. ♪ o what a mighty good man >> announcer: from nbc news this is a special guy edition of "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb and a bunch of "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb and a bunch of guys. captions paid for by nbc-universal television was that hoda? >> that wasn't me. what are you reading? >> are we really on air reading news? >> let me see your magazine. >> it's wines-day wednesday, july 11th. i can't believe jenny mccarthy is naked in this thing again. >> did you see her? >> i thought she looked darn good at 40. >> what else are you learning from your "playboy" magazine?

>> other people read the stories, but i haven't got my glasses on. apparently there are good stories in here, too. >> you told me you learned something. >> what did i learn? what's the face? what did i learn? >> that everyone downstairs is -- >> oh, i can't believe everybody is like clean as a whistle. when did that happen? >> that started. people started doing that downstairs. >> that's disgusting! >> this is our special guy edition. this is going to be a fun show. you know why? >> why? >> because we get to drink beer like guys do. by the way, can we just show our cute mugs? >> we get to spit and scratch and spew -- >> this is coors light. >> we're just hanging out in our man cave. >> that's davey. that's not us. we're not that gross. >> we're going to talk about the battle of the sexes. >> this is cool. there are a lot of guys looking for work and they're all schlubby. >> they're looking for chicks

like us. >> and they're all getting a makeover. we'll have a complete makeover. >> our guys are here. we love our guys tell-all panel. ryan, chuck, rick, and remember this guy bob is here, remember from "the bachelor"? >> he got married. >> but it didn't work out. >> that's a shame. welcome, bob. >> thank you. >> we're so glad you're here. >> hey, half of them don't, bob. >> one out of two, bob. my first one didn't -- hoda's first -- we're all in this together, all right? >> are you cfy? by the way, i get why guys sit in these easy chairs and eat funyuns. >> i understand how you get in them, but i don't know how you get out. these are unbelievable. they are ugly as sin, but i like them. >> and you've got your frank gifford shirt on? >> i wouldn't show up with anything but my frank gifford on. we only have a hundred at home. we had a big reaction yesterday to our question. i guess everybody in the world except myself that's read the

"fifty shades of grey" trilogy. so we asked all of you out there who you think of when you're reading this. >> you picked yesterday, in case people didn't see it -- kevin costner. >> who should play it in the movie. >> in "no way out." not as the hatfields and the mccoys. >> and you also picked the one and the only -- >> frank gifford, when he was about 27. >> he looked hot. >> which is how old christian grey is supposed to be, i guess. >> i picked from the great movie wall street, gordon gekko, sexy in charge michael douglas. >> hoda looks like them that. you wrote in with your ideas. a lot of people, a lot of women thought ryan gosling. >> yeah. >> he's an awfully good actor, too. he's cute on the eyes, but a great actor. a lot of people i think because of "magicing mi inin ining mike

channing tatum. >> no, matt bomer first. he is totally hot. >> and channing tatum. he is the sweetest guy. he was here last week for "magic mike." he's from alabama. these southern boys, they've been raised with manners. >> i agree. >> i didn't mind being called ma'am. . >> no. i like southern boys, too. have you ever had a funyun? seriously, have a funyun. get involved. funyuns are so good. >> christian bale aa lot of you thout, which is interesting because he's not anywhere near 27. >> bite into it. tell me how bad your breath is right now. >> oh, my god. >> they are awesome. you have to sit alone and tear through a bag of these, funyuns. >> they remind me of -- >> bunions. they fit right on it. it's unbelievable. boy, do i need a pedicure. >> here is the question. if your friend's husband hit on you, what would you do?

would you tell your friend? would you not tell? how would you address it? frisky.com -- there is a dot-com for everything -- talked about ways to handle this situation. >> first of all, don't blame yourself. you can't help it that you're gorgeous and hot. >> and your cleavage is out. >> and your friend's isn't, apparently. >> no one is perfect. remember that. this is one of the, i guess one of the solutions. should you never be alone with your friend's spouse. >> after that? no. . >> you would choose to stay away. would you tell your friend or not? >> it did happen to me one time. >> it did? >> yeah. it's such a creepy feeling. it just really, really is. they weren't close friends. but it was a friend's husband. >> so what did you do? >> i just acted like i didn't hear him and moved to the other room. >> they also say, too, i would stay away from the person but i don't think i would say anything. >> the guys have some things about that. what?

