‐ Welcome to a mystery that's not so much a whodunit
as a "who knew it."
It's a game where street smarts rule
and dishonesty takes you to the top.
Every tic could be a tell,
and any wrong move could get you expelled.
And when the ruse is finally revealed,
it will send shockwaves through this study.
I'm Craig Ferguson, and this is "The Hustler."
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause] Ah! Ha ha!
Good evening, and welcome to "The Hustler"‐‐
a game of deception, betrayal,
and multiple‐choice trivia questions.
Tonight I will ask you five players
ten trivia questions worth $10,000 each.
You'll be working together to bank every single dollar.
Well, not really.
One of you is secretly the Hustler.
That person already knows all the answers
because the questions are inspired by facts
and experiences from the Hustler's life.
The Hustler's goal is to sneak out of here
with all of the money.
But if the last two players can catch the Hustler,
then the cash will be theirs to share.
By that point, the other two of you
will be eliminated by the Hustler.
Before we begin, let's all have a little meet and greet.
Where are you from, Sarah?
‐ I'm from Los Angeles.
‐ What do you do in Los Angeles?
‐ I'm a stay‐at‐home mother of two.
‐ Really? Are you the Hustler? ‐ [laughs] No.
‐ What do you think? She telling the truth?
‐ I don't know. She's been a little fidgety.
A little hard to tell. I guess we'll find out.
‐ What about you, Sam? You feeling fidgety?
‐ Not really. ‐ Where you from?
‐ From Atlanta, Georgia. ‐ What do you do in Atlanta?
‐ So I work for a big telecommunications company
in their consulting arm.
‐ That sound like a real job to you, Michelle?
‐ Not particularly, no. [laughs]
‐ Where are you from? ‐ Paducah, Kentucky.
‐ Are you the Hustler? ‐ No.
‐ Are you the Hustler? ‐ I'm not.
‐ Okay. What about you, Myrick? You the Hustler?
‐ Not at all.
‐ It's an interesting name. Where you from?
‐ I'm from Catonsville, Maryland.
‐ What do you do there in Maryland?
‐ I'm a stay‐at‐home dad.
‐ Stay‐at‐home dad! ‐ Yeah.
‐ How many kids do you got? ‐ I just have one.
He's 2‐‐well, 2 1/2.
He tells people‐‐ ‐ You have 2 1/2 kids,
or you have one kid that's 2 1/2?
‐ No, one kid who's 2 1/2. ‐ Okay, fair enough.
Well, well, well...
‐ Well, well, well... [laughter]
‐ How are you doing?
‐ I'm fantastic. How are you doing?
‐ I'm fantastic, too, Andrew.
Where you from? ‐ Conroe, Texas.
‐ Conroe, Texas. What do you do when you're there?
‐ I'm the most trustworthy person in the world.
I'm a car salesman. [laughter]
‐ Are you the Hustler, by the way?
‐ I could be. That's what we're here to find out, right?
‐ Okay, fair enough.
I find it pretty hard to believe
that none of you are the Hustler.
Somebody's got to be the Hustler.
Now, here's the thing that you should know.
I legitimately don't know who the Hustler is.
I swear. Don't look at me for guidance.
But I do have some clues
to share with you about the Hustler's identity.
Here is the first one.
Magical bookcase! Let us know!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Hmm. I don't remember anyone
admitting to being a college professor.
Myrick, you're wearing glasses.
[laughter]
‐ That's the equiva‐‐ ‐ That's what it is?
‐ Only skill you need to be a college professor.
‐ That's all you need to be a college professor?
‐ That's it. That's all you need.
‐ I don't know. What do you think, Sam?
Does that tip the scales for you anywhere?
Starting any suspicions? ‐ A little bit.
I mean, he looks like he could be a college professor.
He fits the profile a little bit.
You know, he's sophisticated. ‐ Maybe a little too well.
‐ Ah, maybe.
I think he's at that right age, where he could be a professor.
‐ What profession were you trying to be
before you became a stay‐at‐home dad?
I was in defense. ‐ Defense?
‐ Yeah, defense industry‐‐
for about 12, 13 years. ‐ Okay.
‐ All right. Here's the first of three questions
before the Hustler takes one of you out of the game.
♪ ♪
You have one minute.
I will not accept the answer unless you all agree on it.
Begin! ‐ Sam, what do you think?
[laughter]
‐ I have no clue.
I'm not really up to date on professor salaries,
so I wouldn't even know where to begin.
‐ Well I think we can eliminate $101,000.
‐ I agree. 101,000 can be eliminated.
‐ I think that's way too much money.
‐ I even say for a median,
92 is probably a little too much money.
‐ Probably depends on what kind of college...
‐ Right. It doesn't say what kind.
It says a college professor. So it could be Harvard.
It could be a community college.
‐ Right. ‐ But the way median
is calculated, right, it's not, like, the average.
It's the number in the middle. ‐ In the middle.
So that's why 92 still seems very, very high.
‐ It does. ‐ To be a middle number for me.
‐ 56 seems low. ‐ Maybe 78?
‐ I would lean towards 78.
‐ What do you guys think, 78?
