this is "today" with kathie lee kifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is tryday fridaand november 27th and also known as black friday. hoda missed the memo. >> i did. >> so if you are hitting the malls out there, please bebeafe out there, and be very, very careful. this is "crazy beautiful" by skileer decker. >> it has a fun beat. we have a great show for you. guess who is here? >> i love him. >> a legend is in the house. nathan lane, and two-time emmy win winner and itony award winner has embarked on something new that the family is going to love >> yes, it is an adorable, adorable new book that he has written and we will talk to him in a moment, and in fact i will

give him little surprise. >> and i love surprises. and by the way, you are out o@ hummus. ow! that s ais a good look. you missed it. >> welcome to the fourth-hour of "today" show. and even loves the choices so bobbie is buzzing with u all of the mustf-have options that you need. >>or what? >> gift giving. >> options for things. bobbie looks aadorable by the way. >> yes. >> and first they said their vows to music and the most beautiful song, and now t t most cucust country couple haley and michaels are back. i'm going to walk down aisle my whole life >> it is a beautiful song. and they will sing for us. >> and we are going g have sosothing called the leftover

>> and so it has been thanksgiving and what do you do with all of the leftover things? it is called pie sunday. >> and so that is how i am go ging to surprise nathan. hi. >> well, thank you. it is geing lonely here in the kitchen.n. >> i know. so here, you can have have a little bite of that if you'd like. >> oh, great. well, it is hard to know where to start because there is so ny things in there. >>well, these are old pies. >> and it is so healthy, too. >> yes. >> hmm, that is great. thank you so much. >> yououre verer welcomom i will see you in a few momts. >> and don't forget about me. >> i will bring more hummus here. >> and none of the drawewe here open. open. >> yes, everything in here is fake including some of our bodies.

buttererand various pieces, cranberries and graham cracker. and hoda says it sis non-dairy. >> we will find out soon. >> and tryday friday is what we call around here. so there is a new craze in fitness. >> okay. we all know that running is good for you and we know that walking is good for you and there is a nene craze called crunning. >> like anananimal. >> and you run on the hands and the feet. and this is crazy. ta i i -- thth is a record. >> and that is something we can't try right now, because we are in heels.

>h, wow. >> and alex has been practicing. and nathan is horrified. what is this called? >> i believe it is called doggie position, position, and i don't believe i should say anymore. >> well, that was awesome, and good try. >> thank you, alex. >> that was great. >> if you plan on shopping today. today. >> black friday. >> and this is where the best deals are. >> wallet hub. >> and this is where you will get the best deals. if you go the kohl's that is number two, but the number one best place to go get the best deals is jcpenny's because they offer the best overall discount, 68%. >> on everything? >> on whatever they are offering. 68% is crazy. >> and it depends upon how much you want something and listst to, this 16% of shoppers would cut in line or e pretend to be a store clerk to

get the last gift on the shelf. talklkbout the mollday spipit. >> p ptend to be a store clerk. i have never heard of that. genius. >> and some would knock over people. and 7% would knock over elderly? >> yes. and have y y seen those stampedes? >> well. >> and people have been killed. so, yes. >> put a damper on things. >> and i i believe we arar getting a delivery. [ doorbell ringing ] >> oh, i think it is donna adorable. and she has a great song to enter into. it is off of my kathie lee cd. >> there is only one left. >> that is right. >> this is mine, but yours is over there. >> oh, we go over there? >> yes. >> you are leaving? >> bye.

i have a lot of products to give. >> and here sis what we should talk about what this is. let's do the reveal though. >> all right will. so these are the some of the things that we love. this is the must-haves that will hel youp to survive the holiday season. you can buy the box of goodies and keep it for yourself or give some away, and it is furnished by popsugar. eight things in total. >> u but we will show you four. >> and this is one of the best, spray at gives you height. it is awesome. >> i do. and what about this? lori uses that on us everyday. >> in is a great makeup, and this sis the wine that we like in the e x. >> yes, you can't beat that.t. >> the wine cup. yeah. look at how cute. so they are plastic, and isn't that interesting, nathan.

>> there should always be a place for the thumb. in a glass, on a body, always should be a place for the thumb. >> and t ts is a big and grapefruit watch. >> and it is a total of $150, t you can buy them all for $75, and the shipping is free. shopping is not, but the shipping is. >> and this is popsugar.com or go to the klg and we will have a link. so take a picture of your box and we may show it on the show. >> and put hashtag popsugar so we can find it. >> we don't know how the find things. >> we don't. >> and this is stella the dog. we havav naughty mabel the dog, but this is stella. >> all right.

the leaves with a go pro. no fear. so adorable [ laughter ] >> you really could watch it all day. >> well, that dog is nowhere where nearly as naughty as nathan's mabel is. >> we will tauklk about that in a minute. and we are going be playing in game, and sometimes there are odd coupling, and i'm not saying that blake a a gwen are an odd coupling, but, some people feel that. that. >> and whys a rock star doing with a country star and i don't want to thinknkbout it, because lot of peoplpldo. >> and so we will talk about a dated. matthew mcconaughey, and he described this lady as a sweet grammys.

