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>> can you imagine we're talking about thanksgiving dinner? his go-to kitchen gadget was cast iron. mine too. i live for my cast iron but i wish my food turned out like his. >> it's amazing. >> as you can see, dylan is here with us, al is off. i just sent him the emoji of the day and said i miss you. >> does he ever reply? >> i'd be knocking on the roker house. no, he replied and he is doing well. meanwhile, we were lucky enough to score yet again. so, we needed more time to talk and that's exactly what our friends at american express are giving us. >> i like that they do this for us. >> i do too. i feel like the audience gets to know us more and we get an uninterrupted conversation. how do you feel about that at home? we're not going to go -- >> i need a break. >> we're not going to go to a commercial break, so hold it, and you're getting three more minutes of take with an amazing guest host. we're so happy to have him, he's

family, a legend on the stage and screen, the star of classics like "heathers," "true romance," "young guns 2" and a winner as his -- >> he's the one and only christian slater. there he is. looking fantastic. >> thank you so much. you as well. >> hello. >> wonderfulo >> thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> good morning. >> you know what's so crazy, i was thinking this morning about when you came on and you were telling us about this new show that you were going to be doing. >> yes, yeah. >> and the premise of it really was cyber and how relevant it was to what was happening at the time, all of the hacking. >> incredible. >> did you ever imagine that you'd be just getting not only critical praise but awards for this performance in the show? >> no, no. you never really go in -- there

>> there you are! >> a fantastic evening, by the way. i really did enjoy that. no, it's been a great ride. we started this thing, we screened it first at the south by southwest film festival. i was definitely nervous and wondering how the audience was going to react. then it won the audience award there. since then it's just been a phenomenal reside. >> it's huge. everyone loves it. >> i loves the guys and robbie malic just won the emmy and just been this wondrous joyful thing. a very intense subject matter and it's wild to be working on something that is so relevant to what's happening in the world right now. >> it's like the script is written in realtime, all of the things happening in that show. >> it's incredible. we'd be filming things on one day and turn -- open the paper the next day and it would be a very, very similar story. so incredible. >> i remember you were saying when the show first started, i

>> you have a son that is. >> son and daughter. >> has that changed? >> it's gotten -- yeah, i think so. as a result of working on this show, it has certainly broadened my levels of awareness. >> so your selfie game is on point? >> selfie game, oh, yeah. i'm staying -- they have me in al roker's dressing room here. >> did you go through the drawer? >> no, i didn't, but i was in there taking selfies like a maniac in front of all his stuff. >> he's the selfie king so it's >> well, he's got such cool stuff in from. >> it's like a little museum. >> it is. i love it. >> are you the kind of guest when you visit someone's house like a party, do you go in the medicine cabinet? >> no! >> i don't either. >> i couldn't do that, right? i haven't ruffled through anything or done any of that stuff. >> well, we have a cam are in there so we'll know. >> okay, yes. more will be revealed.

of conversation. >> you can list what's in those drawers. >> wlahat's the movie "king c cobra," tell us about that. >> it's a very different kind of project for me. it's -- james franco and i worked together on a film and we got along so well and were looking for something else to do together. he presented me with this project and it's all about this true story that took place in a murder that took place in the gay porn industry. so i play the head of this company called cobra films and i find this young talent, this phenom al diamond, this big star. all these other companies start to want to steal him from my company. james franco plays the guy that works for the viper boys and he's trying to recruit my young

>> it is intense. i read the script and had a little anxiety and trepidation about it because the subject matter was rather intense and it was certainly an out of the box type of character for me to be involved with and something that i had never really done before. but then i realized, wait, i'm an actor. the joy of getting -- one of the lines in the film is it's fun to play with who we are. and as an actor, i mean that is certainly something that i get the opportunity to do. i get to try on other -- i'm dog >> do you have a favorite film that you've done, a favorite character? >> yeah. i mean the one that i really have probably the fondest memories of is "pump the volume." that one i was the radio dj. look, there he is. mark hunter. >> and soon after that, everyone had christian slater posters. >> the hair and everything. >> there i am. that's fantastic. >> oh!

