>> where are you going? >> i don't know. i need a raincoat, rain hat and it's cold. layers, baby. thank you for that. >> you're welcome. happy to help. what are you going to be doing? >> i don't know. >> people are sending in their things. >> we are going to use some of their ideas. there are interesting suggestions of what stories i should cover in london. we are going to put them all in order. >> i had a nice dinner with an old friend, regis and joy philbin. >> i heard of them. >> he wants to know when you're leaving again. hoda! all kinds of moisture just emanated from you. >> careful. >> you would think you could control your bodily functions. >> uncle. there is a new trend if you don't like mowing your lawn. if neighbors are complaining, here is the good news. it's trendy. "wall street journal," according

to them, homeowners are adopting the shaggy chic look. >> it's called a tough economy and people don't want to pay their landscapers. >> they are planting long hair meadow, whatever that is. >> long-haired meadows in their backyard. >> what is that? >> most people don't mind them in the backyard. people mind them very, very much -- >> hey! >> landscapers are saying that it's something they do in public places now and it's becoming, people look at it going, that looks great, maybe i should do that at home. >> you know, it's not as easy as it looks. there are different kinds of gardens, of course. i prefer a natural english garden to a very manicured -- i don't like elephants in my trees. you know they cut those topiaries in those things? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> yes, you do. topiaries, they're trees that have been cut into shapes. >> all right. >> what's the point of that? i do think it's because of the economy. >> you do? okay, it could be. "wall street journal" is saying they are looking at things and

saying it's trendy. people are noticing these all in their neighborhoods. >> we have pictures, i believe. >> i believe we do. >> somebody took pictures. they are going to remain nameless. >> they may come through. >> that just looks unkept. >> that is not what i call a long-haired meadow. >> oh, lord, let's not get picky here. that does not look bad at all. that is not bad either. >> they're not manicured, all right. >> i'm sorry it's not edged perfectly. we have monitors, we can see. >> some people have all kinds of fetishes and apparently one of our friends has a neatness fetish. >> okay, here's the thing. a lot of people were understanding your problem when it came to sleeping and not getting enough sleep. >> i'm not alone. i'm sorry for everybody because there is nothing more frustrating. >> national sleep foundation came out and said about 25% of people have a problem getting to sleep. and these are sort of the main things that impact your sleep at all, whether in a good or bad way. if you have a bad pillow, that ruins the night's sleep.

>> right. >> the room temperature. it's the only time i like it cold. >> you like your hoodie on. >> i do. >> partner snoring. darkness in the bedroom. >> partner snoring is probably the hardest one, i think. >> it's tough. and partner movement. >> yes, kicking. >> children and pets, except for bambino. bambino is the easiest little animal in the whole world. look at him. he gets on the bed and he doesn't move. he's just the sweetest. we snush all night. >> here's something else that's happening. >> remember the doctor. >> oh, no, a bambino story? >> no. but i'll tell you one or two if you miss him. remember when the doctor was here, the sleep doctor a couple of weeks ago and gave me that noise machine? >> yeah. >> i took it home and i was trying it. i was sound asleep. all of a sudden, i wake up and nothing. the next morning i noticed somebody came and pulled the -- frank said -- i said, why did

you pull the plug? to frank. he said, it was making noise. it's supposed to make noise. it makes noise so i can forget that you're right there snoring, moving around, doing weird things with bambino in the bed. there goes another -- >> did that work though? did the noise machine work? >> yes. i used it again last night. i love it. >> what did you listen to, rain? >> last night it was rain. the big thunderstorm we had the other night put me in the mood. >> here is what some couples are doing. if they can't sleep because one snores or moves too much, they are actually doing separate bedrooms. >> yeah. >> that's something the builders are doing, two master bedroom suites next to each other so the wife can sleep in one and the husband can sleep in another and get a good night's sleep. >> that doesn't mean they're not having intimate times and doesn't love one another. the older you get and the more trouble you have sleeping, you really just want to rest. you will do almost anything to have one. you know what i'm saying? >> i do. >> you sleep like a baby. >> i conk out and i don't even know what's going on.

