Compton & Bennett skewer the overblown underbelly of the state called Paradise in this 90-minute song and sketch slice-of-life romp.

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Two actors play six characters. They tell the story of Florida from the inside out, through the eyes of some of C&B’s most popular characters.

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Earlene (“…or as my Daddy used to call me, ‘Earl, the girl’) is a fifth generation native Floridian. She sings of the swampland scams, the overnight developments and the blessings of storm debris. Her pianist is Gazpacho, cooler than soup and always around…just like humidity.

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Naomi Lipshitz-Yamamoto-Murphy gleefully hunts Hubby No. 4, while her sidekick Ben Younger plays ragtime and drops one-liners faster than room rates after Easter.

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Add in Florida Man, John Morgan and the Skunk Ape, and you’ll know why the Florida tourism board is denying all knowledge.