hey, everybody. so glad you're here for thirsty thursday, november 17th. >> it's a little nippy, but it's not raining at least. >> people are probably wondering how you manage to get from the regis show, "regis and kelly" to our show. it was the second to last show and you were the guest on the show today. >> right. >> i loved when people started giving you a standing ovation before you started walking out and regis said, i don't get a standing ovation. >> he will get his tomorrow. >> what what is it like walking out there today? >> you know? i didn't prepare anything. i was going to go and walk down memory lane. the minute i walked out i started to tear up. going back and knowing it's going to be his last show, that makes me sad.

>> look at that. >> i'm happy for him. i have, i think, the perfect job opportunity for him. i don't think you heard. his mom used to say to him, listen, mr. smarty pants, the poor house is right around the corner. my father said figure out what you love to do and find a way to get paid for it. regis was going, the poor house is right around the corner. he will work, obviously. my idea was for him to do "hot in cleveland" like i did. don rickles is a great friend and have a new story arc on "hot in cleveland" in tv land. they are a great group of people. here's what happens. elsa is the betty white character. she is feeling lonely and frisky. if you know what i mean. all of a sudden she turns on the tv and sees the new host of "hello cleveland" or "how you doing cleveland ""and she gets

the hots for him. somehow it starts a romance. she would be a cougar because she is 90 and he's 80. there's a ten-year difference. he could be her cub. >> that's good. >> i like it. >> i like that. if you missed kathie lee on "regis and kelly" let's take a look. >> that's it? >> no, no. >> hardly worth getting in your spanx. >> geldman did bring up sexual tension. it's perfectly human and normal and natural to experience sexual tension when you work with someone over the years. honest to god. did it ever happen to you? >> when i did "hope and faith" with kelly, i got -- >> oh, oh. it is a classic show they had. >> you know what? >> come on, tell the truth. >> no. >> a big no. >> geldman would tease me.

he didn't want frank to co-host because he said you have no sexual tension with him. i would go, really? even with our children? we had it twice. i said geldman you wouldn't know sexual tension if it slapped you in the face. we always had a running gag about it. you know, regis and i had something so magical for so many years that i left tv thinking i've done the best 15 years of television i could personally ever do and thought i would never go back until i met hoda woman. honestly, i said to the producers, what you and i are feeling now in our show is so reminiscent to what regis and i had. to have it happen twice in your life is miraculous. i am so grateful for it. i had my hodi waiting for me. kelly says, can i sit in some time for you? i want a job where i get to drink. i said sure. >> we have the best jobs in tv.

we have a couple of lovely ladies. >> hall of fame baseball player named steve garvey and orel hershiser. guess what? hershberger does the great hair. i get the two of them confused. >> easily confused. dana is orel's wife and candice is steve's wife. we were hoping the boys would come but they are getting their hair done with sally hershberger. sorry about that, dana. >> we have a new host for the golden globes. >> he did it last year. >> controversial ricky gervais is back. remember he got a lot of heat because some would describe him as funny. some would describe him as cruel. anyway, he is going to be hosting again. he is going to be a lightning rod. here is what i thought about him. sometimes he was funny. what i didn't love and i remember clearly was -- >> the ambush thing. >> yes. he would criticize somebody, give them a jab and then they would walk out to deliver an

award so they didn't see it coming. it wasn't as if they are sitting in the audience and yucking it up. >> did that seem tad mean to you? every time he is here i adore him. he is so funny and so fun to be with. he's got that attitude, which is -- say what you want to say. i think it's funny. i respect that, yet at the same time i cringe. >> there are a couple of ads out there that are very, very controversial. get ready, put your breakfast down. beniton has an ad campaign called unhate. does shock make you buy things? that is what this is. they are featuring photo shopped pictures of people who are -- people kissing, world leaders you wouldn't normally see. let's move on. it doesn't have to be that long. these are all photo shopped, obviously. this is their campaign of unhate.

