Michael Strahan Paid a Lot of Money to Possibly Die on Vacation

-I want to talk about "$100,000 Pyramid."
I love that game.
And we even sometimes play it on the show.
But you're a great host. -Thank you.
-Did you ever think in your life you would host a game show?
-I didn't think I'd do anything I'm doing now.
-Yeah, right?
-I'm the guy who has jobs
you never thought about having these jobs,
and it seems to be working out.
But, no, I mean, Dick Clark hosted this show.
It was like "$10,000 Pyramid," then it went to the 25,000.
And now it's 100,000 because of inflation, so...
[ Laughter ]
I love it, though.
-You get great guests on there, too.
-We get great guests.
One of my favorites this season -- Leslie Jones,
who you know well.
-She is one in a million.
-Unbelievable. [ Cheers and applause ]
-She's real. That's exactly who Leslie Jones is.
She's funny.
-She's real. She's funny.
She really wants to win other people money.
And when she doesn't, she's loud and lets you know she's upset.
-Oh, yeah. -Yeah.
-Oh, Leslie, yeah.
When she goes off, it's the best thing I've ever seen.
-The thing I like most about doing the show is, literally,
people win money and it changes their lives.
When the show is over, people cry and thank you so much.
And I'm just smiling going, "It's not my money.
ABC, thank you."
[ Laughter ]
-You love giving away other people's money.
-I'm giving away other people's money.
It's awesome. -Why not?
That's the way to do it.
I know you're so busy, and I always ask like,
what are you doing now?
Are you going to take any time off?
And you said you just went to Africa.
-Yeah, I went to South Africa.
-With the kids? The family?
-I took all the kids.
It was phenomenal.
I'd gone before without the kids,
and my twins, the youngest two, are old enough.
So I took everybody.
It is such a different trip with your kids.
To let them see wild animals for the first time.
You see it through their eyes. It's an absolutely amazing trip.
-How old around age are they?
-25-year-old daughter, 22-year-old son,
and the twins are 12 now.
-Wow. So they get to really appreciate it.
-Oh, yeah, they get to really appreciate it.
But you can't take them before. I think like 12 is perfect.
Before that, they can go, "Oh, look at that lion!"
-Yeah, exactly, no. My kid --
-You're down one kid. You know what I mean?
[ Laughter ]
-That's true. It's a real lion.
-It's a real lion.
-It's not Disney World.
-But even when you're there, man, you're there
and you're sitting in this uncovered, like,
no top on this truck and you're right on these animals.
And I'm like,
"We paid a lot of money to possibly die on vacation."
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. That's exactly true. -It's crazy.
-They're animals. What are they supposed to do?
They don't know you're on vacation.
-No, it's not like, "Oh, Mr. Elephant."
-Yeah, you're in their world.
They're like, "You, get out."
But you took these great selfies.
Look, you're in danger here but you look like you're having fun.
[ Laughter ]
-That -- you know, what people don't realize,
I felt like I'm one of the Kardashians.
I took like 20 pictures to get that one selfie.
[ Laughter ]
Because I'm taking the selfies and I'm looking back, like,
I'm like, "Oh, don't charge, buddy."
-Yeah, exactly. It's not worth it for the selfie.
This is very dangerous here.
Here's you being attacked by penguins.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-You never -- they were frightening.
-The scariest animal in Africa, right there.
-Yeah, the penguin.
I didn't know there are penguins in Africa.
-I didn't either.
I learned something when I went over there.
Supposedly there's this area where they came there
and a few showed up and the next thing you know,
thousands showed up, almost like cousins.
Like, "Oh, he's rich now, let's go hang out at his crib."
[ Laughter ]
Until everybody shows up and you can't get rid of them.
-I know those cousins. Yeah, yeah. I know those cousins.
"Hey, remember me? Your cousin. We were best friends."
Yeah, yeah, right.
But I love this photo you posted
because it's you and your kids playing Monopoly.
-Yeah.
-I love Monopoly. I love playing games.
But look at this.
You said, "Nothing like a competitive game
when on vacation.
The family that plays Monopoly together," in parentheses,
"argues, but stays together. Lol."
-You can't play Monopoly without arguing.
-No, of course.
Also, the rules are different.
Everyone's got different rules.
Free parking. Do you put money under the --
-People try -- "Oh, I'm on Go."
"But you didn't pass Go. You don't get the $200."
-You don't! -You got to pass it.
-It says, "Pass Go."
-You got to pass Go.
-You don't get it there.
-But growing up, I loved Monopoly. I loved board games.
-It's a long game.
-But Monopoly is so long, to finish a game was tough.
And then if my brothers start losing,
they get mad and just wipe the board.
-Oh, yeah.
-Or you try to go to sleep and wake up the next day
and next thing you know,
"I owned Park Place and all that before,
now I own Vermont? What happened?"
[ Laughter ]
Like, they switched stuff in the middle of the night.
-I like the shout-out to Vermont. I love that area.
-Shout-out to my cheating brothers, too.
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. All of a sudden you're missing like $500.
-Exactly. -What piece are you?
-I'm the horse.
[ Light laughter ]
Like, what are you?
-Well, I mean...
-Are you the thimble?
[ Laughter ]
-The thimble. Do I look like a thimble dude to you?
[ Laughing ] Oh, my gosh. Ridiculous.
-I want to play you in Monopoly.
-Let's do it. I'll take you on. Let's go.
-Let's do it. -Let's do it. All right.

Michael Strahan Paid a Lot of Money to Possibly Die on Vacation

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