i want to say that we i know it wasn t easy for our colleague brooke to come forward then. it s not easy now. and we support her and any women who have come forward with claims. and it s just very painful for of all us at the today show. it s very, very, very difficult. think back two years in 2017. at the time, lauer was fired due to an inappropriate sexual relationship at the workplace. well, this is more than that. as kotb said this morning, this is not an allegation of affair, it s a crime. lauer has not responded today. but here s what he said back when he was fired. he said there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others. as i am writing it, i realize the depth of the damage and disappointment i have left behind at home and at nbc. lauer went on to say some of what is being said about me is untrue or uncharacterized.
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look at this. right there, that s the moment. everybody wins. heartwarming. this classic, ad from the 1984 super bowl. titled, 1984, during super bowl xviii. considered one of the greatest of all time and introduce the apple macintosh personal computer. it was directed ridley scott and after the ad aired, apple sold 172,000 computers in a hundred days. 50% more than predicted. a lot less than we would expect today. definitely. now what is the super bowl without the halftime show? during the decade of super bowls, halftime was a marching band, going to the concession stand for another beer or two. that s right, but then came the 90s and the first contemporary musicians to play the halftime show, nkotb, the new kids on the block. yes! oh, i m a huge fan, sorry for the excitement there. in just a few days, we mark the
the whatever dark dash out of his mind. i am losing my mind. but there is a point to be made about adolescent girls and how they are in a different frame of mind where they are obsessed by something, and then a year later it is forgotten. it could be like new kids on the block and it is gone. it is a change in braip chemistry. brain chemistry. that s why i win. you awls have you always have shultz hepatitis. if your brain changes that quickly it is your endorphins and you are consumed by a creature with sunny hair, and then two years later you take down all of the posters. it happened to me. i know a lot of people still obsessed with new kids on the block and i am still obsessed with mark wallburg. and kotb? do you have questions about life and scwung and junk? send them to me. e-mail your questions about life, love, diet, exercise, anything, and i will read them