they are trying to see if you'll buy benetton again. this is the second set of ads. >> that wouldn't make me buy. that would make me run the other direction. you said does shock make you buy something. when you find the first hair on your lip and you're shocked by it, you buy nair. you know what i'm saying? >> what do you mean? >> if you find a hair on your face and it's a shock, you buy something. but not that kind of shock. >> these are mothers and daughters selling lingerie. okay? pop that up. these are ads. they say they are not models. >> they are real mother and daughter? >> yeah. according to the company, they wanted to highlight the beautiful relationship between two women. they are not professional models. would you buy lingerie if you saw that ad? >> my favorite picture i have ever, ever taken with cassidy when she was about maybe 6. we both have our hair up and we are in a big, big bubble bath in the bath tub.

it captured so perfectly the moment of joy i had with my daughter. to me, that's the kind of picture you want to see. this is what highlights a picture between two women who love each other. >> not that. >> do we always have to make it sexual? >> that's what we do. >> cut it out. we don't want it and it doesn't work. stop. >> you're going to like my ihoda today. you've been married a long time and you lost that loving feeling. you're still in love but you don't have the spark, you want the spark back so badly. no song says it better than this one. this is brad paisley and carrie underwood. remind me. listen. ♪ ♪ remember the airport north dropping me off ♪ we were kissing good-bye ♪ and we couldn't stop ♪

♪ i felt pad that you missed your flight ♪ ♪ remember we had one more night ♪ ♪ do you remember how it used to be ♪ we turned off the light and we couldn't just sleep ♪ remind me ♪ baby remind me >> this is a great song and they are great singers. carrie underwood could sing the phone book and i would love it. she is great. >> you can get it back. it helps you get back that loving feeling. >> i like "i want to go there again. "we went to sag harbor making love on the hot dunes ♪ i want to go there. it's not about you don't really want to go to sag harbor as you want what you had. >> okay or not okay? is it okay to skip traditional thanksgiving vacation with the family to go on vacation with

our other? you say as long as you're grateful for your life, your life is your own. >> hoda says thanksgiving is for family. carve your turkey and carve out time for your family. >> you know what? go to the beach another time with your lover. >> what if you don't like your family? >> go to the beach immediately. we've been telling you about our thanksgiving thankful contest. we actually have a winner. we are going to call like a cold call, blind call. we don't know if the person is up. they are likely not awake. >> because it is on the west coast. >> the winning family is from oregon, ontario, oregon. >> wake up. >> wake up. we are about to call you. what are their names? what are their names? let's ring it. >> michelle and her husband. >> come on, ring it. >> here is the story as we're making the phone call.

>> it's ringing. >> is this michelle? oh, no. we can hear christine in the control room. >> this is riveting tv. >> let's leave a voice mail. >> this is so exciting. they don't have voice mail. unbelievable. >> this is america, hoda. her husband lost his job. >> michelle? >> when you have finished recording, hang up or press 1. >> this is my pet peeve. >> hi, michelle. >> guess what? >> you're our winner. it's hoda and kathie lee calling from new york. >> you're our thankful winner. her husband was a truck driver lost his job, lost his business. but they've gotten so close as a family.

guess what guys, you're coming to new york city next week to watch the macy's parade and the whole bit and stay at the mandarin oriental. >> we are so glad to see you. >> so delighted. wish you were there we would have been grateful if you were there. come see us. >> we have a big "today" show book. there is a book signing today at noon at barnes & noble at fifth avenue in new york city. we'll be there signing. >> "twilight" stay tuned. >> we have somebody new we're going to meet. i'm sure he's okay. i hope. >> we'll see. >> he better be funny.

i'm here you to tell the truth. >> they bring everyone together. >> that was a clip from the highly anticipated film "the twilight saga breaking down" which co-stars ashley green. you're my favorite. you're so sweet. >> thank you. >> big nuptials between edward and bella have been kept under wraps. fans are hoping ashley can spill some wedding secrets. >> oh, boy. >> thursday, that's today at midnight everyone is going to crash in and see the movie. >> i want to be there to see their reactions. i think it might not be a good idea. >> they've been camping out for a week. you don't want to be there. these people smell by now. >> you don't see that many fans who will sit outside in the rain just to see a movie. >> we just had the l.a. premiere and people had been there five days.

