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Eight days ago, I called five of my friends up.
And here we are doing The Real Full Monty.
Look at that. That house is packed.
It's full of people. You want to know why
it's full of people?
'Cause they want to see me -- ow! --
and five of my friends good and naked
and show them what it's all about.
And that's what we're about to do.
I can't find my thong. I can't find my thong.
You can't find your thong? Oh, that's right. It's okay.
We don't need thongs, 'cause this is The Real Full Monty!
[ Cheers and applause ]
In 1997,
this low-budget British film swooped in
and stole hearts all around the globe.
You know the one I'm talking about.
We may not be young. We may not be pretty.
But for one night only, we're going for The Full Monty.
The Oscar-winning comedy featuring
unemployed steelworkers forming a male striptease act --
Yeah, you heard me right --
This lot go all the way.
The Full Monty? You lot.
-- pulled in a whopping $250 million.
It's not bad, this stripping, is it?
The movie's message of vulnerability helped inspire
television specials raising awareness for cancer --
Man: Full Monty. [ Cheers and applause ]
Anderson: -- male celebrities baring it all,
motivating millions of men to push past their embarrassment
and get checked for prostate cancer.
Not only was it a massive hit,
but it potentially save hundreds of lives in the process.
[ Cheers and applause ]
So I thought why not do the same?
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I just wrapped filming a movie in South Africa,
and now it's time to focus on this performance
that's near and dear to my heart.
I lost a very dear friend a few weeks ago to cancer,
and I lost my biological father and three of his siblings
to cancer, all within a year and a half of one another.
So I wanted to help bring awareness to men,
because we don't go to the doctor.
-[ Line ringing ] -There we go.
Hey, Chichi.
Yo. What's good, Ant?
Looky here. Looky, looky here.
What's going on, Taye?
Nothing, sir. How are you feeling?
I'm doing alright, man.
[ Line ringing ]
Hey! [ Laughs ]
What up, homeboy?
Am I disturbing something right now, brother?
No. This is my morning ritual before I go fight crime.
Thanks for picking up the call.
So, I'm just gonna cut to the chase, Taye.
You're scaring me, man.
I'm putting together a show
to bring awareness to cancer.
I think that's dope. Yeah.
I have a strange request.
It's called The Real Full Monty because I'm going to need
my celebrity friends butt-naked onstage with me.
[ Music powers down ]
What, you're being serious?
I'm sorry, what was the last part you said about
butt -- butt what?
It's called The Real Full Monty.
And it's called that for a reason.
How is me being naked onstage going to fight cancer?
Well, first off, Marlon,
it's not the first time that you would be naked onstage.
That's true. You know I love you.
Yes.
And I'm naked from the waist down right now.
But I don't think I want to do that
in front of a television audience.
Can you stand up right now?
I mean, I could.
[ Laughs ] Alright. Hey, man.
I love you, brother. And I'll see you soon.
Alright, Ant. Be good.
Alright, babe. Peace.
Well, can't count on your friends for everything.
Alright. Who else should I call?
As men, I think we have an issue with embarrassment.
And I don't know why we would be embarrassed,
but would you be embarrassed for the 15 or 20 minutes
that you're going through this checkup
or have that dreadful conversation with your doctor
when it's too late?
"Ooh, I'm sorry. You got it."
Tracking down celebs for this gig
is turning out to be tougher than I thought.
Clock's ticking, too.
I booked one of the best venues in L.A.,
but the catch is that I only have nine days to pull this off.
Hopefully, I'll have more luck finding a choreographer.
Mandy Moore, how are you?
My first call is to the best in the business.
I'm wonderful.
I can't believe your name came up on my phone.
Yeah, well --
Mandy snagged multiple Emmys
for her work on "Dancing With the Stars."
She orchestrated Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's magic
in "La La Land,"
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence's dance
in "Silver Linings Playbook,"
and just rocked Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
If she can't get us in sync, nobody can.
I'm gonna cut to the chase, Mandy.
I'm calling you because I've decided to do something
called The Real Full Monty,
and it's to bring awareness to cancer.
Will you be a part of this and help choreograph the show
and choreograph our dance routine?
I hope you can say yes to that.
And it's for a great cause.
I mean, to raise awareness for cancer,
literally you say no more, I am in.
We're gonna get you rascals going,
and we're gonna get you butt-naked.
[ Laughs ]
Thank you.
I appreciate you helping us out.
Bye-bye. Bye.
First day of rehearsal, and I'm headed to the studio.
Six days to pull this off and I'm a little nervous,
because...
I haven't filled all the spots yet.
I wonder who's going to show up.
So alright.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪♪♪
Moore: Welcome to the studio.
It's good to see you again, my friend.
Good to see you.
So this is it, huh?
This is where rehearsal is, right?
Yes. This is where all the magic's gonna happen. Okay.
I have never done anything like this
ever in my entire career thus far.
I guess I'm gonna be able to check the box of, like,
going the Full Monty,
teaching these dudes how to do it.
Six chairs. Six of us, huh?
Yeah, well, we'll see.
I've created this routine off, like,
not knowing who is in this at all.
But I'm thinking, like, six or seven guys,
whoever ends up doing this,
these people are super brave to even, like,
step foot into the studio and say yes to this project.
I cannot wait to see who these people are.
How are you feeling?
I'm a little nervous. But I'm excited.
Okay. I'm excited about it all.
Nobody confirmed with me.
Everybody's like, "Ah, I'd love to help you out,
Anthony, and I'll get back to you."
Nobody got back to me.
I'm very excited to understand who you have gathered
in this situation 'cause you were a little nervous
when you FaceTimed me last time.
You were like, "I don't know if it's..."
Still a little nervous. Don't know who's gonna show up,
who's gonna pull out, who's gonna back out.
It's okay. Yeah.
-Hey. -Oh!
He came through!
Hey.
Oh! He came through!
Ladies and gentlemen, Taye Diggs himself!
-Moore: Taye? -Diggs: Handsome, bruh.
Where are you coming from? It's been a minute.
Diggs: I am here to do my part.
You know, when it comes to cancer,
I lost my stepfather and my mother, as well.
You know, it may be embarrassing,
but I'm very much looking forward to it.
It's good to see you. Good to see you, man.
I'm still concerned about the nudity thing,
but we'll work through it. Don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
We were just talking about that.
Did you start getting nervous?
Yeah, just now. Yeah. It's okay.
Anderson: I got some yeses.
I just don't know if they'll show up.
Hello. I don't want it to be stationary.
Oh, my God. Legends. Perfect.
How are you, brother?
Bruno, Anthony, man. Thank you, brother.
I feel like this is like a Marvel film
and we've, like, assembled all the superheroes.
Oh, I'm going for. Oh, yeah.
[ Laughing ]
Well, that might be the first move.
You never know. I like that.
Tonioli: It's something very important.
And hopefully people will enjoy
and get, like, motivated to get yourself checked.
It's not a big deal, because it can save people's lives.
So it really is a very important thing to do.
My dream for you guys is that you just feel incredible that night.
Like, Taye, you look really nervous right now.
It's starting to hit me right now, at how many
people are gonna be watching this.
Yes. Many people.
A thousand people in attendance and in the theater.
At least. Believe me,
we're gonna have a lot of uncomfortable moments
where you're gonna be like, "Oh, God. What am I doing?
You know, we're gonna be fighting
a little demons here and there I think.
Here comes someone else. Oh, look who's here.
Speaking of Demons.
What's going on, bro? How you doing, baby?
I didn't even recognize you. You're so handsome.
What's happening with you, man?
When I heard about The Real Full Monty
to raise awareness for early cancer detection,
my heart knew that I had to do it.
I told my son about it, who's 11.
He said, "What?! You're gonna get naked?
Dude, that's weird."
And I was like, "Well, yeah." And I explained it all.
He's like, "Alright. I just don't want to watch it."
[ Laughs ] I said okay.
And Bruno!
James, my darling.
Surprise after surprise.
I'm a little worried that Bruno's gonna be
uncomfortable dancing scantily clad in front of people.
I know. He never does this.
Man, this is a good group. All here for the right reasons,
all doing something that we really feel is important
and fun and can make a positive impact in people's lives.
And so I'm psyched to be part of it.
This is gonna be where we're gonna be for the next,
you know, four days.
And we are gonna be learning, you know, a routine...
Yeah... ...that is going to involve
taking off bits of our clothes for a really great cause.
And by the end, just like the film,
we are gonna go Full Monty,
turn around and show everyone how amazing we are. Oh, make sure the heat is on,
darling, or we're going to shrink.
[ Laughter ] Temperature control.
It's gonna be a very warm room.
Temperature control is key, yes.
It's gonna be a very warm room.
Anderson: You know, anytime you start something like this,
there's a little bit of nerves involved.
There's so many different personalities.
