1 00:00:00,370 --> 00:00:03,770 - Get ready for a Game Changer! 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:05,430 Tonight's guests... 3 00:00:05,430 --> 00:00:09,650 Making his Game Changer debut, it's Luke Field! 4 00:00:09,650 --> 00:00:11,570 Left from right, who cares? 5 00:00:11,570 --> 00:00:15,700 When all directions point to Jess Ross! 6 00:00:15,700 --> 00:00:20,288 Anim-unker, totally ins-unker. It's Rekha Shankar! 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,710 And your host, me! 8 00:00:23,710 --> 00:00:26,183 I've been here the whole time. 9 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:29,290 This is Game Changer, 10 00:00:29,290 --> 00:00:31,980 the only game show where the game changes every show. 11 00:00:31,980 --> 00:00:34,130 I am your host, Sam Reich. 12 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:37,840 I'm joined, today, by these three lovely contestants. 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,270 Now, you all understand how the game works. 14 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:42,103 - No. - Nope. 15 00:00:42,103 --> 00:00:44,350 - That's right, our players have no idea 16 00:00:44,350 --> 00:00:46,120 what game it is they're about to play. 17 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,810 The only way to learn is by playing. 18 00:00:48,810 --> 00:00:50,030 The only way to win is by learning, 19 00:00:50,030 --> 00:00:51,950 and the only way to begin is by beginning. 20 00:00:51,950 --> 00:00:54,970 So without further ado, let's begin. 21 00:00:54,970 --> 00:00:57,620 Players, there is one rule of our game 22 00:00:57,620 --> 00:01:01,750 and one rule only: don't cry. 23 00:01:01,750 --> 00:01:02,887 - Oh my God! 24 00:01:04,770 --> 00:01:06,893 - You should just kill me now! 25 00:01:06,893 --> 00:01:09,263 Jess was crying before her curtain opened! 26 00:01:10,378 --> 00:01:12,510 - I've got a lot going on in my life, right now! 27 00:01:12,510 --> 00:01:13,460 - Without further ado, 28 00:01:13,460 --> 00:01:16,140 let's begin by giving each of you 10 points 29 00:01:16,140 --> 00:01:17,060 to start out with. 30 00:01:17,060 --> 00:01:21,970 Players, first up, I'd like to see you chop an onion. 31 00:01:21,970 --> 00:01:24,190 - This is so easy. I work at a kitchen. 32 00:01:24,190 --> 00:01:27,230 - Luke taught me how to chop an onion to not cry. 33 00:01:27,230 --> 00:01:29,630 - What's the technique? It's off the grain, or...? 34 00:01:29,630 --> 00:01:30,463 - Not telling you. 35 00:01:30,463 --> 00:01:31,554 - Why? 36 00:01:31,554 --> 00:01:33,382 - The technique is, you stick it in your eyeball! 37 00:01:34,430 --> 00:01:35,801 - Rub it really good! 38 00:01:35,801 --> 00:01:37,430 - Real tight, so that the tears stay out! 39 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,070 - Players, if you would each take a position 40 00:01:39,070 --> 00:01:40,973 in front of your respective onions. 41 00:01:41,946 --> 00:01:43,220 - Hm. - Hmmm. 42 00:01:43,220 --> 00:01:44,053 - Go for it. 43 00:01:44,053 --> 00:01:44,886 - All right. 44 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:48,460 - Do you have a technique for cutting onions, Luke? 45 00:01:48,460 --> 00:01:50,514 - I'll explain it at the end, after I've won. 46 00:01:50,514 --> 00:01:52,097 - Wow, Luke! 47 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,580 - This is like a Top Chef quickfire. 48 00:01:54,580 --> 00:01:56,378 Can I say Top Chef or are you gonna bleep it? 49 00:01:57,211 --> 00:01:58,230 - You can say Top Chef. 50 00:01:58,230 --> 00:02:01,340 - Oh, I think we have a similar technique. 51 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:03,490 - Yeah, I have one magic trick, though, 52 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,440 that works all the time. 53 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,162 - Stop bragging. 54 00:02:06,162 --> 00:02:07,650 Did you want a dice? What do you want? 55 00:02:07,650 --> 00:02:08,483 - I want a nice dice. 56 00:02:08,483 --> 00:02:10,820 Not a mince. We don't need to go that far. 57 00:02:10,820 --> 00:02:14,200 Luke looking like he's got a very even cut, over there. 58 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,774 - Are we showing? - Completely dry. 59 00:02:15,774 --> 00:02:17,510 - I'm not done, but I'll show. 60 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:18,343 - Pretty nice, guys. 61 00:02:18,343 --> 00:02:19,570 - What'd you do with all that middle? 62 00:02:19,570 --> 00:02:21,800 - Go ahead and head back to your podiums. 63 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,660 - Will we be able to wash our hands? 64 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:24,493 - No. 65 00:02:24,493 --> 00:02:25,326 - Oh, okay. 66 00:02:25,326 --> 00:02:27,027 - I'll say, I'm getting misty-eyed. 67 00:02:27,027 --> 00:02:28,580 - I'm a little misty-eyed. 68 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:30,420 - Cry cams! What do we got! 69 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:31,810 They're each zooming in on you right now. 70 00:02:31,810 --> 00:02:32,753 I see some redness in Rekha's eyes for sure. 71 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:34,890 - There's definitely something happening. 72 00:02:34,890 --> 00:02:36,437 - They were zesty for sure. 73 00:02:36,437 --> 00:02:37,360 - Also, wait a minute. 74 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,740 These motherfuckers have glasses, so do you. 75 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:41,618 Are you trying to fucking trick me? 76 00:02:43,290 --> 00:02:45,182 - Rekha will never trust me again. 77 00:02:46,290 --> 00:02:49,610 I think all of you managed to get through that unscathed. 78 00:02:49,610 --> 00:02:51,273 - Would you like to know the secret to chopping an onion? 79 00:02:51,273 --> 00:02:52,398 - I would, very much. 80 00:02:52,398 --> 00:02:53,960 - So, most people at home 81 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,670 in their kitchens will chop the ends off of an onion, 82 00:02:56,670 --> 00:02:58,050 but you don't do that. 83 00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:59,790 You slice through the middle 84 00:02:59,790 --> 00:03:01,790 of the top where the little thing is 85 00:03:01,790 --> 00:03:03,810 because by chopping that off, 86 00:03:03,810 --> 00:03:05,880 that is the thing that releases the juices 87 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:06,920 that makes you cry. 88 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,340 - Oh, that's what I did. 89 00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:10,152 - Yeah, I know and you almost screwed us all. 90 00:03:11,492 --> 00:03:13,550 - I did not! 91 00:03:13,550 --> 00:03:18,520 - Up next, receive a little something from a secret admirer. 