Basic Manners + Puss in Boots

We edited this a while ago so not exactly sure what we say here <3 Mary Beth recounts her moment with queen mother boot, Miley Cyrus while Benny reflects on his history with Equus. Benny rides for the adorable Puss in Boots and Mary Beth rides for basic manners. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this episode. Sponsors: Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com and enter promo code RIDE. Go to cokeurl.com/SimplyPOP to find out where you can try Simply Pop! Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit ARTICLE. COM/RIDE and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. So get your gut going. Support a balanced gut microbiome with Ritual’s Synbiotic+. Get 25% off your first month at Ritual.com/RIDE. Go to brooklynbedding.com and use our promo code ride at checkout to get 30% off sitewide. Produced by Dear Media. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:00Speaker 00

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

• 0:19Mary Beth Barone?

  Hey, can you come pick me up? Yeah, what's wrong? Nothing. Are you sure? Yeah, no, I just need a ride. Ride, ride. Oh, my God. So what? I just want to have fun. Start your engines. Tiger.

• 0:30Benito Skinner?

  I'm Benito Skinner.

• 0:31Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm Mary Beth Brown.

• 0:33Benito Skinner?

  And this?

• 0:33Mary Beth Barone?

  Is?

• 0:34Benito Skinner?

  Ride.

• 0:38Benito Skinner?

  Let's destroy it. So that is Elizabeth Hurley in Gossip Girl when she shows Chase Crawford, who's playing Nate Archibald, a room in her actual house. But it's a part of Summer Kind of Wonderful, and this is our Summer Kind of Wonderful kickoff episode. Because I was just wished a happy summer, and I said, it's summer?

• 0:55Mary Beth Barone?

  Whoa.

• 0:55Benito Skinner?

  I have no idea.

• 0:57Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, seasons are a construct. It's freezing in New York. Maybe it's warm today, I'm not sure. I'm actually currently in Los Angeles.

• 1:03Benito Skinner?

  Yay, we're happy to have you here, love.

• 1:04Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm here with Pinky.

• 1:05Benito Skinner?

  Back in a studio we've been in twice, but I think we're gonna be in a different one.

• 1:08Mary Beth Barone?

  Don't get too comfortable.

• 1:09Benito Skinner?

  Well, of course not. But you guys really hated that last one in New York. Was it Gotham?

• 1:14Mary Beth Barone?

  Gotham, I think.

• 1:15Benito Skinner?

  I loved it. I thought it was fun.

• 1:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Wait, how fun is it me sitting on my knees?

• 1:18Benito Skinner?

  No, me too.

• 1:19Mary Beth Barone?

  We're just gabbing. We're having fun. I'm trying to warm up because it's cold in here.

• 1:22Benito Skinner?

  They finally made it cold in here, so it's not sweat dripping down my booty cheeks.

• 1:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, it's all about you, isn't it?

• 1:27Benito Skinner?

  Well, every now and then, I have an audition today. I'm nervy.

• 1:30Mary Beth Barone?

  Pinky and I woke up in your house!

• 1:32Benito Skinner?

  So these two chicks woke up in my house! I'm the luckiest by the world!

• 1:38Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, God, when I'm on my knees, I can just do this. So cool.

• 1:42Benito Skinner?

  Totally. You look stunning.

• 1:44Mary Beth Barone?

  Thanks.

• 1:44Benito Skinner?

  You got Jackson thinking things.

• 1:46Mary Beth Barone?

  I have sort of like last night's glam a little bit, like, you know, I left it around the eyes.

• 1:52Benito Skinner?

  You just make me laugh so much lately. You're really out of pocket. Kind of anything goes out of your mouth. I would say the titular Hollywood Reporter was left stunned.

• 2:01Mary Beth Barone?

  Too stunned to speak.

• 2:02Benito Skinner?

  I want to have sex with women.

• 2:03Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, first of all, when you ask someone how they're going to celebrate pride, there's only so many things you can do in 2025.

• 2:10Benito Skinner?

  I had this terrible thought where I go, I've just been doing press. And I couldn't say that because I was like, that sounds insane.

• 2:15Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, to tell the press that you've been doing press.

• 2:18Benito Skinner?

  To tell the.

• 2:18Mary Beth Barone?

  It's crass.

• 2:19Benito Skinner?

  The associated press that I'm doing press. But I was just like, I, I, I think I celebrate pride.

• 2:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Every day.

• 2:25Benito Skinner?

  Every minute, every day. Same with Jackson. You guys all thought maybe Jackson was straight, which wishful thinking.

• 2:30Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, they also thought Jackson was a Tyler Durden situation that you had made up the character of Jackson.

• 2:36Benito Skinner?

  Have we not talked about this?

• 2:37Mary Beth Barone?

  No, it's in the, it's in the app. It's in the notes app.

• 2:39Benito Skinner?

  Can you bring this up? So someone commented that they thought for a while that I was doing an Australian accent pretending to be this guy, Jackson. And thank you so much that you think I would crash out in that way because I will. You have completely nailed it. I will be doing some shit like that probably pretty soon.

• 2:59Mary Beth Barone?

  You have the split. You just haven't introduced them on the pod as much. Ben D A, of course, is here and thriving. And we're so happy to hold space for Ben D A. One thing on the Hollywood Reporter is they didn't post the question. So it's completely out of context.

• 3:13Benito Skinner?

  And thank God they did. I, I love.

• 3:15Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, it's in the caption, but like it's the third line in the captions. Like no one's seeing that. So they're just like, what is she talking about?

• 3:23Benito Skinner?

  She just wanted to say it.

• 3:24Mary Beth Barone?

  And I did say it and I'm really happy that that's on camera.

• 3:28Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, me too.

• 3:29Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, so we did, let's destroy it.

• 3:31Benito Skinner?

  Oh yeah, that's it. She just goes, look at this room or something like that. And then she goes, let's destroy it. Which is me every time I enter any room, really.

• 3:38Mary Beth Barone?

  So to piggyback off that.

• 3:40Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 3:42Mary Beth Barone?

  Cause she's dating Billy Ray Cyrus right now.

• 3:44Benito Skinner?

  Oh, yeah.

• 3:45Mary Beth Barone?

  I was at an event last week.

• 3:46Benito Skinner?

  God, you can tie anything.

• 3:47Mary Beth Barone?

  A Vanity Fair dinner, co-hosted by Miley Cyrus. And I had genuinely the time of my life. This event was so fabulous. It was just like such an amazing group of people. And it felt like good vibes in the room. It felt very New York to me.

