, yeah, but you're also my ride or die. Ride or die.

• 43:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Obviously, I ride for Daniel Craig's James Bond. The only reason I had such an emotional reaction to the ending was I didn't want it to go that way. It's very atonement to me. It's very stop the movie before the final scene.

• 43:41Benito Skinner?

  Star is Born. Star is Born, the second the Grammys hit. Star is Born. Pause. I'm done.

• 43:46Mary Beth Barone?

  Off. Turn it off. The story ends there. Yeah, so I just, I thought it was so fun and I think it's cool how they can keep reinventing this character and the story. It's sexual, it's glamorous, there's twists and turns, it's very plot driven and it's action. I mean, for me, it sort of checks all the boxes.

• 44:03Benito Skinner?

  I overcompensating.

• 44:04Mary Beth Barone?

  I.

• 44:05Benito Skinner?

  I overcompensating 2025. Well, me and Daniel Craig are honored. We're excited. Thank you. Oh, he has such ocean eyes.

• 44:14Mary Beth Barone?

  He does.

• 44:15Benito Skinner?

  Uh, I just had to say that. People with blue eyes, it's crazy. I don't think you should be able to look at people if you have blue eyes. I just think keep those away, but I do think they're beautiful on screen.

• 44:26Mary Beth Barone?

  Is there a weapon?

• 44:26Benito Skinner?

  They're a weapon. No, literally, Daniel Craig is building a weapon. I ride for Uncanny Valley because it's those things that kind of just wake you up in a way. That's why I'm riding for it. I don't ride for that being the chosen way to tell the story of Polar Express. I don't know if I necessarily ride for that, but it is iconic regardless and I love that film.

• 44:47Mary Beth Barone?

  I ride for the concept and the definition of the concept. I think it shouldn't be deployed in any movie ever. That's what I'm, that's my stance.

• 44:56Benito Skinner?

  It's fascinating. It's like in Moana 2, she has a baby sister and it's, she's the cutest.

• 45:03Benito Skinner?

  Baby girl I've ever seen in my entire life. And I am like fully, that's like how I feel when I see my niece. So I'm like, whatever you've done, that's unbelievable. I just think like little things like that, like little tweaks. But it's so weird because I don't think that animated characters really look like people I know, but something about Polar Express. I know people who look like every character in that.

• 45:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 45:26Benito Skinner?

  It makes me sick to my stomach. So that to get a visceral reaction like that, to just jolt me out of my seat. I'm obsessed. I have to bleep it. I ride, I ride, ride, ride for Uncanny Valley. I think it's incredible. You look like someone who's been uncanny valley to me. I'm trying to think. Well, people have to stop tagging you in the little girl from the Kleenex commercial.

• 45:50Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, the Puffs Plus.

• 45:51Benito Skinner?

  Puffs Plus. But you are her, you little cutie.

• 45:54Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what? Puffs Plus, actually, what's funny is to be compared to a cartoon that isn't Uncanny Valley. Because like, I do really look like that girl. But they've changed the, the human features just enough where she looks like something else. But I have a red nose all the time. Every day in our house is red nose day. And I don't mind the comparison. I think she's adorable.

• 46:14Benito Skinner?

  Totally. Try, try to bring my girl down. You won't.

• 46:17Mary Beth Barone?

  You won't. It's not, no, I take it as a compliment.

• 46:20Benito Skinner?

  Hey, we need a female James Bond. Jamie Bond.

• 46:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Hey, they'll never do it because the Asian markets.

• 46:27Benito Skinner?

  Don't, don't, not in the holiday sleigh ride.

• 46:30Mary Beth Barone?

  No, I know.

• 46:31Benito Skinner?

  Uncanny Valley, I would love someone to uncanny us. That'd be so fun. Maybe that's the ride season three promo.

• 46:37Mary Beth Barone?

  That's the cover art.

• 46:38Benito Skinner?

  That's the cover art, us uncanny valley. We kind of had that, well, we had AI. Where does AI find its way into this?

• 46:45Mary Beth Barone?

  I wonder, I wonder if it's on the grid or if it's on the chart. I'll have to look. Here's what I'll say about AI. If everyone's so scared of it and thinks it's gonna tear down society, stop fucking using it.

• 46:55Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 46:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Stop using it. I don't get it. They know it's gonna like, lead to the collapse of society, but they keep building it and making it smarter. I don't understand that. I don't use it. I've never used it. The only thing we used it for, which we didn't actually do.

• 47:08Benito Skinner?

  Was to make graduation pics of us.

• 47:10Mary Beth Barone?

  Was the graduation pics.

• 47:11Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 47:11Mary Beth Barone?

  And of course, the AI does ride. But I just feel like, stop teaching it things. Like, I don't get that. If it's so bad, if it's such a threat, stop.

