- I might have mentioned that it's my birthday week,
and my producer Andy asked me what I wanted.
Obviously, I told him I don't need anything--
besides cash--
and then I told him I love when he goes to different places
with his assistant Jacqueline,
and he said, "How 'bout something else?
Anything else."
And I said no.
So I sent him to something called the Maze Room.
It--have you heard of this place?
It's amazing.
So it has a bunch of locked doors,
and you need to solve the clues
to find keys that will open the locks.
And just so you know,
you're allowed to use the intercom
to ask for one clue the entire time you're in there.
Just one clue.
Spoiler alert: They did not follow the rules.
[laughter]
Please enjoy something I'm calling
"Andy and Jacqueline Locked in a Room."
- You look fine.
- Hey, El--now. Hi, Ellen.
We are here outside something called the Maze.
It's some sort of room that we're supposed to get out of,
and we're doing this solely because you wanted us too.
[door clicks]
[spooky music playing]
What are we trying-- I don't understand.
What are we trying to get out of?
- Do we just look for clues?
Did--did we have keys?
- Oh, here's a key.
- Oh, see, keys. - Here's a key.
And how does it come off?
- Going through the maze? - Yeah.
Why don't you work on that. - Okay.
- You do that, and I'm gonna do the more...
higher-level stuff.
- [chuckles]
[intercom blares] - Hello?
- Yes? - It's Andy Lassner.
"Ellen DeGeneres Show."
- I need help. Is there a clue you can give me?
[rock music]
- [singing] I want to break free
- Yep, I found the key, Jacqueline.
- Oh, yay.
- Jacqueline, I'm in.
- [singing] Break free from your lies
- Oh, God. - Oh, there's other rooms.
- Yeah. Really.
[intercom blares] - Excuse me, sir?
- Yes? - Use my name.
Tell him you're with me.
- We already knew that one.
Okay, got it.
- You got it? - Yep.
So... - Give it.
- [singing] God knows
God knows I've fallen in love
- Is there a way to put them in?
- Is there a way to what?
- To, like, slide these in somewhere?
- [chuckling]
I'm not gonna say, "That's what she said."
[intercom blares] - Yes?
[intercom blares] Yes?
[intercom blares]
Yes? - Hey, man.
[intercom blares] - Hi, sir.
Can we please have another clue?
Does that mean no?
- Oh, this one's not down.
- Oh.
[clang]
[thud] - Oh, Jesus.
[intercom blares]
- Hey, there's a rubber pee-pee. Look, Jacqueline.
- Can we please get another clue?
- Jacqueline.
[indistinct speech over intercom]
Jacqueline. Jacqueline.
Jacqueline. - Sorry?
- "Use candlesticks," he said.
- Um...
[intercom blares] - Yes?
- Jacqueline didn't understand the clue.
Can you give us something else besides the candlestick?
Oh, maybe I didn't have it on the right one.
[thud] Oh, Jesus.
[laughing] Mm!
There you go.
- Yay.
[triumphant music]
Yay, we got out.
- We did it, right? - Yeah.
- But we got most of it without help, right?
Yeah. - Yeah, we did.
both: Thank you.
[applause]
- Thank you, Andy.
And Jacqueline.
We actually-- we had to edit that down.
They were in there for five days.
[laughter]
So everyone knows-- I say it all the time--
I love animals.
My friends at Bissell feel the same way.
They have raised almost $2 million
for animal welfare.
Thank you, Bissell, for doing that.
[applause]
And since they know I love animals,
they're celebrating my birthday by helping animals in need.
Bissell is donating $150,000 to START Rescue,
which rescues animals from high-kill shelters
and makes sure that they get placed in loving homes.
So that is amazing. That's going to START Rescue.
[cheers and applause]
Thank you, Bissell.
Gonna save a lot of animals.
And if you don't know anything about START Rescue,
go to our website.
It's an amazing organization.
You can learn more about them and donate yourself.
They do such good work.
And thanks to Bissell, you're all gonna get
the PowerGlide Pet Vacuum,
which is incredible if you have pets.
[cheers and applause]
A special thanks to Bissell
for their donation to START Rescue.
START Rescue saved two dogs
in honor of Portia and me this past weekend.
These are the two that they got out of the shelter.
And they're available for adoption.
[applause]
You can see the video of them
coming out of where they rescued them on ellentube.
And if you want to rescue them, they go together.
You have to take them together.
Go to our website if you want to donate to START Rescue
or save these little doggies.