• 4:01Benito Skinner?

  She's my hero after seeing her at that Tribeca panel, where people thought, well, I don't know. They just didn't read the website.

• 4:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Of what?

• 4:09Benito Skinner?

  I believe.

• 4:10Mary Beth Barone?

  Of what the screening was.

• 4:11Benito Skinner?

  It's kind of what I've seen. Cause I saw a TikTok where someone was like, this is what it said. And it said in conversation with, it didn't say concert. And when they're like screaming at her in the middle of a panel, what a professional. Miley?

• 4:21Mary Beth Barone?

  Miley?

• 4:22Benito Skinner?

  Miles to go. I love you, baby girl.

• 4:23Mary Beth Barone?

  24 hours to respond.

• 4:24Benito Skinner?

  She is incredible and get to it. Cause I know what she had on.

• 4:28Mary Beth Barone?

  She gave an impromptu speech that was so funny and off the cuff.

• 4:31Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 4:32Mary Beth Barone?

  I didn't introduce myself because I just was like, I don't want to bother her at this dinner. A lot of people were going up to her. So I said, I'm going to give her space. I'm going to chat.

• 4:39Benito Skinner?

  You go, I don't want to piss her off.

• 4:40Mary Beth Barone?

  I didn't want to piss her off. So she's giving the speech and I'm like hands over my mouth because she's so iconic to me. And at the end of the speech, she just goes, I can't wait to change in my second look, which is archival. Go TA.

• 4:54Mary Beth Barone?

  And what did I do? I immediately texted you. I said, Miley Cyrus just said the word archival.

• 4:59Benito Skinner?

  Just said archival. And that's one of those things.

• 5:00Mary Beth Barone?

  In the room.

• 5:01Benito Skinner?

  To see that, that's like when you're at a zoo. But I don't go to zoos anymore unless it's the Idaho one. Have I told you about this?

• 5:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 5:07Benito Skinner?

  We'll talk about this in a minute.

• 5:08Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 5:08Benito Skinner?

  So here's my thing. To see that, it's seeing like a humpback whale.

• 5:13Mary Beth Barone?

  Totally.

• 5:14Benito Skinner?

  You know what I mean? Like that is just, you're not going to see that every day. But to see Miley Cyrus in the flesh say archival.

• 5:20Mary Beth Barone?

  I only wish I had been filming it. Like I didn't think to take my phone out at that moment.

• 5:24Benito Skinner?

  It's those Hollywood nights, but also those Manhattan nights.

• 5:26Mary Beth Barone?

  It was a Manhattan night and we had the best time.

• 5:28Benito Skinner?

  I told you I was by someone who said they're from Manhattan recently, right? And I just thought, that's so interesting. What an interesting way to say that.

• 5:35Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah. Yeah.

• 5:36Benito Skinner?

  Okay. And I'm glad you got that off your chest.

• 5:39Mary Beth Barone?

  Okay, yeah, no, and cool. That's awesome.

• 5:42Benito Skinner?

  So zoos, I had an organization when I was in high school that was for students experiencing homelessness.

• 5:47Mary Beth Barone?

  Okay.

• 5:48Benito Skinner?

  And so I was presenting to this board of people for donations and they had me do it at the Boise Zoo. And so I'm like, oh yeah, I mean, that's okay, sure. It was like, I think a place where they like, some of the money had gone to that to like, support the wildlife.

• 6:04Mary Beth Barone?

  Sure.

• 6:05Benito Skinner?

  So I go and it's in the Africa exhibit that they have in Boise, which for those who haven't been to the Africa exhibit at the Boise Zoo.

• 6:12Mary Beth Barone?

  Which I haven't, just to be clear.

• 6:13Benito Skinner?

  Which is shocking to me.

• 6:14Mary Beth Barone?

  I have no context of this.

• 6:15Benito Skinner?

  Have you not been to Boise with me yet?

• 6:16Mary Beth Barone?

  No.

• 6:17Benito Skinner?

  Oh, this summer, maybe.

• 6:18Mary Beth Barone?

  I really want to go.

• 6:18Benito Skinner?

  I'm gonna take you to the Western Idaho State Fair.

• 6:20Mary Beth Barone?

  And I want to go to the strip club.

• 6:22Benito Skinner?

  Can I just say you're not going to be their queen? And I know sometimes that pisses you off.

• 6:25Mary Beth Barone?

  No, I get it. It's like you can't be the queen at every event.

• 6:28Benito Skinner?

  God, I keep, I just, the steampunk community in London.

• 6:33Mary Beth Barone?

  They're waiting.

• 6:34Benito Skinner?

  Any cobblestone street I went down, they popped out.

• 6:37Mary Beth Barone?

  Anything worth doing is worth waiting for, or something.

• 6:41Benito Skinner?

  Exactly.

• 6:41Mary Beth Barone?

  So.

• 6:42Benito Skinner?

  So I'm, I think like 16, presenting to this board, which is so me, you know what I mean? Like, you know, I just like, I parted my hair and put on my Lacoste polo and I was like, I'm ready to go. I was a very passionate teen. And so I'm presenting and they have made this thing that's right by in this exhibit where the lions are. And there's a glass wall, obviously, of, so you can see the lions behind me.

• 7:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Of course.

• 7:06Benito Skinner?

  In, in this kind of, it's a kind of a bizarre room. I, I think they probably have like student things there or like field trips. So I'm in this room presenting and then all of them start laughing in the middle of my presentation.

• 7:17Mary Beth Barone?

  About homelessness.

• 7:19Benito Skinner?

  Oh my God, like they're laughing because I'm a [BLEEP].

• 7:21Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah. Well, obviously.

• 7:23Benito Skinner?

  My brain just immediately goes.

• 7:24Mary Beth Barone?

  You don't even mean one thing.

• 7:25Benito Skinner?

  They're laughing because I'm homosexual.

• 7:26Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 7:26Benito Skinner?

  And they know, they know I jerked off to Dana Radcliffe in Equus last night.

• 7:31Mary Beth Barone?

  One of the lions called you an ep slur, but you just couldn't hear it.

• 7:34Benito Skinner?

  You're not ready. So for the lion exhibit, they had one male lion, two female lions. I look behind me and trust, it's the Idaho Zoo, I say with love, it wasn't Mufasa, it was given Scar.

• 7:46Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 7:47Benito Skinner?

