>> kathie lee. >> yeah, kathie lee and -- >> kathie lee and i forget. >> kathie lee and someone else.>> hoda, your name, you are egyptian. >> whatever. ali, thank you from the bottom of my heart for that clip. >> there was a big welcoming sign when we got there. >> yes, kathie lee and hilda, it said. by the way, in case you care -- the ants in my apartment are dead. the guys in the building, the turbo -- blew the turbo stuff in the building and i was tiptoeing around this morning, turning the lights on and looking for them -- none. i hope they're gone. >> so it was roto-rooter kind of thing? >> termin ex, from the building. i just wanted those ants out of my apartment. >> there are ten pages of suggestions on here. >> it was the professionals that came and did it. >> we're talking about favorite camp memories. kathie wrote in a mouse had babies in my sleeping bag. drinking bug juice. and color war every year. lots of fun camp memories. >> up next -- >> she knocked you out with this cool song called "knock you down." singer, songwriter carrie hilton back after this. >>> by age 12, carr

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. >> hey, kathie lee and hoda? >> yeah?l you'd put that right in his face. >> they came close. >> came a little close there. >>> good morning, everybody chl. time now is 8:26. this time mike takes us to san francisco. >> we're in san jose where traffic flows slowly right now. an accident on brokaw road. now all lanes are cleared, butd look at the back heading up to the accident area, right on i-80 where things start to clear near brokaw. in oakland, starting to see some slowing past the coliseum. >> lots of clouds there. right in oakland to san francisco. santa clara valley still socked in by low clouds. marine layer is about 2,000 thick. the sea breeze going to keep our temperatures very mild for this time of year. 70s and 80s inland, same story on the coast and then it will get warmer as we head into the weekend. more news after the break. >>> america's cup could bring big tourism dollars to the bay area economy. a study by the san francisco chronicle says that race could bring in $1.4 billion with most of that benefiting

miss kathie lee gifford!d -- >> hold on. zproo -- a whole bottle. >> i've got to be careful. >> you're an amateur. >> that is crazy. >> i'm sorry, but there's room for another glass. >> oh, i always forget the show is a whole hour. >> get it. get it. >> halloween theme. >> come on. just keep jogging. keep your feet moving. ♪ >> kathie lee! >> mom, you just sliced yourself on that knife! >> what kathy thinks of the kitchen, she walks in. she says, oh, this is what a kitchen looks like. >> i'm not the one bleeding. ♪ >> attention, macy's shoppers! sale! >> i got it! >> cheers. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> and we're still cheering. so thanks to all of you for being along on this great ride that we're having. we so appreciate you all. and you're calling your friends and you're sitting around and who knows what you're doing in the privacy of your own home. >> we don't want to know. >> but our show is doing well because of and you we're very grateful. and our incredible staff. >> we have a terrific staff. >> we've got

with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.1. i thought we might not be on the air anymore after the big day yesterday. >> we peak. >> but thanks, everybody, for all your great wishes. we heard from a lot of people on facebook, didn't we, sara? >> yes. >> don't we have a fan photo or something of someone watching the show? >> i think we do. >> cynthia from connecticut posted this facebook photo of her dog. is that her dog watching our show? >> yep. >> isn't that sweet. >> there's just something for everybody in our show. >> i think the dogs enjoy it. >> then jimmy fallon gave us a nice shout-out last night apparently on his show. >> did he? >> i heard. >> let's hear. >> congratulations to kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb who had their 600th show earlier today. 600. 600. suck on that, a-rod. 600. >> ooh! >> tough words. >> yeah. what does that mean? >> i don't know. a-rod's had his attention diverted this summer. with cameron diaz apparently. >> that's what i've heard. from the papers. >> mm-hmm. okay. if you go on a website, i'

and we ended up writing the kathie lee episode, which became another episode. we wrote that, and then-- you know, but it was all-- again, if it had been based purely on focus groups and that kind of thing, it would have never been on the air. there are people who would find it hard to believe. that comedy central actually has somebody who controls content, that there are censors at comedy central. 'cause you do--you do push the envelope a bit. who has that job, and what do they do for a living? we have a woman by the name of renee presser, who has many titles, depending on who's defining her. and she works in our legal department. and there's a couple of issues. you know, we have a standards and practices department, and it's basically to work with the talent. and we don't have a scripted policy of what is right and wrong, but certainly language is the biggest concern we have. and the advertisers are-- and these guy's know this, 'cause we debated about this quite a bit. the advertisers are very cautious to be in certain content, and language is the biggest one.

