- My next guests are living proof
that age is just a number ya'll.
I'd like to introduce you to the Splash Sisters.
Watch this.
(upbeat music)
(basketball bouncing)
- Splash is a basketball team consisting of
five or six women now.
We're almost all over 85.
We just love the sport,
and they're are some good shooters on the team.
- Marge right up.
- Marge you can't stop her shots.
You try all you want but she no you can't (laughing).
I just like the exercise but I really enjoy
the company of the other gals.
- We care about one another.
- Head up, Grace.
(whistling)
- It's just fun.
- When I started to play again,
my childhood friends thought I was really nuts.
But I said, I still wanna try.
I first get there, I go I can't do this.
But after you run around a little bit.
I feel a lot better.
You need to keep this wonderful body we have,
and this brain we have.
- [Group] Splash.
- [Audience Cheering]
- It's time to meet today's starting lineup.
With a combined age of 434 years,
with an average height of 5 foot 4.
Clap and scream for Splash.
(crowd cheering)
(upbeat music)
- All right ya'll come one over here.
That's it, there you go.
I am in love with all of you.
Okay, but how young is everybody.
- They're all very young.
- How young we'll start with you Marge.
- I'm 90.
- 90, 90, nice.
How?
- 93.
- 87.
- 87 your young.
- 84.
- 84!
(audience claps)
- I'm the baby, I'm 81.
- I love you.
So Joan, did you play basketball growing up?
- I grew up in Iowa
you have to play basketball growing up.
- It's like in Texas,
you have to play football.
- Football too.
- Grace, what about you?
- No, no basketball as I was growing up,
they just didn't have it for girls.
- Oh that's right.
That is rude.
- I know it's rude.
That's like anytime somebody asks me,
would you rather go to the past of the future?
I'm a women, id rather go to the future.
(crowd cheers)
Yeah definitely not go back.
So Marge, did you ever play before now?
- I played in a church league when I was 19, full court.
That was the first time,
I pass to play basketball insiminary,
that's why.
- Oh insiminary that's awesome, all right.
Well I heard you've been known to a technical foul or two.
Is that true?
(crowd laughing)
Who gets that?
Oh look at her, looking around.
- Just a little one.
- Just a (laughs loudly)
- Just a little elbow in the face.
Since everything's fine.
- Just a little pinch.
Do you pinch people just to get away.
That's amazing.
- They got in my way.
- They got in your way.
And you were like by pinch.
(laughs loudly)
Okay, I'm sorry.
Dorte, what do love most about playing
with the Splash Sisters?
- That's me, oh I have played against them for many years.
So I know them all,
and I'm very happy to play with them now.
- I love, and so wait you played enough with them
that you know their tricks.
So you could like work around it,
and you're the baby.
So you've got something on them.
I love that.
Well Marge, you've actually just celebrated your
90th birthday, right?
- Correct.
- And you went skydiving. - Skydiving.
- You're insane.
I'm 37 years old and I wouldn't do it,
but here's your video.
This is Marge.
How nervous were you?
- I wasn't, I was excited.
- You weren't, you weren't terrified?
- No, the celebration of life.
- Oh my gosh.
- I've been through a lot.
- I wanna be you.
I would be terrified.
(audience clapping)
Well I wanted to wish you a happy belated birthday.
So I got you something.
Come here bring it in here, yes.
We got you a little something.
(audience clapping)
(laughing)
- We got you a little something.
We didn't light it become because I think you have
to pay like a 1000 dollars for that.
(laughs loudly)
- And I'm a diabetic.
- Oh your a diabetic.
(laughs loudly)
I'll eat it, I'll eat it for you.
I'm working on it.
(laughs loudly)