so hurry in! ♪ at subway from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and it's a beautiful thirsty thursday. beautiful day in new york city. hi, hodi. >> hi, girl. >> we've been here a long time already today. >> we've been very busy because we welcomed carson daly to the "today show." >> we sure did. none of us knew it would happen until yesterday. there's a countdown to the new studio that we will be showing

off to the press today and showing america on monday. >> it's like here's where my living room is. >> we won't make excuses on what is not finished yet. oh, but we haven't painted yet. >> and we don't know where the bar is. have they designated that. >> we bring the bar with us. >> carson is going to host something called the orange room. >> he's going to be the link two between the -- >> >> the interweb and the people. >> okay. and he's also going to be link between what's going on on our set and you at home. >> done try to make it so easy. it will be fun, though. he's very comfortable. he's very relaxed. we already love him. it's been here forever. so it seems very, very natural. he is. welcome, welcome. we have one more money in the zoo. >> yes, we do. yes. now hoda and i yesterday after the show, we went to cancer

fitzgerald. every year on 9/11 they ask some people to come to generate funds for their 9/11 funds. you go in and everybody was there in their cubicles with all their stuff in front of them. i don't know how they understand any of it. >> the reason is they lost two-thirds of their employees on 9/11. so they really made it a priority. they've never forgotten about it. >> they had the single largest loss. one of them was my friend tom, my dear friend terry's husband. i try to go there every time i could. even though it's raising money for a serious thing, it's a lot of fun. >> it is a lot of fun. you get a percentage of whatever deal they do. >> all of it. the whole commission. >> last year they raised over $3 million. >> 14 million, right, chris? >> you and i were there. we were on fire. how much you going to trade? you kept making them trade more.

and they did and we made lots of money. >> we had our way with them. that is bruce jenner. i had no idea bruce was there. i want to publicly apologize to kris, who was nowhere to be seen. you know. >> that's an interesting shot. >> hello to you. >> yes, yes, yes. now, you know, we all know about your little dog blake. love blake. everybody knows what's happening with blake. remember the same day i gave cinnamon lee to my friend. that picture was just sent to us yesterday. basically taryn say on her way to the vet to get cinnamon lee fixed. how cute is he? >> adorable. >> how cute are they when they have no idea what's about to happen? she just sent a text saying tell kathie lee i'm going to kill her. they can't find cinnamon lee's

second ball. now they're going to charge me two times as much to fix him. they think it's in his stomach. she gave me a one ball dog. and there he is. the one-ball dog. >> he don't know. he's like what? >> i had two when i got here. >> i will pay the difference, taryn. i'll pay it out of the gifford family foundation. >> hysterical. so if you were watching million second quiz, and when you watch it it's weirdly addictive. t a trivia game. it's live. ryan seacrest is on the rooftop in new york city and it's fun. they have different people reading questions out to the contestants. and we read a question apparently last night. so let's see what we said. >> this is a video question from

the "today show's" kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. >> in roman mythology, who is the god of wine? is it cupid, janus, bachus or tartarus. >> four-point question, katie. answer it or double it back. five seconds. she's going to answer it. what did you say. >> "c", bacaus. she's up by seven now. >> she's a wino. good for her. >> i should point out, living in new orleans for many years. we pronounce it baucus. but they told me it was backas. i think it's baucus. >> well you also think it's new orleans. >> it is. >> that's the way it goes. anyway. you know who is amazing?

>> who? >> besides carson daly is ryan seacrest. he can do anything. if you guys enjoy "america's got talent", one of the things they do really well, a terrific act involves dogs. >> they won it last year. olate dogs. they were darling. well, they returned last night for a little performance. these dogs are incredible. see what they can do and stack them up against your dog. >> oh, i don't like that. look at this. okay, they are the happiest little dogs, too. >> yeah, they're tails are wagging. oh, nobody likes that. >> i love that. >> why does have to be in the back?

you know, the dogs are better than the men. >> the tails are wagging. there's part of me that looks at it and goes ew. >> they love it. see, they love it. >> oh, they're so happy! i wish blake could do anything. anything at all. he just rolls over like that. >> should i tell my famous joke? >> no, no, no, no. no, you can't. you cannot tell. >> so funny. >> "america's got talent", by the way the finals are tuesday and wednesday at 9:00, 8:00 central. >> we haven't seen this, but we're told it's by the same people that new k-mart commercials. >> it's a christmas ad. >> but there's a reason for that. it's 104 days until christmas. k-mart is trying to get people to become part of their layaway plan. these are the same people that made the commercials that we loved so much. >> we'll show you a new one first. this is the christmas one.