You don't know how you're all going to mix.
But there's still some people to add to the mix,
so I'm excited to have everybody finally come together
and be a part of this.
I know the camaraderie you guys
are gonna experience together going through this,
when you're spending this amount of time doing something
that's a little scary.
And we're all coming from the same base idea.
You know, while I haven't been affected directly
by testicular cancer and prostate cancer,
I did lose my mom last year to stomach cancer.
-Oh, wow. -I'm sorry.
And so -- thank you. Sorry to hear that.
Yeah. It's like a random, terrible club
you don't want to be a part of, right?
Unfortunately, I think we all have some reason.
And, I mean, for me particularly,
I had to do it because of Len.
You know, my co-judge for many, many years,
and we lost him last year.
And this I dedicate -- dedicated to him.
Len and I worked together for almost 20 years.
It's like the two musketeers.
Len had an instinct to work the moment,
and I knew that whatever I did, Len would have my back.
And he knew the same.
He did have a prostate operation in 2009,
and he kept going on to me like,
"Have you checked your pipes, man?"
Unfortunately, we lost him last year.
Then it was another story. Bone cancer, which is tragic.
Len never made it public, because when you do
"Dancing With the Stars," it's inspiring,
it's fun, it's joyous,
and he didn't want to be identified by the disease.
And when you lose somebody
that's been so close for such a long time, I was a mess.
As prepared as you think you are,
those things really, you know, destroy you,
because I always thought Len is gonna beat it.
It happened before. He's gonna beat this.
Unfortunately...
he passed away.
And then because of him, actually, I went and had
the thing, which actually is no big deal.
The embarrassment is not worth your life.
Right.
It's very important for everyone to go and get screened.
You know, it's not a big deal.
Not a big deal.
Check your pipes for your life.
And we're gonna have a good time, as well.
You know, we're just going to enjoy it.
You know, you have to enjoy.
It's like an adventure, you know?
We're just gonna have fun. Yeah.
Van Der Beek: We're talking about cancer
and how it has affected us.
Everybody has their own relationship to it.
Everybody has their own stories around it.
I'm hoping to eventually share my story.
It's a big bomb to drop in the middle of a room.
And I'm not one who likes to drop bombs. So...
The time has come for us to start.
So I have asked a couple of my friends to come in
and basically show you guys a version of the routine.
Let's go. You guys over here.
Alright. Let's do it.
So I need you cats over here.
This is the observation deck.
Observation deck. Okay.
Tonioli: I can't wait to see the whole dance routine.
I'm here to be molded.
What I've done is I basically created
the number on these guys.
And, again, as you can see, there are four of you cats.
There are six.
Hopefully they all come back tomorrow. We'll see.
Okay. Now, as I get to know you better,
we'll be adding bits and bobs.
But this is let's just call it the foundation.
V-1, okay? Gentlemen, are you ready?
Alright, here we go. And...
Alright. Glasses coming off.
[ Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" plays ]
Oh. Hey!
Coats unbuttoned.
♪ Baby, take off your coat ♪
Diggs: Once the dance number started,
I got a little bit scared again.
I just haven't done any of this stuff in so long.
I haven't learned a combination.
I haven't been onstage in a while.
We still have our pants on here, right?
Yep. You got your pants on.
-[ Laughter ] -Okay.
Shirts open!
And, then, of course, I get naked all the time,
but not in front of people. [ Laughs ]
Not this kind of naked.
And pants!
♪♪♪
Oh!
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
Hey!
[ All cheering ]
[ Laughter ]
Taye's already quit. Okay, good.
I have shrunk.
I got to do that? Like that?
You see all the elements, right?
The most vulnerable you start to be is when the pants come off.
So I want to add a moment
when you guys are going to turn around
and you're gonna walk back.
And I wanted to do a little I guess what I'd call clench.
[ Laughs ] Oh, my God.
Sometimes clenching
accentuates stuff you don't necessarily want to.
I realize at some point, I'm gonna be dangling around.
So I'm uncomfortable.
Oh, boy.
Anderson: So far, I've got three of my buddies signed up.
But now that we've seen a sneak peek at Mandy's grand plan,
we got to learn these moves pronto
if we're gonna make this miracle happen.
Moore: It's day one. Okay?
So what I love to do
is I'm gonna walk four steps into it.
Are you already sweating?
Yep. Okay.
Me too. I'm sweating. Here we go.
7, 8. You go 1, 2, 3.
And you go, touch, out, left and right.
I got all of your space. My bad. One more time.
One of my legs shorter than the other one,
so it pulls me over that way.
Anderson: My newest recruit would never have a problem
with short legs.
All: Oh!
It's Mr. Superman himself,
6'10" tall, Dwight Howard.
What up, baby? What's going on?
Just in time, big dawg.
Just in time.
I am Mandy!
Ah! Come on, come on!
I was literally just about three minutes ago
looking around, going, "I'm the tallest guy here."
[ Laughter ]
Till Dwight showed up.
When Anthony gave me the call,
I was just like, "Man, for real?"
Like, you want me to come all the way out to L.A. right now?
So I'm excited.
This is great. Let's go.
A little nervous.
You got to be really confident in who you are,
and you got to be able to just risk it all.
And that's what we're doing.
But we're doing it for a great cause.
I'm ready to get to it. Oh, what?!
All of us have dealt with trauma because of cancer.
My mother's father passed away at a very young age.
I know that it's very much affected my mom's life.
And then we can put smiles on people's faces
and let them know that we can all battle
and get through this together.
Okay, guys. Can I get you in a line?
5, 6, 7, 8. I'm gonna count you,
and we're gonna start walking with our right leg.
5, 6, 7, walk.
Day one is always a bit of a mishmash of energy and craziness
'cause everyone's nervous.
Why are you counting in your head, Taye?
I'm trying to remember it.
[ Laughter ]
Do it again.
You know, because these guys don't
necessarily know how to dance.
1, 2, 3.
The first thing I need to do is teach them counts.
That is gonna help them keep the beat of the music,
and it's gonna help them with breaking down
the routine into smaller, more manageable parts.
Okay. So we get here on what count, Dwight?
8. No.
What count do we get here, Anthony?
Huh? Uh, uh, 4.
No. What count do we get here?
-It's 3. -Bruno, it's 3.
Me being a dancer, if you leave me on my own,
I could do the whole thing by myself.
But that is not the case.
1, 2, 3, hold,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
7, 8... 7, 8...
It's a group. It's a team.
So we have to help each other.
5, 6, 7, 8.
Okay. Got it.
Okay, good. 7, 8, yeah. You're right.
Howard: Bruno is easy.
He's out there just moving and grooving.
He's known for choreographing and all that stuff.
So, you know, I want to make sure I do my best.
You go 1, 2, 3!
You just got lost in your counts, right?
You were like, I'm feeling it.
I don't know where I am. What's happening?
It was quick. You gave it to us quick. I know.
Well, this is what this is gonna be. On purpose?
Okay? Alright. Okay, next!
Bruno's like, "What else you got?" [ Laughs ]
Funny that you said that.
Everybody sit here. Here we go.
Oh, God. Alright.
You know, I realize learning this dance
is gonna be a lot for these guys.
I have to get them out of their heads
and get them over the embarrassment
of dancing in front of people.
Part of it is actually, like,
the how do you take this stuff off
and not freak out in front of everybody?
So I need to see what moves I'm working with.
And then from there, I can build their confidence.
I know that they can do it, but we got some work to do.
We're gonna come up one at a time.
And this is your moment to kind of show me
some of your best moves, 'cause I want you to --
Oh, no. That's okay, Taye.
We're gonna do it.
Anthony, would you mind going first, please?
I would. Come on.
[ Laughter ] Come on! Here we go.
I just got to tell you, these are 53-year-old hips.
They don't bend like they used to anymore.
There's no need to do anything
that you don't feel comfortable with.
Well, I don't feel comfortable doing anything
up right here, Mandy.
Well, we got to start here, alright?
Okay. Well, it's not where you start, it's where you finish.
Oh, I love you. So, what are we going to do?
Here we go. Ready?
I'm turning on the music, and the floor is yours, my friend.
Here we go.
♪ Hot in ♪
Where are you at, Anthony? Come on.
Guys, feel free to clap along if you like.
[ Laughter ]
♪ Oh ♪ Hey!
Get it, get it, get it, ah, ah.
[ Cheering ]
Get it, get it, get it, ah, ah.
Yes, Anthony!
Anthony! Anthony!
You know, we all have our individual style.
We all have rhythm.
I love it!
Some differently than others.
♪ Good gracious, bodacious ♪
♪ Flirtatious, tryin' to show patience ♪
I just tried to remember as much of the lyrics as I could.
And then when I got out there,
just tried to act the lyrics out.
That's it! Get the crowd into it, Dwight!
