this morning on "today's take," harry connick jr. is leer. grammy winning musician is our special co-host. then trunk or treat. a twist on a halloween tradition. plus "the biggest loser's" bob harper. staying in shape during the holidays. coming up now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome, everybody. this is monday morning, wake up, wake up, wake up, if you're not already up. october 17th, 2016. i'm tamron, along with beautiful dylan. >> thank you. >> al is recovering from knee surgery. i sent him a bitmoji every morning, even on the weekends to

will see that he was making cauliflower. >> he was cooking last flight. >> he got a massage. >> i thought maybe he's hard up -- but he's surrounded by cooks in his family. >> he's doing the cooking so he is updating us on his recovery and his culinary skills. meanwhile, we've got a very special show for you today with a very special guest. a guest so special that we're going to need more time to talk. thanks to our friends over at american express, we're not going to take a break for we've got a full three minutes. submit questions on twitter. we may or may not answer. we may sing. we may just stare at this camera but we're going to become true friends. i believe this. >> that's like a full 15 minutes together? >> that's longer than i probably talk to some family members. i kid because i love. anyway, the one and only harry connick jr. is here. come on out!

hello! >> hey, tamron. >> hello, greatness. how you doing? >> we're so good. we're going to get you a claire. model what you are wearing. who are you wearing? >> i did something custom for y'all today because i wanted to be special because i'm with two very special women. i decided to do something not off the rack. something just for you all. >> oh, wow. >> then that just made every other man in here look bad. they all showed i regulars. how are you feeling? >> i'm doing great. it is so nice to see y'all. >> you're so busy. you've got this new show. >> i do. >> working constantly on music. being a great husband. a great dad. and you found time for us. >> i was so excited when i heard that i was invited to the show because i am a big fan of the show. i watch the show every day. i'm fan of both of y'all's. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> that just made my day. >> i know. how do we finish out? so i understand that there is a

called the back it up. >> back it up. >> what does that have to do with you with be harry? >> well, i like to back it up every once in a while. like when i'm feeling down or i need a little inspiration. sometimes you just have to back it up. so i started doing it -- you don't know it? >> i don't know it. >> sometimes you just back it up for no reason. you could back it up, you know -- >> is this a new orleans inspired thing or is this just light? >> it is something i thought helped me get through the day. >> that's >> she can back it up. there is no particular technique to it. everybody. we got people sending in. infants. we have the very first one we got was this incredible -- isn't that great. look at that. >> this is a good dance move because you don't really have to make eye contact with the people in the room. so if you're shy -- >> this is a selfish way to elevate your moves.

end of a stage, make sure no tvs or small children are behind you. are you going to show us how to back it up? >> yeah. there are different ways. when i back it up, you can do it like real subtle. like if you're in the check-out line at walmart. you can just do something like this. >> walmart line back it up. >> or -- i need some room for this one. if you really need to back it up, it's like this. >> oh. oh. watch the >> you develop it over time. >> i'm more of a walmart shopping kind of girl but i'm going to go major backing it up. >> oh, oh! >> little cowboy in there! >> okay, dylan. baby bump back it up. >> i feel like i need a beep beep beep. >> man! >> backed it up too much. >> i came to the right place this morning. >> y'all can back it up.

#todaystakeheartharry. >> that's the most exercise i've gotten in weeks. >> y'all were really going after it. right now i'm backing it up and y'all don't really even know it. i might even back it up while i'm sitting here. >> ooh! scandalous. >> you're backing it up in the chair. >> can you see me. i'm barely backing it up. from here, you can barely tell i'm backing it up right now? >> rhythm is in we look like we have to go to the bathroom. how was your weekend. >> it was great. i went to see "dangerous liaisons" on broadway. have you guys seen it? >> no. >> i can't say it in french. [ speaking french ] >> we'll get a french lesson. >> it was one of the greatest performances on stage i've seen in a very, very long time. it was --

yes. >> you were there? >> i went, too. it was absolutely incredible. >> you didn't see harry connick jr.? >> i heard he might be there so i was looking but i didn't see you. >> it's not that huge. you loved it, too? >> i can't believe how much dialogue there was and it was so witty and so quick. and everybody's around me laughing and i was like, shoot, i policed it. i wanted to just rewind it and hear the line again. but it was so good. >> good. i'm going to go see it by "work," i mean i hung out with patti labelle. >> really slumming it. wait. what happened? >> it was at the new york wine and food festival. that's me, carla hall. patti labelle. it was at like 2:00 in the morning. it was a midnight jam that turned into a hip-hop party. >> how do you look like that at 2:00 in the morning? >> that's the philosophy of life