>> i am saying janet jackson. >> and the correct answer is janet. and she later said thaha the relationship was short lived. or lived if you are a grammarian. >> and barbra streisand. >> and agassi. is that michael bolton? >> yes. >> and i didn't have good eyesight anymore (and we all love kim and who did she date in 2006. >> i am going with nick cannon. no, .ick lachey. >> the answer is niciccannon and they broro up -- no -- >> this is the last one.

>> dat this action star in 1987. >> not sly, not bruce willis. it i'm going nicolas cage. >> nick cage. >> they met on the set of "moonstruck." i loved that the movie. >> and i have to give this to nathan, because he is about to fallllsleep. >> we have something call ded the friday funny. >> i will be the judge of that. >> and we need sound effects when -- what sound does a turkey's phone make? wing-wing. you get it? now i need some help. >> what is he supposedd to do, becausus he doesn't know the answer s answers. >>hy did the scarecrow win the nobel prize? >> why? >> because he was outstanding in his bill. >> oh, god. these are terrible. >> this is the worst friday funny. >> why did the police arst the

>> because they suspected him for foul play. >> is this for a children's birthday party. this is bad. this is very bad. >> we will get you. why did the turkey cross the road twice? >> why? >> to prove it is not chickenment. >> we are bombing. no! >> i don't write this stuff. i am doing my best here. i would like some mercy. wa hap`ened when the turkey got into a fight. >> what? >> he got the stuffing knocked ouou of him. >> that is -- >> i know. i know. mercy over there. nobody appreciates me. >> it is black fryiday and we

it's the holiday season so who better to stron show than the actor who is a right come combination of naughty and sometimes nice. >> nathan lane. and you may rerember his work on the stage and screen, but you may remember him as adam goldman in "birdcage." or a ather fill tham was turnm that was turned into ammy inan emmy in 2005 >> and now he is an author of a new book called "naughty mabel." >> thanks f f comeing in. >> and you are guys are so great. am really happy to be here.

>> you are so lying. >> ando this is the first book? >> yes, it was sort of inspired by our own french bulldog mabel. >> how old is she now? >> nine. >> so you have gotten to know her personality? >> yes. >> they have the -- look at that, the hottest dog manyyin the world. >> they are. >> and you got it before it was the hottest dog in the world. >> because they also we thought it would be funny to have an eloise character in the form of a phrenfrench bulldog because they are so popular and famous more the snoring and the flatulence. >> flatulence. >> yes, sut like shgs, it is like living with danny da veto. and we know how people treat their dogs like children, es psh especially if they don't have children of their own. so we thought that it would be a fun character, and so we worked

that the's how it was born. >> and so i saw you with mabel adorned with the pearls and the tutu. >> that is what she is going to wear in the book. >> a lot of the beaeaiful outfit outfits. >> and we say, beware of the dog first thing in the morning before her morning drink. >> look, she still drinks o of a toilet bowl, but it has two olives. >> and so, this is your first book? >> yes. and it is almost met witita lot

movie even before it comes out. >> what do you know about writing or parenting? >>le well, i have been a writer since i was a kid. devlin is a writer, and so it is not like we did it as a whim and tossed it off over the weekend. >> and congrats again and recent marriage. when did you officially tie the knot. >> thanks for the garlic bread. i wou have invited you, but it was just close friends and family. we had fun though, didn't we, hoda? >> i sent two. one to your husband in the hampson -- hamptons. >> well, we were dating for seven years so we were like the gay oprah and stedman. and so i told him, he is just the starter husband, but we will see how it goes. i am kidding. i i kidding.

