which is why this lulu lemmon number yesterday was astounding. it's so astounding. to go through the usual rigamarole to see it, though. first they had a spectacular 18% comparable same-store sales gain. the stores last year, they beat them by 18%. the best i've seen from any company that has hit my eyes in the last three months. by the way, that's coupled with some terrific gross margins. it looked like it was enough to send the stock to the low 70s instantly from the high 60s before it reported. but the downbeat high single-digit comp store projections, mentioned later in the earnings release, stopped the elf in its tracks, reversed it, and the stock dropped to the mid 60s almost instantly, again, all before the market was open. and there it lay until the conference call began. on that call you realized very quickly five things about lulu that no other company has. first the runway here is simply gigantic. they have about 200 stores in the u.s. they could triple that if they want, maybe even more. secondly, in the men's business, it was an afterthought. now coming

. >> reporter: klugman made a few films, starring opposite jack lemmon in "days of wine and roses" and with an all-star cast in "12 angry men." >> wait a minute. >> please, i played in backyards that were filled with garbage. maybe you can still smell it on me. >> reporter: jack klugman died peacefully at his home in northridge, california, with his wife, peggy, by his side. he was 90. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> a towering figure. >>> and now, to the extraordinary national outpouring on this christmas eve directed at newtown, connecticut, site, of course, of the tragedy at sandy hook. the overwhelming response summed up by one local who said, quote, there were nine minutes of evil and an infinity of goodness after that. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: a town in need of christmas cheer got it from across the country. in sparta, wisconsin, we saw these 26 snow angels, each for the innocent lives lost in newtown, each with a name and an age. from kalamazoo, michigan, 700 bracelets from a local business and from students, headed to newtown. flower seeds inside each of th

her lemmon cake is now at red hat on the river, one of her area's best restaurants. >> the manager camen a few times just to get cup cake because we got our hair cut by the same woman. he said, you know? i bet i can sell your dessert. >> for now she's keeping her go-pronged strategy and with it she intends for by the way bakery to grow on all fronts. >> i hope that i have several stores and that i'm in a couple of regional if not national chains and on a lot of restaurant menus. >> in the meanwhile she's making a lot of people happy. >> it tastes good, it really does. >>> catering to a niche is all well and good when the business can sustain that. but as we just saw, sometimes you have to put in customers from outside that niche. grand car doan is back with us. also here is les mckeown, the founder and ceo of predictable success, an incubation consulting company and author of the book "the synergist:how to lead your team to great success." so good to see you. >> thank you. >> we talk so much on this show about indicatoring to the niche. that's how you can set yourself apart from the big

and lemmon lemon and vanilla. you're also going to bake them. all right?gets -- >> you want to flip it? >> i don't think i -- it's not ready to be flipped, is it? it's not ready. are you using your fingers? ah. >> there we go. we're good to go. that was easy, right? you've got nails. you can do that. >> then you just fill it with this concoction? >> let's put it up here. what have you got there? that one is with apple butter. apple butter, walnuts. put a little in the crepe -- >> you have raw eggs in these. so you have to -- >> that's right. just like this. fold here. fold here. come over. and they're done. >> bake it. >> raw eggs in there. you have to. seven minutes. at 350 degrees. >> sara. you could leave like a bite for somebody. >> sara, it's okay. i'll make you some more. don't worry. this is apple butter. >> we're going to taste while we rock and roll. thank you so much. >> recipes on our website, klgandhoda.com. >> we'll be back with more of "today." but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ and since we've no place to go ♪ let it snow, let it snow, let

this could be to the fracking industry what the film the china syndrome with jane fonda and jack lemmon was to the nuclear power industry. charles ebinger is analyst with the brookings institute. here is what he told me. >> matt damon will give a convincing actor, undoubtedly casting concerns about shale gas on horizon and that will become a lot of people's perceptions that shale gas is not safe. >> right now the industry low-key, p.r. campaign, hey, wait a minute this movie is only telling one side of the story. that hess what they're saying about it. and they're prepared to ramp that up depending what the public reaction is, melissa. melissa: the industry provides a lot of jobs. the collateral damage could be meaningful. thanks so much for bringing us all of that. >> you bet. melissa: speaking of "promised land", californians sitting on a virtual gold mine of oil, possibly one of the largest reserves in the country. estimates that monterey shale holds as much as 15.4 billion barrels of recoverable oil just what we were talking about just now. what does the state want to do? crack down

he made a few films, starring opposite jack lemmon.>> i've played in backyards filled with garbage. >> reporter: he died peacefully at his home in north ridge, california with his wife peggy by his side. he was 90. neal karlinsky, abc news. >> great smile, too. just a character face. >> long life, too. >> this is how cool this cat was, he lost his voice to throat cancer in the '80s and he trained himself to speak again. >> that's amazing. "entertainment weekly" had this statement, klugman remains a popular star for decades by playing the type of man you can imagine running into at a bar or riding on a subway with. gruff but down to earth. there was a certain relatability to him. so may he rest in peace after a long, respectable career. we'll be right back with more after this. >>> "world news now" ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back and merry christmas. there's the holiday music. this is probably going to be one of the most thankless jobs in the world this time of the year, you know, the santa elves at the department store helping usher the kids in.

jack lemmon.ead and gone and but, from the odd couple i said you must know annoying orange. and i got nothing with annoying orange. >> i didn't know annoying orange. >> it's huge. i think the first one, my kids love it, it is annoying and really funny, though. he's an orange that -- that talks to other fruits, and he insults other fruits. >> what is it? >> orange you glad i didn't say apple again? >> he's got that laugh. this was the original one, andrew, 126 million hits. on youtube. it had an emmy award winning tv show that resulted from it. but it's a huge cultural phenomenon at least among children. so i just wanted to show you who i was talking about. forget the guy's name. >> hey, apple? >> what? >> can you do this? he's very, very annoying. but it is a huge -- has a huge cult following. you haven't seen it either. right now you feel enriched from this? >> i usually don't spend my time looking at this stuff. but i can see that i'm missing something. >> i don't want to know what you spend you