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Five things you may have missed from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" visit to the University
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ZOE LARSON/KANSAN The crowd eagerly waits for the show to start on Monday by Memorial Stadium.
The winner of the contest, junior P.J. Gustafson, pours the rest of the beer from a mini game on his head in celebration.
ZOE LARSON/KANSAN beer from a mini
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"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" visited campus on Monday after DeGeneres posted a series of messages on Twitter encouraging students to show up at the Campanile at 3 p.m. dressed "as royalty" — a reference to the Kansas City Royals' World Series appearance.
Hey, everybody at the University of Kansas, if you're as excited as I am about the World Series, I hope you're free on Monday. @KUNews
- Ellen DeGeneres (@ TheEllenShow) October 24, 2015
Hey @KUNews, I hope you're ready! Be at the hill in front of the Campanile Memorial at 3pm today. You won't be sorry. Let's play ball.
- Ellen DeGeneres (@ TheEllenShow) October 26, 2015
- Oh hey U of Kansas @ KUNews, if you could also show up dressed as royalty - kings, queens, etc. BIG prize at stake. See you at 3pm, CST!
- Ellen DeGeneres (@ TheEllenShow) October 26, 2015
- It's go time, U of Kansas! Get to the hill in front of the Campanile Memorial to be on my show. Come dressed as royalty and win BIG!!
- Ellen DeGeneres (@ TheEllenShow) October 26,2015
1. No one knew what they were showing up for, and they had to wait a few hours before they found out.
There were roughly 200 to 300 students and many waited up to three hours to see what the show would bring to campus.
Although many students there didn't know what exactly they were doing, they still showed up.
"I don't know why we're here really. Ellen maybe. The Royals maybe," said Tyler Kerr, a senior from Wichita. "I'm here to do something."
2. Some students pulled together elaborate costumes on short notice.
DeGeneress's original tweet asked students if they were free around noon, but that was soon pushed back to 3 p.m. in a later tweet. Students began showing up at the Campanie around 11:30 a.m., but the show did not start filming until around 5 p.m.
Kerr attended wearing a burger on his head as a "burger king."
It didn't take long for some students to throw together a royal outfit.
"I was just down here 30 minutes ago [and] saw the tweet saying to dress royally," said Lucas Guilfoil, a junior from Lake Lotawana, Mo. "I ran back to my apartment, grabbed all the Royals gear I could and got back here"
University students were dressed as everything imaginable even Baby Jay pitched in, wearing a crown.
Guilfoil donned a full Royals uniform, complete with war paint and cleats.
Some costumes were not so royal, but still creative. Natalie Brown and Joanna Blackford, freshmen from Leawood, came to the event dressed in bright orange jumpsuits.
"She just randomly had these jail costumes," Brown said of Blackford.
"I thought the only reason I would break out of prison
would be to see Ellen," Blackford said, "and the Royals." Other notable costumes:
Other notable costumes:
"I kinda feel like a princess, and I found this princess costume, so I thought this was the perfect occasion to wear it," said Halle McCourt, a senior from Olathe. "I love Ellen and I love the Royals."
"I literally made this 10 minutes ago in my graphic design print lab," said Kaitlyn Mulroney, a sophomore from Chicago. "I wanna get that prize."
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Reece Rogers, a senior from Wichita, said Lorenzo Cain is his favorite player. "He is a cool guy and he has spectacular defense," he said.
Sarah Kane, Carrie Davis,
Hailey Waldenmeyer, Mary
Grace Adkins and Emma Robson
said they went to Home
Depot to make their outfits.
Collin Glassman, a junior from Hutchinson; Jocelyn Lane, a junior from Andale; and Nathan Eisenberth, a junior from Hutchinson, also showed up as a group. "We're about to win that prize," said Glassman.
3. The show picked Lawrence over New York for its visit, according to Jeannie Klisiewicz, an "Ellen Show" crew member.
4. Two students won World Series tickets.
The winners were P.J. Gustafson, a junior from Overland Park, and Lauren Gordon, a senior from Lawrence. They were chosen from a group of about 10 finalists to play mini games to compete for the tickets.
At one point, Ellen called out two random birthdays. People in the crowd won gift cards if they were born on those days. 5. The segment aired on Tuesday, Oct. 27, but it can be found online at EllenTube com.
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The costume finalists appear on Ellen DeGeneres's show. It is set to air on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
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