- Get ready for a Game Changer.
Tonight's guests,
you won't wanna touch his lucky charm,
It's Raphael Chestang.
On the naughty list for shoplifting,
it's Tao Yang.
And to making her in-person Game Changer debut,
it's virtual champion, Carolyn Page.
And your host, me.
I snuck down your chimney when you weren't looking.
This is Game Changer.
The only game show where the game changes every show!
I am your ho, ho, host, Sam Reich.
I am joined today by these three lovely little elves.
That's enough Christmas references for this Jew.
- No, it's not.
- Now you all understand how the game works?
- Yes. - Yes.
- Actually this time, yes.
- That's right.
It's a special holiday game samer.
So without further ado,
Ash, could we please bring out the gift boxes?
- Whoa.
- Wow. - Wow.
- Inside these boxes,
you will find handsome prizes
and ugly punishments.
- Ooh.
- You will take turns opening the boxes
one at a time and telling us what's inside.
You may tell the truth
or a lie
after which point your fellow players
will have the opportunity to steal.
Will they steal a punishment?
Will they let a prize slip through their fingers?
We're about to find out.
- Oh my gosh.
- Raph.
It's time to open up
box number one.
- Ooo! - Okay!
- Alright. Alright.
Let me find the first one. Okay.
- Take number one.
- Oh, man. - What is it?
- Oh, wow! These boxes are really nice!
- The box is not the prize.
The box is not the prize.
- I want the box. I'll take it.
- Yeah, what's gonna happen to the boxes after?
- I'll steal the box.
- It's magnetized, you see this?
It's very satisfying, like, click.
- Come on, that's good. Let us keep the boxes, at least.
- Took a page from Apple.
- Okay. A $30 gift certificate to Tropicali.
- Is that a restaurant?
- The $30 gift certificate to Tropicali.
- Tropicali is a pretty nice restaurant.
- Ohhh!
- Oh, well, $30, that's not going to get you much.
- Nah, that's one entree.
What's the vibe?
- I'm not saying whether or not what Raph is saying is true,
but clearly the vibe of Tropicali
is right there in the name.
- Mm mm.
- Now I will say
the prizes do get better
- Oh. - Okay.
and the punishments do get worse...
- Oh.
- As the game wears on.
Is that a prize I would give as prize number one?
Perhaps.
Regardless, Raph has more experience of this game
than either of the two of you.
- This is true.
- I don't think he would have lied about that.
I don't think Ralph would've lied about that.
- I don't think so either. You know what?
I am new to the neighborhood.
So, I'll steal.
- Oh! - I will steal.
- Well, you'll have an opportunity to steal, Tao,
as soon as I say
three, two, one...
- Steal.
- Tao steals.
And Raph, what was on that card?
- It was reset your phone to factory settings.
- Oh, my god!
- You devious little elf!
- I got a lot of two factor authorizations on my phone, Sam.
- No!
- Now, Tao. This is a gnarly ass punishment.
I trust you as a technically savvy person
to have your phone backed up.
- Yeah, I have everything backed up.
- Raph, please go back to your podium.
- Sorry man.
- I would like to see you do it.
- Okay, great. Great. Great.
- Oh no.
- For me, it's settings...
- This is an Android.
- Ohhh.
- Oh, here we go. Reset options. Oh, god.
- Ugh.
- All right, here we go.
- I feel like we're off on the wrong foot here, Tao.
- Here, zoom in on that.
- That is a hundred percent authentic Game Changer.
- Oh my god.
- Whoa.
- Tao, gonna give you the opportunity
for the turnaround of a lifetime.
Would you open up box number two?
- Yes.
I'm already down so much.
Okay.
Um.
God, I'm so bad at lying.
- Or are you?
- Way to start!
- Uh, this is uh...
This is two tickets to the Hollywood Bowl.
- Okay. So, it's definitely not two tickets.
- The flea market or just anywhere?
- No, no, no, no. The Hollywood Bowl.
You know, where the concerts are.
- Yeah, you know!
- The entrance. Just to get in?
- It's two tickets to any event.
- Oh, okay.
- We can skip get past this part.
We know he's lying. The question is why.