‐ I would agree with that. ‐ I think 78 sounds good.
‐ That sounds the most reasonable.
‐ Okay, we'll go with 78. ‐ All right.
Your answer that you all agree on
is $78,740.
Is that the correct answer?
♪ ♪
It is the correct answer!
[cheers and applause] ‐ Good job!
‐ $10,000 goes in the bank!
And the money begins.
But...
did we learn anything?
Did we learn anything, Michelle?
‐ Possibly.
‐ Did we look at the other players?
Did we see anyone force the issue?
Who led the charge on that particular answer?
‐ I feel like Myrick kind of led the charge on that one.
‐ You think Myrick's the Hustler?
‐ Possibly. ‐ See, I was thinking you.
[laughter]
I was thinking that you kind of got out there
and just let it be known.
‐ Hmm. All right.
Here's the next clue about the Hustler's identity.
Magic bookcase.
♪ ♪
‐ [laughs]
‐ I imagine there's a picture of a bathroom right here.
Yes. That's where a cat
is learning the ways of the human.
‐ [laughs]
‐ Anybody here got a cat?
You have a cat.
‐ No, just a dog. ‐ Yes, you do. You don't?
‐ No, I have a dog named Dora. Boxer.
‐ Oh, a boxer dog named Dora.
Do you have a cat, Myrick? ‐ I do not.
I have a dog as well.
‐ Andrew, you got a little catty?
‐ I have two little dogs.
‐ Two little dogs. ‐ Baylor and Bentley.
‐ All right, what kind of dogs are they?
‐ It's a Yorkie and a papillon mix.
‐ Oh, nice. Very good. Michelle? You got a cat?
‐ I have two. ‐ That's all right!
There's nothing wrong with having a cat.
Doesn't make you the Hustler 'cause you have a cat.
‐ They're not really cats. I call them princesses.
‐ Okay.
Are you toilet training them?
‐ That would be weird. [laughs]
‐ Okay. ‐ That would be very weird.
‐ Nothing weird about them being princesses, though.
‐ You got a cat? ‐ I have no pets.
‐ Well...
by a simple process of elimination,
the only person that admits to having cats is Michelle.
So either she is the Hustler,
or one of you would deny your cute little pet
for money.
Good for you, I say.
All right, let's have a look at the next question.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ I lean towards fish and dogs.
Fish because of quantity‐‐ you usually have
more fish in an aquarium,
and I don't see hamsters and birds as often
in my friends and family.
‐ Yeah, I think we can eliminate birds as well.
‐ Yeah, but the consensus right here was,
three of you claimed to have dogs.
‐ Yeah. I just think that's really obvious, though.
‐ Yeah... ‐ I also have an aquarium
with 15 fish in it. ‐ Okay!
‐ I was gonna say, 'cause it's not number of people,
it's number of pets. ‐ Pets. Right.
‐ Right. ‐ And you usually have
more than one fish.
‐ I lean towards that.
‐ And I feel like everybody at one point has had a fish.
‐ Yeah. ‐ Yeah, you win it
at the fair or something. ‐ Right, right.
With the ping‐pong ball. ‐ Yeah.
‐ It survives for two days, and then, you know‐‐
‐ Then it dies, yes.
‐ I would lean towards fish, just because of quantity.
‐ I'm gonna need an answer from you.
‐ I'm good with fish. ‐ I'll go with fish.
‐ Okay, at 95 million,
cats are the second‐most owned pet in the US.
What is the first?
You guys think it is fish.
Is fish the correct answer?
♪ ♪
Fish is the correct answer!
[cheers and applause]
‐ Good job! Good job! ‐ $20,000 is in the bank!
Well, well, well...
Now, let me ask you this‐‐ did we learn anything?
Did we learn anything? Who was pushing for fish?
‐ I mean, I think we all were, really.
‐ But I also noticed every time that Andrew said something,
Myrick was always, like, right behind it.
‐ Oh, really? ‐ Oh, this is true, yes.
‐ What does that mean?
‐ It means that you're like,
"Thank you for finding the answer for me."
‐ Oh! ‐ Oh, I see.
‐ Yeah, you've been pretty confident, both of you,
but again, I think that one was...
You know, it may have been a little bit of a gimme.
‐ You make a very fair point.
There's nothing wrong with actually knowing the answer
to the question. ‐ Right.
‐ Just because you know the answer
doesn't make you the Hustler.
You're getting the hang of the game.
[laughter] Good. I like it.
All right.
I like that together you have banked $20,000.
‐ Ooh!
‐ But I love that some of you
have been calling each other out
for perhaps being the Hustler.
♪ ♪
The Hustler's reign of terror continues.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
[piano notes play softly]
‐ After two questions, you have $20,000 in the bank.
Let's see if we can make that number even higher, shall we?
Here is your next clue about the Hustler.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Who here looks like they'd be
into zombie apocalypse podcasting?
It's a very obscure kind of thing to try and tell
by looking at someone, I think.
‐ That's definitely a niche market there.
‐ Yeah, but we're getting a feel for somebody here.
What clues have we had before?
We've had the cats are being toilet trained.
‐ College professor.
