please don't give him any liquor. >> that's disgusting. jackie! >> many more than a few suggested put the puppy in a -- get a playmate. >> you know what's funny, people are very open with advice. i didn't realize. i never had a dog. >> yeah. >> they write on your facebook page. they tweet you. i've been getting e-mails consistently from some person, i don't know how he got my e-mail, but browbeating me a little. don't put the dog in a crate. i don't even know who you are. >> what do you mean? every expert says crate the dog. >> not the person who secretly found out my e-mail address. >> you know what i'm kind of tired of? >> what? >> secret people. >> come out of the shadows, come out of the darkness. say who you are if you have something to say. otherwise, we don't hear you or listen to you. if you don't have the guts to say who you are and how you can be reached -- >> this e-mail was -- a lot of -- was initials. which a lot of people do that, especially on twitter. fake. >> especially saying something unkind. don't be a cockroach that lives in the darkness. come out in the open. >> let's celebrate. it's friday. we are celebrating our friday. what else is happening? >> oh, that is good one, you guys. when you're skeptical in this world, you have to realize that there are great, great, great people out there, and here's one of them. this is a good one for good friday. >> mr. nice guy. >> this came from a facebook fan named chris. she was going to her mailbox and found a note in her mailbox. it came from someone many, many years ago when she had a store had stolen 20 bucks from her. in the envelope this letter said, years ago i took something out of your store. this should cover the cost with interest. i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. two words that are not used enough in our world. >> put in an envelope in our mailbox. and she said her store's been closed for years, but it just restored her faith in people. >> in human nature. good, good, good. >> have you stolen anything from a store? >> one time years ago when i was a little girl i stole a perfume. i remember it to this day and i felt just terrible. >> yeah. >> i took it back to the store. >> you did. >> i put it right back. i felt terrible about it. because it's wrong, no matter how little the thing is, it's just not right. >> this one time i stole a cowboy hat under my shirt. i don't know why -- it was a dare, a sorority dare. >> you know hats don't fit you so why would you take a hat? >> let's talk act some awkward easter photos. these are always winners. we've done them for christmas. this is for easter. a lot of families take their kids to see the big easter bunny at the mall. >> this is the awkward family photo dotcom. >> some of the pictures. oh, lord. first of all, those kids look miserable. >> a lot of people are wise to be afraid of a very large bunny. >> yeah. okay. next up, nothing says i love you like this. >> that one's crazy. >> oh, no, no, indeed. >> those guys are not trained. >> all right. so. -- so sweet. >> not really. >> next to a puppy, a bunny is a precious little thing. >> some people think they're vermin, critters. >> bunnies are really cute. there is a billboard out there that's caught a lot of people's attention, including ours. we want to know if you think this photo is tasteful or not. it's to raise the awareness for colorectal awareness. >> cover your butt. get a colonoscopy. >> it came from the minnesota department of health. they thought it was a fun campaign so, a lot of people are saying it's disgusting. i don't know. you see that everywhere. looked like a big -- >> maybe it's just because we live here. you can't walk down the hall -- anthony, i saw anthony's yesterday. only saying that because his kids are visiting today. >> oh, my god. >> we love you, anthony. a lot of love. >> in case you guys didn't know, this is the last day of national spring cleaning week. >> why didn't somebody tell us on the first day so we could have gotten something done before the last day? have you done anything? >> no, i haven't. you know i don't spring clean. not for me. you do that, don't you? >> i like cleaning all the time because it just gives you this great feeling of freshness and new beginnings and rebirth and resurrection. just all year round. >> really? >> also, think of all the things you don't use that somebody could use. >> that i get. >> that's the best thing. take it to your local salvation army or your local whatever. just get rid of it and you'll feel doubly good. you'll feel clean and easy and breezy. and somebody's going to get a blessing from it, hoda woman. >> i do feel good when i clean and i do it infrequently, but when i do do it, it's really great because it barely happens. >> your clothes lately have been beautiful. are you hearing from our facebook fans? >> i want to thank my mom for yesterday's dress because she finds a dress in the window and i wear it, always perfect. i'd like to thank especially this week bobbie thomas. >> who will be with us momentarily. >> bobby was sick of my clothes too. >> she had it. >> she was yelling uncle, hung up dresses and was, like, wear these. i just zipped them up. >> beautiful. gorgeous. i think it is time for the kathie lee "friday funny." >> all righty. i can't wait. is it over? >> facebook fan from demi. she sent us this. >> what is it? >> a mother took her little boy to church. while in church the little boy said, mommy, i have to pee. the mother said to the little boy, it's not appropriate to say the word pee in church. so from now on, whenever you have to pee just tell me that you have to whisper. the following sunday the little boy went to church