Jordache

Hey, what's up? I'm Echo Kellum.

This morning I was awoken by a man in a mask.

He put me in a car.

I was drove to the set.

I forgot that I was supposed to do this job, but here I am.

Let's go.

Today we're giving this comedian

a total transformation.

They have no idea who or what they're about to become.

- Maybe I'm a raptor. - Once they see themselves

in the mirror, they'll have to make up

the character on the spot.

- Oh man. - And then sit down with me

for an improvised interview.

This is "Very Important People."

What do you think you are?

- (laughs) I have no clue. - Open.

(chuckles) Oh my God.

Oh shit, I'm like a merman.

Oh, whoa.

That's pretty cool.

Oh, it's fins.

Oh, these contacts are nuts.

They're...

Wow.

Holy moly.

Mildly attractive, I will say, I like this.

Yeah, he's at the beach, he's chilling.

My name is Ergone,

and I come from a place very, very low in the Atlantic Ocean

past the Titanic. (laughs)

Hey, what's up?

Yeah, dude, there's some bros down under too.

Like, you gotta think about that, you know what I'm saying?

I've been, like, in the gym, you know?

Just like lifting.

Do you need saving?

Where are you running to?

I'm here to help. (laughs menacingly)

Obviously he's from Atlantis.

Yet he came to LA to be a lifeguard

and you know, he is dating, he is figuring it out. (laughs)

Okay, so...

Okay.

Okay, so I guess I'm doing the...

Doing the camera now, so...

Okay.

Can I say "Action"?

Maybe I should do that all the time, so...

We all have a story to tell

and sometimes those stories need to be shared

with the world.

Good evening, I'm Vic Michaelis,

back with another edition of "Very Important People."

Please introduce yourself.

Hi, I am Jordache.

Jordache, hello.

Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, Vic.

You're a very special guest here today.

- Yeah. - Traveled a long way

to get here. - From Atlantis.

- From Atlantis. - Yeah.

So- - Now, this is huge.

I saw all the news articles

and they said that some Atlanteans would be joining us-

- Yeah. - Here on the surface.

Yeah, we're here.

We're out here. (laughs) - Okay.

- Yeah, we're from the dirty south. (laughs)

Really, 'cause it- - 'Cause...

- It gets dirty down- - Under the ocean

A lot of the trash drops down

to the bottom of the ocean.

We're sorry.

- (laughs) Yeah. - Sorry.

It's been tough for us, yeah.

- But you are here now. - Yeah.

- Up where the people are. - Well, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Mm-mm. - No?

- "Little Mermaid" is not a good film for us.

- Not a good film for you? - No, it's not a good look.

I mean, I loved watching it as a kid,

but my parents, they had to reeducate me.

- I see. - And say

"This is a problematic film." - Isn't what it is.

It's really not.

It's a lot of human bias on what we're like.

Ursula is somebody that's very looked up to in Atlantis.

- So they're real. - Yes.

These are real characters

that- - Okay, and I thought-

- Disney- - It was a cartoon-

- Balled. - And I apologize.

- Yeah, no, Ariel is real and she is a hoot, honey.

But she never cared about coming to the mainland.

That was not her thing.

She was like, "I don't wanna be in the mainland."

So that was a lie?

So Ariel, Atlantean confirmed.

Yeah, mm-hmm, that is confirmed.

Yeah. - I mean, that is massive

and that's actually great for our program to break that.

So thank you. - Yeah.

Of course. - So I'd say up here,

you know, Atlantis was a myth.

- Yeah. - Until very recently.

Was the mainland a myth

or was that something

you were sure existed? - Yeah, we knew it had existed

because we take a lot of the culture from mainland.

- Really? - And bring it down-

- What kind? - To Atlantis.

"Sanford and Son."

I've watched- - "Sanford and Son"?

So much "Sanford and Son".

"Sanford and Son" is like king.

May I ask...

You know, I know that you had talked

about wanting to sort of give people an insight

into what it's like to be Atlantean.

- Yeah. - Living here

in the United States- - Yeah.

Of America.

- Yeah. - How has that transition

been for you?

It's honestly been pretty chill for me.

I got a job life guarding.

- Okay. - At the beach.

- Interesting that you chose life guarding.

Not to speak out of turn here,

but you told one of my producers,

you actually are the son of the prime minister.

Is that true? - I don't like

to lead with that.

You know, I don't want people thinking I'm some special guy

because my dad's the prime minister of Atlantis.

- So you don't think it's nepotism that got you here today?

No, nepotism got me here.

- Oh, I see. - This is how

you get out of Atlantis.

You have to have someone connected in your family

to get out of Atlantis to come up to the surface.

So nepotism did get me here and I'm understanding of that.

And I, you know, I'm thankful.

- Well, that was brave. - Yeah.

That was very brave of you to admit.

Some people run from nepotism.

I say "Stop running." - Dive in.

Dive in. (laughs)

That's good. - Thank you.

That's good.

We use that a lot, "Dive in."

Yeah, that's great, yeah. - Hey, this is wonderful.

- This is fun. - Okay, so can I ask-

- Yeah. - What is your day-to-day

up here looking like,

now that you've sort- - Yeah.

Of embraced culture, you have a day job?

Yeah, and I'm also a businessman.

- Oh. - I am selling water.

- You're selling water? - Yeah.

I started a company, it's called Deep Water.

It's water from the deepest regions of the Pacific Ocean.

And when I tell you it is pristine,

it's like Fiji times three.

It's so good, it's so yummy.

I tasted your water, it tastes like crap.

- That? - This water tastes like crap.

Oh, got it from the aqueduct, I think,

the water- - Don't wanna get your water

from an aqueduct, trust me. - No?

No.

The deeper the water, the purer it is.

Once you filter all the trash particles and whatnot.

Can I ask you, from the ocean, right?

- Yeah, from the ocean. - So is it S...

- It's salted. - Salt water.

It's fresh water, it's salted- - It's fresh water

that's salted.

We add the salt, actually.

We take out the salt particles and then we add the salt-

- Salt back into it. - And it's really good.

It's interesting- - How interesting.

Well, I heard you brought a little bit of the product-

- I did. - And I was hoping

maybe I could try a little bit.

- Yeah. - So if we could get a PA

to fly in the product, please.

Yeah.

Oh yeah. - Amazing.

- This is perfect. - And they all come

in these shells.

Basically, you'll just take a sip of it

and you sprinkle the salt into your mouth,

while the water's filling- - So I'm adding the salt?

Yes, you add the salt.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm. - So first, just a little sip.

Mm. - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Pinch. - Mm?