- I love Chicago, and I especially love this letter
from a Chicago viewer, and I want to share it with you.
It says, "Hi, Ellen. I am your number one fan.
"Well, I share the number one spot with my best friend Emily.
"Most of our conversations revolve around your show.
"We both live in Chicago and we've been talking about
"taking a trip to your show for seven years.
"The only problem is I'm a poor student.
"Although I know a career in genetic counseling
"is exactly what I want, the student loans are a huge burden.
"I want to surprise Emily with a trip to LA
"so we can make our dreams come true.
"You'll never have more happier guests than us.
"Hope to you see you in person someday.
I would probably melt. Love you, Ellen, Lauren."
So we sent Andy Zenor in his short shorts
in the middle of winter to surprise Lauren and Emily.
Are you inside, Andy?
- I am, I am. - Oh, good.
[audience laughter]
It's warmer in there. Okay.
So you're in--where are you right now?
- I'm right around the corner from their apartment.
- Okay, good.
All right, I'm gonna call Lauren right now.
They're both in Emily's apartment, and see--
They're home, right? We know that.
- We're hoping so. - Be a big waste of time to be--
Send you there.
[phone trilling]
You looked very cold out there, Andy.
- It's not that bad--it looks colder than it really is.
- [chuckles] [phone trilling]
[phone trilling] - Hello?
- Hi, may I speak with Lauren, please?
- This is her. - Lauren, hey, it's Ellen, hi.
[girls screaming]
[girls screaming] [laughter and applause]
Hey, what's up? [cheers and applause]
[cheers and applause] [indistinct screaming]
My staff told me that you and your best friend Emily
love my show and you want to make a trip--
[girls screaming] [audience laughter]
[indistinct screaming]
Do you own a parrot?
[audience laughter]
Oh, hey, listen, do you like games?
- Yeah.
- All right. - Yeah, definitely!
- All right-- [indistinct screaming]
I just wanted to know. All right, I got to go,
but listen, good talking to you.
Oh, before I go--wait. [indistinct screaming]
Wait, before I go, um, go to your door.
[loud screaming]
- Ah! [girls screaming]
Come on, come on!
Come on, come on. Come on, come on, come on.
Whoo hoo hoo! Whoo hoo hoo!
Whoo hoo! Whoo hoo hoo!
[cheers and applause]
Okay, okay, come with me. [cheers and applause]
Come over here. [cheers and applause]
- [screams]
Oh, my God, oh, my God! - Here we go!
Okay. [girls screaming]
It's okay, it's okay! It's a good thing!
It's a good thing! Where's the parrot?
- All right. - Okay.
[audience laughter]
You stand here, and you come over here.
Okay. - Hey, Lauren, Emily.
- Oh, my God! - Listen to me.
You're gonna play the Five Second Rule.
Do you know the game, Five Second Rule?
- Yes, we love this game.
- Just a reminder, just a reminder:
Andy is gonna ask you a question,
and you're gonna have five seconds
to say three things in that category.
It goes by really, really fast.
As soon as you say those three things, hit the buzzer.
If you hit the buzzer within-- they're not listening.
But if you hit the buzzer within five seconds,
you'll win a huge prize, okay?
All right, and if you don't, you get no points.
And--okay, let's get started, Andy.
- I love your shorts so much.
- Okay, first question is for Lauren.
Take the microphone. - This isn't real. Okay.
- It is real. It's happening. - Okay. Okay.
- Name three Chicago sports teams in five seconds, go!
- The Blackhawks, the Bears. - Two, one, [imitates buzzer]
Sorry, that was two. - The Sox!
- That was two. Okay, Emily, your turn.
Here we go, here we go, here we go.
- [yelling indistinctly] - Remember, you have--
You're racing the clock. You're racing the clock.
Emily, okay.
Name three famous landmarks in Chicago and hit the buzzer.
Ready, go. - The Bean,
John Hancock, the Sears tower-- Willis Tower.
- Okay, that's good. That's a point.
That's a point. [girls screaming]
All right, Lauren, back to you. [cheers and applause]
Name three states that border Illinois.
Ready, go! Five, four--
- Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin.
- Okay, that's it. Important one.
It's a tie game, one to one. One to one, okay.
Back to you, Emily.
- Okay, okay. - Okay, ready?
Five seconds, hit the buzzer. - I'm ready.
- Name three famous people from Chicago, go!
Five-- - Oh, my God, Vince Vaughn--
- Two, one, [imitates buzzer]
I'm so sorry, Emily! So sorry.
You love when Diane Keaton gets tipsy on the show.
both: Yes, we do!
- Tell us three crazy things you've done while tipsy.
Five, four-- - Um, dance behind people,
[indistinct],
stood up on a [indistinct] instead of a bar.
- Okay, Lauren.
[all talking at once]
Lauren's--Lauren's our winner, Ellen.
Looks like Lauren's our winner.
- All right, Lauren's the winner.
Lauren-- [cheers and applause]
[cheers and applause]
Let me tell you. [cheers and applause]
You won a trip to my show.
You are getting a trip to my show.
[girls screaming]
- Here you go. [girls screaming]
[girls screaming]
Okay, it's a good thing! It's a good thing!
It's a good thing. [cheers and applause]
- You know what? - Listen to Ellen.
- It's not fair. Go ahead.
I think they should both come. Give them tickets.
They're both coming. I'll see you both here, okay?
[girls screaming] - Whoo hoo hoo!