92 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:19,636 - Oh my God. 93 00:03:19,636 --> 00:03:21,110 - What? 94 00:03:21,110 --> 00:03:23,260 - We've got flowers for each of you. 95 00:03:23,260 --> 00:03:24,700 - Stop! 96 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:26,268 - And chocolates for each of you. 97 00:03:26,268 --> 00:03:28,020 - Aw, this is really cute! 98 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:29,428 - This is very nice! 99 00:03:29,428 --> 00:03:31,170 Thank you. Thank you! 100 00:03:31,170 --> 00:03:33,230 - Each of those boxes do, in fact, 101 00:03:33,230 --> 00:03:37,050 come from someone in your life that thought this, 102 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,701 in particular, would be nice for you. 103 00:03:38,701 --> 00:03:41,380 - Aw, I know that Kait picked this 104 00:03:41,380 --> 00:03:43,020 'cause it's my favorite kind of chocolate 105 00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:44,650 and my favorite kind of flowers. 106 00:03:44,650 --> 00:03:45,817 And then the other day, she was like, 107 00:03:45,817 --> 00:03:47,771 "You like sunflowers, don't you?" 108 00:03:48,604 --> 00:03:49,823 I was like, yeah. 109 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,103 - Cry cams! Anything? 110 00:03:53,780 --> 00:03:55,180 - This is really cute. 111 00:03:55,180 --> 00:03:57,490 - It's really nice. Nobody knows anything about me. 112 00:03:57,490 --> 00:03:59,950 - I'm so alone that I'm not afraid 113 00:03:59,950 --> 00:04:01,641 that this actually came from a real person. 114 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:03,631 - No, Luke! 115 00:04:03,631 --> 00:04:05,410 - Luke, that's pretty sad! 116 00:04:05,410 --> 00:04:06,490 - Thank you! 117 00:04:06,490 --> 00:04:07,323 - But nothing. 118 00:04:07,323 --> 00:04:08,530 - I mask it with humor. 119 00:04:08,530 --> 00:04:10,210 - Would you mind laying those down 120 00:04:10,210 --> 00:04:11,840 at the feet of your podiums? 121 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,620 Next up, players. 122 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:15,842 - Someone's coming on to fuck us 'til we cry! 123 00:04:15,842 --> 00:04:17,789 - Oh my God! - Oh my God! 124 00:04:17,789 --> 00:04:20,487 - You're really taking a wholesome episode 125 00:04:20,487 --> 00:04:22,722 and making it dirty as hell, Rekha! 126 00:04:22,722 --> 00:04:24,096 - Why is that always the twist of these episodes? 127 00:04:24,096 --> 00:04:25,932 - Why is this always the twist? 128 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:29,290 We're figuring it out slowly. 129 00:04:29,290 --> 00:04:32,060 - Each of you is gonna get a laptop and a set of headphones. 130 00:04:34,140 --> 00:04:35,930 - Oh my God. 131 00:04:35,930 --> 00:04:37,940 A free laptop, I think I will cry. 132 00:04:37,940 --> 00:04:38,850 - Yeah. 133 00:04:38,850 --> 00:04:40,450 - Players, go ahead and hit the space bar 134 00:04:40,450 --> 00:04:43,850 in three, two, one, go. 135 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:47,810 They are watching the first four or five minutes 136 00:04:48,814 --> 00:04:50,930 of Disney's Up. 137 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:52,080 - Oh my God. 138 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,210 - Obviously, we could not show you at home Up 139 00:04:54,210 --> 00:04:56,120 because it is a Disney property, 140 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,810 but in case it's been a while for you, 141 00:04:57,810 --> 00:05:00,042 let me tell you what our players are looking at, right now. 142 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,450 A young couple buying their first home. 143 00:05:02,450 --> 00:05:05,080 It's a fixer-upper, so plenty of work is required, 144 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,030 but the couple still makes plenty of time for themselves 145 00:05:09,030 --> 00:05:10,120 and their lives. 146 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,340 They wander up a hill, toward a tree, 147 00:05:12,340 --> 00:05:14,230 underneath which they have regular picnics. 148 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:16,080 As time goes by, the couple gets older 149 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,870 and they end up wanting a child. 150 00:05:17,870 --> 00:05:21,420 It's only natural but sadly, the woman cannot. 151 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:23,580 And so, no matter, they turn their sights 152 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:27,020 toward a happy rest of their lives and plow forward. 153 00:05:27,020 --> 00:05:28,650 Before you know it, they're old and gray, 154 00:05:28,650 --> 00:05:30,160 living in that same house 155 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,570 and as that woman follows that man 156 00:05:32,570 --> 00:05:34,770 up their hill one last time 157 00:05:34,770 --> 00:05:36,940 with the tree with the picnic underneath, 158 00:05:36,940 --> 00:05:39,790 she falls over and ends up in the hospital. 159 00:05:39,790 --> 00:05:43,080 He kisses her on the forehead in her hospital bed, 160 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,810 as we cross fade into her funeral. 161 00:05:46,810 --> 00:05:50,430 The husband, broken, ends up wandering back home 162 00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:52,800 and shutting the door on the house 163 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,176 that he and his wife built together. 164 00:05:57,134 --> 00:05:58,900 - It's so sad! 165 00:05:58,900 --> 00:05:59,861 - Psychotic. 166 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:02,410 - Cry cams! 167 00:06:02,410 --> 00:06:03,520 Anything? 168 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,900 - I definitely teared up, yeah. 169 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:08,100 - Jess definitely teared up. 170 00:06:08,100 --> 00:06:12,530 - I have, you know, breath in my lungs that is moving, 171 00:06:12,530 --> 00:06:13,600 but I haven't cried. 172 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,326 - Heart of stone, Rekha! 173 00:06:16,660 --> 00:06:17,750 - I have not cried, 174 00:06:17,750 --> 00:06:20,632 but I'm feeling a lot of feelings, right now. 175 00:06:20,632 --> 00:06:21,930 - It was very sad! 176 00:06:21,930 --> 00:06:23,952 - That is a point away from Jess Ross. 177 00:06:24,970 --> 00:06:28,110 As emotional as that Up sequence is, like, 178 00:06:28,110 --> 00:06:30,500 I think it's important on a human level 179 00:06:30,500 --> 00:06:34,530 because, you know, it's about how quick the time goes by. 180 00:06:34,530 --> 00:06:35,363 - Yeah. 181 00:06:35,363 --> 00:06:36,790 - Speaking of which, 182 00:06:36,790 --> 00:06:38,648 here's some childhood photos of all of you. 183 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:39,481 - Oh no! 184 00:06:43,359 --> 00:06:44,192 - Jesus! 185 00:06:46,690 --> 00:06:47,857 - Little baby! 186 00:06:50,167 --> 00:06:52,091 - You still make this face! 187 00:06:53,870 --> 00:06:54,940 - That's me. 188 00:06:54,940 --> 00:06:56,050 - You still make that face! 189 00:06:56,050 --> 00:06:58,496 - I do, yeah. 190 00:06:58,496 --> 00:07:00,093 - The music does make it look like we died. 191 00:07:00,093 --> 00:07:01,438 Awww! 192 00:07:01,438 --> 00:07:02,987 - Oh, here comes trouble! 