♪ >> don't let the holidays sneak up on you. shop early with k-mart free layaway and shop member prices can be put on layaway. >> sorry, it's too early for christmas. i don't care if it's layaway or not. >> this is not my favorite one of theirs. which one do we love the most? >> there was a shipping commercial. they wants you to ship your pants. ship your pants. >> let's watch it again. >> always fun. >> ship my pants? right here? ship my pants, you're kidding. >> you can ship your pants right here. >> you hear that? i can ship my pants for free. >> wow, i may just ship my pants. >> billy, you can ship your

pants, too. >> i can't wait to ship my pants, dad. >> i just shipped my abouts and it's very convenient. >> very convenient. >> i can ship my drawers. >> i just shipped my nighty. >> i just shipped the bed. >> if you can't find what you're looking for in store, find it at kmart.com and ship it to you for free. >> genius. that was the best one. >> you're going to spoil my day. >> i'm actually going to make your day. this is an oldie. this is kenny loggins. >> then i'm gonna love it. >> everybody pay close attention. crank it up ♪ whenever i call you friend ♪ >> you know who is with him? >> stevie nicks. how can you love a great song and then love the garbage you love. ♪ >> here's stevie.

♪ forever and ever! ♪ ♪ day by day here it comes. no we have to -- here it is. crank it. this is the part. this is the part that we need. ♪ sweet love showing us a heavenly light ♪ ♪ i've never seen such a beautiful sight ♪ >> all right. that's a fantastic one. ♪ i know forever we'll be doing it doing it doing it ♪ little bit. dirty bit. little bit. >> there's one i'll play for you maybe tomorrow. >> okay. kenny loggins wrote a song

called cody's song. and i recorded it later. >> all right. >> we're going to play it tomorrow. >> no, we're not. we're going to play it on monday. okay or not okay. is it okay or not okay to sport a grill? here's what we said. >> not okay at all ever. end of story. >> but what do you really think? unless you are a rapper, they are not okay. >> even if you're a rapper. >> rappers can wear what they want. >> i don't see any reason for them. i really don't. okay, you know what time it is, hoda woman? >> i suppose you're going to tell me. >> i'm not. but once again, he will. >> okay. >> it's time for "be bold today." sponsored by progresso healthy. bold flavors for theold hearted. >> and together we're going to spice up your life. >> all right. now is your chance to be bold and try something you've always

wanted to. >> we'll help two people achieve something off the bucket list today. send us a one-minute video about your goal, what you would like to do. we could choose you. chances are not. but we could. >> it might happen. >> you know who is coming up today? first of all, ambush makeovers. one of our favorite people in the world. i can't believe he came back. >> ricky gervais. >> and he's got a new series on netflix. he's going to be here to tell us all about derrick. you're going to fall in love right after this. >> be bold today is brought to you by progresso soups. progresso takes your heart healthy diet from bland to bold. progresso bold flavors for the bold hearted.

>> he's best known as cocreator

of the hit show "the office" as well as his sharp tongue. >> now ricky gervais is the writer, director and star of a new series. it's so great. i love it on "netflix." it's called derrik where he plays a gentle care taker in a retirement home. >> oh my gosh. we just watched them this morning. >> this is so amazing. >> most everyone else on tv is fake, but we're real. >> the best show in the world. >> honestly, we didn't know what to expect. netflix is surprising us all over the place. i thought it would be hilarious. but you said, i would rather make people cry than laugh. >> i've always snuck a little drama into my work. but this is a show about

kindness so it's more out there. >> is "derek" based on someone who knew? >> it's based on a lot of people you meet growing up. they may be nerds or outsiders, but i wanted kindness to come along and trump everything. the people you see are not like brad pitt and johnny depp. they're ordinary people doing extraordinary things. >> we don't spend enough time with people like derek in our world. we're too quick to dismiss people like that. >> yeah, and they're funny and smart and sweet. >> and you learn important things from them. >> we saw you on the golden globes doing your thing. a lot of people saw you as that spot. >> we have to be more brash, arrogant. we have to bring down authority whenever we can.

