bc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is try day friday, march 11th,u know he this this song. it is friday. good to be alive right now. do you know who this man is? i want him to be up on the screen the whole show. andy grammer is here. is off. how are you? >> look at you. >> this is new for me. >> you're co-hosting a >> mom, i'm real!

you have your drink. before we start the show, how does it feel in this moment? what is your heart doing? >> i think i'm okay. i think i'mi have to keep up with you. you're early. >> it is early.good. >> we have sacha baron cohen here, has the brand-new movie "the brothers this move ie movie, i saw it. i think the boys they think it is hysterical, the girls want to cover their eyes, some of it is then we're going to play a game, you're in the grocery store, some things go in the fridge, some in the freezer, who knows what that is, but we're going to discuss that.re going to pull some fans off the plaza, you're a fan. we're going to play -- they're

all, i loved andy grammer for a long time. he came on my sirius show, look at us, the song andy played one time. good to be alive right about now good, good, good good to be alive bout now hallelujah >> he picked up a guitar and started playing. we took a cli into a thing for the show and do we have that or no? we do? let's do that. >> sirius xm "today" show radio presents the home show. >> that's good. >> do you remember that? >> we play it constantly. constantly. >> what does it mean? >> i think it means something like honor. if you're a fan of andy's music,

deluxe." when you started singing, did this -- for some people, they get on stage, they end up making it quickly. for you, was it a slow long -- >> i love being on stamg, ge, in front of people. as far as having success with it, i street performed for four >> what does that mean? >> i paid my rent, my guitar case open and stay out there until i had enough. >> did you have confidence when you were doing that? did you think one day i'mto be on a big stage or did you -- >> yeah, i had an internal confidence, a balance of humility don't be -- about it. but i felt like i could do it it yet. >> did you make enough sell cds and you're decent, charming and get people to stop. easy ride. you were talking about when you were practicing, there wase practicing in your apartment.

>> i was in my apartment and practicing and my first single was "keep your head up," a street performing or being in my house, knock on the door, a note, give up the dream, you're terrible. i came outside and there was ne. just the world said, stop. you're, like, that's really intense. that. >> who did that? asia. i don't know if you know this, but on the voice, i think it was -- was it a couple of weeks ago. >> this week. >> this past week.f the contestants on the voice. andy was in the audience. she auditioned for "the voice." take a i couldn't get to you ething

i thought she was terrific. nobody turned. were you sitting there going, like, what is wrong with you? didn't you want to go to blake and just slap him?l you, the most embarrassing part for me is when she came back, and i was, like, that's a hold your head up rformance, not like a keep your ed your head up thing. i thought she did a great job. in music, you got to keep putting yourself out there and she wrote this sweet facebook post, about, like, when you're in eighth grade and want to dance with the cute boy and she walked up and said, like, do you want to dance and they're, like, i don'tnce with you. and she's, like, i still feel proud of myself, courageous. interesting way to put it. she did great. you crushed it, my love.. they got it way off. carson is with me.

>> she sings backup for selenaand she's really good. >> real deal. we had to say good-bye to wrangler yesterday. a bummer. he's going to his next stage of we had a party for him. people were really upset because he's really been with us since he was a little baby. >> a little puppy. >> a little ind of get puppies, don't you? >> i love dogs. they're the best. and wrangler, weship. >> did you? you bonded? >> we were cool. >> do you have a dog? >> lucy, the light of my life. >> what do you mean the light of your life? >> the best french bulldog. mean, crushing it. this is the best episode ever right now. i got my dog on. this is amazing. i could not can end it. call it. show's over. >> do you ever gres dress lucy up? >> i don't. does sometimes.