  And he's literally going, [SCREAMS], like full fucking.

• 7:51Mary Beth Barone?

  With a boner?

• 7:52Benito Skinner?

  One of the lionesses.

• 7:53Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh my God, fully having sex.

• 7:56Benito Skinner?

  Literally balls deep in Sarabi. I'm, I turn, he's literally, [SCREAMS], they, they, they have like these.

• 8:05Benito Skinner?

  They show full teeth and then it didn't look like either party was enjoying it.

• 8:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Right.

• 8:09Benito Skinner?

  They showed full teeth. It's like seeing Miley Cyrus say archival.

• 8:13Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 8:13Benito Skinner?

  I think that's what made me think of it.

• 8:15Mary Beth Barone?

  I, so did you continue the presentation?

• 8:17Benito Skinner?

  Well, of course, I'm a total professional, always have been, but it was a huge relief that they weren't laughing at me being gay. It was just a threesome.

• 8:25Mary Beth Barone?

  They would laugh at you being gay later.

• 8:26Benito Skinner?

  Well, of course.

• 8:27Mary Beth Barone?

  On Prime Video.

• 8:28Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, of course.

• 8:29Mary Beth Barone?

  It's those experiences in life that make us who we are and seeing Miley Cyrus say archival after being so witty and hilarious and charming. I was just like, I, I love my life. I love this little life.

• 8:40Benito Skinner?

  I think I like this little life. Do you remember when we were at a dinner and someone said something awful that had happened to a friend and you go, can we skip to the good part? Let me skip to the good part and Terry got mad at us.

• 8:53Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, we laughed so hard and he got mad because we were laughing too hard.

• 8:58Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, sorry.

• 8:59Mary Beth Barone?

  There's a new challenge.

• 9:00Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 9:00Mary Beth Barone?

  So Tate McCray is dating the kid Leroy was the old challenge. It was the typical Leroy challenge. Do they sell Bjorn corn at Air One?

• 9:08Benito Skinner?

  Oh.

• 9:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Run into your room with your parents and film, mom, do they sell Bjorn corn at Air One?

• 9:14Benito Skinner?

  Bjorn corn at Air One? My mom would be like, let me find out.

• 9:19Mary Beth Barone?

  Patty's on the case.

• 9:20Benito Skinner?

  My mom would be so cold, like you right now.

• 9:21Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, well, and I'm freezing.

• 9:23Benito Skinner?

  So she'd have to get over that and then, yeah. Do they? I ask.

• 9:26Mary Beth Barone?

  We don't know.

• 9:27Benito Skinner?

  They have to. Hey, if it's there, it's good for you.

• 9:29Mary Beth Barone?

  Agreed.

• 9:30Benito Skinner?

  I love that slogan. I go, interesting.

• 9:31Mary Beth Barone?

  Is that what the Air One slogan is?

• 9:33Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, if it's there, it's good for you. Isn't that the slogan, Jackson? Jackson Pollock?

• 9:36Mary Beth Barone?

  We're not sure.

• 9:37Benito Skinner?

  That's my new name for him.

• 9:38Mary Beth Barone?

  This season, we are gonna do, uh, what is it? A car wreck? What did we call it?

• 9:43Benito Skinner?

  Car crash.

• 9:43Mary Beth Barone?

  Car crash episode where, or totaled is what we called it.

• 9:46Benito Skinner?

  Oh, totaled, yeah, yeah.

• 9:47Mary Beth Barone?

  We're actually getting confused on all the different ways of labeling episodes.

• 9:51Benito Skinner?

  The school bus. We all know where we were when we saw the school bus episode drop.

• 9:55Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm gonna do totaled for weed. I think weed is destroying this country from inside out. We'll get into that more.

• 10:01Benito Skinner?

  Sorry, Cher Horowitz says it best. It is one thing. What does she say to like, oh my god.

• 10:09Mary Beth Barone?

  To get high at a party or something.

• 10:10Benito Skinner?

  It is one thing to like, smoke it. It is quite another to be like, can you actually get that girl first, Jackson?

• 10:15Mary Beth Barone?

  In the middle of the day.

• 10:16Benito Skinner?

  Cher Horowitz, because I want to say this perfectly. It is one thing to spark up a doobie and get laced at parties, but it's quite another to be fried all day. That, Jackson.

• 10:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 10:26Benito Skinner?

  So that's just, you don't get better than that. And I completely agree.

• 10:30Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm not talking about people who have PTSD and use it for medicinal purposes, or they are going through chemo. Like, I'm not talking about that.

• 10:37Benito Skinner?

  Oh, and can I just say, of course, you guys, like, don't, hey, be kid, you guys. Also, I just want to make it known, I wasn't saying that I expected Sugar and Bronze to spray me. I just said that I came in and left the same color. And that can be really jarring. It was just an experience I had. I'm not mad at anyone.

• 10:54Mary Beth Barone?

  It was no one's fault.

• 10:55Benito Skinner?

  The only person I'm mad at is myself and my time management. But I've been on time to everything this week because you're staying in my house.

• 11:01Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 11:01Benito Skinner?

  Because this chick woke up in my house. She's got me on her clock.

• 11:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Should we get into what we ride for?

• 11:07Benito Skinner?

  Yes, so today, am I allowed to finally say it again?

• 11:10Mary Beth Barone?

  You're allowed.

• 11:10Benito Skinner?

  I said it to Mary Beth this morning that I was riding for this. And then she goes, you can't say it again until that. I will be riding for puss in boots.

• 11:19Mary Beth Barone?

  I know you're riding for this because you and puss both have

• 11:22Benito Skinner?

  We make more sense together.

• 11:23Mary Beth Barone?

  Spanish heritage.

• 11:24Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, we both wore the thigh-high YSL boots, sis.

• 11:29Mary Beth Barone?

  And there's a sisterhood in that.

• 11:30Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 11:31Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm riding this week for basic manners.

• 11:33Benito Skinner?

  Oh, see, again, Jackson sees the tie.

• 11:36Mary Beth Barone?

  Totally.

• 11:38Benito Skinner?

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• 12:23Benito Skinner?

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• 13:25Benito Skinner?

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• 14:09Benito Skinner?

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• 14:53Benito Skinner?

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• 15:06Mary Beth Barone?

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• 15:24Mary Beth Barone?

  Whoa, soda just got juicy.

• 15:26Benito Skinner?

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• 15:38Benito Skinner?

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• 15:48Mary Beth Barone?

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• 15:50Benito Skinner?