>> that's my weekend watch. i'm going to sit inside and watch this weekend, and "true romance" which i am just obsessed with. the chemistry was so major there. do you have a favorite christian film? >> put her on the spot, why don't you. >> probably "heathers." that was kind of my generation. >> rebellious bad boy right there. look at that guy. >> holy smokes. >> just so cute. >> oh, my goodness. and how abo "stranger things." >> i did the marathon the other day. it's the new cult obsession. these kids -- >> netflix. >> netflix. i just bow down to them. >> i don't have netflix, that's why i'm missing all these things. >> you can use my account. is that legal? >> oh, my goodness. i don't know. let's not risk that. whatever we do, let's not do it on the air. >> you can do like five family members.

>> christian is like we're not stealing cable. >> i want to make sure we are crossing the ts and dotting the is. >> so last night i had the great honor of being a guest -- >> oh, the state. >> at the state dinner. >> no, i'm so excited to hear that. >> so i just got in. i had to ride back in a car because our executive producer, tammy filler, refused to let me fly back this morning because she said what if the flight is delayed, blah, blah, blah. so my voice is a little raspy. you kid. my parents had a conversion van. at 46 riding in the back seat sleeping. >> you can't sleep as well as when you were little. >> i need a chiropractor, i need everything. but it was the most joyous experience, one of them, one of them, outside of things that happen within my family. >> what's your favorite part, the people that were there, the food. >> walking in was the -- >> look at the dress. >> the dress was beautiful. >> this dress was designed by laura smalls.

andre leon talle of "vogue" greatness. i had this dilemma. do i take a man in my life, recent to my life -- i stutter when i talk about dating. or do i go the friend route. and so my friend says, well, this is the white house state dinner, this is on tape forever. so i decided to take jonathan capehart, "washington post" op-ed writer and he was the first one to welcome me to washington, d.c. it's an interesting place, that d.c. is, so he brought me and i had a great time. i ran into chance, the rapper, which i was so surprised. i'm a huge fan. to see chance. and he's like what am i doing here. i'm like what am i doing there. frank ocean was here and our team noticed something and i want your opinion on it. frank and his mother are phenomenal. he is the voice of a generation,

i have zero problem with that. >> you have zero problem? >> that's me and frank -- can you believe that's his mom, first of all? >> no. are they checkered? >> but i'm okay with that. >> that is definitely -- >> it's a style. >> yeah, i have several pairs of those myself. >> when you're at an event like that. >> i don't know, it's the white house. so it's questionable. but definitely stylish. >> here's the thing that happened to me last night. so i got in. i left msnbc, got on the train. my train was late so and i was happy -- >> you looked that way in 30 minutes? remarkable. >> a lot of help. my idea was i would be inspired by dorothy dandrige and my hair was inspired by lena horne, everyone knows i own some of her possessions. but you get so nervous like walking in. >> i can't imagine. do they announce you? >> they announce you. i felt like knees buckle, but i knew my mother, mary, and my

couldn't disgrace texas. but you have to wear what you feel comfortable in. >> completely. >> even though somebody might think sneakers, because it is the most intimidating thing to be -- this is our house. forget politics. this is our nation's home. >> right. >> i was like -- i'm shaking now. >> it's a big deal. >> you're also -- i thought about you, dylan. here's the place mark, it has your name on it. >> it has your name on it, not mine. >> i wanted yoube country kid moment. as many dinners as we'd gone to. they had like 99 forks and knives. >> always start from the outside and work your way in. >> i had that moment where you look around the table and everybody taking the same fork. >> i have so many forks, i don't know what to do. the menu sounded delicious. >> mario batalli prepared one of

>> yeah, that helps. i needed that. okay. i was still somehow able to do it. >> it was like a big pasta. >> pinwheel -- >> i like the beef. >> they had wine with each course and because i knew i had to be up early -- >> they had wine with each course? >> so only get to go having tequila shots. oh, michelle obama won the most beautiful atelier versace. it was like when she walked by, you get to greet the first lady and the president. and the first lady introduced me to the prime minister's wife as one of our nation's top journalists. i was like who's behind me? >> what an honor. >> so you get to greet them. you walk in. and it was surreal.

that i've ever met and not met to that, but if you ever get a chance to tour the white house, it's our house, it's this country's house and it is just a beautiful experience. >> it's a great tour, a wonderful tour. i love it. >> meanwhile, i heard that you and your hubby are waging a war with my friends, what's going on? >> i adore m & ms, i love m & ms. >> what's going down? >> yesterday on kathie lee and hoda's show, they tried caramel m >> do we have them? >> we don't. they are so good everyone ate them. but i needed to tell this story because my husband calls me up and he says i'm appear plek particular right now. >> i've only heard reince priebus use that word. >> back in college my husband wrote to m & ms and said you really need a caramel m & m. finally they responded and said, no, we're not taking any new ideas. >> hello. >> now cut to ten years later.

