First, there was The Masked Singer,
and then came The Masked Dancer.
And now, I've come up with an all-new socially distant game
called The Masked Zoomer.
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Here's how it works. tWitch and I are going to Zoom
with a mystery celebrity.
They'll be wearing a mask and their voice will be disguised,
so tWitch and I have no idea who it could be.
It could be anyone from Michelle Obama to Gary Busey,
although I hope it's not them because then I gave it away.
All right, tWitch and I are going
to take turns asking the masked Zoomer questions
and try to guess who it is.
We'll keep guessing until we get it right
or until our one-hour free Zoom session expires
and we have to pay for the upgrade.
The Masked Zoomer gave us a few clues, and here they are.
My phone number, including the area code, has 10 digits.
I think I know who it is.
I'm shorter than 6 foot 5.
My name has at least one vowel in it.
All right, those are the clues.
Let's bring up our celebrity on the screen.
Please welcome today's Masked Zoomer.
Oh, wow.
Hello, Masked Zoomer.
Hello.
OK, what is your ideal first date?
Maybe cocktails on the beach, and maybe
we can do salsa class, maybe?
Did you understand that?
I didn't.
Something about the beach.
OK, I heard a beach also.
Yeah, yeah.
OK, something about going to the beach.
Yep.
OK, well, if you were a dog, what types of tricks
could you do?
I can sit.
I can lay down.
I can stand on my back hind legs.
And I know how to hop too.
Oh, wow.
That's pretty impressive.
All right, I'm thinking it's a woman because it
has a flower in its hair.
It doesn't mean that it's a woman.
It could be Harry Styles.
What are three things you keep in your nightstand?
Probably my phone, a glass of water, oh, oh, oh, oh,
and lip balm.
And a what?
Lip balm.
And Bitcoin?
Bitcoin.
A bitcoin.
OK.
Lip balm.
Oh, lip balm, yeah.
I thought they said bitcoin.
I also heard bitcoin.
Yeah, yeah.
OK.
OK, so what's your full name?
That's a good question.
I can tell you probably can't tell us that.
What about your social security number?
Not that one either.
All right, if you were a cartoon character, who would you be?
Oh, I know.
That little dude, maybe a version
of the little dude from the Taco Bell commercial,
like Yo quiero mi Taco Bell.
Yeah.
That makes sense.
Yeah, yeah.
How do you like to drink your Martinis?
I prefer straight up.
You what?
I like it both on the rocks and straight up.
Both on the rocks and straight up.
OK.
My kind of dog.
Wow, I think-- do you have any--
I do.
Other than this appearance right now,
can we see you on TV anywhere at this moment?
Good question.
That would be, yes.
OK, is it a network television show?
All right.
OK.
I think I know who it is.
You think you know who it is?
Yeah.
I have a guess.
I think it's Paula Abdul.
Oh, that's good.
That's really good.
I was going to say Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
Yeah, but--
I know, but I was--
I don't know.
All right, all right, let's see if we're right.
Drum roll, please.
Yo, I think it--
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, stop, stop.
We're out of time.
Hold on.
We have to take a break, and then take your poodle hat off.
And we'll see if either of us is right.
We'll be back.
All right, we're back, and it's time
to reveal our Masked Zoomer. tWitch,
you said it was Jesse Tyler Ferguson, you thought.
And I think it's Paula Abdul.
All right, Masked Zoomer, reveal yourself, please.
It is Paula.
I knew it.
Hi, Paula.
That was fantastic, and the only way I knew it was you
is because I figured we're doing this thing on Masked Zoomer,
and you're on Masked Dancer.
And you were a dog, and I know you love dogs.
And the straight up Martini kind of got me too, yeah.
[INAUDIBLE] was on the rocks [INAUDIBLE] said, no.
Yeah.
I like them both.
So our very first Masked Zoomer, and you're also
a judge on Masked Dancer.
You must be excited for the semifinals, huh?
I really am.
I mean, tonight's show is going to be great.
The four top dancers performing.
One will be eliminated, and then next Wednesday night, it's
a two-hour special, where it's the finale,
and all three will be unmasked.
And the performances are amazing.
I don't know how you guessed two contestants correctly.
You know, we started playing this
as a joke on the show, Masked Dancer, and Twitch
and I could not figure out who anybody was ever.
And you figured out two people.
How do you do that?
It's really hard.
I'm so glad that you introduced it on your show,
but I will tell you this.
When I was asked to do the show, I thought, oh, my God, this
is going to be hard, and it is.
You have to really pay attention to all the clues.
And there's some nights where I'm watching the show back.
I'm going, man, how did I forget that clue.
I didn't even see it.
So you have to really pay attention, but for me also,
Ellen--
and, tWitch, you'll understand this.
--being a choreographer and a dancer,
I can also tell by the way someone walks out
or the way they stand.
I pay attention to that too.
Absolutely.
Yeah, but if you've never met them before,
by the way they walk out or stand, if you haven't met them,
you don't know how they stand.
I don't know.
It's really hard.
That's why we thought it was just like, how?
And then we ended up making it a show, doing a show.
And y'all are doing great.
It's fantastic.
Before we go, let's talk about your cute
dogs I saw on Instagram.
Tell everybody their names.
Well, that's Batman.
That's Batman.
He's adorable.
He's part chihuahua-- oh, and that's
Nemo because he has a little fin.
I love it.
I love that.
Batman looks like a puppy.
Is Batman a puppy?
Batman is a little bit bigger than that now.
He's full-grown, and he weighs about three pounds.
Wow, they're adorable.
So cute.
Paula, thanks so much for being with us today.
You can watch the Masked Dancer Wednesdays at 8:00 on Fox.