(upbeat music) announcer: Tonight
On "don't forget the lyrics!"
(manny cheers) (audience cheers)
Announcer: A globe trotting bartender
Starts out confident. (niecy nash laughs)
Manny houston: Let's go.
Announcer: But it isn't long
Before he's the one that needs a drink.
Manny houston: I'm really kind of worried.
I'm just scared. Boy, I feel dumb.
Announcer: Even his backup is having a meltdown.
Can he turn this crazy train around?
Manny houston: It's like on the tip of my tongue.
Announcer: Find out...
Manny houston: I feel very confident.
Announcer: ..Right... Manny houston: Lock in
Those lyrics. Announcer: ..Now.
Manny houston: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Announcer: Please welcome a woman spicier
Than the red hot chili peppers, niecy nash.
(audience cheers)
(upbeat music continues)
Niecy nash: Welcome to "don't forget the lyrics!"
This game is just like singing along with the radio
In the car, except you could drive away with $1 million.
(audience cheers)
And here's the group driving the beat,
It's ricky and the band.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Are you guys ready to meet our first rockstar?
(audience cheers) (upbeat music)
He's a bartender, so if he wins tonight,
The drinks are all on him. (audience cheers)
From charleston, south carolina,
Raise your glasses for manny houston.
(audience cheers) (upbeat music)
(manny houston laughs)
Manny houston: Hey! (laughs)
Yo! (laughs)
What's up?
Niecy nash: Doing too much already, and I love it.
Manny houston: You got to,
You got to. Niecy nash: All right.
Manny, tell us a little more about yourself.
Manny houston: Well, I'm a bartender,
So that means I'm always bringing the party.
(audience cheers) that means I'm always
Slinging out those shots.
It also means I'm always listening to music at the bar.
Niecy nash: Ok. Manny houston: But because
I'm a bartender, I'm able to go anywhere in the country
And just work, so I've been all over the united states.
I've been able to go to japan, I've been able to go to cuba,
Colombia, like all these different places.
(audience cheers)
Hearing all these different types of music,
I think it's going to be the reason I win
$1 million tonight, niecy.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: All right.
Well, let's get you some money.
Manny houston: Let's do it.
Niecy nash: So, if you give me the correct missing lyrics
To 10 songs, I'm going to give you that $1 million.
(manny cheers) (audience cheers)
Now, let's take a look (gentle suspenseful music)
At your categories tonight.
(dramatic music)
'60s, pop, made in the uk, one-hit wonders,
Alternative, funk, katie perry, legends, and today's hits.
The first song is worth $2,500 and the money keeps growing
Right up to the million dollar song.
(audience cheers) now, if you make it
To $25,000, that money is guaranteed.
Manny houston: Let's go. (audience cheers)
Let's go.
Niecy nash: All right. (manny houston laughs)
So, manny, which category do you want to play first?
Manny houston: Oh, niecy, this is... (laughs)
I'm going to be honest, this is hard.
I'm scared,
But I definitely want to try to make sure I do things
That I know, and the one I'm really confident with
I think is funk.
So I want to start off with funk tonight.
Niecy nash: All right. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
(dramatic music)
"play that funky music" by wild cherry,
Or "let's groove" by earth, wind and fire.
Manny houston: Ooh! (audience cheers)
Ok, this is hard because, obviously,
You know, when you're a bartender,
You work a lot of weddings (gentle suspenseful music)
And every wedding band always plays "play that funky music."
But I don't know if I, like, really listened to the lyrics
'cause it's kind of just background music for me now.
My dad, however, used to always play
"let's groove" by earth, wind and fire,
So that's the one I want to go with.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: All right.
Let's do it. (dramatic music)
For this song, I need three missing words.
Ok, and we'll take it from the top.
Manny houston: Let's do it. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You heard the man, ricky, let's do it!
(upbeat music)
Hey!
Hit it!
♪ let's groove tonight
Niecy nash: Hey! (audience cheers)
♪ share the spice of life
♪ baby, slice it right
♪ we're going to groove tonight ♪
♪ said let this groove
♪ get you to move
♪ it's all right ♪ all right
♪ say all right
♪ let this groove
♪ set in your shoes
♪ so stand up ♪ all right
♪ going to tell you
♪ what you can do
♪ with my love
♪ uh, said all right
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Ok, you were moving and grooving. Aisha: Yes!
(gentle suspenseful music) niecy nash: Earth, wind and fire said,
"going to tell you what you can do,"
You said, "with my love."
Are you confident in this answer?
Manny houston: Niecy, like I said,
My dad used to play this song all the time
Rolling around in the cadillac,
I'm confident in this answer right now.
Let's lock in those lyrics! (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, baby.
(dramatic music)
(gentle suspenseful music)
You locked in those lyrics. (manny houston laughs)
If you are correct, the line will turn green.