Is he lying because
it's a punishment he doesn't want to get?
Or is he lying because it's a really good prize
that he wants to keep?
You see what I'm saying?
- I actually think that
that might be what's written on there
and he's trying to fake us out right now
because he wants those tickets.
Because it could just be like an IOU,
like, we'll buy you tickets to whatever concert.
- Right.
- Carolyn, that's a great point that you make.
If someone were a good liar saying I'm a bad liar,
not the worst strategy.
- Right. - Yeah.
I'm going to give you the opportunity to steal
in three,
in two,
in one.
- Steal it!
Carolyn, you win a Go Bag.
- Oh, like a disaster bag?
- Like a disaster bag.
- Oh! I'll put it in my car right after this!
- Everyone should have a Go Bag.
- This is my Go Bag.
This is all that's in it.
- Carolyn, could you please open up box number three?
- Okay.
Let's do it.
Okay.
It says on here... - Uh huh.
- "One foot massage to Grant O'Brien".
- One foot massage
to Grant O'Brien.
- That is a punishment.
- If Carolyn is telling the truth.
- Am I telling the truth?
- Or not? I don't know.
- So if I take this,
Grant will show up and I will have to massage his feet?
- I don't want to touch that shit.
- If that's what's on the card why would Carolyn say that?
- That's a great question.
- Players will have the opportunity to steal.
- Ah, fuck.
- In three... - Fuck.
- Two... One.
- Steal.
- Raph. - Is it worse?
- You have to change into a Sia costume.
- I thought it might be worse.
I thought it might be worse.
All right, let's do it.
- We want to give Raph the opportunity to change
so we will be right back after this transition.
Introducing now the new Raph.
- Yeah, this a new me.
- Whoo!
- Raph, come over here.
Just let me get a quick look at you.
Keeping the sneakers! I like that a lot.
- That's what I didn't get to change.
- Nice legs.
- Yeah!
- Thank you.
- Raph, it's nice to imagine
that the picture of the two of us right now,
out of context,
will look like a fever dream.
Please return to your podium.
- Will do.
- This is a weird show.
- No.
- I think you look good! I like the bangs on you.
It's cute.
- You know something Raph? - Uh huh?
- I realize it's your go! Box number four!
- Okay! Well I definitely don't have
a vendetta against any of you guys.
- Would you go ahead and read to us
what's on that card, Raph?
- Okay. One session in a float tank.
- Don't know if you've ever participated
in a float tank before,
but basically it is a sensory deprivation experience.
- I've done a float tank before and here's my hint.
My tip with a float tank is
you got to get more than one session
because you spend the first session
figuring out how to float.
It took me 45 minutes just to figure out how
to not get the saline solution in my eyes.
- Got kind of an expert on our hands.
- Yep! So...
Is Raph lying?
- I think he's lying
and then it's a punishment,
but that's also not a prize that I would want.
- It's not a great prize.
- The three of you will have the opportunity to steal
in three, two, one.
Raph, what's on the card?
- It's a float tank session.
- It is in fact, a float tank session!
- Oh! Hahaha! - Okay, that's fine.
- I'm going to love it.
- You're going to love it, Raph.
And you know what? Just because Tao said that
I'll throw in an extra one.
- Whoa! - You're welcome.
- You get an opportunity to learn how to float.
- How about a couples? Me and Raph in the same tank!
- Oh! There you go!
Raph, you may return to your podium.
Tao, you're up!
- 'Kay.
- Box number five!
It's exciting. Isn't it? Every new time a box is opened.
- Yeah.
- Again, holding it like a sandwich he's about to devour.
- It's a— You have to—
- Oh my, god! Tao! Come on!
- You have to... Yeah.
- Come on!
- Okay.
Someone else gets to pick their nose and you got to eat it.
- I wrote that down during COVID.
That sounded fun and safe to me.
- Sam's a sicko.
- Again, the question gang, is why would Tao lie?
- Clearly not what's written on there,
but I don't know if it's a worse punishment
or something good.
- Players, I'll give you the opportunity to steal
in 3, 2, 1.
- Steal. - Steal.
- Oh.
Carolyn, I think you were slightly quicker on the draw
than Raph.