‐ College professor and zombie apocalypse stuff.
‐ Whole gamut of things.
‐ Why, that sounds like somebody that might go
for an off‐the‐beaten‐track hair color, for example.
You know what I'm saying?
‐ Well, the thing about that bathroom was,
I was looking at all those products,
and I didn't see any children's toys, so...
[laughs] I was like, "This is someone who doesn't have kids.
‐ All right, let's look at the next question, shall we?
♪ ♪
‐ I've never even heard of this movie.
‐ [laughs] ‐ I've heard of the movie,
but I've never seen the movie.
‐ Oh, this is going great.
‐ I only know one of those bands.
‐ I know of Coldplay, I know of Oasis,
and I know of Radiohead, but I don't listen
to a whole lot of their music.
‐ So this is pretty much just a crapshoot.
‐ Well, I've seen the movie, it was a long time ago.
But I know that it's a British movie.
And of those bands, like, three of those bands are British.
Right? Isn't Radiohead, Oasis, and Coldplay all British?
‐ All right, let's try to eliminate.
‐ I think we can eliminate White Zombie,
because that's an American band.
So I just feel like‐‐ ‐ That seems kind of obvious,
too, with it being about zombies.
‐ Is that a real band? ‐ Yeah, it's a real band.
‐ It is? Okay.
‐ They play very angry music. ‐ Oh. [laughs]
‐ I don't feel that Coldplay would do that.
But again, I could be wrong. ‐ Ten seconds, everybody.
‐ Somebody's just gonna have to pick one.
‐ Myrick, what do you think? ‐ Five seconds.
‐ I have no idea. I'm just gonna‐‐
‐ All right! Time's up! ‐ Radiohead?
‐ You guys have to give me an answer,
or the money is off the table and you can't win it.
‐ We're going with him. ‐ We can lock that in.
‐ You guys are going with my answer?
‐ Yep. ‐ Sure.
‐ Radiohead is your answer, unless anyone objects.
Okay.
You guys think it is Radiohead.
Is Radiohead the correct answer?
The correct answer is... not Radiohead.
‐ Uh‐oh. ‐ Oh...
‐ Aha. What is the correct answer?
♪ ♪
Coldplay. ‐ Oh.
‐ Coldplay.
I seem to remember some talk about that in the discussion.
‐ Sarah did bring up Coldplay,
I mean, you definitely knew more
about that question than the rest of us.
‐ I also live in LA.
‐ There you go. ‐ [laughs]
‐ What college do you teach at?
[laughter] ‐ Ooh.
‐ You don't have to answer what college you teach at.
‐ What do you teach? You can answer that.
‐ Right. Right. What courses‐‐
‐ What do you teach? ‐ We won't tell anybody.
We won't tell. ‐ $20,000 is a lot of money.
If one of you were to go home with that right now,
I'm sure you'd be very happy.
That's not what's going to happen.
Instead, one of you is just going to go home.
It's time for the Hustler's first elimination.
There are secret ballots in the table in front of you.
Mark the person that you want to see removed from the study.
You shouldn't spend too much time thinking about this,
'cause it's only the Hustler's vote that counts.
All right.
There you go, Sam. Thank you. ‐ Thank you.
‐ Michelle. Thank you.
All right, Myrick, thank you very much.
All right.
This goes here.
♪ ♪
‐ Like a teller.
‐ And now the Hustler's decision has been made.
That information is now in the magical bookcase.
Let's find out who's going home.
The Hustler has decided to eliminate...
♪ ♪
Michelle. Ah...
I'm so sorry. ‐ Me too! [laughs]
‐ An odd and interesting choice.
Why do you think you were chosen to be eliminated?
‐ Because I think that the Hustler knows
that I'm onto them.
‐ Oh, yeah? Who do you think it is?
‐ I do think it's Sam.
‐ Do you really? ‐ I do. I do.
‐ [laughs] ‐ What made you think it's Sam?
‐ He's kind of evasive with the‐‐
like, getting in there and answering the questions.
And, of course, he has the made‐up job.
‐ Right. That's true, yes.
Sounds a little made up, yeah. ‐ That triggered it
immediately to me that there was an issue there.
‐ Hmm. Sam.
How do you feel about that?
‐ I mean, I'm not the Hustler.
‐ Okay. ‐ Right?
I'm sorry.
‐ Oh, really? ‐ I would not have
eliminated you if I were the Hustler.
‐ I'm so sorry, Michelle.
‐ Okay. ‐ It's very sad.
Please, come this way.
Just walk over here, Michelle, and...
Good night, Michelle! Off you go!
♪ ♪
Well, well, well...
[applause]
I have to say, I am surprised.
‐ Me too. ‐ What do you think, Andrew?
‐ I think Sam's "I'm sorry" with a big pause
was a little weird there.
He was, like, apologizing for eliminating her.
‐ I felt bad for her. ‐ 'Cause you did it
[laughter] ‐ Is it offensive
to be called the Hustler?
It seems like you guys get angry
when you're accused of being the Hustler.
‐ I mean, it's like calling someone a liar.
‐ Yeah, well, whoever it is,
it kind of is, aren't they, really,
when you think about it.