If any word is wrong, it will turn red
And the game is over.
Manny, for $2,500,
Is it "with my love"?
(suspenseful drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Manny houston: Let's go! Niecy nash: You did it!
Manny houston: Let's go! (laughs)
Niecy nash: You got it right.
(manny houston laughs) that is $2,500.
(audience cheers) manny houston: Let's go.
Niecy nash: There we go!
Manny houston: Appreciate you, pops.
Niecy nash: You're on your way
To the million dollar song. (audience cheers)
Let's try to double that money right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
(audience cheers) manny houston: Let's go, let's go.
Niecy nash: All right, manny,
(gentle suspenseful music) which category do you think
Is going to get you this next bag of money?
Manny houston: Ok, ok. (audience chattering)
So, I'm really kind of worried right now.
I don't know why I'm worried,
But I think it's because I'm seeing this katy perry
And '60s and I feel like I should go there,
But my brain has been listening
To a lot of today's hits recently.
So let me go there while it's all in my brain.
Today's hits. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, here are your two song choices.
"sucker" by the jonas brothers,
Or "the bones" by maren morris.
(manny houston chuckles) (audience laughs)
Manny houston: Child, I don't know none of these. (laughs)
Jeez! Ok, ok, ok, ok.
But I know about the jonas brothers.
Know what I'm saying? (audience cheers)
So I want to go with "sucker" right now.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: All right.
I'm going need three missing words for this song.
Are you ready? Manny houston: Let's do it.
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Let's do it, ricky.
Manny houston: Track, boom.
(calm upbeat music)
♪ yeah
♪ I'm a sucker for you, hey, yeah ♪
♪ just say the word
♪ and I'll go anywhere blindly
♪ I'm a sucker for you, yeah
♪ any road you take
♪ you know that you'll find me
♪ I'm a sucker for all the subliminal things ♪
♪ no one knows about you
♪ about you, about you
♪ I'm a sucker
♪ you're makin' the typical me break ♪
♪ feeling confused
(manny houston laughs) (audience laughs)
(dramatic music)
Niecy nash: All right. Manny houston: All right.
Niecy nash: The jonas brothers says,
"and you're making the typical me break,"
You said, "feeling confused."
Manny houston: I'm just going to go back to english class
And guess that's not the lyrics right there.
(manny houston laughs) (audience laughs)
♪ and you're making the typical me ♪
♪ break (mumbles) through
Ok, can we put 'through' as the last word?
Niecy nash: We sure can. (dramatic music)
Manny houston: Ok. Ooh-hoo.
(gentle suspenseful music) and you're making
The typical me break.
Niecy nash: If you are not sure, you have two backups.
Your first backup is your backup singer.
Who did you bring with you that's hiding her face tonight?
(manny houston laughs) (audience laughs)
Manny houston: I brought my good friend, aisha.
You all, make some noise. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Ok. (manny houston laughs)
Well, aisha can help you with one answer,
But only for one song.
Or you have three words, if at any time you're unsure,
You just tell us what the word is
And we'll reveal the correct answer.
You can use all three of your words at once
Or you can spread them out throughout the game.
Manny houston: Well, I think I'm going to have to use
One of my backups, I think I want to use the words.
Niecy nash: Which word would you like to see correct?
Manny houston: Let me see the first word.
♪ and you're making the typical me break ♪
♪ my feeling (mumbles) through
(audience laughs)
(audience cheers)
You saw that one? Niecy nash: I saw.
I saw you stretch it out.
Manny houston: I tried. (laughs)
Niecy nash: I saw you stretch it out.
Manny houston: It still ain't coming.
I'm really trying not to use all three of these right now.
(groans) dang.
Ok, niecy.
If I see the second word,
I'll be able to guess the third word.
Niecy nash: Ok. Manny houston: So let me
See word two, please.
Oh! (audience laughs)
Boy, I feel dumb. Ah!
♪ and you're making the typical me ♪
♪ break my typical mood
Break my typical.
(audience laughs)
♪ making the typical me
Break my typical. (sighs) niecy nash: Well,
You know what?
While you are working through this,
Aisha is having heart palpitations over there.
(audience laughs)
Manny houston: I got to save aisha for the ringer.
Aisha knows some songs that I really don't know.
And I'm going to save her for that.
Niecy nash: But you really don't know this one.
(audience laughs) manny houston: Yeah, listen.
(aisha laughs)
I know I don't know this one.
(both laugh) (audience applauds)
Niecy nash: Ok, so what are you going to do?
Would you like to use
Your last word? Manny houston: Yeah.
'cause I don't want to be out right now.
I don't want to be out right now.
I think I can get a couple more. Niecy nash: Ok.
Manny houston: So let me use that last word.
Let me see word three, please. (audience cheers)
(manny houston exhales sharply)
(audience laughs) all right, all right,
All right, all right.