>> that's people with no conscience. they sleep like a baby all night long. it's people like me who care about the world. >> what are you talking about? >> we're up all night praying for the condition of the world. praying for their friends who are lost. but, no, you could care less about anybody. you are out for eight hours. >> i can sleep on a plane. >> it drives me crazy. >> you're up going through notes and looking at me sleeping. and i'm out. i can snore the whole time. this is so fun. >> and drool. >> i do not. there's an app i have to talk about. it's such a cool thing. i know kathie lee will love it. it's called tap to rap. you're going to freak. get ready. i'm going to tap it. i'll say a few words and look what happens. kathie lee sings everyone has a story. ♪ kathie lee sings every every every ♪ kathie lee sings every every every ♪

kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ kathie lee sings everyone has a story ♪ >> yeah, but when does the song start? >> this is it. go like this. isn't that fascinating. >> everyone does have a story is the problem. >> now you do one. >> what? >> okay. start over. >> okay. tap it and say just one quick sentence. wait. go. >> hoda has no conscience. >> oh, it doesn't work. that's weird. broken. anyway, let's move along. you're hysterical. >> the five best small towns in america, maybe you made the list. "usa today" named them, most beautiful. >> here they are. they are bardstown, kentucky. >> a classic norman rockwell look and feel. >> most patriotic gainesville of texas.

the next one is santa fe. >> best food! >> yes. all right. >> variety of cultures who live there including native there including native american, spanish and european. >> friendliest place on earth, murray, kentucky. >> kentucky. >> a hub for outdoor activities, hiking. okay. we have to talk about this woman because there is a 600-pound woman in the united kingdom and she has a unique of losing weight. do you know how she loses weight? >> i read the notes. >> she lost 100 pounds. she shed the weight by having sex. ♪ let's get it on she did. she claims she lost 100 pounds by sexercise. she says her and her now-ex-husband have sex between two and seven times a day. >> it's never just once. and never none. it's always two to seven. >> that's her exercise. she knows how many times.

so she dropped 100 lbs by having sex with her ex-husband every single day. >> she's just wasting away. >> that is mean. >> she's down -- no. she's 600. she used to be 700. >> well, at least it's going in the right direction. i'm happy for her. but i'm fascinated why she's back with the ex-husband. >> i don't know. but -- >> i heard why. >> why? >> because she got the guinness book of world record for the title heaviest woman in the world, and he missed her. >> he likes it. it some people, that is one of the things they are crazy about. >> remember, we had the woman on rebecca weinstein last week. she had written a book called "fat sex," which you've always sa said is awesome. so you know. you told me that and you cannot lie because you're on tape saying it. >> that i like fat guys? i do. and i told you they make you feel slender.

i'm 5'9" and weigh 148. i like to make someone make me feel small. it feels good. everyone has an issue. let's go into your friday funny, shall we? what is it? >> this is from sandra day on facebook. i like this one. a husband who has six children begins to call his wife mother of six rather than her first name. the wife is first amused by it, laughs. she thinks it's cute. few years down the road the wife starts to get a little bored, tired of it. mother of six, what's for dinner? finally, while attending a party with her husband, he jokingly yelled out, mother of six, i think it's time to go. the wife immediately shouts back, i'll be right with you, father of four. >> that's a good one. >> yeah! >> you know what it's time for? bobbie's buzz. >> oh, you look so cute. >> adorable. >> i do have buzz that will probably run over, but it's really cool. before we started lush, this company that makes the handmade soaps and products.

coming out with their first-ever color collection. it's called emotional brilliance. you're supposed to go into the store. they'll spin the color wheel. you can also do it online, launching tomorrow. kathie lee and hoda both picked the first three colors they were attracted to. kathie, your first color here was gold. and it says that your strength is fantasy. >> oh! >> your subconscious need is to be dynamic. and your talent is to be healthy. >> okay. >> hoda, she picked the bright colors on this end. your strength is motivation, the blue. your subconscious need is to feel powerful. >> i do have that. i think i have that problem. >> and your talent is that you're lifted so you lift people spirits, which i think she does. sara did it, too. your strength was drive. your subconscious need was to feel secure. which we picked the same color. your talent was focus.

