Were so glad you are here. By the way there is a really big storm coming for people looking at the northeast or manhattan and boston. Its coming to manhattan and the area later. When al roker starts shaking over a weather system, like physically violently shaking you know its going to be bad. How were the holidays . They were great. Im so happy to be back here with you. Last time i was here, there was a royal baby and i was doing shots on the air and trying to sabotage my future career here at the network. And a few days after that, they hired me on the today show. This real estate has been very kind to me and my family. Im double fisted. My new years resolution was to drink more. Youve come to the right place. This is carsons plastic drink. And you gave these as christmas presents. I dont know what the bloody mary thing is. I just enjoy building a drink. Its nothing really special in the ingredients. I use a little sweet pickle juice. Its horseradish and a ton of vodka is really the key. Its really strong. Its not a hangover this is when i woke up yesterday i had one of these and i am like, i am going to have a hangover, but it aint going to be today. Ive been doing that the last 15 years. Just punting. But pedialyte if you are at home and you are hung over, its for kids who have diarrhea. Im not kidding. Its electrolytes. Its pedialyte. Go to rite aid and buy some. The last few days i bought that drink and not for that reason, for another reason. Not for the diarrhea reason. No. For the hangover reason . You arent feeling well . Dont touch me then. No, i went on vacation. Im better now. Are you sure you arent sick. I have like 18 jobs on this network. If you get me ill im doing nightly for brian tonight. Theres a snowstorm coming in. Im on the Weather Board tomorrow. Easy. You know when you go on vacation can we get some purell, some wipes over here. When you go on vacation and your body just decompresses. Im so happy to be on vacation and literally all of a sudden, it comes and gets you. And i had to get on a flight which is the most terrifying thing when you arent feeling well. And i did it with a friend who im dating and thats another terrifying thing. Flying with a friend you are dating. When you dont feel well because you dont have all the experiences. You are going to a hotel. Its the two of you in a room thats as big as this and its a little uncomfortable. You have to use the rest room in the lobby. I know the tricks. Ive been there. Ive been there. How are you feeling . I feel much better. How is it going with this date . I want to hear more about that. How was the vacation . It was fun, yeah. And i did the rose parade with al. I was watching you and al yesterday. And i just kept tweeting you guys because you kept pushing the twitter thing. Just tweet us, tweet us. All you kept saying is coming up next the voice float. So i had my kids in the hotel room after doing the ball drop. We were waiting and waiting and waiting to see the big voice float. I said when . Enough already. Bring it out. Thats what we thought. It finally came and was a little slow going and we thought it was going to sing. Its live. You are like, are they singing, not singing . Waiting for tessanne to sing. The other contestants were on, jacquie and will. Im a guy who has never done anything but live tv. Radio dj. Thats a tough job. You and al were fantastic. Great to watch. Everything is a great parade. We watched as a family. My kids loved it. Its a really wonderful tradition. You guys did such a great job. This is what al and i did to prep for the parade. You should have been looking at pictures of al sweeney because neither of you know. Thats that nelly song. You know that song . They used a theme song you know it . Of course i know it. Whats the name of the song. I forgot the name of it. Country grammar. No, its not. Its by nelly. It will come to you. All right. Whats your new years resolution. Clearly it has nothing to do with that. What is it . What are you doing . I have to stop traveling, stop flying. Im in airplanes all the time. The voice coming to an end. For me, its all about balance. Life is about balance. So i need to lose some weight, eat a little bit less. Im a consumer of life. And when i have friends in my life who are im easily persuaded. If im with a group of friends, they like to eat and drink and go out. Im on that train. Then i have some friends really into fitness and working out all day. Okay. I can do that, too. Like i im like a dog. And so the answer is in the middle. Im not going to ever give up having a cocktail or eating. Ive got go back and find that balance. Thats my new years resolution. Find that balance. Thats a good one. And slow down a little bit. Since the voice is on a little bit of a break, is it . Its never really on a break. Because you are taping and we just want to shoot all the time. In february we start shooting stuff with usher and shakira for season six. Its off and on. I was waiting for the first of the year. Since august and getting this job here at nbc in new york, its been so much back and forth and were figuring out where home is. So theres been a lot of big decisions. There is a study that does say if you want to make something a habit, whether its working out, cutting down on food or whatever, you have to do it for 66 days. If you can do it for that long is that according to the devil. Com . Why 66 days . That is the magic number. Thats what they say. There are other stories that say if you do it for 21 days if you can do something for three weeks, i did this once with sweets. Im crazy about them. I watch the show. I heard you talk about them. I tried to give them up for a couple of weeks. That wasnt enough . But then i lost the taste for it. Once you get back in, you are back in. But you stop craving it. 66 days. If you can make it to that milestone. So when you do your new years resolution and quit after a few weeks. Did you eat sweets again . I think it is. You were eating that tiramasu like a mad woman. The red velvet. Where is kathie lee . Shes still in florida enjoying some time off. Its actually Perfect Timing because to try to come back to new york during this storm is going to hit tonight is going to be a little bit of a pain. Kath will be back on monday. Prince william