193 00:07:02,987 --> 00:07:04,099 - Oh my God! 194 00:07:04,099 --> 00:07:04,970 - Jess! 195 00:07:04,970 --> 00:07:06,897 - Almost the same haircut. 196 00:07:08,286 --> 00:07:11,559 - Oh, ho! That was beautiful! Genuinely! 197 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:15,608 - Awww! - Awww! 198 00:07:17,194 --> 00:07:19,540 - That's Zubu and Bugsy! 199 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:21,657 Oh my God! 200 00:07:21,657 --> 00:07:23,490 That's Betty and Jojo! 201 00:07:24,756 --> 00:07:26,022 Mr. Harfo! 202 00:07:27,465 --> 00:07:29,049 - How many cats did you have? 203 00:07:30,852 --> 00:07:32,237 Oh my God! 204 00:07:32,237 --> 00:07:33,154 - Cry cams! 205 00:07:37,457 --> 00:07:39,610 I think I might've got you there, Luke. 206 00:07:39,610 --> 00:07:41,750 - Does a quiver count as a tear? 207 00:07:41,750 --> 00:07:43,117 - I'm gonna say a quiver counts. 208 00:07:43,117 --> 00:07:43,950 - Dammit! All right. 209 00:07:43,950 --> 00:07:44,810 - I'm gonna take a point away from you, Luke. 210 00:07:44,810 --> 00:07:46,600 - I quivered! Sorry, I quivered! 211 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,610 - Here's a question, are all of your parents still with us 212 00:07:48,610 --> 00:07:49,500 or have any of them passed? 213 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:50,333 - Yes. 214 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:51,326 - They are with us. 215 00:07:51,326 --> 00:07:54,990 - Luke, I want you to look into your camera 216 00:07:54,990 --> 00:07:57,280 and I want you to tell one of your parents 217 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:58,390 what they mean to you. 218 00:07:58,390 --> 00:08:00,351 - I'll do the easier one. Dad. 219 00:08:01,528 --> 00:08:03,540 - Slammed, Dad. 220 00:08:03,540 --> 00:08:05,580 - Dad, you're good old, reliable. 221 00:08:05,580 --> 00:08:09,160 You know, I can always count on you for a ride 222 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:10,073 from the airport. 223 00:08:11,890 --> 00:08:13,913 You worked really hard your whole life. 224 00:08:14,990 --> 00:08:16,690 I think that's gone unnoticed in our family 225 00:08:16,690 --> 00:08:19,340 and I wanna tell you that I noticed 226 00:08:19,340 --> 00:08:23,243 and that I'm proud to have you as my Dad. 227 00:08:23,243 --> 00:08:24,076 - Aww! 228 00:08:26,060 --> 00:08:28,070 - Very sincere, Luke! Very sincere. 229 00:08:28,070 --> 00:08:28,903 - You asked! 230 00:08:28,903 --> 00:08:30,935 - You know, without breaking, I gotta hand it to you. 231 00:08:30,935 --> 00:08:31,768 - Thank you. 232 00:08:31,768 --> 00:08:32,601 - I'll let you hold on to all those points. 233 00:08:32,601 --> 00:08:33,940 - Whew! 234 00:08:33,940 --> 00:08:35,770 - Jess, same from you. Pick a parent. 235 00:08:35,770 --> 00:08:37,050 - Harry or Coco? 236 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:38,281 - I'm going Coco! 237 00:08:38,281 --> 00:08:39,300 - Aww! 238 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:41,600 - Mom, well, you would never watch this. 239 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,760 How can you ever figure out how to find this? 240 00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:48,360 But Mom, I love you so much. 241 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:49,870 You are my best friend. 242 00:08:49,870 --> 00:08:52,940 You're my favorite person in the entire world. 243 00:08:52,940 --> 00:08:55,940 You put everybody before yourself. 244 00:08:55,940 --> 00:08:58,050 You allowed me and my brother to like, 245 00:08:58,050 --> 00:09:00,740 do the things that we wanted to do and gave up so much 246 00:09:00,740 --> 00:09:02,890 and I just love you so much. 247 00:09:02,890 --> 00:09:04,528 - That's beautiful, Jess. 248 00:09:04,528 --> 00:09:05,361 - Yeah. 249 00:09:05,361 --> 00:09:06,194 - Rekha. 250 00:09:06,194 --> 00:09:08,960 - Dad, you will also never find this. 251 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:10,180 You don't know what this is 252 00:09:10,180 --> 00:09:11,820 and you don't know what CollegeHumor is 253 00:09:11,820 --> 00:09:14,570 and that's okay. 254 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:16,460 I appreciate everything you've done. 255 00:09:16,460 --> 00:09:19,340 You've taught me so much about responsibility, 256 00:09:19,340 --> 00:09:20,820 about hard work. 257 00:09:20,820 --> 00:09:22,730 You sacrifice everything for the family 258 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:24,930 and you ask for nothing in return. 259 00:09:24,930 --> 00:09:27,480 You provide levity to any situation 260 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,370 and I am immensely lucky to have had you 261 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:33,160 as such a stabilizing force in my life. 262 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,910 - That is so beautiful, all three of you. 263 00:09:34,910 --> 00:09:36,830 You know something? You should be writers. 264 00:09:36,830 --> 00:09:38,454 - You can hire, my Instagram is- 265 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:43,880 - Next up, it's time for the mailbag! 266 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:44,713 - Uh oh. 267 00:09:44,713 --> 00:09:46,154 - Oh! 268 00:09:46,154 --> 00:09:47,973 - Rekha, fresh off the presses. 269 00:09:48,940 --> 00:09:50,270 - It is warm. 270 00:09:50,270 --> 00:09:54,084 - It's been in my suit pocket for a minute. 271 00:09:54,977 --> 00:09:56,186 - Ohh, hot, hot! 272 00:09:58,577 --> 00:09:59,410 - Luke. 273 00:09:59,410 --> 00:10:01,220 - Ay ya, ya ya ya! 274 00:10:01,220 --> 00:10:03,880 - Let's begin with Jess. 275 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,000 Would you open that letter up 276 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,741 and read it aloud to us, please? 277 00:10:06,741 --> 00:10:07,741 - Oh my God. 278 00:10:11,580 --> 00:10:14,443 Oh my God, my Mom wrote a letter for this? 279 00:10:14,443 --> 00:10:16,250 This is crazy. 280 00:10:16,250 --> 00:10:18,230 How do I put 35 years of your life 281 00:10:18,230 --> 00:10:19,550 into a hundred words or less? 282 00:10:19,550 --> 00:10:20,560 Well, here it goes. 283 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,610 When you were little, you wore flower tops 284 00:10:22,610 --> 00:10:26,540 with checkered pants, liked your shoes on the wrong feet, 285 00:10:26,540 --> 00:10:29,970 and always kept a bird's nest in your hair. 286 00:10:29,970 --> 00:10:32,960 Growing up, you liked Princess Bride and Braveheart, 287 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,616 I Love Lucy, WrestleMania, 288 00:10:39,984 --> 00:10:42,634 Wall-E, and Se7en. 289 00:10:43,666 --> 00:10:45,260 Oh my God! 290 00:10:45,260 --> 00:10:47,254 - That is quite the spread, Jess! 291 00:10:47,254 --> 00:10:52,254 And it continues to this day 292 00:10:53,125 --> 00:10:56,792 And it continues to this day with Pocahontas 293 00:10:58,027 --> 00:10:59,701 and Joe Bob Briggs. 