- ASHLEY POKORNY, AMANDA AND BRIDGET WINDER,
AND TAMMY BRAHAM.
"BRAM." "BRAHM."
HI.
[upbeat music]
HELLO. HELLO.
HI.
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT, HI.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU? - ASHLEY.
- ASHLEY POKORNY. - YES.
- WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHAT DO YOU DO?
- I AM FROM HOWELLS, NEBRASKA.
I'M A NURSE AT A HOSPITAL--
- WHERE IN NEBRASKA? - HOWELLS.
- IS IT SMALL? - YES, 600 PEOPLE.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A STOPLIGHT.
- NO, SO YOU NEVER STOP?
- UH, STOP SIGNS.
- PEOPLE JUST GO IN CIRCLES OR-- - BASICALLY.
- OH, YOU HAVE STOP SIGNS, OKAY.
- WE ONLY HAVE ONE COP, AND SO--
- ONE COP? - YEAH.
WE'RE FRIENDS WITH HIM, SO WE'RE GOOD.
[laughter]
- DOES HE EVER HAVE TO DO ANYTHING?
IS IT LIKE OTIS IN JAIL,
WHERE THE JAIL STAYS OPEN IN MAYBERRY AND ANY--
ANYBODY OVER 40? ANYWAY...
IT'S AN OLD REFERENCE.
"ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW." ANYWAY...
BACK WHEN THERE WERE THREE CHANNELS.
SO DID YOU LIKE THE MOVIE "NEBRASKA"?
- I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
- HOW DO YOU LIVE IN NEBRASKA
AND NOT SEE THE MOVIE "NEBRASKA"?
- IT WAS FILMED IN THE TOWN MY SISTER LIVES IN.
- AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IT?
WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE FOR YOU TO GO WATCH A MOVIE?
- WELL, THIS, I GUESS. I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO NOW.
- GO WATCH "NEBRASKA."
YOU SHOULD SEE IT. IT'S REALLY COOL.
UM, OKAY, TELL US ABOUT THIS.
HOW OLD WERE YOU? WHAT WAS HAPPENING?
- UM, I WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD,
AND MY SISTER'S TEN YEARS OLDER THAN ME, SO ABOUT 18.
WE WERE TAKING DANCE PHOTOS, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED US
TO JUST STRIKE OUR FAVORITE POSE.
- OKAY. - SO THIS IS IT.
- ALL RIGHT, HERE'S--
OH.
[laughter]
- THAT'S MY SISTER!
THOSE ARE MY SISTER'S THIGHS. - MM-HMM.
[laughter]
I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE IN A SMALL TOWN,
THIS ISN'T WEIRD.
IT SEEMS LIKE, UH-- OKAY, WHERE'S YOUR SISTER?
- SO SHE'S LAYING DOWN. - NO, I SEE THAT.
- [laughs]
I'M LAYING ON TOP OF HER. - MM-HMM.
- YEAH, SO SHE'S BEHIND THIS CURTAIN.
- IS YOUR SISTER-- ARE Y'ALL CLOSE STILL?
- YEAH, SHE'S HERE.
- OH, SHE'S HERE.
WOW. HI.
[cheers and applause]
HI, THERE.
I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU.
[laughter]
I'M JUST SEEING THIS PART RIGHT THERE.
ALL RIGHT, AND HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT WHEN--
WHOSE IDEA WAS IT?
DID YOU LAY DOWN AND SHE GOES, "I'M GONNA"--
WHOSE IDEA?
- I THINK IT WAS MY SISTER'S IDEA.
- MM-HMM, YUP.
- IT WAS A GOOD IDEA. - NO, NO.
WELL, CLEARLY.
YOU'RE ON NATIONAL TELEVISION,
SHOWING IT TO EVERYBODY.
- IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS, SO IT'S WHATEVER.
[laughter]
- NO, IT'S NONE OF OUR BUSINESS EITHER, SO...
[laughter]
BUT WE'RE SEEING IT. OKAY.
YOU'RE VERY EXCITED, AREN'T YOU?
- I AM. - YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND-- YEAH, OKAY.
UM, WHAT DO YOU DO IN NEBRASKA?
- I'M A NURSE. - UH-HUH.
- AND THEN MY SISTER AND I HAVE OUR OWN DANCE STUDIO.
WE'VE TAUGHT THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
- GREAT, GREAT.
- AND IT'S THE ONE DANCE STUDIO IN TOWN?
- YUP.
- HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THE CLASS?
EVERYONE IN TOWN? - BASICALLY.
WE HAVE, LIKE, 40 ENROLLED RIGHT NOW,
WHICH IS, LIKE, EVERY LITTLE GIRL IN TOWN.
- OH, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, ASHLEY.
AND HI, HI. both: HELLO.
- OKAY. [applause]
YOU ARE? - AMANDA.
- AMANDA. - BRIDGET.
- AND AMANDA AND BRIDGET. AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
- SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. - SHREVEPORT?
AND WHAT DO Y'ALL DO?