I know my dancing skills wasn't gonna be on par.
♪ Oh ♪
[ All cheering ]
Are you okay? Yeah. Okay. Okay.
Pull it out. Do the back boogie.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Van Der Beek: I mean, nobody's comfortable doing that.
Like, you know, we all love to dance, but we like dancing,
you know, in a crowd,
not having a crowd look at us solo while we do it.
Anderson: There you go!
Except maybe Bruno.
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Yes, Bruno!
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Tonioli: I wasn't really nervous.
Actually, I loved being in the rehearsal room.
It kind of brings back memories
of many, many years ago.
I loved it. I thought -- I really enjoyed it.
That was beautiful. Good job.
Taye? Yes. Let's do it.
The time is now.
Come on. Here we go, here we go.
-You got this, Taye! -You gonna do it with
your rag in your hands, Taye?
I'm gonna do it with my rag in my hand.
Hey, I'm never mad at that.
Come on, Taye.
Oh, yeah!
[ All cheering ]
♪ So hot in here ♪
♪ So hot ♪
Oh! Okay!
What?
♪ I'm leavin', please believin' ♪
♪ Me and the rest of my heathens ♪
♪ Check it, got it locked at the top of the Four Seasons ♪
Van Der Beek: I mean, the whole point of this
is don't die of embarrassment, right?
We're doing a striptease in front of a live audience.
That was great!
Yes, Taye!
If we can do that...
hopefully, that'll inspire people to go get checked.
Were there any things that you guys were thinking
when you were watching the other people dance?
It's something about in this specific...
atmosphere, 'cause I forgot.
I don't feel like I feel when I'm on the dance floor.
Hmm. Interesting. I love to dance.
Yeah. I mean, that's obvious.
But, I mean, but that's not what I do on the dance floor.
Really? Yes. I felt...
like it was someone else's body. I could see that, yeah.
Really? Wow. I didn't like it.
I haven't had to do this in front of people.
I wanted to see what you do when you're uncomfortable.
Dwight, you falling asleep or you thinking?
No. I'm just listening to what everybody's saying.
Yeah.
I was self-conscious today,
and I've never been self-conscious before.
Once we get on the stage,
it's blinders are off.
I was thinking to myself, "Okay.
How can I do this dance baring it all?"
Anderson: Our first day of rehearsal is in books.
You know, me and the fellows are really bonding.
Dance steps are coming together.
But there is a problem.
We still need six people, and only four showed up.
So I reached out to somebody
I know will have no problem getting naked onstage with me.
Man: Come in! Alright.
Joel? Yeah.
Hey, man. What's going on?
Not much. How you doing?
I'm doing alright, baby. I'm doing alright.
Alright. So, hey, look, this is --
Found the egg, buddy. Alright.
I dropped an egg. It didn't break.
I can't believe it. Alright.
So, look. Joel, this is what I want to talk to you about, man.
Remember the movie "The Full Monty"?
I never saw it.
Okay, well, I'm putting together something called
The Real Full Monty, and it's to bring awareness to cancer.
I got celebrities coming on to talk about
how their lives have been affected with cancer.
Amazing. There's a lot of dancing, though, right?
Not a lot, but there is some.
Yeah, it's got to be a pass for me.
I don't dance.
I just don't feel free enough to do something like that.
Well, I got other friends.
But my personal network hasn't been working out
and I need to expand our reach.
Welcome my man Anthony Anderson to the show right here.
How are you, brother? Always good to see you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Hey. He's excited. People excited.
It's always good to be here.
I'm doing great. Mario. How are you, baby?
I'm well. Thanks for asking.
What's going on with you these days?
I heard you've been extra busy.
I'm putting together this show called The Real Full Monty,
bringing awareness to cancer.
A lot of men really don't get colonoscopies done,
and it can be preventative.
So I decided to put this show together
and be vulnerable to the world with, you know,
five other my friends and colleagues
onstage butt-naked in front of a live audience.
Good for you, man. That's such an important cause.
Yeah. Is there a reason when my people called you,
we didn't hear from you? [ Laughter ]
I mean, we didn't even get a no.
We didn't even get a maybe. We didn't hear from you, Mario.
I'm gonna keep it real. I'm gonna keep it real.
Uh-huh.
I'm married to a very spicy Italian woman.
Can I just say that? Yes.
And Mrs. Lopez didn't want anyone seeing
the full Monty but her. I get it, I get it.
Well, Mario, since that's a no from you because of your wife,
I'm gonna turn to this camera right now.
Any other friends of mine, celebrities, acquaintances,
people who I've never met in life before,
if you want to get down with The Real Full Monty
to bring awareness to prostate, testicular,
and colorectal cancer,
come be a part of The Real Full Monty
and get butt-naked onstage with me.
[ Cheers and applause ] Hey!
[ Both laugh ]
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
♪♪♪
Are you ready for us, madam?
No. [ Laughter ]
What did you think last night when you got home?
Where you're like, "What did I just do?"
It was a lot. It was like therapy.
[ Laughs ] It is, it is. For real.
It was like therapy yesterday.
Talking about cancer and my mom and my --
It's a lot.
You know, when my mom got cancer, nobody knew.
Didn't tell anybody she was feeling weird.
But she's a trooper. She was --
It got so tough that we took her to the hospital,
and then that's when they were like, "Okay. She's got cancer.
She doesn't have much --" So then boom, she was gone.
I dance because of her. She was a dancer.
And then last night,
I have this dream about my mother.
All this stuff is bringing up the fact that,
like, I didn't really --
Haven't really dealt with the fact
that she just kind of jetted.
She didn't tell anybody.
And so that's because of this.
Wow. Of course it is. Isn't that weird?
Isn't that crazy? Brings you back.
I had no idea that I was still working through it.
I had many friends that passed away.
And sometimes you dream vivid that they are they're there,
and you're having conversations.
True. So vivid
that it's like real life, is because in a way,
these people are always part of you.
100%. And I think it's a positive thing.
It's a very good thing. Yeah.
This is forcing me to deal with it.
'Cause I didn't think I was repressing it, but...
Well, it's just -- it takes a long time.
Yeah, apparently. Yeah. It takes a long time.
[ Down-tempo music plays ]
♪♪♪
This isn't just a benefit.
You know what I mean? This has got bigger meaning.
I'm learning about myself
in ways that I didn't think I would.
And I feel like my mother -- she's looking over me
and is just making sure I'm on the right path.
You could become something for someone
that is inspiring for them to go do something
that is scary for them.
If it's getting checked or if it's, you know,
being vulnerable in the moment.
Well, that's the whole point, isn't it,
to say don't be afraid, don't be afraid.
So you're not nervous to take anything on?
I'm not. What about you, Dwight?
I haven't really
I guess sat and thought about it like that.
We got to get naked.
[ Laughter ]
I mean...
You can't really put too much into it mentally,
'cause then you will start overthinking everything
and there's no need to.
Yes.
♪♪♪
Anderson: As we prepare to start our second day of rehearsals,
I still haven't filled all my slots.
But we got a bit of good news.
What's up, man? How are you?
How you doing? Everything good, baby?
Good, man. Thank you so much, dude. Welcome to the party.
We now have a sixth member, as "Teen Wolf" heartthrob
Tyler Posey has answered the call.
We're gonna go to the studio.
Moore: Welcome! Hi.
Hi. I'm Mandy.
Hi. I'm Tyler.
Tyler, it's so nice to meet you.
Yeah, pleasure. Yeah. Yeah. Come on in.
Sorry I missed out on yesterday.
That's okay. Welcome. Take a seat.
I'm excited. Thank you.
Posey: The reason I'm doing The Real Full Monty.
is because...
I lost my mom, Cindy, 10 years ago from breast cancer.
♪♪♪
And I was so young. I was 23.
♪♪♪
So I was still just a kid.
My mom was very reluctant
to going and getting it checked out.
And...
you know, she's not here anymore.
I think people at home need to see what it looks like
when you lose somebody to cancer.
Even 10 years later, it still hurts.
It's still a really open wound.
I want people to see that and be like,
"I don't want to put anybody through that.
So I'm gonna go and get checked out immediately."
♪♪♪
So now we're gonna start learning your routine.
Yesterday it was like, you know,
getting to know each other, which was great.
But now it's really we have to,
you know, "Okay. Let's learn this."
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Boom! 2.
Right, left. Go 5.
6, 7, and 8. And boom!
Can we do it again with the music,
because the tempo is not -- it's uneven.
For me, it really is very important
I know the structure --
you know, counts, accents, where to do it, how to do it.
'Cause it's this. You know, there's like the 1, 2, 3.
And yeah. Syncopated.
You're pushing it a little bit, yeah.
You know, you can't mess around.
It has to be good.
It has to be perfect.
Touch, step, cross, and cross, turn.
Ah! Oh, 360. There you go.