is a fun guy. We love seeing him who whatever who are you talking to. You talk so casually, its great. I thought you had friends in the studio. Is this on the air . Coming up guys, come on in here. So Prince William is in the selfies. So hes doing these selfies. A 12yearold girl was at church. Im used to this world when they are in front of the camera. In russia, a bomb has gone off and we will all there at sochi. He took a picture with a kid . A little girl wanted a picture. She wanted to take one. He said why dont we do a selfie. She posed with her. Shows his complete personality. This guy is hip, hes cool. Hes inviting. And its very the royal family wouldnt do that sort of a thing probably traditionally. So him being gracious like that is he seems different. All right. I get to play another song because today is my ihoda day. Its kind of mellow. Youll know it because you know everything. This one is by passenger. I love it. Let her go. Yeah. Are we going to hear it . The light is burning low only miss the sun when it starts to snow only know you love her when you let her go do you sing . No, but i wish i could. This makes me want to move to colorado, too. This was my pick of the week on my radio show earlier in the year. Passenger is the name of the group. Its actually only one group but hes got that beautiful, right . Beautiful song. Everyone is covering it. Didnt somebody from the voice cover it . Yeah. I dont remember who that was either. Okay or not okay. Okay or not okay to write your autobiography before turning 21. No, its not okay. Theres a thing i remember going to barnes noble one day at the music section and looking at autobiographies of artists. I came across a book this thick and it said the history of hansen. I am not kidding. Remember the boy group hansen . They are like 8 years old and they had written a book and it was thick. What Life Experience do these three kids have . Zero. Its like an encyclopedia of nothing. I think you have to have some Life Experience. Lets see what kathie lee and i had to say. Its your personal story up to this point but the truth is, at that stage of your life, while you are still making mistakes, you havent really lived long enough to learn from them, have you . No, that is excellent advice. My vote is it is not okay. I vote you wait at least until your brain fully develops. But sometimes it never does. Whatever. Why dont you guys do the show like that . Like the cartoon network. We love that. We did a little thing at the end of our christmas show, a little cartoon vignette. It was fun. What did you think . That is what i said. I wasnt looking. Wait until youre developed. So we want you to go on to our web page because theres a big button that says connect. We want to find out what kind of whats the best diet for you. You have to know the personality of your body. Go to the connect button. Madeleine has some stuff for you to answer. Youll figure out your food personality. Should i do this . I can do it on my phone. What better way to start the new year than with an ambush makeover. Weve got two of them. If you havent caught on to the Show Community its fantastic. Its here on nbc. Weve got two reasons you should start watching. Gillian jacobs and jim rash. They are here with a sneak peek of tonights season premiere. And ah, so you can see like right here i can just. You know, check my policy here, add a car, ah speak to customer service, check on a claim. You know, all with the ah, tap of my geico app. Oh, thats so cool. Well, i would disagree with you but, ah, that would make me a liar. No dude, youre on the jumbotron whoa. Ah. Yeah, pretty much walked into that one. Geico anywhere anytime. Just a tap away on the geico app. [ male announcer ] bobs heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. If youve had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Coldbefore the first sneeze. Be sure to talk to your doctor help prevent with a spray. And use lysol hand soap. For 10x more protection with each wash. This season, help protect your family with lysol. Start healthing yeah. Try new alka seltzer fruit chews. They work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. These are good. Told ya im feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. Enjoy the relief [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. [ female announcer ] trying for a baby . Only clearblue advanced digital ovulation tests can identify your four best days to get pregnant two more than any other test. Maximize your chances of getting pregnant. If you ever wondered what happens when a bit of misfits find each other at a college. Were guessing youve never seen community. The eccentric ensemble stars Gillian Jacobs as a student at Greendale Community college and jim rash as dean pelton. Lets take a look. Whoever is watching this oh, wait. Im out of data minutes. The whole world will be watching this on the 1st of next month. Do something. Distract them. I already like it. You guys are great. So glad you are here. Were so happy you are back for a fifth season. What is that like every year wondering when this time of year comes up, like, are we coming back . Its like a long group hug. We dont know if well see each other again. You dont want to let go. Christmas came a little early. You werent waiting until the very end, were you . We knew we were going to premiere in january, i think in the fall, which is always nice to know when you are on the air. Moms like to know that kind of stuff. For people who dont watch the show, do they need to binge watch all the shows prior to tonights season premiere or can they just jump in. It would be great if they wanted to binge watch, but whats great about this season its almost a repilot because joels character comes back as a teacher. So its sort of a nice introduction of all of the characters yet evolves them. Joels character becomes a teacher. How does this change the dynamic. Its going to change yours. I think its the deans wet dream that he has sort of got him power over him. So it was the deans idea. He pulls him in. It really does redefine the relationships for the whole cast. Well, yeah, because weve been at the school for four years. Then you have to decide, have they graduated . None of us are very good at school, so