- I'M A NANNY HERE.
- AND I'M IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND AN ARTIST.
- UH, WONDERFUL. OKAY.
AND SO WHAT IS THIS?
- THIS IS A DANCE PHOTO THAT WE TOOK IN THE EARLY '90s.
I WAS FOUR, AND SHE WAS SIX.
AND, UM-- - THIS IS WHAT WE HAD TO WEAR.
- YOU HAD TO WEAR? - YES, WE HAD TO.
- OKAY.
- I MEAN, MOM CODE. WE HAD TO.
- YUP.
[laughter]
- SORRY.
- THAT'S HORRIBLE.
THAT IS--THAT IS--
I MEAN, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR--
- NO. - NO.
NO, YOU COULD HAVE ROBBED BANKS OR SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY.
NO ONE WOULD RECOGNIZE YOU.
IT WAS KIND OF-- WHAT WAS THE ROUTINE
THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO--YOU WERE CLEARLY TRYING TO BE A FISH.
- WE'RE DINOSAURS. - OH, OH, OKAY.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THE COSTUMES?
DID SHE SAVE THE COSTUMES?
- OF COURSE. - YEAH.
- YOU HAVE THEM STILL. - WE KIND OF SAVE EVERYTHING.
- AW, THAT'S GREAT.
MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN SOMEDAY,
YOU'LL FORCE THEM TO WEAR THAT.
- I WOULD. - IT'LL BE PAYBACK.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.
AND TAMMY. HI, TAMMY.
- YES, HELLO. - TELL ME ABOUT--
- I AM SO EXCITED, I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE RIGHT NOW.
- OKAY. YOU CAN'T FEEL YOUR FACE?
- I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
- TRY. DO IT.
- YES, YES. - OKAY, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE,
AND WHAT DO YOU DO, TAMMY?
- I LOVE IN LLOYDMINSTER, ALBERTA, CANADA.
[cheers and applause] - CANADA!
- AND WHEN I'M NOT CHASING MY TWO KIDS AROUND,
I WORK IN AN OIL FIELD SERVICE.
- AN OIL FIELD SERVICE? AND HOW OLD ARE YOUR KIDS?
- 13 AND 10. HI, KERSTEN AND CODY.
- WOW, YOU HAVE A 13-YEAR-OLD AND A 10. YOU LOOK GREAT.
- THANK YOU. NOT SO MUCH HERE, THOUGH.
- OKAY, WELL, I'M SURE.
THAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING YOU ON THE SHOW.
[laughter] - FAIR ENOUGH.
- WE DON'T SHOW PEOPLE IN THEIR BEST LIGHT.
SO WHAT IS THIS?
- SO I HAD REALLY THICK, REALLY LONG HAIR,
AND I DIDN'T LIKE IT, AND I HATED GETTING IT BRUSHED,
SO MY MOM KIND OF WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND FOR THE WEEKEND,
AND MY DAD TOOK CARE OF IT.
- YOUR DAD DID THE HAIR.
- MY DAD TOOK ME TO THE BARBER.
THERE WAS NO LINE UP THERE, NONE.
AND SO THIS IS IT.
- OH, NO.
[laughter]
OH, NO.
- OKAY, CAN I JUST SAY--
[laughs]
- YOU NEEDED THAT. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEEDED.
- NO, BUT I REALLY LIKED--
I GOT CALLED "HANDSOME" A LOT.
- YEAH. - I DID.
- OH, NO. - IT'S A BAD SHIRT, THOUGH.
- YEAH. NO, THE SHIRT'S THE BEST THING ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE SHIRT'S ADORABLE.
- I THINK MY BANGS STARTED HERE.
- WHAT WAS UNDER--WAS IT LIKE--
- NO, THIS IS ALL NATURAL.
- NO, THAT'S, LIKE, A TISSUE BOX COZY.
THAT'S LIKE A--SOMETHING COULD BE UNDER THERE THAT--
- MAYBE.
- 'CAUSE YOUR FOREHEAD, THERE'S NO WAY--
- I KNOW. THEY GOT DIVORCED SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
- YEAH. [laughter]
- I DON'T BLAME HER. I MEAN, THAT'S...
BUT YOU LIKED IT. YOU THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE?
- I REALLY DID LIKE IT. - RIGHT.
- 'CAUSE NO ONE BRUSHED IT.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT JUST HAPPENED.
- YEAH, YEAH.
IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE A HAT.
LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE--THE GUARDS OUTSIDE OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE?
[laughter]
DOESN'T IT?
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T BE RESPONDING AT ALL.
- I SHOULD BRING IT BACK. - YEAH.
NO, THAT'S QUITE A LOOK. - THANK YOU.
- WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THOSE WITH--
THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANKS.
AND FOR SHARING YOUR BAD PHOTOS,
YOU'RE EACH GETTING A 50-INCH INSIGNIA TELEVISION SET.
[cheers and applause]
ALL OF YOU.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND NOW WE SHALL DANCE.