with his father, and during the service said to his daddy, daddy, i have to whisper. the father looked at him and said, okay, just whisper in my ear. >> oh! >> get it, kid? >> no. they weren't listening. all right. time for our girl "bobbie's buzz." >> how are you? >> i have some help this week. it looks like we have your dog up here. this is a really fun spring find. these are called fun buns. and this is from easy hair and extensions dotcom. this is the only scrunchy you can use. >> i love my scrunchies. you know that. >> i have it in the back of my hair right now. basically, they have a ton of colors so you can find the color to match your hair. but all you do is you wrap your hair around this scrunchy that has hair to conceal sort of any weird -- without the mike -- a bad hair day. anybody can do this. a half pony and -- >> that is so cute. >> oh, my gosh. >> cute. >> and they have all different styles. there's also this that's really clever. >> what is that? >> this is called the elegant bun. thanks, sara. inside, you can hide your hair so on a bad hair day you just pop on the fake top knot, which is so great. they even have products for women who have thinning hair, and i'm a big fan of these. this is called the easy part and it has a fake sort of scalp looking piece so it doesn't look like a wig, but it gives you a little extra coverage. >> a problem for ladies as they age. >> it is. this is an exclusive first look. launching this month in 26 stores across the country, this is the pantone color iq. when you go in the store, it takes less than ten minutes and it's free. they'll take three pictures of your cheek, neck, and forehead. then you get a color iq number specific to you and it will match on their ipad across 1,500 products in the store so you instantly know which foundation scientifically matches your skin tone. you can edit down from there what benefits you want, spf or not, so perfect skin matches and it takes all the guessing out of it. >> that is genius. >> and last but not least, a new fun trend. people are doing these midfinger ring, but also the mid finger bracelets. it's just an interesting new place to wear a bracelet. >> it's a bracelet. >> i'm not sure i would wear it all the time but it's something that's popular right now. >> thank you, bobbie. >> all right. >> never goes out of style. >> all right, time for our baby of the week. hi, miss sara. >> time for our today's johnson's baby of the week. first up is little beautiful samantha lynn born to curt and elizabeth of mesa, arizona, on february 6th. mom says she was born with that much hair. >> wow. >> next up, adorable sydney haydin born february 17th in new york city to jenna and arthur allman. he already has two instant playmates, older siblings jalen and "nyla." alexander scott was born february 8th at the william beaumont army medical center in el paso, texas. a very proud mom and dad, amber and michael. and finally, olivia ann was born in ohio on january 26th, to missy and alex who advised cleaning the house can wait. just enjoy your baby. congratulations to our babies. if you want a chance, go to our website. >> thank you. >> i uft judge want to a quick shout-out to my dear friend, the neederlander family, he is going to be 91 years old on sunday. >> what? >> yes, he is, on sunday. and so i can't be with him this year, but i send him my love, jimmy. we all adore you. we like to say good-bye to our stage manager jimmy kimelman, been with us for years, going off to a new life. we love you. wish you all the best. surprising tips for your day -- daily routine. >> we're going to take a quiz called "which is worse." somebody is going to win. 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"self" magazine's deputy editor megan murphy, very pregnant with her third baby, is here to put us to the test in a game called "which is worse?" >> when is your baby due? >> july. >> oh, my gosh. >> your third? >> number three. >> wow. so you're the emcee of this game? >> yes. >> is there a prize at the end? >> i wish there was. >> oh. >> okay. let's do it. we're ready. >> which is worse, a half-assed ten-second toothbrushing or a ten-second mouthwash swish? >> mouthwash swishing. >> the mouthwash is worse. you need the toothbrush to break up the plaque, get the food out, and most mouth wash has alcohol in it to dry your mouth and make your breath worse. >> it can? >> you know when your mouth gets dry with alcohol? >> yeah. >> worse. brush two minutes. >> just go on. >> which is worse, dirty bed sheets or dirty bath towels? >> i'm going with sheets. >> bed sheets because bath towels -- bath sheets -- >> both wrong. it's the dirty bath towels because they have more bacteria, fungus and yeast because more germs. they love a damp environment. wash on high heat. >> if you're sleeping in something, it has more of an opportunity to smear. >> don't say that. >> we don't like moisture. >> moist is a gross word. >> okay. which is worse, hitting snooze over and over or dragging your half dead butt out of bed? >> snooze is worse. >> yeah. >> you got it, snooze. the average snooze session is eight to nine minutes which doesn't give you any restful sleep. if your alarm goes off and you're half dead, go to bed 30 to 60 minutes earlier. so that you wake up in a lighter phase of your rem cycle. >> every time i hit snooze repeatedly i feel worse all day. every day i say why do i do that. >> which is worse. >> what is the question? >> not eating your veggies or drowning them in butter and cheese. >> drowning them in butter and cheese. >> i'd say not eating -- i say the other one. >> oh, my. >> hoda would have been right. there's new research that says a