reminds me of kathie lee and hoda. who supposedly haunts this?st of poe is said to drink wine from unopened bottles in this cellar. and dr. phil isn't the only one feeling a presence. >> late at night when you're in this room there is a feeling that you're not alone. there are ghosts that enjoy the spirits. spirits and spirits. >> the merchant house museum and dr. phil and i are going to see what we can scare up. >> let's go in. >> this house is reportedly haunted by an entire family. >> the claim to fame that they have the most ghosts. >> the resident ghost expert recounts stories of mysterious piano playing. >> a couple sitting in the garden say we heard music drifting from the parlor, wonderful that you still use the family piano. >> the real irony of the story, at the time, the piano was in disrepair and could not be played at all. >> oh, that's good. we make our way upstairs. >> this is the most haunted room. people have seen things in this room, things from balls of of energy moving across the floor, flashes of light and photographs. >> hou

but to hoda kotoba and kathie lee i'm sorry. i really am usually professional but i just couldn't make it. >> half hearted but at least she's not lying. i don't know why. >> apology accepted. >> all right. welcome her back anytime. >> all right. so vogue magazine comes out with its best dressed women of the year. we'll give you the top three. >> this surprised me. i haven't seen this lady about. from "the good life." she has an exotic look. >> number two on the list was from "the girl with the dragon tattoo." ? rooney mera granddaughter of ann mera who will be at "scandalous" tonight. and also emma stone. she has a great look and she mixes it up a lot. she doesn't have the same look. she is daring. she dut does a lot of different things. >> the "wall street journal" came out with an article. there are new rules for flirting, okay? elizabeth bernstein has been here before. >> she writes great articles. >> it opens doors, but sometimes can cause problems. think, some people are flirtatious by nature, and some people turn it on to

will you please welcome back to the show, kathie lee gifford. [applause] >> hello, governor. >> hi, kathie lee. >> so nice to see you. >> great to see you. >> wow, you're always doing something and now a broadway play that you've written. >> yeah, i know. >> about a very interesting character. >> a real woman of history, all fallen through the cracks of history and it's wrong because her story is unbelievable. people say, well, if she was such an unbelievable woman why haven't i heard of her. >> mike: why haven't we heard of her. >> ♪ hello to hollywood, everyone from shirley temple to amy stempel ♪ i've been fascinated for 40 years. >> mike: what made you interested in her? she's fascinating. >> and i first heard of her 40 years ago in college nobody could have ever lived a life like that. and then when i moved to los angeles to pursue my own career she's legendary out there. the temple she built in 1923 is still there. >> mike: i've been there. eighths dream center. >> dream center taking care of 30,000 a week in the worst section of los angel

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" from kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. >>> hey, everybody, welcome, welcome, it's winesday wednesday, it's november 21st. hoda knows, because she's got family here it is the second biggest travel day of the year. so, good luck, everybody, wherever you are going. >> i'm so excited. in the upstairs studio, about 20 feet from us is my family, my mom, my brother, his wife, hannah and ella, the new addition to the family is here. >> first christmas. >> first thanksgiving day parade tomorrow. everyone is waving like home movie. >> winter wonderland, phantasma mania. >> still waving. >> going to be with us maybe later for a toy segment. >> very nice. a fun time. >> yes. >> you love sharing this, beloved new york city. >> going to go to radio city, such fun for the kids, you guys have ever not gone, they give you 3-d glasses, see like 10,000 santas coming at you, the kids go crazy, probably try to go friday matinee. >> awesome, awesome. >> we had fun with anderson cooper, had fun the few days ago, like everyone is just hearing about our party. >> just aired

"today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome, welcome, it's fun day monday, november 19th. we are delighted that you're here with us today. this is a very bittersweet day for me, hoda woman. bittersweet since it's the 10th anniversary since my daddy passed away. you know what it's like. hoda and i both lost our dads way too early, but we were so blessed to have fathers like we did. >> absolutely. >> he would have been smiling bigger than anybody on the planet last thursday night. >> every now and then in life you have a magical moment, and that night, the night that your show premiered, was incredibly magical. it was packed with all kinds of people, us, natalie, matt, al, regis, kris jenner, liza manelli. there was a crazy red carpet. then frank and your kids, anyway, you walked inside and the place was buzzing. and once -- >> sorry. thank god for mary and laura. >> and the curtain went up and it was one of those things everybody kind of held their breath, th