we call her bat pig. >> if you do dress your dog u'll love hipster, a maltese terrier, this is his instagram account. 101,000 followers. his mom told the daily mail spend s spends spends spends on his clothes. >> it is a guilty pleasure. part of me is, like, don't like stop liking that. the other part is, like, keep showing more pictures. this is amazing. >> madonna was on stage, not too long ago, i think, ia couple of days ago, but in australia. and she got up on stage and usually she -- >> are you a madonna fan? >> i love her s up there, and this is what she's dressed in. she was basically dressed like a clown. >> nice. >> pedaling around and doing then a tricycle. >> you got to push the boundaries. >> by the way, i got to tell

her, because she seemsu feel like you know her, she does something different. some people feel they have to be crazy to get noticed. do you ever do anything likege for you? >> the one time i did something with pat monahan, he sings a duet. so i on the last day of tour, he out of the audience to come sing with him on the song called "bruises." i didn't know him well enough to do this. but i dressed up in a wig and aad it set that he call a different girl out is that you? >> you're a hideous, hideous, >> i came out and sang, we sang the whole song together and it was really special. >> you look crazy. i heard one of your sideis beat boxing. >> should we do this? it is not hard. >> do it by yourself so i can see. >> we're the first thing is just pf and

>> do it again. >> wait, i forgot. do it again. >> >> when do you ever do that? does that ever happen? >> i do that all the time, actually. on the street performer as one of the ways i try to get peopleattention, they start walking by and i start beat boxing. >> which song is your favorite. >> it sounds promotionally, butrent song "good to be alive." this one -- when i get toive for any of the shows, it makes me so happy. >> and everybody knows the words. isn't that fun? >> fun to watch the progression of a song, like you have it, good, you play it live and people don't know it yet and they start to know it

>> everybody knows the words. i love you listen to, not you? who is your favorite artist to listen to if it is andy grammer. >> rachel platen is w up a lot with her and she's wonderful. there is this guy ben rector, crushes my heart. a good one. listen to speaking of heart crushing. john stamos has a girlfriend. we love john stamos on this show. this is the girl. so her name isaitlyn mchue. we're, like, who is caitlyn mchue. >> can someone get dog? go back to the picture. >> he's dating this girl. her name is caitlyn mchue. we're trying to find out, if she's an actress or a model,ind out how old she is.

what age does he go for. we looked everywhere. we googled. we imdb'd, we it. >> how old are you? >> 51. >> she did it. well done. >> now is the challenge. >> we're trying -- weeverywhere. i think he's in his 50s. what is he -- 52. okay. he's 52?er than me. so we reached out to the team to confirm her age. we heard from rumors that she graduated from high school in how old would that make her? >> quick math. >> what is it? >> 29, turning 30 according to our math 29 turning 30. you think that's okay? >> i don't know. once you get past -- once you get older, it is all kind of whatever. >> again, let's work on the s the age gap between you and your wife?

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and matt were linked together by handcuffs. >> that's not first time matt to a strange man. >> who put nobi up to that? >> i don't know. he's a professional. i badly -- >> matt tried to get away from him. do you know how hard he was backpedaling. he did not want to get in the >> i think nobi was going to the bathroom. it could have been an awkward situation. again, i don't want to -- >> but i also heard he had curry the night before. knowing matt, that would have been absolutely horrible. tell us a little bit about your character in this unique person in this, a regular everyday guy/superheroish. >> yes, well, i pitched

ralph," what would james bond's brother be like, whatworst brother you could possibly have? came up with this idea of this northern english football hooligan, a loveable guy, has nine, 11 kids, between 9 and 11kids, and tiny little bit of paranoid. >> is there anything he won't anything you won't mock in this kind of a -- >> he or both. >> something very bad happens to donald trump at the end of the movie. and i wasn't sure how people were going to react,ture president. i just come around from a world tour, spain, germany, france, england, australia, and latin america and when this terriblened to donald trump, literally the crowd is standing up and cheering and applauding.

>> well, listen, i'm an't listen to me, you know, but the level of latent hatred there is for this guy is worrying if he becomes president. if that's what people feel now, imagine what happens once he becomes president. >> you're running around, you're movie, you went on the set of "baywatch", i saw and you got scooped up by he criedled adled you look a baby. what is going on there? >> men see me. they want to touch me. they want to lift me. they want to breast-feed me.s, he's very, very strong. the rock was there as well. i showed him a little clip from the movie. >> what did they think? >> well, they -- the rockit to instagram. i only found out about now. i'm more used to communicating with my fans with carrier

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we're back on this try day in for kathie lee, singer, songwriter, extraordinaire andy grammer. before we went to break, we gave you this brain teaser. >> which letter -- to do it again? which letter of the alphabet is the only one that does not appear in any of the 50 names of then you think z, and then you think arizona. >> and then x. >> x is -- what is x. anyway -- texas. >> it is q. >> if you puzzled by whether to keep the ketchup and other grocery items to keep them fresher longer, we have some answers.

fridge or freezer. or >> this is a game where you have a basket full of stuff and you're going to have 30 seconds for you to pick out and put in do you think it goes in the or the pantry. okay. >> all ree, two, one, go! >> you better go. the fridge, this is the freezer. >> that's the pantry. >> move it or lose it, grammer. >> wait, coffee. keep going. >> this definitely goes here. flour. this goes here. this goes on the >> okay. so i put the tomatoes on the counter on purpose.