Okay. Ready? You were right.
Boom, boom, boom.
No, no, no. The next one.
There you go. Good. Now do it all together. There you go.
Then you'll know where you're at.
Move your head back to your spot.
That's it. That's it, Tyler. Good job.
We got it.
Oddly, they surprised me with their confidence.
5, 6, 7, rock and roll.
♪ Hot stuff, baby, this evening ♪
Yes! One more! Come on! Ready?
I'm interested to see where that goes
in the next couple days because I have a feeling
when we start taking off clothes
and we start doing things that add other elements,
that confidence might shift.
Your tie is in your right hand, okay?
And your weight is just going back, front, back, front.
Okay. I think you're going opposite everybody.
So we got to go back first, okay?
Back first? Back.
Don't worry. We're gonna get it. Don't worry.
It's day one. Come on. Day two.
We've been probably learning about 30 seconds of the song,
and we still have at least two minutes to go.
So it's a lot to learn.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
You got to really focus on the little things.
This is like next level.
You really got to -- really got to just let it go.
Hey!
Excellent rehearsal.
Anthony and I do have a surprise for you.
We've been working hard for two days,
so we're gonna go outside of these walls
and just get a little fresh air and see what happens.
Posey: I think the air is fine in here.
Tonioli: I'm very happy with the air here.
Is this supposed to be a treat for us?
We're gonna get on a little party bus
and see where our talents take us.
Okay. Alright?
Moore: Yes.
I do not like the sound of that.
No, it's gonna be great. We're all gonna be in it together.
-Anderson: You guys ready? -Man: Yeah.
Let's go pile in the van.
You know what this is?
I know exactly what it is. Wow.
Is this gonna be "The Hangover"?
Okay. We'll see. [ Laughter ]
Anderson: I've arranged a little dancing session
to really push these guys to step out of their comfort zone,
in the last place you would expect.
You know, we're gonna open it up and let it breathe.
Posey: I'm now more confused as to what we're --
Don't be confused. Nothing to be confused about.
Don't worry. Just go for it.
Van Der Beek: What are we doing at a hardware store?
The ultimate goal is to allow ourselves to be vulnerable
and feel confident dancing naked onstage.
And this surprise is the first step in stripping
away the embarrassment of performing in public.
Welcome to the lumberyard.
This is a public space.
You guys are going to be wearing these vests
and these shirts as if you're working here.
We got name tags. Mm-hmm.
And then we're gonna get you out into the store.
And I'm gonna be in your ear,
and you're gonna hear "Hot Stuff,"
and I'm gonna start talking you through moves
I need you to do. Come on.
I'm never doing anything for you again, man.
Oh, Taye. Ever.
These are all moves that you know how to do. He's losing my number.
These are all moves you know how to do. You losing my number, too.
Oh, Taye. Aw.
It's important, I think, to start doing things
in front of people that aren't just me.
To get ourselves in an uncomfortable situation.
Yes, in an uncomfortable situation.
And accept it and just keep going forward. Listen to Teen Wolf.
And have fun with it. Listen to Teen Wolf.
That's what it's about. I get it.
Get your vests on. Let's go.
I'm not into this.
There are gonna be other people there,
and, you know, it may be embarrassing,
but I'll do it 'cause I have to.
But I'm not too into it.
This task was inspired by the scene in the film
where the guys were all waiting in the unemployment zone.
Anderson: What Mandy's talking about
is when in "The Full Monty," "Hot Stuff" comes on,
and unbeknownst to everyone else,
they just start doing the routine.
They're losing their inhibitions,
and they're starting to become a group.
Customers at this store
are about to meet six new members of the staff.
[ Donna Summers' "Hot Stuff" plays ]
Can you hear me okay? Great.
Get ready for this track in your ear.
We can do it here. We can do it anywhere, guys.
Here we go. Let's go.
Need some help with something, sir?
Just looking around. Just looking around?
Alright.
♪ Some lover to come ♪
Moore: I see you, Taye.
Give me a move.
♪ Almost rang the phone off the wall ♪
♪ Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this evening ♪
Alright, Anthony,
I'd like for you to go to aisle 22, please.
Excuse me, ma'am. Hey. How are you?
Good. How are you?
Alright. Can I help you with anything?
Where's your garden hoses?
Let's add a little butterfly.
Can you butterfly?
♪ Got to have some love tonight ♪ Butterfly?
Butterfly with me. That's it.
♪♪♪
Good, Bruno.
Hit it, Dwight.
Hummingbird? I think it's a little...
This way, this way. Moore: There it is.
There you go, James.
Oh! Whoa! Shoot him with it!
♪ Hot stuff, baby, this evening ♪
♪ I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight ♪
5, 6. Strut it down.
1, 3, 5.
Nice. Pivot, turn.
Check it.
What about a double pump on the "hot stuff"?
Alright.
Anderson: Body roll with me. Come on.
There you go. Ah!
Nice, Taye.
Diggs: I know I had my issues prior to,
but once we were interacting with the real customers,
I let go a little bit, and it was a bonding experience.
Anderson: Help them with that paint, Dwight.
James, I need you to come dance at the counter for me.
Taye? Yes.
Hop up there and show the people what you got.
Come on. Show them the hot stuff, Taye.
-Yeah. Come on. -There you go.
Everybody was great.
They didn't give in to their inhibitions.
Uh-huh. Show that lumber that you got, James.
We're coming together as a team,
and I'm excited about that.
Tonioli: We have great fun with the people in the store.
And now we are ready to go to the next stage,
which is more clothes off. [ Laughs ]
Good job. Amazing. Anderson: We have no inhibitions, gentlemen.
If you can do it in the lumber yard, you can do it onstage.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
♪♪♪
Heading into day three, I get a call from someone
who's really connected to what we're doing and wants in --
great news, because more people means greater outreach.
We're continuing to practice,
but I just hope that he can catch a flight in time.
Moore: Guys, welcome back.
Thank you. Okay.
So, you know, after yesterday at the lumber yard,
I was blown away by your confidence.
But now it's time to take it to the next level
and get comfortable in your own bodies.
So, I have some friends that are in Magic Mike,
so I've invited them to come and perform for you guys.
Yeah, but that gives you confidence.
You get Magic Mike? Yes!
I want these guys to have a visual of guys
that are working together as a team, that are going full out,
that are putting it all out there.
And I thought, who's the best to call for this?
Magic Mike Live.
Aw, yeah! Get in here. Okay.
I'd never had body issues before, really.
But we're gonna watch these professionals do it.
And, like, how is it gonna make us feel?
So this is supposed to give us confidence?
♪♪♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
The just get down to it.
Hey. That's you. That's you, Taye.
♪ Girl, you got my attention ♪
There's like, seven guys who are, like,
better-looking versions of us.
Hey! Okay.
Taller, stronger, more in shape,
and they're definitely showing us up.
I got nervous.
-Man #1: Whoa! -Man #2: Oh!
I can see you do that. That's me.
I can see you do that.
Moore: Gosh. That's what I do.
Well, I'm not standing next to them.
[ Laughter ]
I was very impressed with these very masculine men performing
in front of other men and not being ashamed.
I didn't see anybody cowering.
There was no discomfort. They just really turned it on.
What are they bringing to the space
that you guys don't already have?
Better bodies. I mean, like six packs.
Bruno, I mean, this is -- Abs.
Tonioli: Abs.
Guys, I mean, this is good to talk about, right?
Because to me, it's not about bodies.
Like, I know I have my own body issues, so I get it.
But for me, I'm like, I look at you and you're like
beautiful bodies.
I mean, I get emotional about it
'cause I really am proud of you guys a lot.
Already, and it's only like the third day,
and I'm so proud of you guys.
[ Applause ] But -- I didn't think
I was gonna get emotional.
Moore: You know, this show is not about actually
stripping your clothes off.
It's about like stripping your ideas about what your body is
and what is uncomfortable and comfortable
to talk about between men and women.
Honestly, it's not just men.
But I also so appreciate what you guys bring
to the table, too, because you're just like amazing
movers, performers and you're, like,
not apologizing for who you are.
I've always been the chubby, husky kid, and grew into that
and grew to accept it.
[bleep] it.
[ All cheering ]
I'm comfortable within my skin.
And what do I have to be ashamed of?
Nothing.
That's what I'm talking about.
Good. Beautiful.
Want me to put it back on?
[ Laughter ]
Tonioli: Come on, boss.
Guys, can we get started a little bit?
Okay, there's one thing
I wanted to shift in a formation thing because I --
Well, Anthony, I did say this to you.
I really wish that we could find one more person
because I think this works perfect with seven.
Anderson: We got somebody coming. Don't worry about it.
Oh, really? Do you know when they're coming?
Just the day of the show, or we don't know?
Who's the mystery seventh person?
We're hoping the seventh person comes.