. >> scotch eggs, a little porridg sg >> hoda and kathie lee in a trivia contest. >> oh, boy. >> kathiemale announcer ]are our connoisseurs of flavor. experts in aroma. they're the world championship cheese judges. [ air horn blowing ] and while they might seem kind of odd to you -- like this guy -- we just love them. and at the 2012 championship, they awarded cracker barrel gold for cheddar for its rich, full flavor. thanks cheese geniuses. cracker barrel. it's cheddar, perfected. >>> oh, a little stones on willie's playlist. very nice. "gimme shelter," extending an official welcome to our new co-host today. want to know more about willie geist and what better way than a friendly competition all about willie. >> that's right. >> so kathie lee and hoda, we asked them to partake and help us along. they will be asking the questions. al and i will be competing against each other. willie, you're here to observe. >> why am i here? >> you're the fact checker. >> got it. >> i have a terrible feeling about this. >> no, no, no. >> let's get started. >> who do you think is -- >> natalie is going

>> true. >> kathie lee is right, it is false.led, if you don't have a thermometer in your refrigerator, after four hours start throwing things away. keep a thermometer, if it stays below 40 degrees -- do you have a thermometer? >> i've got four. >> all right, ready for the next one. >> if your power is out, you should throw away all of your dairy products, milk, butter, cheese? >> yes, get rid of them. >> if your power is out for what? >> more than five hours. >> i'll say true, too. >> and you are wrong. it's false, only because most of the things have to be thrown away, but butter, hard cheese, processed cheese. in the little ceramic. >> that's different. >> i don't know. >> different can of worms. >> not everything. >> okay. >> now here's another question for your fridge when the power goes out. should you throw away condiments like ketchup and mustard? >> no, never. i leave them out on the counter. >> some people don't even refrigerate them. they are perfectly safe. >> hoda keeps hers in her sink. >> okay, again, you lose your

to hoda kotb and kathie lee gifford, i'm sorry.dressed women of the year. we'll give you the top three. >> this surprised me. i haven't seen this lady about. from "the good life." she has an exotic look. >> number two on the list was from "the girl with the dragon tattoo." >> she is the granddaughter of anne merer who will be at "scandalous" tonight. and also emma stone. she has a great look and she mixes it up a lot. she doesn't have the same look. she is daring. >> the "wall street journal" came out with an article. there are new rules for flirting, okay? elizabeth bernstein has been here before. >> she writes great articles. >> it opens doors, but sometimes can cause problems. think, some people are flirtation by nature and some people turn it on to get what they want. some flirt to get out of traffic tickets. that's happened many times. >> really? you flirt? >> i found the best way is to be extremely gracious, not flirting because that can -- >> i am so sorry. no, you have to juice it a little. >> oh, hoda. >> you can't go, i w

as always, kathie lee gifford is across the street at the nbc experience store, ready to hand out 100e questions right. to those who don't they get her awesome cd. all right. here to help me out is the ceo of deutsch inc., valerie defibo. are we ready? >> we are ready. >> see if our people are ready. go ahead, kath. >> who did this. ♪ you'll learn the meaning of easy cleaning with the only foam that's lysol ♪ that was me. anyway, what celebrity -- by the way happy birthday, ms. birthday girl? >> thank you. >> what celebrity is best known for appearing in the jell-o commercials, george lopez, bill cosby, steve martin or billy crystal? >> bill cosby. >> yes, indeed, bill cosby, very iconic, that commercial. >> very iconic. bill cosby did jell-o commercials for almost 30 years. he started in 1974 following a lot of the programming that he did with kids on "the electric company" in the early '70s, just a natural with kids, conversational, made them feel like he talked to them like peel ream. >> all right. yeah. i remember that kids say the darndest things. kath, back to you. >> lovely lad

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hello, everybody, welcome to try day friday, november 16, 2012. >> here's to you, the opening of your show, "scandalous." >> thank you, hoda, thank you for being there, the entire "today" show was there. we have a lot to tell you about, but we're going to do it on monday. >> that's how we roll. >> we have stuff to be edited. >> we have a lot happening. >> by the way, tonight i am sitting down with christina aguilera, i want to give you a sneak peek, because she sang to me. i don't know if it was to me, but she sang. >> oh, good. >> let's watch. >> when you were little, you lined up stuffed animals and gave performances. what did you sing to your stuffed animals? >> back then? probably "the sound of music." that was the thing that made me want to be a singer, julie andrews up in the hills, "the hills are alive." that soundtrack is a piece of my heart. that was my musical release at that age. >> what song did you like the most, what did you like