>> i like that. >> this is really cool. i love you can go to a lush store or go online if you can't get to the store and do this. >> so it's the first color you pick the most important. >> order of the color you pick. you find your strength, subconscious need and talent. >> what else do you have here? >> these are great ways to get glow without the self-tanner. i get a lot of questions from our fans about, how do you get the color without the self-tanner? this is something that i swear by, the face product is a five-in-one, but they now have a body, which is great. you can get a little glow, almost like a foundation for your body. covers up any blemishes on your legs. if you're going to use spf, this has a bronzer but is not a self-tanner. one genius idea called the back packet. check this out. somebody invented this so you can put lotion on your back. >> nice! thank you, b.t. coming up next, sultry voice actress and prominent poker player, her name is jennifer tilly, and she does not miss a beat.

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there's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. actress and professional poker player jennifer tilly starred in more than 50 films. her newest is a sexually-charged movie called "30 beats." >> the film follows 10 singles around new york city as they do that thing called hooking up. jennifer plays erica who is a psychic who regularly has hook-ups with a bike messenger who doesn't, named diego. >> you know, i don't think it would ever work anyway, not with the bc rules. >> what's that in. >> don't tell me you haven't heard of booty call, diego. that's what this is, isn't it? no stringed attached, no dating, no relationship? >> yes. >> yes to what it means or yes to the rules? >> both. >> okay then.

>> hey! >> is that a little too much cleavage for the morning? or is it my man imagination? >> you should have seen the cleavage i had on earlier. i decided to be discreet because this is a national show, after all. >> and a high class one. >> and i'm wearing black which is very slimming so -- and i didn't want to overpower the two of you. i thought maybe you would be all wearing colors, but you're all very neutral. >> happy to see you. >> nobody gave me the dress code here on the "today" show. >> this film is risque. >> but not graphic the way you'd come to expect. >> yes, it's not graphically risque. it's classically risque. i hope we're not losing any viewers out there. there's a little bit of acting and every ten minutes you see somebody's butt or somebody's boob. just enough to keep you going while you're eating your popcorn, then you stop, it's over and you start eating your popcorn again. >> is that what it's come to now? would any audience today sit through "citizen kane" and love it? >> would they sit through "citizen kane" and love it?

i don't know. i didn't know there were going to be really deep questions this early in the morning. i think if they sliced it together with a little boob and butt every ten minutes the audience would sit through it. >> so what's the -- you're the psychic. >> i play erica. she is bitter and melancholy. she's a psychic. everybody in the film is half her age and looks gorgeous in natural light and she doesn't. as you get older you see yourself on screen and you're li, oh, my god, i used to be so beautiful, what happened? but it works for this show because actually my character is always getting left by men. they hook up with her. she never wants to get involved because she sees the future and she knows in the future they are going to leave. so she can be really angry and mean to them because they're going to leave anyway. >> so there's an advantage to that knowledge. >> exactly. i wish i could see the future with some of my ex-boyfriends. >> let's talk. >> i had the gay bipolar con man

boyfriend. >> who hasn't? >> i had the bitter, angry, englishman. >> been there. >> one that was a virgin, but i took care of that. >> can't say i did. hoda did though, five times. >> stop it. >> five times. >> hoda! did you put him back together each time? >> it wasn't the same guy. >> when did the wheels start falling off this train? tell us about the poker-playing side of you. >> the poker-playing side is the real me. like the me you see on the morning shows being all convivi convivial, that's the fake me. >> look at the cleavage here. >> see, that is how i get the guys to not pay attention to the cards. i put on a pushup bra and a very, very low top. this is my advantage. the men can't dress like that. so i have a little bit of an edge there.

