- Hey y'all we are back
and I'm hangin' with Mayim Bialik
and Meagan Good, give it up.
(audience applauds and cheers)
So I know that you said you were into cars 'cause it's like
a representation of you like when you were younger.
So do you still get into cars?
Are you into cars now? - Yeah.
I finally went electric-- - Okay.
- For the environment and lifestyle,
but I'm a stick shift driver.
So I miss it.
- [Kelly] Then going electric was hard,
yeah. (chuckles) - It was hard.
- It was like yeah.
- It was really hard (chuckles).
- [Kelly] Meagan are you into cars at all?
- I'm into trucks.
- Oh, I have a truck.
I'm into trucks.
- Yeah, it's a little bit of a Napoleon complex
and I feel safe.
But you know? - No, that's mine
'cause I'm five three and a half,
but I love climbing in it. - Same.
- I feel like I'm in a transformer.
I'm safe.
- Same.
- [Kelly] Yeah, me too. - Exactly.
- Me too.
Well my next guest absolutely loves cars.
Over the years she tried to join some low-rider clubs
but never felt welcome in a largely man's environment.
So she did somethin' about it.
She got her family and friends together
and started her very own female club.
From Duenas Car Club let's welcome Angel.
(audience cheers and claps)
- Thank you, Kelly.
- Did I say it right?
Duenas?
- Yes, Duenas.
- Duenas okay.
I wanted to make sure I said it right okay.
So it's great to meet you.
Meet Mayim, meet Meagan.
- [Guests] Hi.
- We all like cars or trucks.
So tell us how you fell in love with cars
and like low riding.
Like when did that happen?
- When I was very-
- [Kelly] Were you listening to music?
- Yeah, of course - You were like, "Ah."
- Music has yeah has everything to do with it.
But you know when I was young, my mom was 15
when she had me.
She was an honor roll student.
She received a Monte Carlo.
A 1977 Monte Carlo for her Quinceanera.
- [Kelly] Wow.
- A few months later I was born.
By the time she was 18
she was divorced and had three children.
- Wow.
- So we didn't have a lot of money.
We would go cruising in her Monte Carlo.
So that's what we all did together.
Me and my brother, and my sister and my mom.
And it was just a feeling like no other
all of us being together, you know, in her low-rider.
So...
- Oh I love that. - Yeah.
- That's so nostalgic.
I loved it.
Man, that was where I spent all my money on gas
just drivin' around listenin' to music.
- At least it was a lot cheaper then.
Now, it's you know
it's like $5. - Girl!
Yeah, I remember it was like 89 cents.
- Oh my God.
- God and then livin' here in LA, it's like (screams)
every time you go past
like your electric is the way to go.
It's very expensive.
I sound so old. (chuckles)
- [Angel] I know.
- Gas prices.
- I was like she's showin' her age.
- Yeah, I know it's okay.
I'm okay with it.
Well before we talk about the club,
tell us about your car right now.
Is that your car right now?
Whose car is that?
- [Angel] Yeah, that's my car.
- Oh my God.
(audience applauds)
- [Angel] Thank you.
- You shouldn't name that Prince.
I'm like you should name that car Prince
while we're on the subject. - Exactly.
- I'm just sayin'.
Or Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix.
- Purple Haze.
- Purple Rain?
- Purple Rain, yeah.
Do you name your cars?
- Yes, that's actually Saturday Love.
- Saturday Love. - Saturday Love.
Yes.
- Okay.
Saturday love a little more special
than all the other weekdays?
- Yeah, you know what I mean?
Or Saturdays, you know
what I mean? - That Saturday love.
It gets crazy.
- [Angel] For real.
- I love it, I love it.
So tell us about this car.
Like why was that car so special to you?
Why did you want that one?
- Well when I first got the car 18 years ago
it was kind of ugly.
I got it from another female owner.
I always wanted a '65 Chevy Impala.
So it was kind of ugly.
Cameo beige, originals.
I turned it into my own.
You know, I put my touch on it, painted it purple.
My favorite color is purple. - That's cool.
- [Angel] My mom's favorite color is purple.
She loved Prince.
- [Meagan] Color of Royalty.
