- I THINK WE ALL DEAL WITH A LOT OF STRESS,
AND HOW MANY OF YOU COULD USE LESS STRESS IN YOUR LIVES?
MOST OF YOU?
[cheers and applause]
MOST OF YOU.
A FEW OF YOU ARE LIKE, "NO, I'M GOOD WITH MY STRESS."
IKEA HAS A NEW PROGRAM I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
IT'S CALLED "FIRST 59,"
AND IT GIVES YOU IDEAS
ON HOW TO MAKE THE FIRST HOUR OF YOUR DAY LESS STRESSFUL.
YOU CAN GO TO MY WEBSITE TO FIND OUT MORE.
AND I THINK ONE WAY OF DEALING WITH STRESS
IS PLAYING GAMES.
I LOVE TO PLAY GAMES, AND--
[cheers and applause]
IT KEEPS YOU YOUNG.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA PLAY A BRAND-NEW GAME,
AND IT'S CALLED
"IKEA FURNITURE, 'GAME OF THRONES' CHARACTER,
OR SWEDISH CURSE WORD."
[cheers and applause]
[audience clapping]
THAT--THAT COULD GO ON A LONG TIME.
OKAY.
I WANT AN IKEA EXPERT TO PLAY,
SO I'M GONNA CALL ONE OF THEIR
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES
AND SEE IF THEY WILL PLAY WITH ME.
I HOPE THEY DON'T HANG UP ON ME.
[touch tones beep]
[phone line trilling]
- THANK YOU FOR CALLING
THE IKEA CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
MY NAME IS KEVIN. HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
- HELLO, KEVIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE SWEDISH.
- I DO APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO IS SWEDISH HERE.
- OKAY, CAN YOU SPEAK WITH A SWEDISH ACCENT
AND HELP ME OUT?
I AM CALLING--MY FLURGEN WILL NOT FIT IN MY GLURGEN,
AND I NEED-- NEVER MIND.
- [laughing]
- HEY, KEVIN, THIS IS ELLEN DEGENERES,
AND YOU'RE ON MY SHOW RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY A GAME. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?
- ABSOLUTELY, ELLEN. - GREAT, GREAT.
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- OKAY, KEVIN.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A WORD,
AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL ME
WHETHER IT'S A PIECE OF IKEA FURNITURE,
THE NAME OF A CHARACTER ON "GAME OF THRONES,"
OR A SWEDISH CURSE WORD.
- OKAY.
- AND IF YOU GET ENOUGH RIGHT,
EVERYONE IN MY AUDIENCE IS GONNA HOME
WITH A $200 IKEA GIFT CARD.
DO YOU HEAR THAT?
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- NO PRESSURE.
DO NOT LET THEM DOWN.
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
[cheers and applause]
HE FEELS THE PRESSURE, TRUST ME.
HE FEELS IT.
- [laughs]
- ALL RIGHT, KEVIN.
THE FIRST WORD I'M GONNA GIVE YOU
IS "HURDAL."
"HURDAL." "HURDAL."
- I WOULD-- I WOULD SAY--
- [slurring] "HURDAL."
[laughter]
- I WOULD SAY THAT'S A PIECE OF IKEA FURNITURE.
- YOU ARE CORRECT, KEVIN. IT IS.
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT.
"HODOR." "HODOR."
[laughter]
THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE--
THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE SWEDISH ACCENTS,
SO I'M TRYING TO THROW YOU.
"HODOR."
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THAT IS A PIECE OF IKEA FURNITURE TOO.
- OH, NO. - NO?
- THAT IS A CHARACTER ON "GAME OF THRONES."
- OH! - OKAY.
REMEMBER, YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FOR IKEA FURNITURE,
"GAME OF THRONES" CHARACTER, OR A SWEDISH CURSE WORD.
HERE'S THE NEXT ONE.
"SLAMPA." "SLAMPA."
- THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A SWEDISH CURSE WORD.
- YOU ARE CORRECT, KEVIN.
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- THAT'S RIGHT.
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]
- LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, "I STUBBED MY TOE ON THE HURDAL,
AND I YELLED, 'SON OF A SLAMPA.'"
[laughter]
BUT YOU DID GREAT, SO EVERYONE IN MY AUDIENCE
IS GONNA HOME WITH A $200...
[cheers and applause]
IKEA GIFT CARD.
WE'LL BE BACK!
THANK YOU, KEVIN.