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  • - I want to ask you if you're watching a show

  • that I have been obsessed with. It's called "Child Genius."

  • Have you watched this, on Lifetime?

  • Anybody, yes? [cheers and applause]

  • Oh... And if you haven't,

  • find a way to start watching from the beginning.

  • It's a competition, and it's about--get this--

  • child geniuses. [laughter]

  • Kids--they're amazing, and watching them

  • makes me feel both dumb and stupid at the same time.

  • [laughter] They all have IQs above 150.

  • I don't even know what an IQ stands for, I don't--

  • [laughter]

  • I know "DQ" is Dairy Queen, I know that.

  • [laughter]

  • I don't know, they're like 12 years old, most of them.

  • That's the average age.

  • One of them is already taking college classes.

  • I'm 57, I still haven't started taking college classes.

  • They are smart in every area. They have--

  • They quiz them--every week is something different.

  • Math, geography, memorization.

  • One episode, they shuffled a deck of cards,

  • and the kids have to memorize the order

  • of every single card in the deck.

  • And they do it. They remember 52 cards.

  • Unbelievable--if I walk from the living room to the kitchen

  • for a pair of scissors, I forget what I was doing in there.

  • I've been telling everyone on my staff to watch this show,

  • and Andy, have you seen it yet? Have you watched?

  • - Uh, no, I've recorded it. I have not watched it.

  • - All right, well, that's the important thing.

  • I told you four weeks ago to watch and you've recorded it,

  • [laughter] so that's good.

  • All right, uh...

  • Here's--here's-- Come here, Andy.

  • I'm gonna punish you, come here.

  • [laughter]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • We're going to have a little competition, and we're gonna--

  • [audience exclaims "oh!"]

  • We're gonna play a game...

  • Look, there's two podiums.

  • Who do you think you're going to play against?

  • - Some sort of child genius. - Yep, you are gonna play

  • against one of the child geniuses on the show.

  • Ryan! Come on out here, Ryan.

  • [lively pop music plays] [cheers and applause]

  • - Hi, Ryan. - Hi.

  • - How are you?

  • - Ryan, hi. - Hi.

  • - Hi, I'm a big fan.

  • I know who you are, 'cause I watch the show.

  • You're how old? - I'm 12 years old...

  • - You're 12. - and I'm in 7th grade.

  • - You're in 7th grade, and what is your IQ?

  • - Um, well.

  • My parents, they told my brother and I

  • that one of our IQs is 153, and the other is 156,

  • but they won't exactly tell us whose is whose,

  • because otherwise, we'll fight over who's smarter, so...

  • - Right. And what are the--

  • Obviously, there's a lot of benefits,

  • but other than the obvious,

  • what is the benefit of being really, really smart?

  • - Oh, well, one thing that I really like

  • is that I can prove my parents wrong.

  • [laughter]

  • - They must love that. [laughter]

  • both: Yeah.

  • - What is your IQ, Andy? - [laughs]

  • - I have not had it tested. - No?

  • - No. - All right.

  • I just want to show everybody.

  • This is one of-- this is a math equation

  • that Ryan was doing on the show.

  • - Ryan, what is 39,553 + 2,302?

  • - 41,855.

  • - Correct. 39 x 7?

  • - 273. - Correct.

  • 203 divided by 7.

  • - 29. - Correct, pen down.

  • Calculate 14 x 2 - 11,

  • and finally, multiply by 2.

  • - 34. - Correct.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - Impressive.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • All right. Here's--Ryan, watch this.

  • This is a clip of Andy trying to walk.

  • [laughter]

  • announcer: Here she is now,

  • Ellen DeGeneres!

  • [laughter]

  • - All right, so...

  • - Not nice. - Here we go.

  • - All right, let's go. - [laughs]

  • All right, you've got a pad and pen,

  • you might not need that.

  • Okay, ready? - Yeah.

  • - Buzz in when you know the answer.

  • What's 7 x 7?

  • - 49. - That is right!

  • - Wow. [cheers and applause]

  • All right. This Friday is Friday the 13th.

  • How do you spell...

  • (sounding it out) Tricks..a..phobia?

  • (saying it wrong) Tricksadeckaphobia?

  • - That is right! - That's right.

  • [cheers and applause] That's right.

  • Good job!

  • You had that.

  • All right, here we go. Math equation.

  • - Okay. - Ready?

  • - Yep.

  • - 412.

  • ["wrong" buzzer noise]

  • [laughter]

  • - Yes.

  • - 316 - Yes.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - He didn't even do anything! - Right.

  • - He just said that, that's right.

  • All right. Good guess, though, Andy.

  • - Okay. - All right,

  • if 3 to the power of x times 9 equals 81,

  • what is the value of x?

  • - 2. - That's right.

  • [applause] - Yep.

  • [applause]

  • - Andy, I'm going to ask you something that's more

  • in your world-- You're a big fan

  • of the Los Angeles Kings, right?

  • - I am. - All right, what is

  • the Chinese word for "king?"

  • [laughter]

  • - Wáng?

  • - Wa--Wáng?

  • He should know, wáng.

  • [laughter] ["correct" bell dings]

  • [applause]

  • How do you spell that, Andy? - I don't know, but...

  • I got the first one. - Okay.

  • [laughter]

  • - Everyone knows that pi is the ratio

  • of a circle's circumference to its diameter,

  • but what are the first 10 digits of pi?

  • 3.141592653589793--

  • - Okay, yeah, got it.

  • [laughter]

  • [applause]

  • - The score is 5 to 1. - Yes.

  • I have 17 Emmys. - Andy?

  • - Yeah, go ahead. - I really want you to have

  • a point here, okay?

  • Don't ring in.

  • Name 10 types of pie.

  • - Apple, pumpkin, blueberry, cherry, rhubarb,

  • pineapple, mincemeat...

  • - Pineapple pie? - Uh...

  • - Plum, key lime and banana cream and raspberry.

  • - All right. [cheers and applause]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - Two. - Pineapple?

  • - Two--uh, yes. - I have never had

  • a pineapple pie in my life. - Nor have I.

  • Nor have I.

  • Here we go: if a woodchuck could chuck

  • 60 pounds of wood in 1.5 days,

  • how many pounds of wood would a woodchuck chuck in 6 days?

  • - [stammers]

  • [laughter]

  • 600.

  • ["wrong" buzzer]

  • - 240. - That's right.

  • - Okay. [applause]

  • Fair enough. - All right.

  • - All right. - Name--

  • Name three Kardashians and Jenners don't count.

  • Kim, Khloe, and Kendall.

  • - (laughing) That's right.

  • Ah... - Oh, oh...

  • - Do you know who the Kardashians are?

  • - Yeah. - Okay.

  • The sum of three consecutive prime numbers is 173.

  • What is the largest of these numbers?

  • [buzzes in]

  • - 61? - That is right.

  • - I don't know what that means. - I don't either.

  • - [laughs]

  • - All right. - Good for you.

  • The score is 7 to 3 and I don't even know

  • how you got 3 on there, but anyway...

  • You were the winner, Congratulations, Ryan.

  • For winning, you're getting a 55" TCR Roku TV,

  • and a $1,000-- [loud cheers and applause]

  • and a $1,000 Game Stop game card.

  • - What do I get?

  • - You get nothing! - What do I get?

  • "Child Geniuses," Tuesday nights at 10:00 on Lifetime.

  • And now, we all dance. Give that back to him!

- I want to ask you if you're watching a show

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