She put her dreams of being an actor on hold
to raise an actor.
Did you always have a bug for the biz?
Yes!
Yes.
Since I was seventeen.
So, and may I ask, how old are you now?
68.
Oh my God.
What's it like to find your fame now?
It's wonderful.
I get a check.
(crowd applause)
(laughter)
I get a check.
This show looks like so much fun.
It is.
Do you guys like working together?
Yes.
No.
I do.
No, no, it's fun working with my mom.
Like she said, this was a dream of hers since she was 17.
And unfortunately my mother has no talent.
That's why it didn't happen for her at 17.
No it's not.
I gave birth to his butt.
So you were busy.
She gave it up for you.
She did.
She put her dreams of being an actor on hold
to raise an actor,
not knowing that that's what she was doing.
And all these years later,
I'm in a position to allow my mother to live her dream.
And that's what we're doing.
Isn't that so cool?
Yeah.
That's right.
That's not a nightmare at all?
And guess what, Rachael?
What?
I was able to buy my dream home.
(clapping and cheering)
I hope it's not haunted.
(man laughs)
It's not.
So tell everybody about the setup for this.
'Cause it looks hilarious and I cannot wait to watch this.
House Haunters.
It's six parts.
Yeah.
We got six homes together.
Put hidden cameras throughout them.
Invited prospective home buyers, realtors, other homeowners,
interior decorators to come through.
And we tried to scare them as best we could.
And they had no idea?
They had no idea.
They just thought they were looking
at dream houses.
Dream houses.
Oh my God!
We also had, you know, HGTV and Discovery Talent
on the show as well,
and ended up scaring them with 14 foot python snakes,
dogs, animals.
Some of the things didn't work
But we leaned into it anyway and had some fun
when those bits didn't work for us.
Was the snake real?
Yes.
Oh, the snake was real.
I got chased by a snake in the studio, one time,
years and years ago, I saw spots the entire rest of the day.
Yeah.
It was so horrifying.
No, this one was a bright, yellow,
14, 15 foot, reticulating python.
So no, it was real.
Dang!
It was real.
And yeah, one person was definitely ill,
afraid of snakes
because he got bitten by one when he was a kid.
His wife put him up to this prank.
You know, I was like,
hey man, we ain't had nothing to do with that.
I said, that's your old lady,
old lady brought you in here.
Wow!
Are they still married?
They are still married.
(man laughs)
What would scare you guys?
What is it that you are afraid of?
Like spiders freaked me out, but I do try and save them,
but it takes a lot out of me.
And then I have to have a cocktail.
Mice, a rat.
Mice, right, right.
Rats is a big one here in the city because they are big.
Yeah.
I'm afraid of my mother coming back to me,
asking me for more money.
(Rachael laughs)
I never asked him.
He ain't never gave me no money girl.
What, oh!
Okay.
Okay, you're in public.
All right, all right Mama.
Tell the truth to shame the devil mama.
We're on, we gonna rewind this tape back home
and pray in front of the family and have a family.
We're having a family meeting right now!
Remind me.
I'm not gonna remind you on camera
because that's personal business.
That's family business.
But you know, I done gave you money.
Yeah, a little bit, not no big money.
Like a million dollars.
I'm no fool, I'll never give you a million dollars.
You know what I've given you mama?
I've given you a career.
Yeah.
That's what he gave me.
Yes.
Okay.
That's what he gave.
Okay, I agree.
Yes, yes!
And I turned out to be funnier than he is!
Oh, dang!
Okay, whatever.
Your family rolls deep.
Whatever Mama.
Mama you are okay, you are right.
All right?
Funnier than me, maybe not,
but you're okay in your own right.
He finally admitted it.
Yay.
Finally admitted it.
You said I'm okay.
Yeah, you're okay.
Then that's good enough for me.
(crowd cheers and applause)