>> look how great patty looks. >> she is always a class act. then i woke up next morning, thought about dylan because i had to judge a barbecue contest, the bobby flay -- i've never see a human being ate a steak the size the one dylan ate last week. she has tomahawk steak, harry -- she's like the best part is the bone! >> you were getting after the bone. >> i was. >> that's where the flavor is. >> i eat the meat as big as possible so when i'm done with that. >> al kept heckling her to see if she was going to finish. >> because al had the same steak. he could only eat half of it. >> i was thinking about you, barbecue -- who was i with? >> katie lee. >> i have some kind of brain issue going on today. >> who you good was the

i had like 12 different contestants. there was one though that just melted my heart. katie lee loved another and we ended up going with hers. it was so delicious, as well. >> brinsket? pulled pork? >> one guy played a meatloaf burger c burger with brisket, bacon, cheese -- >> do you just take a bite of each one? >> that's all you can >> like a krispy kreme doughnut. >> i once ate 19 krispy kremes in one sitting. i'm not kidding. it was insane. traveling on my tour bus. messed up for three days. >> here is a better story. now this is a true story. when you ate those krispy kremes, here is a little factoid. it was with me, fox chicago, i was a local anchor. you don't remember this. i challenged you to a krispy kreme contest and your people

they said was from you. it was krispy kreme doughnuts from harry connick. you were on my local news show when i was 15. >> you were 15 working at local news? >> no. i'm kidding. my age. no. chicago. i was a local news anchor, fox chicago. we had krispy kremes sent to us. >> how many krispy kremes could you eat in a sitting? >> i ate the entire box. what's in a box? took me the whole two-hour show >> you don't realize until after the fact. >> terrible decision. >> there's a dozen in a box. you actually went and opened a second box zp. >> i busted open a second box. >> i busted open a second box. >> so this part of the show, harry, we go through these different topics that people are talking about all around the country. one of them is beyonce. since you are one of the greatest performers of all time -- >> oh, thank you.

she was performing and her ponytail got hikdooked in her earring. blood started spilling down her ear. she never stopped performing. what's the craziest thing when you wanted to stop? >> i just remember being on stage when you have bronchitis or you have the flu. and the people who have paid money to see you really don't re money's worth. that's something i used to talk about on "american idol" a lot. the lot of the kids would come on and say i don't feel well. my theory is, well, if you're well enough to be here, then don't tell us. you have to go ahead and do it. if you're sick, you should stay home and take care of yourself. but beyonce i think is a tremendous performer so it is not a surprise at all that she just defendaidn't make a big de. >> does your ear hurt?

still can't wear earrings. >> your ears are not pierced? >> yeah. but i've never had one rip out of my ear before. >> you mean it ripped through the lobe of her ear? >> mine was almost through the lobe and we had to get this guy to sew both of my ears up. i still can't wear nearrings. >> how many earrings is too many? my daughters are old enough to decide for themself. they say i wt >> i have one, two, three, four on this side. >> four. >> i have two on this side. but i want five. i don't think there is a limit. >> just whatever you're feeling. do you ever wear four on the air. >> >> i do. i let this one close up because every time i pick up the phone to answer, i hit it. it hurts. it hurts. >> do you sleep with those in? >> yeah. seems like a lot of work to take them all out. >> these i leave in. hopefully next week i can

>> you sleep with them and everything? >> i sleep with them. >> it doesn't hurt when your head's on pillow? >> sometimes. i got to cope with it. cope with it. >> we got a double take for you this morning. >> aren't you proud of me for trying to understand? >> you genuinely seemed interested in this conversation. >> i am. >> you are outnumbered in your house. >> jill is in the house. georgia, my old elest, is worki with me on the ow and kate my younger daughter is in school. three tfemale dogs and a female cat. >> you don't have a choice. >> i don't have a choice in the matter. i haven't had a choice since i met my wife. that was 26 years ago and i have been choiceless since. i got y'all, brothers. >> you're interested in earrings. >> so this we saw this morning.

