Ellen DeGeneres Reveals the Weird Rules That Can Get You Kicked Off the Show

Have you ever dreamed of being in the spotlight? Maybe dancing on live tv in front of millions of viewers? Well, if you can manage to get on Ellen, that's what you have to do. Although Ellen may seem like a big inclusive party, there are a lot of hoops you need to jump through to get there. Some might even shock and confuse you...

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Very few people actually get to visit Ellen DeGeneres’s studio in their lives. The lucky individuals that do get to join the studio audience might find that the experience is a little more restrictive than they had originally thought it would be. After all, this is live television, and the Ellen show is the most successful talk show on the air right now. 

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If you want to get tickets to see Ellen, there are some serious hoops you need to jump through to even be considered eligible to apply. If you pass the criteria (which we will elaborate on in a minute), you’ll be entered into a lottery system to receive an invitation to purchase a ticket. If you somehow manage to make it through all of those steps, the rules start to get weirder and weirder, some people have even dropped out of the running because of the criteria…

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The More You Know

  • Several products and businesses featured on the TV series Seinfeld experienced huge success after their appearance on the show, including Snapple, Junior Mints, and Tom's Restaurant in NYC.
  • I Love Lucy: When the show first aired, it was sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes...which is one of the reasons why Lucy, Desi, Ethel, and Fred were always smoking.
  • The Jeffersons: For two years, Marla Gibbs, who played Florence, kept her job at United Airlines in customer service while simultaneously filming for the show. Sometimes people would recognize her voice over the phone.
  • Around 41 million households tuned in to watch season three of Netflix's wildly popular sci-fi show Stranger Things.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.