great shoot. i ate all their m & ms and i said you don't have a caramel m & m flavor. they said, no, we never have. darn it, there is m & ms with caramel filling that exists right now. >> let's investigate this. >> this is a big deal. >> yes. >> so your husband wrote multiple letters ten years ago. >> yes. >> does he still have those letters? >> he does not. i wish we had the proof to show. >> but you have video of you in the plant. do you have the audio? >> i need to find the audio of s to create a caramel m & m. >> we could find that audio. >> i'll either take 10% of your profits or a bag of caramel m & ms. >> you went so high and so low. >> that's the scale. >> but i just had to put it out there that i feel like they're -- i feel like -- >> it's a creative and brilliant idea. the fact your hub is clesband i low a jen u.genius.

i thought of that. one of those moments. >> anything that i have -- you know, well, cell phones, yeah. that was really -- i had that idea back in, yeah, 1987. and look at this. >> right? >> i know. i have a drawing actually. >> instead of saying apple, we could be saying slater. >> that would have been cool. >> the slater iphone. >> we have a rihanna double for you this morning. what are your thoughts on this. our friends at american express have given us extra time to delve deeper into things matter. we would normally be in a commercial break right now and you would be running to the potty. that's not happening today. check out this outfit from rihanna and let us know is this a love it or lose it moment. it's a denim skirt.

because i was taught. it's a very edgy line of clothing. >> is this shirt coming out of the bottom of the skirt? >> is that what's going on? >> dylan, your thoughts. >> i don't know. it looks like it's a mistake and the skirt is riding up. >> yeah, yeah. >> see, i love it. i absolutely adore it. >> you can pull off those trendy styles. >> i cannot. >> i would look like my shirt is too long and my skirt is too short. >> if on, what would we be seeing? see how short the skirt is? i think it's designed to look like that because the skirt is above her backside. >> oh, it is. you think the shirt is -- >> the skirt is. the skirt line is too high. >> right. >> so the shirt, she needs -- i think it was designed that way. >> no, we definitely need to get a measuring tape out and really study this. >> rihanna, christian slater wants to bring you into studio

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here's a fun fact, october is apple month and many families spend their fall weekends going apple picking. your family just went. >> yes, they did. they load up. if you have a ton of these apples, mr. chapel apple will tell us what to do with them. >> justin, good to see you. >> it's so good to be ck >> this is amazing. there are so many options available and you're going to launch into easy things so they don't just sit as day coecor in home. >> they look really good on the table but also taste really good. so the first one we're going to make is little mini caramel apples. so christian, i'm going to let you start us out. in this heatproof measuring cup -- >> baking soda.

of light corn syrup and just a little water to get it going. go ahead and give that a mix. >> nice, nice. >> and the hack here is we're going to make -- >> the hack, i like that. >> caramel sauce in the microwave. it's so much easier. you don't have to get out a pan. once you get that a little mixed, pop that right in here. >> christian, do you cook much? >> i cook a little bit. i can do barbecued chicken and things like that. some burgers. >> so we'll let that go. ok until the sugar melts and it starts to change color. you can see here, be careful, this is a little warm because we just took it out. this is the aftermath, it took about four minutes, five minutes, seven minutes, depends on the strength of your microwave. when you take it out, let it sit about two minutes, watch it change color. then mix in a little butter. you can see it sizzle. add a little cream, a little salt.

it cool completely. and it looks like this when it's all done. >> beautiful. >> this beautiful microwave sar mel sauce. but then we're making these adorable little apples. >> a melon ball thing? >> do you want to do it? >> i like watching you guys do it. >> scoop out these little melon balls. >> be careful, christian. it's sharp. >> dip it in. just quickly wha >> we're making the eeasiest apple tart. slice your apples, put it on puff pastry. check out this beautiful foolproof apple tart. >> justin will be back with more apple hacks. how's that taste, christian? >> great. >> is there a doctor in the house for him? hugh laurie stars in the new