american express, we have additional time to take an extra look. usually we go to commercial, harry. we usually go to break. but not today. we're talking through the commercial. >> i can do a commercial behind y'all. give me a product. >> american express. >> let's do it. >> sill's do the american express commercial while y'all read that. i'll kick it off. your cue is american express. ready? hi, i'm harry connick jr. for american express. >> this is scott eastwood dressed in event this weekend. he does remind you of anyone. does he look like someone? that's him. scott eastwood, that's his dad clint. >> when you someone with a voice like harry connick jr. in your ear. >> i thought you were going to sing it. >> you'd have to pay me then. >> outstanding. look at the picture. does that look like -- do they look the same?

that's pretty strong. >> because clint eastwood was so young when he shot that movie. >> how old was he? >> i'm assuming he was in his 20s. if that's what scott is now. >> it is his dad. >> and they look identical. >> do you like that look on a guy? >> i'm going to raid your home look? >> like if a guy showed up on a date -- >> with that outfit? >> yeah. >> even if you believed that. like if that was him. >> i like the cowboy hat but i only like white or light grey. i don't lik i'm from texas! >> come on. if i showed up on a date with you and i was wearing white cowboy hat that's a deal breaker? >> no. i like a white cowboy hat. >> a black cowboy hat. >> i'd be like who you trying to channel here. >> you wouldn't say somethingfy showed up in a white ten-gallon hat? >> i don't know, harry. i like cowboy hats, i like cowboy boots. but black cowboy hats fraek eak out? >> because i think you are spooky.

a new promotion may allow you to have the ultimate halloween sleep over. it is at dracula's cast you. you and harry. because i'm not going. it is called the vampiric home. they put you in some kind of coffin. the winning pair will be flown to romania, taken into the castle. it is set dramatically in the mountains. the guests will be wined and dined, then left red velvet coffin. the winning pair will tour the castle, then be treated to candlelight dinner, chicken, paprika, no garlic, and you wake up with two holes in the side of your neck. >> wow! that sounds like a night on bourbon street. >> i remember that once. it's october 26th to try. would you do it? after the baby. >> yeah. i mean that sounds cool. if i won something, i would

>> i'd go in a second. i'd be all over that. >> why? >> sexy. it's different. it's something -- you know, living on the edge. it's like wearing -- like a black cowboy hat. >> going wild. >> i feel like the person who used to have the angel and the devil? i've got two little devils on each side of me. we have a little experiment to do. we did this earlier in the hour, to sign your signature. we have white boards. apparently your signature tells a lot about you. the >> i usually charge $10 for this. >> do you? >> yeah. >> i knew you were one of those. >> that's why they can erase it. >> i have two different signatures. >> do them both. >> i have one when people ask for autographs. >> then the one that you do on your checks. >> i use the same one. >> you only have one? >> yeah. >> all right. let's see harry's. >> oh, that's night. >> that is a beautiful

harry connick. >> though i think my career would have taken a different turn just because that's got a nice ring to it. t horry can. >> wait. what is that on the bottom? >> that's like what i sign the check with. that's why i do the top one, so people actually remember who >> mine is the same. the study says men and women with large signatures are more likely to enjoy being center of attention. scoring highly -- >> so this is for attention. >> this is regular tamron and that's work tamron. >> do you enjoy being center of attention, harry? >> i couldn't even fit it on the board. >> there you have it. >> imwhatwhat's going on here. you were so good until you went to the double "ls." >> i wentz to catholic school.

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we are counting down to halloween. last week we asked you to send in pictures of your best trunk or treating designs. here we have some. so cool. >> we're doing great. in case you've never heard of trunk basically trick-or-treating meets dale gating. everybody gathers in a field or parking lot and you deck out the trunk of your car into a halloween scene. instead of going door to door, you trunk or treat from car to car. >> if you don't know how to do that, here to help you deck out your ride is lifestyle expert

alejondra. i love these ideas. it is not just people opening their trunk and giving out candy. >> they are getting super creative. it is like tailgating, even more fun. we have some fun ideas here starting off with this kind of cozy traditional halloween scene. it is like your harvest scene. this is great because you can go to the grocery store or the garden store, get natural elements, get apples and pumpkins and some burlap. keep it nice and cozy. so easy a expensive. >> do you recommend the kids dress up. >> yeah. i think the parents should be, too. how cute are these. >> do you put something over the trunk so when you open it -- >> yeah. you want dimension. you open up your trunk, you wants things hanging. i'll show you how. drape fabric on the ground which extends the area. make is a whole big production. >> thanks, guys.

waiting for. >> this is a fun mix of a different theme you wouldn't associate with halloween. >> we are basically combining themes here. your summer party or whatever party you have, add a little haunted element. our haunted tiki beach party. we have some awesome kids here. you can really have fun. >> there is a shark in the cemetery. i don't know how that happened. >> i get it. pet cemetery! i get it! >> there y the kids with can play in it. you can put toys, put your skeletons and stuff. it is a whole mix of that. then we have our skeleton man over here. we just decked him out. >> you can do this in a pickup truck, too. >> i think so. >> i think that would be cool. >> i want to see your pick-up. >> i would put sand in the back of my pick-up. i would do that. that's cool. >> you are already thinking about it.

