>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. everybody. november cyber mop. hope you had a really fabulous and blessed thanksgiving with your friends and family. it is all about shopping, it seems to me today. >> so was friday. so was saturday. when saturday was small town -- small business saturday. you're right. what the heck is tomorrow? >> tuesday. cyber tuesday. >> cyber monday is going to be

wednesday. >> thank you. look who's with us today in our kitchen! >> he's got an eggplant or something. >> now he's shining up his eggplant. there used to be a word for that. >> all right, marcus. we have a great way we teamed up with "people" magazine for our second annual beauty awards. we'll show you today the best hair products from the drugstore. very important. >> why are we showing makeup right now? >> it is all the best-of. this week five chefs are cooking up a dish they say that they would make if i came to their house for dinner. last summer we had the greenwich

these fantastic were there for it. i just hosted -- moderated a panel with all of them. i asked every one of them -- we know what you do at your restaurants. it is all fantastic and when you make on the "today" show. but if you were invited just personally to come to your house, what would you make for me to represent who you are and what your home is and everybody had such a completely different answer that i said, you guys, le we've got everybody coming all this week. marcus is heading it out. >> i am. i'm super excited. i'm going to do a cocktail, then a little fish. >> darling picture of you and your wife and your little boy in "people" magazine. >> how cute. >> super great thanksgiving for me and my wife. >> awesome. he's so beautiful. what's his name? >> zion. >> beautiful! >> beautiful. >> yes.

black friday? i'm not. >> i didn't. >> no, no, i didn't. we'll show you how to make some extra money for all your gift shopping without leave your house. and our favorite things are later. >> oh, my gosh. you had tons of family and fun stuff. we had family and friends from michigan and florida that came to stay with us for a few days. i don't like to play games. any kf we just played games. we had such a good time and it was a nice mix of our traditions with theirs. they have everything on thanksgiving. they have the thanksgiving turkey but they also have a ham and a tenderloin. >> they like it do it big. >> very midwest. do it all! so we did it all. of course cotes and cass were home. that's all i care about. i might as well say my favorite thing right now. because that was part of the weekend. harvey weinstein has been a

years and he's always been good to me. good to me. i hated "pulp fiction" so i said it on the air to regis. the next day i got a basket this big from harvey. i've never met him before saying, i'm so sorry you hated "pulp fiction." so did my mother. he said but here are some things that she loved and i hope you will, too. so classy. we've been friends for a long time. he sends me occasionally ones he thinks i'll be moved by. there is a movie out locally right now but is going to go it's "lion." with dev patel, nicole kidman and rooney mara. it is simply stunning and you'll sob your eyes out. it is so moving. that's all i'll tell you about it. >> love it! you know what else? went to see "allied" yesterday. cody had seen it before, he's my guy. he said, mom, i think you would really like it. he took me and his girlfriend,

was an unbelievable one. years ago. but does it stand out. >> you had like movie palooza. >> and cody got me hooked on "the crown." i've never binge watched anything. i was bleary-eyed. it is all about queen elizabeth and prince philip. i kept saying how much of this is based on truth. wow! the intrigues of court and the crown. highly, high >> netflix. i think every episode costs like $7 million. you cannot believe the attention to detail. >> on netflix? i'm going to watch that. >> tell about the little show you put on. >> i had my nieces and my mom and my brother and his wife and everybody at my house. we did all the things. it reminds me of how much i love new york when your family's that. because you go do the radio city rockettes. this was just in the hall at 30 rock.

random sighting. tom's daughter sara was there and their son. we were at the thanksgiving day parade. the kids kept screaming can you see me, san today? last year santa looked the other way. it was very depressing. this year he yelled and screamed and looked. there's joel. we ended up doing so many things that you do in new york. we had a great thanksgiving meal. >> you've got more room now in your apartment. >> you know what i did? i have the same table, i just bought two extra how about that! >> you're a mathematical genius. >> i couldn't believe -- how awesome it was. >> how about you get a table with a leaf? >> but i never have people over. that's the most people that i'll ever have in my case. >> unless you have a table that expanded. >> maybe. my nieces every morning when we woke up, we would raise the shades and we would all say, good morning, new york. so we decided that was going to be the curtain and we were going

