Ill tell you later, plus, ambish makeover, and wine for thanksgiving. Only because thanksgiving is coming up. We should say, retired. We were guests of jay leno last night on the tonight show. Were going to make you wait for it. Well talk about that at the end. Social cues always has great columns. This has affected all of us at one point or another. When youre on an airplane you have the window seat. Now its one of those flights and the person at the window seat has the shade up. They control the shade. And you want to fall asleep, but the shade is up, so you say, excuse me, could you lower that . In this particular case, the person at the window wanting control of the window shade. He wanted the shade up. The person next to her wanted it up. Who gets to control whether the shade goes up or down . I thought they always ask you to please lower the shades because people are watching movies. If its a shorter flight, sometimes they dont have that. The good way he answered it, listen, the person on the aisle own the aisle . Can they control who goes into the loo and who doesnt . I assumed if i sat next to the window, i got to close it if the sun was bright in and i got to raise it. What confused me, if im in a window seat and the person in front of me is in a window seat, sometimes theres a window in between. You dont know if you can sneak up. You go, thats mine. They have their own window. Thats the one in between. Look, i think you should ask, but i have always controlled it when i sat at the window seat. I dont even like the window seat. I like the aisle. I like the window seat until its then to go potty and theres someone next to you sound asleep. What do you do . I try so hard. Get over . Depends. Who it is. I either take my time and enjoy it always awkward. Yeah, no, i dont tap them. I try to get gingerly over. Then, in order to do that, you have to put the weight of you on the back seat of the person in front of you. So that persons resting, and now youre fully its just better to have an aisle seat unless youre the one asleep in the aisle and that person wants to get over you. I like the aisle, i want to be free. You have the worlds longest legs. We go to broadway and hoda has to sit in the aisle. Its very uncomfortable with her with her long egyptian legs. Anyway, lets talk about now, if you have a man in your life who lets say is not hes peckatorially challenged. They have a new shirt out. Thats it. It is called it almost looks like a tshirt, right . What is it called . The funky bod. Anyway, it adds pecs and muscles. Muscle in the arms. Alex who works here, heres his before picture. A nice and lean young man. Lean machine. Now, lets do the split. Thats the before, still. Lets see. Now lets do the split screen. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, its not much of a difference. No, not at all. But you know what . If it makes alex think theres a big difference, god bless it. Anyway thanks, alex. Yes, stay nice and lean, baby. You know whats funny . A guy wears this and everybody goes, whats he doing . Eventually it comes off like spanx. And then reality bites. Reality bites. Reality aint pretty. Yeah, anyway, you can get them at black and white and gray. Great store called black and white and gray. I love the store white house black market. I love that store. Are there levels of intimacy. Women go four weeks before going makeup free with someone theyre seeing. When is it okay to do certain things with somebody youre dating. Brush your teeth and floss. This is assuming you have been intimate in other ways. If youre brushing your teeth and flossing, sounds like theres a sleepover. I dont think theres anything awkward. Flossing is not great because it can fly. Youre right, okay. What about, at what point do you use unsexy products like acne medicine, dandruff shampoo. Hemorrhoid cream . Who writes this . People use it. I have never used it, but i would think if i happened to need it, god forbid, i would go someplace and apply it privately. Are we kidding . Is this a joke . No, but when do you let them know you need it . You dont. Its a nofly zone. You dont go there. All right, what about passing gas . Stop it. At what point at what point . You never do that. Sometimes you cant control it. Youre laughing and it comes out. Its happening now. It does happen sometimes when you cant control it. We love those kind of jokes, dont we . Our jokes are our favorite. Did you ever in front of frank . No. Yes, you have. Stop it, i have not. There are certainly things i would rather die. Thats one of them. What about going to the bathroom . What are we talking about . Oh, my lord. I think its okay if youre in the shower and someone has to go number one. Someone has to go number one and theres only one bathroom, you go in and go, but you should never go number two. Pee in a plant someplace else. Thank you, anthony. You know are there really truly people in this world who have no problem at all doing everything in front of anybody. People use the bathroom with the door open. Some couples do. I dont. Im not for that. Have you . No. I havent either. Have a little mystery, pele. Although the fart stuff was funny. Im sorry, that stuff is funny. Thats the worst. We want to know what you think. I think we want to know what you think. Go to our facebook page. And vote . Yes, vote. Its voting thing. Hemorrhoid cream, yes or no. Okay . So heres a question for you. Are you a hugger when you meet someone . When you see someone, do you hug them . Do you do