$20,000 in the bank, though.
One player is gone.
Can the other three catch the Hustler?
Or will the Hustler get away with it?
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
‐ Michelle has gone from the game.
$20,000 is in the bank.
And we have only three more questions
before the Hustler eliminates another player.
The next clue about the Hustler is...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Oh, what is that?
Fruity bananas, and is that pancakes in there or waffles?
‐ Looks like a pancake. ‐ Looks like a pan‐‐
Could be a waffle under there. I think I see the grid pattern.
Oh, wait, look. Look to the side of the breakfast plate.
‐ There's medicine. ‐ Yeah!
Is that medicine or vitamins? ‐ Vitamins.
‐ Well, it's a lot, though.
‐ That's a lot of vitamins.
‐ Could be medicine and vitamins.
Hmm. Anybody here look like they're on meds?
[laughter] How dare you?
Well, some food for thought.
Here's the next question.
♪ ♪
‐ [slowly] Okay...
‐ One of these is not like the other.
Potato chips doesn't sound right
because the other three are condiments of sorts.
So I lean to rule out potato chips.
‐ Okay. ‐ Now, is butter too close‐‐
'Cause, you know, you put it
on a waffle‐‐ think that's too obvious?
‐ Maybe that's where I'd lean to, but I don't know.
‐ Well, I feel like butter is a waffle item.
‐ Right, that's what I mean, so maybe that's not‐‐
So it's not butter, 'cause mayonnaise and mustard
is a really weird thing for Eggo to make?
‐ Don't people sometimes use mayonnaise
as a baking ingredient?
I know people that put it in cakes.
I don't know if you put it in a waffle or pancake.
‐ But you certainly wouldn't cook with mustard that way.
‐ Exactly, so staying something semi‐similar,
I lean more towards mayonnaise than the other three.
‐ You think it's mayonnaise? ‐ I'm not 100%.
That's where I lean, yes.
‐ I don't know‐‐ I'd go with, like, butter,
but, honestly, I'm way more confident
in your confidence with mayo.
‐ Okay! Time's up.
‐ I would definitely not go with me.
‐ I'd go with... ‐ Okay.
‐ Give me a decision, or there's no money to be won.
‐ Mayonnaise. ‐ I think we're going Andrew.
‐ Mayonnaise?
Okay.
The Eggo company started out making
what decidedly non‐waffle item?
You all agreed, reluctantly some of you,
that it was mayonnaise.
Is mayonnaise the correct answer?
It is...
It is the correct answer!
$10,000! ‐ Good job!
[applause] ‐ Yes.
‐ Well, well, magical painting on the wall,
how much money is in the bank?
$30,000.
What else can we learn about the Hustler?
Here's another clue.
♪ ♪
Well, I think that kind of fits in with the cats
and the college professor
and the zombie apocalypse and stuff.
You're gonna need a TV if there's a zombie apocalypse,
am I right there?
‐ I don't know if you're gonna need a TV.
‐ I don't know if you'll have internet access.
[laughs] ‐ Yeah, I think that's‐‐no.
‐ I don't know if you need internet access to watch TV.
What about good old‐fashioned broadcast?
For example, the ABC network?
[laughter]
‐ Sarah, how old were your kids?
‐ [laughs] I just had one in April.
‐ Okay. And the other one's four.
‐ Four. ‐ All right.
Congratulations, by the way.
That's lovely. ‐ Oh, thank you.
‐ You get any sleep yet? ‐ No.
And they said I had to dress nice,
and I couldn't find anything that fit.
[laughter]
‐ You buy that?
‐ Some of it, yes.
Some of it smells a little, but whatever.
We'll figure it out. ‐ Ooh.
‐ Actually, I feel less confident
about you being the Hustler than the rest of the guys here.
‐ You think it's one of the guys?
‐ Mm‐hmm. ‐ Okay. Okay.
‐ We'll find out as we go. ‐ Yes, we will.
That's the whole point of keeping going.
So here's your next question.
♪ ♪
‐ So, when I saw the question,
I thought it was "The Sopranos,"
which isn't even an option.
So I'm a little thrown off at that point.
‐ I think "MASH" used to have the record,
but that was a while ago.
‐ I feel it, because I think, like,
in the past, people used to tune in a lot more to TV.
Right? Now you have so many options.
‐ But I would be leaning towards "Seinfeld"...
but...
It would be between "Seinfeld" and "Friends" for me.
‐ I just remember "MASH" had the record for a while,
and I don't know if "Seinfeld"‐‐
‐ But what year was that?
Like 100 million TVs and viewers back then?
‐ Ten seconds, my friends.
‐ But you had less options in the past.
‐ All right, we got to agree with something.
We all have different answers. Sam, come on, which one?
‐ I don't know, man. What do you‐‐
I think "Seinfeld," but again‐‐ ‐ Okay, gonna have to push you.
‐ I don't want to be the reason it's wrong.
‐ What do you think? ‐ I supported you.
‐ I'm gonna go "MASH."
‐ All right, let's go with "MASH."
‐ We'll go with "MASH." ‐ Okay.
With 105 million viewers,
which TV series had the most‐watched finale ever?