people from rio and new zealand. >> and all ages, too. >> oh, yeah. >> and finally guys. >> was there anything in your life growing up you would have done that for? >> no. i wish that i had a great answer for that. >> it's an honest one. >> i appreciate it so much they are so passionate about these characters. i am, too. i love the book series, and i love my character. >> were you a fan of the books before you were cast in the role in the movie? >> i didn't know about them until i had auditions for it. there was no script and no breakdown. 17-year-old girl. what am i supposed to do with it? >> had you done much work before or was this a huge new thing for you? >> essentially, this is my first real gig. >> you're kidding? did you go to acting school, do the whole deal? >> when i was in l.a. at 17, i graduated early. i didn't know i wanted to act until i was 15. i moved to l.a. and went to

basically every acting class ever for about a year. >> knocked on a lot of doors, i'm sure. >> got told no a lot. >> which really builds character. you find out if you want to be in this business that way. >> i think it's good. i'm very thankful for what i have now. i think if it was that easy maybe i wouldn't be. >> a lot of the twilight stars, you wonder if they would feel type cast because you're so pop p lar. do you feel that way? >> i don't. one of the great things, i don't look anything like her. people are still like, really? the content and even her voice is higher than mine. i think there is a lot of separation. i've been very lucky that they don't. they feel she's their best friend. >> for a vampire, she is about as good as you get. >> there are hard expectations to live up to. even though she's a vampire. i'm like, who is that optimistic all the time? i try very hard, but geez. >> we are very excited for you

and this movie. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> come see us again on your next movie that is not even "twilight." you'll be oscar nominated. >> exactly. >> do you want to know why guys have a hard time apologizing? they'll tell you that and so much more. [ ding ] dirty mouth, huh? what have you been up to?

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it's time for our guys tell all panel. they gathered to help you figure out how men think. we have signature single guy david goode, the author of "the man code, the woman's guide to cracking the tough guy." next is rick younger who can be seen in "the rick younger show" and on every commercial in new york city. and comedian and actor sherrod small. allegedly he has a girlfriend. we don't know.

>> we'll find out. >> i said allegedly. and joe levy who has been married for six years. >> so there you go. >> let's go across the street to sara haines. >> she has a question about punctuality. >> when my husband knows a game is on, he has no problem with punctuality. however, other things are more of a challenge. i would like insight on that, please. >> he cares about the game. so he's there. >> people show you who they are. >> right. he wants to care about those other things, but he really doesn't care about them as much as the game. >> if you make it exciting for him to come home to something, then he'll come home on time. >> just reality, ladies.

>> next up, vanessa. if a man is saying, "i love spending time with you and i love the way you do this," is he really saying, "i love you." >> let me make this simple for you. guys are not complicated. any relationship problem can be solved by listening to what the person is saying. if he's not saying "i love you," he's not saying "i love you." if i can say it to sherrod, it doesn't mean i love you. i love spending time with you. >> he loves me. >> we are very literal. we say what we mean. a lot of times guys take longer to get to the "i love you." but when they get there and say they love you, they do mean it. >> they know you want to hear love, but they are not going to say "i love you." so they're going to love everything around you. >> do they say "i love you" if they think they can get what they want? oh, please. >> if that's all they want and they feel that's the way to get it, they may say, "i love you."

put it together, the words and the action. >> let's go across the street to sara. >> her shirt says it all. this is a "twilight." >> guys are passionate, video games, sports, their teams, war paint, all that. why give us such a hard time for loving "twilight?" >> wow. >> we can't separate them by team colors. if you give us the main characters with team colors or a number. then we would get behind it. >> who is the movie made to appeal to? that werewolf with his shirt off is a lady thing. give us vampires with sexy costumes, we'll come to the movie. >> i like the difference between the sexes. >> me too. >> we'll come back and we'll talk to the boys after this. vv

