from nbc news, this is "today", with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is try day friday, november 27th, also known as black friday. hoda missed the memo. if you are hitting the malls out there today, please be safe, be

this is by schuyler deckert. >> we have a legend in the house. nathan lane is here. tony winner, has embarked on something that the family is going to love. >> yes, this is an adorable, adorable new book that he's written, and we're going to talk to him in a moment, and i'm going to give him a surprise in a minute. he hates surprises but i'm going to give him one. >> i love surprises. you're out of hummus, by the way. thought i'd check -- oh, that's hot! you missed it. never mind. got some kitchen business. >> the fourth hour of the today show. >> everybody loves choices and bobbie's buzzing with all kinds of options. >> options for things, okay. bobby bobbie looks adorable.

>> first they set their vows to music. now the cutest country couple is back with a christmas medley. i love this song. just a little volume. i'm go being to walk down the walk down the aisle my whole life >> it's beautiful. >> anyway, they're going to sing for us. >> and then we're going to talk to you about something called leftover pie sunday. >> it's thanksgiving, you are done, you're full, you have leftover pie. what do you do with all that stuff? you make pie sundaes. >> and that's how i'm going to surprise nathan. hi! >> well, thanks. it was get being lonely here in the kitchen. >> so here, you can have a little bite of that, if you'd like. >> oh, great. it's hard to know where to start. >> there's all kinds of pies in there. >> these are all pie. >> yes. >> and it's healthy, too, isn't it? >> it's so healthy. >> mm. that's great.

that's really good. thanks so much. >> you're very welcome. we'll see you in just a moment, all right? >> okay. don't forget about me. >> he'll bring hummus too. >> none of the drawers in here open. is that supposed to work that way? >> yes. everything in here is fake, including parts of our bodies. all right. that's called a thanksgiving pie spike made of apple butter, crust bits. >> graham crackers. >> hoda's is lactose -- >> it is? >> i hope we didn't screw it up. >> we'll find out soon. mm, that's good. >> try day friday. >> uh-huh. >> is what we call it around here. so there's a new craze in fitness. >> there's something, okay, we all know that running is good for you. we also know that walking is good for you. there's a new craze called crunning. a man in japan did this.

and you run on your hands and feet like you're galloping. >> like you're an animal. i guess you are. >> it works everything. >> look at that. >> that's crazy. >> quite domestic after that. >> here's what we decided to do. we're not trying it because we're in heels, but you know who alex. alex has been practicing. oh, that's just sad. good job, alex. >> wow, alex. >> nathan, care to join him? >> nathan's horrified. >> what is this, nathan? >> i believe it's called the doggy position. i don't think i should say anymore. >> well, that was awesome. >> good try. thank you, alex. if you're planning on shopping today, this is black friday. this is where the best deals are, all right? >> wallet hub. this is where you get the best -- ready? >> if you go to kohl's, that's number two, but the number one

today is jc penney. they offer the highest overall discount, 68%. >> is that on everything? >> 68%. >> shopping on black friday can it demand depends on how much you want south korea something. 60% would pretend to be a store clerk. >> 8% would knock over a child or a nun. and some would knock over an elderly person. >> have you seen the macy's basement. >> those are the stampedes. >> and peel ople have actually been killed. so be care it will. >> you put a damper on this. [ doorbell ]

>> i bet it's donna dorable. [ laughter ] >> it is donna dorable. >> we love when donna shows up. she can crank that music. cd. >> i already bought one. only one left. >> that's right. that's for sure. >> this is mine, but yours is over there. >> oh, can we go over here? you're leaving? >> i have a lot of products. >> here's the thing. we should talk about what this is. let's do the reveal, though. >> all right, so these are some of the things that we love. these are our must-haves that we think will help you survive the holiday season. and you can buy this box of goodies, keep some for yourself or send some to others. it's all furnished by pop sugar. there's it's things in total, but we're going to tell you about four. >> jerry glues everything to

>> this sorbet, this is a dry texturizing spray. it gives you height. you love that one. >> i do. >> lori uses that one on us every day. >> this is the wine that we like in the little box. >> oh, yeah, can't beat that. >> uh-huh. little wine cup. >> look at this. look how cute these are. >> put your thumb there. isn't that interesting? nathan, a place for your actual thumb. there should always be a place for your thumb. >> on a glass, on a body, always a place for the thumb. >> and this is great grape fruit wash. >> four other things, worth $150, but you can buy them all $75. and the shipping is free. >> here's where you go. pop sugar.com/today. or go to klg and hoda.com and

take a picture of you with your pop box and we may share it. >> i want to show you something cute, you guys. this is stella the dog. we have naughty maybele the dog. she's taking a dive with a go row pro into the leaves. look how happy. look at her. just no fear. so adorable. [ laughter ] >> you really could watch it all day. >> well, that dog is nowhere near as naughty as nathan's mable is. >> we're going to talk about that. >> we're going to play this couples couples. i'm not saying blake and gwen.