You guys chose "MASH."
♪ ♪
The correct answer, is it "MASH"?
I think it...was "MASH"!
Good Lord! ‐ Well done.
[applause] ‐ $40,000 in the bank!
That's interesting!
I would not have though that.
I would have actually thought "Game of Thrones."
Hmm. All right.
Here's another clue.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
‐ Really?
‐ All right, everybody. Let's get naked.
[laughter]
Yeah. There's the tattoo that the Hustler has.
‐ It kind of looks like Andrew. [laughs]
[laughter] ‐ Oh!
‐ Oh, man. ‐ Wow.
‐ It definitely has more hair than I do.
‐ Come on.
‐ How vain would Andrew be to get that of him‐‐wow.
‐ I do like pizza, Craig.
‐ Who doesn't like pizza? ‐ I love pizza.
‐ I agree! ‐ And I would hunt it
with a stick, if I needed to, to get some pizza.
‐ I'm looking at Sarah a little differently, though.
I mean, with the lavender hair...
I think there could be a space pizza astronaut,
whatever that thing is, tattoo. ‐ [laughs]
‐ I don't know.
‐ You have a very interesting mind, Myrick.
[laughter] ‐ Myrick, where's your tattoos?
‐ I don't have any tattoos. ‐ None?
‐ No. Not at all.
‐ All right. Let's look at the next question.
♪ ♪
‐ Iron is red. Right?
‐ I don't feel like titanium would be used
as a tattoo ink.
I feel like that's an "expensiver"‐‐
"expensiver"‐‐more expensive... ‐ Mm.
[laughter]
‐ Metal that would not be necessarily used
as a tattoo ink.
So I kind of X that.
You say iron's red.
‐ Isn't copper expensive? Don't people steal copper?
‐ Yes. Off of air conditioner units.
‐ I don't know anything about‐‐ ‐ I don't know anything
about cadmium. ‐ What is cadmium?
Does anybody know what that...
So maybe that's the answer, because it's...
we don't know what it is.
‐ So by process of elimination, I would lean to cadmium.
‐ Yeah. ‐ That's where I'm leaning.
‐ We'll go with that. ‐ All right.
Which metal is sometimes used for yellow tattooing?
You guys think it's probably cadmium.
♪ ♪
Is it cadmium?
♪ ♪
It is cadmium!
‐ Good job! ‐ Another $10,000.
Takes us up to $50,000.
As a special thank‐you for all your hard work,
the Hustler is now gonna send one of you home.
It's time for the second elimination.
As before, mark the player you want to leave the game.
The most important part is
that the only selection that matters
is, of course, the Hustler's.
♪ ♪
All right, put it in the thing.
In the thing.
Thank you, Myrick. There you go, Sarah.
Thank you, my friend. All right.
And it goes off...
♪ ♪
For analysis.
♪ ♪
The Hustler has made the decision.
$50,000 is in the bank.
One player's time in the game
is almost over.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
‐ You four have worked together
to bank $50,000.
But the Hustler wants all of that money for themselves,
which is why they've selected
another player to leave the game.
[dramatic music]
The Hustler has decided to eliminate...
♪ ♪
Myrick.
Myrick, I am so sorry.
‐ Me too.
‐ Why do you think you were eliminated?
‐ Probably because I went a little too hard
on the Hustler there.
‐ So who do you think it is? ‐ I think it's Sarah.
‐ I didn't realize you'd gone hard on me.
[laughter]
‐ I thought you were gonna say Sam.
Why do you think it's Sarah?
‐ There's a lot of obscure...clues,
and I think she's just, you know,
maybe, like, a little eccentric person.
‐ I'm sorry to say good‐bye to you, but you have to go.
‐ All right. Good luck.
‐ Walk into that bookcase there, and then...
Wa‐hah!
[applause]
Well, well, you're the final three players.
There are no more eliminations.
You can just focus on making money.
Let's keep moving.
The next clue is...
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
‐ No idea what afro pop is. ‐ What is afro pop?
Anybody know?
Nobody knows, eh?
‐ Who's your favorite afro pop group?
‐ I'm from Texas. It's country music.
‐ Okay.
‐ Something the Hustler would say.
‐ I boot, scoot, and boogie.
‐ Yeah. Let's keep going.
The next question is...
♪ ♪
‐ What do you think?
‐ I know it's not‐‐ ‐ Are you a Broadway person?
‐ I'm so not.
I actually, like, cannot stand show tunes.
‐ I actually am a Broadway person.
I did theater in high school.
I have not heard of any of these four shows.
‐ Okay. ‐ I lean towards
"Gimme a Beat!" as a Broadway title,
but I'm not 100% sure on that.
‐ Well, you didn't let me finish.
I was gonna say, "I actually know the answer to this one."
[laughs] ‐ Okay!
‐ At the risk of being‐‐ It's "Fela!"
‐ And how do you know that?
‐ Because I‐‐ in college, Fela Kuti's son
came to my college and performed.
‐ Wow.
‐ If she knows the answer, she knows the answer.
‐ Sounds good. If you know it...
‐ There hasn't been, like, any that I've been, like,
really sure on, but I'm pretty sure on that one.
