Maret 09, 2017
- one minute, our next guestis a cashier at target, and the next,he's an internet sensation because of one photo. look at him. - 24 hours ago, no one knewwho alex from target was or is. - it's the questionon everyone's mind: who is alex from target? - yesterday afternoon, someonetweeted this photo of alex, just an employeeat a texas target.
- the internet was buzzingwondering just who this cashier cutiemight be. - he now has more than1/2 million followers on twitter,and \#alexfromtarget has been tweeted more than800,000 times, with young users crushingon the clerk. if that doesn't encouragehigh school kids to get a job, we don't know what will. - [singing]like the cool kids
- from dallas, texas,please welcome alex from target. [cheers and applause] - [singing]'cause all the cool kids they seem to fit in i wish i could be likethe cool kids like the cool kids i wish that i couldbe like the cool kids 'cause all the cool - okay, alex.how old are you?
- i'm 16. - you're 16 years old.- yeah. - how long have you workedat that target? it's right outside dallas,right? - yeah,i've worked at that target for about three months now. - okay, three months.[laughter] so--and do peopletake pictures of you on a normal--like, on a regular basis?
- well, there's been a fewthat i've noticed, but apparently,there's a lot more that i haven't noticed. [laughter] and, yeah.- wow. well,you're a very good-looking guy, but i just think it's strange that people are justtaking pictures of random peoplethey don't know.
and then someone happened to-- how did you find out about this? - my manager came up to me, and she showed methe actual picture. i thought it was fake, 'cause-- - she showed it to youon, like, her--on her phone? - on her phone, yeah. i, like--i thought it was fake. and then--
- that picture.- yeah. - uh-huh. - and then about an hour later, these random girlsi've never met before came in and showed memy twitter page... and it had, like,5,000 more followers. and i was just really confused. - sure.[laughter] - yeah.
- that's the normal reaction. and then--so how many twitter followers did you originally have? - 144.[laughter] - and now--144? - yeah.- and now you have 500,000? or probably more now. - yeah, just about 550,000. - okay, 550,000.
and i imagine by the timewe finish talking, there's gonna bea million or so followers. do you feel now obligated thatyou have to tweet things out like you're a big celebrity,or... - oh, god.i don't even know what to say. i just--i feel so pressured. like, they're waiting. - okay, well,don't feel pressured, because this is--there's a lot that--
i mean,are you overwhelmed by this? - yeah. yeah.- yeah. i mean, you know,you're working at target, and then all this happens, and then you're sittingon television talking about it, and-- have you had wedding--like, marriage proposals, and... - i mean, yeah. - that's amazing.do you sing?
do you have any other talent? we should take advantageof this. - i mean, i can apparentlybag groceries pretty well. - wow. okay. you're on your way. - [chuckles] - eggs on top,never on the bottom. you know that.- yeah. - so--but really,do you dance or sing
or play an instrumentor anything? - well, i can dance.- mm-hmm. - it's not good. it's actually prettyembarrassing. - then don't. but you should pick up somethingquickly, because you shouldtake advantage of this. this is a big deal. - yeah.- yeah.
all right,so we want to take advantageof the fact that you're here. we have the ellen shopin the riff raff room, and we'd like youto work the register, because i thinkwe'll sell a lot more stuff. they're in there right now,so... we're gonnatake a picture of you in the ellen shopat the register. and we got you this,and it's "i'm alex from target,
"and i was on 'ellen,'and she gave me this sweatshirt, and please watch her showevery day." [laughter;cheers and applause] a hashtag. so you'll put that on. and, also, i heard-- you're gonna have to tweeta lot more, and you need an ipad, so we got youa brand-new ipad.
[applause]- thank you so much. - you're welcome. all right. so you'll get ready, and you'll go sell-- and we can take pre-orders for man buns and pigtailsif you'd like. - yeah, yeah. - so presell thoseif you can.
- oh, yeah.- we'll be back. alex from target.
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