this . Do you just say, pleasure, and keep your hands down . Well, youre a hugger. Youre a big tactile person. I like to im a toucher. Touchyfeely person. But there are some people i dont want to hug and then i dont hug them. I put out my hand. Say hello . Yes, i dont think what happened to my hair. Focus. I dont know. A little later, were going to talk about the dos and donts of touching or other things when you meet people. I think sometimes if theres a husband and wife and you walk up and know them well you know them well. Thats the point. Sometimes i hug the wife first. Sometimes people get territorial. You dont mean anything by hugging the husband. Say james brolin and his wife, Barbra Streisand are there. I wouldnt hug barbra. I would be afraid i would get makeup on her or do something weird. Or pass gas. What . Apparently, thats a big thing with you. What are you talking about . You just said so. This is a great idea. Oh, lord. All in one day. A great, great, great, ihoda. This is robin thicke. Robin thicke who brought us blurred lines. He wears the outfit with the striped blazer, and theres the finger. Anyway, its all in here. Its called give it to you. Instead of having the words up, i thought i would show you a chunk of the video because its so worth it. Looking so fine looking like you fell from the sky angel you make a grown man cry i want to give it to you ooh baby ill make it so amazing i give it to you come true oh baby i make it so so so amazing you know what hes talking about . Yes, i do. Give it to you. I get it. Unless you have hemorrhoid cream, then no. Anyway, a fun video. I like robin. I think hes a really talented singer song writer. I hate that song. Every one of his songs is catching. Oh, yeah. Catchy. I give it to you, baby. Is it okay or not okay to name your son after yourself . Like some of these guys have done. Heres what we had to say about it. Its a parents prerogative, but i personally believe each child deserves a fresh start with a fresh canvas to paint their own personal picture. That was beautiful. Poetic. Heres my answer, yes, its okay as long as you dont name your child George Foreman x. He did have a daughter named georgia, too . I dont know. Named george. A lot going on in that house. Its bogely nouveau day. The wine opened at midnight on the thursday thursday of november. Its 10. 99. Check out winesearcher. Com to find it near you. You know who we have today . Our friend the wine lady. I like her. Also, two lucky ladies get ambushed on the plaza. And talk about hot looks, a man who gets better with age. Emmywinner james brolin is here. Before we go to break, we would like to show you our appearance on jay leno. It was hysterical. Our next guest, the emmywinning cohosts of the fourth hour of the today show. Here they are hard at work. What does the fox say is this crush for real . This is a real a real, authentic crush. Tell me about this milking a goat thing. Watch how well she does this. Im sorry, honey. We got to get it in the glass. Now i think blake loves you. I have a serious crush now. Wow. Hes built several homes, is a licensed pilot, has trained horses and was once a professional race car driver. Were talking about the very talented emmy and golden globe winner james brolin. Hes starring in christmas with tucker. He played a grandfather who teached his grandson important lessons about faithfulness and the power of love. What he meant to you, what he means to you. Im sorry you had to go back, but if theres anything i want you to grow up to be, its a man of character. Oh. I love movies like this. Me, too. Love them. So nice to see you again. You said it all. Ill see you. What a nice introduction. When you got the call from hallmark, you were immediately thinking maybe not . I didnt know it was hallmark. Heres an offer you got. Can you read it. You know, having been a real, for some reason, sucker with lassie, you know, grant said i can keep you, lassie, now im grandpa, and theres the kid and the dog. I thought, how could you not . And the one thing, the one criterion i like is changes in a character in a movie. Watching people grow up or change because of the movie or in the movie. And he didnt like dogs. He wouldnt have a dog around the farm for anything. So i like that as the beginning because by the end of the movie, grandpa loves the dog. You dont see movies like that anymore. They dont make as many as they used to. Theres such a need for them. People are hungry for that kind of thing. I was watching a very hot show the other night, watch should i say . Im not going to say. A guy breaks a bottle against a wall. Very graphic. Oh, wow. Jabs it into his exwifes neck. Home movies at my house. Yeah, so what you do is switch over to christmas with tucker. On that note sweet. Were going to play a game. Want to play a game . Youre a big barbra. Im a big fan. I heard her, said she changed my life. Were going to call a game called who knows barbra better . Which actress has the same birthday as barbra, helen mirren or Shirley Maclaine . Shirley maclaine. You got it. You thought i was slow, didnt you . Everybody thinks im real slow. All right, ready . How many Academy Awards have barbra won and can you name them . No. Careful. She won best actress, tied with katharine hepburn. How many . One as an actress for funny girl. She won one as best song for evergreen. Youre right. Hmm, all i know is you go into, you know, the Library Office and theres no place to put anything on the desk. Just 40 awards. A