- What is your name?
- My name is Lace Larrabee.
- Lace, where are you from? - Atlanta, Georgia.
- Oh.
[cheers and applause] - Yay!
- How old are you?
- I am 38 years old,
and you're not supposed to ask a woman that.
- That's true. [laughter]
So what are you coming to do here tonight?
- I am a stand-up comedian.
- Oh.
Have you always been a stand-up comedian?
- I did pageants for 14 years. - Wow.
- Yeah, up until I aged out.
They kick you out of 'em. - It's like you're done?
- As soon as you have, like, opinions and cellulite,
they're like, "Get out of here. You're not allowed."
- Well, you're very beautiful. Go ahead.
Make us laugh. - You're already funny.
- Thanks so much!
You heard me correctly.
My name is Lace.
That is my real name. I didn't make it up.
It's not short for anything.
Lace is just the name you get
when your parents are 17 when they have you.
[laughter]
You, too, could share a name
with an original American Gladiator...
if your mom was unsupervised after cheerleading practice.
- Oh, [bleep]! [laughter]
- That's how this happens. - Oh.
- Yeah. My parents are great.
They're very supportive of me, which is nice,
but what they would really prefer
is if I had grandchildren for them.
That's what they want. - They're still together?
- My parents are still together, they are.
They shouldn't be, but they are.
Thank you.
Thank you. [laughter]
My mom likes to send me hints
that she's ready for grandbabies.
She sends me these unsolicited messages like,
"Wouldn't it be so cute if one day
"you had a little baby girl and she wore
"this little crocheted bumblebee costume
that I already bought three of on Etsy?"
And I don't appreciate that,
so I've just been replying to her emails
with links to, um...
cute little nursing homes.
Stop.
Yeah, yeah. - Oh, my God.
- And I'm like, "Wouldn't it be cute
if I put your ass in there?"
[laughter]
"I might be broke, but Costco has caskets."
"And I've already bought two of 'em, so..."
[laughter]
- Oh, you're good. - Bravo!
[wild cheering]
- Let's go! ♪ Ooh, girl
♪ You're shining like a 5th Avenue diamond ♪
- Even the wave. She's got the pageant wave.
- ♪ You're never going out of style ♪
- Lace, that was so funny, effortless.
- Thank you. - You were making us have
such a great time.
- Oh, that's huge coming from you.
You're, like, one of my favorite comedic actresses.
- No, no, this was amazing. I loved it!
- Thanks.
- Howie.
- Sofía, in the middle of her act,
you go, "Oh, your parents are still together?"
It became a conversation. - Yeah.
- You were so natural
that Sofía forgot it was a performance
and decided to engage you in a conversation.
The fact that you didn't break your rhythm
blew me away.
- ♪ You're over my head
♪ I'm out of my mind
♪ Thinking I was born
- Thanks, Howie. - Heidi.
- I mean, they always say the killer combination is
beauty and brains, and you have both.
- Stop it, Heidi! - Stop it now!
I love what you did.
- Thank you.
- Simon. - Yeah.
Some of the comedians we've had on recently,
they've been a bit dry,
whereas you are just naturally funny...
- Oh, thanks! - And likeable.
And I liked it when you got naughty.
- Why don't we start voting?
- Okay, then I'm going to say yes.
- Oh!
- I'm definitely saying yes.
- Oh, thank you so much, Sofía.
- Heidi. - You get a yes from me, too.
- Thank you! Oh, my gosh, Heidi.
- Four yeses!
- Aah! What?
Aah! Stop it!
Thanks, y'all.
Oh, my God. Thank you.
- ♪ You're so classic
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa
- Thank you so much!
- That was one of the best we've had.
- Lace, you got yourself four yeses.
How are you feeling right now?
- I wish my parents were here.
- In the middle of an act-- "So are they still together?"
- It's better to ask now than later.
- But that made it even better.
- Celebrate tonight. - I'm going to!
I am pumped! I am ready!
All right. Thank you, Terry.
Aah!
Oh, my God.
- Lace. - Y'all, that's crazy.
- Are you all right? - I'm good.
Whoo! - It was so good.
So good.