>> who? >> our moms. >> our moms are here. you guys, as we speak, at this very moment, they're upstairs cooking -- >> plotting the end of the world, the overthrow of civilization as we know it. >> what are they reading? >> i don't know. they're comparing recipes. it is a staged moment, but nonetheless, nonetheless adorable. >> we look forward to that. >> what is your mom going to cook? >> she's making stuffed peppers. and your mom is making? >> her famous spaghetti sauce. >> they're two of a kind. >> so different, and yet more fun together - >> what are they saying? >> i don't know. >> -- they freeze to death. >> hi. >> they're like, are we on now? >> you want us to shut up now? >> yes. >> perfect. >> good going, joanie. all right. >> china. >> breaking news. >> breaking news. nbc news, china drank the most red wine in the world. they surpassed france and america. >> here's the thing. it is apropos because today is the chinese new year. all around the world, celebrations are kicking off for 15 days. in case you're wondering, 2014 will be the year of the horse. >> yes. >> yes. and they apparently don't want us to say what that means. >> doesn't matter but they drank 1.9 billion bottles of red wine. >> wasn't miley cyrus twerking with a horse the other day. was that an homage to chinese new year? people born in the year of the horse are energetic, independent, warm hearted and intelligent. >> they say the color red is a lucky color. >> big, big, big. okay. good. >> we have the hot swag here, the super bowl hats are out. and we have them. and -- >> we love them all. >> mine says rain, sleet or hail mary. >> and mine has a number. >> which is? >> i don't know. >> yeah. >> couldn't be what i think it is. >> couldn't be what i think it is? >> xlviii >> does that fit you, hoda? >> just about. how about yours? >> same old thing. >> nothing ever changes. >> these are 24 bucks. $24.99. and -- >> they're the official head wear. this looks a little gangsterish to me. i want one with a doris day picture on it or something. they're by new era, the official head wear brand by the nfl. >> this is $37.99. >> they're pricey. >> yeah. yours -- do you know how much yours is with the acrylic letters? >> $139. yep, yep. this this is more affordable, this one. go to neweracap.com or buy them at metlife stadium on sunday. it will be balmy compared to what it's been, but still. >> you know what's funny, i bet people are saying, if they were trying to get tickets and talked themselves out of it because it was too freezing or too expensive, i bet the ticket prices are going right back up. >> i have lovely news. our friend rob mathes is going to be arranging the star-spangled banner for renee fleming at the super bowl. i'm very excited for him. rob is a great friend and i worked with him in the studio. he's -- i lost him. he was a music director at my little church in connecticut. sting discovered him. he's been on the road with sting for the past two years. hardly ever see him. i bet it is going to be a very stirring anthem. renee is a beautiful woman and incredible opera singer. we'll hear the anthem again in a more traditional style but it's going to be so moving. >> i love that moment, right before the game, when they sing that. it is beautiful. so if you're watching the game, look around the room, because these are the worst people at every single game party. okay. >> you want to avoid these people. >> from buzzfeed. they say a former coach or football player, even high school, anybody, they're bad to watch the game with because they think they know everything. >> and that is complete bunk because frank is completely not like that. he watches it like everybody else. and -- >> frank's different though. >> yeah. there are guys who go, what they should have done was the nickel. clearly the guy should have done the nickel. >> i've never heard those words spoken in my house in 28 years of marriage. never heard about the nickel. >> it is called nickel d, whatever that means. >> okay. >> all right. nobody likes to be next to the the one talking about the opposite -- >> who cares about who is going to win. >> who can win the dough. so far that's nobody i know in my family. the person obsessed with commercials. you like them, but you're not -- that's donny deutsch and he's not coming. >> no, he's not. he's invited. and the people that need complete silence because they like the commercials so much. right, donny? >> and also the emotionally uber fan. can i tell you something, every single one of those people who they listed, i would like to watch a game with them. i would be -- people just sit there. i want someone who is very emotional about the game. quiet, i've got to see this. i got to see this, or this is supposed to be the best commercial, i want to watch it. >> i prefer all of those people over the person