♪ tell it to my heart >> we're back with more of "today" and our guys tell all panel. we gathered all to tell what you they think. >> sherrod. >> i kind of like the guy. >> he's growing on us like a fungus. >> i'm a 25-year-old single mom of a 5-month-old. is it true guys don't want to partake in a woman's life if she has a child? i'm worried i'll never find a great guy who doesn't mind that i'm already a mom. >> you take it first. >> i was thinking 27 to 30, i would never do that. now i'm 30, it doesn't matter.

>> it's a young dude thing to say if you've got a kid, i can't date you. guys wouldn't care if you have a dragon, pitbulls, it's going to be a dude coming to check on you because you're in the house and lonely. >> your baby is 5 months old. right now she needs to focus on being the mother of a young child. someone not responsible to handle you being with a child. >> when did you grow up? >> look at rick. >> what do you think, joe? >> i think she is 25. she is not going to find a 25-year-old guy right now who will take on that responsibility. she can find a good guy who is a little older, a little more confident in himself and more ready to move on with his life and take on a family. >> i have friends that have gotten together because somebody fell in love with the child. >> remember the renee zellweger movie with tom cruise?

>> i'm with melissa from charlotte, north carolina. she has a question about having dude friends. >> i was wondering if men can truly be comfortable with their women having platonic male friends and if it was before or after their relationship? >> we can be comfortable with it, but we as men know as men, most guys, guys who are friends with you are friends probably because that's what they had to settle for. at some point they wanted more. >> i'll tell you right now -- >> forget about it. >> i'm totally comfortable with you ladies having male friends who are smaller and less good looking than i am. that's fine with me. >> or gay. >> that's not even good enough. you know why? because smaller, less good-looking guy is probably going to be nicer to her than

you and that's how he gets your woman. >> that's right. let's move on to the next one. from virginia, why do some guys have a hard time apologizing when they're wrong and hurt your feelings? they try to overcompensate by being nicer than normal. then women are accused of bringing up things from the past when we never had closure on the issue. it is true, why can't guys just say, i'm sorry? >> we can't stop life for every little thing you want us to apologize for. every little thing? we can't stop for that. >> once we apologize, we're like, let's never talk about that again. why we got to talk about that again? >> you're nicer with other things without addressing the central issue. >> let's keep moving. >> normally the apology they want, they want you to understand where they are coming from. if you can say sorry and they're like, you don't really mean it, you have to hear a whole day about it. >> you've got to learn the right face, sorry. >> let's not make this complicated.

men don't like to be wrong. they don't like to ask for directions. we don't like to be wrong. i'm always wrong, but that's the difference between you and me. i learned to apologize. i will go to the apology immediately. i have to learn that i have to listen. i've got to listen -- i'm wrong, please explain to me why i'm wrong. and now i can apologize. >> it's over before you apologize then you have to start over again. >> are we that awful? >> i don't think we are that awful. >> why do you like us if we are so impossible to live with. >> you're beautiful. >> all right. we've got to go. thank you so much. >> up next, the aspca with a dog and cat of the year. >> their stories are right after this. lysol believes your family should never have to touch

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every year the aspca recognizes animal heroes as well as people who made a difference fighting for animal rights. >> this is the president and ceo of the aspca and is here with some of this year's winners. so nice to see you, ed. how did you pick? >> it was difficult. we have hundreds of applications. when you have heroic people doing things for animals and heroic animals. you raise the value of animals and understanding of the public. the more we value animals, the less they will be subjected to abuse and neglect, the stronger laws we'll have. this teaches about the value of animals. in the end, maybe hoda will get a pet. >> she has one. his name is jay. tell us about ricochet. >> ricochet is gorgeous with the pearls and the mink stole. tell us what makes ricochet unique. >> i think what makes her unique, she is a dog that stayed true to herself what she wanted to do. i allowed her to be who she truly is.

