-It is time for a game of "Random Instrument Challenge."
Here we go!
-♪ "Random Instrument Challenge" ♪
-And playing with me is the one, the only Pete Davidson,
ladies and gentlemen!
-♪ "Random Instrument Challenge" ♪
-Pete Davidson right -- That's what I'm talking about.
Thank you for being here.
Thanks for playing with us, buddy.
Alright, here's how this works, okay?
We're going to have a bunch of instruments over here
that neither of us know how to play.
And on your turn, you will pick a card from the board,
which will give you a name of a random song.
-Okay. -Alright?
Then Tariq will pick from a bag.
He will give us a random instrument.
You'll then have to play the song with that instrument.
If The Roots can guess what song you're playing,
you get a point.
-Okay. -Enough rules? It makes sense?
-It sounds good. Hi, Roots.
-Alright, alright.
Since I'm the host, I'll go first, I guess.
Alright, which number, guys?
We have an audience. This is exciting.
[ Indistinct shouting ] Alright.
It's such a great audience that they all just went, "4!"
-"4." Yeah. -No one had any other number.
Out of all the numbers,
everyone just said, "4!"
No, that's good. I got you. I heard everyone loud and clear.
Okay. Alright.
Tariq, what instrument will I be playing?
-Let's see here.
Oh. You're going to be playing a long, wooden flute.
-[ Laughs ] ♪♪
-Okay.
-[ Laughs ]
-I have no idea.
Alright. [ Breathes deeply ]
Alright.
How does this come out?
Alright.
This is not even a normal flute. This is like some weird ---
-It's a long one. -I know.
I understand it's a long one. but this is like a...
That's not the weird part. -Oh, okay.
-I've seen the long flutes before.
I just... [ Clears throat ]
I own one, actually.
It's just the bamboo one is what gets me.
Alright.
I have no idea where to even... [ Laughter ]
Yeah, alright. Okay.
Alright. Everybody, alright, come on.
Okay, here we go. Alright. Alright.
[ Whooshing ]
Alright. 30 seconds on the clock.
[ Whooshing ]
-Is it "God Save the Queen?"
-No. Why would you guess "God Save the --" No.
It's not a punk-rock song. -Start from the top.
-I was.
[ Whooshing ]
[ Buzzer ] -Whatever, man.
"Party in the U.S.A.," Miley Cyrus!
-Oh, man. -Turn it up!
-Wait. That was "Par--" Okay.
-I was going to say that.
-Hey, that wasn't fair.
-[ Laughs ]
No, it's not fair. Thank you. I appreciate it, Pete.
-Yeah, man. -Pete, you're up, buddy.
Pick a song from the board. Yeah.
-Which one do you guys... [ Indistinct shouting ]
-There you go.
-8? I heard 7. I heard 7.
[ Shouting continues ] Alright, alright!
-Now they're getting -- -Alright.
What do I got to do?
Which instrument?
-Okay.
Oh, yeah. You got to play the Omnichord.
-What the [bleep] is that? [ Laughter ]
-You can't say -- -I'm sorry.
-You can't say the F-word.
-I'm gonna guess it's this guy,
the accordion-looking thing, right?
-The big-ass thing?
-Yeah.
♪♪ -Wait.
-No, no, no. The Omnichord is this thing.
-This? Really? Yeah? -That's a microphone.
-I thought that was a CPAP machine.
-Okay. And this thing's just on?
Okay, guys.
-Come on, Pete. You got this, buddy.
[ Synthesizer playing ] -Okay.
-So far...
-Wait.
-It's weird. -I think it's broken.
[ Laughter ]
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
-It's kind of dope. -Wait. Is it going to stop?
[ Synthesizer continues ]
Wait.
-"Happy Birthday to You?"
[ Laughter ]
-What?! -Wait.
-Pete, maybe slide the thing up and down, that white thing.
[ Buzzer ]
If you slide that thing up and --
No, the other thing. -What thing?
No, we should actually figure this out,
'cause that's not cool.
-It looks cool, but -- -Alright, it broke.
I don't know what it was. It was "Brick House."