little bit of fat with your greens can help you absorb fat soluble nutrients like beta carotene and lycopene. not saying they should be swimming in butter but -- >> you said drowning. >> drowning is worse than swimming. >> a little bit of fat. >> so you admit that? >> the answer is -- >> that was all wrong. >> give it some flavor but not a vat. >> then don't use the word drowning. >> i liked it. >> thank you. you're right. >> okay. >> which is worse, skipping breakfast or having a that doughnut in the morning meeting? >> skipping breakfast. you should never. >> doughnut is worse. >> kathie lee is right. skipping breakfast is worst. you go in starvation mode, pig out later and it trains your body to store fat. if you're having the doughnut, go plain glaze and have it with a half cup of skim milk. or nonfat latte so the protein helps you not have that crash and burn. >> we have to go to commercial break, but who won? >> you did. >> i just want it to be a tie. >> no, no, no. >> i'm very secure in my idyosy. >> i'm very immature. >> i wish there was a surprise. and maybe something beastly. mixed in with the dust, you may even find some pixie sneezes. compared to a dry duster, a can of pledge picks up more dust and cleans 100% of messes. pledge multi surface. dusts better. cleans more. s.c. johnson. a family company. i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. 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"the hottest apps and websites. >> so excited about this. all about the music. >> especially for you, hoda. >> let her go for it. >> first up is a free app called, over here, music match, music with an x. it generates the lyrics for any song you're listening to and can instantly identify anything in a -- that's on or if your friend is playing something and it will pull up the lyrics. >> let's stay here for a minute. >> is it like shazam? >> it has that recognition but you can't hear it right now but -- the lyrics are in sync with the music. so not only will you sing on time, but hoda, you will get the words right. >> i love that. >> karaoke. >> it's like your own personal karaoke machine. >> don't do that and drive at the same time. >> never. next up, now that you have the lyrics, we have something called hype machine. over here on this screen here you'll see it takes what everyone's talking about on music blogs and let you know what the next hot thing is. if you pull up this track, i've never heard of this, aaron smith, it gets you ahead of the trend. before it becomes hot -- >> she is ahead of the trend. >> she is. >> so she's getting ahead ahead of them. >> la, la, la, la. >> also a website -- >> but what a lyric. >> let's go past that. >> how do we know what's the next thing? >> it's aggregating on an algorithm over 1,500 blogs. >> what? >> are you kidding? you made up that word. >> i did not. it's taking what everyone's writing about and putting it in one place. >> okay. i'm excited about both of those because it had blake shelton on there. >> i did that on purpose. >> you cannot lose. >> we'll tell you which foods to grab off the supermarket shelves. >> and if you want to keep your kids entertained on easter, we have crafty ideas. >> love it. icona pop, after this. we are back with more of "today" on a special series we're kicking off called "drop 10 pounds by memorial day." if you've looked in the mirror lately and know winter has taken a toll on your body, we'll slim down for thong time. >> madeleine is going to stick with you for the next ten weeks to help you lose one pound each week. all you have to do is make a few small adjustments to the way you already eat. sounds too good to be true, madeleine. >> hi, madeleine. >> this is what one -- >> this is one ugly pound. if you translate that into calories, this is 3,500, and that sounds like a lot but if you chop it down into 500 calories a day, you could lose around a pound a week. and 500 calories is not a lot to trim. >> i think a lot of us don't know what we're eating all day because we graze along. we don't take time to -- >> keep a log. >> right. >> the number one thing you need to do to keep track of what you're doing and learn from that but also be accountable to yourself. like sneaking food, no one will know, you'll know. >> your thighs will know. >> exactly. this is the main focus for weight loss. all about the food. >> calorie counting. >> calorie count. healthy food also has a lot of calories. we're going to talk about really easy ways you can do every day to keep the weight off. first, everybody loves juice in the morning. one of the easiest things to do to cut out 70 calories is -- pour it in my dear. >> a whole glass of it. >> get the same volume. just water it down. >> it tastes fine that way. >> it's orange juice. >> it's all mental. you look at a container and say this is what i should be having but you adapt. with oatmeal, just as easy to have a packet of plain oatmeal as a sugary one. >> without the syrup. savings, 50 calories, 75 calories. you could use a 100 calorie english muffin and egg whites. you can still put canadian bacon on it. that will save you 75 calories. >> and if you just take that off, there you go. >> 50 calories. you point out what you need to do, you're saying, i could eat this open faced, i don't need this. you might say i want a whole sandwich to bite into. these are little examples. even coffee. some people like them sweet. if you simply swap out light cream and put in whole milk. not saying skim milk. that's one thing. cut down on the sweetener. even if you want a packet of sugar, there are low-calorie ones. mix and match. >> start adding up those things. >> here's your sandwich. you can ha