its reasonable that we havent graduated but all of our roles are shifting within the school this year. Youll see a different dynamic. The writing is so strong. You wrote an episode last year. What was it like. As you read tonights script when you read it, did you know right away . You knew right away. Everyone is back at the table. The team is back together. Not that we didnt have that feel bug you cant not have Community Without the nuance jokes. A great joke in the beginning of the episode in the school and the p. A. Announcement. It says Greendale Community college voted second best Community College by greendale. They voted themselves second. Not even is that the harmon touch . I think it is. I think its the harmon touch. I also think he has more ambition than any other tv writer ive ever worked with to try to do action episodes and animated episodes. Everything weve done on that show. Thats dans ideas. He knows the character better than anyone else. You feel like you are in safe hands. I didnt know the background of you and the amount of writing you do outside of your own show. Tell us about that. I came through the groundlings which is a theater in l. A. , and was writing for quite a while and my writing partner and i got involved got the job with the descendants a couple years ago. He won an oscar. We were waiting. But yes, thank you. That was for you to cue up. And you did a great job. But, yeah, its been a passion of mine to write. We wrote the way, way back a movie out this past summer. Its been a world that im as interested in as acting. And gillian, for you, a lot of people are just meeting you on community. You had a long career before this. Tell us what teed this up . Well, it was completely the opposite. It was really dark, depressing independent films. So i played a lot of lost women who perhaps found themselves working as exotic dancers or want to go back and watch this. Whats it called . We were talking the other day about what we got pigeon holed as. Yours was prostitutes. I was sexually ambivalent. Were excited about the premiere episode. Congrats. Thanks for seeing us. Catch the season premiere of community right here tonight at 8 00, 7 00 central on nbc. And here on this show, catch one little girls surprising reaction when her parents share some good news. What is it . Its webtastic. Of course it is. Coming up, two lucky ladies. This is their before look. Well find out their afters coming up right after this. [ sneezes ] [ coughs ] ive got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. Its time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that wont relieve all your symptoms. Hmm . [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer plusd relieves more symptoms than any other behind the counter liquid gel. Thanks for the tip. [ male announcer ] no problem. Oh. And hair products. Aisle 9. [ inhales deeply ] oh what a relief it is. [ female announcer ] outlast stay fabulous from covergirl can. Outlast is a primer, concealer and foundation all in one for all day flawless skin. Outlast stay fabulous. [ sofia ] from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. Diarrhea, gas, bloating . Yes one Phillips Colon Health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues. With three strains of good bacteria. [ Phillips Lady ] live the regular life. Phillips. Its time for webtastic when we dig up the next video sure to put a smile on your face. This clip came from our friends who decided to video record their 5yearold daughter annie as she was learning that she was about to have a little baby brother. Lets check out how she took the news. Sit that way. Mommy wants you to read this picture. What does this is a . Oy. Boy. Its a boy . Yeah you have a baby brother. Yes. Its okay. I dont want a boy. I wanted a girl. I know. But you have to be okay with that. We should point out that annies parents say she was having a tough time with some little boys at school who were what did i just see . What was so terrible for that little girl . She was being bullied at school . She said she had some trouble. She worried her some mean boys at school and when she learned the word boy she associated it . Today, annie is thrilled to be shes very happy. Luca is her baby brother. Shes determined to train luca to be her ultimate protector. So it all ended okay. That was crazy. Thats going to live on forever for her. Do they keep the pounds off during the holidays . A final check of the ladies who have been trying to we are back on this thirsty thursday with ambush makeovers and carson daly who is helping me out. Nothing like a couple ambush makeovers to get me in the spirit. This is my first ambush makeover. Certainly nothing like the new year to start a new look. Youll love this. Today contributor and stylist to the stars. Your ready . Luis lacari la, la, la, la, la i turn my chair around for all of you. And also here with todays style editor Bobbie Thomas filling in for jill. Happy new year. Happy new year. You were out there hats and scarves and coats were on. How were the pickings . It was good. A large crowd. And its the first ambush of the new year. As you said, what better way to start out the new year. Good news for our first lucky lady Rhonda Leonard from logan, iowa. She and her husband own and operate their own farm which doesnt really call for getting dressed up. She was thrilled at the opportunity get pampered for a few hours. Lets listen to her story. We first noticed rhonda and her daughters because of your poem. But my favorite thing i found out is that you are a huge found of grumpy from the snow white character. And you have tshirts. Sweatshirts, everything. Okay. And i wear them all the time. Its time to retire for a new year, new gorgeous you. Thank you. And you just turned 50 in june. Yea, you. Go, me. Were going to have so much fun. Thanks. Oh, yes, they are. All right. Rhonda is here with her daughters. Becky and melissa. Girls, please keep your blindfolds on until i give you the green light to take them off. Heres Rhonda Leonard before. All right, rhonda. Lets see the new you. All right, girls. Are you ready . Take off your blindfold. What do you think . Oh, my gosh. Mom, are you ready . Take a deep breath. All right. Spin around. Look at your girls right here. Oh, my