i loved it. i was shocked at first. by the end, by the third one i think people got it. oh, i get it. they're jokes. >> and they're not meant to hurt people. or destroy my career. but in derek you see a whole another side to mr. gervais. >> yeah. you have to be in charge. >> we didn't get to that one yet. is it the question? >> yeah. it's scripted. but it's a documentary so it has to look unscripted. there's one in particular where i could not stop sobbing. >> yeah, but you were probably drunk. >> no, i wasn't. i don't start till 10:00, truly. i have my standards. >> yeah.

when you start at 9:00 you know you've got a problem. we see selfies all over the place. yours is unique. >> oh my god. describe this thing. >> the idea is you have to make yourself look as hideous as possible, you know, with only the face you've been given. [ laughter ] are you in the tub? yes, you are. amusing himself. >> look at that. >> will you show us how to make a hideous face. >> nobody needs to know what we were doing. that's not right. >> all you have to do is make yourself look as awful as possible. so you get your chin like that. you get it from under there. all right. so take it. okay. ready. >> that was hideous. >> yeah, that's pretty hideous. >> and i wondered if it was real wine. >> are we going to show it?

here's what i love about it. that's pretty bad. >> that's amazing. >> excuse me. that is talent. this is horrendous. >> they're used to us. >> we're drunk. hello, hello, america. >> what i love is he does this. it doesn't take that long to wash everything out. and then you have all this lovely hot water. >> i don't want to waste the hot water. so i stay in there for like a half an hour. exactly, yeah. end of the day, maybe a glass of wine. >> why wait? >> yeah. amazing. >> now we want to send us a new selfie of you in the bathtub having a glass of wine while you're bathing. >> how do i do that?

are you on twitter? >> she is. >> i have somebody that does that stuff for me. okay? >> i imagine you have do everything for you. >> whatever is necessary. i'll introduce you on the way out. we love you. we love "derek." it's on netflix. you have to watch it. it is deliciou we hit the plaza in search of two women in need of a do-over. i think you'll like what you see. after this. please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you over today? because i'm a pig driving a convertible?

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what? what is ten inches tall and can run faster than the fastest man in the world? we're going to give you the answer next. >> it's a lot of fun. >> quite interesting facts. and a make over. ♪

>> and we are back with our plaza ambush makeovers. out in the crowd looking for the perfect pair to surprise. >> and now the results. >> everybody. lewis, lalala. >> and cribbing editor for people style watch and author jill martin. all right, it's a little muggy out there today. >> a little muggy. but we were able to find two women who didn't have a clue how glamorous they could be. >> okay. katie is 30 years old. as a mother of two with a commuter husband, she rarely has time to focus on herself. she jumped at the chance to get pampered. let's listen to her story. >> we spotted katie because of

the teenage mutant ninja turtle. didn't know you would be on national tv? >> it was all right. i like it anyway. >> i know you wanted to cut your hair. what an opportunity. >> exactly. i'm so excited. i'm planning on donating it to locks of love. very excited. >> what do you think of all this? she deserves it. she's been a stay at home mom, and i've been out of town a lot. she has taken a lot of responsibility with the kids, and she really deserves something nice. >> all right. well here we go. >> thank you so much. >> we like it when people say thank you. >> i do, too. and i like ramsey. >> he is kind of cute in that turtle shirt. >> ramsey, please keep your blindfold on. here is katie meadows before. all right. katie, let's see the new you. all right. oh my god.

>> turtle man is going to go into shock. >> ramsey get ready. take off that blindfold. >> whoa, turtle man. >> oh my god. >> katie. >> he likes what he sees. spin around. like in the mirror. >> you look hot. >> is that arson? okay. spin right around. you look beautiful. am i going to need to get kleenex for you? >> that's giselle. >> look at that. wow. >> i chose to keep her hair longer. because she's 6'2". this is a super model. she just didn't know it. i slightly lightened the hair. making it a little bit blonder on the ends. but still keeping it very natural so she can maintain her hair style when she goes back home. >> look at ramsey. he is liking what he sees.

