Episode 7 Don't Tell the Bride USA

On this episode of Don't Tell The Bride,

Tedric and Alfreda are headed for the altar.

But this wedding will be like nothing you've ever seen.

Because it's being planned by the person you would least expect.

Yeah. I'm...I'm ready to plan the wedding.

The groom!

Mwa-ha-ha-ha!

We've given Tedric 25,000 to spend.

So I've spent about close to 15,000...TODAY.

But just three short weeks

to plan the entire wedding.

Alfreda's mouth is going to drop.

With absolutely NO input from the bride.

I wouldn't walk down the aisle in a dress that I hate.

He'll just have to get another dress.

And only one source of support, his best man.

The public service announcement should go out.

We might be broke.

These two fly boys can't keep their heads out of the clouds.

Getting married on an airplane.

-Parachute down to the reception.

-TEDRIC LAUGHS

And Tedric wants everything in the wedding to be one thing...

sexy!

Woo! That's sexy, right there!

-Even the cake.

-'I want a sexy cake.'

Just sexy. When you see the cake it's just going to be sexy.

Can this man...

THEY SHOUT

..give this woman

the wedding of her dreams?

This is going to be a tidbit disastrous.

Then he will have some broken teeth afterwards.

BRIDE SCREAMS

BOUQUET DROPS

Meet our fun-loving couple, Tedric and Alfreda

from Marina Del Ray, California.

They've been together for two years and engaged for two months.

THEY SCREAM AND LAUGH

We met at a club. How cliche, right?

One of my friends told him, "I have a friend.

"She's really pretty."

And he said, "Mmm, I have to see a picture first."

Every girl thinks all their friends are cute.

But, you know, I've been in situations where they haven't been.

So, with that said, you know, I had to screen.

But obviously, everything worked out pretty well.

THEY LAUGH

I was attracted to her smile.

She has a very nice smile.

She had these little ripped jeans. They were nice and tight.

-You remember!

-I do, I do!

Hey sweetie, did you want some of your little flavoured salt?

< Yeah, yeah, I do want that.

Tedric proposed on a day where he called me out of the blue and said,

"Sweetie, do you feel like going to get something to eat?"

Ahm-nom-nom! SHE LAUGHS

And he had a little box with him of dessert.

I thought he didn't want to pay for dessert.

He brought his own dessert.

After we had dinner, I opened the dessert.

There was the ring right on top of the cupcake

-and that's when he actually proposed.

-Yep.

Tedric and Alfreda would already be married but they can't afford it.

Weddings are just expensive.

The money, of course, is just really, really tight.

With me going to school

and Tedric also planning to go to school,

it's just really, really tight for both of us.

My father passed away a couple of months ago.

He was an airplane mechanic in the Vietnam War

and that's how he met my mother.

He was the epitome of what a man should be to a daughter.

He treated me like a princess and I was his, you know,

Daddy's girl, so him not being there is going to be very difficult.

It's been very tough for her.

And one way that I feel that I'll be able to make up for that

is providing her with the day that she's dreamed about.

Hey honey, do you want a cocktail?

< Mmm, no.

< No?

My idea of a dream wedding would be,

I like very sophisticated, very classic.

I see everyone, party time, getting wasted.

-You sure about that?

-< I'm positive.

You know my cocktails are amazing, right?

< I don't want a cocktail.

I'm worried about him spending

on what HE would like to spend things on.

I like to do things outside the box.

So something crazy,

like belly dancers just shaking, you know.

I do like, you know, just the cathedral type setting.

Maybe getting married on a plane or in a hangar or something like that.

I hate themed weddings. I don't like it.

I don't think there's any point to it.

COCKTAIL SHAKER RATTLES

Going once, going twice!

< No!

My perfect cake would have to be the tier-style cake

where it's pearls that's on top of the cake.

Lots of flowers, just trickling off down the cake.

I want a sexy cake, just sexy.

When you see the cake, it's just going to be sexy.

I try not think about the bachelor party.

We're heading up to Vegas.

And what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

I hope that everything is at least PG-13.

-SHE LAUGHS

-Which is not going to happen!

Mmm, cocktail!

My dream dress would have to be something

that would be form-fitting up top.

I definitely want that dress to like...like a mitten.

A mitten...the cuff, the cuff of the butt.

You know how...you know, the mitten...

Very airy and frilly.

Similar to a Cinderella dress.

If you had a baseball glove and you wanted to catch a ball,

you know, the ball just, the glove just grabs the ball.

I want the dress to just grab the (BLEEP).

I mean, grab the butt.

This is it, huh?

-SHE LAUGHS

-This is it!

Are you ready for this?

Alfreda is moving out for the next three weeks

so Tedric can plan their wedding, solo.

-You know I love you, right?

-I love you too.

I'm a little nervous.

This is probably going to be the longest three weeks of my life.

You gotta let go now, honey! SHE LAUGHS

-You're clawing me!

-OK.

Drive safe.