>> so come with me, first some vacuum sealed salmon. that will go in the fridge. >> we both got that. >> nailed that one. once you open it, you have seven days to eat that. second, fresh pasta. this is fresh. in the refrigerator. where did you think that goes? >> we both went freezer and you both are wronant to put this in the fridge. it is safe in the freezer but it will get doughy. keep it in the fridge.e other kind you put in the pantry. >> right. >> okay. >> then we have nuts. nuts will stay the the pantry -- >> no, nuts go in the freezer. you can keep -- >> put your nuts in the ry chance i get. you want to keep it in the freezer for a larger amount because it will stay fresher. there is a lot of oil.

for a week it is good. >> all right. >> cheese. >> cheese goes in the fridge. >> definitely goes in the don't freeze it, it gets all crumbly. next we have condiments. mustard and ketchup. >> you know what i did? i put my condiments in the. >> to be funny or -- >> no, when you -- you're in the grocery store aisle, i wonder if i should get ketchup or it is, on the shelf, you keep it there until you open it. and then you put it in the fridge. >> you can put it in the fridge, but it is okay at roomature. >> why are you going to fast? you're scaring me. what else? >> tomatoes, you're right. keep these at room temperature. other fruits -- never want to put a tomatoge. >> i've been doing it wrong. >> then we have flour. flour, that was a nice easy one. both got that right. and then coffee. >> >> debatable.

you can keep small amounts out. >> so sad, andy. >> this -- she won this >> she won this one. >> she put it on the counter. she didn't -- >> i want a recount. >> who is the winner? >> i think it is but andy is my guest. is it a good prize? >> this is the prize of freezer paper so you'll never be without a good way to store your stuff.ou never want the prize. you want to know where to store your bacon, go to to find out. get ready for more fun. we're going to play a fun game with this one here called "honey i'm good or honey i'm bad." and the gadgets to spring cleaning time in half

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called "honey i'm good or it is girls against guys. elijah from richmond, virginia, on andy's team, and caitlin from cleveland will be on my team. >> here's how it works. of song and movie titles, honey bad or good in them. >> we'll pick a song or describe the movie. here to guess and figure it out, is our friend, tim stackable. >> hello,ou're loosey-goosey with the rules so i'm going to -- i got my eyes on you, kotb. >> let's play. >> pick one. >> i'm o i get to look at it? >> yeah, yeah, of course.this is a song. it has honey good or bad in it. >> okay, ready. y i'm good."

>> good. i know. >> it is a >> don't look. don't look. >> okay. >> don't look. >> okay. >> okay. >> this is also a song. >> okay. >> words or can't use >> not those words. >> bad luck. bad love. now we got bad luck would be good too. vampire, i bite you and this would come down. baby we got bad blood. >> yeah, cool. >> what was that? all right.s is also a song.

i'll do the words. it's it? okay, it's not me, it's me -- >> me. >> no. >> you. >> it's not take, it's , good, good. >> it's not hate, but it's love. >> okay, great. it's not good it's bad. >> you give me bad love. >> what is your first -- no, no. >> hoda is my -- >> no. >> you give love a bad name. >> i blew that one. bad. >> a movie.

>> okay. good luck. >> oh, man. >> holiday film. >> kriss kringle.iss kringle. over christmas time, the guy with the beard. >> santa claus. >> and he's not a good one -- >> "bad >> that's it. i know you're a singer. you're a singer, elijah, what is your favorite song to sing? what is the song you sing when you>> that we sing? it is called "renegade". >> go. >> sing it. the renegade who had it made going straight thanks to tim stack from "entertainment weekly." guess what happens next, andy gets to check out lilliana's r this.

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