- Oh! I hope it's not a punishment!
- What is it Tao?
- It's an air fryer.
- Ahh! - Nice!
- It is an air fryer.
The most popular gadgets at the moment.
- Are you sad that you didn't get that?
- That's a very nice prize.
I'm happy for you that you won it.
- I'll make you some wings or something.
- Okay. Thank you.
- Carolyn, would you open up box number six?
- Yes.
I will.
What is it gonna be?
Oh!
I mean, oh.
- I wonder if she likes it.
- It's a one year membership to Pure Barre North Hollywood,
which I already have.
Come along and do—
- Isn't that a gym?
- It's like a barre studio. It's great and
shout out to them.
- If I'm trying to figure out whether it's a punishment
or a gift, I don't think it's in there.
I think you would go hard either punishment or gift.
- This is a new area?
- Yeah. This is a new area.
- To you, that feels like it's in between
a punishment and a gift?
- It's perspective, that's fully subjective,
whether that's the punishment or a gift.
- Players I will give you the opportunity to steal
in three, in two, in one.
- Steal. Fuck!
God fucking dammit.
- Oh, Raph.
- What the fuck?
- Oh, Raph.
- What is it this time?
Wait, do what now?
- Raph, on the one hand, I'm so sorry this happened to you,
(Raphael maniacally laughing) looking like this.
But on the other hand,
this could not be better for the show.
Carolyn, Tao, I'm going to need your assistance here.
- Okay.
- Let's put you to either side of Raph
and Ash is going to hand each one of you a color bag.
- Uh oh.
- So the Color Run, Raph,
I'm not sure if you're aware of this.
Or do either of you know what it is?
- Yes, I think I know what this is.
- You mind explaining it for us, Tao?
- It's like a 5k and they throw colored powder on you.
- I did it once and then was like,
"That's very stupid. I would never do this again."
Cause there was color in my ears all week.
- So when I say go Raph,
Tao and Carolyn are going to
toss some powder over you.
- Okay.
- For let's call it 10ish seconds.
- Are you gonna use your hand?
I think I'm just going to sprinkle it with the bag.
- I guess I'll use my hand.
- And a three, and a two, and a one, go!
10,
9,
8,
7,
6,
5,
4,
3,
2,
1. Stop!
Wow.
- Here's the thing about this game.
- Yeah.
- It's not so hard to figure out who's lying.
What's tough is figuring out why.
- Every time you move, there's just a light haze of dust
that just falls of you.
- Raph, I believe it's your turn.
- Oh, is it?
Box number seven.
- Seven. Lucky number seven.
And I am feeling lucky.
Eat a spoonful of wasabi.
- Another punishment.
- Not the worst punishment in the world.
Could he be hiding an even bigger punishment?
- I think he might be telling the truth,
but I think I've also thought that before
and am pretty easy to gaslight and lie too.
So, I'm not sure. I don't fuckin' know.
- He, oh. Ralph has almost dead eyes.
- Utterly...
Utterly glib.
Players, I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, two, one.
- Steal. - Steal.
- That was Tao's steal first.
- Raph.
- Eat a spoonful of wasabi.
- Ohhh! Fuck you, Tao!
- Oh no!
- Tao, if you could approach.
- Is it high quality or is it like cheap stuff?
- Chloe says it came out of the tubes you squirt.
- You know, wasabi tubes.
Oh gosh. It looks like the Grinch's jizz.
- Okay, here we go.
- Oh!
Whoo ha hee!
Ha!
- Agh!
- Ho! Ho!
- Not so bad!
- Ho!
Hot!
That was like watching coal walker!
- I think if you eat it really fast
and doesn't touch your sinuses, it's totally fine.
Maybe I'll regret this later.
- I genuinely thought that would be worse!
- Yeah. I thought it'd be way worse.
- Tao. It's your go.
Would you please open up box number eight?
- Mhmm.
Whoo 'kay.
- Dinner for two.
- Tao!
- Dinner for two...
- Dinner for two. Let him finish!
- Mhmm. - Okay!
- Dinner for two.
- At...
- Tropicali?
- At a...
four star Michelin restaurant.