congratulations to kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb who had their 600th show earlier today. [ cheersnd applause ] 600. 600. suck on that, a-rod. 600. [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] he'll get it tomorrow. i hope he does. everyone is talking about the movie "inception." you guys see that movie "inception?" [ cheers and applause ] great movie. really, really good. in just two weeks, "inception" has made $144 million. yeah, it surpassed the studio's wildest dream within a dream within a dream. [ laughter ] you guys hear about this? the kings of leon -- did you hear about this? the kings of leon only played three songs during their concert in st. louis because pigeons were pooping on them. [ laughter ] fans called it disappointing, while the pigeons are calling it the only way we can express ourselves. [ laughter ] i do not agree with those pigeons. i like the kings of leon. >> steve: they're rude. >> jimmy: rude pigeons. >> steve: poop on a statue. >> jimmy: yes, go poop on a statue. >> steve: who is that guy? >> jimmy: i don't know that guy. he's telling people where to poop. >> steve: h

the 14th hour of the "today" show with kathie lee and hoda.ard from an awful lot of people on facebook. >> don't we have a fan photo or someone watching our show? >> there's just something for everybody. >> okay. i wondered how long it would take for him to get back at us. he remembers, he took hombrage we we didn't think he was funny. i'm sorry, that was not your shining hour. the night at -- what was it called? >> i don't remember. but i -- >> thank you very, very much. killed a lot of brain cells since then. >> anyway. >>> because you guys have been sending in pictures of either -- >> rude things you see. >> yeah. we saw -- there is something that you guys sent us. it's another picture. and this one for some reason struck us as especially rude. if you look at it you might think, oh, it's not such a big deal. but this a picture of someone resting their feet where they shouldn't be. let's just take a look at the feet rest. >> 85 degrees out that day. >> but they're on some kind of -- what is it? tour bus or tour boat? >> boat, i think. >> and

>> i think kathie lee said something important.ate medication, with the right kind of doctor prescribing. but also people need to get ab city innoce -- away from substances they are using to deal with the illness. there is cognitive behavior and a lot out there that really works. >> congratulations on your harvard degree. hi! when did you have time to do that? >> congratulations. she's off watching that gorgeous husband of hers. >> my husband, i'm sorry, he's so hot it's ridiculous. >> you're just hot. >> sweet, too. and he loves you. >> he does love me, and i love him. >> ashley, thanks for coming by. >> it's an amazing film. where can people see it? >> they can see it in new york city at the quad theater. and it will be on dvd soon. >> she got a standing ovation at the sundance. >> she's a big deal this one. >> okay. next up, parents, kids and broken friendships. what do you do? we'll have advice. >> and two ladies get hot new makeovers courtesy of the ambush team after this. i'm hungry. what's for dinner? hey, little dude. dinne

kathie lee will be back next week and you'll be back for the guys tell-all. we'll see you.

. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb.with us on thursday, jaul 22nd. did you know that most people are angrier on thursday than any other day of the week? did you know that? >> it would make sense, because you're not at the weekend yet, and i can see where you get angry. >> i've angered you and annoyed you ever since monday. >> yes. >> do i do that to you, hoda, really? >> yeah. here's the drill. i was angry yesterday. here's what happened. i went to the post office to get a -- >> listen to this. >> a registered letter, and you know those are always bad. it's irs or lawyer thing. >> you throw every notice away, jury duty, irs, junk mail. >> hold on. i go and wait 30 minutes. your letter is not here. we'll call you. i get home, phone rings, we found t. gi back to the post office, and they said we found your letter. here it is. it says really big irs. so i'm thinking to myself, i shouldn't have picked it up. why did i ever bother going. so get it, and i'm the person that opens the mail right when i get it. i open my mail be

the lyrics of lady gaga was william shakes spear. >> kathie lee, you are stephen king. >> wow. >> theen pay the tab. 1 in 4 women -- is that what it was? 4 out of 5 guys say the man should pick it up. 1 in 4 women expect a guy to. >> really? i'm surprised by that. i bet that is a generational thing. anybody my age would expect the man to do it, or they're not much of a man. >> if you're dissatisfied with your sex life -- >> who isn't? only 25% of all the 100,000 said they were satisfied. only 25%. 30% were unsatisfied. and 45% were kind of satisfied. >> room for improvement. >> so most people, if you're at home saying i have the worst sex life, most people do. >> doesn't that make you feel better? 47% of men admit they would dump their significant other if they got fat. >> i think that's disgusting. >> 19% of women would do the same. >> that's a deal-breaker, then forget it. forget it. >> what if you can't help the fact you love the person, but you're completely turned off and can't fake that kind of affection, what do you do? >> you have to love them for more than that? >> there are