May 21, 2025 • 6 mins
“What happens when your comedy routine accidentally uncovers a family secret darker than any punchline?”In this jaw-dropping episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray take listeners on a rollercoaster of laughs, awkward truths, and emotional gut punches. It all starts with Ben’s hilarious anxiety over how to impress Tom Cruise in a 90-second encounter—“Do I thank him for saving the planet? Pitch a Risky Business sequel? Can I pick him up?”—and spirals into one of the most shocking Hollywood Shuffle segments yet.The crew dives into a Rolling Stone interview with Sarah Silverman that reveals a haunting family secret involving her infant brother, a decades-long lie, and a moment of truth that left even her comedy-hardened father shaken. It’s raw, real, and unexpectedly moving.🎙️ This episode is a masterclass in emotional whiplash—from absurd Cruise fantasies to the darkest corners of family history, all delivered with the signature wit and warmth of Ben, Skin, KT, and Krystina.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There's also if I want to win him over. Everybody
tells him what a huge fan there. I don't know
that that helps me at all. I'm a huge fan
of yours. Remember when you were in that movie The
Edge of Darkness?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, just say man, I got an idea for a
sequel to Risky Business.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
He's that. I heard that. I'm a big fan thing.
Remember that movie he made in nineteen eighty two. I
got a sequel idea.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, let's go and catch up with him fifty years later. Okay,
let's talk about what his life has.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Been like, everything he's been through.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Let's catch up with right, play this card it's been
done before. Walk up to him, fist out, thank you
for what you're doing for the planet.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yes, that works. And what are the rules about picking
him up? I don't know if you're allowed to or not.
You can, yeah, yeah, it's Chris Arnold, that mini me do.
They do say that he is very genuine. I'll look
at you right in your eyes, and he'll spend time
talking to you like. Everything I've heard about him is
that he's legitimately awesome, except the things you've heard that
are not that.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I think what they say is that he will look
up at you and into your eyes.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
No, no, guys, a legend and I'm going to meet
him my new best friend. It's happening tomorrow night. But
right now it's time for this.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Juicyrus hot God, come.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Stay on top in the wood Shove.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
There's an interview in the Rolling Stone this morning with
Sarah Silverman, the comedian. Comedian and man, I was not
ready for what I was about to read. This is shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
She doesn't have any guardrails, Homie.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
She does not, and there's a reason why she doesn't,
and you're about to learn why. So five years before
she was born, her mom won a cruise on a
game show and her mom and dad left her their
infant son, Jeffrey, home with the grandparents. So her entire life,
she thought that the baby died when part of his
(01:57):
crib collapsed on him. That he has always been the story.
They're on the cruise, the grandparentsho are keeping him, the
crib collapsed on him. One day, she's with her grandma
and she's got her brothers and sisters in the back seat.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Grandma's just going to you know, go to the store
or whatever.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
And Grandma says it tells everyone to buckle up, buckle
the seat belt, and Sarah goes, yeah, we don't want
to wind up like Jeffrey, which was her dead infant brother.
Car gets quiet, Grandma just starts bawling like a baby,
and the interview, Sarah says she really didn't think of
him much. Again, she never knew him, you know, But
(02:37):
that was like a moment of she's being funny. In
the back seat, Grandma's crying at that joke that she
just did.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
That shocking jokes a five year old that she issued.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Well, this is where it gets wild because she started
this big like musical comedy special a couple of years
ago called Bedwetter because she's true. She she weent to
the bed until she was like fifteen years old.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Nice?
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Nice, oh, sir, is that a good thing? There's nothing
good about that?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I forgot?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
And in that you know play, she does talk about
her brother and O and makes a joke about it
and no one ever laughs at it, and her dad,
Donald Silverman, went to that five nights in a row,
and then after the fifth night, backstage.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
He is I'm about to tell you something. Oh, so
basically she said in this article is keep in mind.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
She just my parents always had different versions of every
story that ever happened, because they ended up getting divorced.