- No, that's not on there.
- Don't they only go up to 3 stars?
- I don't know if that's true.
- He would list the restaurant on there.
- Do they only go up to three or four?
- They only go up to three.
I can't lie, but
maybe it was a misprint.
- Hahaha! - Uh huh, uh huh.
Again, is he hiding something good,
or disguising something,
or making us think that he's hiding something?
- We always know when Tao is lying.
- Don't know why,
and unfortunately this mistake has misled us.
- Us?
- Yeah, I've got a Go Bag and an air fryer,
like, I'm doing good.
- I am going to give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, in two, in one.
- Steal.
- Fast on the draw there, Carolyn.
Tao, what is on that card?
- Dinner for two at a Michelin star restaurant.
- Ohhh!
- Great try, Tao!
- Oh, ho, ho! Tao!
- I love what you tried to do there!
- Thank you.
- Really elegant try.
- Great job.
- You're not getting any past me.
- Thank you, Raph. Thank you.
- That was really good.
- Carolyn. Would you do us a favor
and open up box number nine?
- Number nine.
Okie dokie!
Get acupuncture on your face.
- See, this is another one.
I don't know whether this is a punishment
or a prize.
Acupuncture is a good thing.
- Acupuncture is a good thing.
- To get it on your face, I don't know?
Maybe that's a great thing!
- Would I offer this as a punishment, is a good question.
- So last time
that happened, okay?
Do you think it's a better prize?
- I don't know! That's what I've thought every time.
- Does he look like a man you should be taking advice from?
Have either of you had acupuncture before?
- Once as a, as a kid and I don't like it. Not a fan.
- I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, two, one.
- Steal. - Steal.
He did it first.
- Oh no!
- It was Tao by a hair.
Carolyn, what's on that card?
- Unfortunately you are going to get
acupuncture on your face.
- Oh, right now?
- Right now. - Oh my God!
- Players, I would like to introduce you
to our qualified acupuncturist, Ursula.
Come up on stage this way.
- Yay.
- Thank you. Hi.
- Hi, Ursula.
- Hi.
- Facial acupuncture is good for what?
I'm assuming sinuses, that sort of thing?
- Oh for sure. And wrinkles.
- Oh wow!
- Acne.
- Oh!
- We do it for other conditions, as well.
Like stress and stuff like that, but.
- Okay, well, I'm very stressed right now
so that's very helpful.
- I'll do specific stress points.
- Okay, great.
- I'm going to have you take a nice big breath in
and out.
- Oh yeah. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is great.
- Okay. Another big breath in
and out.
- Oof.
- There you go.
- Oh yeah. Okay. Yeah.
Oh, this is relaxing.
This is great.
- So I'll do the sinuses, this time.
- Okay, okay. Great.
- Which might be a little sensitive.
- Ohhh, okay.
- Like right there.
- Ohhh, okay.
Okay!
- Sorry. Don't resist me.
- I'm not trying to.
- I feel bad now that I—.
Did such a great job lying?
- Those are the most sensitive points.
And here's the last one.
- Okay, great, great, great.
- Close your mouth for a sec.
- Just relax! - Just gently though.
Yeah, yeah.
- Whoa! Okay!
- Now Tao in typical acupuncture,
you would keep those needles in for,
Ursula, How long?
- For a relaxation treatment,
I'd recommend a half an hour.
- A half an hour. - Oh, okay.
- If it's a facial, like a cosmetic treatment,
definitely a half an hour.
- But we don't have that kind of time, unfortunately.
- No.
- So we're going to take them out now.
- Yes. - Okay. Great.
And so what happens if you take them out now?
It's not relaxing at all, right?
- Quite possibly.
I don't know, do you feel relaxed?
- No.
Sam, next time you do this,
you should get like, a, a neck rest.
- And that's a good note.
- Thank you. Just a little note from me.
Ugh! Whoo!
- You did it.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
- Raph.
- Yes.
- Could you please open up box number 10?
- Your walk, every time, gets a little angrier.
- Okay.
A new pair of prescription glasses.
- Oh.
- Hm. - Hm!
- Now I suppose the question is
which of you wear prescription glasses?