Niecy nash: You dancing like you got it right.
We gave you the answer! (aisha laughs)
Do you want to lock in those lyrics?
Manny houston: Niecy, let's lock in those lyrics!
(niecy nash laughs) (dramatic music)
(manny houston laughs) (audience applauds)
Niecy nash: For $5,000, manny,
Is it "my typical rules"? (manny houston laughs)
(suspenseful music) (audience jeering)
Oh, stop it. Oh, stop it.
(manny houston laughs) (suspenseful drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Manny houston: Thank you.
Niecy nash: That is $5,000.
We'll see if manny can step his game up
And get up the money ladder
Next on "don't forget the lyrics!"
(dramatic music) announcer: Coming up,
Our bartender manny is in trouble.
Niecy nash: You're still struggling.
(suspenseful music) manny houston: Ooh, ok. Um...
Announcer: Will his chance at $1 million
Get cut short? Manny houston: I think...
(laughs) sorry.
Announcer: Or will he find a way to stay in the game?
Manny houston: There's a word that I'm... Aw, man.
It is like on the tip of my tongue
And it's killing me right now. Ooh!
Announcer: Find out
When "don't forget the lyrics!" returns.
(audience cheers) (dramatic music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics!"
Manny had a tough time with his last song.
But with the help of all of his backup words,
(manny houston laughs) he banked $5,000.
(audience cheers)
The good news is he still has his backup singer left.
All right, let's try to double your money again.
This time, manny, you're playing for $10,000.
(audience cheers) manny houston: $10,000.
Let's go. (gentle suspenseful music)
Niecy nash: All right, which category
Do you think can get you there?
Manny houston: Let's look at '60s songs
Because I feel like I'm more comfortable in the '60s anyway.
I like old school stuff. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Ok.
Let's take a look at your two song choices.
"sittin' on the dock of the bay" by otis redding,
Or "jumpin' jack flash" by the rolling stones.
Manny houston: Listen, I am from south carolina
And one of the songs you hear in every bar that you go to
Is "sittin' on the dock of the bay"
By otis redding. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: So would you like to sit
"on the dock of the bay?" manny houston: Let's do it.
I can sit "on the dock of the bay."
Niecy nash: All right. (dramatic music)
We are going to take this song from the top
And I need four missing words.
Manny houston: Let's get it.
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Let's get it, ricky.
(calm upbeat music)
♪ sittin' in the morning sun
♪ I'll be sittin' when the evening come ♪
♪ yeah, watching the ships roll in ♪
♪ and then I watch them roll away again ♪
♪ I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay ♪
♪ still watching' the tides roll away ♪
♪ oh, I'm just going to sit on the dock of the bay ♪
♪ wastin' time
(manny houston laughs) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right. (manny houston laughs)
Otis redding said, "I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching," you said, "the tide roll away."
How confident are you in this answer?
Manny houston: I feel very confident
In these lyrics right here.
Niecy nash: So what do you want to do about it?
Manny houston: Niecy, I got to redeem myself,
So (grunts) lock in those lyrics!
(audience cheers) niecy nash: All right.
(dramatic music)
You locked in those lyrics.
For $10,000, is it "the tide roll away"?
(suspenseful drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Manny houston: Let's go! Niecy nash: Hey!
You've made $10,000! (aisha shrieks)
All right, there are six categories still on the board.
Manny still has his backup singer, aisha,
If he needs some help.
This next song is worth $25,000 guaranteed.
(audience cheers) manny houston: Whoa!
Niecy nash: So, manny, if you got $25,000,
What would you do with it? (gentle suspenseful music)
Manny houston: So right now,
I really, really, really want to go traveling so much more.
And the place I want to go back to is japan
'cause I didn't get a chance,
I didn't have as much money then when I went the first time.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: I like that.
So, which category is going to allow you
To ball out in japan? Manny houston: Ooh, ok.
(audience chattering)
The categories that are talking to me are katy perry,
Legends, and pop right now.
(audience chattering)
I'm here to try to get to the million, baby.
So legends, let's do it. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right, let's take a look
At your two song choices.
"material girl" by madonna,
Or "for once in my life" by stevie wonder.
Manny houston: All right, so the reason
I even went to japan in the first place
Was because in 2017, my grandmother passed.
And I don't know what came over me,
That was the first time I ever traveled out of the country.
But I literally bought a ticket that same day
After the funeral and just dipped out.
I didn't tell anyone, I went to tokyo.
She used to always play "for once in my life"
By stevie wonder, all the time.
I think she's looking out right now.
Let's go ahead and get this "for once in my life."
(audience cheers)
She must want me to go back to japan. (laughs)
Niecy nash: All right, for $25,000 guaranteed,
I need five missing words.
