I was thinking to myself.
I thought, you know, Ellen, you know
what haven't done in 17 seasons, you've
never talked to a mom and daughter
from Haltom City, Texas, who graduated college
at the same time.
And then I was thinking, well, what
are the chances that two people in my audience
would fit that description.
And then I realized that there are
two people in the audience that fit that description, Lauren,
Miranda, come on down.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
How are you?
Hi!
Luaren?
Miranda?
I'm Miranda.
OK, so how did this happen, first of all?
So you wrote in.
Yes, ma'am.
And tell everybody what you wrote in.
Well, I am so happy and proud of my mom.
She is 53 now.
She graduated at 52.
And I graduated last year, as well.
I mean, last semester, we graduated at the same time.
And I did not think anyone would respond.
But I wrote in to Ellen.
And I'm so happy to be here!
So you-- well, because, it's a pretty cool story.
So you graduated at the same time.
Yes, we did.
So were you were already going.
And then you decided to go?
Which way did it go?
I was going.
And then she decided to go.
Yeah, I just--
I was I was going through a low.
And she finished.
She got a bachelor's degree.
And she said, Mom, you should return to school.
She was working on the master's.
She said, we can be in school together.
So I did.
And we finished at the same time, May of '19.
That's amazing.
All right, and you're both beautiful.
You're both--
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you so much!
Whoa!
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
I will give you a gift for both of you graduating.
And you're going to play a game.
It's called Mega Memory, OK?
OK.
All right.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
All right, I love that song.
All right, so here's how you play.
You're going to turn number one number.
And you see what it is.
And you're going to look for another number that's
going to match that thing.
And whatever it is, if it matches,
you're going to win it, OK?
All right, so let's play the game.
OK.
All right, what number first?
5.
All righty.
5.
OK, all right?
9.
5 and 9.
The old nine to fiver, the Dolly Parton hand in poker.
All right, let's-- you don't want the candy.
I mean, you probably had enough candy for Halloween.
The [INAUDIBLE] nice.
But let's turn those over.
Let's keep searching.
OK.
3.
Whoo!
$25,000 from GreenDot.
If you don't know a GreenDot, the unlimited back account
from GreenDot Bank is all about putting cash back
into your pocket.
And they help you save for your future.
OK, that's what GreenDot is.
So $25,000, let's just choose another one.
14.
14, good luck.
Oh, a 65" TCL Roku TV.
All right, turn those over.
Let's try again.
2.
2!
Whoo!
Gee, what number do you want to pick now?
3.
3!
[APPLAUSE]
$25,000!
All right, I want y'all to keep playing.
There's never a TV under there.
There's other things.
I know what's under there.
Sweet 16.
16!
Oh, yeah, a disk player.
Ooh, I hope you find that matching one.
11.
11!
Ooh!
Another $25,000.
That means there's another $25,000.
Turn those over.
Uh, 7.
7!
Ah!
[APPLAUSE]
11!
All right.
Whoo!
$50,000!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
OK, all right, I want you to keep playing.
Because there's something else under there
that would be really fun if you find it.
Because the audience will be very happy.
So--
[APPLAUSE]
All right, pick a number.
12.
12!
[APPLAUSE]
18.
I think that's a good one.
18!
No!
All right, I'm being told--
I'm being told we're out of time.
[SHOUTING]
We're out of time.
[SHOUTING]
You're all coming back for 12 Days of Giveaways!
[MUSIC - "THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR"]
[APPLAUSE]
It's the most wonderful time of the year.
With the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you
be of good cheer!
It's the most wonderful time of the year!