September 29, 2025 • 5 mins
"Is Ted Cruz secretly a theater kid?" That’s the question Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray wrestle with in this laugh-out-loud segment of The Ben and Skin Show, as KT dives into a bizarre and hilarious compilation of the senator’s most cringeworthy impersonations.From Yoda that sounds like Marvin the Martian, to a Simpsons scene where Homer and Lisa share the same voice, to a Princess Bride reenactment that leaves Mario Lopez visibly confused, this episode is a masterclass in comedic breakdowns. The crew doesn’t hold back, roasting Cruz’s theatrical flair with razor-sharp wit and genuine disbelief.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
We had a lot of fun with Ted Cruz last
week because he's of his interview where he was actually
getting the back of Jimmy Kimmel when he was taking
off the air, and he said this on a podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And so he threatens explicitly, we're going to cancel ABC's license.
We're gonna take him off the air so ABC cannot
broadcast anymore. And I gotta say, he threatens it. He says,
we can do this the easy way, or we can
do this the hard way.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I got to say, that's right out of Good Fellows.
That that that that that that's right out of a
mafioso coming into a bar going nice bye you have here.
It'd be a shame of something happened to it.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Okay, pretty awesome. I mean I think that.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Those are back to back the two worst impersonations I've
ever heard.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, nice bye you have here.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
I don't know what accent that is.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Uh could do this the hard way?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
We're learning that maybe our guy Ted Cruz is a
bit of a theater kid.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
You know, have you ever got have you ever hung
out with theater kids? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:18):
They were theater kids growing up and now or they
were you know, now they're adults, but they really like
to just kind of, uh, just in the midst of
a regular conversation, just all of a sudden, they bust
out into something a little emphatic his hands.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
They're always the first people in a social group to say, hey,
do you guys want play charades?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
They love doing fake voices. I love doing it. So
I have a compilation Ted Cruz.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Doing some some some uh impersonations, some impressions. Let's start
with Star Wars. He was a big Star Wars fan.
I know you guys love Star Wars. You guys love
Ted Cruz. Here, here we go, Here we go four
just strong wick.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
There is no try not.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
By what what live audience was he in front of
It's from the Daily Show?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (02:16):
That is not even remotely close to Yoda. Pretty good Yoda.
That's like Marvin the Martian.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Is crazy.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
It was like mister Miagi into Kermit with It's with
the hint of rational Bill in.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
There, not Inferno, just the touch of it.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Do you guys like Simpsons?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
He does it, but he's done a little back and
forth between Lisa and Homer, and then at the end
you get mister burns.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Dad.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm a gitarian. I don't eat animals, but Lisa, animals
are so delicious.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
There's the animal.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We get bacon from the animal.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We get a ham.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
From the animal, we get sausage from dad. That's all
the same animal.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Smith has released the house.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Why is he doing?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Why was his Homer and Lisa voice exactly the same?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
He was even trying to do Homer. Very strange.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
There's nobody that can get to just go hey man, look, look, look,
you know I'm on team Ted, right, but you can't
do impersonations anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
You've gotta stop doing. Here's a quick one. This is
his Winston Churchill.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
We shall never surrender.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But the last one I have here is very important
because with him is Mario Lopez. Mario Lopez is entering
Ted Cruise for whatever reason, one of those entertainment shows,
and Ted Cruz starts talking about the Princess bride, so
uh oh.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
He's gonna do this Sicilian thing.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Huh. And Mario Lopez's reaction at the ends incredible.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
What does it you have that's so with living?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
For presses on his chest and Wesley goes true, long.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Shut up, witch, I'm not a witch. I'm your wife,
but after what you just said, I wish I wasn't.
Don't say that name what humpting humping hump it.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I can't hear you. So whoa, oh the one man?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So those are reaction to that guy. Two us more?
What do you have? He goes, I mean, what the world?
So there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I'm gonna start listening to that Ted Cruise podcast. Is
that an iHeart product? Because that sounds really good? Incredible
all you have here? Coming up next, it's the Today
game just three minutes away. Don't miss it.
We had a lot of fun with Ted Cruz last
week because he's of his interview where he was actually
getting the back of Jimmy Kimmel when he was taking
off the air, and he said this on a podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
And so he threatens explicitly, we're going to cancel ABC's license.
We're gonna take him off the air so ABC cannot
broadcast anymore. And I gotta say, he threatens it. He says,
we can do this the easy way, or we can
do this the hard way.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:36):
And I got to say, that's right out of Good Fellows.
That that that that that that's right out of a
mafioso coming into a bar going nice bye you have here.
It'd be a shame of something happened to it.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Okay, pretty awesome. I mean I think that.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Those are back to back the two worst impersonations I've
ever heard.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah, nice bye you have here.
Speaker 4 (00:59):
I don't know what accent that is.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Uh could do this the hard way?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (01:09):
We're learning that maybe our guy Ted Cruz is a
bit of a theater kid.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
You know, have you ever got have you ever hung
out with theater kids? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:18):
They were theater kids growing up and now or they
were you know, now they're adults, but they really like
to just kind of, uh, just in the midst of
a regular conversation, just all of a sudden, they bust
out into something a little emphatic his hands.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
They're always the first people in a social group to say, hey,
do you guys want play charades?
Speaker 3 (01:38):
They love doing fake voices. I love doing it. So
I have a compilation Ted Cruz.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Doing some some some uh impersonations, some impressions. Let's start
with Star Wars. He was a big Star Wars fan.
I know you guys love Star Wars. You guys love
Ted Cruz. Here, here we go, Here we go four
just strong wick.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
There is no try not.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
By what what live audience was he in front of
It's from the Daily Show?
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (02:16):
That is not even remotely close to Yoda. Pretty good Yoda.
That's like Marvin the Martian.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Is crazy.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
It was like mister Miagi into Kermit with It's with
the hint of rational Bill in.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
There, not Inferno, just the touch of it.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Do you guys like Simpsons?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
He does it, but he's done a little back and
forth between Lisa and Homer, and then at the end
you get mister burns.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Dad.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
I'm a gitarian. I don't eat animals, but Lisa, animals
are so delicious.
Speaker 4 (03:06):
There's the animal.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
We get bacon from the animal.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We get a ham.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
From the animal, we get sausage from dad. That's all
the same animal.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Smith has released the house.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Why is he doing?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Why was his Homer and Lisa voice exactly the same?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
He was even trying to do Homer. Very strange.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
There's nobody that can get to just go hey man, look, look, look,
you know I'm on team Ted, right, but you can't
do impersonations anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
You've gotta stop doing. Here's a quick one. This is
his Winston Churchill.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
We shall never surrender.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
But the last one I have here is very important
because with him is Mario Lopez. Mario Lopez is entering
Ted Cruise for whatever reason, one of those entertainment shows,
and Ted Cruz starts talking about the Princess bride, so
uh oh.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
He's gonna do this Sicilian thing.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Huh. And Mario Lopez's reaction at the ends incredible.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
What does it you have that's so with living?
Speaker 3 (04:24):
For presses on his chest and Wesley goes true, long.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Shut up, witch, I'm not a witch. I'm your wife,
but after what you just said, I wish I wasn't.
Don't say that name what humpting humping hump it.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I can't hear you. So whoa, oh the one man?
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So those are reaction to that guy. Two us more?
What do you have? He goes, I mean, what the world?
So there you go.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I'm gonna start listening to that Ted Cruise podcast. Is
that an iHeart product? Because that sounds really good? Incredible
all you have here? Coming up next, it's the Today
game just three minutes away. Don't miss it.
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