What is Benito Skinner Even Doing?
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Kyle has a heart-to-heart with his on-screen biological son – comedian, writer, actor, podcast host, and producer Benito Skinner aka Benny Drama – to unpack what it’s like working together and growing up in the Northwest, ideas for the second season of Overcompensating, and how Benny created the original characters and viral celebrity impersonations that jumpstarted his career. Don’t miss father and son reveal who and what inspired them to pursue acting, how they get into character, and a custom segment that requires eyewear.
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Executive Producers: iHeart Media, Elvis Duran Podcast Network, and Full Picture Productions Executive Produced for Full Picture Productions by Desiree Gruber + Anne Walls Gordon
Produced by Ben Fingeret, Nora Faber, and Maia Mizrahi
Editing by Mikey Harmon and Nicholas Giuricich
Research by Kimberly Walls
Music by Yatta
Art by Danica Robinson Additional GFX by Chris Olfers/The Southern Influence
Styling by Dot Bass
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| 0:00.0 | I'm here with Daddy. |
| 0:00.9 | Ah. |
| 0:01.7 | Daddy's looking good. |
| 0:03.1 | You're my hero. |
| 0:03.6 | I didn't know you were a dick yet. |
| 0:05.2 | Very similar to golf, radio DJ. This is my fourth wall. This is my fleabad camera. I can't really wake up before seven unless it's for overcompensating it. And you have some exciting news about that. We're doing season two. Like, are you thick? Like, your son's gay. And so that I say, why are you watching? |
| 0:19.5 | Yeah, I've been thinking about the Oregon Coast a lot lately. |
| 0:21.6 | Do the dogs become really important? |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah, I think... |
| 0:24.4 | Oh! thick like your son's gay and so that i say why are you watching yeah i've been thinking about the Oregon coast a lot lately do the dogs become really important yeah i think oh |
| 0:24.6 | little bob well any excuse to our way that's the face of balenciaga do you guys get that |
| 0:29.0 | hey he's no train McDougal no relax we shouldn't be allowed to podcast no we shouldn't |
| 0:33.7 | what are we even do what are we even doing? What are we even doing? |
| 0:39.3 | What are we even doing? |
| 0:42.3 | By the way, ladies and gentlemen, this is, what are we even doing? |
| 0:45.3 | And we're here with Benny Drama. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm here with Daddy. |
| 0:48.3 | Oh, bless you right. |
| 0:49.3 | We just heard some really, really good news we're going to get to. |
| 0:51.3 | So, as you know, we are interviewing actors, |
| 0:54.3 | creators, all type about their world, their creative world, how they use social media, what's |
| 0:58.7 | happening? We get weird together in a good way. And today we have, and I'm going to do a proper |
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