some people say what's a rock star doing with a country star. i don't want to think about what they're doing, but a lot of people do. >> we're going to tell you the name of a celebrity and you tell us who they dated. matthew mcconaughey. of those three, who did he date? this pop star he described as very, very sweet after the grammys. i'm going to say mariah. >> i'm going to say, yeah. or janet jackson. >> the correct answer is janet! she later said that the love affair was short-lived. >> it didn't last very long. >> i didn't even know they were a couple. barbra streisand dated this athlete. >> andre agassi. >> also short lived. >> he was 28 years younger. is that michael bolton? >> the one on the left is michael bolton? i thought it was streisand!

anymore. >> we all know kimye. that's kim kardashian and kanye. who else did she date back in 2006? i'm going with nick cannon. >> no, i'm going to go with nick lachey. >> the answer is nick cannon. they broke up. >> this is the last one. >> brooke shields. >> dated this action movie sar in 1987. >> it was bruce willis. >> nic cage. >> it went public at the premiere of "moonstruck." >> i'm going to need a little help from nathan with this. we have something called friday funny. >> i'll be the judge of that. >> all right, i need you to give sound effects, please, for when

what sound does a turkey spoon make? wing wing. >> now i need a little help. >> what's he supposed to do? he doesn't know the answer. >> do something. why did the scarecrow win the nobel prize? his field. >> oh, god. these are terrible. this is the worse friday funny, honestly. >> why did the police arrest the turkey? >> why? play. >> is this for a children's birthday party? this is very sad. >> why did the turkey cross the road twice? >> why? >> to prove it wasn't chicken. >> you're right, nathan, we're bombing bombing. >> one. >> i didn't write this stuff. i'm doing my best. what happened when the turkey got into a fight? >> what happened? >> he got the stuffing knocked

>> oh-ho! [ applause ] >> all right, coming up, it might be black friday -- >> i'm not trying anymore. nobody appreciates me. and we'll catch up with nathan lane i'm tired of already. a perfect stocking stuffer for your kids and a lot to celebrate this holiday season after this. cheers. >> ooh, cheers. if you're taking multiple medications, does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications. but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene, available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel. biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy too. remember, while your medication is doing you good, a dry mouth isn't. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. covergirl is the easy way to draw attention perfect point liner smudge with sponge-tip to create a smokin' kitten eye lash blast mascara adds an instant blast of volume

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it's the holiday season, so who better to have on the show who is just the right combination of naughty and sometimes nice -- >> nathan lane! >> you may remember him as albert goldman in bird cage. and in "the producers", which was turned into a film in 2005. >> now nathan is sharing the spotlight with his precious pooch mable. not only does she have her own

star of an adorable new book called naughty mable. and nathan's here with us the day after thanksgiving. >> thank you so much. >> we're giving thanks for you. >> and you, you guys are great. >> you are always so sincere. >> what do you mean? i'm -- i'm trying to be nice. >> he's here to sell this adorable book, and i don't blame him. it's the perfect gift for young kids. >> and your first children's book? >> yes, yes. absolutely. it was sort of inspired by our own french bulldog mable. >> how old is she now? >> she's 9. >> you've gotten to know her, her personality. >> yes. she -- >> oh. >> they look like the hottest dog in the world right now. but you got it before it was the hottest dog in the world. >> you know because they're also, we thought it would be funny the notion of an eloise type character in the form of a french bulldog, because they are

so popular. and, you know, they're famous for their snoring and their flatulence. >> flatulence. >> yeah, it's like living with danny da evito. we know how people treat their dogs like children, especially if they don't have children of their own. so we thought it would be a fun character. so we worked on it for a few years. >> how do you guys treat mable? i saw her, mable adorned with pearls and a tutu. >> that's what she wears in the book. >> lots of beautiful outfits in the book. >> we have a sign outside the house that says beware of dog before her morning coffee. she still drinks out of the toilet, but she wants two olives in it, you know what i mean?