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• 15:55Benito Skinner?

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• 16:11Benito Skinner?

  Who cares? Ride! Should we go back first?

• 16:15Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 16:15Benito Skinner?

  So, Puss in Boots. We all know where we were when we saw Shrek 2. We had no idea that they could do it with chair and flair again, but they did. Dare I say, as good as the original. Some people say better, and I'm like, I just think Shrek was so revolutionary, but it was an absolutely perfect sequel. And I think as close as a sequel gets, like Toy Story 2.

• 16:34Mary Beth Barone?

  Right.

• 16:34Benito Skinner?

  That's as close as a sequel gets to really being like, better than the original. So Puss comes on screen, and I go, that's me.

• 16:41Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, that's a star. Stop putting the camera on stars.

• 16:44Benito Skinner?

  Exactly. And I remember seeing this interview with Oprah during that time, because I was obsessed with Shrek. Shrek was everything to me. My dad got me out of school to take me to Shrek. And, which is funny, it's like, I guess Shrek really spoke to everyone, gay kids even.

• 16:58Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, it's not just for kids. Yeah, it's for gay kids too.

• 17:00Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, exactly. I was about to say, I was like, six or seven. So then, Antonio Banderas is there. This vocal performance, I do think he should have been nominated. I assume he's won something for it. If he hasn't...

• 17:11Mary Beth Barone?

  Miscarriage of Justice.

• 17:12Benito Skinner?

  Gotham's, you're on notice. So, he is on Oprah, and he comes out, and Oprah's just like, you stole this. You stole this film. And I just remember that happening.

• 17:21Mary Beth Barone?

  God, I miss Oprah.

• 17:22Benito Skinner?

  And I thought, oh, if I was the rest of the cast, I'd feel like shit. But other than that, I like, I really do agree, and he did. Puss comes, he comes charging into this film with his little boots on, very me, and Flair Beyond, he's debonair, he's a Casanova of sorts.

• 17:39Mary Beth Barone?

  He is a Casanova.

• 17:40Benito Skinner?

  He's both feminine and masculine. He is everything. And I just, I was like, I am so obsessed with this little furry fucker. Fast forward to, I think my senior year in high school is when Puss got his own film, his standalone, which, I mean, talk about a breakout star.

• 17:57Mary Beth Barone?

  And it may have been the first, but it wasn't the last.

• 18:00Benito Skinner?

  Are you talking about The Last Wish? Because I'll be talking about that. If Zootopia is neo-noir, let me just tell you what The Last Wish is. It is like gravity level, existential, it is about death.

• 18:12Mary Beth Barone?

  It's gravity level.

• 18:13Benito Skinner?

  It is literally like, it's on some gravity type shit. I swear to God, that film is, it is so brilliant for kind of no reason.

• 18:21Mary Beth Barone?

  I know.

• 18:21Benito Skinner?

  I'm not kidding.

• 18:22Mary Beth Barone?

  It had no business being that good.

• 18:23Benito Skinner?

  It did. I saw it with Terry and Jordan Burson, and we kept looking at each other like, how is this, like, oh my God. Like, we were like clutching each other, like, this film is brilliant. In high school, Puss in Boots comes out, he gets his own spinoff, thank God. It's absolutely brilliant. Salma Hayek plays his loving feline. What's her name? Kitty Softpaws? Kitty Softpaws.

• 18:47Mary Beth Barone?

  That's so like James Bond coded.

• 18:50Benito Skinner?

  No, I know.

• 18:50Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what I mean? As like a love interest.

• 18:52Benito Skinner?

  No, I know. And, okay, so this film is fabulous. In the trailer, they used Americano by Lady Gaga. So obviously, I'm tapped in. Ah, I love it, Puss. This was also an early impression of mine. I would do Puss in Boots for anyone that wanted to listen.

• 19:09Mary Beth Barone?

  I didn't know that.

• 19:10Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 19:10Mary Beth Barone?

  You still reveal things to me.

• 19:11Benito Skinner?

  Puss in Boots, SpongeBob. I had some other ones. Mufasa. I'll just be honest, Mufasa was a big one. I think I've already done that this season, but Puss was my, eh.

• 19:24Mary Beth Barone?

  It's really good.

• 19:25Benito Skinner?

  He's so, thank you. I, I do wanna be him for Halloween. Like, they have to put a hair in every pore.

• 19:30Mary Beth Barone?

  It's like Heidi Klum level.

• 19:31Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, it would take, I wanna, and I want, like, I want it to be, like, you can come watch me get it done in the window of Pinkberry.

• 19:39Mary Beth Barone?

  At the Grove.

• 19:40Benito Skinner?

  At the Grove, yeah.

• 19:42Mary Beth Barone?

  More of an art installation.

• 19:43Benito Skinner?

  So we've made it all the way up to Puss in Boots, The Last Wish. This film, the way it's animated, I think it leans, I'm, I'm forgetting what that kind of animation is called, but it is like, it has this, not stop motion, but it has like a-

• 19:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Spider verse, almost.

• 19:57Benito Skinner?

  Yes, it's very, it has like a painterly quality to it, where it's like, everything just looks like a painting. It was so, a painterly quality to it, where everything looks like a painting.

• 20:06Mary Beth Barone?

  And so that's, that's a sentence that can actually happen.

• 20:09Benito Skinner?

  Isn't that crazy?

• 20:10Mary Beth Barone?

  So those are sounds, not words.

• 20:11Benito Skinner?

  That's My Last Wish.

• 20:12Mary Beth Barone?

  I, I, yes, Benny, this is the last episode of Pride.

• 20:15Benito Skinner?

  Yes, well, thank God.

• 20:17Mary Beth Barone?

  I saw this movie in Hawaii with a lover.

• 20:21Benito Skinner?

  You're kidding.

• 20:21Mary Beth Barone?

  It was shown to me, I'd never seen it before.

• 20:23Benito Skinner?

  Whoa.

• 20:24Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, and, and, and the passion with which it was spoken about, I was like, God, I need to really be like keyed in for this. And I was totally shocked.

• 20:31Benito Skinner?

  Aren't you blown away?

• 20:32Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 20:32Benito Skinner?

  I mean, it's literally about someone confronting death.

• 20:35Mary Beth Barone?

  I know.

• 20:35Benito Skinner?

  He had nine lives, he had one life left. Like, how do you live your last life?

• 20:38Mary Beth Barone?

  No, it's heady.

• 20:39Benito Skinner?

