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Adam Investigates: 12 Days Gifts on Craigslist - YouTube
Channel: TheEllenShow
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- Let me
ask you a question, uh,
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how many of you
have used Craigslist before?
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[cheers and applause]
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It's the number one site
for selling your old garbage
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to creepy strangers.
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[laughter]
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You can find
so many things on Craigslist.
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Uh, everything from,
like, an apartment
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to a toaster
to a boyfriend.
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But recently I found something
else out on Craigs--Craigslist.
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Uh, some of my audience members
who were here
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for our 12 Days of Giveaways
decided to take the gifts
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that I gave them--
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[audience grumbles]
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And sell them online
for profit.
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I mean, really,
can you believe that?
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Okay, so, I mean,
I knew we had an Ellen shop,
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but now there's
an Ellen black market.
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[laughter]
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We found
all kinds of things.
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We found
this Fender guitar,
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and it says, uh,
well, it says that they,
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uh, can't use it,
but we gave away lessons
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because they said--
anyway, we, uh--
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[laughter]
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There're headphones,
there's, uh, an Ellen bike,
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and--
[audience scoffs]
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I know.
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Someone was even selling
an ED by Ellen gift card.
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How dare you.
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So here's what we did.
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We set up
a little sting operation.
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My writer Adam contacted
these people anonymously
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and set up
a time to meet.
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They thought they were
meeting someone
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who wanted
to buy their stuff,
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but really it was Adam
and a camera crew
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and, uh,
it's very enjoyable.
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[typewriter clicking]
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[investigative music]
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[jingling]
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- All right,
let's go.
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Hi there,
are you selling the Ellen bike?
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- Yeah.
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- So, uh,
so your wife got this bike?
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- My wife got it, yeah.
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- See, Ellen gives
these gifts away to people
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and then we found out
people are just selling them
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trying to turn--
trying to turn a profit
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on Craigslist.
- Eh.
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- Can we see the bike?
- It's in a box.
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- Can we open it up
and take a look?
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Let's see if we can
get this thing together.
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Uh, where your wife
listed this online,
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she said,
"This is a quality bike
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and even better
for anyone who loves Ellen."
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So does she not love Ellen?
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- I mean,
everybody's gotta love Ellen.
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- Where's your wife at
right now?
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- She has a condo
that she's selling.
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- Oh, I see.
Do you want to call her,
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and let her know
what's going on here?
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- Uh, sure.
Let me get my phone.
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[laughter]
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- Hi, babe, um, I got people
from the Ellen Show here.
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- You're not even funny.
- No, I'm serious.
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- Hi, uh, you were selling
the Ellen bike on Craigslist?
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- I didn't realize
that was an issue.
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- It's a small issue.
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The cops are
on their way right now.
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- No, are you kidding me?
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- No, I'm kidding.
It's not illegal.
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It's--it's just ungrateful.
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Why don't you take this bike
for a test drive?
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Prancer's gonna spot you
as you go.
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There you go.
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Take him around
the cul-de-sac, Prancer.
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You can't see this,
but it's going really well.
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Go Gary, go Prancer.
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So you still want
to get rid of the bike.
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There might be, uh,
bike paths in Las Vegas
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at the new property.
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- Yeah, if we move out there.
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- So you guys have a condo,
and this house,
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and a property in Vegas,
and you're selling a bike
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for $400?
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[typewriter clicking]
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[investigative music]
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- Hi there.
- Hi.
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- Are you Jessica?
- I am.
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- My name's Adam.
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I'm with
the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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- Oh.
- Do you mind
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if I talk to you
for a little bit?
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- Yeah.
This is hilarious.
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Someone's supposed to be
picking up a guitar.
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- Yeah, that's the guitar
that Ellen gave you, isn't it?
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- Yes, it is.
- So was--
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- Oh, no.
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- So was Ellen's gift
not good enough for you?
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- Oh, no, it was amazing.
I just don't play guitar.
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- Do you think
you would like to try to learn?
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- I think I will now.
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- Now, first thing,
first thing.
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You should learn
what the strings are.
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Do you know what
the strings on the guitar are?
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- Um, no.
- Okay.
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So it's E, A, D, G, B, E.
