From nbc news, this is today. Kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hello, everybody. Its thursday. Its november 21st, so glad youre with us. Have a great show. So happy to see james brolin again. I call him jim. You do . Hes a good looking beautiful man, nice man. Years and years and years ago, i had one of my most awkward situations ever in showbusiness, and he rescued me from it. He did, what did he do . 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. Atll talk about t 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 cas
Uhhuh. Jeff garland is with us. Hes one of hoda and my favorite guests. We had so much fun last time he was on our show. He vowed to never come on our hour. I reminded him thats the only hour that wants him. I said, whats taken you so long . I said, l. A. Is not lithuania. He should be here often. We have a story of pro players that teamed up with kids that have been bullied. These Football Players know what it feels like. Theyve been bullied too. Its an interesting union with this group. Were going to talk to the four of them. Which is going to be lovely. Jimmy fallon is about to embark on the tonight show. Isnt he too busy for this hoda . Every now and then we make it into one of his sketches. Lets listen. Tonight well be taking a look at the pros and cons of the super bowl coming to new york. Pros seeing Peyton Manning get blitzed. Con, while premiering on the today show with kathie lee and hoda. So funny. Theres a tragedy in the making. It is. Epic proportions. Everybody knows how
Thats one thing. Kenny rogers, by the way, has this song. The title is you cant make old friends. He sings it with dolly parton. It is beautiful. It is every time they are together its magic. Im so excited to see him again. Known him since he was in the lounge at the hilton. Did you really . Yeah, when elvis was in the big we go so far back. 1888 was when we first met. All right. Here is the big reveal, everybody. Sprite cures hangovers. Not that hoda and i ever have one. We dont. For all of you who do, we are excited for you. Chinese researchers, dont they have more to do . They studied 57 beverages from teas to coffees and discovered sprite is the best cure. I wonder what is in it. It is scientific. We dont want to go there. There are words we cant pronounce. But, anyway, get sprite. They said it helps your body process alcohol, which led us to wonder why on earth dont you just use sprite as your mixer and then you already dont have the hangover as youre consuming the drink. I am so
Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side al roker and Natalie Morales. Today we will answer the ageold question thats stumped people for generations, what does the fox say . And well answer the question how long will it be before you get that song out of your head . Two to three days. Sunday. Exactly. Well get to that later on. We want to get right to todays top story. Theres controversy around the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and not to a 16yearold girl named Malala Yousufzai. Andrea mitchell has more on that. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. It is surprising and controversial. The decision seems to reflect both politics and the committees concern that malala was too young to be awarded the worlds most prestigious prize. She migh
And were getting a rhythm. Yeah. Dont you think . I think so. Its one of those things you have to find it. Were not back pedaling. Were going forward. Right. Uhhuh. Anyway. So its fun to read and read it. Anyway, you guys, the kanye kimmel feud came to a head last night on jimmy kimmel. They were having a gangster twitter feud. Jimmy made fun of kanye. Kanye thought they were friends. So what was going to happen when kanye decided to go on the program . This sparks would fly. Please watch intently. This is what im here to do. So when i compare myself to steve jobs or walt disney, howard hughes, david stern, michelangelo, da vinci, jesus, im saying these are my heroes. These are people i look up to. This is the type of impact i want to make on the earth. The way paparazzi talk to my family. When people hear my music they have a good time. I should be respected as such. Dont ask me a question about something you saw in the tabloid. Dont try to antagonize me because its not safe for you i