your pop culture age.
So I'm a big believer that real age doesn't matter.
Age ain't nothing but a number.
But your pop culture age, now that says something.
So I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
and we're gonna figure out how old are
in terms of pop culture. Sound good?
- I love this so much.
And since I'm dating a 26-year-old--
who's actually gonna be 27 in a few days,
an almost 27-year-old-- it's--yeah, it's--we'll see.
- Okay, here we go.
First we gotta figure out your baseline age, okay?
- Okay. - So forget your real age.
This is your baseline pop culture age.
And we're gonna figure it out with this question.
Name a song with the phrase "shake it" in the title.
[quirky music]
- Shake it.
Um, oh, my God.
Um...
[laughs]
Shake it.
I don't know, actually.
Um, shake it...
Uh... "Shake It Off,"
Mariah Carey.
- So this makes your baseline age 30.
We're starting with 30. - Okay.
- Here we go. Next--you're doing great.
You're 30.
Now, from here we're gonna add or subtract, okay,
based on your answers.
- Okay.
- Do you know "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" theme song?
If so, say the first sentence or so.
- Well, this is a story all about how
my life got, which turned upside-down.
Um...
- That's good enough.
I will accept that.
So if you--if you know it, you've gained ten years.
I'm sorry to tell you. You're now 40.
- I figured. I figured.
- You're 40 years old now, but there's--
- Okay. - We got more questions.
- Okay. - What does HAGS stand for
in a yearbook, HAGS?
What does that stand for?
- Wait, H-A... - G-S.
- G-S. - G-S in a yearbook?
- I have no idea.
- Okay, if you don't know it, you've lost 20 years.
You're 20 years old.
It stands for "have a great summer."
- [laughs] Oh.
- I didn't know that either, so you're 20 right now.
You're 20. - Okay. Okay, great.
- Next question. - Okay, can we stop now?
I'm kidding.
- [laughs]
Can you finish this sentence?
Damn, Daniel, back at it again?
[quirky music]
- No. [laughs]
I have no clue.
- If you can't do it, you've lost one year.
You're 19.
- What is that. What is that from?
- Damn, Daniel, back at it again
with the white Vans.
It was this viral--
I don't even know what is was--
viral video? Was it a Snap?
Was it a--a Snap, yeah.
My young producer over there is like...
- It's a Snapchat. Okay.
- Yeah. Okay, you're 19 right now.
You're doing great. This is great.
- Okay. - Okay.
Ooh, this one is the question, though.
This could be the make-or-break, okay?
- Okay.
- Do you using the crying face emoji when you text?
- I do.
I do.
- If you do, add ten years.
You are now 30 again. - Okay.
- Apparently this is a huge controversy on TikTok.
Apparently the crying emoji is for old people.
I use it all the time.
- I don't use it all the time.
But I've used it, so...yeah.
- What I don't understand is, how is the crying emoji old?
How does that make you an-- young people don't cry?
- I--girl, I--I don't know.
- Okay, you're 29. You got two more here.
Do you know how books are organized in a library.
[quirky music]
♪
- I believe it is the Dewey Decimal System.
I know I added age to myself there,
but I like knowing that.
The Dewey Decimal System, yes.
- Correct, Dewey Decimal System.
You've gained ten years.
- I-- - You are 39.
- I'm not mad at that.
I don't-- I like that I know that.
- Knowledge is power. - [laughs]
- You are 39.
There's one question left, okay?
- Okay.
- And this is a generation divider, I will tell you.
What did Nelly used to wear on his face?
[quirky music]
- Was it an eye patch?
♪
- I know why you would say that, because--
- Oh, was it a Band-Aid?
- It was a Band-Aid. - Okay.
- You have gained 20 years.
Laverne, you are 59 years old
in terms of pop culture.
[laughs]
- But the--can I say the beautiful thing about that?
Look at me. [laughs]
- Get it. Yes. Get it.
- I'm in such a great place with owning my age.
And that's been such a wonderful process of,
like, being in full ownership of being 48 years old.
I--I love it. I love it.
So my pop culture age is older, but, like,
I'm just a smart chick, so...
- That's what's up.
You own that. You own it.
Age ain't nothing but a number.
Laverne, thank you so much for being on the show.
- Thank you. That was so much fun. Oh, my gosh.
- You've been serving me glittery, "Matrix" realness,
and I appreciate it.
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