kabc's rob mcmillan caught up with him and his family. >> it's still going. my phone hasn't stopped. >> reporter: mike young is the 35-year-old electrician from lake elsinor who was seen by millions on the oskars thanks to that surprise by jimmy kimmel. the day after, as he and the family had breakfast together, we asked them about how it all happened. >> i was looking for something fun for my birthday. i went on one iota and i saw that it was -- they were doing the movie screening. >> reporter: young's wife, calliope, said the free tickets instructed them to park near yeen versele studios where everyone got a bus. >> as we were going around on the bus, getting closer to the oscars, we were like, what theater are we going to go to? >> reporter: they were told it was a prescreening for the movie, "a wrinkle in time." that was a ruse. >> halfway through the movie, the screen cut out. jimmy kmle and the rest of the celebrities came down. it got us in shock. >> reporter: but then, jimmy kimmel walked up to him and asked him to introduce the next set of prernts. >