>> from the vipneyards of mount claire, new jersey. thats good. and it helps to take the nail polish off later. >> e e y. glad you enjoyed it. >> and now, coming up is bobbie's buzz witit our favorite products. >> and you can choose what to use.

too much. we are back just in time for "bobbie's buzz." and our contributor bobbie thomas is here with her favorite beauty and fashion products. what have you got theday, bobbie? >> yes, thihi is my favorite called the nippies and this is to help the girlfriends up top. and it is a nipple e e reck-- e e reck

walk into a cold room, and out in the cold. >> do they stick? yes, and what i love about these is that there are three different skintone shades. and so somebody like me who is nurseing, neeee them in a larger size, but it will help if you are breastfeeding. >> and isn't it azing how your nipples momoh. >> i can't even talk about it. >> and the framery, and so you get your prescriptioio and you can pop them in and d t between the sun prescription and the reg yuou lar prescription, and build your wardrobe, and men and women. i have never seen y y in glasass. >> schoolgirl there. >> and this sis the tre chic, and this is a female-founded beauty brand. if you love the pencils, you customize the end.

and you can click between the sponge and the blunt or thcar fwon blot. you can kuscustomize it to have the lip gloss and the eyeliner and so many great magnetic options to the try. it is online. >> and not theention that whoosh is pretty wild. >> say hello to your beautiful mile s miles for us. and haley &michael are going

we have have t tbe ready. >> you are not alone. no, thank you. no, no, i n't want to play.good deals are going quickly this rning as blackckriday shoppers get out to beat the rush. this morning, we heard from shoppers who said they're looking for bargain on beats -- and t-v's. we caught up with some very early thissmorning -- arood two o'clock. they had been shopping for seven hours already. "this is our forth time at other places like to the malls. all the other ones... it's been

he's been t tking pictures every hour -- he say's it's a family tradition theyye been doinggfor many years. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. breezy and cool today but drying out for the weekend. rain and snow track in for monday with a chance of snow for tuesday. highs will stay mainly in the 30s with lows mostly in the teens for the next several days. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the latest news you're watching k- w-w-l, we've got you covered.

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friday and if jammed parking lots and crowds are not your thing, you are one of the 83 million people who plan to hit th keyboard to shop on cyberer monday. >> you don't have to scour the web for the best deal, because we have done it for you. and so here for ththbest sales and to protect your credit card here is cyber guy curt knuteson. >> and i love how you say it like it is a har pi guy -- party guy. >> and do you have so wait until cyber monday to do it? >> are you on the new trend here? th is what is it called. >> and not just monday. >> right. a lot are of the stuff will start on monday and continue on, and then there is stuff happening on black friday is related to cyber monday, so it a giant gimmick from the people who would love to get t to our llets to the take ththmoney

>> does that mean that you don't, cyber monday is stealing some of the black friday thunder? >> could be or maybe they are sharing the holidayove going around. >> i like spanky tuesday. that is my favorite. >> you don't want to know, curt. trust me. you don't want you don't want to know. >> and so we have some of the great apps that you wan to tune into, and the one thing for cyber monday is to make a list. nd out what you wantntand when you have that list arerend organized, you will win out. buy via is one of the great apps. it is available on fios and android. it has a lot of the sibcyber monday deals and the local coupons to show you what is right around your house wherere you c c see exactly what is for sale near you. then also, it allows you the

the ipad and you can go into the store and scan with the scanner of the camera, and the upc code on the product and it is going to make the list for you, and so when the price drops down, it is going to alert you. they have come out with their own cyber monday v vsion of the p. and itit takes you straight into the cyber monday deals. >> perfect. another one? >> yes, this is the granddaddy of itall, sibcyber monday.com, and that is the one that will take you into the stores that will have deals coming up, because it is friday now, and we will hit monday and y y want to be at the computer or the tablet or the phone and ready to go, because they will hit. >> and limited quantities of things? >> many time, and this is why you want to the go on twitter and facebook. so let's say that you are looking for the particular itemem >> such a headache. >> no, no, it is not. this is honestly easy.

and so on the facebook or twitter search for the things that you already know that you want, the brand names or the toy names. and so i put up doc mcsffin's vet and clinicencenter. so this going to show me the places it is available for sale. >> and the different prices? >> yes, and you have to poke around and do some work here, but people are talking about where the deals are, and they will go really, really fast. so you want to go to get in on that immediately. that is on twitter and facebook, and then retail me not has to be e of the absolute wiwiers. we know it as a website that started for the coupons, but now they have really shown you nearby. and look at the map n. this is going to be showing you the sales in nearby places.

