- You know, when I think about baseball
so much comes to mind,
bases...balls... [laughter]
and tonight is game one of the World Series
between the New York Mets and the Kansas City Royals
at 8:00 on Fox.
[cheers and applause]
So, earlier today, I sent out a tweet telling the students
at the University of Kansas to dress up as royalty
and meet Jeannie on campus for a chance to win a big prize.
Let's check-in now and see who showed up.
Hi, Jeannie. Hi, everybody.
[all screaming]
- Hi, Ellen!
- Hi.
- See 'em?
- Hello, everybody.
[cheering]
I'm floating above you. - Whoo!
- Hi.
So, Jeannie, who do we have competing today?
- Hi, Ellen. Yes.
Shh. - [laughs]
- Okay, Ellen, we have... - PJ!
- And... - Macy!
- And... - Danny!
- And... - Lauren!
- And last, but not least... - Mary Grace!
- Whoo! [laughs]
[cheers and applause] They are so excited.
Oh, my gosh. Shh.
- Okay-- crowd: Let's go, Royals!
Let's go, Royals!
- They chant no matter what. They always chant.
- All right, so here's what you're playing for,
one of you will win a pair of tickets
to go see the World Series
and you'll get to go out on the field.
- One of you is going to the World Series.
[overlapping screaming] - Okay...
- Okay, okay. Shh. Okay. Okay.
- So, because you're all baseball fans,
we're gonna play Dizzy Bat, and here's how it works--
I'm sure you know how it works
but you're each gonna get a baseball bat.
You have to put your forehead on one end...
- Okay. - Place the bat on the floor,
and you spin around until I tell you to stop.
Then, you have to run to Jeannie...
- Okay, go ahead and get rid of everything.
- Then you have to run to Jeannie
who will be holding a baseball in each hand,
and the first two contestants to grab one of Jeannie's balls
will play for the tickets.
[laughter]
You heard me.
All right, keep your forehead on the top of the bat,
and go in circles until I tell you to stop.
Okay, go.
[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"]
- Okay, go. Come on, guys! Come on, guys!
[cheers and applause]
[music continues]
- One person has the bat above the ground
and is just moving the bat.
[music continues]
Okay, stop.
Stop.
crowd: Ooh.
[laughter]
- [screams]
[cheers and applause]
- Our winners are PJ and Lauren! - All right.
- Yes! - Whoo!
Whoo! - All right.
We're gonna find out which one of you is
going to the World Series after this.
We'll be right back.
Since you're both in college, we're gonna play a game
that will test your knowledge of 18th century Russian literature.
[laughter]
- Russian literature. - I'm kidding.
I'm kidding, it's beer. It involves beer.
Okay, so each of you is gonna get a mug,
and whoever can hold it straight out in front of you
with one hand without spilling will win the tickets.
Contestants, grab your mugs,
and it has to hold straight out in front of you,
like, even with your shoulder.
Pat your head with your free hand.
- Pat your head with your free hand.
[laughter]
- Do a princess wave now.
- Princess wave. Princess wave.
[laughter]
- Straight arm. - Straight arm, PJ.
Straight arm, PJ. - Straight arm.
Straight arm, PJ. Straight arm, PJ.
- What did she say? - Straight arm. Straight arm.
- Cheers your opponent with no spilling.
Cheers to your opponent with no spilling.
- Cheers your opponent with no spilling.
[crowd murmurs]
[cheers and applause]
- All right.
- Go PJ!
- All right, now, with your free hand...
- Straight arm. - Repeat after me.
Put your hand in the air.
Your free hand in the air. - Put your hand in the air.
- Repeat after me. Ellen is amazing in every way.
[laughter]
together: Ellen is amazing in every way.
- She's a great role model
and I wanna be just like her when I grow up.
both: She's a great role model
and I wanna be just like her when I grow up.
[laughter]
- Truth.
- Whoa! - Oh, no.
- PJ, you won! - Whoo!
- [laughs]
[cheers and applause] [bell dings]
- Whoo!
Oh, I won! Oh, my God!
- Well... - Whoo!
[Whooing]
- [laughs]
He seems excited.
- [laughs] He's excited. He's excited.
- He seems like it. - [inaudible]
Lauren... - Good point.
- Hey, Lauren? - PJ wins!
Lauren, Lauren, hang on. Go ahead, Ellen.
- Lauren, for being runner-up,
you're also gonna get a pair of tickets
to go to the World Series.
[cheers and applause] - [screams]