>> what do you have to say? >> i just want to stay if my friend's husband hit on me, i would tell him, i am very flattered, but it's not that kind of party. >> the thing is that it's a slippery slope. if you say something to her, she may take his side. now you're -- >> you're a femme fatale who brought it on. >> or maybe you misread it. >> but you do need to stay away from him. come on, guys, there's a lot of women in the world. >> do not tell her that her husband hit on you. you will be the enemy from that point on. >> right. she'll think you brought it on or you misread it. he didn't hit on you, what were you thinking? >> exactly. it's a no-win. >> his response will be, honey, she's a whore. >> i personally love it when guys hit on me. i'm okay with that. >> that will be his response. >> i'm a divorced guy. >> what does the divorced bachelor think? . >> thank you so much for tha wonderful introduction, kathie.

i say run. that's all you've got to do is run away and lie aut it. >> and send the wives and mothers to me. >> that's why my relationships worked so well. >> all righty. that was fascinating. >> they're still talking. >> are you all still talking? >> that's my favorite line of all time. if you guys are wondering where the manliest city in the united states is -- >> it isn't here. sorry ys, it ain't new york. >> so they did this study. the way they narrowed it down, they found the place with the most steakhouses and gyms and home depots and the ones with the least number of manicure/pedicure places and hair salons. here are the top five manliest cities. >> number five birmingham, alabama. >> number four is nashville, tennessee. >> oh, yeah. i love myself some nashville. >> number three is memphis. >> whichs a lot like nashville. >> number two is columbia, south carolina. >> are you noticing a southern trend?

>> yes. >> and number one -- >> the manliest city in the country is oklahoma city, oklahoma. >> wow. >> wow, okay. there you have it. >> anything? >> my wife is from there. >> thank you for that. >> did you just call your wife manly? >> no! >> you just called your wife manly. >> no, i did not. i said my wife is from there. i was about to sa she knows manly men, that's why she chose me. >> why did she leave the manliest city in america to move to new jersey to marry you. >> she wanted the manliest man in the most cultured city. there you go. >> you cleaned that up good. >> that was nice. >> thank you. >> this next story is going to upset a lot of people, we think. in germany this mayor decided that women are not good parkers and that they can't park their cars well. so this mayorecided -- >> you think that's funny, do

you? >> -- the trickiest spot he was saving for men. there is a male symbol. >> male-only parking lot. >> look at him smiling and pointing. what's wrong with him? >> i say tase him and vote him out. >> he said it's too complicated for women to learn how to park in those spots so it's just for men. >> too many difficult angles and cement pillars in garages. >> they say the spaces for women are wider, well-lit and closer to the exit. >> stop laughing. >> you guys think that's funny? >> you did research on this topic. chuck, uf said this was informed by what wi, again? >> the whole women can't drive thing, you know where that came from? >> where? >> science. >> when y'all get mad, make sure you get the right black guy. that one. >> it's all scientific. >> serious research went into

that. >> and what does science say, professor? >> it says that i am a dummy because i can't believe i just said that. >> we can't believe it either. >> they have these cars now that will do it for you. >> you just push a button and it will parallel park for you. >> i've seen people have such a hard time in those parking spaces that you start to panic. will you sweat like crazy. you pretend something's wrong with the car. you just get out of there as fast as you can. pf. >> i do have trouble parallel parking, i'll admit. i'm not great at it. what? i'm not good at it. can you parallel park well? >> i learned -- the problem is people don't pull up to the perfect spot. there is a spot you've got to pull up on your own car and then -- >> i don't like when you're that close to the other car. >> they've got the beep, beep, beep on both ends. if you can't do that, how can you host a magnificent television show like this every day? >> i can't get my chair down.