294 00:10:59,701 --> 00:11:01,038 - Yeah! 295 00:11:01,038 --> 00:11:02,800 - You are open-minded and optimistic 296 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,520 and find the good in everyone, 297 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,067 even if it's only a little good. 298 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,480 You treat everyone with kindness and respect, 299 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,710 whether they're walking down Hollywood Boulevard 300 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:15,520 without pants, oh my God, Mom. 301 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:16,460 All right. 302 00:11:16,460 --> 00:11:18,950 Or a celebrity you ran into at the Gelson's. 303 00:11:18,950 --> 00:11:21,547 I love that store, by the way. 304 00:11:22,380 --> 00:11:24,730 You have a great sense of humor. 305 00:11:24,730 --> 00:11:27,100 You are genuine, honest and sincere. 306 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,830 You care about human rights, animal rights, 307 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:32,760 and the planet we live on. 308 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:34,870 You're an absolute great listener. 309 00:11:34,870 --> 00:11:38,560 I have called you for many therapy sessions over the years. 310 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:42,821 You love acting, writing, exercising - very weird - cooking, 311 00:11:43,658 --> 00:11:45,690 and most of all, your Kait and Poppy. 312 00:11:45,690 --> 00:11:46,790 I think you are one 313 00:11:46,790 --> 00:11:50,873 of those very rare people who enjoys the journey. 314 00:11:50,873 --> 00:11:52,850 Oh my God! 315 00:11:52,850 --> 00:11:55,940 So many people have complimented Daddy and me 316 00:11:55,940 --> 00:11:57,360 on how you were raised, 317 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,250 and I always honestly tell them it wasn't us, 318 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:01,760 you just came that way. 319 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,760 You're a blessing and a joy to me. 320 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,820 I love you more than 1 million words could ever say. 321 00:12:06,820 --> 00:12:09,033 Love, Coco. XOXOXOXOXO. 322 00:12:11,687 --> 00:12:13,271 Okay, wow. 323 00:12:13,271 --> 00:12:14,460 Well, that made me cry for sure. 324 00:12:14,460 --> 00:12:15,350 - Got her! 325 00:12:15,350 --> 00:12:16,440 - You blew it. 326 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,136 We'll take a point away from Jess. 327 00:12:20,054 --> 00:12:21,723 Rekha, let's open your letter. 328 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:24,360 - I'm shaking. 329 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:26,651 Dear... 330 00:12:26,651 --> 00:12:27,570 Jess, 331 00:12:27,570 --> 00:12:30,910 I've never had a creative partner before 332 00:12:30,910 --> 00:12:33,510 because I usually prefer writing alone, 333 00:12:33,510 --> 00:12:34,910 but when I write with you, 334 00:12:34,910 --> 00:12:37,020 it feels like there's magic in the air. 335 00:12:37,020 --> 00:12:39,890 You are such a talented, inspiring person 336 00:12:39,890 --> 00:12:43,830 and are so deeply generous with your time, car rides, 337 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,020 feedback and vegan treats. 338 00:12:46,020 --> 00:12:48,230 I think comedy would be a lot better place 339 00:12:48,230 --> 00:12:51,670 with more Jess-es who have really killer points of view 340 00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:55,150 and are also somehow genuine, funny, smart, 341 00:12:55,150 --> 00:12:58,760 excited for other people, and just all around good. 342 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,000 I feel really lucky to have met you and gotten 343 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,072 to do so many sexy projects with you. 344 00:13:03,905 --> 00:13:04,738 You're one of the people 345 00:13:04,738 --> 00:13:06,430 that makes me feel like I do have a community 346 00:13:06,430 --> 00:13:07,880 and a home in LA. 347 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,820 I'm sorry I introduced you to the Bachelor franchise. 348 00:13:10,820 --> 00:13:12,101 Love, Rekha. 349 00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:13,181 - Oh my God. 350 00:13:13,181 --> 00:13:14,350 Are we allowed to hug? 351 00:13:14,350 --> 00:13:16,963 Is anybody gonna be mad at us? 352 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,543 I see where this is all going. 353 00:13:21,390 --> 00:13:23,823 - Let's go ahead and take another point away from Jess. 354 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,250 Luke, I think it's time for your letter. 355 00:13:26,250 --> 00:13:27,660 - Yes, so about a year and a half ago, 356 00:13:27,660 --> 00:13:29,960 I was supposed to be the best man at a wedding 357 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:34,260 and that, due to circumstances beyond our control, 358 00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:37,491 didn't happen, but I have the best man speech here 359 00:13:37,491 --> 00:13:39,550 that I'd like to read now. 360 00:13:39,550 --> 00:13:41,160 For reference, my friend who I was supposed 361 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,790 to be best man for proposed to their fiance 362 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:48,750 during a game of D&D, so thematically, this plays. 363 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:51,070 An adventurer lies bloodied and broken on the ground. 364 00:13:51,070 --> 00:13:52,560 - Oh my God! 365 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,850 - Looming above him, five serpentine heads 366 00:13:54,850 --> 00:13:57,280 of an enormous feral Hydra gnash their teeth 367 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:58,940 and flick their forked tongues. 368 00:13:58,940 --> 00:14:01,870 The adventurer braces himself as the Hydra lunges at him. 369 00:14:01,870 --> 00:14:04,100 However, the monster's teeth find no purchase. 370 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:05,130 With a flash of a blade, 371 00:14:05,130 --> 00:14:07,190 one of the heads falls to the ground next to him. 372 00:14:07,190 --> 00:14:08,023 A voice rings out, 373 00:14:08,023 --> 00:14:09,150 "Back, foul beast!" 374 00:14:09,150 --> 00:14:11,329 - Oh my God! 375 00:14:11,329 --> 00:14:12,240 - The adventurer turns 376 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,690 to see the most resplendent armored warrior 377 00:14:14,690 --> 00:14:16,630 to ever stride across the multiverse. 378 00:14:16,630 --> 00:14:17,870 The adventurer watches in awe 379 00:14:17,870 --> 00:14:20,520 as the hero deftly dispatches the Hydra. 380 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,210 The beast slain, she turns and extends a hand 381 00:14:23,210 --> 00:14:24,980 of aid to her battered companion. 382 00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:26,777 The adventurer kneels and addresses her. 383 00:14:26,777 --> 00:14:30,640 "Lady Jessica Ross, I pledge myself to you 384 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,370 and promise always to be your humble servant and friend. 