  No, I like, I get goosebumps. Puss. In boots. And God, I love his little boots, and I love when he does his sweet face.

• 20:47Mary Beth Barone?

  How pinky coded is that?

• 20:49Benito Skinner?

  So pinky, but also fairy.

• 20:51Mary Beth Barone?

  Benny. Benny.

• 20:53Benito Skinner?

  You know, it's like, if someone's mad at me, I just have to go, my name is Benny.

• 20:59Mary Beth Barone?

  Okay, it's fine. It's fine. Please, just-

• 21:02Benito Skinner?

  By the purse.

• 21:02Mary Beth Barone?

  Whatever, we don't care.

• 21:04Benito Skinner?

  But I love that he's a thief, I love that he steals from the rich and gives it to the poor. I think that's incredible. I love what he does for the communities at large. He is a family man. I love that he's sexy. I love that he's a Casanova of sorts.

• 21:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Artoons can be sexy, as we've discussed on the podcast.

• 21:18Benito Skinner?

  And cats can be male, I guess.

• 21:20Mary Beth Barone?

  Right, well, in, in fiction, sure.

• 21:22Benito Skinner?

  Yes.

• 21:22Mary Beth Barone?

  Should we talk about what's your favorite character in fiction? Or do you not wanna talk about that?

• 21:28Mary Beth Barone?

  Stop.

• 21:28Benito Skinner?

  Don't talk about the Peabody Awards carpet anymore.

• 21:31Mary Beth Barone?

  You brought it up.

• 21:32Benito Skinner?

  After I was confronted about your love life. My goodness. I go, I'm here to talk about the Peabody Awards. The last thing I want to talk about is sex life of the person of which I have a podcast and television series.

• 21:46Benito Skinner?

  Yeah. Well, so. And now, and now I know my answer that I should have said.

• 21:52Mary Beth Barone?

  Right.

• 21:53Benito Skinner?

  But I was really tired and sometimes when I'm wearing a collar shirt or dressed like Mr. Rogers. Don't tell that one guy who comments. Don't tell that one guy who comments I was wearing a tie to this event. He, he will kill people.

• 22:05Mary Beth Barone?

  He's so mad.

• 22:05Benito Skinner?

  He's so mad about me dressing like Mr. Rogers. So my neck was a little tight and I had just done like a breast line. And this woman asked me, she's like, who's your favorite fictional character? And in my head, I still have Left, Right. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I have to do it. My brain just kind of will forever fuck this up. So I, I'm sure on camera, you can watch me go, real or fake? And I just, I, I went with what I had to do, which was I go, who's yours? Just, and then she said Han Solo and I went, totally. Oh, so we're real people.

• 22:40Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, yeah, okay. So Obama. Well, I love the question of who is your favorite, if they did ask this, non-fictional character? So who's your favorite person?

• 22:50Benito Skinner?

  And I go, don't, hey, don't tap too much in or everyone will know I'm dumb.

• 22:53Mary Beth Barone?

  It's cool. It's really fun.

• 22:55Benito Skinner?

  It was just that thing, you guys. It was, and I, I hope that in any way you see the humanity here, but in the end, I said SpongeBob and Lizzie McGuire, which I do think, you know, make Puss in Boots.

• 23:05Mary Beth Barone?

  Wow, yeah.

• 23:06Benito Skinner?

  But I should have said Puss in Boots.

• 23:08Mary Beth Barone?

  In Boots.

• 23:08Benito Skinner?

  But yeah, he's, I just think he, if we're talking about a debonair little kitty cat, he.

• 23:14Mary Beth Barone?

  He is so that girl.

• 23:15Benito Skinner?

  You want to lick the kitty? Like, yes.

• 23:17Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 23:17Benito Skinner?

  He's so that girl. He's always been the reference. I hope they make more and I know that the next Shrek is coming out and I really hope my pussy cat makes a, makes an appearance.

• 23:27Mary Beth Barone?

  I actually, I read for a role in The Last Wish for the twins. I knew I wasn't going to book it, but I did read for it.

• 23:34Benito Skinner?

  Wow, I'm trying to think who plays it. Florence Pugh is a voice in it. She's really incredible in it. I'm trying to think of anyone else that I remember. Sam Hayek obviously reprises her role as Kitty Softpaws.

• 23:43Mary Beth Barone?

  You know who I shipped in the 90s, early 2000s that I was so pissed off wasn't together? Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas.

• 23:50Benito Skinner?

  Oh, like Zorro?

• 23:51Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, they just made the perfect couple to me. And I was like, it doesn't make sense why they're not together.

• 23:56Benito Skinner?

  Antonio is someone for me where I feel uncomfortable seeing any image of him. But this one, he's like in a movie that's like, I think gay.

• 24:05Mary Beth Barone?

  Okay.

• 24:05Benito Skinner?

  Like photos of a young Antonio Banderas could like, they make the world go around.

• 24:09Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 24:10Benito Skinner?

  I love him. I think this vocal performance is like up there with the greats. I really do. It's unbelievable.

• 24:16Mary Beth Barone?

  And if you haven't seen it, you can watch it with anyone, the whole family.

• 24:19Benito Skinner?

  With like Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz, who have given perfect, like flawless vocal performances in those films. So I'm so excited to see what's next. Puss in Boots, you have my support. Whatever you do next, Benny Drama's seated.

• 24:30Mary Beth Barone?

  We're here. We're going to be at the local AMC and we're excited.

• 24:34Benito Skinner?

  Yes.

• 24:34Mary Beth Barone?

  Excited to see what you're up to.

• 24:35Benito Skinner?

  I would love to be a voice. I really want to do voice acting, me and Puss in Boots. I want to be one of his, when Puss feels bi to me, by the way.

• 24:42Mary Beth Barone?

  See, I'm seeing you as Puss's American son. Puss's son that like went to America.

• 24:48Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, because he's dropping loads everywhere.

• 24:50Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, he's, he'd be fucking.

• 24:53Benito Skinner?

  Cunt's in my lap, yes.

• 24:54Mary Beth Barone?

  He's getting around.

• 24:56Benito Skinner?

  For sure.

• 24:56Mary Beth Barone?

  He's having sex with cats and I think he has a lot of offspring. I think you could totally pull it off.

• 25:01Benito Skinner?

  Thank you, sweetie.

• 25:02Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 25:04Benito Skinner?

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• 25:48Benito Skinner?

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• 26:32Benito Skinner?