>> well, that is a huge amount of jeans there. d you know what you want, and then -- >> and try to find cheap jeans. >> i will give you my old ones, but they are going to be short on you. >> they are more val ubluable wn they are beat up, right? >> and that is fup. so you are going to be keeping our information safe and so people do get a feeling that they won't( take your credit card >> well, if you go to theapps, it is safer than the website, because they have bneen vetted by goggol or apple, and when it comes to storing the credit card, and suppose it is going to be ststen, because it is goging to be one day. it does. >> i know. ah, don't worry about it. >> and you are not responsible for the bill, so you are protected through the banking

have to pay that the bill. the big takeaway is that you don't have to -- what are you doing? >> we have to hurry, curt. >>nd you vhave to check your credit card statement every single month. >> all right.

excited to shop onyb if you are puttingp a chchstmas tree this year, tradition says most of us do it this the weekend. while decorating can be a struggle, perfecting it may be more of a struggle. >> so from fresh to faux, here to help us for december issue of "better homes and gardens" david stark. >> hello, david. >> so good to be here. >> this is the weekend? >> pretty much. this is the time, and we are

>> and a lot of people start out make it look evenly distributed like this, but often, it does not end up like this. is there a trick to this this? >> yes, a lot of the people make the mistakes ofrapping it around the tree, and that makes it messy when you take the tree down after the holidays so one of the tricks is to put it up and down and do a zigzag behind ththtree and so when you go the take them down, it is easy. and you put some of the lights inside and some on the surface, and that is the trick, to have layers of lights. >> and how many strand ss for a tree like this. >> and we have all stood there in the store and said, how many lights should i buy? >> well, you don't know, because some like a lot. >> well, there is a formula, the height of the e tree and multiply it by eight and that is going to give u what you need. >> okay. a six-foot tree. >> and thihiis a 6 1/2-foot tree

by 8. >> round it off by seven. >> 6 1/2 times 8 is 56. >> yes. >> that s$$is the linear feet. >> and how about the ornaments, and some people overpower and sometimes not enough. >> and i am a big believer to have small, medium and large and evenly distribute a angst the trees. >> so you tuck it insooidide? >> yes, and again,he layering is very, very important. and this is also the formula how many ornaments. so the same thing, height of the tree times 14. this tree has 92. 91, excuse me. 91. >> don't confuse us with the fancy math. >> call my accountant that who

>> and we will goef o are will go over here so you don't have e to. and white trees are a trend this year. so you combine the white tree and the black and metallic ornaments and plaid garland. this is a paper punch, and you can get it are from the craft store, and you punch out the star from paper and put a hole on each end of the star and put it together with thread and you have made a cool garland. so if you wantt to take the garland. >> you wrap it around or zigzag? >> well, you wrap it around but just on the end of the boughs. this sis the cherry on the sundae. very, very easy.

>> don't messith me,david. it can does not matter about the back, right? >> well, it depends where it is. >> if ix is up against the wall. >> well, your backside always matters, right? >> and don't mind me david. >> you need this. >> i have waited all of my life. it is so cute. >> if you don't have a lot of space in your house or you don't want to clean up, you take insulation foam from the hardware store and we stretched fabric around it, and finished it with some ribbon and with the tea pins, you can draw the tree with the garland and pin the ornamemes directly on. >> look. there you go. >> and all righty, lots of great ideas. >> perfect. >> all righty.

>> a merry medley to get you back in september this kun country couple made their national tv debut right here. singing their hit song "giving it all to you." >> and everybody loved them so much that we had to bring them back. ta ri nashville-based newlyweds shannon haley and john michaels. and they are here to share some christmas melodies. and hoda found you on pandora. >> when i heard that song, i fell in love with you. has your lives changed at all since you were here last? is. >> yes, completely. thanks to you. >> and this is a med ily of

christmas songs. >> and you will know them all which is nice. >ere they are haley and michael michael. have yourself a merry merry merry little christmas the weather outside is frightful and t the weather is so delightful since we have no place to go let it snow let i know i really can't stay baby is cold outside i have to go to away baby it's cold baby it's cold outside sleigh bells ring are you listeninin in the lane snow is glistening a beautiful sight we are happy wonderland

jingle all of the way oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh singing jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh i'll be home for christmas you can count on me i'll be home for christmas if only in my dreams and so i offer you this simple phrase this simple phrase

althohoh it's been said many times many ways merry christmas merry christmas merry christmasas and have yourself a merry merry merry little christmas now we are back with more in a moment.

the" on nbc. have you noeticed that a lot of the celebrities like to throw lavish birthday parties whether it is for themselves or someone

>> yes, and chris kardashian kid, and simon cowell almost spent $1.6 # million on his 50th birthday bash. >> so this is what we had to say about extravagant birthday parties. this is what we said. >> and so people have a right to spend their money any way they want well, it is okay to have an extravagant party, if somebody is throwing it for you. >> well, you would do it in a heart beat if you had the money. >> you would, hody. >> and we have the count down to christmas christmas. >> and so we are cnting it down from the food to the clothes for the kids. >> and we will also have leeann rhymes. >> and we will be seeing you funday monday.

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