385 00:14:33,370 --> 00:14:35,310 All good things in my life spring forth 386 00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:36,960 from your positive influence. 387 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:38,740 I wish for everything good to happen for you 388 00:14:38,740 --> 00:14:40,530 and I love you very much. 389 00:14:40,530 --> 00:14:42,960 Lady Jessica pulls the adventurer to his feet 390 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,500 and brings him in close. 391 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:46,980 Staring intently, seriously into his eyes, 392 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:48,577 she addresses him. 393 00:14:48,577 --> 00:14:49,575 "Nerd!" 394 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,160 And she was right, as always. 395 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,110 And together, they ride into the sunset. 396 00:14:56,110 --> 00:14:58,510 Two friends, continuing their journey together, 397 00:14:58,510 --> 00:15:00,640 honor-bound to always be there for each other 398 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,390 with mutual respect and love. 399 00:15:02,390 --> 00:15:05,283 P.S. If it wasn't clear, I was the adventurer in the story. 400 00:15:05,283 --> 00:15:06,116 - Awww! 401 00:15:06,116 --> 00:15:07,643 - Oh my God! 402 00:15:07,643 --> 00:15:10,420 - That's definitely a point away 403 00:15:10,420 --> 00:15:11,253 from Luke and from Jess. 404 00:15:11,253 --> 00:15:13,120 - I'll take it, I'll take it. 405 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,038 - Grant O'Brien. 406 00:15:14,038 --> 00:15:16,797 - What? What is happening? 407 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:19,800 - Grant's already crying! 408 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,677 - I started crying backstage listening to this! 409 00:15:26,128 --> 00:15:27,650 Dear Jess, I have a Google doc 410 00:15:27,650 --> 00:15:30,270 where I jot down ideas for sketches and comedy bits, 411 00:15:30,270 --> 00:15:31,330 what have you. 412 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:33,270 About a month after you joined the writing staff, 413 00:15:33,270 --> 00:15:34,837 I put a pitch in the document that read, 414 00:15:34,837 --> 00:15:36,869 "God dammit, Jess is stealing my brand!" 415 00:15:37,702 --> 00:15:39,620 The thesis of the video would be that you'd come in 416 00:15:39,620 --> 00:15:41,960 and taken the mantle of horny, bisexual theater kid 417 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,760 from me and that everyone liked you better. 418 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,190 But I never pitched it because the more I thought about it 419 00:15:47,190 --> 00:15:48,380 and thought about you, 420 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:50,360 the more I realized that you and I aren't as similar 421 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:51,390 as I first thought. 422 00:15:51,390 --> 00:15:53,170 What I was experiencing was your ability 423 00:15:53,170 --> 00:15:57,410 to make everyone you're with feel invited and feel seen. 424 00:15:57,410 --> 00:15:59,340 What my comedy brain initially read as, 425 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:01,280 Jess and I have the same vibe, was in fact, 426 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,120 a misread of your gift of making everyone feel welcome, 427 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:05,550 exactly as they are. 428 00:16:05,550 --> 00:16:08,960 What I was experiencing was your kindness and your grace. 429 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:09,800 On behalf of the people 430 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,120 that you've worked with professionally, 431 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,870 let me say thank you for bringing that kindness and grace 432 00:16:13,870 --> 00:16:16,250 and warmth and good humor and empathy 433 00:16:16,250 --> 00:16:19,090 and just general good sported-ness to the workplace. 434 00:16:19,090 --> 00:16:21,090 I think that might be rarer than you know. 435 00:16:21,090 --> 00:16:23,200 On days when we started work at five in the morning 436 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,320 or when we got behind and had to play catch up, 437 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,660 or when I was hanging around in a Napoleon costume 438 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:28,544 with my dick out, 439 00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:31,480 - God, I'm gonna cry, now. 440 00:16:33,140 --> 00:16:36,970 - You always, always made everyone's day easier 441 00:16:36,970 --> 00:16:38,840 by bringing that vibe. 442 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,030 It's appreciated by everyone and it's especially appreciated 443 00:16:42,030 --> 00:16:45,030 by horny bisexual theater kids who don't always feel 444 00:16:45,030 --> 00:16:47,270 as welcome as they are. 445 00:16:47,270 --> 00:16:48,470 - Oh my God. 446 00:16:48,470 --> 00:16:52,248 - You invite everyone in. What a fantastic brand. 447 00:16:52,248 --> 00:16:53,081 - Aww! 448 00:16:53,081 --> 00:16:54,109 - Your pal, Grant. 449 00:16:54,109 --> 00:16:56,139 - Awwww! - Yeah! 450 00:16:56,139 --> 00:16:57,503 - Oh my God, thank you! 451 00:16:57,503 --> 00:16:58,543 - Thank you! 452 00:16:58,543 --> 00:17:00,000 - Lovely, lovely moment. 453 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,717 but that's another point away from Jess. 454 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:03,493 Mike Trapp. 455 00:17:03,493 --> 00:17:04,480 - Oh my God. 456 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,420 - Jessica Ross, this is your life! 457 00:17:07,420 --> 00:17:08,893 - I'm overwhelmed, right now! 458 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,600 - Dear Jess, I've always admired your courageous honesty. 459 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,800 You're truthful at the times when it's hardest, 460 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,400 the moments when it's easier to stay silent 461 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,850 or agree with the group, and I'm consistently awed by it, 462 00:17:24,850 --> 00:17:26,170 how you're willing to be vulnerable 463 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:29,380 when others are guarded, earnest when others are cynical, 464 00:17:29,380 --> 00:17:31,320 empathetic when others are flippant. 465 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:32,980 I've watched it change groups. 466 00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:35,790 It's an openness so authentic and enthusiastic 467 00:17:35,790 --> 00:17:37,320 that others have to join you, 468 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:38,940 like the crowd following the first dancer 469 00:17:38,940 --> 00:17:40,470 on the dance floor. 