- We all wear prescription glasses.
- So this could be a good prize for any of you.
- Yeah.
- Hmm.
- I think that that's probably a real prize
that he doesn't really care about.
- Lenses, too?
- Yeah. Lenses, too.
- Well, ok, now I have questions!
- Okay, okay, okay, now, wait. Wait.
I think that this is a real prize
that he's trying to keep for himself.
- Uh huh. Uh huh.
- I could use a pair of prescription glasses.
- Okay, great.
- But I also do pity Raph at this moment.
- Mhmm.
- So I don't want to take from him.
- That's a fair point. The question is,
are you leaving him with a punishment he doesn't want?
Players, you'll have the opportunity to steal.
In three, in two, in one.
Raph keeps the card. What's on the card, Raph?
- It's a new pair of prescription glasses.
- Yeah! Yeah! - Way to go, Raph!
Very nice prize.
- Thank you.
This is what winning looks like.
- Tao,
would you please open up box number 11?
- Okay.
Mhmm. Mhmm.
- Mhmm. - Mhmm.
- Uh huh.
- Yep.
- Ahh. - Affirmative.
- Uh huh. - Heh.
- Yes. - Uh you are...
- Indeed. Indubitably.
- Hahaha! - Uh.
- That's right. - Mm.
- Correct-a-mundo.
- It's a stay at Big Bear.
- For how many people, Tao?
- It just says a stay at Big Bear.
- I got to say...
- This one was already a prize.
- That I have offered stays in nearby locations
in California, in Game Changer games before.
- Big Bear specifically. - Mhmm. Yeah.
Well it does. - I think you're lying.
And that this is some kind of horrible punishment.
- Raph, what do you think?
- I think I'm probably trying to steal most of these.
Cause how much worse could it get for me at this point?
Some of them are going to be prizes right?
- How much worse can it get? - Yeah, yeah.
- Might as well double the odds.
- How much worse can it get?
- Yeah, how much worse could it get?
- How much worse can it get?
- What the fuck are you talking about?
It can always, always be worse.
You can be on top of the world right now.
This could be your peak.
- This could be my peak.
- I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, two, one.
- Steal.
- Raph.
- Oh, no!
- What is it? - Nooo!
- Of all people.
- I don't even remember what you said.
- Of all people.
- What did you say the prize was?
- It's a stay at Big Bear!
- It's not. - Okay. What is it?
- Post a sonogram to Instagram.
- Now, Raph.
- This is pranking my mom. That's who you're pranking.
- Awww!
- Of all the people to pick this, in a way,
I'm glad it's you.
- Yeah!
- I am about to text you this image.
- Ohhh, boy, oh, boy, oh, god.
I'm just going to post this with no caption.
- No caption. I like it. Elegant.
- All right. I did it. - You could "at" Sia.
- Carolyn, would you open up box number twelve.
- Lucky number twelve!
- Down to the last four.
- Oh god!
- Thinking. Considering pondering, strategizing.
- A...
garbage can
full of money.
- What's the feasibility of a garbage can full of money
as a prize.
You know? I mean it's possible, but...
- Mhmm. - Sounds uncertain over here.
- Yeah. I'm uncertain, too.
I'm just going to tell you, Tao, I'm stealing it.
Whatever it is. I'm stealing it.
- I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
- Okay.
- In three, in two, in one.
- Steal.
- Raph. - What is it?
- The newest iPhone! - The newest iPhone.
- Whoa!
- So after getting your phone covered in
yellow and orange chalk,
after posting an Instagram of a baby that isn't yours,
you win a new phone.
- Yes!
- Comin' back!
- Man, that boy comin' back!
- Before we go on, a quick recap.
Raph, what prizes have you won so far?
- One session in a float tank,
glasses,
I'm glad I didn't get new glasses now,
because I won those.
- There you go.
- And then newest iPhone.
- Tao.
- I won a acupuncture session from Ursula.
- Wow.
- And I already used it.
- Carolyn.
- Michelin star dinner. - Yup.
- Go Bag. - Go Bag.
- Air fryer. - Air fryer.
- I'm very excited about all those.
- Tao, you're the one we're worried about now.