kathie lee's friday funny. >> this is from rob. very cute. by her girlfriend taking a milk bath would make her skin soft and is up pell asupple and younger loo. she left a note on the door asking the milk man to come in. she filled the tub and sat there naked and asked the milk man to fill the tub with milk. he said would you like your milk pasturized? she said no, just right up by my boobs would be fine. >> now it's time for bobby's buzz. >> so we have a special guest today, georgia. >> hi, georgia. >> who is helping me show off if you look at everybody at home looking at that camera. this is a t-shirt by lady dady. the outfit is -- really cool. the tee's come with velcro bikini. so you can switch out the fashion accessories. and you really like the yellow so we're going to give her back the yellow. >> they've come a long way. >> you can do that on bags. they have tees for big girls like me. >> hello. >> and georgia's going to stick around to help me show off. this is from le zoo. tammy has two little girls at home. she is our boss around he

and to those who don't they get kathie lee's cd. so everyone is a winner.es of "friends" no matter how you anticipate. now, james michael tyler played gunther, who spent years pining for rachel white working at the coffee house, is here to help us with the answers. do you remember even the show? >> you know what, i'm really, really bad at trivia, we will see what happens. >> we will see what happens. kath, to you. >> lovely lady from grand rapids, works for amway. doesn't everybody in grand rapids? okay. say joey tribiani's most notable pickup line. do you know it? >> how are you doin'? >> perfect. i believe you won the -- >> and we should point out you said it with the proper emphasis, too. >> how you down? -- doin? >> how did that line come about? how did it happen? >> i don't know. i think matt used to say that in real life and the writers popped it in there. >> there he is. how you doin'? back across the street. >> lovely lady from new jersey, name the four characters in this throw back clip. is that what it says? >> boyfriend. >> so guy looks like core

"today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. it's funday monday, beginning a brand new week around here. big, big day november 12th. it's willie geist's first day here. >> hence the champagne. otherwise of course we wouldn't have had that. >> that's right. we love him. he's already brought a great energy to the 9:00 and we're really, really happy. >> there's a lot of happy people outside rockefeller center. >> we're not sure we've seen this quite so far in advance. of the actual event. >> one direction is coming to the plaza. usually doesn't start on friday night for a conner is on tuesday. it stretches all the way down the block. usually a day or two in advance people come. sara haines is outside with these folks. hey, sara. >> you can't see. the line wraps all the way around and up about four blocks. right now i'm here with a bunch of girls from pennsylvania that have been here since saturday, but you went home, can you tell us about that? >> we had a field hockey

kathie lee gifford next door at the nintendo world store.o hand out $100 who get the answers right, those that don't, they get her cd. helping me out is the senior writer for "newsweek" and the daily beast. are we ready? >> ready, hoda. >> a lovely south carolina principal of a mccracken school is that what it? >> mccracken middle school. >> you better know this, missy, who was the first president to live in the white house, george washington, john adams, thomas jefferson or james madison? >> john adams. >> wow, she knows her stuff. wow. wow. wow. >> the resident act established the nation's first capitol in philadelphia. that's where george washington lived. they built the white house for eight years, cost $232,000 to build the white house. a bargain in today's dollars, but not back then. john adams and abigail moved in in 1800. >> back across to kathy. >> holly jean gifford, can you believe it upstate new york? who was the youngest person to become president, was it james polk, theodore roosevelt, john f. kennedy or bill clinton? >> john f

and i can tell you, this has been a labor of love for kathie lee.ave a little show called "scandalous." >> let's talk about "scandalous." >> kathie lee gifford's musical is going to broadway. >> yeah, baby. >> should we sing the song? >> hooray for hollywood. from shirley temple -- >> everybody knows shirley temple but they don't know amy simple. >> but kathie lee's out to change that with "scandalous," the musical based on amy. >> she was a woman of history who has fallen through the cracks. she went on to become the most scandalous, controversial, yet celebrated woman of her day. >> you're drifting away from the face of your fathers. >> 12 years i've been actually physically writing it and trying to get it produced on broadway. >> everybody agrees she was the best, though, right? >> she was really, really strong, yeah. >> we've had four workshops, i think. two large out of town regional productions, well over 1,000 re-writes. it's all part of the process. >> with every chance i got. >> carol lee carmelo in my mind is the finest working actress in