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• 26:42Benito Skinner?

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• 27:26Benito Skinner?

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• 28:07Benito Skinner?

  That's ritual.com/ride for 25% off your first month, okay? Daddy's gonna go watch In Just Like That and sleep. I love you so much. We're so happy to be back. Thank you for your patience and your love. And how much do we love our girl Mary Beth Brune?

• 28:22Mary Beth Barone?

  So much. Wish she could hold me right now, but giving her the flu, like, she's got enough going on. Okay, love you, bye.

• 28:30Benito Skinner?

  Let's get into manners, I think.

• 28:31Mary Beth Barone?

  This week, I'm riding for basic manners. And so this is not to make me sound like a Republican or someone-

• 28:37Benito Skinner?

  Jackson, you listening?

• 28:39Mary Beth Barone?

  Someone that, like, is obsessed with etiquette, because I do think a lot of, like, you know, the quote-unquote, like, manners, like, high society stuff is like bullshit, like what fork to use or whatever. I don't care about that stuff.

• 28:50Benito Skinner?

  Like, from farthest to, I'll just never know that stuff. I didn't grow up with a third floor in my house.

• 28:54Mary Beth Barone?

  And I know it, but I choose not to engage with it. So I just think we've really lost basic manners in our current society, and I really think we should bring them back. And like, it just starts with one person holding the door open, or waiting for the people to get off the elevator before you get on, and that applies to the subway as well. Giving up your seat to someone who you can identify as would need a seat more than you. Like, it's really the basic stuff, and I think part of it is putting the phones down. So having a dog has actually helped me, because I can't really go for a walk and text at the same time. I like, have to put my phone in my pocket, and if I am texting, I have to stop. I'm not moving through the world with my face in my phone when I'm out with Pinky.

• 29:34Mary Beth Barone?

  So I just think there are certain things that we could bring back that don't feel like patriarchal or whatever. I still ride for not saying bless you when people sneeze. I think sneezes should, we should just blow right by them.

• 29:45Benito Skinner?

  We should pretend they didn't happen.

• 29:47Mary Beth Barone?

  We should. Just collectively decide that that's the case.

• 29:50Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 29:50Mary Beth Barone?

  I just do feel that in everyday interactions, I'm noticing people really abandoning. I mean, basic manners have gone the way of the clog. And I just think we need to bring it back and just being courteous. I think like courtesy is so nice and it's just not happening anymore. And I know people are pissed off. I think everyone is really feeling the weight of

• 30:12Benito Skinner?

  Rightly so, yeah.

• 30:12Mary Beth Barone?

  what's happening in the world and what's happening in our country and in our interpersonal lives. But there's always time to smile at someone when you walk by them.

• 30:20Benito Skinner?

  Yes.

• 30:20Mary Beth Barone?

  Make eye contact and even, yeah, it goes back to even little compliments. I just think like be a positive interaction in someone's day.

• 30:28Benito Skinner?

  To grab someone by the hips, move them and say, excuse me.

• 30:30Mary Beth Barone?

  Exactly.

• 30:31Benito Skinner?

  You know, it can be as simple as that.

• 30:33Mary Beth Barone?

  To pull someone's hair.

• 30:34Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 30:34Mary Beth Barone?

  In the style of Sabrina Carpenter, which we did want to say on the pod. I think a woman's creative vision should be supported. I don't think she probably felt pressure to do that album cover.

• 30:44Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 30:44Mary Beth Barone?

  I feel comfortable saying, I like the image. I think it's striking. My heart goes out to people that feel triggered by that image because I think it's just a girl having fun.

• 30:54Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, I think it's, it just feels like not my place to police someone's artistic and sexual expression in that way.

• 31:02Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 31:02Benito Skinner?

  Especially a woman's.

• 31:03Mary Beth Barone?

  So that's what we've seen on that.

• 31:05Benito Skinner?

  Stay out of that one, I would say.

• 31:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 31:07Benito Skinner?

  Hey, love her to death.

• 31:08Mary Beth Barone?

  And I'd love her to death and a new album.

• 31:10Benito Skinner?

  I mean, how lucky are we?

• 31:11Mary Beth Barone?

  Can I just be excited about the new album?

• 31:13Benito Skinner?

  This is gonna be me to it.

• 31:14Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 31:15Benito Skinner?

  Squeezing my freaking titties together and just vibing out. That album to me is so Toronto, like you know what I mean?

• 31:21Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, my God.

• 31:22Benito Skinner?

  Short and sweet was so us.

• 31:23Mary Beth Barone?

  To the point where I almost can't listen to it.

• 31:25Benito Skinner?

  Agreed. Sometimes. See, that's me with girl, so confusing sometimes. I feel like I'm about to be on set.

• 31:30Mary Beth Barone?

  It'll come back around for me, but

• 31:32Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 31:33Mary Beth Barone?

  A sharp as tool, I mean, it's still on, it's still on the playlist, of course.

• 31:36Benito Skinner?

  And then I love, don't swear on your mom. That's the first that you had like a month. It's so hard for me because you know, sometimes I have to try to make these songs work within my life because then you can really enjoy it.

• 31:47Mary Beth Barone?

  I know.

• 31:47Benito Skinner?

  It's hard. I'm like, I'm just, I'm making up things about.

• 31:50Mary Beth Barone?

  We have to become an empath in that moment. Where you say, so this didn't happen to me.

• 31:53Benito Skinner?

  In that moment?

• 31:54Mary Beth Barone?

  In that moment, yeah.

• 31:55Benito Skinner?

  Is that the only time I'm an empath?

• 31:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Maybe, maybe empathy is really what it comes down to.

• 31:59Benito Skinner?

  I think it's human empathy because.

• 32:00Mary Beth Barone?

  Basic manners.

• 32:01Benito Skinner?

  And are you still gonna write your manners book?

• 32:02Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm thinking about it.

• 32:03Benito Skinner?

  Because Urban Outfitters wants at least a couple copies.

• 32:06Mary Beth Barone?

  Urban Outfitters has been in touch about the manners book.

• 32:08Benito Skinner?

  Are they still selling books and stuff?

• 32:10Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, and candles and records and tchotchkes.

• 32:12Benito Skinner?

  And Mario Badescu face spray?

• 32:14Mary Beth Barone?

  And Mario Badescu face spray. Yeah, it's pretty cool.

• 32:17Benito Skinner?

