- Alright y'all, we are back with Eugene Levy,
and Loretta Devine, give it up!
(audience cheering)
So, maybe Eugene, you said
you're not into Halloween as much,
but do y'all decorate for Halloween, anybody?
- Back in the day.
- No, Just badly carving a pumpkin, that's about it.
- Not even a good pumpkin, eh, that's a sad house.
Well some people put out carved pumpkins,
or align their windows with cobwebs,
but my next guest has an elegant way
to bring the Halloween spirit into the home, flowers.
Let's welcome back, friend of the show, lifestyle influence,
Theodore Leaf, everybody!
- Thank you for having me back, thank you.
- [Kelly] Have you met?
- No, we have not met.
Nice to meet you all.
- Oh, nice to meet you.
- Thanks for coming to our little flower party.
- Have you all ever arranged flowers before?
- Never, not once.
- Oh, this should go well.
- [Leaf] What?! Oh my gosh. I did not know this.
- This is going to be awesome.
- I mean.
- So, what are we doing?
- [Leaf] Training wheels are on.
We are making a really fun floral arrangement.
We're mixing dead and live flowers,
you know, for the Halloween theme.
- [Kelly] I get it.
All right, let's do it, how do I start?
And when I say I, I mean, forget them.
- No, I'm going to walk you right through all the process.
- I may surprise you.
- [Kelly] You're probably going to be better than me.
- I am crossing my fingers, I believe in you.
You're going to do this.
So, the first thing you want to do is find a vessel.
So, I shopped the house and I grabbed the Dutch oven.
Cause it kind of reminds me of a witch's cauldron.
- A Dutch oven is something totally different
in my world of people.
(audience laughter)
- I got you, I got you girl.
- So. What do we do first, just to throw you off?
- First, you want to grab some floral foam,
this is your friend, especially my newbies.
- Yes, yes.
- You just soak it, and it's basically like thumbtacks,
you can just pop your flowers right in, and they won't move.
- How long do you soak it?
- Just for, like, 10 minutes, until it sinks.
When it sinks, it's full of water, you're good to go.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- All right, we just got it inside of a bowl,
so you basically,
you're just going to look for the dark flowers first,
and that's going to be our filler flowers.
So, I'm just going to trim this one, cause this one's huge.
- Yeah, Imma trim it to, how much did you,
that's how much I was going to trim it.
- [Leaf] Yeah, there you go.
- [Eugene] I gotta trim mine.
- [Leaf] Just put that right in there,
and then grab this other dark filler.
I like to start with the filler first,
because it kind of hides your sins.
(Kelly laughing)
- Please!
- The sins just being the stem, it's not that deep.
- [Kelly] Wait, wait, where are you,
which one are you doing, this one?
- Anything Dark,
so we're going to start with the darker pieces.
- [Kelly] Just like my soul.
- Yeah, so.
(Leaf laughing)
Yes, yes.
- Alright.
- [Leaf] Eugene you're, this is very inspired.
- Should I use this one?
- [Loretta] Oh, no.
- [Leaf] No, you don't have to use that one,
we have extras for you, I promise.
- This one don't like it. Okay, here we go.
- Aren't those beautiful.
- Oh, they are.
- [Leaf] I love those, those are black lilies.
How fun is that?
So, we're doing this like deep, moody kind of spooky vibe.
- [Loretta] For Halloween.
- For Halloween, but don't worry,
we've got some pops of color.
So, while you guys are working on that,
grab some of the dried stuff.
So, we love to mix the dried with the fresh.
These are actually just painted.
- I feel like you're Speedy Gonzales.
- I mean, I did get to do this ahead of time,
to design this for you all,
so, that's why I'm just the little faster, it's fine.
Oh, look at all the dark, I liked that.
- Oh wait, whoa.
- All right, we've got the dark.
All right, how are you doing over there, Eugene?
- This is really turning into a masterpiece.
- I mean, if you're looking for work, you know,
just let us know.
We can always use a couple extra hands.
- All right, good.
- Now, let's not forget about the color.
How about this pin cushion?
- [Kelly] Oh, she's singing, oh, I like that one, yeah.
- I mean.
- [Kelly] What is it called again?
- I call it a pin cushion flower,
but these are so fun, I love these.
- [Kelly] Okay.
- [Leaf] Oh, she's just getting after it, okay, all right.
- Okay. Okay.
- Maybe something a little lower in the front,
Eugene, just, maybe, a tisch, just the tip.
- Lower in the front?
- Get low in the front.
- You'd have this in your front entrance, okay,
fun little floral moment,
and right before your guests come,
what we're going to do is, you grab dry ice,
and you pop it, you don't have to do anything yet,
but you put it into your vase, your vessel, whatever it is,
and you want to make sure it's well ventilated,
and you don't want to touch it, it's really cold,
and then what you do, is you grab your secret potion,
we're almost there, do you guys want to do this with me?
- Yeah
- Grab your little secret potion, which is just water.
- [Loretta] Okay, water.
- [Leaf] And I'm going to pour this in.
- [Kelly ] Okay.
- And activate.
- [Loretta] How long does that last?
- [Kelly] Oh, it looks kind of spooky!
(audience applause)
- [Leaf] Look at that!
- [Kelly] I want to see!
Mine doesn't look great, whatever.
Oh, yours looks pretty good.
- Good, huh?
- That is so great.
(audience laughter)
- You're so full of it.
- Where is your color, your only dark.
- Things were moving awfully fast, I can't move that fast.
(audience laughter)