470 00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:43,110 I always have the feeling that I'm seeing the real you, 471 00:17:43,110 --> 00:17:44,800 with no artifice or secrets, 472 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,010 and I'm glad the person I see is my friend. 473 00:17:47,010 --> 00:17:50,166 And I'm sorry I didn't get to say this at your wedding 474 00:17:50,166 --> 00:17:52,389 and have to say it at a game show, behind a paywall. 475 00:17:57,721 --> 00:17:59,304 - Thank you, Trapp! 476 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,880 - That's another point away from Jess. 477 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:03,713 - Got her. 478 00:18:03,713 --> 00:18:04,546 - Got her! 479 00:18:04,546 --> 00:18:06,360 - Got her! - Got her! 480 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:08,474 Jess, you're blowing it. 481 00:18:09,650 --> 00:18:11,709 - Yeah, Luke and I are doing pretty well. 482 00:18:12,770 --> 00:18:14,230 - Oh my God. 483 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:15,430 - Lily Du. 484 00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:17,253 - How is this the episode? 485 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,178 - Okay, this letter is to Rekha? 486 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,770 - Jess, ever since I moved to LA, 487 00:18:22,770 --> 00:18:25,240 you have been nothing but kind and generous to me. 488 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,030 You have given me countless rides, 489 00:18:27,030 --> 00:18:28,320 hosted Game of Thrones nights, 490 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:32,430 and painted this small painting of my dog Jacuzzi 491 00:18:32,430 --> 00:18:35,930 for absolutely no reason but out of the kindness 492 00:18:35,930 --> 00:18:37,240 of your heart. 493 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,000 You are genuinely such a talented writer and performer 494 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,550 and I can not lie when I say that, 495 00:18:42,550 --> 00:18:45,180 so I can't say that to everyone else in this room 496 00:18:45,180 --> 00:18:47,280 and I will do everything in my power, 497 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,880 of which I currently have none, 498 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,600 to make sure you get to do the kind of work you want to do. 499 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,390 I'm not great at heartfelt words, 500 00:18:54,390 --> 00:18:56,890 so instead, I'm gonna Venmo you $200, 501 00:18:56,890 --> 00:18:58,480 - Oh my God, please don't! 502 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,790 - As money is more valuable than heartfelt words. 503 00:19:00,790 --> 00:19:01,823 I'm gonna do it. 504 00:19:01,823 --> 00:19:02,656 - God. 505 00:19:02,656 --> 00:19:03,489 - I'm gonna make it public. 506 00:19:03,489 --> 00:19:04,399 - Thank you so much. 507 00:19:04,399 --> 00:19:05,232 - That's another point towards Jess. 508 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:07,633 Katie Marovitch. 509 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,554 - Uh oh! 510 00:19:10,554 --> 00:19:11,387 - Here comes trouble! 511 00:19:11,387 --> 00:19:13,335 - Here comes a rascal! 512 00:19:13,335 --> 00:19:14,168 - Hello. 513 00:19:14,168 --> 00:19:15,657 - I've got a lot of grievances. 514 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,880 - Uh, yeah. Let me ruin this. 515 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,150 Jess, I wanna start by saying don't you dare cry, 516 00:19:22,150 --> 00:19:23,780 and if you are already crying, 517 00:19:23,780 --> 00:19:28,560 you better stop because Sam's not gonna give you any prizes! 518 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,620 Anyway, you are truly a delightful friend. 519 00:19:31,620 --> 00:19:34,330 Our first time meeting was six or seven years ago 520 00:19:34,330 --> 00:19:37,010 when we were put on the same improv team. 521 00:19:37,010 --> 00:19:38,467 I don't remember much from this time, 522 00:19:38,467 --> 00:19:40,350 but I do have a vivid- 523 00:19:40,350 --> 00:19:41,918 I was fuckin' drunk! 524 00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:46,120 Just kidding, but I do have a vivid memory 525 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,820 of getting to your house a little early for practice, 526 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:50,700 one day, right after learning 527 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:52,963 that a close childhood friend had died. 528 00:19:54,210 --> 00:19:55,680 I doubt you even remember this, 529 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,350 but the way you comforted me, basically, a stranger, 530 00:19:58,350 --> 00:20:00,080 made a big impression. 531 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,350 Years later, you were the perfect writing partner 532 00:20:02,350 --> 00:20:07,070 while we developed, sorry, and wrote Kingpin Katie together. 533 00:20:07,070 --> 00:20:10,420 I loved how silly we both got on that fourth floor office. 534 00:20:10,420 --> 00:20:14,280 You are kind and generous and talented beyond belief. 535 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,523 And absolutely everyone loves you as soon as they meet you. 536 00:20:18,780 --> 00:20:21,360 You're the kind of person, sorry, 537 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:23,020 who makes me want to be a better friend 538 00:20:23,020 --> 00:20:25,270 so that people talk about me the same way they talk 539 00:20:25,270 --> 00:20:26,780 about you. 540 00:20:26,780 --> 00:20:30,860 Anyway, I love you and let's get lunch or something soon. 541 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:32,263 - Are you free Tuesday? 542 00:20:33,530 --> 00:20:34,421 - Sorry to be all business, 543 00:20:34,421 --> 00:20:36,000 but that's another point away from Jess. 544 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,153 Well, uh. 545 00:20:38,950 --> 00:20:40,220 Jess, as it turns out, 546 00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:41,700 when you give people the opportunity, 547 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,827 there are lots of folks who'd like to write you letters. 548 00:20:44,827 --> 00:20:45,660 - Oh my God. 549 00:20:45,660 --> 00:20:46,493 - Okay, I'm ready for this. 550 00:20:46,493 --> 00:20:47,657 - God, let me start over, fuck. 551 00:20:47,657 --> 00:20:48,935 - Oh my God! 552 00:20:48,935 --> 00:20:49,817 - Just ask him if you need a body slate. 553 00:20:49,817 --> 00:20:52,100 - Yeah, if you want a full body slate. 554 00:20:52,100 --> 00:20:53,783 - Dear Jess. 555 00:20:53,783 --> 00:20:55,010 - Yo, what up, Jess! 556 00:20:55,010 --> 00:20:57,460 So grateful that I just get to share how I feel 557 00:20:57,460 --> 00:21:00,420 about you and what you've meant to me over the past years. 