Tedric is having his best man, Eric, come stay with him

for the three weeks he'll be planning the wedding.

Whether this wedding is amazing

or crappy, I know I'm going to have a fun time doing it.

'We're basically brothers,'

joined at the hip.

Twin cousins is what we call it.

We grew up together. Went to first grade, kindergarten.

My mom is his mom's older sister

and he's been with me since knee-high to a grasshopper.

He definitely knows me inside out

and so he's definitely the perfect fit for the best man.

HE KNOCKS ON DOOR

Yup, yo!

What's up, man?

What be up?

-All right, you ready for this?

-Yes, sir!

So how you want to do this? What you want to start with?

I was thinking we should start off

maybe with these rings, and then find a venue.

Something fun first. That sounds boring.

We set up all the fun first, like the bachelor party.

-Thinking...

-With the end in mind!

-You hear me knocking?

-I hear you!

Well, let me in then.

I guess we can blame this backwards thinking on Jack.

For the next few weeks

I'm going to be staying with my maid of honour, Maricela.

-Hey!

-Hey!

-Come, come, come!

I want to hear all about this.

I have no input in it, whatsoever.

I'm classic, sophisticated and traditional type of wedding.

I just don't know what type of wedding Tedric has in mind.

Don't worry, Alfreda.

Operation Wedding Planning is in full force.

GUNS FIRE ON COMPUTER GAME THEY LAUGH

This is what we're doing right now. We're planning.

What about the venue?

I'd like to have my wedding, the ceremony, at a church.

I was thinking for the ceremony,

getting married on an airplane.

What better way to drop down on your ceremony than a parachute?

-Parachute down to the reception.

-TEDRIC LAUGHS

Tell me that wouldn't be right! Hey, man, that's perfect!

-Parachute!

-Great! That's our idea right there.

I have a feeling that this is going to be a tidbit disastrous.

Then he will have some broken teeth afterwards.

Better start practising your right hook, Alfreda,

because Tedric and Eric are planning on putting a new spin

on the phrase, "taking the leap."

So what are you guys trying to do out here?

Trying to jump out some of these planes!

-I've got one of those here.

-Awesome!

-All right guys, so right back here.

-Oh, so, that's going to drop it?!

-You see him?

-What?!

-Right there.

-Wow!

So you want to do this as part of the ceremony or..?

Absolutely!

'Oh, man, I am pretty excited about this.'

I think Alfreda's mouth is going to drop.

I don't think she's expecting anything like this.

I have a fear of Tedric just planning things

as HE would want them to be planned.

-Oh!

-Oh, yeah! I like that! I like that!

That's one way to make an entrance, brother!

Yeah, that's amazing!

-Yeah!

-Yeah! Good job!

-Just the way I would have done it.

-HE LAUGHS

-We can set you up with the ceremony over on the grass lawn.

-OK.

You mean that tiny strip

across from the tractor trailer and sand pit?

The atmosphere here in terms of a ceremony

isn't as nice as probably what she's picturing,

but once she sees the end result of Eric and I jumping out the plane

and diving on to the ceremony, I think she'll be pretty amazed.

'I actually had a few dreams last night'

and the venue that he chose was the most offbeat venue

that I ever would have thought of.

So I guess you could say it was a nightmare.

Your nightmare has become a reality, Alfreda.

Just 24 hours into planning

and your wedding ceremony is already in free fall.

Our groom, Tedric, has a 25,000 budget

and three weeks to plan his wedding.

Today, he and his best man Eric

are taking their skydiving idea to the next level.

-This is the commemorative Air Force So-Cal wing.

-OK.

What brings you out here?

My wife to be, her father was in the Air Force.

-OK.

-And he recently just passed.

So any way that I can incorporate that within our wedding,

I know it would be special for her, so that's why I'm here today.

Absolutely, man.

But let's hope Alfreda gets on board too.

Show me the money!

-I like it.

-This is amazing.

The hangar is mind-blowing.

The reference for Alfreda's father.

Like, words can't describe the way I feel right now.

If I was to actually host the ceremony here,

or possibly the reception,

I would actually be able to set it up inside of here

-and the planes could be outside there?

-Absolutely.

We can actually fly you or your bride to be into the wedding.

That would be nice.

Which is a pretty darn unique.

Since we're doing the other one,

we could probably have her come in on one.

-Yes!

-Yeah, I tell you, man.

-My stuff always works, sometimes!

-THEY LAUGH

She's probably thinking about a church

and maybe a reception hall.

Something, like, conservative and tight.

You're right Tedric. Alfreda loves the idea of a church.

In fact, she can't resist sharing her dream venue,

Wayfarer's Chapel, with her maid of honour.

Oh, wow!

This is really nice. I do like it.

Because it's just all about the church.

The chapel is the most beautiful thing that I've ever seen.

I do love how much glass is around so we can just see the trees.

And we can see how beautiful it is outside.

Well, I like how you can look right down there

and then it's like a tunnel of trees.

It's so unique. You have never seen a church like this.

You've never seen anything like this before.

