from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" with california girls kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from universal city walk at universal studios, hollywood. >> oh, boy. >> huh? >> she's going to make a special stop on the tour right here on universal studio walk. >> uh-oh.

stop over there. >> i went to the ladies room. >> of course you did. that's what you do. >> i like the change of scenery. i like it. >> hope you enjoy doing the show out front. >> hi, everybody. >> whoa. >> thank you. >> ladies, welcome to universal studios, hollywood, universal city walk. have a great show. >> oh, oh, oh, oh.

>> can you feel the love? >> hoda, we can feel the love. we are so in love with southern california. >> sit down. take a load off. >> get comfy. get cozy. >> we have a little issue here at universal studios, hollywood on city walk. we want to thank the los angeles bureau -- >> l.a. tourism board. >> that's what i meant. >> we keep thanking them every day. if i had my way, we would keep thanking them for the next two months, you know what i'm saying? >> of course you would. since you came out today on this beautiful sun-splashed day in l.a., somebody in this audience is going to get an incredible prize. now, you don't even know what we're talking about, but we're going to pick names out of a bowl or a wine glass and we are going to choose somebody. >> that's closer by. what's that supposed to mean, ma'am? >> anyway, we've been having a lot of fun. we want to wish a happy birthday to the folks here at city walk

because it's their 20th birthday. >> happy 20th birthday. >> who knew? >> we've got some birthday cake, and we want to thank the dancers too, you guys. did you see the samba dancers? of course, you did. yes. exactly. >> i wish we had a camera in the ladies room when we were all trying to do our business, all four of us before the show. >> where is the cake? >> there is our -- >> eric coppella. >> oh, oh. >> i wanted to get the party started. >> talk to us. >> so this is universal city walk's 20th birthday, and we wanted to get the party started, so we have been up all night making this cake. >> yes. >> we understand that some people aren't real thrilled with dairy, so we made this low cal, low fat. >> why does my lactose issue always come up?

>> well, we wanted to start this party off, and we wanted you to -- >> taste it. we'll taste it right now. >> it is absolutely -- >> i don't have a bit of a problem. oh, my god. >> that's great. >> eric, delicious. >> happy birthday. we're going to cut it for everyone so everyone can celebrate. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> have a great day. >> thank you, eric. >> we do need something to wash it down. >> oh, yeah. >> come on. forget the ladies. >> come on. we have these drinks that have come from brazil's national cocktail in honor of the samba dancers. >> they're inspired by -- >> the brazilian steakhouse. >> how are you? >> it's only tuesday, so -- >> what are we drinking? >> we are drinking a sangria thing.

>> casparinia. >> too bad everybody else can't have one. >> they are so good. >> and healthy. >> thank you so much. >> we want to see your signs because someone is going to get a prize. california wine inn. >> she's clever. oh, look. someone went to the trouble -- >> that's darn good. >> you know what -- oh, my god. look at the baby reading kathie lee's book that is crazy. >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my gosh. >> okay. all right. okay. >> it's going to be hard. >> it's going to be very hard. >> somebody brought "scandalous." my parents love your musical. >> we see you over there. uh-huh. porn is over there. i see you. kind of. the winner is going to get a mug that costs $5. we're going to -- i promise

you're not going to believe what the prize is, and it's not a kathie lee cd. we're going to play a little game with you guys. >> because it is presidents' day also. how many of you knew that? >> uh-huh. you guys are all very smart. >> it is. duh. >> are you ready to play your trivia game? true or false, in today's dollars george washington would be the poorest president ever. raise your hand or applaud if you think it's true. okay. applaud if you think it's false. nope. everybody is very noncommitmental. >> well, those of you who said it was false are right. he would be the richest. >> worth $525 million. >> after taxes it's not so much. >> he didn't do so well. here's another within. true or false warren harding -- who knows who he is -- was an

avid poker player who once bet the white house china and lost it all. true or false? >> false, false. >> the answer is true. >> can you imagine explaining that to the secretary of the treasury? by the way -- >> sorry. >> i'm sure there was alcohol involved. >> true or false. our second president john adams often skipped school to secretly take ballet classes. true? >> now, if you know anything about john adams, you'll know the answer to that. >> or false? false. >> the correct answer is false. >> i love my handwriting. >> she does. can i tell you something that's bugging me? we changed hotels since i have been in los angeles, and you know what i keep doing? losing everything. >> everything. >> no, my phone was lost for a whole day. it was under the seat of the car. >> uh-huh. >> i arrived at my second hotel with two shoes that didn't

match, and i called the other hotel, and they said we did find a pair of shoes -- >> mismatched. >> mismatched shoes. i was just thinking about how much time in my life i spend searching for the other shoe. >> i've been trying to get you organized for almost five years, hoda. you don't listen, though. >> i know. >> i think you lose -- she would lose all her charm. >> if i could find anything? >> if she was as perfect as i am. >> excuse me for one second. >> one more here, hoda? >> i don't know. i can't do anymore. >> did you see where john adams was? >> john adams was not taking ballet classes. he was hunting and fishing. >> that's right. >> allegedly. i don't know if that's true. >> how many of you had an awesome, awesome valentine's day? >> wait. how many of you had a not so great valentine's day? had not so great. >> yeah, yeah. >> would you -- turn around. >> and go. yeah. not great.