  Manners mean the world. They meant the world to my mom. My mom is very intense on me. Obviously, my dad too, but my mom is like very intense on them. I just think a please and thank you are just really fabulous. But can I say one thing that I think is like the greatest thing of all? And if you do this, I just know that I could follow you home and enjoy whatever house I go to.

• 32:35Mary Beth Barone?

  What?

• 32:35Benito Skinner?

  When you let someone in to the lane and they give a little.

• 32:40Mary Beth Barone?

  Oh, my God.

• 32:41Benito Skinner?

  And they give a little Princess of Genovia.

• 32:43Mary Beth Barone?

  Citilating, yeah.

• 32:45Benito Skinner?

  That means the freaking world because I know that in that moment, I go, that's my diva. That's my sis.

• 32:49Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what I'm doing in those moments? I'm rolling the window down, no matter how cold it is. And I'm giving a little wave to make sure they see it. Because if you do it on the right side and it's just like in front of the mirror, they might not see it. Because what if like it's a weird glare or something?

• 33:02Benito Skinner?

  Of course.

• 33:02Mary Beth Barone?

  So I'm rolling the window down and I'm just waving and I go Tiffany tech. And then I crash when I parked today.

• 33:08Benito Skinner?

  Swore out.

• 33:08Mary Beth Barone?

  When I parked today, I did put, I put the car in reverse and it started moving. And then I hit park and you were in there and you said, I'm just glad it's hard for other people.

• 33:16Benito Skinner?

  It felt so human, like I make the same mistakes that even a girl like Mary Beth Barone does. I mean, that feels good.

• 33:22Mary Beth Barone?

  I'm gonna have sex with women.

• 33:23Benito Skinner?

  I'm gonna have sex with women. That Benny, the whole first semester at.

• 33:27Mary Beth Barone?

  So that's Benny Scanlon. Yep, I'm not gay.

• 33:29Benito Skinner?

  Yep, I'm not gay.

• 33:31Mary Beth Barone?

  Yep, I'm not gay. I would love to know from the Baronies, maybe on the Reddit, like, what's your favorite little basic manners thing that you do? I think just like making eye contact and saying hello.

• 33:40Benito Skinner?

  Unless you have blue eyes, then I feel uncomfortable looking in your eyes sometimes. It just feels a bit intense. You know what I mean, Jackson? I have blue eyes. Well, sweetie, that's why I kind of have to, I give you the, I give you a little bit and then I have to look away. It's just a lot at once.

• 33:51Mary Beth Barone?

  Too much.

• 33:52Benito Skinner?

  It's just a lot for me to like, it's like, no, I don't need to know the future. I just want to talk to you.

• 33:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Right. I'm just trying to have a conversation.

• 33:58Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 33:58Mary Beth Barone?

  Is that okay?

• 33:59Benito Skinner?

  Sorry, I don't need to enter the portal to Atlantis. I just want to talk.

• 34:03Mary Beth Barone?

  You and your thing with blue eyes. It's, this is a big theme of the season.

• 34:06Benito Skinner?

  I swear to God, Scott King, our fabulous showrunner, he has the bluest eyes. And sometimes I'm like, Scott, I can't, they're too blue right now. Like, I can't look right now.

• 34:13Mary Beth Barone?

  I need to take a step back.

• 34:14Benito Skinner?

  It's aquamarine.

• 34:15Mary Beth Barone?

  Right now. I think if you have blue eyes, just keep in mind your interactions with Benny Drama. That's basic manners now.

• 34:22Benito Skinner?

  I would say just blink a little bit more than you think, because it's just gonna help me.

• 34:25Mary Beth Barone?

  Don't hold your gaze.

• 34:26Benito Skinner?

  Here's my thing. It's like manners, they say, like, look people in the eye, but it's like, then one time, somebody goes, just look in one eye. And then I'm like, but I can feel when someone does that. But I do think at a party, if I've had one drink and it's hitting in more of an anxious way than a fun way, I'm like, I can't, I have got nothing for you.

• 34:42Mary Beth Barone?

  Well, I think even making eye contact while someone's talking to you is something we don't really do anymore.

• 34:46Benito Skinner?

  Whoa, sorry. Let's relax on the strong grip thing.

• 34:49Mary Beth Barone?

  Whoa.

• 34:50Benito Skinner?

  Can you not break my hand?

• 34:52Mary Beth Barone?

  Ow.

• 34:52Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm like, yeah, I could do that too. I mean, you know I got grip.

• 34:56Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 34:56Benito Skinner?

  Hey, you know I got that gorilla grip, but can you actually chill the fuck out? Someone, literally, I just met someone last night and they, they hit me with like presidential level. I was like, oh, sorry, do you want to break my fucking hand?

• 35:07Mary Beth Barone?

  No, I have very fragile bones, as you all know.

• 35:10Benito Skinner?

  You can, I want to feel it, and you can give me a little pulse?

• 35:13Mary Beth Barone?

  It shouldn't hurt, though.

• 35:14Benito Skinner?

  What it should be is you do it and you pulse five times.

• 35:16Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah. And then you do the thumb war.

• 35:18Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 35:19Mary Beth Barone?

  But I don't want it to hurt.

• 35:20Benito Skinner?

  On your thumb, and I just do, and then we make a heartbeat.

• 35:22Mary Beth Barone?

  You jerk off the thumb.

• 35:23Benito Skinner?

  Yeah. I literally saw, when you do the pussy in the romper thing, I saw that at the Boise Zoo.

• 35:28Mary Beth Barone?

  It really hurts my neck to do, but I did it live for the first time at a show last week.

• 35:32Benito Skinner?

  You have, yeah, sorry.

• 35:33Mary Beth Barone?

  Thank you. We're keeping that in.

• 35:34Benito Skinner?

  Bedhead, but it's just.

• 35:35Mary Beth Barone?

  We're keeping that in. I did it live at a show last week. It really hurts my neck, but I think the bit is worth it.

• 35:40Benito Skinner?

  It's kind of just like as good as a bit can be.

• 35:42Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, I'm gonna have to keep doing it.

• 35:44Benito Skinner?

  Jackson, what's your favorite manner? Manners, by question pit.

• 35:47Mary Beth Barone?

  What are the manners in Australia? Like, what's the vibe?

• 35:49Benito Skinner?

  People are so polite, and that's one thing that really shocks me about driving here. So I agree with the waving when you merge. You could like let 10 people in and they'll still tell you to go F yourself.

• 35:59Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 35:59Benito Skinner?

  That's crazy to me.