>> the trouble is we have rear-ends. that's why women cannot get out of these chairs. are you sunk in there? >> i couldn't breathe. i was getting swallowed. your good buddy cheyenne -- >> he let us know he started writing songs. you know him from tv's "30 rock" and terrific star of broadway. today he's releasing his brand-new single which he wrote. i love this song titled "before you." sounds like michael buble-ish and also jason mraz. the entire video is available on aol's music home. i want you to see a little of his video. ♪ there had to be a way for me to find a sunny day ♪ ♪ and now you made me want to sing ♪ ♪ i was lost in my head ♪ trying to forget ♪ before you

♪ i never really had a chance ♪ before you ♪ i never had a reason to dance ♪ >> isn't that great? >> cute. >> he is cute. >> he said we could show it only if we promised to let him come back and sing it in the studio for us live. >> maybe he could play christian grey. . >> cheyenne would be a great christian grey. >> a little cheyenne jackson. >> we are so happy for him. most talented people you meet do something else very, very well. so he's a doll. we are very, very happy. >> how's your coors light? >> i'm not -- i have to have maryland crabs to go with it. got any of those back there? all righty. let's face it, men and women are different. will we ever truly understand each other? >> our guys tell-all panel will chime in on, well, everything, as you've already heard. but first these messages. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there,

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ever ever of snooxt of. >> so why are men and women so different? >> will we ever really understand each other? we have a biological anthropologist and author of "why him, why her?" >> maybe you can finally make sense out of all of this for us. is there a definitive answer? >> sure. there's all kinds of definitive answers. first of all, i think we should bust some of the myths we know about men. we spent 50 years busting myths about women. let's bust some myths about men. one of them is that i think men are more romantic than women are. they fall in love faster than women do. they are more visual. >> they are more visual. but is that falling in love or falling in lust? >> it's falling in love. we put them in a brain scanner and studied the brain circuits. it is falling in love. >> how long does that last? >> overnight. >> men are 2 1/2 more likely to kill themselves when a relationship is over. not only do they fall in love,

they also want to do more kissing in public because it's called mate guarding. they want to show everybody this is theirs. they want to move in sooner. >> really? >> they want to introduce the person -- >> they want somebody to do their laundry. >> and they have more intimate conversations with their wives and lovers than they do with their friends. women have more intimate conversations with their girlfriends. we don't share as much with our men. >> let's look at photos. this kind of depicts what you're talking about. the first picture is two women talking face-to-face. this is how women discuss. they look at each other in the eye. >> we swivel face-to-face and we do what's called the anchoring gaze and we talk. i think it comes from millions of years of holding that baby if front of your face, cajoling it, educating it with words. >> let's look at two men. maybe not. there they are. >> side by side. as soon as the guy on the right looks up, the guy on the left will look away. i think it comes from years and years of sitting behind that

bush on the grasslands of africa trying to hit that buffalo in the head with a rock. you can't talk to your neighbor while you're doing it. look at the third picture. >> it's interesting talking to a man. it's fun when you're walking they reveal more because they are not looking at you. >> absolutely. if you want to have a real conversation with a man, do it while he's driving a car. he can't go. you're side by side, you're not looking at him. >> i love it. >> the third picture is a man and a woman. let's check this out. >> that's the point. >> she's all wrapped up in him. >> wouldn't you say she's more romantic? >> no, no, no. she is trying to reach him and he is feeling invaded. he is trying to reach her. he's talking as if she's sitting next to him, they're looking forward together. that's the way men can talk. >> tell us about us. we took a quiz that would tell us about our personalities. we don't know the answers. >> it's a questionnaire i did, 10 million people have taken it in 40 countries. i'm measuring the traits linked with four brain systems, the