Oh, man!

This is something that's super original.

This is totally out of the box thinking.

Basically you're looking at this entire venue

with these doors completely open.

What if we do the aircraft, they're all facing...

Pointing together, yeah!

And have, like, a little red carpet rolling all the way.

-See, that's awesome!

-Absolutely!

Something's going to happen here.

It's a way for me to pay tribute to Freda's father.

Oh, wow!

That's it, man. You're in a Mustang.

Whoo, I feel like a fighter!

-Can you imagine Alfreda getting in with her dress and getting out?

-THEY LAUGH

The romance.

-That's what Tedric doesn't have.

-Is the romance?

-ALFREDA LAUGHS

-Oh, Lord!

After looking at the chapel

I kind of feel discouraged

because I don't think this is something

that Tedric is going to think of.

-Geez!

-But I'm not going to get here.

You might. Fingers crossed.

So, the golden question.

What is it going to cost for me to kind of arrange this ceremony?

I have nothing set in stone that I need to

or I'm required to charge you.

Steve promises to get back to Tedric with a price in a few days.

The only worry that I have is cost, of course.

And where there's a will, there's a way!

-Want to take this spot?

-Yeah, that's good.

Flying high on the idea of an airport wedding,

Tedric and Eric are propelled to create a master plan.

This is going to organise our lives.

-Organisation. I like it.

-Yes!

-I put it here.

-I'll put it here.

-From here, to here, to there.

-Got you.

First thing, obviously, venue.

-Catering.

-The bachelor party.

Bridesmaids dresses.

Music, lighting, flowers.

The bachelor party.

Just put it as a priority. It's next weekend.

Let's see. What else in a wedding would we consider?

Um...her dress.

The bachelor party!

Listen, it's important that her dress sculpts her butt.

-I just want her dress to be...

-Man, I don't want to see her butt!

I'd rather see somebody else's butt at the bachelor party.

He has his plan of attack and his goals,

and I have my goals, of course.

Despite the obvious awesomeness of the airplane wedding idea,

the boys check out The Vatican in Hollywood for plan B.

Oh, wow! This is nice!

This could probably be just my area.

-I could do this.

-Your area?!

I'm on the balcony. "Hey! Tedric got married!

"Tedric's getting married!" I could do that all day.

We can kind of create this as an area

where it can be like a club atmosphere.

-Oh!

-To kind of resemble...you hear me knocking?

-Let you in!

-That's what I'm talking about!

A club?!

My nightmare venue would be a club.

That would be totally opposite of what I would like.

Oh, gosh, I hope he doesn't do that!

-That's what I'm talking about!

-This is pretty good.

This is a pretty good dancefloor.

Oh, this is really nice.

Ooh! Pretty!

Yeah, this is really pretty.

-Hi, I'm Diana!

-I'm Freda.

-Hi.

What are you envisioning for your special day?

-This!

-THEY LAUGH

That was the most beautiful table setting that I've seen.

It's exactly what I'd describe as having a dream wedding.

I definitely would be able to picture us

being in a room like this.

This looks like you.

It's very classy, it's traditional but yet still modern.

You know we've come down to the golden question

and that golden question is, like,

what is it going to cost for me

to host my wedding reception here?

I'm assuming you want the catering included?

Yes, yes, yes.

OK, so you know we are Mediterranean style,

It's family style, it's unlimited.

-The package will include 15 types of appetizers and salads.

-OK.

It also includes four types of main entrees of your choice.

So, I see that you wrote a price down.

-8,000 total.

-Woo!

That's cutting into my bachelor party costs.

Cos that's with tax, right?

We can charge you an extra 500

-and include unlimited bar in there.

-Mmm!

It will not be table top alcohol.

It will be bar service, full bar.

So what can we do on table top?

Table top, the only thing he can include in this price

would be champagne and wine.

-Do you want to do that?

-No.

What? 500 for unlimited bar

for 200 people, and you're saying no?!

What's included in bar?

The full bar, you get the best alcohol.

You get Johnny Walker Black Label, you get Grey Goose,

you get, you know...

-Unlimited?

-Unlimited.

Listen, man...

When we go to tables we spend at least 350 on a bottle.

We could do 8,500, three bartenders.

Mmm...I don't like that.

I had no idea how expensive a wedding is.

All these ideas are starting to add up to dollar signs.

A lot of dollar signs.

We gotta, we gotta wrap. We gotta definitely talk.

Do you mind if I take all this good stuff?

-You can take that.

-Thank you for your time.

-And um...I will definitely be getting back to you.

-OK.

A few days later, the boys decide

to knock some more things off their list.

Mmm, smells like heaven!

If I was to get a wedding cake, I personally would like to, like,

you know, get my hands dirty and kind of help you guys make it.

You want to, what?!

-Is that possible?

-Mmm-hmm.

-He can help you make the cake?

-Just help.

-And I'm not, I'm not looking...

-Team Player!

I want to make a different type of cake.

I want to make a cake that's triangle.