who comes just to get free food and drink and don't care about the game at all or they talk through it. >> don't talk through the game. don't talk through halftime. that's crucial. >> oh, okay. here's the viral video. >> i think it was a guy -- a news anchor from raleigh, north carolina. it was called christmas jammies. >> they did a really funny viral video. he decided -- he got a whole bunch of gifts from his wife. this dad decided to give us a little tutorial on what we should and shouldn't buy for our men. take a look. >> will you wear this to work next week? >> oh, sure. >> tight jeans, girlie belt, made for him, checkered shirt, extra slim. everything is a-okay, until i raise my arms this way. i walk outside and my neighbors swear -- >> oh, my god, what are you wearing? >> you look so cool on the guy from the internet. but they don't look so cool on me. a new rule when you buy from the internet, your husbands are not that trendy. oh, you want me to wear this v neck tonight. sven wears it, he looks all right. he's 17, i'm 39, that's about the time we start to find this random hair. i describe it best as the bottom of the neck or top of the chest, gray and long and scraggly but it matches perfectly with the hair on my back, the hair on my nose, the hair on my ears, the hair on my toes, the hair on my brows, the hair on my butt. i'm glad you love me no matter what, right? >> hold still. >> no, no, no, no. ow! >> cute. and true. cute and true. when the hair starts showing, in places where -- >> no. >> it's over! >> you know what it is time for? friday funny. >> this is kind of cute. a guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. great seats, wonderful time, behind the team's bench. after the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. she said i really liked it, especially the tight pants and big muscles but i couldn't understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents. >> dumb founded her date said, what do you mean? >> she said, well, they flipped a coin and one team got it and for the rest of the game while they kept screams was getting quarter back, get the quarter back. that's it? >> that was a good one. >> you know, i had it with you ingrates. >> all right. it is time for our johnson baby now, adorable additions. our first johnson baby of the week is james rocco bornendame from tennessee, outside of nashville, on new year's day, 7 pounds, 15 ounces. his parents say he's a big cuddler and his sister loves to give him kisses. >> i bet. now to a baby born in baton rouge, louisiana. lorel michele chambliss on december 23rd, weighing 5 pounds, 10 ounces and her mom says she feels very lucky. her new daughter is sleeping through the night. she is lucky. she's the next lucky one. >> our next johnson's baby is benjamin lee ludwig born in eerie, pennsylvania, on december 18th. parents jennifer and robert say their son is very animated and likes to make funny faces. >> that's called gas. and finally jordan lynn cunningham was born in columbia, south carolina. she was due new year's eve but decided to come a little early, made her grand entrance on christmas eve. our great congratulations to all of our babies and their families. >> if you want to submit your baby to be a johnson baby of the week, go to klgandhoda.com for details. >> and press the connect button. >> today is a sad day. i'm sorry. >> bittersweet. >> it is mainly sad. >> yeah, it is. we're really sad about this. >> our very, very good friend donna richards is our head wardrobe stylist, miss everything. >> with the whip. >> is leaving the "today" show. donna, will you step out here? she is leaving the "today" show after all these years. >> she's not leaving nbc, though. >> you're going to seth. >> seth meyers. >> she's going across the street. you don't understand, what donna talks to you, she doesn't look you in the eye, she looks at you like this. >> she loves you. she's fixing up like a mother monkey. >> but i don't have to get up at 3:00 anymore. >> we're happy for you. we are. we love you so much. we're happy for you. >> wait, hold on. >> just come across the street. >> we'll see you at seth's. >> we bought you some flowers and balloons. >> thank you. >> love you. >> love you. >> thank you, love. >> donna. >> a great new life. we love you, donna. sleep in. >> her hours are unbelievable here. she's going to have a whole new chance at something called a life. >> we like that. >> another person, very excited for our friend curtis stone. >> yeah, on february 1st, he officially opens the door to his intimate 25 seat restaurant in beverly hills. it is called maude. >> he's been telling me about that for the longest time. i'm so happy for him. >> good for curtis. >> he's a doll. >> if you're keeping up with your resolution to keep fit, bobbie has the buzz to keep you moving. >> and our moms with home cooked favorites. >> i can't wait to see what they're whipping up. >> and three reasons to watch the super bowl this sunday, the game, the halftime show and the commercials. >> we get a sneak peek with donny deutsch. 