horrible. and we sang and we did this -- they go -- ella kept saying, can anybody see us? i said look at all these windows. some freak is watching us right now. >> wonderful. >> we had such a great time with the whole group. there's -- we went and saw "wicked." we did -- the rockettes -- >> you're the best aunt in the world. >> we went to the park. by the way, the rockettes -- if you haven't been, please go. look at i just took this. >> which is illegal. >> it is? >> yes. >> well, watch it anyway. >> they do this every year and it never gets old. >> then it went all crazy. >> i love it. it never gets old. you might have seen it 100 times. my niece, i took her ever, every year. my kids, too. then all of a sudden -- they've done it and they don't want to do it anymore.

>> every time you go, it is different. yeah, you're going to have grandchildren. by the way, congratulations are in order for kathie lee gifford. >> why? >> how many followers do you have on twitter right now? >> i guess -- a million. thank you, everybody. >> where is the confetti! >> what does that mean? >> it means lots of people are paying attention to your tweets! be careful. >> my friend kyle michael miller just tweet you -- you did it without one nude picture. i would have lost followers if i'd have done a nude picture. we need a great story today. tell this one, hoda woman. >> we need to give a shout out to this guy in illinois, a guy named jim ford. he's been a repo man for more than 20 years. his job is to repossess cars. okay? so he had to repossess one day a 1998 buick. the owners were 82-year-old stanford kipling and his

sinking deeper into debt and that was because they had to pay so much for their medications. they only had $30 left until their next social security check. but the kiplings understood that jim had to do a job so he took the car. there they were without their car. so it really bugged jim. a lot. >> i bet he sees everything, too, in his line of work. you know? >> he's probably seen the best and the worst. he decided, you guys, to start a go fund me page. he wanted to raise $3,500 to pay off that car. $3,500, they received $17,000 in donations from more than 400 people. here's what jim did. jim repaired and detailed the buick, he delivered the cash and a thanksgiving turkey to the kiplings. stan said it was like hitting the lottery and patty says there are very good people out there. >> there are. there are. >> there are beautiful, wonderful people. >> love that story. god bless jim.

i couldn't take someone's things. i'd go broke. >> just keep it. we lost a good friend. i've known her many, many years. she was one of the first people you meet when you went out to hollywood. florence was everywhere. florence henderson passed away on thanksgiving day. she was still like pinch me, i get to make my living this way and be with wofu she was a half-full type person. >> she did everything you could imagine in show biz, including anchoring a whole hour. she did so many wonderful things. most people i remember her from "the brady bunch" and how you really did learn life lessons. it was just so funny you learned about things. your family -- >> you wanted her to be your mother. she was also the first woman

time. >> congratulations. just so you know here, just three days before her death, she was in the audience at "dancing." which shows you just how -- >> cheering on marcia. >> she didn't like ill. >> they said it was a fast illness. they thought she would be in and come out and just get over it. and she didn't. >> wow. >> her manager told the "los angeles times" that she had not been ill so it was a surprise. our love to her family. i'm favorite thing. imanticipate dying to see "lion." can i tell you what it is the time of year for? these are called satsumas. i'm just going to tell you because i want someone to try them. zach, please come forward? >> i'll try it, too. zach has never turned down everything. >> so true. just bite it and please do close-ups on each of their faces. >> so much better than "ihoda." mm. >> that's the emotional face you

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the "star wars" story came out over the weekend. people are flipping out. the first time a stand-alone movie of "star wars," coming out 16th of december. about three weeks away. all new characters with the exception of darth vader who makes an appearance is. i'm excited about the new droid you see in this trailer, and really reminds me of 3 cpo. that vibe. >> i was that for halloween on this and people expecting about $130 million opening. >> how would this compare to the last "star wars" movie? >> not the business of the last one that was mammoth and part of the overall main -- >> had harrison and it had carrie. >> but this is going to be huge. >> talk movies. weekend box office. how did things do? >> "moana" came out thanksgiving weekend, disney animated film. loved it so much.