- So, yeah.
And unfortunately a few years ago I was in an accident.
My car was hit when I was driving.
- [Kelly] Oh no.
- Yeah, so I ended up selling the car to my brother
and I'm having a conversation with my mom
and talkin' to my mom about it.
'Cause my mom obviously loved cars
and that's where I got it from.
So she was like, "What are you gonna
"get next (speaking foreign language)?
I'm like, you know,
I want a 1963 Impala.
And my mom, she was like, "No, those are ugly.
"You cannot get one."
(all laugh)
- Moms.
I love moms. - Yes.
And it ended up actually being our last conversation.
She ended up...
Yeah on life support that night
and ended up passing away.
- [Kelly] What, like that day?
- [Angel] Yes.
- [Kelly] Oh my gosh.
I'm so sorry. - Literally.
Yeah.
So then after that, you know, I just
I felt the connection with the car.
Cruising with my mom.
My mom loved the car.
My mom loved the purple.
I bought it back from my brother.
I rebuilt the car.
I got it painted and stuff
and I'm still in the process.
I just got a mural done of my mom
so that my mom will always be with me.
So. - She's always with you.
Oh I love that.
(audience claps)
- [Angel] I just got it completed
- It's so beautiful.
Do you all have anything in your life
you know, that kind of memorializes something
that you love so deeply?
- That's a tough act to follow, Kelly.
- [Kelly] Yeah, yeah.
- I mean.
Like I have pillows with my cat's face on them.
It's not the same.
(all laugh)
- So wait, so tell us why you created the club.
Is it because you couldn't find other females, right?
You didn't feel like you fit in?
- Yeah, it had previously been in other car clubs
where it was mainly men.
And I feel like I kind of like I didn't fit in.
You know, I was treated a little bit differently
and stuff and they felt like, you know,
I've heard a lot, "Women in low riding belong
"in the passenger seat."
- Oh and the kitchen, we get it.
Cool. - Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.
- So you know what I mean?
So I kinda just felt like I had always thought about
it starting an all-female car club.
And then I figured you know what, let's do it.
All my friends had cars,
loved low-riding, you know?
My family.
So I got everybody together
and I started Duenas. - I love it.
(all applaud)
I love it.
So how do people react when they see y'all?
Just when the whole club just cruisin'?
- Man you see all these beautiful cars
and then you see all these women.
Typically it's a man driving the car.
So they always have to take a double-take like really?
And then they're like, "Is that your car?"
And I'm like, "Yup, this is all me."
You know?
So...
- [Kelly] I love it.
- It's pretty amazing.
- So in addition to the riding
and working on cars together
Duenas also gives back to the community,
which I think is cool.
Y'all get together and do stuff for the community.
- Yeah, we do.
We do a toy drive.
We do an annual breast cancer raffle
where we get the proceeds
and we donate 'em for breast cancer research.
Throughout the year we're always helping
with backpack drives, helping the homeless.
So we do a lot more than just low riding.
- Yeah. - We do what we can
in our community. (audience applauds)
- That's so cool.
- Thank you.
- I love this powerful group of women.
So what does Duenas mean?
- [Angle] So Duenas means the female owner in Spanish.
- Okay I didn't know that.
I was like I didn't learn that one
on Duo Lingo yet. (chuckles)
- We wanted to make sure people knew they were our cars,
not our daddy's or boyfriend's, ours.
And you know it's inspirational for women everywhere.
- I love that.
Now I know Duenas.
Our next guest is an early member of the club
and says she didn't just get into it for herself
but to be a good role model for her daughter,
which is so awesome.
Please welcome, Christina.
(audience cheers and claps)
So can you tell us more about
like why you got into the club?
- So initially I didn't have my own car
so I worked hard, found the car that I wanted.
It's my '86 Cutlass.
It's baby blue.
It's my favorite color.
- [Kelly] Baby blue.
- Yeah, it's beautiful.
And so I'm in the club also because I look up
to my cousin Angel.
You know she's a very strong role model
and she's independent.
And so--
- [Kelly] Eh.
- You know, and that's why I joined too
because I want my daughter to look at me and say, you know,
"Wow she's doing a good thing,
"it's positive," and be passionate about something
that she's into. - Yeah.