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>> it is, you know, it is the big beauty contest. big extravaganza. a lot of celebrities. a lot of comedy. a lot of shtick. a lot of money. $4 million for 30 seconds. this day and age, it is so much more than the commercial, what people do online, social media, the buildup. >> the buzz. >> for instance, for something with an amazing amount of buzz, for a new ale called new castle. a fake super bowl spot never airing that is online and all the prep goes for it. there say lot of back to it. it is brilliant. >> go daddy -- >> that comes from your company. >> of course. it is smart, go daddy is about building cool young businesses and this is for kathie lee, actually. >> they're a little beefy for me. >> oh, no. >> anna. >> who is the girl? >> danica patrick. >> oh my. >> they're all running. >> you can do it. >> very cute. >> i like that. >> go daddy has another big surprise coming. >> really? >> i have a question. do people actually see sales go up after super bowl adds? >> not always. something like go daddy which is an online company, yes. when you're a car company, it is not like the next day people run into -- it is brand awareness and bringing in corporate sponsors in and what not. it is a big picture. but there is some rubber that meets the road. >> and it's not just a game, hoda. you have to see all the pregame stuff here, all week long, a lot of business being done. >> let's talk yogurt. this is one we have seen, reunion spot on the greek oikos yogurt spot. >> that was a good game. what do you say, boys? time to go to bed? >> don't you think it is time we all get our own places? >> for those at home -- >> yeah. >> that are not big full house viewers, for me, i can repeat every word of every episode i watched with my little girls. for me, this cracks me up. the thing you can miss if you're not a fan, you don't know who they are, for some reason, stamos is not aging but it is cute, a use of popular culture. >> a tease of it, there is more. >> they show up at the end of the ad and it is very cute and just good use of popular culture. anytime you can bring popular culture in and bring people back, it makes it bigger in the end. >> some twins showing up? >> i don't know if they show up. they could use some yogurt, though. >> the chevyilverado, you like this one? >> i like it. it is an ad. it is basically -- it starts out, you think it is a manly ad about a man and his truck. it is about the bull who is about to go do his thing with the cows, if you know what i mean? >> mating season. >> oh, my gosh. >> and it -- >> like a cialis commercial. >> yes, two cows and two bathtubs, you know what i mean? >> that's great. >> and what's fun about it, obviously the premise. there was some mocking a little bit, all the manly truck commercials. >> yes. >> i like the song, too. ♪ and romance in the air i believe in miracles ♪ >> that's so cute. >> hello, ladies. >> effective. >> i've been using that hello, ladies. cute ad. >> that's adorable. >> a good one. >> the interesting thing with all the technology, the things that work in the days of the mean joe greene still work today, beautiful, simple, relatable moments. we get so caught up in all the whiz bang and that's the stuff that works. >> let's end with the axe body spray commercial, because why wouldn't we? >> this is annual an basically that kind of goes after make love, not war, and it is these -- it is a long ad, i'll talk about it, where basically, you know, the axe spray and mate instead of making war. it is beautifully shot. >> it is a fortune on this. >> must have. >> this is under the epic premise, but well done. it is an interesting concept. a lot of ads today are doing what we call enfemic things, trying to make big statements about the world, where it is going. ♪ ♪ >> make love, not war. >> oh. >> with new axe peace. >> oh, my gosh. >> really clever. i've always been disappointed in some recent super bowls, a lot of silly, stupid. a lot of smart ads this year. >> thank you for coming to hang with us. >> donny deutsch. dush deutschman, deutsch man, donny, donny deutschman. >> love you, buddy. >> our moms are here. we love them so much. joanie and sameha kicking up good -- >> real good. and gold medalist gabby douglas gets the star treatment with a new movie, a movie about her life already. >> a sweet movie. it wouldn't be friday without bobbie and her buzz. right after this. m, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well, did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? 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