We are close to showtime. I know.
Well, they're not gonna have much time to learn,
but that's okay, here we go. Keep the suspense.
Van Der Beek: Having done "Dancing With the Stars,"
I do have some experience,
but five days is a very short time to learn to dance.
5, 6, 7, 8.
That's a 1, 2. Your own thing.
5 and...
-Okay. -5 and?
But don't we have to clap after that?
On 8. Okay?
Oh, clap? After the tie throw?
It'd be nice to run it a few times
so it gets in your head with the music. Of course! Let's try it.
Well, that's what rehearsal's for, Bruno.
Thank you for reminding me, sir.
You got it.
Tonioli: When you are a judge on "Dancing With the Stars,"
you're like playing a part in a movie.
But dancing in the studio,
I haven't done that in -- oh, an eternity.
I got to say, the amount of joy I get, Bruno,
watching you try to figure out
how to learn to dance in a very small amount of time...
[ Laughter ]
...brings me a lot of joy.
That really makes you happy.
You got your revenge.
I didn't know I needed this so badly.
I know that it's like --
There's no take two. It's much harder.
[ Laughter ]
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
-[bleep] -It's okay.
6, 7. Now you go.
There's pressure on us as a whole
because we want to look good together.
But there's also no pressure on us individually because, yeah,
I would hate to mess up a routine
and let the rest of the guys down.
Throw the shirt. You go back on the left.
Right, left, right.
Oh, right?
I thought we had most of the routine down yesterday,
but there's a lot of moves still,
and it's just Mandy's throwing more and more
and more stuff at us.
Go look, go look.
And ha! [ Laughs ]
[bleep] Alright. I'll get it. That's okay.
Geez. Okay. On a scale of one to great, we weren't quite great.
Alright, somewhere in there. That's okay, that's okay.
The end is...
We were in single digits.
We are not a 7.
I'm feeling the weight of just the choreography.
And not yet.
Once I get the choreography in my body,
then I'll be able to connect the dots.
We will put on our shirts and our pants
and the whole kit and caboodle, okay?
Once you get the clothes on, it's a whole different ballgame.
It adds this whole other thinking element
to actually commit and follow through with it.
So it's almost like relearning the dance again.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
Take it off, Taye!
Okay.
I'm hoping by the end of the day
that we feel good and like we've got it all locked in.
But right now, it's a little daunting.
Take 'em off!
[ Mandy laughs ] Take 'em off!
Hey, guys. Not so bad. You guys look good.
Look at you and your hotness.
Today, they actually got serious.
Everyone was less yuckity yuck,
and they were like, "Oh, we're doing this,
and we care about it, and it's okay
to be, like, fully invested in this situation."
Look. We had some drama with ties.
We had some drama with shoes.
Drama with my belt is broken.
That's okay. Go take a little lunch.
Anderson: I'm just gonna have lunch like this.
I think you should.
Just get used to being in your skivvies.
It's called The Full Monty.
Learning plays and stuff like that -- I'm used to that.
But learning a routine, it's different.
It's pretty hard to do.
Be naked with an audience.
Anderson: With Dwight's friend putting some doubts in his mind,
what arrived next wasn't going to make it any easier for him.
Really? You had to wheel them in like that?
You just couldn't come hand them to us?
The thong has been introduced to us.
You want to wear my thong?
Oh, Lord!
And it's a little, uh, intimidating.
Moore: Okay. Unclip.
Unclip? Oh!
And careful. You okay?
It's gonna come off?
Well, and rip. Man: It's on the right side.
But how are we gonna rip it off?
Posey: Like this, Dwight.
Ow! Oh! How's your nuts?
You got to be careful.
Moore: I know. I'm worried about that.
Yeah, it's a little dangerous.
Well, you got to live on the edge, bro.
Howard: I'm getting closer to the day
that we have to take our clothes all the way off.
Now I start to panic. Now I start to panic.
Moore: No, no, no. No panic.
The pressure is on.
Moore: Clip and rip. Let's go!
Being able to snap and pull these off,
you know, it's like...
It's a little crazy.
A little crazy.
[ Chuckles ]
Van Der Beek: Three days until performance.
Driving to rehearsal.
I've been listening to these guys talk about
their connection to cancer, and they've been open,
they've been honest, and I've been quiet.
[ Mid-tempo music plays ]
♪♪♪
It's not that I don't trust them.
It's just...
It's not an easy thing to talk about.
♪♪♪
But we've been bonding.
We've been sharing a lot of laughs.
And, you know, I can feel the love.
I can feel the support.
I feel like this is a really good, safe group of guys.
And I think maybe it's...
I think it's time to open up about it all.
5, 6, 7, 8...
Moore: I definitely think the reality
is sinking in for these guys.
I love that I walked into the studio
and Taye and Bruno were already here practicing.
Now your criss-cross.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪♪♪
Posey: We're rehearsing without me?
Get in here. Without me?
Alright. I'm gonna put my clothes on.
These guys don't want to look like fools onstage.
They really want to get it right.
Anderson: While Taye and Bruno perfect their moves,
I'm waiting on the arrival of my surprise seventh member,
three-time Super Bowl champion
and five time Pro Bowler Chris Jones.
Oh! What's going on, big fella?
It's a pleasure. How you doing, man?
I'm doing fantastic. Welcome, baby.
Welcome, man. It's a pleasure.
I'm gonna just cut straight to the chase.
What makes you want to be here with us?
I've been affected by it. Okay.
I've had family members been affected by it.
The opportunity to put the emphasis on cancer.
Yeah. Okay, okay. You know?
[ Down-tempo music plays ]
I had a coach who was not only a mentor,
a father figure, but someone
I held dear to my heart and still hold dear to my heart,
who played a significant role in my success in my life.
He passed 2018 of pancreatic cancer.
It was a three-year battle.
And when this opportunity came about,
all I could think about was him, Coach Franks.
Me and his wife still text to this day.
His thing is completely hilarious. [ Laughs ]
He was probably asking, "Are you getting in a thong
to dance onstage for cancer, huh?"
I'd be like, "Yeah."
He said, "What a guy."
Fellas, fellas, fellas.
What's up, gentlemen?
Uh... The man, the myth, the legend, Taye.
I got our newest member to The Real Full Monty. How you doing, brother?
Chris, man. Welcome.
Chris, I am Mandy.
Hey, Mandy, it's a pleasure. It is so nice to meet you.
It's a pleasure. Welcome to the team.
You are gonna be thrown in, my friend, today.
Let's do it. So good to have you here.
I think what I would like to do. This is actually perfect.
I know we're still waiting on Dwight.
A little late, but we're just gonna keep
moving through, okay?
Moore: We've got Chris Jones here.
He's joined the team. He's got a lot to learn.
He's three days behind,
so we got to get him caught up quick.
Pivot 1, 2, 3. You're gonna love it.
Smack it, smack it, smack it, smack it.
Do your own pose. Okay. Does that make sense?
When do we do the rip-off?
Not yet!
[ Laughter ] You're still dressed yet!
Chris, the rip-off not till the end.
Oh, okay. I'm sorry. My apologies. We got a whole dance.
Man, there's a whole lot before you rip the thong off.
My apologies, guys. I got a little excited.
I don't think we're gonna have any trouble
with Chris getting undressed.
Let's just get the first part... I mean his Jock-strap!
...and then we'll put on the stuff, okay?
I got you. Alright.
Anderson: While Chris is excited to bare it all,
Dwight still hasn't shown up,
and none of us have heard from him.
Considering he was the most freaked out about the thongs
yesterday, I'm getting a little worried.
Hey, brother. Anthony Anderson.
6, 7, 8...
Hey. Give me a call back.
I need everybody to get into their wardrobe
and let's start teaching Chris.
I have to pee. Can I have a pee?
With or without Dwight, we've got to keep moving.
This is Chris' first day, obviously,
and we're gonna be going over details.
Well, we're gonna take it beat by beat then.
Moore: Love it.
Because we still need the rehearsal, too.
Don't think it's just you, dawg.
Okay, so everyone's gonna go into
their first position on the elevator.
So you're bent down with your right knee down.
Nice and easy, please.
Those aren't real pockets on those pants, Chris,
just so you know that. Oh, they're not?
Did you just put something in there? I did, I did.
It ain't no pocket, doc.
[ Laughter ]
Music starts. Ready?
It's his first pair of tearaway pants.
And 1, 2, 3, 4. Stop.
Jones: I have a sense of nervousness.
I'm kind of late.
So it's a lot that I have to take in.
Slow, slow.
Quick quick, quick, quick. Stop. Good.
And you want to start with your right leg instead of your left.
Do it again. Ready?
It's like a new football play for me.
Remembering, taking it in,
and then actually going out and performing.
That's the most challenging part.
Back, front, back.