558 00:21:00,420 --> 00:21:04,330 - Jess is cackling laughter, sweet potatoes, and vegan egg. 559 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:07,080 - J is for just the funniest person possible. 560 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:08,380 - You were like a sister to me. 561 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:10,970 You're honest, talented, thoughtful. 562 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:13,280 - You're talented. You're funny. You're smart. 563 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,390 - You're effortlessly funny and talented. 564 00:21:15,390 --> 00:21:17,310 You are one of the funniest, kindest, 565 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:19,460 most supportive people I've ever met. 566 00:21:19,460 --> 00:21:21,370 So great at everything you put your mind to, 567 00:21:21,370 --> 00:21:23,153 and you're so much fun to be around. 568 00:21:23,153 --> 00:21:25,830 Most of my favorite memories are from high school, 569 00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:26,790 and they include you. 570 00:21:26,790 --> 00:21:29,800 - E is for, everybody feels happier when you're around. 571 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:33,100 - Jess is a fuckin' comedy machine. 572 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:37,090 - You are supremely talented and outrageously funny. 573 00:21:37,090 --> 00:21:39,250 - You're one of the most talented comedy writers 574 00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:41,460 that I've ever had the pleasure of working with. 575 00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:43,930 - I knew that you were the best writer out there 576 00:21:43,930 --> 00:21:46,180 and I made it my mission to take you down. 577 00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:47,510 - And I will read on that script, 578 00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:49,700 written by Jessica Ross, I'll get so excited 579 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:51,437 'cause I know it's gonna be an amazing idea 580 00:21:51,437 --> 00:21:52,600 and I get to act a fool. 581 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:57,066 - I continue to be in awe of your versatility, sheer talent, 582 00:21:57,066 --> 00:21:59,603 and just, what a beautiful human being you are to be around. 583 00:21:59,603 --> 00:22:04,020 - You can take the flimsiest turd of an idea and turn it, 584 00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:06,850 seemingly effortlessly, into something so hilarious. 585 00:22:06,850 --> 00:22:08,560 - Didn't expect to hear turd in that one. 586 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,950 - Everyone wrote the same number of good sketches, 587 00:22:10,950 --> 00:22:13,540 but you were the only writer who never wrote 588 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:14,690 any bad sketches. 589 00:22:14,690 --> 00:22:18,800 - Jess is a North star. Without her, we're a little lost. 590 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,310 - S is for sweetie pie. 591 00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:21,682 - We bought tickets to see Interstellar 592 00:22:21,682 --> 00:22:22,515 in the Arclight Dome. 593 00:22:22,515 --> 00:22:25,455 Believe it hit us both way harder than we expected 594 00:22:25,455 --> 00:22:27,490 and it makes me wanna laugh, but at the same time, 595 00:22:27,490 --> 00:22:29,180 it also makes my eyes swell up. 596 00:22:29,180 --> 00:22:30,390 - You always make sure that everyone 597 00:22:30,390 --> 00:22:32,000 around you is getting a chance to be heard. 598 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,090 - I'm so lucky to call you my friend. 599 00:22:34,090 --> 00:22:37,295 I think she calls me her friend or asshole. 600 00:22:37,295 --> 00:22:40,380 - And the other S is for so amazing 601 00:22:40,380 --> 00:22:43,010 that I feel comfortable starting a group chant alone 602 00:22:43,010 --> 00:22:43,910 in my apartment. 603 00:22:43,910 --> 00:22:45,060 We love Jess! 604 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:47,335 - I really hope you and Kait never leave LA. 605 00:22:47,335 --> 00:22:49,001 - Ever. 606 00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:49,834 We're allowed to leave, but you guys can't. 607 00:22:49,834 --> 00:22:52,030 - No, you gotta stay right here. Mom and Dad. 608 00:22:52,030 --> 00:22:55,530 - Thank you for all the trips, the lasagna, the baked goods, 609 00:22:55,530 --> 00:22:57,220 and help throughout the past seven years. 610 00:22:57,220 --> 00:22:59,300 - I tell you this all the time that I'm so happy 611 00:22:59,300 --> 00:23:00,350 that we're friends. 612 00:23:00,350 --> 00:23:01,183 - Much love. 613 00:23:02,337 --> 00:23:03,625 - Got her. - Got her! 614 00:23:03,625 --> 00:23:04,458 - Got her! 615 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,820 - That's another point away from Jess. 616 00:23:08,820 --> 00:23:11,043 - Does everyone know I've had a hard year? 617 00:23:12,302 --> 00:23:14,500 I'm not just crazy? 618 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:17,790 - Because a normal person would have remained stone cold 619 00:23:17,790 --> 00:23:19,160 through all that. 620 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,970 And now, someone without whom 621 00:23:20,970 --> 00:23:24,680 this episode wouldn't have been remotely possible, 622 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:25,606 Kait Thompson. 623 00:23:28,463 --> 00:23:32,194 - You can go ahead and join Jess at her podium. 624 00:23:32,194 --> 00:23:33,570 - Awww! 625 00:23:33,570 --> 00:23:35,080 I know why it's been a hard year, 626 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,790 but for the benefit of our viewers at home, 627 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:37,920 maybe the two of you could talk 628 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:39,120 about why it's been a hard year. 629 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:43,330 - Yeah, well, we're supposed to get married in 2020, 630 00:23:43,330 --> 00:23:45,240 which of course, couldn't happen 631 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,240 'cause of quarantine and everything and. 632 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,480 - Jess, you had back surgery very recently. 633 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,040 - Yeah, I had a herniated disc in my back 634 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,080 and I couldn't walk for awhile. 635 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:55,590 - For like, months. Like, for months. 636 00:23:55,590 --> 00:23:57,853 For like, almost a year, she couldn't like, 637 00:23:57,853 --> 00:23:58,686 walk around the block. 638 00:23:58,686 --> 00:24:01,563 - When you're like, off your feet for six months, 639 00:24:01,563 --> 00:24:02,850 what do you do? 640 00:24:02,850 --> 00:24:03,920 - Write and- 641 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,384 - Wrote, watched a lot of TV. 642 00:24:06,384 --> 00:24:08,408 - We're watching RuPaul's Drag Race right now. 643 00:24:08,408 --> 00:24:09,241 - Yes. 644 00:24:09,241 --> 00:24:10,230 - It's really good, well, right now 645 00:24:10,230 --> 00:24:12,390 but like, the whole quarantine, basically. 