women also have an edge because they are a little bit psychic. i can read the other people. sometimes a person will be thinking and i'll see a bubble over his head and it will say "jack 10." >> so you're a professional professional. >> i won over 700,000 lifetime. i probably lost more than that. >> does the irs know that. >> i fill out my tax forms like any good american citizen. >> you are so fun. >> you're a complete delight. thank you for coming. we love having you. >> it's really nice to seat you. >> "30 beats" opens today in select cities and can be found on vod. >> what's vod? well, sara's revving up the crowd. >>ive don't know. sounded like a veneerial disease. >> is it too late to leave? >> no, it's not. well that was uncalled for. uhh...mr. gallagher. incoming!!!

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♪ i feel so close to you it is time for three, two, one live with sara haines who is hanging out with the crowd at the nbc experience store.

>> ready? bring it on. >> we've got lisa from minneapolis with a question for you, kath and your big announcement today. >> hi, kathie lee and hoda! kathie lee, i heard about your new musical. how do you feel about your new musical opening up and will you be making an appearance in your show? >> oh, good question. >> i leave the performing to the true pros. i've got an amazing cast. thank you. i'm thrilled. you know, when you start a project like that, you never of dream where it's going to take you and how long it will take. everybody that writes for the musical theater has a dream that it ultimately comes to broadway. i'm still pinching myself a day later. i really am. thanks for asking. it's called "scandalous." >> buy a ticket immediately. >> actually, august 20th. >> hoda, will you make an appearance in this show? >> you'll see me from the front row. ff. >> next up amy from oklahoma. >> hi there. my daughter and i were wondering with all the charity work you both do, just what is the most rewarding that you've done and why? >> i like to give to breast cancer. it's personal for me. so i know when i give i'm

really connecting to people who have been through the same thing. >> i like the work we do with children whether it's child help battling child abuse or cassidy's place and cody house here in new york which is for children of all kinds of disadvantaged situations. thanks for asking. elvis z-100 radio star elvi durant will put our music knowledge to the best. >> which of us is better packing a suitcase for vacation. >> take a guess there. >> tips for preventing summertime party poopers. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation,

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>> yes, i've got old school and new school questions. i'm not going to say who will answer which the best. i think we all know. you ready to play? >> we are ready. >> hands on buzzers. all right. name the artist who sang this 1965 famous song that topped the r&b charts. ♪ rescue me >> i haven't given you the multiple choice. >> what is it? >> no. you know it? >> aretha franklin. >> give us multiple choice. >> gladys knight, fantella bass, aretha franklin. everyone thought it was aretha franklin. >> fantella bass is her name. everyone thought it was aretha franklin. >> in the 1983 michael jackson song -- >> "thriller." >> no. >> continue. >> do we disqualify her? >> no.

>> please xlamt! >> he unleashed the moon walk while performing this song, was it "beat it" "thriller" or "billy jeans." >> "billie jean." >> "billie jean" is the answer. ♪ billie jean not my lover >> when you sing, we all lose. >> do i have zero? in this musical challenge? >> you're not doing well. let me do one i know you'll get. finish the lyrics to this show. >> good. i know it. what is it? >> shoddy had apple bottom jeans -- ♪ boots with the fur the whole club was looking at her ♪ ♪ she hit the floor next thing you know ♪ ♪ shorty got low low low low low ♪ >> you got it. >> give me a point. >> i love flo rida. >> you didn't sing about the booty getting a whack though. name the title of this 1974 song which is also the opening theme to our nbc hit show "the apprentice."