- You know?
- Yeah, absolutely.
And the fact that y'all do work for...
OH my gosh I want to hug her so hard.
And the fact that y'all do community work too
just showing your kids that that's important
as a mother for me too. - Right, right.
- [Kelly] Like just to show them how
to give back, you know? - Exactly.
- While you have this great female empowerment vibe going.
So Angel, you envisioned a younger component
to the club, right?
- Yeah, when I was younger in low writing and stuff
I wanted something kind of of my own.
So I figured our daughters are so much into it.
Why not give them something?
So we want to start a bike club for our daughters so that
they can have pride in ownership
and see that they can do it as well.
- [Kelly] Oh they be looking like Tomb Raider.
(audience applauds and chuckles)
I was like this is awesome!
- It's so cute.
- Oh my gosh.
They should start a band.
Okay.
That is so great and just call 'em the Low Riders.
Okay.
So Mayim you have two boys.
Are there any projects that you've worked on together
that have brought you closer?
- Organizing the closet in the garage on my birthday?
- [Kelly] Yeah, that is great. (chuckles)
- Brought us real close together.
- You're like, "It's my birthday.
"Keep doing it.
"You said you'd help."
All right.
I think what Angela and Christina are doing
is so friggin' cool and empowering
but I'm not the only one.
In fact, our official show mechanic
was very impressed as well.
He wanted to come out and say hi.
So are you cool with that?
- Yeah, of course. - Okay, okay.
Come on out.
(audience cheers and applauds)
(upbeat music)
- Thank you.
Hi guys.
- Oh my God. - That's awesome.
- How are ya?
How are ya doin'?
I'm just back there workin' on Kelly's truck.
And we are doin' your truck, by the way.
- You are doing my truck?
- We're doin' her truck.
- I was like that's true.
- But Angel, I think this is so great
what you're doin' because you know
women don't have enough to do.
Now guys, they can work on your car too.
How about that?
Yeah.
(all clap)
(indistinct) takin' care of the kids,
and doin' the house.
Now I can change the oil and the transmission fluid too.
- We can do it all.
- [Jay Leno] It's just fantastic how empowering that is.
(all laugh)
But we have some gifts for you.
I brought...
These are Snap-On tools and a Snap-On toolbox.
- [Angel] Oh wow. - Wow.
(all applaud)
- Snap-On are the best tools.
Made in America.
100% American-made.
And look the draws are all filled with all of them.
- [Kelly] And it's green.
- [Jay Leno] All kinds of...
We've got every possible tool. - Wow.
Oh my God.
(audience cheering and applauding)
Oh my God.
- [Kelly] Oh that's so amazing.
- We'll throw in a Jay Leno garage detailing kit.
You got everything you want here.
- [Kelly] I like it, I like it.
- Car wash stuff.
Everything in here, so.
- Wow.
- Oh my gosh.
I love it.
- And I think it might be fun.
I know you guys are car enthusiasts.
I'd love to show you my garage if you guys
would get a kick out of it.
- Yeah! - Yes!
(all clap)
Definitely. - That will be great fun.
- Amazing.
- I haven't been there
but you've walked me through a tour of it once.
- [Jay Leno] That's right. - And I was like, oh my...
When he says...
No, it's not a garage.
(all chuckle)
It's an air hanger.
Like an airplane hanger.
It's enormous.
- Well it's a big garage.
- It is not.
It should not.
There should be another word for your garage.
- It's a guy version of a house.
A garage with a bed attached, yeah.
(all laugh)
- It was impressive.
I was like I wanna go with y'all on the tour.
Well Angel as Snap-on tools are made in America
and you're getting over $5,000 worth in there.
- [Christina] Wow.
(audience cheers and applauds)
- Thank you so much, Jay.
- Oh goodness.
- Bye.
All right.
- Try these.
You'll like these products.
They work really good.
- Wait and I also heard that your new game show
"You Bet your Life."
It was just picked up for a second season.
- We got picked up for a second season.
- [Kelly] That's amazing.
- So great stuff.
Thank you very much, thank you very much.