-In honor of March Madness,
I thought it would be fun to play Random Object Shootout,
but we're going to need a little help.
You know them from their Showtime series,
please welcome Desus & Mero.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Come on. -Jimmy! Jimmy!
-Good to see you, man. We're back.
-We're back, baby. -We're back!
[ Cheers and applause ] -I love it.
So good to see you. -The bad news bears.
-Yeah, exactly right.
The bad news bears are back. -Yes.
-Here's how this is going to work, alright?
We're going to take turns trying to shoot random objects
into that hoop, okay? -All right.
-Now, if you make it, you get a point.
And the objects that we're shooting tonight are...
a jumble of sticky hands toys.
[ Light laughter ]
This is a large Easter egg full of glittery slime.
[ Light laughter ]
-Are you sure? -Yeah.
This is a picnic basket full of bouncy balls.
[ Light laughter ]
These are spring daffodils in a pot, yeah.
And last, the money ball, worth two points,
is a Julius Randle lego head.
[ Laughter and applause ]
-Let's go Knicks. -Come on, Knicks.
All right, since I'm the host, I want to go first,
and I'll show you how it's done, all right.
You guys go back over here.
-Over here? -Yeah. Here we go.
[ Jazzy music plays ]
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-It's real sticky.
-Oh! -Okay!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-That's the technique --
That's the technique you recommend?
-Prove me -- prove me wrong. -All right.
-Jimmy kills it at the "Y" with the sticky hands.
-All right.
-Want to rub it for good luck? -Yeah.
Here we go. Here we go.
-All right. That's his go.
[ Laughter ] -You can go underhand.
Whatever you want to do. -Go underhand.
-You can do anything.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Bell dinging ]
-Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
-What? Let's do this!
-How did you know how to do that?
-How do you know we do?
[ Laughter ]
-How the heck did you do that, man?
How awesome.
All right, let's go, man.
[ Laughter ]
Pressure's on, man.
-Let's get it, Mero. Step back!
[ Audience groans ]
-Judges!
[ Bell dinging ] Judges say, "yes."
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Good, good, good. -All right, all right.
It's a tight game, okay. Good job, Mero.
It's a tight game, tight game. -Good stuff. Good stuff.
-Yeah, get that sticky off.
I know, it sticks everywhere. All right. Here we go.
-Come on, Jimmy. We're rooting for you.
-Thank you, bud. -I can't go home sticky
to my wife, Jimmy. -[ Laughs ]
-Come on, come on, the Cinderella team.
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-Oh!
[ Laughter ]
-But, dude -- Wow, all right, that was just -- all right.
Oh, I see what you're doing. -Oh, okay.
-There you go. That's the good luck --
-Got a bigger basket? -Good luck shimmy there.
Come on. It's the underhand.
Oh, it's like bowling. -Here we go. Here we go.
-I'm feeling cocky. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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-Oh!
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-Wow. -It's just a bit outside.
-Way out, way out. You gotta -- -Come on Mero.
-Hit that backboard. -Hit that backboard.
Let's go. -Bank shot.
-Bank it. Bank it.
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[ Audience groans ]
-The egg was the hard one to do.
-It's not as easy as it looks.
-The egg was the hardest one to do.
All right. Here we go.
Picnic basket full of bouncy balls.
-All right. -All right, I'm going to go --
Should I go underhand on this one?
-Yeah.
-Go Jimmy, go Jimmy.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Laughter ]
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-Wow. -Okay. All right.
-That is -- that is going to take four days to clean up.
-That was incredible.
-How did you miss every single ball?
-Not one ball went in.
-All right. -All right, go for it.
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Cool.
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-Oh!
[ Laughter ]
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-Whose idea was this? -It's not as easy as it looks.
-It's so tough. All right.
-All right, Mero. -Here we go.
-Take us home, daddy.
-All right.
♪♪
Here we go.
It's like throwing a baby in the bath.
[ Laughter ]
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-Oh! -I know, it comes back at you.
It attacks you. -That went in. That was in.
-All right. Here we go. It's still anyone's game now.
-Got to hit one, Jimmy. -All right, come on.
-I got this one. The spring -- yeah, I got this one.
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-Oh!
[ Laughter ]
-Violent. -A little too angry.
It's violent now. -I like that.
-Good job. Good effort. Good job.
-All right, here you go. -Here you go.
You got this, daddy. Come on. Let's go.
Let's get it. -All right.
We're doing this for Eric Adams! [ Shouts ]
-Oh!
[ Laughter ]
-I like that same -- that same level of aggression.
-Eric Adams.
-I like the same level of aggression.
-This is a disaster.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, oh, my God. -Come on, Mero.
Get big, daddy. -All right.
Here we go. You got this. -Loosen me up. Loosen me up.
-You got this, you got this. -Here we go.
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-For three!
Oh! It was right there.
-Oh. -It was right there.
-No. -She says it --
-Judges say, "No." -She said, "Yeah."
She said, "Yeah."
-No, no judges say, "No, no, no."
Here we go. Guys.
It is down -- it is down to the money ball.
[ Laughter ]
The Julius Randle lego head.
And if you score this, this is two points.
Basically whoever sinks this wins, basically.
-Going for the money maker. -Going for the moneyball.
-The game winner. -Come on, Julius.
Don't let me down, Julius. Come on.
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[ Audience groans ]
Sorry, Julius.
Sorry, Julius. Sorry, Julius.
-Oh. All right.
-All right, it's going to be one of you guys.
You guys are going to be the champs.
-Bing bong.
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-Aw. -Oh!
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-For the win. For the win. -Come on, you got this.
-For the win or it ends in a tie.
For the win. Take your time on this.
Come on, bud.
You got this, Mero. -All right.
Phew. All right.
And here we go.
Go New York.
[ Audience groans ]
-It is a tie!
Desus and Mero are the champs.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Desus and Mero are the champs.
We're talking to them after the break.
Stick around, everybody. Come on back.
-We're gonna talk!