tiebreaker. What singer did barbra do a duet with for the song what . Wait until the question is asked. You dont bring me flowers . Neil diamond. Shes right. Give him a chance to tie it. That wasnt neil diamond. Who was that person . I dont know. How many films did barbra star and direct in . Jim . Three. Youre right. Tie. She directed and starred in iental, prince of tides. Heres the tie breaker. Whats the name of barbras character in funny girl . Sammy. Okay. One of my favorite movies of all time. I gave you that one. Gave me that one. Did jim win . I won. You won one of your own cds . Is this live from barkley . Thank you. Im not sharing. Am i through with this . We love you. Thank you for coming. The movie is adorable. Catch james brolin in christmas with tucker on the hallmark movie channel monday november 25th. The 2yearold kid who was no scaredy cat. Its webtastic. Barbra says when are you coming home . She misses you. Friday. And two women from the plaza get instant ambush makeovers. Dont miss the big reveal. Cars. Ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. Maxwell is not. Hes on geico. Com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. Ted is now on hold with his insurance company. Maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5 30 time for tuesday. Ted, is still waiting. Yes maxwell is out and about. With teds now exgirlfriend. Wheeeee whoo later ted online claims appointments. Just a click away on geico. Com. Lauras being healthy and chewing her multivitamin. With oneaday vitacraves for women its a greattasting gummy multivitamin designed for women with more calcium and vitamin d. Its gummies for grownups. Get 2 off at oneaday. Com. Those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. Gross. Jetdry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. Jetdry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. It is time now for webtastic where we dig up the next video sensation to put a smile on your face. A 2yearold boy named marshall dressed up as a tiger for halloween. He took a trip to a zoo in washington, leaving a real tiger seeing double. Look at this. Got the eye of a tiger dancing through the fire youre going to hear me roar oh, my god. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my. Look, he looked away. I cant take it. We cant take it. How cute is that . The best video ever. All right, to hug or not to hug . Thats the question. And the answer depends, of course, on the situation. And the person, and theyre ready for their closeup. Our instant ambush makeover is after your local news. Cant wait. Were back with more of today on this thirsty thursday with another edition of our plaza ambush makeover. We surprised them with brand new looks. And doing the plucking as always, contributor and stylist to the stars, lewis lukari. Thank you, ladies. And contributor and contributing editor for people style watch, jill martin. How were the pickings . The pickings were good. It was a chilly day today. Cold, cold. All right, so weve got our first lucky lady is tammy. Shes 44 years old, from new oxford, pennsylvania as manager of an auto shop, she rarely has an occasion to dress up. We wanted to surprise her with a glam new look. Whats the best Birthday Gift youve ever gotten . This one. It is . Absolutely the best Birthday Gift ever. Thats so cool. No offense to you. I guess youll get her something, too, but its not going to top this. I cant top this. Are you excited for your girlfriend . Very excited for him. We love him. Are you ready . I am ready. Okay, then. Here we are. Jeremy, are you ready . Yes, im ready. Okay, jeremy, please keep your blindfold on for just a second. Here is tammy before. All right, tammy, lets see the new you. Wow, that is quite the ambush. You ready . Jeremy, get ready. Take off your blindfold. All right. Thats a good look. Tammy, ready . I am. Spin right around here. Oh, my gosh. Holy moly. Careful. Definitely different. It sure is. Look at camera 12. Lewis, tell us what you did to the hair . First, jeremy said this is his best birthday she ever had because of you. The haircut is by mayoki. And she could have gone blond or dark. I chose a darker color. Jeremy, what do you think . I think shes beautiful. Of course, you do. Sweet. Jill, tell us about the dress. We saw cutouts all over the runway. We wanted to give her an updating dress with white on top. And everyone should have a basic pair of black shoes from nine west. What do you think . Its fantastic. Happy birthday to you. You can go join your birthday. Our second lady is robin wilson, 53, from ontario, canada. She and her husband are in new york for the first time, celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. We figured what better way to celebrate that, their anniversary, than with an ambush makeover, so lets hear her story. Okay, so i feel like youre a little freaked out because we really did ambush you out there. You did, yeah. We kind of wandered around, got lost this morning finding our way here. We found you. All right, alex, what are you thoughts on all this . Wild, i guess. I dont know. Im mesmerized. Its kind of a new experience for us all. You seem like a little wild guy, right . He is. Okay, well things are about to get crazy. You okay with that . Im okay with that, yeah. Im excited. Theres crazy alex over there, and were going to take one last look at robin wilson before and bring out the new robin wilson. Oh, my gosh. Wow. You know what . Alex, if you were crazy before, youre going to be out of your mind now. Take off the blindfold, please. You look great, robin. Turn it around, sweetie. Look how gorgeous you are. This doesnt look like me. Its awesome. Turn right around, please, and look at the 12. Robin, it looks like you, only you as a movie star. You look so glamorous. Again, a great haircut. I lightened the hair, and this case, i think it really worked with her, and the great makeup. Beautiful. She looks great. Alex, what do you think . Can i take her home . You crazy guy. She doesnt look the same at all. Great. Great, and what about the outfit . New, available on edressme, and sometimes a dress can work in lieu of jewelry. You see the way its cut on top. Really sexy. Who makes it. New by shani. Bring tammy back. And thank you to everybody. All right. 