646 00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:14,050 - It gives me an idea. 647 00:24:14,050 --> 00:24:17,630 I would never ask you to have a wedding, 648 00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:20,020 but just so that you're not rusty, 649 00:24:20,020 --> 00:24:22,310 what about like, a little practice wedding? 650 00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:26,190 Just so like, by the time you have a wedding, you know, 651 00:24:26,190 --> 00:24:27,710 you're well-prepared. 652 00:24:27,710 --> 00:24:29,090 - Okay. 653 00:24:29,090 --> 00:24:30,040 - Bow ties, everyone? 654 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,220 Kait and Jess, let's put you right here 655 00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:33,640 in front of the arch. 656 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,970 Katie and Rekha and Luke on this side, 657 00:24:35,970 --> 00:24:37,960 let's put the three of you on the other side. 658 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,420 Very nice. 659 00:24:39,420 --> 00:24:40,253 - You look so cute. 660 00:24:40,253 --> 00:24:41,220 - You know what I just realized is, 661 00:24:41,220 --> 00:24:43,183 we're missing an officiant. 662 00:24:44,393 --> 00:24:47,814 - Oh my God! Oh my God! 663 00:24:47,814 --> 00:24:50,364 I love you so much! Oh my God! 664 00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:54,053 - Bob the Drag Queen, everyone! 665 00:24:56,253 --> 00:24:58,462 - Oh my God, thank you for being here. 666 00:24:58,462 --> 00:25:01,130 - I was in the neighborhood in full drag. 667 00:25:01,130 --> 00:25:03,270 - I really do love you. 668 00:25:03,270 --> 00:25:05,250 I think you're so beautiful and amazing. 669 00:25:05,250 --> 00:25:06,117 - Oh well, thank you. 670 00:25:06,117 --> 00:25:09,180 Listen, I've read some really remarkable things about you 671 00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:13,210 and I know that you two have been engaged since 2018 672 00:25:13,210 --> 00:25:16,420 and I know that 2020 took a lot away from a lot of people. 673 00:25:16,420 --> 00:25:17,600 I know that just recently, 674 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,680 you were able to start walking again, 675 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,473 taking Poppy on some rides. 676 00:25:23,976 --> 00:25:26,280 You bring out a lot of joy and a lot of laughter 677 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,130 to a lot of people's lives. 678 00:25:28,130 --> 00:25:29,640 You make a lot of people's lives happy, 679 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:30,980 so we're just trying to bring a little bit 680 00:25:30,980 --> 00:25:32,857 of that back to you, today. 681 00:25:32,857 --> 00:25:34,970 So, we're just gonna do a little practice run. 682 00:25:34,970 --> 00:25:35,890 If you're not all cried out, 683 00:25:35,890 --> 00:25:38,390 let's see if we can squeeze some more tears. 684 00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:41,723 So dearly beloved, the category is matrimony. 685 00:25:41,723 --> 00:25:42,556 - Hoo! 686 00:25:42,556 --> 00:25:43,389 - Oh! 687 00:25:44,222 --> 00:25:45,890 - Marriage is a wonderful union 688 00:25:45,890 --> 00:25:47,540 to show people how much you love each other 689 00:25:47,540 --> 00:25:50,450 and more importantly, show the person you love 690 00:25:50,450 --> 00:25:52,100 and spend a wonderful time with them. 691 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:54,850 Kait, please repeat after me. 692 00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:55,683 I, 693 00:25:55,683 --> 00:25:56,516 - I, 694 00:25:56,516 --> 00:25:58,700 - Kait, take you, Jess 695 00:25:58,700 --> 00:26:00,633 - To be my wife. 696 00:26:00,633 --> 00:26:05,522 - To live together in gorgeous, fierce, lesbian matrimony. 697 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:09,899 - To live together in gorgeous, fierce, lesbian matrimony! 698 00:26:09,899 --> 00:26:12,242 - To put you purse first. 699 00:26:12,242 --> 00:26:13,738 - To put you- 700 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:14,571 - I said it! 701 00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:20,954 - To put you purse first. 702 00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:26,510 - To keep you in sickening-ness and in health. 703 00:26:26,510 --> 00:26:28,830 - Forsaking all others, 704 00:26:28,830 --> 00:26:30,832 - Unless you're into that sort of thing. 705 00:26:30,832 --> 00:26:32,272 Say it! 706 00:26:32,272 --> 00:26:33,481 - Unless you're into that sort of thing. 707 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,960 - Jess, please repeat after me. 708 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,450 I, Jess, take you, Kait 709 00:26:38,450 --> 00:26:40,108 - I, Jess, take you, Kait 710 00:26:40,108 --> 00:26:42,130 - To be my wife, 711 00:26:42,130 --> 00:26:49,240 - To live together in gorgeous, fierce, lesbian matrimony. 712 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,668 - To put you purse first. 713 00:26:52,668 --> 00:26:58,220 - To keep you in sickening-ness and in health. 714 00:26:58,220 --> 00:27:01,017 - Forsaking all others, 715 00:27:01,017 --> 00:27:03,737 - Unless you're into that sort of thing. 716 00:27:03,737 --> 00:27:07,568 - And by the power invested in me by CollegeHumor, 717 00:27:09,910 --> 00:27:12,396 may the best women wed! 718 00:27:18,420 --> 00:27:20,363 Good luck and don't fuck it up! 719 00:27:22,838 --> 00:27:23,671 - Thank you! 720 00:27:23,671 --> 00:27:24,850 - That's the end of our game, 721 00:27:24,850 --> 00:27:27,190 but we can take another point away from Jess, 722 00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:28,493 bringing her to 0. 723 00:27:29,570 --> 00:27:33,210 The winner of this episode of Game Changer is clearly Rekha. 724 00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:35,240 - I don't want this. 725 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:38,018 It feels bad to take a prize for not crying. 726 00:27:38,018 --> 00:27:39,866 I feel like I gotta do some introspection. 727 00:27:39,866 --> 00:27:41,650 Just give it to Jess. Give it to Jess. 728 00:27:41,650 --> 00:27:42,530 Fine. 729 00:27:42,530 --> 00:27:44,810 Kait and Jess, you win a National Park honeymoon, 730 00:27:44,810 --> 00:27:47,093 which we set up for you and paid for. 731 00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:50,500 - You would've hated that! 732 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:53,353 - I would've hated going alone on that! 733 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:57,780 - That does it for us, here, at Game Changer. 734 00:27:57,780 --> 00:28:00,160 I'm Sam Reich, reminding you that sometimes, 735 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,210 laughter is the second best medicine. 736 00:28:03,210 --> 00:28:04,630 Good night!