-You want the cake shape to be a triangle?

-Yes.

And maybe like a paisley pattern

or maybe some dots or some stripes or...

Is this a cake or a couch you're describing?

What is it going to cost me to make

the type of cake that I'm looking for?

For you I'm going to make for special price.

Going to make for just 400.

Four tiers, that's 100 a tier.

Things are definitely more expensive than I anticipated.

Tedric, you and Eric planned to skydive into a ceremony

at an airplane hangar and you're balking at a 400 cake?

We just need to lock down everything.

Don't let all this stress just take over you, brother.

Well, I guess you deserve a discount for volunteering to help bake it.

Next stop, the flower shop.

Flowers are just the most important thing.

Flowers just surrounding around the centrepieces

and then small branched crystals.

Very elegant, very sophisticated.

Oh, that's nice. How much are the dahlias?

This size of bouquet about 125.

Mmmm...125.

Is that for like a set of 10 of them?

THEY LAUGH

Well, he's not joking.

So if I was to bring in a bunch of flowers myself,

would you be able to put them together?

-Still not joking.

-It's never been done.

-It's never been done?

-Never.

Oh, we like challenges.

So, it's not a great idea.

It's like you bringing a chicken breast to a restaurant

and walking in the kitchen and saying, "Here, cook this for me."

Ouch!

And if you want to go buy the flowers,

Your prices are not going to be as good as mine.

-I mean, I buy wholesale.

-Yeah.

You're going to go down and buy the flowers and pay retail.

So you're not going to save money.

Man!

-We've got to figure something out.

-Yeah.

Tedric's got big plans and a big budget

but he won't let go of a single penny

to make any of it happen.

It's going to be expensive, man.

We can't make and finalize on decisions.

I think he's having a lot of stress and it's clouding his judgment.

Uh, man!

We really, really haven't accomplished much.

This is grind time. We have to finalize a lot of things.

'Tedric, this is Steve Barber.'

Worried about costs, Eric insists Tedric call Steve

to lock in the airport museum for the wedding ceremony. Now!

I would like to set up the ceremony at the CFA hanger.

Eric and I would like to skydive onto where,

or in the area where, the red carpet is.

Then my bride to be will be pulling up.

-'Tedric, let me talk about the skydiving.'

-OK.

'Um, I'm going to tell you right now, unfortunately,

'that's probably not going to happen.

'There are waivers that need to be approved

'by the FAA prior to that.'

Uh-huh.

'And during the time frame, I just don't see that happening.'

I knew with having three weeks to plan this wedding,

that I'm going to have to sacrifice on a little,

but it's discouraging.

'Now, here's the break, bud.

'You will have the hanger and we will position the aircraft for you

'and I'm going to do all that for 8,500, OK?

'And you guys can have that all day.'

Oooh-whee! Um...

..man!

-'Talk to me, Goose.'

-THEY LAUGH

Really, to be honest,

I wasn't expecting the venue to be more than 1,500.

-'More than how much?'

-More than how much?

More than, more than, like, 1,500. STEVE LAUGHS

'I kind of put my eggs in one basket and I was really hoping to get'

that ceremony spot and it's looking like it's not even feasible.

'There's no way I can come down to 1,500, or even close to that.'

I've definitely got to regroup.

The most important thing is the venue.

Because I haven't got that done, it puts a lot of pressure on me.

I feel defeated.

It's less than two weeks until Tedric's wedding

and his airport venue idea just fell through.

His best man Eric steps up

and gives him a crash course in wedding planning.

We're running out of time, man.

We need to figure out budget and what you want to spend.

I know you want to get these best prices,

but you got 25 in the bank, just sitting,

and you're trying to negotiate and play hard ball.

We need to get on the ball.

Look at the portfolio. There's 25,000 we spend on everything.

If we're paying a lot for one thing,

we have to find some way to make it up with something else.

-Mmm-hmm.

-Either they're going to take it or they're not,

and then we find somebody who will accept it or....

That's fine. No, I hear you knocking.

All I'm saying is, right now, we're running out of time.

Let me call the bakery lady. This'll be easy call.

-'Hello?'

-So I would like to go ahead and start

moving forward with setting this up for the tenth of September.

-'OK, definitely.'

-Thank you so much, and you have a great rest of the day.

'Thank you. Bye.'

-Sheesh!

-Our first purchase!

Hell has frozen over!

While Jack and the boys celebrate their first decision,

Alfreda wants to show her mom and her bridesmaids

the kind of fairytale princess ball gown she hopes to wear.

So I like it to be tight on the top

-and then just really flowing at the bottom.

-Very good.

That looks like Cinderella.

-Yeah, isn't that pretty?

-That's gorge.

My dream dress

just kind of flares out.

Very airy and frilly.

Just very pretty.

That's just how it is.

-Tedric!

-Hi.

-Whoo-whee!

I need something like...

..something TIGHT.

-Tight?

-Tight!

-Fitted, very fitted?

-Fitted.

-Mermaid tight. Like a mermaid.