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You meet someone new or run into an old friend. One goes in for the hug, the other for a hand shake. Here to fill us in on when to embrace the embrace and what that means is psychiatrist ism major, and mary. Since were just meeting you, should we hug you . Absolutely. She gave me a kiss on the cheek. It can get awkward. You think you have to have some sort of history with the person before you hug them, or can you go right on in . Sometimes you need history, sometimes not. What i say, depends on what youre doing the meeting with. Two men, two women, do what feels comfortable. Man and woman, i say follow her lead. Whatever she offers you, hand, hug, thats what you acceptable. What do you think . If youre a single woman and approaching a couple. Its important for the woman to contact with the woman first. It shows respect for her and the relationship. And it becomes very nonthreatening. So if the woman wants to give you a hug, give her a hug. You can then mirror that with the husband. She does the hand, you know thats her safety. Then you shake the mans hand. Hoda is a hugger. I always go in. Very rarely can i remember someone pulling back. Its very unusual for someone to react that way. I just dont like sometimes hugs that linger and get get a little on the back. And youre like, okay, what are you doing . They wanted me to demo. So how long should a normal hug last . Youre crazy. You know, a normal hug, anywhere from three to five seconds. You can do this. It should be a natural thing. It should be a natural thing. But theres a point where you know its enough. You know, its the one, two, three, out. There are people who dont know when its enough, and you go in for your nice little hug and that guy or something grabbed you to him, and he just gets in there. Sure. Sometimes, you have to announce it. You have to say, listen, im a hugger or im not a hugger. You know what i dont like . The half hug, the going in and the pat, pat, pat. That, to me, you might as well shake hands. Its either about the makeup or its about, im really not your friend, but lets get through the motions, but when a guy and girl do it, thats the kiss of death. You want to show us the kiss of death . Yeah. Are you a couple or not . Were friends right now. Hes hoping that maybe we would be a couple, but im definitely saying were never going to be a couple, then its like this. Such a great evening. Hips away. Right out. And we know why. Okay, so hes an adorable guy. Sure. So guys should read that. Thats the kiss of death. That means there is nothing to do with you. With the hug, it communicates so much. In that situation, the amount of contact the hug has indicates how much contact there will be later. What do you do in a situation like mine at home, hoda woman, where im a hugger, im very tactile. My husband goes crazy if im hugging somebody that he doesnt know. Some people read more into it than it is. Hello, like a book. I think, you know, we read that from our partners. You know, and they just have to get used to us. Im a hugger, i have always been a hugger. And im going to hug anybody i want to hug. If my partner doesnt accept that, hes got to get used to it because i cant change. Same, ish . I cant change that now. Its one of those things you accept. I feel better now. Thank you. Great to see you. Awardwinning toys to make the kids happy. You know what makes us happy . What . A little wine. Actually, a lot of it. Leslie has the perfect pairings coming up after this. Alaska is a very extreme environment. 30 foot seas, Hurricane Force winds. We go in some really bad situations and we always pull it off. Hit the water, game on. Underwater, go the reason why we all do this job is to save lives. A lot of the times the coast guard comes before the family. When hes out flying i do pray. I love you, daddy. Everything they throw at us we do. Fall is finally here. 