>> the question is how do you know if the guy that you're with is the one, for those of you still dating? >> or looking. >> price.com surveyed a whole bunch of women, and they say one of the most important factors that we have when we are picking someone we like to find out if our friends or family like the guy, and if they don't like the guy it colors how we feel about it. i kind of agree with that. >> yeah. well, they said that's second. second. what was first? >> i don't read the note. i don't know what was first. >> number one is he makes you happy and gives you emotional security. that makes sense. for men and women. >> i think number two, though. the fact that your friends and family have to like him. if my best friend doesn't like the guy i'm dating, i start to see the flaws. >> let me ask you a deep and probing question. >> what is it? >> do you have the same best friend type now at the age of 40 -- as you did at 20-? >> no. >> say you're 22 and your friends think this guy is

awesome, that's different. you don't even have your frontal lobe developed yet and you're making huge decisions about your life partners. in your 40s if you don't have good friends, you have not learned much. >> let's talk about or favorite breakup song. this song is so great, okay? this is a song i chose. it's kind of a teeny bopper break-up song. it's called "i look so good without you." have you heard this song by jesse james or -- let's hear it. this is such a great -- that's not it. that's "i will survive." ♪ without you got me a new hair-do ♪ ♪ with your lives ♪ brown eyes >> i look so good without you. you know when your hair gets good and your skin gets clear and he is gone?

that is so good. >> that happens when i leave town. all righty. they also say -- what was your favorite -- >> what was my favorite one? i think my favorite one was by chicago. >> the eagles. >> chicago. ♪ if i you leave me now ♪ it takes away the biggest part of me ♪ ♪ whew, no, baby please don't go ♪ >> i like that song, too. >> you should. >> favorite things real quick. just a minute. oh, we don't have time? we can't do favorite things. we are going to do it tomorrow, but you're going to wish you were here tomorrow, and don't forget, we're giving away a humungous prize coming up. >> i don't know. i think they would be disappointed in it. >> we'll be back right after this. aspirin, really? i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin wouldn't really help my headache, i don't think. aspirin is just old school.

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>> we're going to give away live before we start our next segment. all right. >> it's that time. >> one goes to the lovely lady right here in the front row. come on, girl. come on. >> 20 years later. >> number two right there. hold up your sign. >> thank you. >> come here. come here. come here. come here. come to mama. come to mama. >> thank you. >> this is for you, k.l. >> we're back here at city walk at universal studios, hollywood, and right at the end of city walk is the entrance to the park, and hoda and i went and fwot in touch with our childish side yesterday. >> we rubbed elbows with some of the stars and hit some of the rides, and we had a grand old time. take a look. >> give it up. >> uh-huh. ♪ >> we made it.

>> where are we, hoda woman? >> we are at universal studios hollywood. >> read that sign. it's the entertainment capital of los angeles. >> are you a ride person? >> nope. >> well, that makes one of us. and why is it always me? what's happening here? ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, la >> this is the theme park. not a stand around park. keep moving. >> looking kind of familiar, isn't it? >> i thought you were in l.a.? >> no, you're in new york. >> hello, ladies. >> we're here. >> i heard about you down there wielding a pool cue in a bar the other day. >> you got a problem with that? we're on vacation. nobody was hurt. we were all consenting adults. >> the girls are on vacation. hold to your boyfriends. >> yeah.

>> this is my thing. let me just show you. go. get in. >> all right. we tried. >> this is a ring around the do-dah. >> does anybody ever win? oh. that was close. we are zero for zero. >> that's simple. >> everything is harder than it looks. >> almost. >> wait a second. >> just some elbow in it. >> yes. yes. sfwroo. >> one, two, three. one, two. >> who is winning, hoda? >> welcome to universal studios! >> whew! >> i need my volunteers. >> pick us! pick us! pick us! >> come on up. >> yeah!

>> children, look over there. >> run, everybody! >> ah. >> look at us. >> you have a big line for this. >> let's do this! >> sorry, hoda. sorry, hoda. oh! >> no, no, no, no. >> she's okay. special effects are all about you believing what you see is real. >> let's hear it for hoda. >> oh, my god. i think we tricked them. i'm game for this ride. i'm rusty. >> see you. >> kathie lee is missing out this time. >> what's so frickin' funny?

>> oh, my god. that ride rocked. >> we had a great time. it was fun. >> we love universal. >> we're going to spend the whole week here. >> that's right. we promised to come back and pay for all this stuff. >> all righty. it was a lot of fun and we brought it all back for you guys. >> we're going to give it away to you guys. come on. spongebob right there. right here. >> hold on. >> two slippers. >> oh, oh. >> oh, i see you. oh, i see you. >> and. okay, you guys. coming up, you guys, coming up, if you guys thought these prizes were good, you have no idea

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♪ having a good time out there >> oh, my god. we are so excited because right now we're going to do our big audience give-away. here at universal city walk. >> let's dive right into our -- >> this is the winner. >> and the winner is -- >> who is it? go. >> edgar. >> where's edgar? edgar, edgar. edgar. edgar. oh, my god. >> edgar, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> so here's the deal. you are going to -- there are three prizes. >> three prizes. there are three prizes and

you're going to pick one, two or three. >> number three. >> turn around. >> oh, that's -- >> well, that's too bad because that could have been a great prize. let's see what else -- let's see what else he could have won. >> oh. >> wait. wait. there's one more thing that maybe you could have won. let's take a look. turn around. >> oh, my god! oh! >> edgar, even though you didn't choose it, it's yours. >> edgar gets a brand new toyota rav4. >> oh! >> come on. >> making wishes come true with this car. >> get in there. get in there. get in it. >> edgar, look, he is a little eager. >> kathie, get on that side. come on. come here. edgar! crank up the tunes. ♪ >> there you go. >> can you eve