>> now we've got our traditional spooky kind of haunted scene. we've got all those -- ooh! this is the hanging thing i told you about. yeah, you can open it up, use lights to just make it a little bit more dramatic. you can put on some music. i've got little zombie guy down here. >> that's creepy. >> what's really fun, too, because there are a lot of allergies and diet restrictions, have some non-food treats >> you can give kids some fun things to play around with. so you have alternatives. it is not just candy and sugar. you can have a lot of fun stuff. >> why do you think this is the new trend? >> i think definitely it is safer. i think it is just a really cool way to bring communities together. everyone -- you can all take turns, show off your creative ideas. it is a fun event for the whole family. >> would you rather get candy or like a football if you were trick-or-treating? what would you rather?

what do you think? that's a great idea. food allergies and stuff. >> why don't you walk over. isn't this the coolest thing? >> that's a great costume. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. >> i don't have a card. >> you can check out more trunk or treat pictures at today.com. coming up next, want to know how to get the perfect crispy skin on chicken? a dishes you will ever eat.

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we're going to get the skin really crispy. >> that's hard to do. >> i'll start with a breast that has the bone and the skin. it is hard to buy boneless skin-on breasts. we're going to take it off which is a really simple technique. a sharp paring knife, cut down along the ribs here. >> is this just a simple one-two kind of thing? >> yeah. basically just follow the curvature of the ribs. >> that's intimidating, to be honest. >> you are intimidated right now? >> little bit. little bit. >> >> you cook a lot, tamron? >> i do cook like four times a week. i've never gotten comfortable deboning. >> you can't buy a breastbo, boneless with the skin? >> no. >> come over and poke it 30 or 40 times in the skin. this is a key step. you have a lot of fat under here and you have to render out the fat giving it a bunch of

we also want to add salt and want the salt to have a good place to go. simple so far. the next thing is we want really good contact with the skin and the pan. that's how we get it crispy and we have a round chick en breast. >> right. >> that's no good. pound it out. harry, i'm sure you have really bad days. come home, take it out on the chicken breast. >> that sounds appropriate. >> you can write a song about it or you can pound a >> i already did. don't worry, that's what i do. >> so you pound it out. >> yep. then we're going on to this rack over here. we all know that chicken breasts can dry out pretty easily. >> yeah. >> which is a big complaint. there is nothing worse than when the chicken is dry. >> first we're going to season it ahead of time with some salt on both sides. >> the pounding it out is the best tip for ame because it is rounded and it is that one piece that gets burned.

connick jr. to put this in the fridge for me. >> that's a once in a lifetime thing. >> there is one in there that's been in there for about an hour. >> keep it in mind when you make this recipe, it does require one hour refrigeration. plan ahead. >> up to eight hours. do it ahead if you want. >> got it. >> i cook on cast iron almost all my meals. >> cast iron is great. we're actually going to use the classic 12-inch skillet which is super versatile. we're going to get some good sticking. we'll get that brown are going to go into a sauce. you can use olive oil or veg oil as well. >> you want this chicken to come back to room temperature? >> no. start with the chicken cold. put the chicken in cold. cold pan, cold chicken. >> cold pan, too? >> cold pan, cold chicken. >> which is all news to me. i would have gotten the oil hot. >> which is what you normally do. what's great about this method, it actually goes back to some

you speak french, you told me. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> you heard that in my earpiece. >> you get it hot. >> we're going to put over medium hot. we're going to take this cast iron skillet and put it on top. >> way out of my league. >> you're going to go seven to nine minutes flip it over. that's basically going to be done. >> the heat is high-medium? >> medium heat. these guys go over here. we'll use this great pan. drippings right here to make the sauce. >> what do we do with that? >> this looks like a roux. >> it does look like a roux. for dan's recipe, go to today.com/food. looks like a roux. as harry pointed out. >> yep. just do a little bit of browning

there. then we're going to build our sauce which is a little bit of the brought. we've got the brine from the pickled cherry peppers that we're using. >> harry, dig in. tell us what you think. we also have sauteed mushrooms. >> man. >> delish? >> yeah. >> really re-inventing chicken breasts. >> thank you, dan. dylan, i was wondering where you are. there's food and you are it looks delicious though. let's take a look at what's going on for the week ahead. we are still going to see some scattered showers in the pacific northwest, isolated thunderstorms through wisconsin today. then as we get to the middle of the week, the midwest gets most of the scattered showers and storms. by the end of the week it is going to make its way into the northeast. temperature wise, it is going to be a warm week. we are looking at much above average temperatures. about 20 to 30 degrees. most likely breaking some records early this week. the below-average temperatures in the middle of the week out