>>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome to booze day tuesday, november 13th. it was absolute pandemonium around here today. >> i don't want to feel shirked or anything, but everybody got them, we get cardboard cutouts of them. >> they are less trouble. less trouble. i could barely get to my dressing room today, insanity down there, then when i got to the threshold, their underwear. it's all all stacked in front of me. i said would you pick up your underwear, please? they looked at me, yes, ma'am. >> this crowd, by the way -- usually in the mornings -- >> big crowds before. >> these crowds were massive. this was, by the way, in front of my gym when i was walking. this was 52nd, a couple of blocks away. >> what time was that? >> this was about 5:30-ish, something like that. if you look at the big, wider shot of the crowds, i mean -- >> once they were performing it looked like shea stadium with the beatles, didn't it? >> roker was saying this was like the c

>>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it's thirsty thursday, november 8th. for some reason november seems like a very long month already. >> i know. >> because of all the storms we've been having back here in the east. but this one which they named thena they're saying not as bad as expected. the daily news takes umbrage with that. >> that's what people around here are feeling. >> they barely got their power on and some city people are still without power when we get another sock from mother nature. >> they say -- when they said a nor'easter they were right. theres with a foot of snow in some places in connecticut. central park right down the street from us had 4.3 inches which is a record for this time of year. one of the things new york does very well, they are very good at clearing the streets. because when i woke up i was like did it snow? you had to look on the grass or rooftops. but i got to tell you, the people -- if you think about what's happening to the folks who were really hit by th

. >> scotch eggs, a little porridg sg >> hoda and kathie lee in a trivia contest. >> oh, boy. >> kathieompetition all about willie. >> that's right. >> so kathie lee and hoda, we asked them to partake and help us along. they will be asking the questions. al and i will be competing against each other. willie, you're here to observe. >> why am i here? >> you're the fact checker. >> got it. >> i have a terrible feeling about this. >> no, no, no. >> let's get started. >> who do you think is -- >> natalie is going to clean up. >> absolutely. >> question one. here's question one. hit your buzzers when you have the correct answer. here it is. where did willie meet his wife? >> no, let me do, the a, b, c. >> got it in the piece. >> it was in middle school, sixth grade. >> whose classroom, what was the school? >> home room. >> willie said home room. >> what was the school? >> oh. >> we don't have to name the school. >> elementally school. >> middle school. >> george washington middle school in ridgewood, new jersey. >> nobody got that one. >> give that one to natalie. >> why are you giving that

and hoda kotb will be behind the scenes with a look at kathie lee giffords' new broadway musical "scandalous," opening tonight. >>> and now, keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

coffee tastes better in her kathie lee and hoda mug, we would agree.iami, tampa get more oppressed, but jacksonville is a wonderful town. >>> nothing better to warm you up on a cold night than comfort food. >> i can think of something. >> there he is, curtis stone is here. >>> melissa francis spills juicy details. >> this is a great, great book. >>> plus, bobbie thomas is around with things that make you go hmmm. you, hang up first. no, you!! [ female announcer ] after school, get to pizza pleasin' faster than mandy can hang up on mr. monday. you hang up first. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack-defying, satisfying totino's pizza rolls. [ ringing ] it's on. let's roll. totino's pizza rolls. [ ringing ] hershey's makes smiles. smiles make more smiles. when the chocolate is hershey's. life is delicious. challenge that with new olay facial hair removal duo. a two-step process that removes even coarse, stubborn facial hair gently. plenty of gain, without all that pain... it's about getting fios. that moment after you finally got it,

congratulations to kathie lee and the wonderful cast on an exquisite performance.eeds to say, well, it's the only thing i know how to do, which i thought was really interesting. >> she sat next to me, remind me to tell kathie that. she brought that up. >> for me, having everybody around me and the lovely,ovely good wishes was amazing, but i got to go home that night, haven't been home a lot in the last few months. this part is where i'm going to probably lose it. got to go home with my family and children who came from california, and we stayed up until like 3:00 in the morning, and both of my children just blessed me. and i just thought, i got a 22 year old and 19 year old that actually like me and are proud of what's happened there and the beauty that we're trying to bring into the world. >> congratulations. >> and hoda, you know how i feel. you and my friends, many are here today, still supporting me, i am deeply, deeply grateful. thank you, everybody. i might be the most grateful woman on the face of the earth today. we're going to let you know tomorrow about a

