- I LOVE FOOTBALL, AND I LOVE DOCTORS,
AND I LOVE PEPPER,
SO TODAY, I'M GONNA PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER
SO SOMEONE HAS A CHANCE TO WIN TUITION MONEY
IN A GAME WE'RE CALLING "THE DR. PEPPER TUITION TOSS."
[rousing marching band music]
[audience clapping]
ALL RIGHT, DR. PEPPER IS GIVING AWAY TUITION--PROGRAM.
IT'S COMMITTED TO HELPING STUDENTS FUND
THEIR COLLEGE DREAMS.
THEY HAVE GIVEN AWAY MORE THAN $2 MILLION
IN TUITION TO DESERVING STUDENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
[cheers and applause]
AND WE NEED SOME PEOPLE TO PLAY,
SO WHERE ARE JASMINE AND TANYA WILLIAMS?
WHERE ARE THEY? OH, YEAH.
THERE THEY ARE, WAY BACK THERE.
WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING? COME ON OUT!
[cheers and applause]
[rousing marching band music]
[cheers and applause]
- [squeals]
HI, ELLEN. OH, MY GOD.
- HI!
COME ON. YOU'RE CRYING ALREADY.
- I AM. - WOW, YOU CRIED RUNNING.
AND SO THE TEARS WENT STREAMING BACK.
HI, JASMINE. HI, TANYA.
- HI, HOW ARE YOU?
- DO YOU KNOW YOUR MOTHER SENT THE MOST AMAZING LETTER?
- I DO. I WATCHED--
- SHE LOVES YOU SO MUCH,
AND SHE'S REALLY TRYING TO HELP YOU.
AND SO WE THOUGHT THIS IS A PERFECT GAME THAT--
WHAT ARE THE ODDS YOU'RE HERE ON THIS DAY?
I MEAN, REALLY.
[laughter]
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S HOW THE GAME WORKS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 30 SECONDS TO WORK TOGETHER,
AND YOU'RE GONNA THROW AS MANY FOOTBALLS
IN MY CAN OVER THERE.
AND FOR EVERY FOOTBALL YOU GET IN,
DR. PEPPER'S GIVE YOU $1,000 TOWARDS YOUR TUITION, OKAY?
- [cheers]
- ALL RIGHT.
GET READY. - OKAY.
- SO YOU HAVE THIS ONE.
[both speaking indistinctly]
- DO EITHER-- DO YOU HAVE FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE?
- YES. - YEAH?
- YEAH. - OH, GOOD.
- MY DAD PLAYED FOOTBALL, SO...
- WOW, ALL RIGHT.
THEY'RE IN GOOD SHAPE,
BECAUSE JASMINE'S DAD PLAYED FOOTBALL.
SO YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS.
EACH BALL THAT GOES IN, YOU GET $1,000
TOWARDS YOUR TUITION.
READY, SET, GO!
[rousing marching band music]
[audience cheers]
[audience cheering]
[buzzer]
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS--
FIRST OF ALL,
YOU WERE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
IF WE HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME,
YOU WOULD'VE BEEN INSIDE THAT CAN.
YOU WON-- WHAT WAS THAT--$9,000.
- [squeals]
- OKAY.
[cheers and applause]
- AND, TANYA, WE CAN'T LET YOU GO HOME EMPTY-HANDED.
SO DR. PEPPER KNOWS YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND A JOB,
AND THEY LOVE THAT YOU'RE WORKING SO HARD
TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY.
THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS.
AND WHERE IS--
OPEN IT UP, ANDY. WHAT IS IT?
- [screams]
[cheers and applause]
OH, MY GOD.
- AND DR. PEPPER WANTS TO HELP ALL OF YOU
WITH YOUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NEEDS,
SO YOU'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH $150 VISA GIFT CARD FOR--
[cheers and applause]
WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES,
SO I WANT TO TALK TO TANYA AND JASMINE ONE MORE TIME.
COME BACK DOWN HERE, PLEASE.
SO THE $9,000 THAT YOU JUST WON IN THE FOOTBALL--
THAT YOU ALMOST CHEATED AT--
- IT'S FOR MY BABY. - IT'LL BE A BIG HELP, RIGHT?
- OH, GOD, YES. YOU JUST HAVE NO IDEA.
- NOW YOU HAVE $15,000. - YES.
- YOU HAVE $9,000 FOR YOUR SEMESTER, AND--
BUT THAT'S ONE SEMESTER.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF SCHOOL,
SO DR. PEPPER WANTS TO ROUND THAT UP TO $50,000.
- OH, MY GOD!
- [squealing]
[cheers and applause]
OKAY. - YOU'RE A GOOD MAMA.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - YOU'RE A GOOD MAMA.
YOU'RE AMAZING, JASMINE.
FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN UP TO $100,000,
CHECK OUT DR. PEPPER'S TUITION GIVEAWAY.