• 36:00Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 36:01Benito Skinner?

  So like waving out the window. The roads are scary.

• 36:03Mary Beth Barone?

  People are feeling it. They're feeling a lot right now.

• 36:05Benito Skinner?

  They really are.

• 36:06Mary Beth Barone?

  They're really in their feelings. And they leave it out on the road, which I don't think is appropriate.

• 36:09Benito Skinner?

  Don't take it out on the road.

• 36:10Mary Beth Barone?

  I think British people are too polite, where sometimes I feel like I can't really get to like. That, you know, you just can't go deep with them because they're so polite.

• 36:18Benito Skinner?

  I'm, I'm so happy you've brought up British people because someone commented on the YouTube that you showed me and I can't stop laughing. They're like, Benny is so girl who went abroad this episode.

• 36:27Mary Beth Barone?

  For one week.

• 36:27Benito Skinner?

  For one week. I was literally there for four days and you couldn't be more right. It's so true.

• 36:32Mary Beth Barone?

  It just feels good to be in a totally foreign place.

• 36:34Benito Skinner?

  Literally, like it's feral grace.

• 36:36Mary Beth Barone?

  You would have loved London.

• 36:37Benito Skinner?

  No, you would have loved London. It's feral grace. Wow. I love that.

• 36:42Mary Beth Barone?

  I love overcompensating.

• 36:45Benito Skinner?

  Yeah, I kind of ride for it in a way.

• 36:47Mary Beth Barone?

  Me too.

• 36:47Benito Skinner?

  Well, someone asked me my favorite queer show and I go, I, you know, not to be a bitch, but.

• 36:51Mary Beth Barone?

  It's gonna have to be overcompensating.

• 36:52Benito Skinner?

  It's gonna have to be my baby girl.

• 36:54Mary Beth Barone?

  You know what you are, Benny?

• 36:56Benito Skinner?

  Hmm, a [BLEEP].

• 36:57Mary Beth Barone?

  Your words, not mine. Babe, you're my ride or die.

• 37:00Benito Skinner?

  Ride or die. Should we get into ride or die? I mean, imagine me, imagine me, a sweet, corn-fed Idaho boy dying for manners. It's not gonna happen.

• 37:09Mary Beth Barone?

  No, no, I know. I mean, that would be, but I'm still this season hoping that you bring something that I can die for.

• 37:16Benito Skinner?

  Uh, you never know. I thought maybe Puss in Boots you could die for. I don't know.

• 37:19Mary Beth Barone?

  I, okay, so I'll start. I really love, I love animated movies. Okay, no. I love media that is, and we will. I love media that is geared toward people of all ages. It's something that like you can enjoy with the whole family, like The Incredibles. I think The Incredibles one and two is like, it's so, the, the ideas are so big, but it's so fun to watch and it's like, it's for kids, it's for adults, it's for everyone. So to me, and also to be shown The Last Wish, of course, I, I didn't know what to expect going into it. And there was just such a deep message there and I feel like that's what kids really need. Like, obviously there's room for the more, you know, surface level stuff.

• 37:57Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 37:58Mary Beth Barone?

  But I feel like children's programming, yeah, because we're not teaching kids in schools about much of anything anymore. I think like literacy is down, no one can do addition and subtraction anymore. So we're really relying on movies, especially animated ones that kids can latch on to. So I'm always gonna ride for a powerhouse performance where the actor gets lost in a role. And I just feel like Puss in Boots is like such a departure and it's just fun.

• 38:20Benito Skinner?

  Antonio Banderas, wait, people didn't see him for a year after he did this.

• 38:23Mary Beth Barone?

  He didn't? No, they didn't.

• 38:24Benito Skinner?

  Mm-mm. So I ride for manners. I think it's, it's what we were talking about. It's like, I think we all have to take care of each other. The good ones hold each other, say please and thank you, and would you like to have sex with me? And if you don't, that's so fine. I just wanted to put it out there.

• 38:40Mary Beth Barone?

  It's obviously fine.

• 38:41Benito Skinner?

  I wanted to. It is so obviously fine.

• 38:42Mary Beth Barone?

  If you don't want to.

• 38:43Benito Skinner?

  If you don't want to.

• 38:44Mary Beth Barone?

  But I have to ask.

• 38:45Benito Skinner?

  But I got, I'd be crazy not to ask, baby. I'd be crazy not to ask. But yeah, I wish actually more people would just say it.

• 38:54Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah. Maybe this week is it's your time to shoot your shot with your crush.

• 38:58Benito Skinner?

  I think so too. Wait, I love that.

• 39:00Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 39:00Benito Skinner?

  For us too.

• 39:01Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, for us. I think it could be fun.

• 39:04Benito Skinner?

  Let's do it. Let's go for it.

• 39:05Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, having a crush, wow. I could never ride for something like that because I think it destroys people.

• 39:12Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 39:13Mary Beth Barone?

  But.

• 39:13Benito Skinner?

  Well, of course. Well, I wrote a whole TV show about it. But also, it's really interesting. The Hollywood Reporter didn't ask anything about your crush status.

• 39:21Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah.

• 39:21Benito Skinner?

  But I would have loved to answer that.

• 39:22Mary Beth Barone?

  I would have loved to. I mean, there were other questions they asked me that they did not post.

• 39:26Benito Skinner?

  Hmm.

• 39:27Mary Beth Barone?

  With no context.

• 39:28Benito Skinner?

  Yeah.

• 39:28Mary Beth Barone?

  But just to say like, I love that that's out there.

• 39:31Benito Skinner?

  I, it's immediately the first thing I was saying. Terry said it was what he woke up to that morning.

• 39:35Mary Beth Barone?

  Yeah, which can be really cool.

• 39:37Benito Skinner?

  That's amazing. What a gift.

• 39:39Mary Beth Barone?

  I mean, happy pride.

• 39:40Benito Skinner?

  Thank you.

• 39:41Mary Beth Barone?

  Of all things.

• 39:42Benito Skinner?

  And a happy pride from Adam DiMarco.

• 39:44Mary Beth Barone?

  And a happy pride from Adam DiMarco.

• 39:46Benito Skinner?

  And he was just like, why do you keep saying that? And I'm like, you know.

• 39:50Mary Beth Barone?

  You know, it's just, it's just fun.

• 39:52Benito Skinner?

  Let's destroy it.

• 39:57Benito Skinner?

  Oh, my exit.

• 39:58Mary Beth Barone?

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

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