June 4, 2025 • 5 mins
“Can a show truly be your favorite of the decade if you don’t even recognize the classic films it’s built on?”In this hilariously heated episode of The Ben and Skin Show, the crew dives deep into a critically acclaimed TV series that’s got everyone buzzing—except for Ben’s wife, who just wants to understand where this person came from. What starts as a celebration of long takes and meta-commentary quickly spirals into a generational standoff over classic cinema, streaming habits, and the eternal struggle of trying to get your friends to watch the movies you love.Join Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina “Lil Baby Cornbread” Ray as they:
- Debate the brilliance of a show that KT calls “the best thing on TV in the last ten years.”
- Unpack the show's hidden homages to iconic films like Chinatown—and why recognizing them makes it even better.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Skinny's Track, another edition of things skin Is Tracking.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All right, Thank you, Steve.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
This is an interactive segment with the other three members
of the show. I'll start with you, Christina. Have you
seen all ten episodes of the Studio I have? All right,
and thoughts.
Speaker 4 (00:19):
I loved it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I absolutely loved every single episode. Okay, Ben, did you
finish it? I have.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I thought it was great.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
I thought it was incredibly artistic, beautifully shot and executed,
and a fun watch as well.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Kevin, I know that you have watched all the episodes.
You were very early on the champion of this show.
And if I remember correctly, don't let me put words
in your mouth or any other thing I want to
in your mouth. If I remember correctly, part of your
excitement over this was their commitment to what people will
call long takes, long moving tracking shots that are uninterrupted
(00:56):
by editing, all right, and that was part of what
you're excited.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Out uh afterwards?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
More, Okay, I remember when you read it, when we
talked about it on the air.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I was excited about the then trying it. I didn't
realize they.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Would do it the whole season, Okay, but then hearing
Seth Rogan talk about it afterwards. Okay, also got me
like it made me feel things. Okay, that's good. No,
I want you to feel things.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Okay, after having expectations going in and watching the show,
and then now taking the whole show in.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
What are your after show thoughts?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I love It's my favorite thing I think on TV
in the last ten years.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, I'm not and that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Sounds very superlative. But like just the meta commentary happening.
I love all that, the meta commentary. I like where
this is going, Kevin, I'm very excited about this. Oh god, no, no, no,
no no. And let me just say, I'm a tone
said something I didn't like it detected something.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I am only halfway through the show so far. I
looked forward to finishing it. My wife is not on
board with it, so that makes it a little more difficult, tough,
and last night I could have watched it, but instead
I forced her to watch episode one of season two
of I Think you should leave now. Now why do
(02:08):
you think I wanted her to watch that? You guys
remember that episode?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
I don't remember which one, And there's been three seasons,
yes that the literary chokes on the hot dog in
the meeting to start it.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, and I was just dying for her to see
Carl habit. Wait you canceled lunch. I think you can
do that.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And then he throws up on the backpack that he
said he almost tripped over, and he goes, I have
to put my head down, and he lays but she
just she didn't understand friendship, and I wanted to give
her additional context. And so as we're watching, she goes,
I don't understand where this person came from. That was
(02:44):
her only commentary. So anyway, so I did not pick
it back up. But let me just say, of the
first five episodes, I really liked four of them, and
I will finish the studio.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I'm excited about it.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
But as I been, what happened, and I think Christina
is guilty of this too. What happens from the person
sitting across from me. Anytime I bring up a classic
film from the past that you absolutely have to watch,
what do you What tone would you say that I
get from him?
Speaker 5 (03:13):
It's very dismissive and boomer. He's like acknowledging that you're
a boomer.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Right, but yet and I agree with that, and he
agreed with it. Too, and somehow when I just asked
him what he enjoyed most about one of what he
called the best show of the last ten years, he
talked about how meta it was. Now, let me just say,
as I'm watching this show, every episode is based on
(03:40):
a famous film, and the level off.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
You see that is really cool idea.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Like, did you realize when they did the Noir thing
about Olivia stealing her own real that that was Chinatown?
And there's actually one of the most important moments in
the episode is when he delivered the exact line that's
delivered to Jake in Chinatown.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Forget about it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Like they're the level to which you would love this
show that you already love even more if you knew
all that was going on with it. And all you
have to do is watch these dumb movies. I'm telling
you to watch. It will enrich your watching experience tenfold.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
This reminds me of a dad trying to connect with
this teenager who has no interest in connecting.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It's exactly, it's not that at all. Hold on, hold on,
but he's gonna come back in fifteen years.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
He's gonna go.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Man.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I finally saw those movies and my God at your
funeral at f.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
And my at my funeral, I'm gonna fall out of
my coffin, neked.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
How often does that happen?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yes, all the time, all the time, Actually, all the time, admittedly,
and I've been trying to do better about this.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Uh. Movies has always been a weak spot for me
in general.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Yeah, especially classic movies, movies that you guys probably grew
up with, has always been a weak spot for me.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
But you have a reputation that precedes yourself here.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I agree.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
What about all those years when I was rent and
raven about Community and how almost every single episode is
a tribute to a movie that you have seen in
the past, and you, Nevor went and.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Gave it a shot. No I did.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I'm just like, I haven't held up your end of
the bar.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I bet I've coming I bet I've seen you say
it to come many I gotta come back. I bet
I've seen at least five episodes of Community. In fact,
I watched it when it was on and I was like, man,
I just can't watch this racist Chevy Chase.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
The guys at Spectrum told me I was a hack.