>> she's always gorgeous, but she looks great. you really do. >> that dress is perfect. >> this is a brand called nue by edressme.com. i love it. because people don't think you can wear turquoise in the fall. >> why not? >> she's a super model. she can do whatever she wants. >> the boots from nine west. >> fantastic. good job. okay. our second lady is theresa hubbell. she's 58 years old. no, no. she's 45. you guys have to choose between one or the other. she is from oregon. her hairdresser has been trying to convince her to color her hair for years. she decided today is a great day for a new look. >> i can't believe that you're her mom. you look like her sister. >> thank you. but i know you want this for your daughter. tell us why. >> she's a wonderful daughter. she's awesome. we get along very well. it's she's awesome. i have three children, and

they're all awesome. >> what do you think about this for your wife? >> it won't take long to make her beautiful. >> we've all determined that she is 58. which is still younger than i am. so it's her husband joe and mom diane. that would be kinky. but anything can happen around here. and we don't judge. let's bring out the new theresa hubbell. >> oh, nice. all right, you guys ready? take off your blindfolds, please. ♪ all right. want to see what they're looking at? >> oh! thank you. >> she said thank you. that's a good sign. >> i'm telling you, washing away

the gray washes away the years. 30 minutes and it's a whole new woman. they updated her hair style. something as simple as moving the part over to the side. dog gone it. >> and layering the top a little bit more. >> thank you. >> and all the makeup, that makes everyone look fresh and younger. >> beautiful. >> you look gorgeous. >> i recognize the earrings, jill. >> the earrings are kendra scott. i love the whole look on her. if you want to look slimmer, it's great to put on another texture. you see the leather going down the side. this is also from edress. >> mom, what's going on? >> what do you think? >> great son-in-law and a beautiful daughter. >> she looks awesome. >> what do you think? >> i think i need a makeover. she looks too good. >> let's bring katie back out. so good. so good. [ cheering ]

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♪ >> you are so good. she is singing "dance apocalyptic." she is known for her funky critically acclaimed music, awesome dance moves and is fearless in rocking her sky high hairdo. >> and now she's come out with her second cd. it's called the electric lady. we're so happy to have you with us. >> i'm honored. i'm humbled. i love y'all. >> the very first thing you notice when someone takes a

quick glance at you is your hair. >> it's a monet. >> how much work goes into the monet? >> it's a lot of love a lot of ideas. >> you don't give your secrets away. >> absolutely not. >> you are a fascinating young lady. from kansas city, right? >> born and raised. >> tell us what your musical influences were. >> i grew up in a musical family. my dad. his family. in the choir. according to my auntie i would sing michael jackson songs in the choir. i was always listening to bad or beat it. >> that's funny if you break into that at church. that's funny. that's a sermon. >> absolutely. i was preaching. get it together. we in church. >> a lot of people just got to know you because you sing along with the group fun. how did that collaboration come about?

>> they reached out to me. they were big fans of my last album. they pretty much reached out a couple times like we really wanted you to be on the song. i listened to it and i loved the song. they were on tour with me. they opened up for me. yeah, yeah. we had a relationship. it was great. i'm honored to be on such a big song like that. >> the critics are going crazy over this. how could someone so young be understanding all of it so well and with such grace. you have a beautiful spirit about you. >> thank you so much. i'm very thankful. this is my second full-length album. it's a double album, and i got the opportunity to go for it. i brought in an orchestra, horn players. i duet with erika bondu. solange knoles. and i got a chance to work with my musical hero prince.

>> what do they think back home? >> i hope they're proud. i always want to make them proud. that's the bad thing is leaving the family. they're so supportive that they make me want to keep working hard. >> you can tell how well you were raised. there's a song you have called tight rope. i was at the billboard music awards and that song came on and the whole place exploded. there was something about that song tight rope. >> yeah. >> hold on. >> show us how to do it. >> this is your morning cardio. come on. come on. come on. >> oh. >> and this song is about finding your balance in life. life will give you so many highs and lows. ♪ high low

♪ you got to tip on the tight rope ♪ >> oh i love her! >> you are adorable. >> thank you. thank you. and actor kirk cameron is going to take on a leap of faith next. alaska is a very extreme environment. >> 30 foot seas, hurricane force winds. >> we go in some really bad situations and we always pull it off. >> hit the water. game on.

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>> it is an age old question. why do bad things happen to good people? >> actor kirk cameron tries to answer that question and quite a bit more in his new documentary, unstoppable, a personal journey that he embarks on. and he's with us here again. you were here from monumental. and this is an interesting thing. one night, all over theater in the country. >> that's right. >> a live event. you're going to be doing it from liberty university in virginia.