dope mean, serotonin, estrogen and testosterone. >> what did you learn about us? >> very high estrogen and very low testosterone. >> because i'm post-menopausal. >> the brain is built in the womb. as estrogen is washing over the fetal brain it's building more connections between the fofrpt fro front and the back, between the two sides, giving you both your verbal skills. >> it asks about empathy. >> without empathy, you won't be able to do your job. you have a tremendous amount of it. that's estrogen related. and i'm not surprised you can't park your car, you were both very low on the testosterone scale. >> then why do i have so much facial hair? >> you're a girl. face it. will >> you're a lot of fun. thank you for coming. we'll find out if our guys agree with this. do they? >> i don't know.

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it is time for our guys tell-all panel. answer to your burning questions about your man. first up from our sister channel bravo and he's never been married. >> next is our comic chuck nice, star of tv's "world's dumbest." he's been married for fraenl years and two children. >> actor and weight watchers blogger. >> what? >> every week it's something new. >> married with a toddler son. >> last but not least, former "bachelor" star bob ginney is the host of hgtv's "showdown." he's been married.

but fortunes have changed. >> this is a setup for the guy, he's been married a lot. >> sara, first question. >> allison from rhode island has a dating question. >> hello, gentlemen. i would like to know when you ask me out on a date i have to plan said date. >> ooh, that's a good one. >> said date? >> because i'm working. >> she may be working, too. >> here's the thing. that is me being very considerate of you. i'm going to do what you want me to do as opposed to what i want to do, which is probably not go anywhere and spend money on you. >> exactly. >> also, guys do not like to be wrong. we took enough of a chance to ask you out. we took the chance you were going to say no. we're like, don't mess this up anymore. >> plus, i will say this, too. i will will eat anything, clearly, anywhere, and women have a more particular diet,

let's say. if they only like a certain type of food, we'll go with it. >> all right. let's go one more to sara. >> hi, gentlemen. i'd like to know why do guys walk like a mile in front of you instead of right beside you? >> where are you at, dubai? >> that guy might be trying to get away. >> he has a lead on you. you better pick up the pace. >> we've got places to go. we are doing things. let's get it done. >> honestly, if you notice, we do the same thing with our children. if you ever see women walk with their kids, they're like, come on, come on. guys are like, befowhere's your? i don't care! >> it's also because i'm texting my other girlfriend at the time. >> those kind of jokes don't go over well. >> sorry, sorry. >> good for you. >> maybe it's not a joke. >> we'll come back with more of our guys panel.

>> and is your man an oscar or a felix? but first your local news. of aleve in liquid gels.

♪ walk like a man ♪ talk like a man and we're back on this wines-day wednesday with a special edition of "today." you can't do a guys show without the guys tell-all panel. >> our resident guys are ryan, married guys chuck and rick and now-single bob. >> divorced! >> oh, my gosh. >> let's pick up with our next question. >> jenny from florida has a mom question. >> hi, gentlemen. why do men compare the women in their lives to their mothers? >> she is the first woman we ever meet. >> it's a great love affair. >> even when you're not trying to, there are things about your mother -- i find myself there's so much my wife and my mother have in common.

>> but you love your mother. >> i love my mother. >> she's your first love so you're always comparing, do you do things like her that are good or do things like her that are bad? >> that's why i love myself. i am just like my mother. >> you are sick. >> that was just weird. >> katie says, what if a guy asks you out but you're actually interested in his friend? >> i have a thought on this. chuck and i have been friends for a long time so if a girl -- >> and that's why his wife left him. >> and she left me for chuck. i think it works on who the friend is. if it's chuck and i, let's say, and chuck asks a girl out and she's more interested in me, go for it. definitely date me. if i ask you out and you're interested in chuck, don't do that. >> that happened to me though. a girl comes up to me at the bar and she got me drunk. she gave me a lot of drinks, then got me to give her my friend's number. that's how she did it. that's how i figured it out at the end. >> were you brokenhearted? >> sort of. >> did you feel used and abused? >> no.