here we go. >> "shack". >> "shack"? ♪ money money money >> it's your closer. we'll give you the point. it's "for the love of money." "shack?" >> the movie, the exploitation movie? >> did you know this is actually from timothy 6:10 a bible verse, from the love of money is the root of all money. >> it's not money that is the root of all evil, it's the love of money. >> why are you lecturing me? next question. >> let's move to broadway. kathie lee gets one. the title song "oklahoma" was featured in this first written musical by richard rogers, oscar hammerstein ii. let's play the first line. >> no. ♪ o what a beautiful morning >> listen to the song and finish the song. ♪ oklahoma where the wind comes

whipping around the plain ♪ and the raging wheat ♪ sure smells sweet "when the wind comes right behind the plain ♪ >> it's the waving wheat. >> you know why i was confused? i always change the lyrics. ♪ hoda woman ♪ it through me off. >> the worst game ever. >> it's the best because i'm winning. >> this actor is seen in this fat boyz slim 2001 video weapon of choice. it's called one of the best movie star appearances in a music video. i'm going to show it to you. guess this actor here in this video. watch this. ♪ you can blow with this you can blow with that ♪ you can blow with this ♪ you can blow with that ♪ >> who was that? >> matthew mcconaughey. >> no. he's on "saturday night live" a lot. he always insists on having a

dancing role in every movie he's in. >> will ferrell? >> oh, no -- >> come on! we don't have all morning. >> we don't know, elvis. >> christopher walken. >> christopher walken! >> how could you tell that? >> our eyes aren't working. double or nothing, last one. >> double or nothing. what is the most downloaded song ever on itunes? "poker face" by lady gaga, "i got a feeling" by the black-eyed peas" or "piece of me" by britney spears. >> "piece of me" by britney spears. >> no! >> dang it! >> what was first? >> poker face" by lady gaga. >> the one with william i. pit. >> no "i got a feeling" by the black eyed peas. >> you both get kathie lee cds. >> no. no.

i lost. i lost. kathie lee and i are ready to pack it in. >> find out which one is better at stuffing our suitcase right after this. >> we love elvis! where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions, such as tongue or throat swelling, occur rarely and may be fatal. side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, dizziness and morning drowsiness. ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then find out how to get lunesta for as low as $15

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you know how it is. you look forward to taking a vacation, but packing has you paralyzed. never has me paralyzed. the stuff you want to take is piled up on your bed and you have to figure out how to get it in your suitcase. >> are we really doing this segment? >> yes, we are. >> apparently, there are tricks of the trade and elizabeth gray is the editor in chief of "martha stewart weddings." she's here to share them with us. >> nice to see you. >> there are tricks to make packing better and easier. >> yes. you don't want to look like you're fleeing the country. you want to do it in a streamlined manner. that comes from working from the bottom up. when you think of your shoes, start from the bottom, put them on the bottom of your suitcase outline, on the edges. you never need more than three pairs of shoes. >> how do you know that?

>> a flat, a sandal -- >> you don't know kathie lee. you want good walking shoe, a heel or wedge, a flat and sandal. you want to put in good basics. these are your bottoms, white jeans, black pants. maybe a khaki or neutral. >> and you roll them. why do you do that? >> it takes up less space. >> and i find you don't get wrinkles that way. >> a good tip, remember to keep the weight of the bag by the wheel wells so you're not having the airport flip-flop going. >> i didn't think of that, okay. >> you want to take dresses. a great sundress and maxi dress. maxi great for the beach and city. sundress you can wear with heels. >> oh, you put them inside one another? >> we layered them and put them on top. these are the things wrinkle prone. leave them like that for now. then you want to add your colorful top that's go with all of your neutral basics. >> uf up. look at you. >> roll them up, put them there. >> then you have your evening tops. these are more what you do

loosely. a pair of yoga pants. >> you practiced. it all fits just right. >> it does. >> what about your jewelry? >> first you want to fold these up. >> exactly. >> this way. >> look at hoda look at me. >> perfect. then for those, if you don't have a jewelry roll, use tissue paper at "martha stewart's weddings." it's a great way to have your necklaces so they don't get snagged. >> i put mine in a ziploc bag >> i can't believe we are doing this segment. martha would be proud. >> that's your lingerie. >> lingerie and makeup is good. >> i would have put that further down because that will wrinkle the top, but that's just me. >> we'll have a pack-off. >> wait a minute. you're going to give us 30 seconds. where's the stuff? >> behind you. >> oh, behind us. you have to get three pairs of shoes. are those your shoes, kath? you'll be the judge. >> okay. ready, set, go. ♪