-Oh, yes! Like a mermaid!

So, like, if she was in the dress,

she couldn't even move. She'd have to do a dance like this.

-To walk?

-Just to walk. She got to walk like this.

This is how tight I want it.

He has to absolutely get that dress perfect

because that's the dress that I'm going to have FOREVER.

Forever? I'm afraid I've got some bad news.

I am not going to be able to buy the dress.

-Uh-huh.

-But I'm probably going to have to rent, yes.

Probably renting, OK. Uh-huh.

Well, even Cinderella didn't get to keep her gown.

-How do we know what is a good dress?

-I don't know.

So, where the...the tight ones at?

Did she tell you what...

when y'all talked about marriage and everything?

Man, her ideas are completely opposite of that.

-Well, why you getting that?

-Cos, man, it's all about what I want!

It's not! This is her dress! Are you going to wear it?

No! At least get her a dress that... what kind of dress does she like?

She likes the kinda poufy ones.

The good news is, Alfreda,

you won't want to keep the dress forever anyway.

-Ready?

-THEY MAKE DRUMROLL NOISE

THEY GASP AND SQUEAL

I do like the bottom after all.

-OK, I don't like the top. The top is like...

-It's like a pageant.

-You look like a Vegas showgirl.

-I know.

-OK, OK!

-That's nice!

-That's not bad at all.

I thought the bling would be a little too much, but I like it.

THEY GASP AND SQUEAL

-Now that's what I'm talking about!

-(MOTHER) That's better!

-See how great your boobs look?

-Yes!

That's what I want to see. Perfect little apples.

-Sparkle!

-I know, it's really sparkly.

-I like this one best.

-Do you feel like a bride?

Well, in this dress, how can you not?

Can you walk in it? Is it comfortable?

-Who cares about being comfortable?!

-THEY LAUGH

'I absolutely loved the dress.

'It was just amazing.'

An elegant princess dress.

This is the dress.

Say goodbye, because you're never going to see that dress again!

-Is she there?

-Yeah, she's here.

What do you think?

-It's going this way...

-It swoops. It's like a mummy.

The stomach area is killing the game.

Yeah, but then you go up top and it's killing the dress.

The dress is nice, I just don't like the fan at all.

Would you be able to take that out?

And have it come all the way down to the...?

-Yes, we could.

-I say do that, T.

Dive right in there, Tedric!

Golden question, what would it cost me?

900.

Ugh! OK.

Would you be able to get me this at 750?

Last price is going to be 800.

-800?

-Yeah, uh-huh.

-Oh, bring it in!

-That's customer service.!

Thank you so much!

OK, OK. So 800. We can definitely do that.

I think Alfreda might be a little shocked

at what I picked out for her.

But as she takes a look at it, I think she'll be pretty impressed.

I think she'll still look like a princess in the dress I picked out.

So what did we... we confirmed two things today.

-Can I get a pat on the back?

-Yeah, you did. That's good, man.

Yes!

We finally stopped spinning those wheels, man!

We started making some decisions. That's what we need to do.

-When in doubt...

-Yeah, count on E.

-Yeah...Whoa!

-I got you! I got you!

-THEY LAUGH

Rings, we need the rings.

-Tomorrow is rings and venue.

-Oh, yeah.

Man, that's killing us, you know.

For the invitations and stuff like that,

we really need to get the ceremony locked down and reception.

Yeah. That's all dependant on exactly what you said.

The ceremony location.

And after we have that, we'll be able to go ahead

and send those invitations out.

Hands down, like...

I commend every woman in the world that has to plan a wedding.

I thought I was just walking into this,

"Aw, this will be this, this will be that."

You know what I mean?

It is the total opposite, man.

-Cheers.

-To the decisions that we are making, brother.

-To the decisions.

-That YOU'RE making.

With the wedding just ten days away, our boys head out to view

non-airport, all-inclusive reception venue,

The Vatican, in Van Nuys.

This is nice here.

-Yeah, man, it's pretty dope.

-Whoo, this is fancy!

HE WHISTLES Yeah, it is dope.

We got all the really shiny stuff going on with the walls.

Yup, shiny walls. Check that off your list.

Very traditional, very nice feeling.

See I could come up here and tell everybody,

-"Hello peasants, thank you for coming out today."

-THEY LAUGH

All right, so...

You can bring your own alcohol and then I can go down 500.

-OK.

-So, your price is going to be 6,400.

So you happy? You excited?

I might end up paying a lot more than what I should be,

but I really, really need to go ahead

and buckle down and get that taken care of.

All right, I'm signing right here. This is purchase number three.

I'm on top of the world!

'Just to get the venue down,

'where I'm going to host the reception,'

I am ecstatic!

Like, I'm literally crying right now

because I'm so happy I got one of these big rocks taken care of.

Feeling inspired, Tedric and Eric head out

to take care of another big rock.

We're off to pick out a ring now.

The public service announcement should go out. We might be broke

-'coming out of the ring shop.'