‐ I think you've known 'em all.
‐ [laughs] Okay.
‐ Where'd you go to college? ‐ In New Orleans.
‐ You guys agree on the answer already?
‐ Yeah. I'm good with it.
‐ She's felt confident, so I'm good with it.
‐ Okay!
"Fela!" is the answer you gave us.
Is "Fela!" the correct answer?
"Fela!" is the correct answer. Well, well, well...
‐ Good job, Sarah. ‐ Thank you.
‐ $60,000 in the bank.
[chuckles]
I think you put yourself in the hot seat right there, Sarah.
‐ But I felt confident to do it
'cause I know I'm not the Hustler,
so it's, like, what do I have to lose?
‐ I think you're quite right.
Does it make someone the Hustler
because they know the answer? Absolutely not.
But the Hustler does know the answer to every question.
And that was a pretty tough one.
Who do you think the Hustler is, Sarah?
‐ I, like, feel kind of torn,
'cause Andrew has known so many answers,
but also, like, he feels confident
to just say them out and not hide it.
Whereas Sam, I feel, has been playing,
like, more of a long game.
‐ I agree. I think Sam's playing a cagier game.
‐ I'm just a cagy person.
‐ There's nothing wrong with being‐‐
‐ But I'm not the Hustler.
And I actually think it's Andrew
for a plethora of reasons,
and we can talk about it when we get to the end,
but I've been keeping an eye on him.
‐ Well, we'll only have two minutes then.
I think it's Sarah. I actually don't think it's Sam.
Sam has been pretty adamant
about two answers that were wrong.
And I feel like Sarah's had a lot of canned answers.
The cat in the bathroom, when she said,
"Oh, that wouldn't be my bathroom
because I have kids."
You could have more than one bathroom.
‐ Do you have any kids? ‐ I just have one.
Brea Skye. She was born September 26, 2019.
‐ Right. Okay, well, congratulations for that.
‐ A lot of details.
‐ Now, here is your next clue about the Hustler.
♪ ♪
I think we got a statue of Lenin.
Well, look, there's Marx and Lenin.
‐ So where in your house is that?
‐ [laughs] That's not my house.
‐ My wife would never allow that in my home.
‐ I got to say, I don't know if Texas would allow that.
[laughter] ‐ Thank you. Exactly.
‐ All right, let's look at the next question.
♪ ♪
‐ I have no idea.
♪ ♪
‐ It's not England.
We can eliminate that. ‐ Yeah.
‐ What do you think?
♪ ♪
‐ I feel like you guys are gonna blame it on me.
‐ If you know the answer, you know the answer.
‐ Say it. We need to get the money
in the bank at the end of the day.
We'll sort the other stuff out at the end.
If you know the answer, what's the answer?
‐ So I minored in German in college,
and so I'm pretty sure it's German,
'cause I feel like he wrote in German.
That doesn't really rule out Poland,
'cause part of Poland was part of Germany, I think,
at one point, but I don't think it's Russia,
and I don't think it's England.
‐ Where's your head at?
‐ I'm‐‐no idea.
She feels very confident in the German.
I'm good with German.
‐ I mean, I'll go with Germany if you're both feeling that.
‐ I'm not feeling anything.
‐ I mean, it's better than nothing, right?
‐ You're out of time. ‐ Okay.
‐ What's it gonna be? ‐ Germany.
‐ Gonna go with Germany? Okay.
The Karl Marx Museum, located in the house
where he was born, is in which country?
You think it is Germany. Is Germany the correct answer?
Germany...
is the correct answer!
[applause] Well...
I didn't know that Marx was from Germany.
‐ [laughs] ‐ You knew.
You knew. You studied it? ‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ Okay, doesn't make you the Hustler.
$70,000 in the bank,
two questions left...
tensions are rising.
I can't wait to find out the Hustler's identity.
♪ ♪
‐ All right, there's $70,000 in the bank,
and we are very close to learning
the Hustler's identity.
There's only two more questions to go,
but first, let's see what this next clue reveals.
♪ ♪
Something of an archeologist, then.
♪ ♪
What are we thinking, Andrew?
‐ I'm going to guess that this has something to do
with the professor's job.
‐ You're very good at analyzing the information,
and I like that, and I respect it,
but I also wonder...
is it a screen?
‐ It's a little suspect.
‐ Where'd you study? ‐ I never went to college.
‐ You're very smart. You're very astute.
‐ Most of my answers have been pop culture.
‐ Okay. Let's keep going.
Your next question is...
♪ ♪
‐ I would X Tom Selleck.
I don't think it's him.
Other than that, I lean Clint Eastwood,
but I'm not confident in that.
‐ He's, like, a little old. ‐ Yeah.
‐ But then? ‐ Even then.
‐ Yeah, this is, like, the mid‐'80s?
‐ James Caan...
‐ I don't know who James Caan is.
‐ It could be Selleck. I don't...
‐ 'Cause Robert Redford is, like, in my mind,
the same age as Clint Eastwood, but...
‐ I'm not sure. It's gonna be a total guess.
‐ Hmm, the Hustler knows. The Hustler won't be guessing.