There you go, Chris. Back.
Bend your knees back. Good. You're going front.
Go back, back...
Back, Chris!
-There you go. -You want me to go?
No. You was going forward first.
-Oh, my fault. -[ Laughs ]
Okay, ready? Go. Back.
There you go, Chris. Quick, back! There you go.
Well, I'm happy that Chris is quickly finding
his groove in our group...
There you go. [ Laughs ] [bleep]
...Dwight has finally arrived three hours late,
and he wants to talk to me.
I don't know what's going on with him,
but I got a bad feeling about this.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
♪♪♪
Well, I just wanted to be able to talk to you man to man,
you know, about everything, you know, about the show.
Well, I just want to be able to talk to you
man to man, you know?
You know, I said a lot of things that we were doing.
I was a little bit uncomfortable when I got back home.
You know, I don't think my kids really find it acceptable
for me doing certain things,
But I just got to be honest with you and be clean with it
and let you know.
Look. I can't argue with that,
to have any of us come up onstage
and do what it is that we're doing,
even though it's for great cause.
You know, we were all looking forward to doing this as a team.
Yes. I can't question you,
why are you not doing it, man?
We're doing it. I respect that.
And it ain't no hard feelings.
We still good, big dawg.
Is the fellas still inside?
Yeah, man. Why? You want to come in there?
Yeah. Okay.
[ Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" plays ]
Yeah! Good!
Good. So a couple little brain farts in there, right?
Jones: Couple little dinks.
Hey, hey.
Everybody, can we stop rehearsing for a second?
Howard: Fellas.
Diggs: Fellas, the fellas.
-Moore: Hey. -Missed you.
I just wanted to first say, man, these last couple of days,
with you guys have been nothing but amazing.
Unfortunately, I have to leave.
I won't be able to finish and do the whole show with you guys.
But, you know, I know that you got a great replacement.
He's very quick. [ Laughs ]
I have to say.
Yeah, I guess this is goodbye for now.
Diggs: Next time, next time.
Yeah. Great to meet you. Appreciate you.
Nice to meet you, as well.
Anderson: It's unfortunate that we lost Dwight
as a team member today.
Putting together this group of men that we have
to do what we're doing is a big thing.
Everybody's got to ditch the embarrassment
and get comfortable in their own skin.
Dwight's not ready to take that step.
I'm just praying his exit doesn't spook the rest,
'cause we're out of time for setbacks.
What would this look like with just the six of us?
Moore: You would split center with Chris.
Should we try that version?
-Let's do it. -Make two triangles on this.
Two triangles?
Yeah. So you, uh...
Let's do that right here.
Onward! Let's go, guys.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
Boom!
Do you want to do that last part?
Yeah, 'cause I was supposed to take the hat off.
Yeah, you were.
Anderson: In my experience,
when you bring on a new performer,
the group becomes tighter in helping that person
and usher them in along the way.
Downstage, imagine it's pointed towards the audience.
Upstage is back.
Okay. And your right is stage right.
Okay. And your left is stage left.
Alright. Camera, it's the opposite.
Alright.
[ Laughs ] My dancing experience,
I give myself a 5 out of 10.
I can do what needs to be done.
Am I a pro at it? No.
Moore: 7, 8...
I'm trying to show them big guys can jig, too.
Come on. Butterfly, Chris. Yeah, boy, yeah!
We gonna do two.
We can be -- yeah, we can be flexible.
We can do everything that small guys do.
And we're a little better doing it because we're so big,
you can't miss us.
Can we do it one more time? Of course you can.
Anderson: This is a make-it-or-break-it moment.
But we all stepped up, and that brought us closer together.
Go! 7, 8, and...
3, 4, 5, 6, 7...
Tear 'em off!
-We're doing it. -Great job. -Well-done.
Awesome. Guys, have fun at dinner tonight.
[ Down-tempo music plays ]
Anderson: Another rehearsal in the books,
and only 48 hours until we hit the stage.
I know we still have a lot of work to do.
Wanted to bring the group together after the shock
of Dwight leaving.
Yes, fabulous. I can't wait. I'm starving.
Doing this performance does make you vulnerable
and highlights personal insecurities,
so I want to make sure that everyone feels supported.
I think it's cool that you guys are here, you know,
doing this with me and, you know... Honored.
...sharing your stories
and bringing awareness to prostate and testicular cancer.
You know, I think it's great that, you know,
we could all come together,
because cancer affects all of us.
I lost my biological father, Robert.
Passed away from cancer. It happened rapidly for him.
I got a call to go see him,
and I went and saw him on a Thursday, and he was fine.
We had a great conversation. And I was like,
"You know, Saturday, I'm gonna come by with, you know,
the wife and the kids to see you."
And when we got there on Saturday,
he was on an oxygen machine.
Looked like he had aged 25 years in one day.
I told him I loved him at the end of the night
and I'd bring the kids by tomorrow.
Hopefully he'd be doing better. And he passed away that night.
Posey: I really hadn't heard Anthony's story yet.
I was just, like, really starting to understand
why everyone was here and doing this,
and it felt more real and deep
'cause we've been laughing and joking around.
And it was really nice to see that side of him.
Most men, myself included,
we don't go to the doctor to get checked out
unless we have an appendage hanging off
or something like that, you know?
And it's like by that time, it's too late.
My mom didn't like going to get checked out.
She never went to the doctor.
If she had gone just for her normal checkups,
which she didn't, then she might still be around, you know?
But at that point, it had started to spread.
Yeah. This year, it'll be 10 years.
Okay. And ever since then,
I've been like a pretty big advocate, learning myself
on how to get checked out, screened early.
It's really sort of serendipitous
that we're doing this.
Jones: Just hearing everybody's story,
truly appreciative for this opportunity.
You know, for me, it was my high-school coach
who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
And similar situation.
Felt pain. Didn't go and get it checked out.
He was pretty healthy, though. He got sick, died.
If my coach would have went a little earlier,
they probably could have detected it earlier.
He'd probably still be living.
So what better way to bring awareness and to challenge
men and women to get checked?
You stare at death in the face
because of what happened with Len.
You know, you think it will never happen, and it does.
I think it's beautiful for men especially
to be talking like this.
And I appreciate you for really getting into the fear
and not being afraid to have that conversation.
Yeah.
One thing --
Can we just get a little bit of privacy for a second?
Okay. Thank you.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
One thing --
Can we just get a little bit of privacy for a second?
Okay. Thank you.
I haven't talked to you guys
about my connection and why I'm here.
I'll be honest.
Six months ago, I found out that I was diagnosed with cancer.
I went in for a colonoscopy.
You know, I was coming out of anesthesia,
and the doctor said those three words
that you don't want to hear, which is, "It is cancer."
And I've been going through it.
Did you go in because there was something wrong?
Yeah. I went in 'cause I felt something.
When was the last time you had been to the doctor
before you went in because you felt something?
It had been a minute,
'cause, you know, life, busy. Yeah.
[ Soft music plays ]
I don't want anybody to have to go through
what I had to go through.
For the last six months, I've been in treatment.
I've done a whole bunch of therapies,
holistic, integrative, and otherwise.
And it's been a journey, man. [ Laughs ]
I say that with confidence now,
but there were definitely some dark days,
and there were definitely some moments
when I felt like I was walking through the valley
of the shadow of death.
When you're staring at a positive diagnosis,
then it's like, "Okay.
How deep within yourself are you willing to look?"
How you dealt with that, being a husband, a father --
how was that?
I mean, I think the first thing was denial.
It just didn't seem real.
It's demanded that I be even more resolute in who I am,
in my certainty.
The hardest thing about having a cancer diagnosis
is what do you tell your kids?
I gave him a makeover.
[ Both laughing ]
♪♪♪
Van Der Beek: I got six little hearts
that I am looking out for.
And, you know, as a father,
you want to save your kids as much pain as possible.
But those were not easy conversations to have.
I mean, I didn't know how to do it any other way
than to just be completely honest.
And I'm really grateful this didn't happen four months ago,
'cause if I had taken my shirt off four months ago,
y'all would have been scared.
The timing of this has been perfect,
because I'm now in a recovery phase.
You know, fortunately,
I did catch it early enough to do something about it.
It's so fresh and so new for you.
How long did you sit in that fear?
The fear comes in waves.
There is nothing wrong with crying.
There is nothing wrong of showing your emotions,
especially in these circumstances,
because it allows you to get to the stage of acceptance.
Oh, God, I'm so emotional. I can't bear it.
Yeah, I appreciate that, Bruno. Come here, brother.
Come on.
[ Sobs ]
Tonioli: For me, it's a tribute,
not just to Len, but everyone that has been affected by it.
[ Laughter ] I love it.
It is so fresh for me what I've been through.
Yeah. Len -- great guy.
But why? Yeah.