In all that sense, the story was that something happened
with the crib and Jeffrey's little body slid and he
got suffocated. But if you look back, there's never a
lawsuit or anything. That's what Sarah said. So here's what
happened that her dad goes, my dad shook the baby
(04:04):
and killed him.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh, her, so her grandfather shook the baby.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Yes, and she had been lied to about it her
whole life. And then after five nights of doing the
stand up about wet in the bed until she's fifteen,
her dad, who's seeing it's like, okay, fine, I'm gonna
tell her because she makes a joke about it and
no one laughs at it, and she makes it every night.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Because she's shot. Josh, she'll make holocaust jokes. Pretty crazy.
Then she said in the article that was my dad.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
We were playing poker once and he just dropped in
that one of the priests at his school fondled fondled him.
I was like, Dad, he gave like, what are you
gonna do about it?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Look? Oh, that's why she's the way she is.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeh, that's really interesting because I just assumed her whole
family was Jewish.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
You're saying that the dad was Catholic. I guess interest.
I don't know. Why would you assume that because she
makes so many Jewish joke Yeah, but she makes a
lot of jokes.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And her last name is Silverman, so you would assume
that the dad would be.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Break your favorite five Jewish names surnames, you know, the
it is what JJ the CPA.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Power CPIA to do it. That's really dark. And that's
what they say about most humor. It's based in like
pain right like it's it comes from avoiding pain.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
I think stand up comedians are insane people.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The classic Woody Allen line is that comedy equals tragedy
plus time.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, but he was still leaning on him. That's his
guys who man.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Woody Allen is a comedic genius, no matter how disgusting
his life may or may not have been, just as
wild spous speculation about it.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Take the first half of that sentence and don't let
him qualify it to him.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
I will I will stand behind Annie Hall in Manhattan
Old Days, two of the greatest movies of all times.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Just attached that to the first part.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Can I in the Hollywood Shuvelder today with an induction
into the Kevin Turner Clean Reputation Hall of Fame?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yes, George waits. The only person in there is Roy Orbison.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Roy Orbison's end.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
George went dead at seventy six. Everyone has just amazing
things to say about this guy. He was norm from
Cheers and I have the Bears guy and all that stuff.
Turns out, can't find a thing wrong with him. Welcome
to the Hall of Fame, my friend.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
And why'd you try so hard to find something negative
on him? You've been you want to know?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
He'd like to know he had to cleanse his palette
after reading the Sarah Silverman. Hey, dude, let's go to
the wayback machine, shall we? Coming up next a classic
moment the Ben and Skin Show history. You're gonna love this.
Next on the Eagle
There's also if I want to win him over. Everybody
tells him what a huge fan there. I don't know
that that helps me at all. I'm a huge fan
of yours. Remember when you were in that movie The
Edge of Darkness?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yeah, just say man, I got an idea for a
sequel to Risky Business.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
He's that. I heard that. I'm a big fan thing.
Remember that movie he made in nineteen eighty two. I
got a sequel idea.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Yeah, let's go and catch up with him fifty years later. Okay,
let's talk about what his life has.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Been like, everything he's been through.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
Let's catch up with right, play this card it's been
done before. Walk up to him, fist out, thank you
for what you're doing for the planet.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Yes, that works. And what are the rules about picking
him up? I don't know if you're allowed to or not.
You can, yeah, yeah, it's Chris Arnold, that mini me do.
They do say that he is very genuine. I'll look
at you right in your eyes, and he'll spend time
talking to you like. Everything I've heard about him is
that he's legitimately awesome, except the things you've heard that
are not that.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
I think what they say is that he will look
up at you and into your eyes.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
No, no, guys, a legend and I'm going to meet
him my new best friend. It's happening tomorrow night. But
right now it's time for this.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Juicyrus hot God, come.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
Stay on top in the wood Shove.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
There's an interview in the Rolling Stone this morning with
Sarah Silverman, the comedian. Comedian and man, I was not
ready for what I was about to read. This is shocking.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
She doesn't have any guardrails, Homie.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
She does not, and there's a reason why she doesn't,
and you're about to learn why. So five years before
she was born, her mom won a cruise on a
game show and her mom and dad left her their
infant son, Jeffrey, home with the grandparents. So her entire life,
she thought that the baby died when part of his
(01:57):
crib collapsed on him. That he has always been the story.