-So these are the selections, huh?

-These are the settings.

-Ah!

These are handmade of white gold.

< That's right, 18 karats.

And we can select the diamond to go in the centre.

This is a karat fifty, emerald cut diamond.

It fits perfectly in this setting.

Look how bright the stone is.

There's so much fire in there.

Whoa!

That's a gorgeous, gorgeous look.

Nice! Oh, my God!

And you'll see, that's an absolute beauty.

-That's sparkly!

-Yeah, it's a sparkler.

Really nice stone, can be done for 8,000 plus sales tax.

Listen, the wedding only lasts a few hours.

The ring lasts you forever!

TEDRIC LAUGHS Oh, man!

We'll discount it a few dollars more,

throw in your ring and make it 8,500 out the door.

Everything. What do you think, E?

I think she'll like it, man.

'My last surprise to her is to provide her with a ring'

that I know will just brighten up her face when she sees it.

Is that the one?

-This is it.

-Oh, man!

-This is the one!

-Let's do it!

All right, well, congratulations.

Thank you so much!

My pleasure.

That's probably the best decision I've made so far.

For someone who wouldn't spend a dime,

suddenly you just blew through

the majority of your budget in a couple of hours.

And you still need a place for your ceremony,

bridesmaid dresses, tuxes,

and money for the bachelor and bachelorette parties.

Good luck!

So I spent about close to 15,000...TODAY.

HE LAUGHS That's a lot of money!

Now, it's going to take strategizing.

I got less than ten grand to spend for the rest of the wedding.

With one week left to put together Alfreda's dream wedding,

Tedric has spent 16,000 on a ring, a rented wedding gown,

reception hall, and a cake.

Tomorrow he leaves for a three day bachelor party in Vegas.

But he's still got a lot more to do and not a lot of money to do it.

Oh, so much to do and such little time.

Before heading to Sin City,

Eric and Tedric are on the hunt for CHEAP bridesmaids' dresses.

'I'm a little bit nervous about'

what the bridesmaids' dresses will look like.

I don't want to see anything that looks like it comes from the club.

Alfreda, do you know your fiance at all?!

I'm looking for some dresses.

What kind of dresses?

-Sexy dresses...for a wedding.

-Oh!

-So, I got, like, 40 per dress.

-Oh, for each?

We have these dresses over here.

OK. Short in her front, party in the back.

These are 26. All different colours too.

-Could you try this on for me?

-OK.

-I have a small right here.

Ta-da!

-That's sexy.

-That's perfect. We should just go with it.

Personally, I think it's a little slutty

-for like, a wedding.

-Really?

Oh, thank God! Somebody said it!

-I feel like this is more club, like, "Yeah!"

-Really? OK.

Stay with the sexy one!

You're going to stay with the sexy?

If you stay with the sexy, you stay with sexy.

'This is my gift to them,'

to purchase their bridesmaid's dress.

-So, you know, beggars can't be choosers.

-Rahrrrr!

Awesome! To Vegas we go!

How can you guys even think of going to Vegas right now?!

You still have SO much to do, and when you get back,

there will only be 72 hours until the wedding.

This weekend I'm taking three days off.

I'm heading to Vegas.

I tolly need...totally, totally, toldady, told-a-dee.

HE LAUGHS I really need it.

The next night, Tedric and his groomsmen

arrive in Las Vegas

for his three-day bachelor party.

Home, sweet home!

Ah, three days off!

Man, words cannot describe how much I really, really need this.

We're going to pop some bottles, hang out, gamble, get to the club.

We're going to have an amazing time.

THEY YELL

(CROUPIER) Who's getting married?

He is!

Show me the mon-ey!

Well, bridesmaids, this is where your dresses went.

I can only imagine what Tedric might be doing.

Maybe I don't want to imagine, because if I think about it,

I'm probably going to get upset about it.

Oh, geez, Louise!

The room is spinning.

I am definitely still drunk.

Yep, I'm...I'm ready to plan the wedding.

Uh!

After three magical days in Vegas,

Tedric comes home and reality hits.

I'm in dire need of a ceremony spot.

I'm going to call the skydiving venue.

The wedding's starting at maybe four o'clock.

If it was at three o'clock, would you have the space?

Aw, we're looking into some chapels. Geez, Louise.

I'm looking to host a ceremony there.

Smile. They can see your smile over the phone.

Wait, wait, wait, don't transfer me!

Tell 'em it's urgent. We need to make a decision.

Yeah, just a wedding ceremony. That's it, nothing big.

Is there any other locations?

Aw, man! What was the next one?

I don't know, man. This is driving me insane.

But you know what they say,

they say last minute weddings are, like, the best.

Who on earth says that?

Oh, what time is it booked?

You're booked for the whole day?

We can punt everything else, but we need to get this site.

This dude hangs up on me.

-Need to find a site.

-'Ceremony hunting was ridiculous.'

I hated it and I still hate it now.

It's been a rough morning. I've called fifty million places and no-one's available.