because i found somebody else. >> and you got free drinks. >> right. >> she bought you drinks all night? >> don't go for the guy you don't want especially if he's hanging around a guy you like. >> that doesn't make sense. >> let's go back across to sara. >> alana from texas has a question about vacations. >> so we are on vacation. girls are on vacation. wives are on vacation. we've left you in charge. why do you feel the need to micromanage -- or have us micromanage, texting and calling and asking us the schedule when we're on vacation. it's your job. >> let them go on vacation. >> i didn't understand a word -- i didn't -- what the heck are you talking about? >> what is happening is they're on vacation and the hugsbands ae calling finding out how to do stuff. >> you understood that? >> where and when and what to take and where is the ballet bag? >> i'm actually glad when my wife goes and leaves me with my son. okay, now we're going to do things my way.

tell him, hey, now is your chance to do things your way and leave me alone. >> that's good. >> it should make you feel good, though, because he likes being told what to do and he listens to you. so even on vacation you've got to tell him, make sure you text whoever he needs you to text. >> why aren't they vacationing as a family? >> that was my first thing. >> sometimes you need a all-girls vacation. >> i'm concerned about the breakdown of the american home! >> back to bob. >> should i ever approach a guy or should i wait for him to approach me? >> approach, for sure. >> approach. >> you all say that. wow. >> for sure. >> i'm here with kathleen from oregon with a question about fashion. >> i'm wondering where most men get their fashion sense from. >> or lack of? >> from you. >> that's what she's really saying. >> i think that it comes from your father. >> i do not dress like my dad. >> i don't dress like my father because my father eventually became a cowboy. he used to wear all black,

looked like a black johnny cash and everything. but he was stylish for what he likes so i kind of got an appreciation for at least trying to look a certain way. >> you've got the black vest thing going. >> i'm urban cowboy. i take it to the next level. >> i think you get it from your friends. you are what your associations are. >> i have always enjoyed dressing up in men's, women's, all kind of clothing for me. i don't care. as long as i look good. i don't judge. >> he loves capes and cloaks. >> i think you get it from the women in your life, too. i know i do. >> that's a big thing. i'll tell you when i really first started trying to be fashionable, i had a girlfriend who said, you need to be more fashionable. and that did it. >> thanks so much. >> you'll stay with us for the rest of the show and comment, right? >> of course you are. things are going to get pretty messy coming up. because sara is going to show us how guys live. >> and it ain't pretty. little bit of swine flu coming

up. but first these messages.

♪ let's get dirty we are back with more dirt on the other sex. >> we sentd our very own sara out on a mission to get men and women to come clean on how guys like to live. >> i have to say we did encounter some neat men. but let's just say if your guy's mess and clutter is driving you nuts, you are not alone. >> would you mind telling me please what all these clothes are doing here in the living room? >> that's where i took them off. would you put them away for me, dear? >> from "i love lucy" to "the break-up" -- >> i want you to want to do dishes. >> why would i want to do dishes? >> -- men are often portrayed as messy. >> when he comes home from work, he takes his shoes off, leaves his socks and everything there. >> he's a neat freak. >> laundry basket is right there. the dirty socks just stay right next to it. >> the bathroom. guys leave everything everywhere. >> leaves it up. leaves the toilet seat up.

>> samantha who owns a public relations firm in new york city invited us into her home to give us the dirt on her husband andre. we start with the kitchen. >> i don't understand why we have to recycle paper towels. we we wash our hands, use a paper towel, then leave them on the counter because apparently we're going to use them again at some point. he loves to pour coffee, but only drinks this much of it. makes me crazy. five glasses of coffee. this much coffee left in them. >> samantha's list of complaints continue. >> he's not good towel hanging. when we remove water from the refrigerator, we don't know how to put it back. he lays this way. toilet paper rolls and leaves another on the counter. >> have you heard the saying, if you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seaty? >> yeah, we won't go there. >> now unchartered territory, andre's man cave. >> i don't come down here. i'm too afraid.