They're on the cruise, the grandparentsho are keeping him, the
crib collapsed on him. One day, she's with her grandma
and she's got her brothers and sisters in the back seat.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Grandma's just going to you know, go to the store
or whatever.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
And Grandma says it tells everyone to buckle up, buckle
the seat belt, and Sarah goes, yeah, we don't want
to wind up like Jeffrey, which was her dead infant brother.
Car gets quiet, Grandma just starts bawling like a baby,
and the interview, Sarah says she really didn't think of
him much. Again, she never knew him, you know, But
(02:37):
that was like a moment of she's being funny. In
the back seat, Grandma's crying at that joke that she
just did.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
That shocking jokes a five year old that she issued.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Well, this is where it gets wild because she started
this big like musical comedy special a couple of years
ago called Bedwetter because she's true. She she weent to
the bed until she was like fifteen years old.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
Nice?
Speaker 4 (03:04):
Nice, oh, sir, is that a good thing? There's nothing
good about that?
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I forgot?
Speaker 4 (03:11):
And in that you know play, she does talk about
her brother and O and makes a joke about it
and no one ever laughs at it, and her dad,
Donald Silverman, went to that five nights in a row,
and then after the fifth night, backstage.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
He is I'm about to tell you something. Oh, so
basically she said in this article is keep in mind.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
She just my parents always had different versions of every
story that ever happened, because they ended up getting divorced.
In all that sense, the story was that something happened
with the crib and Jeffrey's little body slid and he
got suffocated. But if you look back, there's never a
lawsuit or anything. That's what Sarah said. So here's what
happened that her dad goes, my dad shook the baby
(04:04):
and killed him.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Oh, her, so her grandfather shook the baby.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Yes, and she had been lied to about it her
whole life. And then after five nights of doing the
stand up about wet in the bed until she's fifteen,
her dad, who's seeing it's like, okay, fine, I'm gonna
tell her because she makes a joke about it and
no one laughs at it, and she makes it every night.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Because she's shot. Josh, she'll make holocaust jokes. Pretty crazy.
Then she said in the article that was my dad.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
We were playing poker once and he just dropped in
that one of the priests at his school fondled fondled him.
I was like, Dad, he gave like, what are you
gonna do about it?
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Look? Oh, that's why she's the way she is.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeh, that's really interesting because I just assumed her whole
family was Jewish.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
You're saying that the dad was Catholic. I guess interest.
I don't know. Why would you assume that because she
makes so many Jewish joke Yeah, but she makes a
lot of jokes.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
And her last name is Silverman, so you would assume
that the dad would be.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Break your favorite five Jewish names surnames, you know, the
it is what JJ the CPA.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Power CPIA to do it. That's really dark. And that's
what they say about most humor. It's based in like
pain right like it's it comes from avoiding pain.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
I think stand up comedians are insane people.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
The classic Woody Allen line is that comedy equals tragedy
plus time.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Yeah, but he was still leaning on him. That's his
guys who man.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Woody Allen is a comedic genius, no matter how disgusting
his life may or may not have been, just as
wild spous speculation about it.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Take the first half of that sentence and don't let
him qualify it to him.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
I will I will stand behind Annie Hall in Manhattan
Old Days, two of the greatest movies of all times.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Just attached that to the first part.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Can I in the Hollywood Shuvelder today with an induction
into the Kevin Turner Clean Reputation Hall of Fame?
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yes, George waits. The only person in there is Roy Orbison.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Roy Orbison's end.
Speaker 4 (06:13):
George went dead at seventy six. Everyone has just amazing
things to say about this guy. He was norm from
Cheers and I have the Bears guy and all that stuff.
Turns out, can't find a thing wrong with him. Welcome
to the Hall of Fame, my friend.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
And why'd you try so hard to find something negative
on him? You've been you want to know?
Speaker 2 (06:32):
He'd like to know he had to cleanse his palette
after reading the Sarah Silverman. Hey, dude, let's go to
the wayback machine, shall we? Coming up next a classic
moment the Ben and Skin Show history. You're gonna love this.
Next on the Eagle
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