I really want to throw up.

Desperate and running out of options,

Tedric learns his reception venue

has a sister location, just 13 miles away.

What am I looking at, in terms of cost?

We know you're on a budget and all that stuff.

A strict budget. I'm on, like, an Atkins Diet budget!

-The cost is going to run you about 350.

-OK.

'I think Alfreda will be shocked'

by the ceremony site,

considering the fact that it's not a church, or anything majestic.

But depending on how it's decorated,

I think she'll be pleased.

The ceremony might not be at a chapel like Alfreda wanted,

but it will be at The Vatican.

Finally, two days before the wedding,

and Alfreda gets to see her dress for the first time.

I really do hope that Tedric has bought the dress of my dreams.

Uh-oh!

If the dress doesn't work out,

I'm going to be completely devastated.

Not having the right dress

will be something that I will remember forever.

OK!

Oh, God! I'm scared! I'm scared!

I'm definitely worried.

I wouldn't walk down the aisle in a dress that I would hate.

He'll just have to get another dress. I'm not going to do that.

Do you like it?

Well, I've never...

-..seen anything like that before.

-THEY LAUGH

It's going to look good once you put it on.

OK. Yeah, go ahead.

Are you guys ready?

THEY SQUEAL AND CLAP

OK, you look really, really good!

Oh, OK! This is good.

-This looks really good.

-See, all she needed to do was just take it in.

I was about to pass out in there!

'Being in that dressing room trying it on,'

I sweated an ocean, being so nervous.

So seeing actually what it looks like in person,

it's just a beautiful dress.

I have to tell one thing. That your fiance...

this dress is rented.

-Oh!

-Not to keep the dress.

That's OK! The dress comes back, you keep the husband.

-I knew there was a catch.

-Yeah.

You'll have great pictures in the dress.

I wanted it!

'I'm definitely disappointed'

that Tedric had a rented dress.

'That definitely hurts.'

That's, that's kind of sad.

This is a note from Tedric.

Oh, read it out loud!

"Dear Sweet Honey Bear, I would like you to wear the shoes...

"I would like you to wear the shoes your father bought you.

"I know he will be watching us,

"so he would be honoured if you wore those shoes."

'My father purchased these very, very beautiful shoes for me'

and I always told him, I was like,

"Daddy, I'm going to wear these for my wedding day."

-SHE SNIFFS

-All right, I'm going to take it off.

'I wasn't prepared for him'

to even write a note and being as considerate

to make sure that that was going to happen.

After Alfreda leaves,

the bridesmaids finally get to see the subtle, tasteful dresses

Tedric wants them to wear.

-All of our dresses fit in there?

-Yes.

-What?

Yep, all nine of them fit in that one, tiny bag.

Oh, OK, we got sexy going on!

What, I mean, what is it?

-I'll be the guinea pig.

-OK.

Boobalicious!

Oh, my gosh! Look at how short it is in the back!

Oh, yeah, this is not classy.

This is very hoochie.

This is inappropriate!

People are going to be giving us tips as we walk down the aisle! SHE LAUGHS

It's too small of a dress for a whole lotta woman.

Exactly. And I got a lot of woman in the back, so...

-Yeah.

-THEY LAUGH

I don't want her thinking we hate the dresses.

I want her to enjoy this day.

So if we could have just positive attitudes

and show those pearly white teeth.

Teamwork, teamwork!

Meanwhile...

Ooh, it smells great in here!

HE RINGS BELL

Natalie, I'm here to bake this cake!

Right now, I'm super excited.

This is it!

'I'm about to bake this cake'

and live out one of my dreams.

Oh, it's easy.

Whoo! That's sexy, right there!

Oh, oh!

I'm going to go fast, just like you, OK?

This is whipped cream.

-Go like this, you know? Try.

-Got it.

I think Alfreda will truly appreciate me making this cake.

Every piece of cake that she eats, she's going to love,

because it's made with love!

It's the night before the wedding

and Tedric has planned a bachelorette party for the girls.

-THEY SQUEAL AND LAUGH

-With little thought

as to what they have to do the next day.

So, I would like to propose a toast

to the most amazing woman in the world.

I can't believe you're going to wake up in the morning

and she's getting married. This is still surreal to me.

And so, to Alfreda!

ALL: Cheers!

Ching-a-ling!

I'm setting up bottle services at a club in which we met at.

DANCE MUSIC PLAYS

They might have too much alcohol.

They're not like myself or my groomsmen,

where we can bounce back after a few hours.

The room is spinning.

'I trust that she will not get completely wasted tonight'

and miss the most important day of her life.

It's the day of the wedding, and Alfreda and her bridesmaids

are not only not hungover, they're just getting started.

ALL: Cheers!

To the bride!

This may come as a surprise,

but Tedric has a little special trinket

that he wanted to give to you on the day of your wedding.

< What is that?

Awww!

< What is it?

It's a picture with me and my dad.

Awww!

-Like a little locket.

-Oh, wow!