>> she is a surfing dog? >> she is a surfing dog. one day we were out surfing with one of our friends who is a quadriplegic. patrick, you see him right now. they were on their own boards surfing. they reached the shore and ricochet jumped on to patrick's board. it was her decision to surf with him. that's why now she surfs with people with disabilities and special needs kids. >> that is fantastic! >> she raises a lot of money for charities, over $125,000 so far. >> wow! >> you go, girl. >> thank you. >> the cat of the year. this cat is unique. the cat's name is mittens. mittens was tragic what happened to mittens. some young kids put mittens under a milk crate while she was nursing her kittens and poured lighter fluid on her and set her on fire. >> and she was burned over 70% of her body. she went back to nurse her baby kittens. >> that is unbelievable.

>> she was saved by the baltimore animal rescue and care shelter. they saved her life. and the anti-animal abuse commission actually helped prosecute one of the kids. >> good. >> two. pleaded guilty to felony animal abuse. >> what was wrong? they must have a hellish home life. i'm not making an excuse for it. but a kid raised like that. >> i'm astonished she was able to nurse her babies after being burned. how long did it take to get back on her feet? >> several months of critical care. this is ten months later. we are happy she is okay. >> how cute. >> good to see you, cindy. >> let's move down to stevie. hi, stevie, how are you? stevie, you had a couple of dogs that ended up running away, right? you guys were trying to track them down and you had trouble

finding them, is that right? >> we never did find our two dogs. >> two black labs. >> you worked really hard. you sent investigators out to find them. >> we had a pet investigator come which is unheard of in nebraska. tried to track our dogs, and unfortunately, they were never found. >> what made you want to help out other animals that were in need? >> there was a sad tv show on. >> yeah? what happened during that tv show? >> there were lots of sad animals. >> so you started raising money, didn't you, for those animals. how much money did you raise? about? >> you know it. $28,000. >> what? stevie! way to go! you're cool. look at you. >> stevie and strong. look at his cool tie and kerchief. >> thank you, ed. we haven't forgotten about you. >> if you're in charge of desserts this thanksgiving, we

have major recipes for you after this. i'm adam berg from the weather channel. we take you through the next several days. beautiful sunshine across the eastern 2/3 of the country. we're watching this next series of systems to work through. one will drop through southern california, bringing weather to the southern plains by monday. that lead system will bring hefty snows in the northern rockies and it is cold. look at the pink, highs in the teens. we find more of the 60s and 70s. a little chilly for the northeast. but we have day we go through more of that south wind works in. saturday, great for college football. however, if your football team resides across the northern plains, snow and wind. so even areas that don't pick up a lot of snow, we think wind for almost all of this. 70s and 80s through texas.

teens as we go across the northern plains and wind. dangerous windchill out there. now it's sunday. there's the same system working east bound. very mild for all of these nfl games ahead of this front. 45 in chicago, a stiff northwest wind, you'll feel that. there's some of that rain working into california. sunday into monday, it works across the four corners, into the southern plains and we could be looking at a serious severe weather threat here, especially in the southern plains. there's your monday forecast. now we go to tuesday. this system is lumbering off towards the east. new york city down towards dallas, feeling the showers and thunderstorms and more energy working into the northwest. the day before thanksgiving, big travels here, slow downs up and down the eastern seaboard. we'll watch central california and into the northwest very closely. tune in to "wake up with

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it's time to take you into "today's holiday kitchen" for easy to make thanksgiving day dessert. no matter how much turkey and sides, there is always room for dessert. jason is a pastry chef here in new york city. not your typical pumpkin pie? >> no we are going to change it up for thanksgiving this year. i'm going to make two dishes today. they're simple and easy. the first one is a baked apple. it's nice and light after a big thanksgiving dinner. >> what are we doing? we take our gala apple you like. >> i like gala or fuji. you just need a sweet crisp apple. cut the bottom so it's level and take the core. for something decorative because i'm a professional, right?