‐ You said you were good at pop culture.
‐ You don't give me an answer...
‐ More recent. ‐ [laughs]
‐ If I had to do a guess, I'd say Caan.
‐ James Caan? ‐ Just because we don't know
who that is? ‐ Because‐‐yes.
‐ I don't think it's Tom Selleck.
I don't think it's Clint Eastwood.
Or you don't think it's Clint Eastwood.
I thought it was Clint Eastwood,
but y'all said the age, so that leaves Caan and Redford.
I don't think it's Redford. I would go Caan.
‐ Time's up. ‐ That works.
‐ Okay. ‐ The role of the archaeologist
Indiana Jones was originally offered to which actor?
You guys said James Caan.
Is James Caan the correct answer?
James Caan is not the correct answer.
What is the correct answer?
The correct answer is Tom Selleck.
[applause]
First of all, well done, Tom. Great choice.
[laughter]
Secondly, the Hustler knew that and let it go.
Was it a smokescreen?
You've made it through nine questions.
You have banked $70,000.
But it's never been more important
to get the next question right,
because if you get this last question correct,
I will double your money‐‐
$140,000.
[audience ooh‐ing]
But if you get it wrong...
I'm gonna cut it in half‐‐ $35,000.
[suspenseful music]
Now, it would be nuts if that happened,
because the Hustler knows the answer.
Here's the last clue about the Hustler.
♪ ♪
That's a very lucrative market.
I've been trying to break into that for some time.
All right!
Electrons, am I right, everybody?
[laughter] Am I right? Electrons!
Who here is a stand‐up comedian?
♪ ♪
All right, the final question is this.
♪ ♪
This is for $140,000.
You have one minute. I wish you luck. Go ahead.
‐ I have no idea.
‐ Yes, I mean, if you know the answer,
now's the time to come out with it.
‐ I don't think it's the frontal lobe,
because that's what people take out with lobotomies,
and people don't end up blind after lobotomies.
‐ Okay.
‐ The only reason I have gone... [stammers]
Because it looks like optical. ‐ Like optical.
‐ That's the only reason that I have gone that way.
But I couldn't even tell you if that's a real lobe.
‐ I don't think it's temporal.
But that's not my professional opinion.
‐ [laughs] ‐ Ten seconds.
‐ What do you guys think?
‐ I'd choose one if I were you guys.
‐ Sarah, what do you think?
‐ I mean, of course, I'm just gonna go with the one thing
that we've had‐‐that someone's suggested at all
because that's, like, got a higher
percentage of likelihood. ‐ Okay, time's up.
I need an answer.
‐ I will concur with Sarah's answer.
‐ What did you say?
‐ I concurred with you.
‐ Then occipital. ‐ Occipital.
‐ Somebody say the name of a lobe.
‐ Occipital. ‐ Occipital.
‐ Okay. Which lobe in the brain
is responsible for visual processing?
You lot said it was the occipital lobe.
Is it the occipital lobe?
It is! ‐ Well done.
[cheers and applause] $140,000!
‐ Whew! ‐ Oh, dear!
‐ I feel like no one really took a stand on that,
but I'm, like...
‐ When you did, you pushed it back on me...
like you were trying to hide
that you knew the answer going on what I said.
‐ 'Cause I saw you trying to push it on me
and, like, change the narrative
and then leave and be, like‐‐ if I didn't correct you.
‐ You seemed to know more about lobes than I did.
I have an earlobe, and that's about the only thing
I am aware of. ‐ [chuckles]
I mean, you did mention it.
‐ The optical, just from the optical standpoint.
‐ But you've played it really smooth this whole time.
That's the thing‐‐ you're either a genius,
or you're, like, straight as an arrow,
and I'm having a really hard time figuring it out.
‐ [laughs] That's the game!
‐ And I guess that's the point of the game.
‐ It is. ‐ I don't know.
‐ All right, $140,000 is in the bank.
All that's left to find out is who the Hustler is
and who's taking home all of this money.
I can't wait! [laughs]
[cheers and applause]
‐ Players, you've made it through ten trivia questions.
You've done very well.
Two eliminations have gone past us.
And you have ended up
with $140,000 in the bank.
Now we just need to find out
who will be taking all that cash home.
And we will do that with a proper vote.
If the Hustler is correctly uncovered by two of you,
then you will both leave here with $70,000 each.
But if the Hustler manages to fool just one of you,
then they will leave with 140,000.
Before I ask for your selections,
here's what we've learned about the Hustler this evening.
The Hustler has a tattoo of a caveman in space
hunting pizza.
[suspenseful music]
They are potty‐training their cat.
They hosted a podcast about the zombie apocalypse.
♪ ♪
They just bought their first‐ever TV.
♪ ♪
The Hustler performs stand‐up comedy about science.
On the table in front of you are tiles
with the other players' names on each side.
I want you to show me who you think the Hustler is.
Please. Go ahead.
♪ ♪
Okay.
Sam, you think it is Sarah.
Andrew, you think it is Sarah.
Sarah, you think it is Andrew.
So Sam and Andrew both think
you, Sarah, are the Hustler.
I will give you one final chance to defend yourself.