And we're going to start the song from the top.
Ready to do it? Manny houston: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: He's ready to do it, ricky.
(audience cheers)
(calm upbeat music)
♪ for once in my life
♪ I have someone who needs me
Niecy nash: Hey. ♪ someone I've needed so long
♪ for once unafraid
♪ I can go where life leads me
♪ me niecy nash: Hey.
♪ someone I know I'll be strong ♪
♪ for once I can touch
♪ what my heart used to dream of ♪
♪ long before I knew
♪ oh, someone warm like you
♪ would make my dreams come true, yeah, yeah ♪
(audience cheers)
(gentle suspenseful music)
Niecy nash: All right, manny, stevie wonder said,
"oh, someone warm like you would,
You said, "make my dreams come true."
How are you feeling about this answer?
Manny houston: I think, (crying) sorry.
Audience: Aw. (cheering and applause)
Manny houston: I'm just, I'm real sorry.
I just really started missing my grandmother just now.
Wow, ok. (audience applauds)
Niecy nash: That's all right.
Manny houston: Yeah, I feel very, very confident
About this, like I said,
This is a song she played all the time.
Niecy, let's lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheers) (dramatic music)
Niecy nash: Ok, manny, all right.
You locked in those lyrics. (manny laughs)
For $25,000 guaranteed
And a trip to japan, (manny chuckles)
Is it, "make my dreams come true?"
(suspenseful drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Manny! Manny houston: Yeah!
Niecy nash: You made $25,000 guaranteed.
(manny laughing)
So, just so you know... Manny houston: Oh,
I'm so happy right now. (laughs)
Niecy nash: ..The actual lyric
Is, "you make my dream come true."
What you said is plural, but it still works in the game.
So you are getting $25,000. Manny houston: Whoa!
(laughs) whoa. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: How does that feel?
Manny houston: I feel freaking amazing.
Like I said, it really felt like just then,
My grandmother was looking down on me.
I call her darling,
So my darling was looking down on me just now.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: There we go.
(upbeat music) can manny turn
25 grand into 50?
We'll find out right here on "don't forget the lyrics!"
(audience cheers) well done for getting through.
Manny houston: Thrilled! Truly, truly. (laughs)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back.
It has been an emotional ride with manny.
He struggled early, but with the guidance from his grandma,
He made it to $25,000 guaranteed.
(audience cheers)
But now the game is about to get harder.
(gentle suspenseful music)
All right, there are five categories left
To the million dollar song.
Aisha is right over there if you need her.
Now, we're going to try to double manny's money to $50,000!
(audience cheers)
Manny houston: Do it, let's do it!
Niecy nash: Ok, what you still have left in play
Is pop, made in the uk, one-hit wonders,
Alternative, and katy perry.
Manny houston: I love katy perry, first of all.
I don't know why I love her music so much, but I do.
My gut is saying, "katy perry,"
Let's go with katy perry right now.
(audience cheers) niecy nash: Ok.
Here are your two song choices.
(manny laughs) "roar,"
Or "last Friday night, t.G.I.F."
Are you familiar with either of these songs?
Manny houston: Yes, I'm familiar with both of 'em.
Let's go with "last Friday night."
I'm pretty sure I can get that one going.
(audience cheers) (manny laughs)
Niecy nash: Ok. (gentle suspenseful music)
For $50,000,
We need seven missing words.
Manny houston: Ooh!
(manny laughs)
And we'll start the song at the first chorus.
Manny houston: Ok. Niecy nash: Are you ready?
Manny houston: I'm ready.
Niecy nash: Ricky, hit it. (audience cheers)
(upbeat music)
♪ last Friday night
♪ yeah, we danced on tabletops
♪ and we took too many shots
♪ think we kissed but I forgot
♪ last Friday night
♪ yeah, we maxed our credit cards ♪
♪ and got kicked out of the bar ♪
♪ so we hit the boulevard
♪ last Friday night
♪ we went streaking in the
♪ we went streaking in the dark ♪
♪ skinny dipping after dark
Manny houston: Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, wait, wait.
Yeah, ok, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, hold on.
♪ last Friday night
♪ we went streaking
In the park, skinny dipping after dark.
But that's not enough words.
Niecy nash: Let's put it up there and take a look.
(gentle suspenseful music)
Manny houston: Last Friday night, we went streaking.
Ok, where are you going to go streaking?
You going to go streaking in a park on a Friday, right?
Everybody does that. (audience laughs)
♪ we went streaking in the park ♪
Ooh.
Then skinny dipping after dark.
Can we put 'then' in the third place,
"skinny dipping after dark"?
Niecy nash: Sure.
Manny houston: And skinny dipping after dark.
I know it's skinny dipping after dark.
It's all about being naked right here.
(audience laughs)
Streaking, skinny dipping.
They were heathens, you hear me?
