With some new staff joining us for Season 9, Ellen decided to give them a real Ellen DeGeneres Show welcome. She scared the living daylights out of them!\rbr\rbrEllen welcomed her new staff member, Allison, by giving her some hilarious holiday-themed scares!\rbr\rbrShe rented the scariest thing she could find to spook her staff and some of her audience members. It certainly did the trick.\rbr\rbrEllens staffers got a hilarious surprise when they arrived at the office: a Dance Attack! Robert Hoffman was hidden and ready to spring some surprise dance .