>> there's medical care if you pass out. but we need to see the messy. clothing, we predicted this. >> sorry. >> oh, my gosh. >> we have one, two, three cups of coffee. >> apparently one's not enough. >> what else did we predict? we said a possible food item. >> hold on! >> eww! >> clothing, coffee, food item. >> his side of the story? >> i suffer from psd, post-samantha distress. it's kind of like almost living in a museum. i live in the house, and it's a byproduct of living in the house, a little bit of mess. >> for the record, samantha and andre have been happily married for seven years, despite his messiness. >> i like him. >> they seem darling. you learn to just expect it and see it as part of them. >> he says she's a rolling

dervish and before she's finihed she is grabbing it out of his hands. >> my sister michie is like that. >> how we can all live together peacefully. good morning to you. i'm meteorologist chris warren with your weather channel forecast. looking at the day today, friday is going to be wet because of isaac still, slowly marching inland. it's going to bring a lot of rain. there's a severe weather threat still possible to see tornadoes and flash flooding because of isaac as it moves in. still seeing some very hot temperatures all the way up into montana, eastern montana readings into the 90s, desert southwest 90s and triple digits, also warm in the northeast. chance for some showers and storms with what's left over from isaac moving into the ohio valley for the weekend. it's going to be a wet labor day weekend for many people because of isaac, as it slowly moves out into the northeast. hot weather still in the

northern plains and throughout the southern plains, upper 90s in dallas. chance for some showers and thunderstorms from the great lakes to the southeast. we'll have 80s in louisville and chicago, lower 80s for you, and then on monday, as we look here, we're going to have a chance for some showers and storms throughout portions of the mid-atlantic and lower great lakes. then on tuesday, the east coast here has much cooler temperatures after your labor day weekend, a shortened workweek for many people. we'll see the chance of rain from boston all the way down to d.c. and into orlando, parts of florida also wet on and off. a chance for a few showers here throughout the northern plains and the east coast still in it. still seeing that chance for showers and maybe a few thunderstorms mixed in. temperatures will be a bit cooler to the north as well, after some big-time heat. the next couple of days by next week, temperatures much cooler. and make sure next week each day on the weather channel you "wake

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as you probably know, there are certain guy issues that can drive every woman crazy, especially when you live with them and you love them. and we're not just talking socks on the floor. >> interior designer and the host of "house hunters on vacation" tanya is here with solutions for happily co-habiting and she's brought along messy husband andre. >> andre is back. >> he's taking one for the team today. >> yes. he's a sweetheart. >> these are all things that are correctible, right? >> i think so. i think it's all about compromise because some women like to go over the top with their fancy froufrou pillows and things like that. but what i'm here to do is help people like andre and samantha figure out what we can do,

particularly in the bedroom. >> let's talk about dirty clothes on the floor. >> and in the bathroom. >> andre leaves stuff wherever he wants. >> are you aware you're doing that when you do it? >> no. totally not conscious. >> although she probably says it all the time. >> how do we unring that bell? >> what we have to do is, not the nagging. nagging does not work. >> it's obviously not working. >> no. so we have to figure out ways to find where things are landing and just make it easier for them. i know, right? why do we have to make it easier for them? but we do. will here's a perfect example. keep baskets in a place where he's typically dropping his towels, let's see if he can just make it there. >> won't that look nice in your home, baskets everywhere. >> this is for -- >> andre can play games. >> this is for a good man who is a kid at heart and you want to

make it easier. >> see if she can get it in. >> all right. >> turn it into a game. >> that might not be the most appealing thing. >> not unless you love basketball things hanging in your home. >> this would be plan b. take a hutch. this was under $200. you can get it at a thrift shop. you can get a hand me down. cut a hole right out of the top and let that become a hamper. >> that's smart. >> that i like. >> now you don't have anything showing. it looks like a book shelf and your clothes are tucked away. >> would you do that? >> i like that one. >> bob was leaving coffee all over the place. he also has a thing with water bottles. if we want to fix that issue, what is the way to deal with that? >> what's the thing with all the coffee? >> it's easier to bring another one down. >> than to bring one up. >> it's easy when you bring them all up at one time. >> which you never do, andre. >> i do once in a while. >> i have a method to the madness. so instead of too many water bottleses g bottles, get a carafe. fill it up with water and keep it on a tray.