Niecy nash: Ok. All right. I believe you.
Manny houston: She was being a heathen.
Niecy nash: Ok, don't look me in the eye
'cause I've been one myself.
(manny laughs) (audience laughs)
So now you just said, "and," would you like to see that?
Manny houston: Yeah, can I see 'and' there?
Niecy nash: You sure can.
Manny houston: I feel very confident in it.
No, do I feel confident in it?
Niecy nash: Well, if you had to ask me.
(manny laughs) (audience laughs)
Manny houston: I think it would be foolish of me
To not call aisha up here right now
Because at the end of the day,
We want to make sure that we keep pushing
For that million, baby. Niecy nash: Ok.
Manny houston: Got to make sure.
So can we go ahead and get aisha on up here?
Niecy nash: Aisha, grab your mic and come on up.
(audience cheers)
Hi. Aisha: Hi.
Niecy nash: How are you?
Aisha: I'm good, how are you?
Niecy nash: I'm doing great.
What are you thinking about what you see up here right now?
Aisha: I'm glad he changed it to 'and'
Because that was what I was thinking.
So I think you're on the right track.
It's definitely, "skinny dipping after dark."
Manny houston: Ok.
♪ last Friday night, we went streaking in the park, it's ♪
(blows a raspberry) (audience laughs)
Manny houston: See, see, you got to bounce too much.
♪ we went streaking
♪ in the park
♪ yeah, skinning dipping ♪ skinny dipping
♪ after dark manny houston: No.
Katy wasn't doing all that, katy...
Aisha: She was, but it was...
Manny houston: She wouldn't be like
♪ and skinning dipping
Aisha: It was a quick 'and'.
Manny houston: It's not missy elliott,
Like, you know what I'm saying?
It's not mary j. Blige, none of that. Aisha: Listen.
Manny houston: Like, come on. (audience cheers)
Aisha: It's a quick 'and'.
Manny houston: Ok, if you think it's 'and',
Listen, I brought you here 'cause you my partner, dog.
You feel me? Aisha: I got you.
(audience cheers) manny houston: So.
Niecy nash: Aisha, thank you.
(audience cheers)
We're going to let him thug the rest of this out by hisself.
Aisha: All right. Manny houston: Ok.
Niecy nash: Thank you. (audience cheers)
There we go.
All right, what are your thoughts now?
Manny houston: Let's lock in those lyrics.
Niecy nash: All right. (dramatic music)
Manny houston: Oh, ah! (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: For $50,000, is it,
"the park and skinny dipping after dark"?
(dramatic drum music)
(manny sighing)
(dramatic music) (all jeering)
Manny houston: Didn't even
Go skinny dipping. (laughs)
Niecy nash: That was incorrect. (manny laughs)
Let's see what the correct lyrics are.
Manny houston: Oh!
Niecy nash: "we went streaking in the park,
"skinny dipping in the dark."
Manny houston: Oh!
Wow. Niecy nash: But you are
Leaving with your guaranteed
$25,000! (audience cheers)
One more time for manny! (upbeat dramatic music)
(upbeat music) (manny laughs)
Now, on this show, we love giving away money
And there's no one we love giving it to more than teachers.
(audience cheers) and coming out here now
Is an english teacher who used to side hustle
By the name smokey the dog,
From clarksville, tennessee,
Let's welcome mary ashton mcclellan.
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Hey, mary, how you doing?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I cannot believe I am here with you,
Miss niecy. Oh, this is wonderful.
Niecy nash: I cannot believe you used to go
By the name smokey the dog. (audience laughs)
Mary ashton mcclellan: (sighs) I know, but did you know,
College is very expensive, right?
And so I actually paid for college
By being my college mascot. (audience cheers)
So I brought a picture, would you like to see it?
Niecy nash: Oh, please.
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right, let's see here.
That is me. Niecy nash: Wow.
Mary ashton mcclellan: At a football game, yes.
Niecy nash: Well, you definitely know
How to get the crowd going,
So hopefully this crowd can pay it forward
And get you going. (audience cheers)
Mary ashton mcclellan: I hope so, I sure do hope so.
Niecy nash: Let's get you some money.
Here's how it works.
If you give me the correct missing lyrics to 10 songs,
I'm going to give you $1 million.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh my goodness.
(audience cheers) (gentle suspenseful music)
I am just hoping right now.
Niecy nash: All right, well, let's take a look
At your categories tonight.
Karaoke classics, david bowie, the 2010s,
Country, super bowl performers, r&b,
Rock, divas, and pop.
Now, mary ashton,
Which category would you like to play for first?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I went to high school in the 2010s.
And I would really like to just start the game
With something that I feel good about, right?
So I think that to get us going,
We need to just go on and do the 2010s first.
Niecy nash: Ok. (audience cheers)
Let's take a look and see what your two song choices are.