I mean, I admire you,
because I am just going mental,
and your attitude is teaching me a lesson.
[ Breathes deeply ] Mm-hmm.
You know what I mean? Mm-hmm.
Tonioli: The way he approaches it is a lesson to us all.
He's a gentleman. I mean, really he's a gentleman.
For anyone for whom fear is a barrier,
I can tell you that after having gone through it,
it's been a beautiful thing in my life.
And I'm a firm believer
that you don't have to go through the kind of hell
that I've been through in order to have the benefits.
If the thought of getting tested brings up fear,
brings up panic, brings up despair,
I would say listen to that.
If your barrier is embarrassment,
we're stripping naked.
If your barrier is fear of a bad diagnosis,
listen to that and see what kind of changes
just asking the question, do I have cancer?
See what that brings up and see what kind of changes
you can make in your life. And I'm telling you,
but if you make the changes,
I feel like you're not gonna have to go through the thing.
If we can get up onstage
and do a striptease in front of hundreds of people,
then other guys can go get screened for cancer.
That's the whole point of it.
I can't think of five finer gentlemen...
[ Laughter ]
...to get naked with.
Likewise. This is to James. Cheers.
This is to your Daddy. Aw, cheers. To all of us.
This is to Len.
[ Down-tempo music plays ]
♪♪♪
Just got back from dinner with the boys.
This is to James.
It's really cool to be in that company.
Most of us have had experiences
where someone we know didn't get to it early enough,
and we saw the worst of it.
♪♪♪
I saw my mom deteriorate.
I think I've been choking back my tears for a long time.
I feel like it really needs to, um...
♪♪♪
...let it out.
Let something out.
Um...
♪♪♪
[ Exhales sharply ]
♪♪♪
Everything that the guys were talking about
at the dinner table tonight, where there's embarrassment
that stops you from getting checked out,
there's fear of having a positive diagnosis
that's preventing people from getting checked out --
I think it helps to see the other side of it
where it didn't just go away.
♪♪♪
[ Disco music plays ]
Anderson: After an emotional night solidifying our bond,
it's time to get back to work.
We go live tomorrow,
so we're moving our rehearsals
to the L.A. Theater and hitting the big stage.
Van Der Beek: Look at this place.
Posey: Oh, wow. This is...
Tonioli: Incredible.
How about this theater?
Well, that's so good-looking,
we have to live up to it.
[ Laughs ]
Welcome to the space, everybody.
-We made it. -Fantastic. Beautiful.
Yes, we made it. It's gonna be great.
Anderson: How are you guys feeling?
Loving this.
I'm excited. It's fun, right?
Actually, there's more room.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's exciting, but a bit nervous now.
Really? It's real now.
Anderson: Seeing the stage for the first time
with the guys, it hits me.
Tomorrow night, I'm going to strip naked
in front of a live audience,
as well as the millions and millions of people
who are gonna be watching this around the globe.
Go 1, boom, boom.
7, walking forward.
And 1, 2. Does that make sense?
-Yeah. -My apologies, man.
Don't apologize, man.
I keep dropping it right here.
Don't fumble it! I got you.
Don't [bleep] fumble it! No fumbles, Chris!
Anderson: With tomorrow's performance looming, I'm feeling the heat.
I'm getting pretty amped up.
And when I get amped, I get loud.
Hold the rock, Chris! You just strip to the house!
1... [ Laughter ]
I'm gonna to take a break after this, I think.
Here we go. Okay.
You deserve it.
Anthony, he has this voice.
5!
Sometimes it feels like a really sharp knife
going into my left ear.
Okay, Bruno. Bruno. Yes, you pushed it back.
You're safe. Good.
I can't help it. I'm nervous.
Not a bad nervousness,
but just, you know, it's like, "Mm!
I wonder how this is gonna be."
Moore: Guys, go take a little lunch.
-[ Line ringing ] -Van Der Beek: Hey, baby.
How you doing?
Kimberly: I'm good. Are you ready to get naked?
Ready or not, it's happening.
Never in my life did I think I would actually
be having some serious cheerleading
for you getting naked in front of a bunch of people.
[ Laughs ]
I still can't believe that this is actually going to happen.
-Yeah. Me neither. -Everybody's gonna see my baby maker?
[ Both laugh ]
There are tears, there's laughter.
And there'll be six [bleep] out.
So yeah. Welcome to The Full Monty.
[ Laughing ]
[ Funk music plays ]
Anderson: It's final dress rehearsal time.
We've got to iron out any wrinkles now,
'cause after this, it's showtime.
[ Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" plays ]
And despite my worries, we're doing pretty good.
Moore: What you got.
Coats and shoes off? No problem.
Let's go.
The ties and shirts weren't no thing.
Take it off!
The pants all came off clean as hell.
Only one thing left to conquer.
Alright.
Not my thong. Not yet.
Yeah! Come on! You're okay, keep going.
Didn't think I'd ever be helping
a 310-pound defensive tackle take his thong off.
But here we are.
3, 4, 5. Here we go.
♪♪♪
Happy birthday! Hey!
I snatched Chris' thong off.
Jones: What the [bleep]? It wouldn't come off.
Moore: You okay, James?
Yeah. I got slapped in the face by Anthony's thong.
How did that get all the way to my side?
Oh, just 'cause I just ripped it.
[ Laughter ]
-Okay. -First time I've been hit
in the face with a thong.
Anderson: The routine is mostly there,
but that thong removal -- not exactly sexy or smooth.
Which is a problem.
Let me give you just a couple of, like,
choreography notes, okay?
How did thongs go?
[ Suspenseful music plays ]
This is where we start to fall apart.
Moore: The thong didn't work.
Anthony takes Chris' thong off
and bonks James in the eyeball.
I mean, I was just like,
"This looks like a Marx brothers routine."
Like, what are we doing?
We're gonna have to have, like, a thong workshop downstairs,
'cause I just want to make sure
that you guys can practice those real suckers
and, like, do it for real.
We can't get all the way and fail at the last step.
We've been having some issues with the removal of our thongs.
Yeah.
In rehearsal, I put James' eye out
when I snatched off Chris' thong.
We have never got fully naked onstage.
So we're gonna have a thong rehearsal.
I'm for it. Yeah. Alright?
And, also, Anthony, I'd love to add this
'cause a couple of you in rehearsal,
if we had done that for real,
you would have showed me all your stuff
as you were taking off your thong.
Well, Mandy, some of us wants to show our stuff.
I mean, it is what it is.
Moore: It's all fun and games, but there is technique.
We're all waiting for the moment where the thong comes off
and they get to do this and do The Real Full Monty.
So if the thong doesn't come off,
it kind of ruins the whole moment.
So there's a lot at stake.
Uh-huh. We walk it back. And then we go boom, boom.
3, 4, 5...
Van Der Beek: Oh, I hear it.
[ All cheering ]
How we feeling? You're good?
I'm loose.
I think the more we're exposed,
the more we're fulfilling the message
that we're trying to relay here.
I'm more nervous doing this in front of you guys.
6, 7...
Take 'em off!
All: 1, 2, 3...
We're going fully out.
[ All cheering ]
6, 7...
The Full Monty.
5, 6. You did it!
8.
[ All cheering ]
6, 7, 8.
You go! 1, 2, 3.
Right. I'm not. Look at the size of his compared to mine.
[ Laughs ]
Your thong look like a basketball jersey
when you put it around...
-Are you good? -Look, Taye's ready.
Anderson: Everyone else is stripping those thongs off,
but I can still see Taye's hesitation.
Taye, come on. Taye, You good?
Anderson: If we can't get him comfortable in this small room,
I don't know what's gonna happen
in front of a live audience.
All: 3, 4...
5, 6, 7, 8...
1, 2, 3...yes!
Oh, my God! I'm just out there!
[ Laughter ] Oh, my God!
Oh, that's a terrible feeling.
That's it. That's it right there.
This is why we got to practice.
Good.
Good, Taye. Alright.
You got it.
Diggs: Whether I feel it or not,
it was good for me to do all of this.
Yay!
And now we were there. There's no turning back.
Put me in, coach. You know what I mean?
Good job, guys. That was a good rehearsal.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
♪♪♪
Posey: Okay. Today's the day.
Yeah, a lot of emotions.
I am really eager and excited, and I want to --
I want to do it already.
I'm, like, really looking forward to doing this.
I can't sit still.
I want to get to the show already and the theater
and see everybody.
But, also, it's a little -- definitely a little sad.
This is -- I mean, we've only been doing this
for less than a week, and...
I'm sad to leave.
This is like the shortest amount of time
where I have grown so attached to something.
So bring on the show day.
Van Der Beek: Do you have any nerves about tonight?
This is like game day, man.
I don't get too excited.
You strike me as somebody, when the pressure is on,
you just like zone in.
I like a little pressure.
Yeah. Same. How are you feeling?
