- I love surprising people, and today,
we are going to surprise Carly Christianson.
Carly is in a dressing room backstage,
and she thinks she going to be a VIP guest in the audience
who gets a backstage tour of the studio
from Jeannie before the show.
She doesn't know that the show is going on right now.
What Carly doesn't know
is that she's gonna be out here in a minute.
Let's check in with Jeannie right now who's backstage.
- Hi, Ellen. - Hi, Jeannie.
Okay, tell us a little bit about Carly.
- Okay, okay. So first of all,
Carly is a huge fan of you. She's a huge fan of the show.
She's a 21-year-old junior at Brigham Young University
where she's studying Geospatial intelligence,
which basically means that she's really, really smart.
Now, in addition to school, she also volunteers
at a local women's prison, and she's a substitute teacher.
And one other thing that I learned about Carly
is that she's never had a car,
so in order for her to get around to do all these things,
she's had to come up with some creative ways
like riding her bike that has no brakes,
or taking the bus 90 minutes to and from teaching jobs.
So today, we are going to give Carly
a 2016 Ford Focus Hatchback,
which comes with smart technology features
including a rearview camera and available Sync 3,
which allows you to keep your eyes on the road
and your hand on the wheel.
Ellen, she's going to freak out.
As you can see, we're getting ready
for "12 Days of Christmas."
This is where we keep, like, props, set pieces,
and then my favorite part to show people is this.
So this is the celebrity entrance we call it.
- I don't really think that it's important to do that
because, I mean, what I was saying.
- Go ahead and take a little photo right here.
Okay, and then you always have to walk out
like you're a celebrity. Ready?
So put on your best celebrity appearance walk out.
- But what I don't-- - Oh.
[cheers and applause]
So tell me about yourself. You and your sister
would watch the show together and stuff like that.
- Oh, yeah. We would fight like cats and dogs
until your show came on.
Like, the theme song was, like, my mom's gift from God
because we would stop fighting--
- As soon as the theme song came on?
- Mm-hmm. - Wow, that's amazing.
- The only time we were getting along.
- Wow, that's great. And so you would take a bus
to commute, like, 90 minutes to substitute teach, right?
- Yeah, I did. - How do I know this about you?
I feel like a mindreader. - Wow.
- I feel--it's crazy.
And then you would ride a bike without brakes?
- It did not have brakes, you're right.
- How did you stop? - I put my feet down.
I'm very long. - Wow. Yeah.
Well, it worked for Fred Flintstone,
and he wasn't long.
So--and you would skateboard and do things like that?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- But I fell off and broke my elbow.
- Oh. So then--and then--
well then, you don't want to skateboard anymore.
Have you ever tried-- I have an idea for you.
Andy, bring it out. Have you tried a hoverboard?
- Oh, my gosh. - Have you ever tried--
look at that. - What?
[cheers and applause]
That's amazing. - Isn't that great?
- That's amazing.
- So, we thought that we would give you that,
because that would be a better way for you to commute.
- No way. - Yeah.
- That's amazing. - So that's yours.
- Thank you. - Yeah, you're welcome.
- How about that? - It's easy and safe, right?
- Totally. - It's pretty easy and safe.
- I mean, he's doing a good job. - Yeah, I know.
So, you can use that, but if it rains,
that's not really great, so if it's raining,
and you don't want to take that to work or school
or anything like that, you can take this.
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God!
- That's so great.
So this is yours. - What?
Oh, my God.
It's so beautiful. - It's beautiful, right?
- That's so nice. - It's a fantastic car.
So...
[cheers and applause]
You're welcome.
Our friends at Ford are giving you
a 2016 Ford Focus Hatchback.
It has a new design inside and out,
and you are going to love this car.
And if you want-- oh!
He just fell off, so I'm glad I gave you this instead.
- Oh, my God. - Carly, this is your car.
We'll be right back.