>> Jason: WE ARE BACK.
NEW DETROIT LIONS CHEERLEADERS
MAKING THEIR DEBUT YESTERDAY AT
FORD FIELD.
WE HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU TO
PROVE THEY WERE IN ACTION.
THERE THEY ARE.
AND KAY IS HERE.
>> NIGHT TO SEE YOU.
>> Jason: WHEN YOU SEE THIS
MOMENT OF THE CHEERLEADERS
COMING OUT AND RORY THERE ON
SCREEN, YOU WERE THERE.
THAT WAS YOU BACK IN BRIGGS
STADIUM AND WE WENT FOUR DECADES
WITHOUT CHEERLEADERS AND NOW
THEY'RE BACK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT HELPS THE
TEAM TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE
WINNING.
>> Jason: EVEN THOUGH THE DEBUT
HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH AN
"L," WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE
GAME?
I THINK THE OFFICIALS GOT WAY
MORE AIR TIME THAN THE PLAYERS
DID AND WAY MORE THAN THE
CHEERLEADERS DID.
>> I AGREE.
IT'S TIME TO GIVE THE
CHEERLEADERS A LITTLE MORE TIME.
THEY DESERVE IT.
THEY WORK VERY HARD.
>> Jason: THAT IS TRUE.
TELL US HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT
GOES INTO -- YOU SEE THEM ON THE
SIDELINE AND DON'T THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF CHOREOGRAPHY, BUT THERE
IS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU TEND TO SENSE THE GIRL NEXT
TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN A -- WHEN
PERFORMING YOUR ROUTINE.
BUT THAT ALL COMES WITH
PRACTICE, AND, OF COURSE, THESE
GALS HAVE NOT HAD THAT MUCH TIME
TO BE TOGETHER, FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, I DON'T THINK
THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS TO PUT THEIR CHEERS
AND THEIR CHANTS TOGETHER, BUT I
THOUGHT THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB
FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE.
>> Jason: I GOT A TEXT FROM
SOMEBODY WHO KNEW I INTERVIEWED
THEM ON FRIDAY AND SAID, WHY
ISN'T THE TV PRODUCER IN THE
BOOTH CALLING FOR A SHOT FOR THE
CHEERLEADERS YET?
AND JUST AS THAT CAME IN, THEY
GOT 5 SECONDS ON A BUMP-BACK
FROM BREAK.
>> AND A SECOND VIEWING, ANOTHER
2 SECONDS' WORTH.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE THEM AND VERY
GRATEFUL BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE
TO BE AT THE GAME YESTERDAY, BUT
THEY WERE FANTASTIC!
>> Jason: AND YOU ARE FANTASTIC
FOR BRINGING IN ONCE AGAIN YOUR
MEGAPHONE HERE FROM YOUR TIME AS
A LIONS CHEERLEADER.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> THAT HAS GONE THROUGH AN
AWFUL LOT WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT
WENT AROUND THE FIELD FOR TEN
YEARS.
THAT POOR LITTLE MEGAPHONE!
>> Jason: AND THEN WE HAVE YOUR
SWEATER.
NOW, THIS IS --
>> THIS IS CONSIDERABLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE UNIFORM OF
TODAY, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?
>> Jason: YEAH, AND THAT'S MORE
WEIGHTY.
AND THIS IS REALLY COOL!
NOBODY I SUSPECT HAS THIS.
THIS IS ONE OF SIX.
THIS IS A -- I'M ALMOST AFRAID
TO TOUCH IT.
THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP GLASS
FROM 60 YEARS AGO. IT SAYS 1957
CHAMPIONS.
>> WORLD CHAMPIONS, 1954.
>> Jason: IT SAYS 57.
IT'S 42, 53, 57, AND THIS IS THE
ORIGINAL GOLD PLATE, RANDY.
I'M SOMEWHAT RETICENT.
>> I'VE FIVE OTHERS.
>> Jason: WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH
THAT'S WORTH BECAUSE THEY GOT
BROKEN OVER THE YEARS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THEM
THIS YEAR BECAUSE 2016 IS OUR
YEAR!
>> Jason: WHERE ARE YOU IN THAT
PICTURE?
ARE YOU IN THERE SOMEWHERE?
>> THERE I AM.
OVER ON THE -- THERE I AM.
THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO BUT IT
WAS STILL A LOT OF FUN AND STILL
IS TODAY.
THAT'S ME UP --
>> Jason: CAN YOU STILL DO THAT?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
I CAN STILL DO THE SPLITS,
THOUGH.
OH, YEAH.
>> Jason: IT MAKES YOU WANT TO
JUMP IN A TIME MACHINE AND GO
BACK.
>> I WOULD LOVE IT!
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC!
NOT GONNA HAPPEN, THOUGH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jason: KAY IS ACTUALLY MY
NEIGHBOR, SO MAYBE LATER I CAN
COME OVER AND DRINK SOMETHING
CELEBRATORY OUT OF THESE CUPS.
SMART FOR YOU NOT TO RUN THEM
THROUGH THE DISHWASHER OR USE
THEM TOO MUCH.
>> OH, GOD, CAN'T DO THAT.
>> Jason: WILL YOU COME BACK AND
MAKE IT A REGULAR THING?
>> IT WOULD BE AN HONOR AND A
PLEASURE.