female character, by the way, not looking for a man or boyfriend. >> saving the world. >> fabulous. >> and it made $81.1 million, if that number holds, the number two thanksgiving opening weekend of all-time behind only "frozen," which made $93 million a few years ago. huge. "fantastic beast" a great weekend made over nows over $150 million. the news unfortunately not all good, becausen first movie in 15 years called "rules don't apply." i really liked. a great old hollywood -- >> what happened? >> people didn't care. made $2 million over the weekend. >> in wide release? >> very disappointing. i felt bad. did an interview with warren and annette, the academy appreciated the movie but the audiences did not. >> he worked very hard for that

you know "star wars" is going to do -- you'd think an interest in seeing -- >> sad. because i want hollywood to make more movies like "rules don't apply" that are differ and new. >> how about "allied"? saw that yesterday? >> i liked that. >> i didn't hear good things about it. my son in the film world said, mom, you're going to like it. >> not a huge blockbuster, looking for an old-fashioned hollywood movie with some romance and some >> maybe because brad has not really been 3r0e6789 promoting it. >> true. >> selena gomez made news? >> decided to take time off, deal with health -- panic attacks, sides of lupus. came back on the amas and did her first instagram post. most followed on instagram in the world, by the way. did a post the last couple of days with a great picture of her and her fans talking about what

needed to take time off. i think people are happy to see her back in a good way. >> she handled it so well. you and i talked about this so many times. young kids get into a situation like that. take a break. go back and get in tough with yourself. she's a deeply spiritual girl and you can see he's healing. >> when she made the speech at the amas, i was a fan before, after seeing that, she's got courage. >> got a great >> you can go now. you're a sweetheart. come see us again. all right. about to surprise or fan of the week. could be you, but maybe not. >> unlikely. then, never, ever have a bad hair day again. putting the best hair products to the test, coming up, right to the test, coming up, right after anyone with type 2 diabetes to the test, coming up, right after knows how it feels to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around?

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>> hmm, nice. >> and no straw. check it. no straw. >> real men don't use straws. >> okay. what are you making? >> what we do, we do rub the eggplant with olive oil. how about that? >> we witnessed that. >> how about that? you saw that! no comment. >> highlight of my day so far. >> yeah. >> so here. my favorite dish. >> yeah. >> and -- a little bit of roasted eggplant with a halibut, halibut on the bone. i brought from the water, you know, in sweden. i >> yes. >> but eggplant is super delicious and we're going to char this. rub it with olive oil. >> every time you said it. >> right. >> weird. >> wrap it up, put it in a broiler. feel that. it's soft. right? it's cooked. it's soft. >> squishy. >> and then put it in the blender. hoda, you can do that. >> what do you want me to do? >> put the garlic, jalapeno, put in olive oil and then put this machine on.

on. >> perfect. you can cook! >> we've got it. >> that's all? >> turning into puree and then add in a little bit of spinach. this is so delicious. we have spinach -- with our beautiful -- puree. >> eggplant puree. >> this could be a hummus dip, use for chicken. use it with fish. >> you're adding the spinach to it? >> absolutely. we're going do that. look at that, you little star chef. come on, come on! >> mark murphy is coming. >> alex. >> and michele mishon. >> and evelyn. >> look how you just flip it like that. >> exactly. it's my job. i'm a chef. i should be able to do that. >> you cook it um like that. >> yes. >> that's chef 101. isn't it? >> boom! and halibut on the bone. >> looks so good! >> if people don't like fish, one way to do it. we're going to do a little

sweet soy. garlic and dill. just put that in. >> garlic and dill. >> kind of glaze that on top of the halibut. this is going to caramelize. that's how you get that golden -- see? >> oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> this is the type of food that i grew up with in sweden. very simple, on the bone, boom. just kind of cook it, with a little bit of butter. >> both sides, do you? >> yeah. normally start with some olive oil and add in the butter and baste it. >> can i glaze that side? >> glaze. come on. >> how manyn sweetie? >> i would say two teaspoons. >> how long do you cook it? >> four minutes each side. >> four minutes. >> because we cook it on the bone, right? it's going, the fish is going to stay juicier and -- taste. >> oh, my gosh. falls right off the fork. >> come on. >> get outta town! >> not you, marcus. >> got to get involved. >> and -- >> yes! >> wait, wait. >> wait a minute! >> wait a minute. >> ooh. just right. >> how good is this?