I just want all the timing to work out,
all the props to work out so that it's all uniform
so it's a good show.
I'll get the excitement right before stage.
Yeah, the butterflies. The butterflies.
But that's fun. That's the fun part.
I think Anthony just wants to make sure
that we're not revealing before the reveal.
We don't want anything poking out.
We don't want anything sliding off before it's supposed to.
And those thongs?
The thongs...
I'm glad we rehearsed taking them off
because we found some issues.
What's cool about this is that we're all supporting each other.
There's, like, no real --
I guess, you know, Anthony is the host,
but there's no real...
star of the performance.
You know, we all take turns kind of getting --
I mean, we'll see once we take our thongs off if there is.
[ Laughter ]
I'm gonna keep my eyes dead straight.
I'm not gonna know who that star is.
Me either, my brother.
Me either. [ Laughs ]
This is really happening, huh, Mandy?
Yep. Now there's no turning back. No.
I think it's gonna be pretty epic. Yeah.
[ Soft music plays ]
Anderson: Having the loss that I've had in my family
with my father, I did not get a chance to say goodbye.
And that haunts me.
So to bear my soul to the world for something that I believe in,
I am finally able to have closure.
It's real. [ Laughs ]
The Real Full Monty. It's real.
I don't think my father would have been in the audience,
but he probably would have been, "Boy, you're crazy."
But yeah, I'm pretty sure that he is smiling down,
proud on what we're doing.
♪♪♪
We've spent the week learning the routine.
Are we ready to go for the Full Monty
in front of a packed house?
I hope we can pull it off.
Special guests?
Uh, well, my mother's here.
But my mother was the first person to see me naked.
Uh, I don't think my mother is here to see me naked tonight.
She's more of a Taye Diggs fan.
I don't even know why I'm here.
It's a surprise.
A fundraiser. That's all I know.
Anderson: Well, Mama is in for the surprise of her life.
[ Dramatic music plays ]
I am proud of the guys for coming together,
sharing their stories.
So being the leader of this team,
I'm going to keep calm and give them the support
they need to get through this.
I'm nervous for them.
I coached them the best I could,
and now it's up to them,
baby oil and all. [ Laughs ]
Tonioli: When I got the call to do The Real Full Monty,
my first reaction was saying no.
But in this case, for Len, that's the reason I've done it.
Well, it's showtime, so we have to, you know, center,
concentrate, and deliver.
It takes a long time, you know,
to allow grief to take its course.
I just miss him. So I do it for him.
-Yes. -How are we feeling, baby?
Van Der Beek: We're feeling good. How are you feeling?
I feel good. I feel ready.
You look good. You look sparkly.
You look really nice. Hair is very dapper. Thank you. Thank you.
Doing something so meaningful, having the sort of, like,
the cathartic experience of my mom passing from cancer
at the forefront of every single day, you know?
And it helped me work through some stuff
that was -- I had these blockages, you know?
I don't feel as sparkly as you.
I mean, underneath the clothes, you will be.
Thank you. You're welcome.
Appreciate that. [ Laughs ]
We don't have any more rehearsals.
This is it. This is it, bud.
I'm happy I'm doing this with you. Yeah, man.
I just feel really honored and grateful because
this feels like a once in a lifetime kind of thing.
This has been great. This is very great.
And the most fun is yet to come. Yeah.
Anderson: The Los Angeles Theater is filling up fast,
and as the audience takes their seats,
there is no turning back now.
Man: Do you feel like you can pull off Mandy's work?
Absolutely not.
Now come on! You got this!
Mandy is a one of one.
But I'm gonna try my best.
We actually showing our fears of getting naked
in front of an audience
and showing people it's okay to face those fears.
It's okay to go get checked.
-We're ready? -It's time. It's time.
-It's time, fellas. -Here we go.
-Alright. -Here we go.
We all look nice.
Everybody ready? Yeah.
You ready? I'm ready.
We have a house full of people. Whoo!
I hear 'em. I can feel it.
Feel the vibration.
Now, remember, we're going out there and it's full,
Full Monty.
Alright? Dress rehearsal is over.
This is the real deal.
I think my strategy is just follow my heart,
know that what we're doing is a really good thing
and might really help people
to not have to go through what I've been through.
I want to thank you gentlemen
for coming down and being a part of this with me.
Thanks for sharing your stories.
Thanks for bringing awareness to everything
that we're doing today.
But more importantly, thank you for putting pride aside,
putting fear aside, and being vulnerable
and sharing this stage, sharing yourselves with the people
for such a great cause.
Diggs: I haven't put my pride...
You haven't put your pride aside? ...aside. Or my fear.
[ Laughter ] Okay, so...
I still have it. [ Laughs ]
Van Der Beek: I feel like I really made some friends
on this thing.
I mean, once you get naked together,
that's a bonding experience, for sure.
Come on. Let's huddle.
Bring it in.
-Put it in. -1, 2, 3...
All: Pull it out!
Let's go!
Let's give them The Full Monty!
Anderson: Coming up...
Welcome to The Real Full Monty!
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Posey: We have two minutes. -Moore: It's time!
-I'm ready, baby. -Anderson: Let's go!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Are you ready for the show?!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Have a good show, brother.
Hey, Chris, have a good show, big dawg.
Alright.
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Think" plays ]
♪♪♪
Hey, hey!
[ Cheers and applause ]
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Real Full Monty!
[ Cheers and applause ]
I am your host this evening, Anthony Anderson.
And tonight, we've got quite a show for you.
My Lord. [bleep]
What the hell?
And honestly, I'm a little scared
because something might pop out.
[ Laughter ]
But I'm not alone in this.
Now, six days ago,
I recruited five brave friends of mine
to help raise awareness for prostate,
testicular, and colorectal cancer by stripping down
and bearing it all themselves.
And here they are.
Moore: Hit it. Go.
He's an actor.
He's a Broadway star.
And he's annoyingly good-looking.
And my mama calls him Brown Sugar.
Taye Diggs.
[ Cheers and applause ]
And here we have everyone's favorite judge,
straight from Italy, Bruno "Ravioli" Tonioli.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Now let me hear your how!
Because if you like hair on it, we got Teen Wolf himself,
Tyler Posey!
[ Cheers and applause ]
All the way from Dawson's Creek
to The Real Full Monty,
he's gonna show you his varsity blues.
Give it up for James Van Der Beek!
Give me no James and put your beak in it.
And finally, my friends, give it up for three-time
Super Bowl champion from the Kansas City Chiefs,
Chris Jones!
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪
♪ Sexy thing, sexy thing ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Sexy thing, sexy thing ♪
Oh!
Alright.
Oh, yeah. It's getting hot in here.
Mama, take your wig off.
[ Laughter ]
[ Nelly's "Hot In Herre" plays ]
♪♪♪
Moore: Let's go, guys!
Breathe.
Man: Guys, we can start loading. Thank you.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, for one night only,
we present to you The Real Full Monty!
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On" plays ]
♪♪♪
[ Laughing ]
♪♪♪
[ Audience clapping rhythmically ]
♪♪♪
♪ Baby, take off your coat ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Real slow ♪
♪♪♪
♪ And take off your shoes ♪
♪♪♪
♪ I'll take off your shoes ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Baby, take off your dress ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ Yes, yes, yes ♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪
♪ You give me a reason to live ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪
♪ Sweet darling ♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
♪♪♪
-♪ Baby ♪ -♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
♪♪♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Put it my way ♪
♪♪♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
♪♪♪
♪ Free world ♪
♪ You can leave your hat on ♪
♪♪♪
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Shouting indistinctly ]
Moore: Yeah!
Anderson: It's been quite a journey.
Let's go! Bow down!
It was a tough challenge,
but six courageous friends agreed to take part
to help me raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer.
[ Cheers and applause ]
It's been an intense week with plenty of struggles...
You did it!
...but the knowledge we're doing this
for such an important cause kept us going.
You like that?
It was just about being free, and, no pun intended,
balls to the wall.
Let's have a drink!
Come on. -That was good, babe.
I feel amazing.
I'm ready for season 2. Well-done.
Anderson: If I'm going to be onstage and the world sees me
butt ass naked, I'm butt ass naked for a reason.
And if it's gonna help bring awareness
to what we're bringing awareness to,
I'll be butt ass naked every day.
That was a weird feeling.
You change the oil in your car.
You rotate your tires.
Go to the doctor.
Alright? Even if you're not sick, go to the doctor.
Get checked out.
My mother was in the audience.
[ Laughter ]
I've got Anthony's shirt!
One last time. Put it in.
1, 2, 3.
All: Pull it out!
We got it, babe. No, you got it, bro.
Bruno, if you're naked, close your door!
Don't nobody want to see this [bleep]
Tonioli: Oh! Come on. We're friends now! [ Laughs ]