>> and hill airity does ensue. >> and calamity. >> just like you, hill airity and calamity. >> you know when you're sort of tagged as a celebrity writing a children's book it is very often met with a lot of whose tilt. it's like a kevin james film even before it comes out >> what do you know about being a parent? >> i was a writer since i was a kid and devlin is a writer, so it's not like we did this on a whim and tossed it off over a weekend. >> it was very clever. there you are with your husband. >> congrats again, recent marriage. when did you guys tie the knot officially? >> thanks for the garlic bread. >> i sent you two of them, one

>> it was 18 years. we were like the gay oprah and steadman. but i tell you, i've already got the seven day itch. i told devlin, i'm a celebrity. i warned him. he's probably just a starter husband. >> wow. >> we'll see how it goes. >> you are so funny. >> i'm kidding. i'm kidding. oh, it's the wine. >> are you enjoying that? >> from montclair, new jersey. oh, that's good. and this helps take the nail polish off later, right? >> exactly. >> exactly, wow. >> glad you enjoyed it so much. >> coming up, bobbie's glamming with some of her favorite beauty products. >> nathan, thank you. >> you are too much. >> thank you. we are in the age of ageless. age neutral. age defiant. age agnostic. olay is a purveyor of ageless.

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we're back just in time for bobbie's buzz. "today "contributor, bobbie thomas is back with some of her favorite beauty products. >> first up are called nippies. and this is to help your girlfriend on top. something that we jokingly refer to as the nipple e rection, when you're in a cold movie theater. they have three different color shades for your skin tone match and three different sizes. somebody who's nursing like me needs these in a little larger size, but this helps protect if you're breast-feeding.

much your nipples morph? >> i can't talk about it. this is an interchangeable lens system. so you get your frame, $99. and you can pop them out. you can swap between your regular prescription and your sun prescription. >> i've never seen you in glasses. >> last but not least, tre tre sique. you can click on and off and choose between a sponge. you can customize your pencil anyway you want, there's so many great options, options, options, options. >> that is so cool.

>> whoosh is pretty cool, too. >> tips for presenting yourself. >> and hailey and michael, going

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because we've done the work for you. here to tell you about the sales an and protect your credit cards curt the canutson. >> do you have to wait for cyber monday to get deals? if people want to click on ahead of time, is that all right? >> are you ahead of the trend? >> cyber monday is no longer just monday anymore. a lot of the stuff starts on monday and will continue on. there's stuff on black friday related to seeker er seeker monday. it's really a giant gimmick for those who want to get into our wallet. and we can still win. >> cyber monday's stealing some of the black friday thunder? >> could be. maybe they're sharing a lot of the holiday love. >> my favorite is spanky tuesday.

>> you do not want to know hers. >> i missed it. >> we're talking about apps that really can help you. and one of the great ones is to tune into, the number one thing you want to do for cyber monday is make a list. find out what do you want. and when you have that list and you're organized, you're really going to win. buyv buyvia is the app. it has an amazing amount of feature, a lot of online deals. it will have local coupons that show you what's right around your house, so you can see what's for sale around you. and also it allows you to make your own shopping list with this, even with your phone or an ipad. you can go into a store and scan, and this is showing us stores nearby, but you can scan with a scanner of your camera and the upc code on a product,

and it will make that list for you, so when a price drops down, it will alert you. and it comes out with their own cyber monday version of their app. it takes you straight into the cyber monday deals. >> that's great. >> here's another one, the grand daddy. cyber monday.com is the website that takes you into all the stores that will have deals coming up, because it's friday now, and we're going to hit monday. and you want to be at your computer or your tablet or your phone and ready to go. >> limited quantities of things? >> many times. and that's why you want to go on twitter and facebook. so let's say that you're looking for a particular item. >> such a headache. >> no. >> on your facebook or twitter, search for the things you already know you want. the brand names or the toy names. for example i put in disney vet checkup center, because who doesn't want that? so what this does is already

places that it's available for sale. >> and the different prices for it? >> different prices, but you have to poke around and do a little work here. but there are people talking about where the deals are, and they will go really, really fast. so you want to go and get in on that immediately. and that's on twitter and facebook and retail me not has got to be one of the absolute winners. we mow this is a website that started for coupons, but they really show you right near by. it shows sales happening where we are. i can click to nearby offers and it pops to each one of these. >> if you want jeans, it will tell you where the cheap ones are? >> that would be huge, though, there are so many jeans. >> you could put in, when you know what you want. and one of the other -- >> who's got the time for that? >> try to find cheap jeans!

you. >> they're more valuable when they're beat up and all, right? >> lord have mercy. that was fun. and by the way, we did tease that you could keep our information safe. so people do get a little worried that somebody's getting their credit card. >> people often worry, is it safe at these shopping sites? apps have been vetted already either by google or by apple. and also when it comes to storing your credit card, let's say it's going to get stolen. it will one day. not don't worry about it. you're not responsible for the bill. so you're protected through federal law, banking laws that say, look, you don't have to pay that bill. doing? the big take away -- >> we've got to roll, curt. ready? check your credit card statement