- Okay.
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- Do you know
how you can remember that?
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- Every good boy
deserves fudge.
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- Or you can do
"Ellen always does good
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"but everyone
disrespects her
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by selling her gifts
on Craigslist."
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- Okay.
- That's a good way to, uh--
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- It is a good way
to remember.
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- You'll always be able
to remember that.
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Here, let's try
this power chord.
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Put one finger--
put your forefinger here.
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- Uh-huh.
- And then put your pinky there.
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On the second string.
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[strums guitar chord]
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- There you go,
now sing.
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[singing]
- I'm so sorry
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- Sing to the camera.
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[singing]
- And I feel guilty
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I'll never betray
Ellen again
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[typewriter clicking]
[investigative music]
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- Is that guy holding something
across the street there?
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- Ben?
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Hi, are you Ben
with the headphones?
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Come here.
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So you're selling--
you're selling the headphones
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that Ellen gave you
as a gift?
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- Yeah, I didn't go
to the show.
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- Oh, you didn't go
to the show?
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- My sister did.
- Your sister did.
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- With my mom, yeah.
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- And she didn't want
these headphones
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that Ellen gave her?
- We have two, so yeah.
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- It's still
a nice gift, though.
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She could have kept it.
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- Yeah, I mean,
we already have a pair so--
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- Uh-huh.
- 'Cause I didn't post.
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I said--just--
- Don't try to
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get out of this now.
- Yeah, no, I mean--
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- It's too late.
Prancer's here.
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I'm here.
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Ellen's watching.
- I know, hi, Ellen.
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- You want to come
to the next house?
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We found someone else
who's also selling their stuff.
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- Yeah, sure,
can I--can I bring my sister?
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- Yeah, go get--
where's your sister?
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Go get--
- She's at home.
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- I want to talk
to your sister.
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- They were, like,
texting me
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and then this bear came
and like--
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and I was like,
"What is that?"
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- Oh, really?
Wait is it an actual guy?
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- Yeah, he's, like,
in a suit and everything like--
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- So you were at one
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of the 12 Days of Giveaways
shows, right?
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- Yes, I was.
- You were?
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- Hi, Prancer.
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- So, uh,
you said you had a pair
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of these headphones already?
- Yes, I have a pair.
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- But there's two of you.
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Maybe you could have kept
both of them.
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- Well, no,
my mom was on the show with me
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so we were selling
two of them and--
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- So you don't want
either of them.
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So kinda what you told me
was a lie.
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- I mean, kind of.
- So Ben lied to me.
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- So here's the offer I made--
- I'm so sorry, Prancer.
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- So here's the offer
I made to Ben.
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Would you guys
like to come with us
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to the next--the next person?
- Wow.
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- Maybe they would want to trade
you for your headphones.
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- Sure.
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[laughter]
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[typewriter clicking]
[investigative music]
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- Hi there.
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Are you selling
the ED by Ellen gift cards?
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- Uh, yeah.
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- Hi, what's your name?
- Travis.
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- Travis, uh, I'm Adam.
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I work for Ellen.
- Okay.
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- So, uh, you don't want these--
these wonderful gift cards
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that Ellen gave you?
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Do you remember Prancer?
- I do remember Prancer.
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- Well, the gift card
was for women's shoes.
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- Now would you be interested
in trading with someone else,
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perhaps, for their, uh,
12 Days gifts?
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- Uh, yeah sure.
- Uh, this is Emily and Ben.
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- Hi, nice to meet you.
- Hi.
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- So, um, would you
be interested in headphones
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by any chance?
- I would way use headphones.
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- So, how would you like
some ED by Ellen shoes?
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- That would be awesome.
- Sweet.
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- I better not see this stuff
back on Craigslist.
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- Ellen, uh, everybody is happy
with their gifts,
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and we met someone
who's almost as tall as Prancer.
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So, uh, thank you Ellen.
- Thank you, Ellen.
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- Thanks, Ellen.
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[cheers and applause]
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- Thank you, Adam,
and thank you, Prancer.
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Ah, that was some great
investigative reporting.
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If you want Adam to investigate
something, uh, for you,
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please let me know.
We'll be right back.
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