- YOU KNOW, IN MAY, A LOT OF-- THERE'S A LOT OF GRADUATIONS;
THERE'S A LOT OF PROMS; THINGS LIKE THAT.
DID YOU GO TO PROM? - I DID GO TO PROM.
- YOU DID? - I DID, YEAH.
I HAD A BLAST. - YEAH.
- I HAD A BLAST.
- ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR PROM PICTURE?
- ABSOLUTELY, YES, BECAUSE, I MEAN,
I DID IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT,
BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF STUCK ON WHAT I WAS WEARING.
YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE KIND OF COORDINATE
WHAT THEY'RE WEARING WITH THEIR DATE?
I DID NOT DO THAT. - YOU DIDN'T.
- YEAH, NO, I WANTED-- MY SENIOR YEAR,
I WANTED TO WEAR A YELLOW SUIT,
SO I JUST--I JUST GOT A YELLOW SUIT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
PLATFORM SHOES, 'CAUSE I WANTED
SOMETHING COMFORTABLE TO DANCE IN
BUT YET FLASHY AS WELL.
AND I SAW HER DRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME
WHEN I PICKED HER UP.
- PLATFORM SHOES. WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?
- THIS WAS THE YEAR 2000. - [laughs]
- [laughs] I KNOW, RIGHT?
SO YOU THINK LIKE, "YO, THAT GUY HAS ON A YELLOW SUIT
AND PLATFORM SHOES-- LOOK OUT FOR THIS GUY."
- RIGHT. - YOU KNOW, LIKE...
- WOW. - YEAH.
- 2000. - ABSOLUTELY.
- I HAVE A SOFA THAT I BOUGHT IN 2000.
- [laughs]
- THAT'S CRAZY YOU WENT TO PROM IN 2000.
IT'S AN AWKWARD TIME-- IT CAN BE--
AND LUCKILY YOUR AWKWARD MOMENTS ARE MY ENTERTAINMENT.
SO IT'S TIME FOR A SEGMENT CALLED BAD PROM PHOTOS.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GET STARTED,
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT A GOOD PROM PHOTO LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS ME.
[cheers and applause]
THANK YOU. WE DID COORDINATE.
- [laughs]
- I TOOK THE DRAPERIES,
AND HE TOOK PART OF A-- SOMETHING ELSE.
ALL RIGHT, NOW HERE'S SOME BAD PROM PHOTOS,
AND FANTASTIC ONES THAT I ENJOY.
AMANDA TAYLOR IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.
"MY PROM DATE ASKED ME IF HE COULD BRING
"HIS VENTRILOQUIST PUPPET TO OUR PROM.
I THOUGHT HE WAS KIDDING, BUT HE WASN'T."
[laughter]
IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD, RIGHT? JUST A TINY BIT WEIRD.
- [laughing]
- HOW DID HE ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO DANCE?
"HEY, STEVE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DANCE WITH HIM.
DO YOU WANT TO DANCE WITH STEVE?"
AND THEN WHERE IS HE WHEN THEY'RE SLOW-DANCING?
ALL OF IT.
DANA HUGHES IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.
"THIS WAS MY PROM IN 1976.
"WE DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL LATER
HOW MY DATE LOOKED STANDING BETWEEN THE DECORATIONS."
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
YEAH, BUT SHOULDN'T THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAVE NOTICED?
BOY, THEY WENT ALL OUT WITH THEIR DECORATIONS.
THEY USED...
ONE STREAMER, TWO BALLOONS.
THE BUDGET WAS $1, I BET, OR...
WOW.
LORETTA ERIKSON IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.
"I THINK MY PROM DATE AND I ROCKED OUR LOOKS IN THE '80s."
- YES.
- CAN WE SEE HER A LITTLE CLOSER UP?
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA OFFEND HER,
BUT SHE'S EITHER 18 OR 73.
[laughter]
CAITLIN GAGE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.
THIS IS MY SISTER'S PROM DRESS FROM 1983.
[audience exclaims]
I THINK IT'S UPSIDE DOWN, ISN'T IT?
I THINK IT'S...
I MEAN, WOW, RIGHT? JUST WOW.
THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, AND I THOUGHT,
AND SHE'S STANDING IN FRONT OF THAT WALL
THAT MAKES IT BUSIER,
BUT THEN WHEN SHE WAS OUTSIDE,
I REALIZE IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE DRESS.
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
AHH, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE IN.
SHUTTERFLY IS HAVING AN AWKWARD PROM PHOTO CONTEST
WHERE YOU CAN WIN $5,000.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO SUBMIT YOURS.