He created one of televisions most iconic characters j. R. Ewing on the longtime drama dallas. A rather nasty guy that people loved to hate. Before that, he played a nice guy, captain tony nelson on i dream of jeannie. He appeared here on today last june, and well have a look back at his life and career next. A legend, absolutely. It is the day after black friday and people were going crazy hunting for bargains, so as you do your shopping this weekend, well reveal some ingenious tricks retailers use to get you to spend more and more of your hardearned cash. Speaking of shopping, today is Small Business saturday. A day for you to support the local mom and pop shops in your town. You can do it every day, of course. Something very important to new york city mayor michael bloomberg, who will join us to talk about it in our next half hour. Then an unusual punishment for a convicted killer in oklahoma. A teenager was sentenced to spend ten years in church after pleading guilty to manslaughte
How are we doing . Take a look at the video of the camel running down the street. I think this scared the crap out of people. He ran into a gas station. The way they got the camel to return to the circus, kind of hilarious. Kind of obvious, too. Well tell you about that coming up. Who knew a camel was so fast, too . Running down that street. Happy saturday on that long holiday weekend. And with all that eating going on, theres a timely, new survey that has americans have added pounds to what we consider our ideal weight. What does this mean for our obesity epidemic . And how can you navigate the holidays without overdoing it . Big questions there. Jennifer ashton is here with practical tips. And reportrayed, arguably, the best villain in tv history. Larry hagman died at the age of 81. He was also in i dream of jeanie. He died in the city of texas who made him famous. The iconic character that viewers loved to hate, had the nation in a frenzy asking, who shot j. R. Everyone in the count
Good morning, everybody. How are we doing . Take a look at the video of the camel running down the streets in l. A. I think this scared the crap out of people. He ran into a gas station. The way they got the camel to return to the circus, kind of hilarious. Kind of obvious, too. Well tell you about that coming up. Who knew that a camel was so fast, too . Running down that street. Also, happy saturday on that long holiday weekend. And with all that eating going on, theres a timely, new survey that says americans have added pounds to what we consider our ideal weight. What does this mean for our obesity epidemic . And how can you navigate the holidays without overdoing it . Big questions there. Dr. Jennifer ashton is here with practical tips. And he portrayed, arguably, the best villain in tv history. Larry hagman died at the age of 81. He was also in i dream of jeannie. He died in the city in texas who made him famous. The iconic character that viewers loved to hate, once had the nation
Cash in earlier than ever. Open thanksgiving night. Already weve seen some long lines and short tempers. Tahman bradley is here with the latest. Live in the flesh. Good morning, sir. Reporter good morning, rob. Good morning, brandi. Good to be with you. And happy black friday. Black friday, the unofficial start of the crucial holiday giftbuying season. This morning, lines are already long at Stores Across the country, as people looking for deal storm the barricades. Shoppers rush stores overnight, filling carts with black friday bargains. Best buy opened its store doors at midnight. But thats already hours after deals were being snapped up for thanksgiving. Retailers are trying to get an edge on the 52 billion up for grabs this year. They say every day counts. Thats why toys r us, sears, walmart and target offered doorbusting deals a day early. Its an arms race. Then, 8 00. 7 00, 6 00. 4 00 in the morning and then midnight. Reporter shoppers filled their carts with toys and rushed for
Lets get it started in here really . And good morning to all of you. What a thanksgiving it was. Actually, on the football fields. And we hope in the living rooms for all of you. Lots to get to this morning. But let us not waste any time in wishing our dear colleague, robin roberts, a very happy birthday, robin. [ applause ] shes only 40. Its a big one. If my 40, you mean 21. Happy birthday, robin. I hope you gave yourself a little time to sleep in. Meanwhile, we do have a lot for you. Were going to have a starstudded birthday spectacular for her. As george, and lara and sam are enjoying time with their families. We hope you had a beautiful thanksgiving day. Now, its black friday. Look at all of the stores all over the country that are already open for business. Were going to get the experts take on what the hottest toys are. And whether or not you should be buying some of these items. Believe it or not, by this time on friday, black friday, some things are already gone. You shouldnt b