Can you change their minds?
Your shot of taking home any of that $140,000
hinges on that fact.
Two minutes to decide. Good luck.
‐ Well, at first, I definitely thought it was Sam
because you look like a college professor to me.
But as I started watching your guys' interactions‐‐
'cause I've hung back a little bit‐‐
Sam is actually asking questions
about other people's backstory,
whereas Andrew was just relying
on stereotypes of people's backstories.
Like, "You look like this,"
or he assumed because I'm a stay‐at‐home mom
that I can't have a college degree.
‐ I don't think you're a stay‐at‐home mom.
‐ Well, I was offended by that.
I think that's, like‐‐ You're using‐‐
Like, if I was gonna leave two people,
I would leave someone to frame,
and someone who I thought I could convince
of the person that I am framing.
‐ And again, she was originally thinking that it was you.
I came on to her. She changed back to me.
I've watched her‐‐she hasn't been watching us as much.
She's been watching Craig or kind of looking around,
when you've been actively playing the game.
You've been participating. You've been looking at people.
I've seen you hunting to find out who the Hustler is.
I haven't seen that from her.
The stories don't match up, they don't add up,
and her answers seemed canned and spontaneous.
When she knew an answer, it was to the point,
here's how it was, and there wasn't a whole lot
of speculation, and it was leading.
And I strongly, strongly feel it was her.
‐ I thought your stuff was really canned,
'cause you had, like, dates and times
and everything lined up, like, to give everything.
I've got boxed up‐‐ here's my explanation.
‐ Well, that was, like, on my personal story,
like, my daughter, who I know all that specifically,
it's the only time I mentioned a date.
Specifically on answers and questions,
I've narrowed things down, crossed stuff out,
but I've never been canned‐‐ it's been discussion.
When you were very canned on a lot of your responses.
And even you went back a clue.
And that's the thing that I found the most interesting.
She went back to the shower clue
when we were already a clue ahead.
And specifically said,
"There wasn't enough products there."
That was kids. That was a canned response
that I felt like needed to get fitted in.
‐ I mean, I did initially think it was you.
I'm starting to lean that direction
'cause I feel like you fit a lot
of the questions a little more
You're still a little bit of a question in my mind,
'cause I feel like you do fit the, like,
podcast and zombie apocalypse kind of‐‐
I don't want to call it a stereotype,
but I feel like that could be you.
But I don't know, I mean, you've gotten this‐‐
‐ I'm in Texas‐‐we believe in Christ, not the zombies.
‐ Unless you are actually not from Texas.
‐ I was gonna say, that's a huge stereotype of Texas!
‐ But, you know... ‐ It's true for me.
‐ Time's up, everybody.
♪ ♪
Final answer, Sam?
Is it Sarah?
Is it Andrew?
What's your final answer?
‐ [sighs] I don't know. It's tough.
I mean, I thought it was Andrew from the beginning.
He's had really good answers on certain things.
You know, the whole, like, used‐car salesman thing‐‐
I don't think I'm buying it.
He looks like he could be a college professor,
but Sarah, too, at the same time‐‐
I don't know.
‐ Oh.
Okay, you're staying with it?
♪ ♪
Final answer?
♪ ♪
It's... Yeah, I'll stick with Sarah.
I may kick myself, but I'll stick with Sarah.
♪ ♪
‐ Andrew? ‐ I'm sticking with Sarah.
♪ ♪
‐ Sarah, Sam and Andrew say you are the Hustler.
If they are correct, they are walking out of here
with $70,000 each.
But if, Sarah, you are not the Hustler,
that means one of these two has fooled everyone
and will win the entire $140,000.
♪ ♪
Hustler...
please stand up and reveal yourself.
♪ ♪
‐ Oh‐ho‐ho!
Well played!
Congratulations. Congratulations, Andrew.
‐ Well done. ‐ Well played, young lady.
‐ Thanks for playing with me.
‐ Good Lord! You each get $70,000.
You're naughty, and you nearly won.
‐ You almost had me.
‐ No, I thought you were gonna change at the end.
I'm Craig Ferguson. This is "The Hustler."
Good night, everybody! Good night.
‐ I tried to keep myself, like,
keep you guys suspicious so I wouldn't get voted out.
‐ I was thinking, "Oh, my God, he's gonna change."
‐ The purple hair just fit with the caveman pizza tattoo!
‐ So I do have a caveman tattoo
because my research is on cavemen.
And I just thought it'd be fun
to get a caveman in space hunting pizza,
which is also appropriate
'cause I'm lactose intolerant and I can't eat gluten.
‐ I was actually really close of switching
and going with Andrew and being out, like, $140,000.
‐ The cat is not fully potty‐trained,
because last week I got a new kitten,
who's this big and cannot possibly use the toilet.
So we've now had to backtrack on the potty training,
but I'm hoping, once the kitten's larger,
I'm gonna have two potty‐trained cats.
‐ Sarah was starting to get a little bit fidgety,
so that really confirmed my suspicions,
and I'm really glad I didn't switch last minute.
‐ I really wish I could have convinced them at the end,
but it's hard to convince people of a lie sometimes.