i have a feeling you'll take a lot of heels. i don't know why. >> are we really doing this segment? >> they're good, they're good. >> get some jeans. what did she say to do with them? how many pairs of jeans? >> i don't like any of them. >> we're picking our outfits? is that what we're doing? >> i don't have time to take it off. [ buzzer ] >> what? >> that was ridiculous. that was -- i couldn't even get it off -- >> i think we have a tie. >> yes, i think -- >> i think we have a tie. >> okay, good. all right, that was fun. >> did anybody learn anything? >> what did we learn? >> you don't want to see me. >> what did we win? >> thank you, jerry. >> all right. give martha our love, all right? >> yes, sweetie. are you doing what you were born to do? >> let's hope it's not pack a

suitcase. we'll help you figure it out, right after this. alaska is a very extreme environment. 30-foot seas, hurricane-force winds. we go in, in some really bad situations and we always pull it off at the coast guard. >> easy down. >> when i hit the water, game on. >> wasting away. go! go! >> under water, go! >> the reason we all do this job is to save lives. >> a lot of the time the coast

guard comes before the family. >> when he's out flying, i do pray. woo-hoo! >> sorry, daddy. >> made contact with the survivors. >> everything they throw at us we do.

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have you ever met someone who is passionate about what they do and wonder, how did they get that way and will i ever find that kind of passion? >> author phil cook says you will. he has written a book to help you find that. it is called "one big thing." discovering what you were born to do. >> hey, phil. >> good to see you again. >> thank you very much. after watching that last segment, packing is not your one big thing. >> i don't think so. >> you can barely get the shoes out of the closet it is tough. >> it's tough for people. a lot of people need to make a living, they need insurance, so they do a job just to make money. >> what if we could wake up tomorrow and really understand what we were born to do with our lives. that's the question. i think it would change everything in this incredibly difficult, disruptive economy. what if we could figure out what we were really good at doing. >> how can people figure that out? >> imagine how happy people could be. how many addictions would disappear. >> people want to find their passion. many can't. >> it's very difficult. sometimes we feel swallowed up in the job we're in.

but the truth is, there is a way to figure out -- it's not mystical, weird or strange. there are steps i go through in the book that will help people pinpoint, what am i good at, what's the lane i should be running in, what's my area of expertise. >> should we go back to childhood and sort of remember what we were doing and loved so much that our mothers and fathers couldn't get us in to eat dinner? >> that's true. even go back to the prom committee, the homecoming committee. you sat around the table and said, kathie lee, you're creative, come up with a theme, bob, you're good with numbers, do the money. sam, you're good with people. why don't you host it? >> you could get the band. >> i would be a backup singer. >> people forget that. >> you're right. people look for passion in their love relationships, but if you're not happy what you do eight to ten hours a day in life it has a terrible impact on the rest of their life. >> don't people sometimes have their passion on the outside, they like photography but know they can't make a living doing it. so they find a way to make it work.

>> in los angeles, you find a lot of people want to become actors will become casting directors and will work alongside because they love the business. >> what is the cocktail party thing you talk about? >> the cocktail party effect is interesting. the "wall street journal" just reported a study in "nature" magazine that indicated we could be at a cocktail party. i'm sure you've never been to one. but you could be at a cocktail party with 40, 50, 60 people in a room, and you can zone in on one conversation happening all the way across the room. but we have trouble keeping up with the three or four conversations going on around us. what that means is, we are not wired to multitask. we thought multitasking was the answer. particularly women are good at multitasking, we thought. research has only indicated that multitasking helps us to be really badly at doing a lot of things. >> yeah, we're not accomplishing much. >> it's not what we thought it was. >> it's not excellent. >> we need to zone in, think about one thing. >> it's really a terrific book. a much longer subject than we have the time for. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming to see

