- Don't you love basketball? Don't you love it?
- I love it. - Oh, good.
- I love it. Maybe not playing it, but...
- I was thinking about how they have these halftime shows
at basketball games where someone in the audience
can win a huge prize, and I thought,
"Why not do that here?"
So I called our friends at Tide.
They have a brand-new detergent. It's called HE Turbo.
It has smart suds that save up to 25 minutes a load,
because if you don't use the right detergent,
you can create too many suds,
and you can add time to your cycle.
You know all that.
And in honor of Tide's HE Turbo detergent,
they gave us the biggest prize we've ever given away
on our show for half the audience.
It's time to play "Ellen's Halftime Show Spectacular
"Featuring the Biggest Half Audience Giveaway Ever
Sponsored by Tide."
- [laughs] [cheers and applause]
[upbeat marching band music]
So...
Since Ellen Pompeo loves basketball,
she's gonna help us out.
During the break, we split the audience into two sections.
So this section over here on is gonna be my section.
I'm playing for you. [cheers and applause]
And this section on over here, this Ellen will be playing.
[cheers and applause]
All we have to do-- the first person
to get eight balls in their own laundry basket
is gonna win for that 1/2 of the audience, okay?
[cheers and applause] - Okay.
Is there a timer? - No.
- I'm not--I don't play. I like to watch.
- Right, I don't play either. I'm not good at this at all.
- Okay. - So all right.
Okay.
[upbeat marching band music]
[cheers and applause]
- Aw, damn it.
[laughs]
This is dangerous.
[laughs] [cheers and applause]
[screams]
Ellen!
[screams]
[cheers and applause]
[screams]
- Come on.
- They keep bouncing out.
[cheers and applause]
[bells dinging]
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, that's not fair.
That's not fair.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. All right.
[cheers and applause continuing]
All right, congratulations. All right.
That's enough celebrating and throwing it in my face.
[laughter]
Congratulations to this half of the audience.
You're gonna go home
with a two-year supply of Tide HE Turbo.
But... [cheers and applause]
You need something nice to use it in,
so you're all getting
a Whirlpool Cabrio HE washer and dryer.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat marching band music]
[cheers and applause continuing]
Thank--thank you so much.
I want to thank Ellen Pompeo for playing.
And you just got really lucky,
and it's my show, so you're also getting a washer and dryer.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat marching band music]
You are gonna love those Whirlpool washer and dryers.
I called them "Cuh-brio," but they're "Cab-rio,"
but you're gonna love them, and congratulations.
And that's just--
[cheers and applause]