"get lucky," daft punk featuring pharrell williams,
Or "try" by p!Nk.
(audience chattering)
(mary ashton exhales sharply)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Like, I know daft punk
And I know pharrell williams,
But I grew up listening to p!Nk
And kind of watching her grow, (audience cheers)
So I think that we need to go with "try" by p!Nk.
Niecy nash: All right. Mary ashton mcclellan: Yep.
Niecy nash: For this song,
We are looking for four missing words.
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right. Niecy nash: And we're going to
Start it from the top.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Let's do this!
Niecy nash: Let's do this, ricky.
(audience applauds) (calm upbeat music)
♪ ever wonder 'about what he's doing ♪
Niecy nash: Hey.
♪ how it all turned to lies
♪ sometimes I think that it's better ♪
♪ to never ask why
♪ where there is desire
♪ there is going to be a flame
♪ and where there is a flame
♪ someone's bound to get burned ♪
♪ but just because it burns
♪ doesn't mean it isn't bad
♪ you got to get up and try
♪ and try and try
(audience cheers)
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right, that was - yeah, yeah.
(gentle suspenseful music) niecy nash: All right.
P!Nk said, "just because it burns, doesn't,"
You said, "mean it isn't bad."
How are you feeling about this answer?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I am unconfident about that last word,
About that 'bad'.
That's kind of where I started to drop off
Whenever I was singing it.
I feel like, "mean it",
I feel good about that.
But that 'bad'...Is bad.
It's bad right now. (sighs)
We're going to go with... (sighs)
(dramatic music) announcer: Coming up.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Dang, shoot, I hate that.
Announcer: Can mary work her way
Out of her bad situation?
Mary ashton mcclellan: This is the problem,
And it's just messing me up a little bit.
(dramatic music)
Announcer: Will she be able to sweat it out?
Mary ashton mcclellan: That 'bad' is bad.
Announcer: Or lose everything?
Mary ashton mcclellan: We've just got to be confident,
Like the song says.
Announcer: Next on "don't forget the lyrics!"
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics!"
I'm here with mary ashton mcclellan.
(audience cheers) mary ashton mcclellan: Whoo!
Niecy nash: All right. Suzi: Whoo!
Niecy nash: P!Nk said, "just because it burns, doesn't,"
You said, "mean it isn't bad."
Mary ashton mcclellan: Mm, mm-hmm, mm.
Niecy nash: Ok.
Mary ashton mcclellan: That was a choice on my part.
Yes. Niecy nash: Ok, well,
Let me give you some other options
To consider. Mary ashton mcclellan: All right.
Niecy nash: Your first option is your backup singer.
Who did you bring with you tonight?
Mary ashton mcclellan: So I brought my dear friend suzi with me.
She's wonderful. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Ok. Mary ashton mcclellan: Yes.
Niecy nash: Well, suzi can help you out with the answer,
But only for one song. Mary ashton mcclellan: Right.
Niecy nash: Or you have three words.
If at any time you're unsure about a word,
You just tell us which one it is
And we will give you the correct answer.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ok,
All right. Niecy nash: All right?
Do you feel like you want to use a backup on this song?
Or how are you feeling about it?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I am unconfident about that last word,
About that 'bad', it's bad.
It's bad right now. Ah.
Niecy nash: So would you like to use one of your backups?
Mary ashton mcclellan: Just because it burns doesn't mean...
Let's use one word.
Niecy nash: One word. Mary ashton mcclellan: One word.
Niecy nash: Which word would you like to see correct?
Mary ashton mcclellan: We're going to go with number four, please.
Hmm.
Doesn't mean.
♪ just because it burns
♪ doesn't mean you're going to die ♪
Mm, that might be closer.
Can I see it and isn't swapped out
For, "doesn't mean you're going to"? Niecy nash: "you're going to die." sure.
♪ just because it burns
♪ doesn't mean you're going to die ♪
Hmm, yeah, we've just got to be confident, right?
We've got to try our best, like the song says.
So, miss niecy, let's go on and lock in those lyrics!
(audience cheers) (dramatic music)
Niecy nash: All right, you locked in those lyrics.
Mary ashton, for $2,500,
Is it, "mean you're going to die"?
(suspenseful drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh my goodness!
Niecy nash: You got it! And you made $2,500.
You are on your way to the million dollar song.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Yes!
Niecy nash: Let's try to double that money right now.
This next song is worth $5,000.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Whoo.
Oh my goodness gracious. Niecy nash: All right.
Which category do you want to choose?
(gentle suspenseful music) (audience chattering)
Mary ashton mcclellan: I think that I should go
With karaoke classics for this next session.
Niecy nash: Ok, let's take a look
At your two song choices.
"barbie girl" by aqua,
Or the theme from "new york, new york" by frank sinatra.
