[ APPLAUSE ] >>> EARLIER THIS MORNING ON OUR
PLAZA, WE WERE HAVING SOME
COUNTRY MUSIC FUN.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BRING THE FUN ACROSS THE STREET TO OURE
FUN ACROSS THE STREET TO OUR STUDIO.
STUDIO.
COME ON OUT.
MATT LAUER, DOLLY PARTON.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, KENNY ROGERS.
AL ROKER, WILLIE NELSON.
CARSON DALY, AS BILLY RAY CYRUS. HODA AS BLAKE SHELTON.RAY CYRUS.
HODA AS BLAKE SHELTON. AND KATHIE LEE AS MILEY.
AND A -- I MEAN, LIKE, AND
CHARLIE AS A COWBOY.
ITS LIKE, THERE ARE NO WORDS,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
THERES NO WORDS LEFT. >> YOU WANT TO BACK AWAY FROM
THAT FLAME.
THAT FLAME.
>> IM WATCHING MY LULL ET. >> OPEN CANDLES IN THE STUDIO.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS AND
YOU THIS AND MY FELLOW LADIES
WHO HAVE CROSSED OVER.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THIS TO GO
ON?
ON?
>> THIS OUTFIT?
THEY DID THIS IN LIKE 20
MINUTES.
HE TOOK MORE CRUX THAN WEONSTRUC WE DID. MORE CRUX THAN WEONSTRUC
WE DID. >> GLUED ON THE BEARD.
PUT IN BLUE CONTRACT LENSES.
>> 20 MINUTES.
MOST OF THAT WAS FOR THE
HYDRAULICS AND THE
COUNTERWEIGHTS THAT ARE HANGING
FROM MY BACK.
>> I HAVE TO ASK YOU --
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"TODAY" SHOW HALLOWEEN IS SO
ICONIC.
ICONIC.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ONE? >> I LOVED WHEN AL AND I WERE
BATMAN AND ROBIN AND WE GOT TO
SCALE DOWN THE SIDE OF THE
"TODAY" SHOW STUDIO.
>> HOW ABOUT YOU, AL?
>> SAME ONE.
>> THIS IS GIVING IT A RUN FOR
ITS MONEY.
ITS MONEY.
I LOVED BEING LAVERNE AND
SHIRLEY WITH NATALIE.
BUT MATT AND I SINGING "ISLANDS
IN THE TREATMENT," I WILL HOLD
IT IN MY HEART.
>> THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE LYRICS. WERE LOOKING AT THE
LYRICS.
>> I WAS WORRIED ABOUT SINGING THE LYRIC, MAKING LOVE TO EACH
OTHER.
OTHER.
>> BUT THEY REALLY CARED.
>> THEY WERE BELIEVABLE. >> CARSON, WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> IM JUST GLAD MY DAUGHTER,
MILEY, IS HERE.
SHE IS MY LITTLE WRECKING BALL.
MY LITTLE GIRL.
>> I LOVE YOU, DADDY.
>> I LOVE YOU, GIRL.
>> KATHIE LEE, YOU ARE ROCKIN
THAT MILEY.
THAT MILEY.
>> WAIT UNTIL THE 10:00 HOUR. >> PLEASE TUNE IN.10:00 HOUR.
>> PLEASE TUNE IN. THERE ARE 30 SECONDS YOU DO NOT
WANT TO MISS.
>> I SAW A PREVIEW. ITS WELL WORTH YOUR TIME.
>> A CAREER-ENDING PERFORMANCE.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU TWO.
FAVORITE "TODAY" SHOW HALLOWEEN.
>> I LOVED WHEN WE DID LUCY AND
ETHEL.
ETHEL.
I LOVED/HATED YODA. I KEPT APPLYING LIPSTICK BECAUSE
YOU NEED A LITTLE SOMETHING.
>> YOURE VERY HANDSOME.
YOURE A HANDSOME MAN.
ILL JUST SAY.
ITS WORKING FOR YOU.
>> HALLOWEEN IS ALL ABOUT THE
CHILDREN, YOU WOULDNT KNOW THAT
FROM WHAT YOURE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW.
>> SCARING THE CHILDREN. >> THATS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH
CHARLEY AND VALE?
>> CHARLIE WANTS TO BE A
PINEAPPLE.
PINEAPPLE.
AND VALE WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR PRINCESS.WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR
PRINCESS.
>> HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT UP? >> STOP IT.YOU MAKE THAT UP?
>> STOP IT. I BOUGHT HER A LITTLE MUCH KIN
PUMPKIN.
PUMPKIN. SHE HAS A CUTE LITTLE PUFFY
BODY.
BODY.
I HAD TO BRACKPRACTICE.
AND I GOT HER A BUNNY RABBIT IN
CASE ITS COLD.
>> THATCHER IS GOING TO BE MIKE
MUKOWSKI.
YARDLEY IS GOING TO BE A PINK POWER RANGER, KIND OF ASSISTK
POWER RANGER, KIND OF ASSIST TENT WITH YOUR THEME.
PINK BUT A POWER RANGER.
DID YOU FEEL NERVOUS TODAY?
I DID.
I DID.
>> DID YOU? >> YES.YOU?
>> YES. MY GOD.
MY GOD. I HAD NEVER BEEN UP THERE
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
AND THESE GUYS WERE JUST LIKE GO FOR IT.SE GUYS WERE JUST LIKE GO
FOR IT. >> GO FOR IT.
>> IN REHEARSALS, WE SAID, LEAVE
NOTHING OFF THE STAGE.
GO FOR IT.
YOU DONT WANT TO WAKE UP AND SAY, I WISH I HAD DONE THAT.
>> YOU HAVE NO REGRETS ON THAT
FRONT.
FRONT.
>> WE HAVE A FEW.