"today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, it is try day friday november 23rd and we are so stuffed. i don't think we want to try anything today, except for maybe these, which is, you know, a little pretzel with some peanut butter that's what everybody wants right after thanksgiving. >> get to that in a minute, our friday thing. >>> it is time for christmas shopping it is official. >> too soon. >> black friday is the day. the question is when do people stop the christmas shopping? there are people -- >> obnoxious, it done, had it done in august. >> not friends with those people. >> no. we don't like those people. almost a fifth start shopping in the back-to-school season, there are lots of great sales and things. 10% start when the christmas decorations begin to go up. >> which is now. >> some up before halloween here. blown away by hurricane sandy but they put them back up. 3% wait until two weeks before christmas, like hody. >> i wait because i like to feel in the mood. i'm not in the mood to buy christmas presents in july,

>> kathie lee gifford. >>> there's a new trend in videos, you guys.orable. they caught the whole nine months-plus on tape. let's watch. ♪ ♪ hey do you hear that sound ♪ it's the sound of love ♪ it's the sound of music ♪ it's the sound of a new star ♪ hey it's a shooting star ♪ >> oh! ♪ >> oh, my god. >> like the last miracle birth still. little oliver wolfe laroux was born november 1st. a normal birth announcement will soon be following with "lock up your girls." >>> we have another story about a man who is very upset after his wife had a baby, and he looked at the child and realized the child wasn't cute. >> this is unbelievable. he's suing his wife because the baby is ugly. >> offended by his newborn looks. the problem is not only did he think the baby was awful looking, he claimed the baby didn't look like the mom or the dad. >> here's what happened, they did a dna test, did prove it was, in fact, their child. the mother had $100,000 of plastic surgery before meeting the father, so he had no idea what was going on and he sued her and he won. >> the

. >> i'm excite, hoda and kathie lee are here, having a lot of fun, am drunk. it is sad but true.e a candle wax that you put in that crack and it smooths it out. that's what was haening. >> iwas out of control. >> a blast. >> he is -- is he back yetrom the gaza? >> his still in gaznd actually twitterarith some folks out there who have been, you know, making som comments to him. i got to tell you, this guy is working around the clock. >> yes. >> he is i a very, very dangerous spot and ihink he is doing terrific. >> why are people -- >> just peoplere people. people are people. all right. we kno it's thanksgiving and a lot of thanksgiving mhs thought we would like to debunk for you. >> we' here to debunk them. >> a myth that says our in-laws are tlaws. >> from way fa.com. >> 70% of people enjoy spending time with their in-laws, the other 30% would rher do just about anything else. >> wonder if the other 30 just don't like anybody. >> yeah. >> the kind of peoe that a just neverhappy. >> that's goodod good observation. >> people in this world, let's be honest, you can bend over backwar

honestly, i'm just happy to be on the same drinking schedule as kathie lee and hoda.e is my little hoda? oh, there he is. [ cheers and applause ] welcome, guillermo. he's been in that closet for most of the week. do you like brooklyn, guillermo? >> yeah, i love brooklyn, jimmy. >> jimmy: brooklyn seems to like you. what is the -- this might be a tough question. but what's the best thing you've eaten since you've been here? >> pizza. >> jimmy: pizza? what kind -- which one? >> well -- pepperoni with hall pain yoeps. >> jimmy: okay, all right. we're going to have him deported back to l.a. my aunt chippy is here, too, somewhere in the audience. where is aunt chippy? oh, hi, aunt chippy. [ applause ] do you have anything you'd like to say? you have a statement you'd like to make to everyone here in brooklyn? >> well, i am very, very proud of them, that our hometown has given you such a great reception and i'm very, very proud to be a brooklynite. >> jimmy: and what is that -- she broke her shoulder on the way in here. >> yeah, i got a present from jfk airport. first time

>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, everybody. welcome to thirsty thursday. it feel like the first day of november. >> it is chilly. >> temperatures have really dropped. i feel for everybody who is still without power. >> the funny thing, usually with tropical storms when you cover them or whatever, you're wearing like warm summer clothes. and this is the first time ever that i felt a tropical storm coupled with the cold weather and it just changes the whole game for people who are hurting. we do have good news, though. >> we do. we keep hearing the heartbreaking stores. they come in. but our own matt lauer, he called up steve burke our ceo at comcast and said may i have an hour of primetime tomorrow night at 8:00? because i'm going to call some friends. and he called bruce springsteen and billy joel and jon bon jovi and christina aguilera and alicia keys and a whole group of people. and guess what? one solid hour of a music extravaganza. and it will be across the platform. no commercials. >> we're talkin

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