I'm excited about tonight.
Do you know why?
Taco Tuesday.
[CHEERING]
And it's the premiere of my new game
show, Ellen's Game of Games.
[CHEERING]
Yeah.
This is my first prime time game show.
I've played my share of games-- mostly drinking games.
But I play a lot of games here at this show.
I've noticed there are different types of contestants.
For instance, some contestants just panic.
The question is simple, but something just takes over,
and they just don't know what's happening.
It's the shell-shocked contestant.
Here's what they look like.
Titanic won 11 Academy Awards and was a big, big success
at the box office.
Besides Titanic, name five other words that mean big.
Shawshank Redemption.
I mean, I don't think it was possible to be more wrong.
She could have said lawnmower.
That would have been closer.
Believe it or not, sometimes we test the games out beforehand.
But professional stunt people are expensive.
They cost money.
So we use staff members.
And I call this the guinea pig.
And here's my producer Tracy trying out
our game Tube of Toothpaste.
How many calories are in a shot of Don Julio tequila?
Like 120.
Very close, 67.
[BUZZER]
67, very close.
Two.
[TUBA]
OK.
[SCREAM]
[TUBA]
She had no choice.
You know, you either volunteer or you get fired.
So she had no choice to be in that position.
Then there are contestants who look like they're
doing the right thing.
They're not really.
I call this the fake it till you make it.
This woman is impressive.
Oh, oh, Elf, Home Alone, Charlie Brown, snow man.
Chippendales, Pony Express, National Lampoon, Bambi,
Bad Moms, Nightmare on Elm Street, Santa Clause,
[INAUDIBLE],, Bad Santa, I don't know, Grinch, Krinks, yes,
[INAUDIBLE], yes, I was--
Wait, OK, Rosie.
[CHEERING]
And it worked.
She won $5,000, because we had no idea what she said.
We just were like, here.
My last type might be my favorite.
They're terrified.
They know what's coming, and they don't know when.
Only I know.
I say be kind to one another every day, and I truly mean it.
But not when I'm hosting a game.
Please enjoy the anticipators.
Ready?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Go, go, go, go.
[SCREAM]
Here you go.
[WHIMPERING]
You have to go see-- put it down.
You have to see your friends.
No.
Yes.
No.