• 47:21Benito Skinner?

  Elves, stop your work.

• 47:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Stop. Pencils down.

• 47:25Benito Skinner?

  Tim Gunn telling all the elves, make it work.

• 47:28Mary Beth Barone?

  Pencils down. Absolutely ripped me a new one for my Sophia Nygaard impression.

• 47:32Benito Skinner?

  Who did?

• 47:33Mary Beth Barone?

  My nieces. They said it doesn't sound like her. And I said, an impression is not supposed to sound exactly like her. It's, it's an homage. It's a reference.

• 47:42Benito Skinner?

  Someone said like, oh, it's not quite it when I would do Samantha from Sex and the City. And I finally just said, maybe it's because I'm a fucking man.

• 47:49Mary Beth Barone?

  Maybe it's because it's a take.

• 47:50Benito Skinner?

  What do you, what do you want? Doesn't, it sounds within reason, doesn't it? Don't, doesn't it sound like my voice as close as it could get? Is that not enough for you? No, I'm not actually them.

• 48:01Mary Beth Barone?

  Hey, I'm not actually them. Oh, you know the girl from Gossip Girl? Max, Max.

• 48:06Benito Skinner?

  Don't. I love this impression. And I think she would too. I think she would love it.

• 48:11Mary Beth Barone?

  That's all I'm gonna do.

• 48:12Benito Skinner?

  Merry Christmas from, what's his name?

• 48:15Mary Beth Barone?

  Benoit Blanc.

• 48:16Benito Skinner?

  You better call me Benoit LeBlanc.

• 48:19Mary Beth Barone?

  I really want to do a Christmas card. It's a little late, but maybe we'll get to one as part of Project 2025.

• 48:24Benito Skinner?

  You're my Christmas wish. You're my only wish this year is to see you at some point soon.

• 48:29Mary Beth Barone?

  I hope everyone enjoys the IMAX re-release of Interstellar. And I really hope everyone has a fabulous holiday season, whether you're celebrating Christmas or other holidays.

• 48:38Benito Skinner?

  They know that we tried to do a screening for everyone, but it's just like, our schedules are a little, they're a little crazy right now. It's the holidays. It's dizzying.

• 48:46Mary Beth Barone?

  It's dizzying. I'm on tour. You're in the edit bay.

• 48:48Benito Skinner?

  There's so much special stuff coming. We love you so much. And I know the holidays can be a lot for a lot of people. So just if you need to go back into archives and just hang out with your girls, like, we had so much fun so far in season two. I think it's better than season one. I'll just say I've had more. Like, I just feel so free. God, this is my community.

• 49:05Mary Beth Barone?

  So much joy. And it will only get more free the further we get into the seasons.

• 49:11Benito Skinner?

  Hey, now go watch James Bond.

• 49:15Benito Skinner?

  I love you. Elon Musk should be the next villain, just as himself. I would love to see a Tesla blown up, though.

• 49:22Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, a Cybertruck?

• 49:24Benito Skinner?

  I hate riding in a Tesla. If that pulls up, I'm like, oh.

• 49:30Mary Beth Barone?

  Sorry, I can't.

• 49:30Benito Skinner?

  I look up to the sky and I say, what is the plot of Tenet?

• 49:33Mary Beth Barone?

  It gives me car sickness. And also Pinky hates Teslas because when she looks at the moon roof, she sees a reflection, she thinks it's another dog.

• 49:43Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, I'm done.

• 49:44Mary Beth Barone?

  Here's what I'll say to my girls that work office jobs. Enjoy the time off from work. Enjoy throwing up that out of office, OOO, or OOTO.

• 49:53Benito Skinner?

  Sent from my iPhone.

• 49:53Mary Beth Barone?

  Automated reply. Enjoy it. Please don't look at your emails. Don't consume media unless you're listening to Ride again, again, and again. Just have fun and kick your feet up and just like, spend time with people that refill your cup.

• 50:06Benito Skinner?

  I agree. And that can be Daniel Craig's James Bond. Or Tom Hanks as the conductor, the kind of ghost man, the child.

• 50:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Lead boy, the second lead boy.

• 50:18Benito Skinner?

  I assume Santa, he has to be Santa too, right?

• 50:20Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm sure.

• 50:21Benito Skinner?

  He wouldn't have let someone else play that, no way. He's a glutton.

• 50:24Mary Beth Barone?

  Not Santa, surely not.

• 50:26Benito Skinner?

  Mary Quay's mice.

• 50:27Mary Beth Barone?

  Mary Quay's mice, we love you.

• 50:29Benito Skinner?

  Oh, my exit.

• 50:31Mary Beth Barone?

  Benny, babe, eyes on the road. Benny, go!

• 50:44Speaker 04

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