>> that's right. >> tell us about it. >> that's right. that's right. well, this is a live event. so simultaneously tens of thousands of families will gather into theaters and see this movie that looks tragedy right in the face. >> right in the eye. >> and i'm attempting to answer the question, where is god in the midst of tragedy. in the memory of 9/11 and school shootings and my friend that just died of cancer, i want to know the answer to this question. >> a 15-year-old young man, right? >> named matthew. people always ask that. how could god let this happen to a child? what did you learn on the journey? >> i learned it's okay to ask the question why. some people come from a background that says it's not to ask why. >> don't insult god. he has his ways. that kind of thing. >> but throughout history when people ask the question why with a sincere desire to understand, there's a treasure of an answer waiting. my attempt is not to answer this with some trite religious thing,

but give the story, the history. if we can climb up to heaven's balcony and get a wide angle view of all of history through the garden of eden and the flood and up to today, maybe it makes sense in a larger story. we can see that god is up to something, it's magnificent and we can trust him. >> did it make sense to you when you were done? >> it confirmed your faith. it didn't make you lose your faith, right? >> what i think should have shredded my faith and made many people walk away from god actually made my faith stronger. i'm hoping to give that hope and inspiration to others. >> you know what, you don't know how you're going to react if tragedy hits you in the face. if you lost one of your six beautiful children. or if i did or if you lost people, you question. but you point is god is big enough for the question.

and if you seek him he will give you the answers you're looking for. >> i believe that. and i'm trying to give people a fresh, creative look on how to look at things like this. honestly. and we create the garden of eden and adam coming out of the dirt. >> it's so cool when adam comes out of the dirt. >> he's very hot. >> and he's bald. which raises a lot of questions. >> so just so quickly again, it's on september 24th. what time? or how do you know where it is? >> it's in movie theaters. >> but where? >> go to unstoppablethemovie.com. put in your zip code. you can see the theater near your house. and it's a one-time showing. k at night. be there that night or you don't get to see it in theaters. >> it's really moving. >> you're going to put it on dvd afterwards, right? >> yes. >> i shouldn't have said that. no he's not! one time only to see it in the movie theaters. all right, 1,227 interesting

facts to blow your socks off, and good thing i'm only wearing spanx. >> how many of them will kathie lee and i get right? >> not many. >> get the buzzers ready. ♪

all right, calling all trivia lovers. the popular british show has

made a success out of sharing witty and entertaining facts, catching the attention of a lot of americans. >> now the creators john lloyd and john mitchum are sharing their knowledge in a new book. 1,227 quite interesting facts to blow your socks off. and they're going to put our wisdom to the test. >> we asked a question in the tease. the question was, what's 10 inches tall and can run faster than usain bolt? we didn't know the answer. >> a domestic cat. >> what if it's a fat cat? okay. i'm not going to question every answer. i'm just telling you. >> question one. apart from nasa, what organization did 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon belong to. >> he hasn't given you the answers. >> that's minus ten for you.

>> why? is it an at a, b, c, d thing? >> i was going to say the military. >> that's wrong, actually. >> i don't like your attitude. >> i like him a lot. >> that was a good guess, all right. >> a, the u.s. navy. b, phi beta kappa. c, the boy scouts. >> i'm going with "c" the boy scouts. they weren't all phi beta kappa. >> is that correct? >> yes. okay. we're ready. >> now next question. what is the most shoplifted book in the usa? "a", ""fifty shades of grey," "b", the bible. or "c," harry potter and the sourcerer's stone. >> i would guess "fifty shades of grey." but i'm going to bo with sourcerer. >> in fact it's the bible.

it's the most shoplifted book. 25 million bibles printed last year. 208 million ikea catalogs. >> that's quite interesting. >> okay. question three. >> i love this game. >> which hollywood star's middle name is tiffany? >> is it "a" scarlet johansson. "b", julia roberts. "c" richard gere. >> i'm going with scarlet johansson. >> i hope it's richard gere. >> it is richard gere. it was his mom's maiden name. >> tie breaker. >> tie breaker! >> what do 97% of people do when trying out a new pen? >> scribble with it. >> yeah. okay, what do they write? >> their name. >> correct. >> did she win? >> yes. >> bring it on, jerry. i already have one of these!

but i love it. i'm going to share it with somebody else. >> come back tomorrow. we have a big show for you. lots of wine. bye. >> i'm here to help. you and i will get through this together. [applause] >> how are you folks doing? how are you