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With oneaday vitacraves for women its a greattasting gummy multivitamin designed for women with more calcium and vitamin d. Its gummies for grownups. Get 2 off at oneaday. Com. Its thirsty thursday. That could mean only one thing. Lots of good wine to drink. Youre looking for the perfect bottle of red or wine, our wine expert, the author of the simple and savvy wine guide has done all the work for you. We love you for that. Shes come to play. She brought hegirls, and shes ready to play. Here we go. Not enough tape in the world for those. Yeah, were ready. Are you ready . Yeah. So thanksgiving, you know, the big question i get is which wine . You have so many flavors. Spicy, sweet, tangy. A lot going on. You cant compete with the wine. I look for wines that are really fresh and juicy. I didnt say moist. She said moist. Start with sparkling. Actually, thats the ideal wine. The pink one, this is the rose, based on pinot noir. Dont lean over. Somebody could get hurt. So, this is the rose from california. Beautiful wine. Oh, its good. You can drink it throughout the whole meal. And notice i put a little frozen cranberries in mine for fun. Try it with the simple appetizer, bacon stuffed dates. One with feta, one without. The sparkling wine goes great with it. Delicious. You could also do the next sparkling wine, which is the mieneto. Cheers. And this has a little sweetness. You notice my single serve with a straw. I like it like this. This can also go out through the whole meal. Now that were eating dinner, what do we do . Get to the meat of it. Im going to show, awhite, you have the white, kathy, and hoda, you have the red. We have a beautiful drier style. You have the fillaboa. This beautiful fillaboa. This one . Yes, gorgeous. Dry, but fresh and fruity. Hoda, you have this beautiful white horse pinot noir. This is one of the best values on the market. I have never been so happy in my life. Gorgeous. And a beautiful tanginess to go with the cranberry and spiciness of the sausage and stuffing. Whats that one . Once you have the richer character to it, we have gotten hoda, i saw you digging in. Dark meat. Im into that. Beautiful, and one quick thing, with the pinot noir dont be afraid to chill your food. I missed the joke. I missed it. Yes, you did. And now she cant eat. Im going to make her eat, the last two im going to make you drink. This is the equilibrium. A white blend. Hint of sweetness to it, and it goes so great with the rich stuffing and sweet potatoes. The final wine, hoda, youve got is the zinfandel. Its a great wine for thanksgiving. This is a classic from california. All these wines are between 12 and 18, so really affordable. And its come over here and give us a kiss. Make america happy. Come on. All right, thanks, sweetie. Your kids will be whining if they dont get their hands on these toys. This is today on nbc. Its the season to start thinking about which toys your kids or grandkids are going to want this year. If you need help finding affordable gifts theyre going to love, the Current Issue of Good Housekeeping magazine features the best toy awards for 2013. Rachel is the Research Institutes technical manager. Hey, girl. Thank you for having me. You guys do great work when you choose your favorite things. How are these chosen . So we scour the market, and then we bring in 150 toys. We test them for safety and quality. And then we bring kids in to look for that fun factor. Ultimately, over the safety factor, its the kids who decide the best toy. Exactly. We have this shopping cart or whatever it is. This is something kids love. Its a two in one. It goes from a shopping cart into a kitchen so kids are able to pick out the ingredients and then make it in the kitchen. I would have loved that when i was little. You know what i would have loved . What leila is playing with. Playdoh came out with a new compound, playdoh plus. Its soft and mushy. Its not breaking into tiny pieces. Are you making an Ice Cream Cone . Cool. You can crank out some sprinkles as well. Kids love that one. What is gavin playing with along with desmond . What are they playing with . A homemade chuggingten train set. It goes 20 inches high, can build it one of four ways and the kids loved it. A lot of then likes the character. They like the large pieces. Theres a lot of attractive elements. Thats cool. Never mind. I love how kids are playing with toys. You see so many electronics out there, its fun to see them back to basics but theyre corporating technology. What are they doing . So this is taking traditional blocks and adding the fun lighting element to it. I built a robot. Theyre building these different structures. It includes instructions or you can go freeform. Creativity is the key here. You have to be careful with the little pieces with little kids. Everything we test is insured for safety. We look at the standard testing and make sure it adheres to it, and we do our own inlab testing. When you is sa6yearold and youre playing with a toy thats great for him, and then the younger children come along and put it in their mouth. Shes a girly girl and shes making something . Some duct tape. Shes making sunglasses. You get to rip it up so theres no scissors, no glue, no mess. Fantastic. Lets go to the dj session where brandon is doing his thing. Hes dropping beats, mixing and scratching. You can use your own music or included music. Hes a natural. What does maya have . A science game, called laser maze. With this, theyre trying to get the laser to hit the target. Starts as a beginning and goes up to expert and theres mirrors and blockers and they have to figure out where to place the different elements. And grace is doing an oldfashioned legoes. This is a three in one, so she can build a villa, a house, or a factory. Lets go with the villa. Very true to life. Has lighted elements in it and a grill, a lot of realistic components. Great toys. Thanks so much. Okay, kids, thanks. Tomorrow, what do we have . Movies for the entire family. Real moms are going to weigh in. Plus, the new facial filler thats as good as a facelift. Were going to show you. And well get wild with two american animals. And bobbie is here with her latest buzz. Get what tomorrow is . Try day friday. Bye. Im here to help. Will get through this together