-Oh, man! ♪ She's a brick...♪
Yeah. Alright. Yeah.
-Thanks, guys.
-Dude, we got to go on concert -- on tour together.
It's gonna be great. -We're sick, dude.
-Alright, my turn. Here we go.
10? [ Indistinct shouting ]
"5!"
Love it -- 5.
Okay.
-Oh, yes! -You got this.
-Alright, what instrument do I got?
I know the song.
-Eh, it's a new song. -Okay, okay.
Now you got to play it on the theremin.
That's that guy. -That's the cool one.
That's where you just go like this, right?
♪♪
-Are you sure you know this song?
-Yes, I know this song. Here we go.
-Okay. [ Humming ]
[ Humming continues ]
[ Screeching ] -There you go.
Unh! [ Screeching continues ]
-"Up" by Cardi B? -Yes! How did you...
[ Dinging ] ♪♪
-Wow, that's amazing.
-It is amazing. Yeah, thank you. That was unbelievable.
How did you get "Up"? -That was cool, man.
Alright, that was pretty fun. Alright, Pete.
-I was like, "I don't know what it is, but it sounds great."
What do you guys... [ Indistinct shouting ]
1? Okay.
Oh, come on. Alright. What do I got?
-Upright bass. -Upright bass?
-Yeah. -Is that that big one?
-Yeah, it's the upright one.
-You can do this, man. You got this.
♪♪
-Alright.
-This is great.
-This is just something
I thought I'd never have to do in my life.
♪♪
-Lower. -Okay, hold on.
Lower? You think lower? -Yeah, yeah.
-Okay.
-Higher, higher. -Okay.
[ Laughter ]
-This audience is very interactive.
-Yeah. Okay.
Wait. Hold on.
♪♪
[ Buzzer ] -What was it? Do that again.
-Yeah, a little more. Yeah, a little more.
-Alright, one more time.
-It's, like, something on a soundtrack.
-"Toxic" by Britney Spears?
-We're in the realm.
-Oh, crap! -We're in the realm.
No, it was "Like a Virgin" by Madonna.
-Aah! -Oh!
[ Cymbal crashes ]
-Why did you say "Aah," like you were close?
That was -- -That was good.
-That was good, absolutely. Madonna would be proud.
Alright, this last one, let's join forces and do a song.
[ Imitating upright bass ] I heard it.
I heard it in my head. -Yeah, I heard it.
-We're going to both try and play the same song
at the same time and work together
to get The Roots to guess.
-Okay. -Let's join forces.
Here we go.
Pick the song. [ Indistinct shouting ]
Yeah, let's go for 10.
And I can see it, too, 'cause it's me and you.
-Oh, this is a cool one. -Okay, yeah, yeah, we got this.
Right? We got this. -Yeah, for sure.
-Tariq, what instruments are we playing?
-Guitarrón.
-The what? -The guitarrón?
-That's all you. You're a guitar man.
-The guitarrón and the melodica.
-The little piano? -Yeah.
-Alright. Cool. We just do the chorus, right?
-Yes, exactly, right? -Yeah.
Okay. I got to blow into this?
-Yeah. -Alright.
-Pete, it's -- -I know, I know.
Let me guess -- it's your first time, right?
-No, pick it up. -Hold on.
-You can pick it up. -Dude, it's not a drug test.
It's not a drug test. -You can pick it up.
-I can pick it up? -How he starts his cars.
-Okay. -Ready?
-Alright, wait.
-You got it.
-I have never seen something happen to this guy
where it's like --
-It's COVID-friendly.
-You got to kind of hollow out your chest?
Wait. Alright?
-One, two, three. -Two, three.
♪♪
Let's start it from the top again.
Ready? One, two, three.
♪♪
[ Buzzer ] -Oh, come on!
-Wait. Just one more time. One, two, three.
♪♪
-That was good! -"I Love Rock 'n Roll"?
-"I Love Rock 'n Roll"? No, "I Want You to Want Me."
-Yes! Cheap Trick. One, two, three.
♪♪ Yeah, you got...
-Right? Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Pete Davidson, everybody! More with Pete after this!