>> good morning, everybody. i'm meteorologist, bri eggers in for chris lambert this morning. we're seeing more cloud cover, moving out and more showers as we move out later in the day. we can't rule out a spot shower later this evening. how about heating things up? low to mid 70s for us today. and near-record temperatures as we get into tomorrow, sticking around for wednesday as well. a look at the 7-on-7 forecast shows a mostly dry forecast l >> and that's your latest forecast. guys? >> thank you, dylan. is he is he no-nonsense fixer on the hit show "ray donovan." as he gears up for the season, i asked my dentist if an electric toothbrush was going to clean better than a manual... he said sure, but don't just get any one.

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power here this morning. liev schreiber is a tony award winning actor who plays the ultimate fixer for l.a.'s top power players in show time's "ray donovan" which is gearing up for its fifth season. >> how he is heading back to the stage for one of the most eagerly anticipated broadway reviva revivals. >> he stars alongside tony winning and tv and film star. >> harry had four weeks of french orleans. we found a video of you, liev, pronouncing it and it sounds so different than what harry just said. >> i think he actually speaks french though. >> no, no, i don't. what are you doing to me? >> can you pronounce it properly? >> janet's probably the best one. [ speaking french ] >> sounds so nice. >> what is with that voice? had. >> we know it is beautiful. both of these guys can't stop

how proud, janet, are you of this revival? >> we're still in the early days, so we're still kind of going, oh, okay, here we go. a bit nervous and we're still rehearsing during the day. but i think it is going really well. people seem to be enjoying it, don't they. we're sort of finding our feet with it and really starting to have serious fun. be naughty and dangerous and all the things they're supposed to be. that's good fun. >> were you guys ever overwhelmed during the rehearsal process? what i understand is y didn't have a whole lot of time to prepare for this and the amount is dialogue is immense. >> i have never called line in my professional life once. calling line is when you can't come up with a line and you call line and someone hopefully reads the line to you. on our first preview, i broke that and i called "line" about halfway through the show. i must have taken like a seven or ten-second pause which on

what's the limit? like ten seconds, i'm out, i need the line? >> it's pride. i'm never going to do it. after ten seconds i just went, line? i didn't say it loud enough so the girl didn't hear me so i had to do it again. line! she couldn't understand what i was saying. i actually called "line" three times. >> i tried to help him out. i really did. >> what did you >> his first line was something he missed was maybe belle rush can do it. >> how about the rush? >> that's terrible. >> horrible. >> liev, i read that -- or i think you heard you say at one point that you were aching to act this play with janet. where did that come from? was it just from seeing her? >> from watching her work.

i watched her work a number of times. but then something sent me a video of the production that she did in london when she originated this production, and i don't know how to describe that. you just see somebody. i think the best metaphor is like sports. i think people might understand that. you see another athlete doing something and you go, i want to play. i want to work with them. i want to do something with them. i was right. there is -- kind of athleticism about acting. we have a kind of tenacity and a kind of energy and wit and it's -- it's just we're really well matched. i'm having the time of my life. >> janet, your turn. she's like let me soak it in. yeah. the same. i'd seen liev on stage. obviously in his film and tv stuff. he's just a brilliant, brilliant actor and i thought that would work. that's fun.

it was so incredible. >> being able to finally have like level eye contact with a woman. yeah. >> you're very tall. >> you did first walk out and i thought am i sitting low or are you just very tall. >> no. i'm really tall. people follow me on streets. women do this all the time. they look at me, they see me coming and they always do it, they always look at my feet to see if i'm wearing shoes. >> see the things you learn on this show? thank you so much. this is "today" on nbc. we can keep we're just going to a break. bob hillery: i spent 21 years in the navy, defending america. if i only showed up half the time, i'd have been court-martialed. but that's what senator kelly ayotte did. she missed nearly half of her

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