this is a tray you can use in your bathroom. that way, when all is said and done, you load up the tray and take everything together, right? >> great idea, but i wouldn't bank on it. pf. >> i wouldn't either. >> i like the idea. >> do you like the idea? >> i do. much better. >> it makes it easier. >> same with the coffee cup over there? >> same with the coffee cup, too. >> exactly. >> that's not working. >> no, not at all. >> we only have a minute left. you say this carpeting is great because it doesn't show stains or anything. >> i like texture. what do you guys think, do you like the way this looks? >> i love it! >> no! >> may i give a suggestion for hooks? if he can hang up on a hook. hang it up. >> we don't feel like folding. we're not looking for the hanger. look at him, he's smiling. >> it's the chair. i need the chair to put the clothes on. >> a compromise would be some hooks. >> design a chair with a hole in it and let that be a hamper.

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america by teaching everyone my method on how to look good. i wrote about it in my book. >> of course you did. >> what else would you be doing? >> there it is "dress code." >> our first guy is george. >> now, george has been married for 2 1/2 years but he feels he's let himself go a bit. he asked for your help to make him look great for his wife. this is his before picture. >> he looks good! >> he does. let's see what he did for himself. come on out, george. >> oh, gentlemen! >> dude! dude! >> tell us what he did. >> our guys are yelling, you are sexy! >> as i work internationally and i really want americans to compete on a global level. i want us to see ourselves as more. george said, eve, i look like a pasty janitor. he's in the maintenance business. i said, oh, but george i see you as so much more than that.

>> christian grey-ish. >> i dressed him up so he could look great for his wife who is on a meditation retreat. >> you like? >> i do. i actually got all the stuff so i'm ready. >> you bought it? >> yeah. >> you look good. >> you know what the best part is? his wife's been on a meditation retreat and been silent. he'll have her screaming now! >> next up we have tim. tim recently lost his job as a financial analyst and is looking to jump back into the job market. his idea of business attire is golf clothing. so this is his before picture. let's see it. come on out, tim! ♪ it's raining men >> you go! >> what did you do, eve? >> oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. you're making my heartthrob.

i wanted tim to get up there with the fortune 300 and 500 companies. as he deserves, he's a brainiac. he was making himself too humble. so i wanted him to walk into those interviews like he already has the job. >> that suit is so nice. >> tim, do you feel different? >> i feel fantastic. >> with the haircut and the outfit? >> oh, yeah. >> no more helmet hair. andre, move over, tim is here. >> careful, his wife is here. >> a big round of applause for tim. >> tim, thank you, honey. >> oh, my gosh, we're falling apart. >> t-bone! >> finally, we have matt. he is a building contractor. he dresses like he still works in construction. >> exactly. >> which he now no longer does. >> is that tie dye? >> he wanted to amp up his look when he meets with clients. it's the stripes and the angle of the camera. >> we hope.

>> this is matt's before picture. all right, matt, let's see it. ♪ let's hear it for the boy >> oh,ing yeah! >> that is a moderate improvement. >> thank you. i clean up well. >> look at that hair! >> tell us what you did, eve. >> first of all, we lightened his hair so he has that sun-kissed, got a lot of vacation look. he can go meet his multimillion dollar clients with and he can relate to them. we also put him in spanx. >> all right, guys. come on out. >> women are not the only ones that have figure issues. >> that's true. >> guys have tummies and thighs, too. >> eve, you were terrific. >> thank you. you werewo