(audience chattering)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Man. Ah!
I was a barbie girl, right?
I loved to play with my barbie dolls,
I loved curling my hair, I loved putting on the makeup,
So I feel, I resonate with "barbie girl" today.
Absolutely. Niecy nash: Ok.
Let's do it.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Let's do it.
Niecy nash: Ok, for $5,000, mary ashton,
I'm going to need three missing words.
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right. Niecy nash: All right.
She's ready, ricky. (audience cheers)
(upbeat music)
♪ I'm a blonde bimbo girl
♪ in a fantasy world
♪ dress me up
♪ make it tight
♪ I'm your dolly
♪ uu-oooh-u
♪ I'm a barbie girl
♪ in the barbie world
♪ life in plastic
♪ it's fantastic
♪ you can brush my hair
♪ undress me everywhere
♪ imagination, life is your creation ♪
(audience cheers)
Mary ashton mcclellan: There we go.
Niecy nash: All right.
Aqua said, "you can brush my hair,"
You said, "undress me everywhere."
How are you feeling about these lyrics?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I'm just back and forth
Between if it's 'everywhere' or 'anywhere'.
That's the big struggle in my brain right now.
Niecy nash: Would you like to lock in these lyrics,
Or would you like to use one of your backups?
Mary ashton mcclellan: Let's use one more backup
And we'll use one more word.
Ok. Niecy nash: Ok.
Which word would you like to see correct?
Mary ashton mcclellan: Number three, please.
Niecy nash: Please reveal
The correct word for line three.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ok, dang, shoot, I hate that.
I mean, I love it, but I hate it.
All right, miss niecy, can we go on
And lock in those lyrics,
Please, ma'am. Niecy nash: All right.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Thank you. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics.
Mary ashton, for $5,000, is it, "undress me everywhere?"
(dramatic drum music)
(upbeat dramatic music) (audience cheers)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh my goodness!
Niecy nash: $5,000!
All right, we'll see if mary ashton
Can take the next step towards $1 million,
Coming up on "don't forget the lyrics!"
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
(upbeat music)
Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics!"
Mary ashton has $5,000. (audience cheers)
She also has her backup singer and one word left
If she gets in trouble.
Let's try to turn that 5,000 into 10,000.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Yes. Niecy nash: Right now.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Yes, ma'am. Niecy nash: All right, cool.
Let's take a look at what you have left.
David bowie, country, super bowl performers,
R&b, rock, divas, and pop. (gentle suspenseful music)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh my goodness.
I mean, we are football watchers at our house.
Obviously, we love sports.
I do love a good pop though, you know?
And I love a diva, right?
Niecy nash: Hey.
Mary ashton mcclellan: That's right, girl.
Niecy nash: You're speaking my language.
Mary ashton mcclellan: That's right.
Let's go on and let's pop into $10,000.
(audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Oh, I see what you did there.
All right, let's take a look at your song choices.
And they are, "I say a little prayer" by dionne warwick,
Or "it's going to be me" by*nsync.
(audience chattering)
Mary ashton mcclellan: (exhales sharply) when I was little,
I had a caboodle that I kept all of my like cute things in,
Right, and I had*nsync stickers all over it.
Right, like I am the child of the '90s that loved*nsync.
So, you know, we are going to have to go with*nysnc,
"it's going to be me." (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: All right.
So because*nsync is a group,
Maybe we can get you a couple of backup dancers up here...
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ooh. (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: ..Who can help you out.
Mary ashton mcclellan: We got a volunteer. Niecy nash: Ok. You come here.
With this yellow jacket on, come here.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Bring it on.
Niecy nash: Come on, and you, too, with the glasses.
You, too, come on.
All right, we're going to be your backup group.
You stand here, come on. Mary ashton mcclellan: Ok, ok.
Niecy nash: All right, we are just going to back you up.
Now, we not singing, we're dancing to give you vibes.
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right. Niecy nash: So for this song
I'm going to need three missing words.
And we're starting at the first chorus.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ok.
Niecy nash: You ready? Mary ashton mcclellan: Yes, ma'am.
Niecy nash: All right, ricky, let's do it.
(audience cheers) (upbeat music)
♪ every little thing I do
♪ never seems enough for you
♪ you don't want to lose it again ♪
♪ but I'm not like them
♪ baby, when you finally
♪ get enough to save, baby
♪ it's going to, it's going to be me ♪
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ah, man.
Niecy nash: Ok, now, I thought the backup dancers
Was going to help you a little bit.
Mary ashton mcclellan: You know, they did a great job.
They did their job, but just seeing those blanks,
It gets in your brain.
Niecy nash: Give it up for our backup dancers.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Good job, thank you,
Guys, so much. Niecy nash: Thank you.
(audience cheers)
All right, let's let you focus
'cause maybe we were dancing too hard back there.