They told me that at a dinner. Anyways, we're gonna
pick this up.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm gonna finish watching it, but let's just say so far,
nine out of ten it's recommendation Kevin.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
That's great, right, well done, well done, and it ends
with a nice thought for Kevin.
Skinny's Track, another edition of things skin Is Tracking.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
All right, Thank you, Steve.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
This is an interactive segment with the other three members
of the show. I'll start with you, Christina. Have you
seen all ten episodes of the Studio I have? All right,
and thoughts.
Speaker 4 (00:19):
I loved it.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I absolutely loved every single episode. Okay, Ben, did you
finish it? I have.
Speaker 4 (00:26):
I thought it was great.
Speaker 5 (00:27):
I thought it was incredibly artistic, beautifully shot and executed,
and a fun watch as well.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Kevin, I know that you have watched all the episodes.
You were very early on the champion of this show.
And if I remember correctly, don't let me put words
in your mouth or any other thing I want to
in your mouth. If I remember correctly, part of your
excitement over this was their commitment to what people will
call long takes, long moving tracking shots that are uninterrupted
(00:56):
by editing, all right, and that was part of what
you're excited.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Out uh afterwards?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
More, Okay, I remember when you read it, when we
talked about it on the air.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
I was excited about the then trying it. I didn't
realize they.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Would do it the whole season, Okay, but then hearing
Seth Rogan talk about it afterwards. Okay, also got me
like it made me feel things. Okay, that's good. No,
I want you to feel things.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Okay, after having expectations going in and watching the show,
and then now taking the whole show in.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
What are your after show thoughts?
Speaker 1 (01:26):
I love It's my favorite thing I think on TV
in the last ten years.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Yeah, I'm not and that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Sounds very superlative. But like just the meta commentary happening.
I love all that, the meta commentary. I like where
this is going, Kevin, I'm very excited about this. Oh god, no, no, no,
no no. And let me just say, I'm a tone
said something I didn't like it detected something.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
I am only halfway through the show so far. I
looked forward to finishing it. My wife is not on
board with it, so that makes it a little more difficult, tough,
and last night I could have watched it, but instead
I forced her to watch episode one of season two
of I Think you should leave now. Now why do
(02:08):
you think I wanted her to watch that? You guys
remember that episode?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
I don't remember which one, And there's been three seasons,
yes that the literary chokes on the hot dog in
the meeting to start it.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, and I was just dying for her to see
Carl habit. Wait you canceled lunch. I think you can
do that.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And then he throws up on the backpack that he
said he almost tripped over, and he goes, I have
to put my head down, and he lays but she
just she didn't understand friendship, and I wanted to give
her additional context. And so as we're watching, she goes,
I don't understand where this person came from. That was
(02:44):
her only commentary. So anyway, so I did not pick
it back up. But let me just say, of the
first five episodes, I really liked four of them, and
I will finish the studio.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I'm excited about it.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
But as I been, what happened, and I think Christina
is guilty of this too. What happens from the person
sitting across from me. Anytime I bring up a classic
film from the past that you absolutely have to watch,
what do you What tone would you say that I
get from him?
Speaker 5 (03:13):
It's very dismissive and boomer. He's like acknowledging that you're
a boomer.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Right, but yet and I agree with that, and he
agreed with it. Too, and somehow when I just asked
him what he enjoyed most about one of what he
called the best show of the last ten years, he
talked about how meta it was. Now, let me just say,
as I'm watching this show, every episode is based on
(03:40):
a famous film, and the level off.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
You see that is really cool idea.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
Like, did you realize when they did the Noir thing
about Olivia stealing her own real that that was Chinatown?
And there's actually one of the most important moments in
the episode is when he delivered the exact line that's
delivered to Jake in Chinatown.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Forget about it, Jake, it's Chinatown.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Like they're the level to which you would love this
show that you already love even more if you knew
all that was going on with it. And all you
have to do is watch these dumb movies. I'm telling
you to watch. It will enrich your watching experience tenfold.
Speaker 5 (04:25):
This reminds me of a dad trying to connect with
this teenager who has no interest in connecting.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
It's exactly, it's not that at all. Hold on, hold on,
but he's gonna come back in fifteen years.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
He's gonna go.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Man.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I finally saw those movies and my God at your
funeral at f.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
And my at my funeral, I'm gonna fall out of
my coffin, neked.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
How often does that happen?
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yes, all the time, all the time, Actually, all the time, admittedly,
and I've been trying to do better about this.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Uh. Movies has always been a weak spot for me
in general.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Yeah, especially classic movies, movies that you guys probably grew
up with, has always been a weak spot for me.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
But you have a reputation that precedes yourself here.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
I agree.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
What about all those years when I was rent and
raven about Community and how almost every single episode is
a tribute to a movie that you have seen in
the past, and you, Nevor went and.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Gave it a shot. No I did.
Speaker 4 (05:17):
I'm just like, I haven't held up your end of
the bar.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I bet I've coming I bet I've seen you say
it to come many I gotta come back. I bet
I've seen at least five episodes of Community. In fact,
I watched it when it was on and I was like, man,
I just can't watch this racist Chevy Chase.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
The guys at Spectrum told me I was a hack.
They told me that at a dinner. Anyways, we're gonna
pick this up.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
I'm gonna finish watching it, but let's just say so far,
nine out of ten it's recommendation Kevin.
Speaker 5 (05:48):
That's great, right, well done, well done, and it ends
with a nice thought for Kevin.
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