- I'm, I'm worried about it, too.
- I'm worried about you, bro.
- Raph. - Okay.
- Would you go ahead and open up box number 13?
- Yes. I will.
Chug a gallon of milk.
- Now a gallon of milk is a lot.
- It's a lot.
- Also keep in mind
that Raph has been very consistent
in how truthful he's been so far.
However, you never know when he's gonna switch it up.
- I think he had that locked and loaded.
- He did.
- I think that was a prepared answer.
I've seen people try and do the gallon challenge
with milk and they throw up.
- Mmm! - Every time.
- Would I have researched this well enough to know that?
- No.
- Players, I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, two, one.
- Steal. - Steal.
- That was Tao's.
- One month's rent. - One month's rent.
- Whoa! - Whoa!
- Tao, of all the prizes to steal.
- Wow. - Wow.
- Big time. - My god.
- You came up big. - That's a big prize.
- That's a trashcan full of money.
- Very nice.
- Wow, thank you. - Good job.
- Thank you.
- Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
- I have subjected you guys
to some pretty gnarly punishments.
The least I can do is make things exciting,
here at the end.
Tao, I think that's you up.
- Fourteen? - Yes.
- Fourteen.
- Very big box.
- Oh wow.
Oh man.
Holy cow.
What's in the box, Tao?
- What's in the box? - What's in the box!
- Says, "take someone's prize".
- So if I steal this,
I could take your one months of rent?
Which might strain our friendship,
but wouldn't strain my bank account.
- Yeah, that'd be real fucked up.
- That is true. This is a tough one, gang.
Stealing that would mean
you could take a prize from one of your fellow players
- Right.
- If this is true.
- Man, Tao, if that's a lie,
you won the best prize so far.
And then that's the best lie so far.
If it's a lie,
that's a really good cause it could absolutely be on there.
- I'll give you the opportunity to steal.
In three, in two, in one.
- Steal. - Steal.
- That went a little faster to Carolyn.
What does it say, Tao?
- Give us back a prize you've won.
- Nooo!
- That is exactly your fear, Carolyn. Exactly your fear!
- That's opposite! That's opposite, Tao! You liar!
- That was an excellent lie!
- That was a fantastic lie! - Thank you.
- How far has this man come?
From the worst liar we've ever had on Game Changer
to the best lie we've ever had on Game Changer!
Growth is what it's all about, people!
- Noo!
Carolyn,
I hate to ask this because,
I'm sure the injury is fresh.
Which price would you like to give up?
- I think I'm going to give back the Go Bag.
- Last, but certainly not least, Carolyn.
Box number 15. - Oh, shit. Okay.
- All right. So that was a punishment.
Is the last one going to be a prize?
- Raph, trying to crack my psychology.
- Interesting! - Interesting.
- I don't know if this is a prize or a punishment.
- Okay. I'm just going to read it.
Join a protest in front of city hall.
- What? - Hmm.
- I don't know if there's like
a protest now that we have to go to.
- Is there some sort of twist ending
to this entire episode that I have planned?
- It could be any kind of protest
and there's some protests you don't want to join.
- That is very astute, Tao.
- That's true.
- Now, would Sam make us go to a Proud Boys protest?
That's happening right now?
- Raph, your strategy so far:
quick on the draw, already down, risk it all.
You still feeling that?
- No. No.
- Because now you have somewhere to fall from.
- Yeah, because I don't want to be a Proud Boy.
I'll give you the opportunity to steal, but no pressure.
In three, two, one.
Goes to Carolyn.
- Woo, baby! That's another month's rent.
- Whoa! - Wow!
- Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! - Holy shit.
What a game!
Congratulations.
Tao and Carolyn, especially listen, Raph.
- Yes.
- You've been through the ringer this episode.
- Yes I have.
- And I am sorry. - Mhmm.
- In fact, I've written you a sorry note.
It's in your drawer.
- Sorry.
- It's heartfelt. It's heartfelt.
- A third month's rent! - Whoa!
- That does it for us here at Game Changer.
I am Sam Reich,
reminding you that the holidays are a time
to get together with family
and lie as a means of self preservation.
Good night.