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if you find yourselves scrambling to keep your ice cream from melting, we have a tip for that. >> lauren sydney is a lifestyle guru and has the scoop on turning party poopers into party perfection. >> hey, girl. >> party poopers into party perfections. we are all serving ice cream in the summer. but basically we're serving ice cream soup. pooper number one, to avoid that, take your muffin dish, prescoop, put it in the freezer the night before, two days before, you have perfection. done! >> you don't have to scoop in front of anyone. >> it's scooped already. >> it's prescooped and ready. >> it's a private scoop. >> careful. be very careful what you're saying in this segment. >> on to the next one. by the way, chocolate ice cream melts faster than vanilla. like when you play tennis you don't wear darker clothes because it absorbs the heat. >> absorbs heat, hodie. >> i did not know that. what have you done to kathie lee's wine? >> it's the morning after, you can't find a cork but you want to preserve every single drop of it.

what do you do? put this in the microwave, any candle -- >> no, you don't. >> yes, you do, hoda. any candle you have lying around. take the wick off, put it in and you'll have an air-tight -- and remove the hair. it came from my head. as long as you know whose head it came from. >> that is a great idea, actually. >> i love frozen ones. >> you have no ice. what do you do? grapes freeze really quickly. if you have them lying around, freeze them. 15 minutes later, put it in any beverage. it adds no flavor whatsoever. >> how quickly do these freeze? >> 15 minutes. >> that is good. >> yes. >> take your time. we're not going to rush you. >> we're going to stroll over here. there's always someone who brings extra guests. that is a big poop. everyone can count your corn. >> extra guests are not allowed to bring guests, but they do. >> they do. and they always know how much corn you have.

you don't want them to count your corn, ever. >> how do they know how much corn i have? >> what are you talking about? >> they always know. you need to take it off the cob. but that is a messy job. it winds up in your living room. put the cob on top of a bunt pan. then kathie lee, if you want to try this, when you do it, it winds up in the bunt pan. >> that is another great idea, lauren. >> easy. >> why are we taking the corn off the cob? >> aunt isabella is counting. i wouldn't invite her, frankly. >> i have to. she's related to me. thank god you don't have her. over here, you bought gorgeous strawberries and raspberries, but they brought the extra guests, you have bananas lying around, kiwi and orange. how can you make it look special? without being artistic, ta-da! >> oh, my goodness, it's little palm trees! that is genius! >> i did. i would like you two artistic gals to make a little something out of fruit we just hav lying around. >> this has trouble written all over it. i'm just letting you know.

don't do anything weird. >> we have about seven seconds. >> what else are we talking about? >> next, more guests and the fridge doesn't work. we have to cool the wine. something you two know a lot about. to do it quickly within 15 minutes, we take ice and water, equal parts. we take kosher salt, sometimes drinking is a religious experience. and we give it a little stir, put the wine in. in 15 minutes it's going to hasten the chill, as we like to call it. and you will not have a wine p poop. that didn't come out right. you will not drink lukewarm wine. >> all my life i tried not to have a wine poop. >> you are sick. >> nothing is worse. >> you are sick. >> mine is a smiley face. >> is yours groucho marx? >> yes. >> mine is little flowers. >> that is so pretty.

>> let's toast to your creations. we are going to run, next week a performance by a great singer. >> plus tony danza will be here. stephen baldwin and bruce jenner. stephen baldwin and bruce jenner. have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm jim cramer. welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> firms are going to go out of business, and he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money," you can't afford to miss it. hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends. i'm just trying to save you a little money. my job isn't just to entertain but also to explain. call me at 1-800-743-cnbc. all right. another day in the books. we survived another weekend of a crazy earnings period market. what are we doing on friday here? we look ahead. game plan. we get earnings reports that drown out everything i