then, with the mayo brothers, injections, hypnosis, ah, mineral baths.avich) tony curtis is doing cary grant. marilyn is doing an extreme version of marilyn. and jack lemmon's doing a woman. i mean, it, it's off into a kind of farce. (music playing) (ed sikov) oftentimes, drag comedy begins and ends with the image of a man in a woman's dress. this representation moves into something a lot deeper. osgood fielding the third. cinderella the second. bye-bye. (ed sikov) they end up getting harassed. you don't get off that easy! (ed sikov) they get pinched. all right, driver, once around the park, slowly, and keep your eyes on the road. (ed sikov) and it teaches them something. none of that, sugar. no guy's worth it. (ed sikov) and it makes them more human. billy wilder was pushing the limits of the code. but his sympathy is really with the decadent characters. (tango music playing) ole! he got away with that because his movies were so much fun. (susan seidelman) they worked on two different levels: you could laugh at all the characters' misadventures, for ten

one group received medical care plus a year of weekly supportive group therapy with self-hypnosis for pain. the control group received standard medical care only. the general finding was that patients who received group therapy survived an average of 36 1/2 months from the onset of intervention. the control group-- an average of almost 19 months. the treatment group lived twice as long. that's a remarkable finding. i'm delighted that--that-- that this finding is here. i'd like to see it replicated. i'd like to make sure that it's firm. if it is replicated, psychologists have an awful lot of work to do to discover what the critical ingredient is in the psychotherapeutic intervention that prevents the relapse. it may very well be that the psychotherapeutic intervention is a sufficient stress reducer so that the immune system functions more effectively than it would under chronic stress. while experts agree that further research is necessary, kathleen morrell is convinced her mind can play an active role in her revery. if stress can make you sick, your mind can convince your body to get

posturing themselves -- >> the thing is he's hoping the whole country will be under some kind of bizarre hypnosis and think we have money that we don't. >> you speak so negatively -- >> no, no. i do not. >> it's going to be fine.: >> i love this country and i think -- >> we have the ability to try and police ourselves a bit and t stop the wreckless spending and have the courage and fortitude to do so, we wouldn't be in the position we're s in.ou >> it's friday, let's pick it up. look good. >> coming up on "the five," an unbelievable shot. see, this is positive. at a basketball game, and itme wasn't made a by a player, but a cheerleader, of course. >> my gosh. i'm going to practice that immediately after the show. we're going to show the other half of that amazing half court flip shot and make sure to stay tuned for our preoscar party. we're going tore get down. that's later on "thego five." " our thoughts -- no, we're not. >> on hollywood's big night, that's ahead. don't go away i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thi

every time she hears "gangnam style" she snaps to life as if out of hypnosis.ev, israel, painted handicapped parkings around a parked car. she did track down the security footage. city officials did issue an apology and waived the woman's fine. i certainly hope so. >> to me this is not a great video, it's just an outrageous story. >> it is. it is. >> last but not least, here on thursday, 2-year-old basketball phenom, and amazing talent for sinking trick shots. all types of hoops, all distances, off the wall. you saw him live. he can pull it off live. this is not just good editing. he can do this. >> i love this. >> any favorites on the panel here? >> gangnam style. >> we're not supposed to influence our viewers. >> no, but sometimes we just have to speak out. >> i like gangnam style. >> it's cute. >> kid president, gangnam baby, parked car and trick shots. we'll reveal, perhaps, a new winner or repeat winner next friday. >> thank you for that, willie. i know you'll be spending all weekend tabulating the vote. >> i am. >> we'll be back. first this is "today" on