So even though my dad's not there to walk me down the aisle,

I still have him close with me.

I never in a million years would have expected

that he would EVER do something like that.

So that was extremely sweet.

Meanwhile, back at the venue, Tedric arrives

and discovers things aren't set up how he wanted.

My wedding is in four and a half hours.

It's going to be tough, but I think I should be able to pull it off.

Big one, big one, small, small.

-Oh,

-OK. It's like an X.

-OK.

Uh...

Getting married will be a cake walk.

Getting ready to get married is the hard part.

HE WHISTLES

Wrap this thing up like it's a baby.

Man, what in the world?

What you get, what you get?

-I bet I figure it out before you do.

-No, don't hate!

I'm going to try it again. Oops!

No, you don't.

Hey, is mine done?

I definitely messed mine up.

This one must be too short or something.

-This opens!

-Oh!

Voila!

See you, over here struggling!

How about I hand them to you?

Because you are doing an excellent job.

Hey, man! You take the weenie way out!

BRIDESMAIDS GIGGLE

'I am ready to see my bridesmaids.'

BRIDESMAIDS GIGGLE

I'm really curious about what's going on back there.

I can hear them laughing and giggling.

I have no idea what's happening.

I don't know how their look is looking.

If I chose the bridesmaids dresses myself

then I would have chosen something that's long and flowy.

< Are you ready to see your bridesmaids' dresses now?

Come on, ladies.

-< What do you think?

-< So, what do you think?

< Yeah, say something!

They're not going to look at me, they're going to look at your boobs!

THEY LAUGH

I think everybody looks hot,

but I'm don't know if you're supposed to look hot at a wedding.

Obviously a guy picked this out.

The dress is pretty

but I probably wouldn't have chosen it for a wedding.

-What would you have chosen it for?

-A Soul Train line.

THEY LAUGH

Over at the ceremony venue,

Tedric has a little trinket for all the groomsmen too.

Can I grab your attention?

I want to do something that's a reflection of myself.

What it is, it's a thing called happy socks, right?

So, I'm going to lay these out.

Tedric spent almost as much on those socks as the bridesmaids dresses.

I guess they're made from the same amount of fabric.

Each and every one of you guys take a picking.

HE LAUGHS They're creamsicles!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, these look beautiful.

He did a good choice with the earrings.

Come out, we're ready to see you!

THEY CHEER AND APPLAUD

You look gorgeous!

It looks beautiful!

'My look is amazing.

'He's done such a good job.'

Are you excited?

I'm ready. I'm ready to get the show on the road.

You don't care about the venue or anything?

I'm not even thinking about that right now.

I'm just, like, ready to go.

'I just can't wait to see him at the end of the aisle.'

It's been 21 days. I haven't spoken to him.

I am ready to get married.

And your dream wedding begins now.

MUSIC: "Air on the G String" by J.S. Bach

Hey, man. You crying already?

MUSIC: "Wedding March" by Mendelssohn.

Am I pretty?

(MINISTER) Today we are gathered here

to witness the holy matrimony

of Tedric and Alfreda.

A marriage may be made in Heaven,

but the maintenance is done here on Earth.

Through Hell, high water, or low water and no water,

you are to cleave to one another like rice on a chopstick.

LAUGHTER

I like chop sticks!

Like rice on a chop stick!

Tedric, will you take Alfreda Johnson

to be your true and lawful wedded wife?

I will, and I do. LAUGHTER

Alfreda, will you take Tedric Williams

to be your true and lawful wedded husband?

-I do.

-Great.

May I have the rings, please?

So before I say this,

I cherish you. I love you.

With this ring...

With this ring, I promise to love only you, Alfreda.

To be your only boo. LAUGHTER

With this ring, I take you, Tedric.

LAUGHTER

She can't get it off!

By the power vested in me,

I gladly pronounce the two of you as husband and wife.

OK, son, do your thing. Cleave unto your wife.

-Amen! >

-LAUGHTER

Mmm, long time coming!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen,

Mr and Mrs Tedric Williams!

'I definitely feel like my father

'was honoured throughout this process.

'You know, Tedric made it a point'

to make sure that his presence was here.

If I can use one word to describe my wedding,

I would say, "blessed".

I missed you.

That's nice!

I'd like to introduce Mr and Mrs Williams!

CHEERING

I'm just so proud of Tedric because he did such an amazing job.

This is beyond my expectations of how he would do.

Oh, that's the cake!

That's the cake, that's the cake!

What makes this cake special

is the fact that I spent a night putting it together with the baker.

Are you serious?

I was extremely happy with everything

and really, really surprised.

Her ring was like...ahh!

I wanted to scream in the middle of the wedding like, "Oh my gosh!"

But it's been a blast!

Well, the reception is awesome.

Tedric and I, this is what we do.

We show up, we make it happen. We make dreams come true.

This is my dream wedding.

I'm with my dream husband,

and I just...

I feel like I'm floating on a cloud.

I couldn't have asked for anything more.

I just feel that this night was just blessed.