>> we already know that! >> i'm reminding you. >> once you buy the gifts, if you have any more energy, you're going to want to put them under a gorgeous tree. >> we have decorating after this. covergirl is the easy way to draw attention smudge with sponge-tip to create a smokin' kitten eye lash blast mascara blast of volume radd a pow to your brow! wow! from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl i take pictures of sunrises, but with my back pain

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if you're putting up a christmas tree this year, tradition says most of us do it this weekend. decorating to perfection may be a little bit of a struggle. >> whether you go fresh or faux, here is contributing designer for the deegs issue of "better holmes

homes and gardens" david stark. >> this is the time. we're back at this time again. >> a lot of people start out with the lights. and you want to make it look evenly distributed. but often it doesn't turn out that way. is there a trick to doing the lights? >> a lot of people make a mistake of putting the lighting around the tree. it makes it really messy when you take the tree down. one of the tricks is to put them up and down, do a little zigzag. it's easy. then you put some of the lights inside, some on the surface. you want to have layers to the tree. >> how many strands of lights do you need for a tree like this? >> that's a great question. we all have stood in that store and said how many lights should i buy? >> a lot of people like a little and a lot of people like a lot. >> if you take the height of your tree, multiply that by eight. that gives you what you need.

>> so a 6 foot tree. >>6 1/2 by eight. >> please don't make it by half. >> you figure it out, right in. >> so 56. you buy that many lights. >> that's your linear feet. >> sometimes people overpower. >> i'm a big believer, you want to have small, medium and large and equally disburse that amongst the tree. you have some on the surface and some inside. the layering is really, really important. >> it looks pretty. >> the formula, how many ornaments? height of your tree times 14. this tree has 92, 91, excuse me. >> don't confuse us with your fancy math. we don't know. >> call my accountant to ask how to do my tree! >> let's move on to the garland,

>> we'll go over here so you don't have to, how about that. okay, hodi? >> this is one of the hot trends this year, the white tree. like the fashion runway to the home. if you combine the trends of black and white, big plaid and the white tree you have something super -- >> modern. >> this is a star shape, you can use this paper punch, punch out the star from paper, put a hole on each end of the star, put it together with thread and then you've made a really cool garland. so if you want to take the garland -- >> do you wrap that around or dot zigzagy? >> you do wrap it around but put it on the very ends. this is kind of your cherry on the sundae, and it's really, really easy to do it. >> hey, i was doing just fine, all right? don't mess with me.

>> you were doing great. >> don't mess with me, david. >> does it really matter about the back? >> well, it depends where it is. >> your back always matters, right? >> okay. >> now we're coming over here. don't worry about me, david, i'll go over here. it's fine. >> this is a fabulous idea, because you're going to need this. >> i've waited all my life for this. >> if you don't have a lot of space in your house, or you don't want to clean up after the holidays, this is a great alternative. we took insulation foam, what your house is insulated with, we stretched fabric around it, finished it with ribbon, and you can draw your tree with garland and pin your ornaments directly on. >> look how he told you where to put it. >> you did it. >> lots of great ideas. thank you, very, very much. >> all your christmas songs rolled into one. >> a merry medley by hailey and

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the citi concert series on "today", is proudly presented to you by citi. >> back in september this country couple made their national tv debut right here singing their hit song "giving it all to you." thanks to hoda. >> everyone loved them so much we had to bring them back. they are naturals, newlyweds known as hailey and michael. >> and they've come to spread holiday cheer. congratulations, you guys. >> thank you. >> so hoda found you on pandora. >> when i heard that song i fell in love with you guys. has your life changed at all since you were here last? >> completely, thanks to you. thank you f your support. >> you guys are so talented. you're going to sing some christmas songs for us? a medley? >> you guys are going to know them all.

here they are. hailey and michael. have yourself a merry, merry, merry, merry little christmas now the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful since we've no place to go let it snow let it snow let it snow i really can't stay baby it's cold outside baby it's cold outside slay bells ring note are you listenin' snow is glistenin' singing jingle bells, jingle

bells, jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open slay singin' jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open -- 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 to kids from 1 to 102

many times many ways merry christmas merry christmas merry christmas and have yourself a merry, merry, merry, merry little christmas now moment. >> but first, this is "today", on nbc. walkin' in a winter

have you noticed that a lot of celebrities like to throw lavish birthday parties whether for themselves or someone else. >> paris hilton celebrated one of her milestone years globe trotting. and one spent 1.5 million on his birthday bash. >> is it okay or not okay to have extraf fwants birthday parties? >> here's what we had to say, allegedly. people have a right to spend their money and sell prat their birthdays any way they choose. >> an extravagant party is okay if someone's throwing it for you, but for yourself? >> you'd do it in a heartbeat if you had the