>> yes, you are. >> we are going to make horizontal lines and breakthrough the skin. >> why is that? >> it's going to shrink up a little bit and show through the lines. >> i spend my life not showing the lines. >> we have a filling here. marscapone, cream cheese, dried fruit. use whatever combination you want. i've got cranberries and raisins. brown sugar, toasted pecan pieces. orange zest. >> is it really going to change it if it's not toasted? >> yes, it will. toast your nuts. >> i always say that. >> yes, indeed. >> mix this up. >> do you always toast your nuts? >> at work i do. >> i'm sure you do. >> so we are going to fill this. >> fill it with marscapone nice and tight. >> you want me to do something?

>> pat the crumble on top nice and tight. you can pack it a little bit more. >> it's done. >> it's got to pack. >> what about this stuff? >> i'm going to show you. >> we've got the apples here. >> you've got a testy attitude. just a hint of testiness. >> we want a little bit of liquid. apple cider and brandy preferred. bake that for a long time, 1 1/2 hours. >> let's taste this. what? >> 350. >> we have the apples over here. do you want cream with that? >> hoda can't use that. >> i'll get in there. >> very good. >> ready to move on? >> yes. >> the second dessert. >> that is good.

this is pumpkin and chocolate. >> chocolate and pumpkin which you don't see for thanksgiving too often. it's wear a brownie meets a pumpkin pie. make the brownie base, two layers. add cinnamon and coca, sugar, eggs and your dry. pour that on top. we have a pumpkin base. >> oh, my gosh. >> pumpkin and cream cheese. >> you just know right there that's going to be unbelievable. >> oh, my god. >> that's beautiful. >> what do you do with this? >> to make it look decorative for thanksgiving, just want some chocolate lines. just melted plain chocolate. >> do you ever make a mistake and have to start over again? >> yes. >> oh, that's how you do that. i never figured that out.

>> then you go in the opposite direction. >> oh, my gosh! >> we learned something today. we have learned a lot today. >> bake the bars about 45 minutes at 350. let it cool and chill it. best to do it overnight. cut the bars. >> look how pretty they are. >> we have about 30 seconds. should we start tasting some of the goodies. >> i've got sweet stuffing. >> how is that egg nog? >> 1,000 calories in this. >> no. this is a dessert we work on every december in oceana. we make an aged, mature eggnog. it sits in the cooler for ten weeks. >> really? >> eggs, alcohol, sugar, spices, we strain it. >> we love you, but we've got to run. >> we'll be back with sara's newest webtastic video. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we are back with webtastic. >> we have with a very unique talent. >> oscar has an interesting way of relieving himself. check it out. >> every so often, my dog oscar does something that's just really weird.

there we go. >> so he took this video because his wife didn't believe he walks on his hands when he does his little number onesies. she did not believe him. and that's it. every time he pees, he goes on his hands. >> i thought mine was the only person in the world who did that. it's nice to know. >> we have great news. earlier today we tried to call the carson family in oregon. they are the winners of being thankful today. we left them a long, blathering voice mail. now michelle the mother of two is back. hi, michelle. >> hello. >> yes! there you are. >> congratulations. >> i love you guys. i cannot believe i won. >> we are going to fly you and your whole family out here. you'll see the macy's day parade, hang out with us.

>> american airlines is bringing you here. you'll stay at the mandarin oriental hotel. it is a gorgeous hotel. >> we can't wait to meet your daughter. >> two. >> yes. >> she went to school in tears. >> i'm so glad. >> we'll see you soon, okay? >> thank you so much. wait till you guys hear this story, which we'll tell you next week. i could have never picked the winner, but they picked well. >> they sure have. >> more folks with "twilight." >> and ambush makeovers. how to make your friendship work. when all you want to do is give up. i'm going to run, run, run here for regis' last day. >> and we are about to head to our book signing. >> have an awesome day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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