Think about that caboodle.
Mary ashton mcclellan: That's right.
Niecy nash: You think about all those stickers.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Justin timberlake and his curly perm.
Niecy nash: Get in there, get in there.
All right, here we go.
*nysnc said, "baby, when you finally get,"
You said, "enough to save." (gentle suspenseful music)
Mary ashton mcclellan: In my brain,
This is the problem, is in my brain,
I feel like it's four words and I know it's not
Because there's only three blanks up there.
But in my brain, the blanks go,
♪ baby, when you finally
♪ get, da, da, da, da
And it's just messing me up a little bit.
Niecy nash: Ok, well,
For the da, da, da, da... Mary ashton mcclellan: I know.
Niecy nash: ..We're going to need more.
All right, remember, you still have your backup singer,
And you have one word left if you need them.
Mary ashton mcclellan: Ok.
All right, I'm going to use a word.
Niecy nash: Ok, which word
Would you like to see revealed?
Mary ashton mcclellan: Can we do number three, please?
Niecy nash: Please reveal the correct word
For line three.
Did that help you at all?
Mary ashton mcclellan: I think so, yes.
Niecy nash: Would you like to change the line?
Mary ashton mcclellan: Yeah.
Maybe... Niecy nash: What would
You like to see there?
♪ baby, when you finally
Mary ashton mcclellan: "loved by somebody."
Niecy nash: Ok. ♪ finally
♪ get loved by somebody
Niecy nash: Now here's the part
Where you can lock in the lyrics,
Or you still have suzi over there if you need her.
(mary ashton exhales sharply)
♪ baby, when you finally get
(mary ashton whispering)
♪ baby, when you finally
♪ get loved by somebody
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right, that matches the beat
That's in my head pretty well. (sighs)
Niecy nash: Would you like to lock in these lyrics?
Or you can bow out.
You've already banked. (suspenseful music)
(dramatic music) announcer: Coming up.
Mary ashton mcclellan: We need to tune justin timberlake in.
Announcer: Before mary's even made it
To the guaranteed money...
Mary ashton mcclellan: All right, that matches the beat
That's in my head pretty well.
Announcer: ..She seems to be on the verge
Of a colossal mistake.
Mary ashton mcclellan: So I think that we need to just go on
And we need to bite this bullet.
Announcer: Will she find the words she needs?
Mary ashton mcclellan: My problem is my confidence,
But I have got to just be confident.
Announcer: Or will she go home with nothing?
(mary ashton sighs) find out next.
(audience cheers) (dramatic music)
(upbeat music) (audience cheers)
Niecy nash: Welcome back to "don't forget the lyrics!"
Mary ashton has $5,000.
She also has her backup singer suzi if she gets in trouble.
All right, before the break, (gentle suspenseful music)
*nsync said, "baby, when you finally get,"
You said, "loved by somebody."
♪ baby, when you finally
♪ get loved by somebody
Mary ashton mcclellan: Hmm.
Niecy nash: Would you like to use your backup singer?
Mary ashton mcclellan: (sighs) my problem is my confidence,
But I have got to just be confident in my thoughts,
And I've got to be confident in the beat that's in my mind.
So I think that we need to just go on
And we need to bite this bullet
And we need to tune justin timberlake in.
And let's go on and lock in those lyrics.
(audience cheers) (dramatic music)
Niecy nash: You locked in those lyrics, mary ashton.
If they are correct, you bank $10,000.
(audience cheers) (gentle suspenseful music)
But if you are wrong, you walk away with nothing.
For $10,000,
Is it, "loved by somebody?"
(suspenseful drum music)
(dramatic music) (audience jeering)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh my gosh.
Niecy nash: That was incorrect.
Suzi, do you know what the right answer is?
Suzi: Oh, no, mm-mm. (audience laughs)
Niecy nash: All right, well,
That wouldn't have helped you either.
So, unfortunately, mary ashton,
You are leaving empty handed tonight.
Mary ashton mcclellan: That's ok.
It has been a wonderful experience.
I'm so glad I got to see this audience
And I got to meet you tonight. So. Niecy nash: Yes, you did.
Let's take a look at what the correct answer is.
Audience: Aw. Niecy nash: When you
Finally get to love somebody. (mary ashton groans)
Mary ashton mcclellan: Oh, man.
Niecy nash: I am so sorry (upbeat music)
You didn't win tonight. Mary ashton mcclellan: It was almost.
Niecy nash: But we had
A great time watching you. Mary ashton mcclellan: We did.
Niecy nash: Thank you so much.
One more time for mary ashton. (audiencrs)
Next time, more singers, more songs, more missing words,
And $1 million on "don't forget the lyrics!"
Goodnight. (audience cheers)
(upbeat music continues)
(dramatic music)
(air whooshes)
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