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on, concrete advice. >> exactly. i've done it all myself. these are all things to do to make money now. >> do it! >> make thez bucks. >> first one is a phone. >> cell phone. >> weird. >> what you want to do, take surveys at home on your couch while you're drinking wine or watching tv or whatever you're doing at night. a swagbox.com is great website, app to go to. take surveys, watch video, shop shopping. >> they want your feedback? >> you get points. trade them in for gift cards. >> cash, turns out to be buying power. >> right. getting out of debt a few years ago, only way, got $550 to spend for christmas that year. >> a blessing. >> inboxdollars.com. >> great. >> wonderful's. >> wow. >> this is exciting. a neck tie? >> a neck tie. >> okay. >> this is mystery shopping.

this time of year and make money right now. so there's a great app called the field agent app. say you go a home improvement store, get a notification, there's a shop to be had through the app. go take ten pictures of this display and make $4. >> wait. they tell you where to go? you take pictures? >> tell you where to go, what to do, take pictures. also sign up for northforkrear search. on to go to that are legit ways to do mystery shopping to make money right now. right this minute. it's fun, too. >> oops! >> the ladies fell over. they were fighting before we came out. >> veronica? >> this is becoming a toy tester. >> yes. >> lots of companies want your opinion for toys. she wasn't staying up earlier today. they kept on tackling each other. how appropriate, i thought.

blocks, playskool and test their toys. get free toys and give your opinion. >> you get the toy to keep? >> toy to keep, yes. >> they want your kids to test them? >> kids to test them. test them and package them back up and -- >> wow! pretty good. >> yeah. >> and -- >> gift cards. do you have any, like, little gift cards laying around? >> yes. >> that you don't use. >> what do you do with them? >> this is like a $1 gift card those you don't want to use, store you don't like, trade them in for cash at websites like giftcardgranny, and raise.com, trade them in for money and use that cash to buy chris mitt presents. >> expired? >> if they're expired -- >> no. >> expired gift cards? >> a way of -- >> we can do it. >> catalogs. sign up for catalogs. great coupons for $10 off $10

sign up for the catalogs. easily find them -- >> what is under here? >> oh! drugs. good. >> this one. okay, so, a lot of stores give you gift cards if you switch your prescription from store to store. you want to switch prescriptions you good get a $20 gift card. they want your business. you switch your stuff, get free money just for that. >> wow! >> last, not least, become a -- >> cranberries! >> become an a this is a baggy stand, as an example. amazon buying program. >> not a secret any more. >> it's not. invite-only program. if you give a lot of -- buy a lot of things at amazon and write those reviews they invite you to be a part of this program and give you free stuff all the time. >> test out their things? >> exactly. >> fantastic! >> all great things. way to go. >> thank you. what is hiding behind the curtain this year? >> we're kicking off a special time of year with a favorite, a

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how excited are we? kicking off our 23rd annual toy drive, spreading holiday cheer and giving to kids across the country. collected 2.5 million toys for kids this year. >> just started! over the past two decades we've collected over 430 million dollars worth of g donation from -- drum roll, please -- >> all: hashtoy trucks! >> general manager, how are you? you're back. >> i'm back. >> so glad. this is a brig treat for everybody every year. >> yeah. a holty tradition over 50 years and giving back is part of that tradition and something we've gn doing for decades. >> always the hess family way about doing everything, too. very generous people.

year. happy to do it again this year. >> this guy saddle new. isn't he? >> two for the price of one. >> yes. s-toy truck and dragster. lights and sounds and really when you pull it back, let it go. >> showed you us the other day on the air, yes. >> how many are you giving? >> 5,000 this year. >> fantastic. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> enjoy. fun to see kids play. >> with old-fashioned toys. >> thanks so much. >> thank you again. starting this thursday, celebrity elvesle in the plaza. come down in person or donate on amazon.com/ed it, details go to our website, hodaandkathielee.com. and tomorrow, lauren graham and kelly bishop.

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. stand by, everyone. we're live in five, four, three -- >> doesn't that look awesome? so relaxing. look at it there. >> i don't know what that is. everything that is too big to take home. 26 days until christmas, people shopping like crazy. i like it's going way too fast. americans already spent millios of dollars.