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we all know english actor and musician hugh laurie from his golden globe winning role as dr. gregory house on the hit medical drama "house m.d." and he's had quite a year appearing in "the night manager" and guest starring on selena myers running mate turned adversary. >> now he is starting in the dark new hulu thriller "chance" playing a neuropsychiatrist trying to help patients however he can. >> you're a good doctor. >> people want miracles. maybe the only miracle is i can take your hand.

your caged arm. life is just half lived. >> hugh laurie, good morning. >> good morning to you. good morning. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> now you are welcome. >> thank you. >> great clip, by the way, that was incredible. >> i got a chance to see the first couple episodes of this show. it's dark, but really intriguing. what -- can you tell us a little bit about your character. >> completely different from your previous it's in the medical field roughly, but although he's a neuropsychiatrist, but i think of it as a very, very different thing. i always -- "house" was a very sort of guarded character but a constructed character who knew what he was doing, was manipulating people around. this is about a very vulnerable character. i am very naked in this. >> wow. >> wow is the -- >> mentally?

>> i am unfortunately does have a physical manifestation later in the season, for which i apologize and i tried to get out of it. >> when you saw that in the script, what goes through your mind? >> i assume who will be playing that part? >> body double. >> who will the double be? some fellow called rod, age 23. no, rod never showed up, so it was me. >> you had to really stand in and do it? >> >> and you broke the american accent out again? did you like doing that? >> i did. no, no, i don't find it easy. it's such an american story, the whole tone of it and whole style of the story telling is such an american tradition. i try it in english for a while and i sounded like a bad hugh grant impression and i just thought that's not going to work. so it's a very -- i had in my mind honestly, i'm confiding in you now, i had in my mind james

of vertigo feeling to the thing. >> fantastic. >> it's shot in san francisco, which is again feels like such a -- >> and it's actually shot there? how lovely. oh, how beautiful. sort of a psychological journey, right? the female character has a split personality or something to that effect? >> that is exactly right. and this poor beknighted his life has sort of reached kind of a dead end. he meets this woman and becomes, how can i put this, unhealthally obsessed with this patient. >> do you have another obsession, which is with music, correct? >> i do, i do. that is food for the soul. >> and you have made an appearance in an annie lennox video? >> because we have it if you don't remember. >> oh, no, i remember it. >> oh, look, too late.

>> do you remember like -- oh. this was one of my favorite videos. >> was that your finest moment? >> i would have picked you out and been like that guy is a genius. >> this is an extortion racket, this whole thing, isn't it. >> just to show this clip. >> that video ran in rotation constantly on tv. >> well, i was besotted at the time, who wasn't, with annie lennox. still am, my god. >> she's phenomenal. >> and john malcovich, he was -- am i -- i don't quite -- was he the cuckhold or >> every time you visit, we'll roll it again and again. >> excellent. look forward to that. >> congratulations. the two-episode premiere of "chance" is streaming right now on hulu, check it out. coming up next, you know what can really spook you out this halloween?

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s'mores. this took less than $20. this is our little chocolate bar. this is just painted tin foil and our little marshmallow. and then we used -- she is not feeling it this morning. >> she wants this pumpkin. >> you're such a good helper. so that's our s'mores family. then we're going over to our lion, tiger and bear. th and all of this, christian, we wanted to talk to kids who want to get a little dressier, princessier, they can still be a lion. like our little lena. if you don't want your child to wear makeup, elle has a little mask, she's our tiger. little luky, if you'll put your hood up, he's our bear. and that's just bathroom rug there. these are pajamas. anything that you can find.

>> that is incredible, lori, thanks. now let's check out some couples costumes upstairs with dylan. >> thank you, christian. love couples costumes, and we've got some ideas for those couples. here with me is britt moore. so nice to have you here. >> an ice cream cone costume. >> thanks for having me. >> and we've got some couples here with america's favorite snack food, double stuffed oreos. much more important than single stuffed. this is made using nothing more than cardboard and felt. i used a coffee table that trace the cardboard. hot glued some felt over it to make the oreo shape. dress all in white and white wigs. the key here is to attach it using ribbons so that you can stand front to back or front to front. >> we've got our double stuffed oreo. i love it. and the next one is a throwback

the volleyball. for tom hanks, we used this amazing cave man wig and beard, a little brown makeup on the face. i do recommend a tan and some nice abs. if you are going to rock this one. you could pull it off really well. cut up some shorts and sandals and the ever-important fedex box. >> how did you make wilson? >> i used an exercise ball. paper mache it, dip some newspaper in glue and water, wrap it up on top of the ball. cut a hole in the top and bottom, add some twigs in the hair and make it a little more naturesque. >> are you comfortable? >> yeah. >> you just can't dance super close. it's good for teenage daughters. >> dads, keep that one in mind. britt, thank you so much. now over to tamron with cute kids and dogs. >> absolutely, dylan. c.o. walsh is a contributor at cafe mom and she has some ideas for the pint-size family

let's launch into beauty and the beast. katelyn and the dog is hazel. >> we went to your run-of-the-mill party store and got this awesome beautiful dress for miss katelynn to wear, loves dressing as a princess. and we have miss hazel here. >> hazel wants the pumpkin. >> miss hazel is her beast and we diyed this costume with a pirate costume. we bought this from amazon and used a little duct tape to make it nice and golden. >> well, it's interesting because hazel is a girl dog dressed like a beast so that's why she's behaving like this. let's move on to nolan and bruce. hey, bruce. >> every superman needs a superdog so we have nolan dressed here as clark kent. we've got the glasses, the tie and our super doodle bruce right there, who's very excited to be on the show today. >> he's ready to rescue the world. he knows we're in need.

with a little fake "daily planet" for nolan to hold. >> let me see. i'll hold on to bruce. you can model your outfit. >> you can get all this stuff online really easily. we got this mane from amazon and a little duct tape on hazel's outfit and you're good to go. >> tell us about your outfit. >> so of course i'm miss patty from "ghostbusters." i'll be fighting some ghosts with my little proton pack h >> both dogs were behaving wonderfully until the camera came on. >> of course. >> just moments ago. well, this is so cool. i love these. you guys look fantastic. thank you so much. i feel like you should fly away and rescue me. let's go to dylan for a check of the weather. >> thank you, tamron. let's take a look at what's going on across the country today.

large hail and damaging winds would be our biggest threat. out ahead of the front record high temperatures once again across the mid-atlantic stretching down to the south. santa ana winds keeping it dry and keeping that fire danger up in the southwest. then as we go into tomorrow, that second cold front will move eastward and will produce even more rain to areas like western new york and western pennsylvania where it's been very dry so we certainly do need the rain there. we are going to see temperatures cool down quite a bit, back down into the 50s behind that front. that's a loo t >> good morning, everybody. partly cloudy skies to start. but as we move into midday and this afternoon, i think the sunshine wins out over the cloud cover. there's a weak cool front that's moving through throughout today. but doesn't cool off the temperatures at all. in fact, it's a very warm day ahead of us, all across the board. 71 to 81 this afternoon, and it is still fall, and that's apparent as we move into the weekend. unsettled weather ahead and wind

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hey there, we're back with more sweet treats to put all those apples you've been picking over the weekend to good >> justin chapel is the host of food and wine's mad genius tips. >> so we are making the easiest applesauce of your life of the we're going to make it in the slow cooker. >> i love to dump things. >> dump that in there. four to six apples, peel them, chop them. you also have some cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. throw that right in there with a little lemon juice. >> can i just tell you how much a slow cooker changes life? >> it's amazing. >> thank goodness for a slow cooker.

to six hours and you end up with incredibly soft apples that who wants to mash? but that's not even the best part. you get to mash it. >> no, really? >> i'll get it on my suit. >> it's like stomping grapes. smash it up and it's great because you can eat this warm if you like or you could pop it in the refrigerator and eat it nice and cold. >> now, see that you put in your kids' lunch box. >> yes. >> they open that at lunch, you're just king. you get to bartter >> it's leverage. >> now we're making hassle back apples. a lot of people have heard of potatoes but this is your new favorite dessert. cut an apple in half and cored it. put a chopstick on both sides. you use the chopstick to prevent you from cutting all the way through the apple. go all the way down and put them on a baking sheet. mix a little butter with brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, just like that. give that a whisk. >> ingredients. >> and then when you get that

bake it at 350 until it's really soft and serve it with ice cream and this is the best fall dessert. >> so did you know what a cooking hack is? >> of course i do, yes. >> it's a shortcut. an easier way of doing something. >> yeah. >> the best part is we make it a lot of fun. >> see? >> without question, i have enjoyed every moment of this. >> there you have it. justin so -- how's it taste? >> it's great, it's great. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. i have a giant spoon. you know m. that's new hampshire kelly ayotte. this is washington kelly ayotte. she voted for 20 billion dollars in tax breaks

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