"everything and all." >> we were finding songs for the 25th anniversary project and kept going back to that song and saying it's just too much fun not to do it. >> it's a kick! >> there's not a serious thing about it. but you have to do one every now and then just because it's fun. >> before there was garth brooks and all the rest of them, there was randy travis. and when i was looking at the numbers, randy, i knew you sold a ton of records. i know you had a ton of number ones. 22 -- well, 25 million records. 22 number ones and 6 grammy awards. does it ever get old when you hit big with a song? >> no. i don't think that could ever get old. i think you always enjoy seeing something go out to radio as a single and go up those charts, you know. you know, i got to -- i've said this many times. i got into this business wanting to make a living writing and singing. i never had dreams of winning any awards. >> really? >> yeah. never thought of, say, something selling 1 million or 2 million on an album. yeah, that's why i had that deer in the headlight look quite often early on, i'm sure. i can't believe i'm here. >> what am i doing? >> yeah. >> there's a song a lot of people when we talk about it, they used it as a wedding song. it's called "forever and ever amen." this one was i think back in 1988. you won a huge award for it. >> oh, my gosh. >> let's listen for a second. look at you back in the day. ♪ i'm wild and i'm free, you may wonder how i can promise you now ♪ ♪ this love that i feel for you always will be ♪ ♪ you're not just time that i'm killing ♪ >> by the way, beautiful song. a lot of people used this as a wedding song, didn't they? >> yeah. and still do. still do. i still get responses from people in person when we're playing or getting letters from people saying they're still using it for weddings quite often. >> when you're up there on stage as i know you are still a lot, what's the song people ask you to sing? >> it will usually be "forever and ever amen," "three wooden crosses" or "diggin' up bones." >> what was that song? that was one of your first ones, wasn't it? >> second single or third single. third single. it went out, became a number one record. it's a serious song. john anderson and i sang it together on this 25th project. serious as far as the subject is, what it's about. but kids were loving it. kids 3, 4, 5 years old they couldn't know what it was really about. >> they just loved it. >> it just had that fun anything about it. >> if you had to sing anything at all, i don't know, right here, right now, what would it be if you were to sing something right here, right now? >> oh, my gosh. let's see. >> what would you sing? ♪ some day when our dream world finds us and these hard times are gone ♪ ♪ we'll laugh and count our blessings and imagine all our wrongs ♪ ♪ if we both pull together tomorrow's sure to come ♪ ♪ and some day we'll look back and say, it was fun ♪ >> beautiful! beautiful. >> thank you. >> to celebrate 25 years, randy, you're doing a lot of duets. which is kind of fun. it must be nice to mix it up a little bit, huh, with some of the others? >> it was fun. it was great fun. john anderson singing on "diggin' up bones." he's been a friend for 30 years. when he came in and said he wanted to sing, we said we'd love that. we found out there was a third verse added on this recording i'd never heard before. it was just too funny not to put it in there. >> you sang with carrie underwood. which i guess brings you a whole different audience. you have obviously your loyal fans, and then you tie in some of hers. >> i've recorded twice with carrie in the studio. she can sing. >> you two together. isn't it funny, she won "american idol." you watch this kid explode on the scene. >> so down to earth. a great, great singer. she knows what to record. just wonderful to be around. just a sweetheart. >> i was reading a little bit about your bio. honey, you were a wild child when you were young. i was like, this guy really -- you kind of had -- you had, like, a wild streak when you were a young boy, yeah? >> for about ten years, yeah. >> then every now and then the wild streak just pops back up, doesn't it? >> every now and then there's just something about this -- you know, you have that in you, every once in a while it may start to rise up. >> you try to grab it back. >> then you get control of that. >> i know you do. i remember in february -- not to be -- i remember seeing a little photo op of you. i think it was a little drinking incident that you had. >> a photo op. i love that. >> i like to call it a photo op. i like to be nice about these things. what was going on there? what happened? >> i was waiting on someone to pick me up and the wrong person showed up. it was the wrong one. >> not the guy you were hoping for. >> no. no, not at all. >> speaking of singing, there's this young girl who we saw, randy, on youtube. you know, youtube is, like, making huge stars. there's this 2-year-old girl who i think is from canada. and we popped her on the other day. she sings this adele song at 2 years old just to a video camera that's crazy. let's take a listen and watch. ♪ >> that is great. ♪ >> okay. oh, my god! do you not love this kid? >> that is great. >> is that unbelievable? >> i love that. >> isn't it crazy what youtube does, though? >> i know it. i know it. >> you had to slog through smoky clubs. you had to work your you know what off and everything. now a lot of people can pop up on youtube. justin bieber or whomever. they're very talented. but they seem to miss the hard slog. they shoot right to stardom, don't they? >> i wish we could back up. i truly wish we could back up to this when we could make a record and you had a promotion staff at the record label. they would call radio stations. this is the single. radio would play it. you'd tour to promote that album. you sold records and it was that simple. yeah. all the lines are pretty blurred now. >> they're getting blurry, yeah. >> they sure are. >> what do you think they're missing when they don't hit the smoky clubs and feel the disappointment? >> well, i started singing for an audience when i was 9. >> uh-huh. >> started playing in clubs about 14. >> geez. >> and was in there just about full time by 16. doing other jobs, too. i don't know. i think -- i think people miss out -- actually, i think they miss on a lot of good times, to be honest with you. i had some wonderful times playing with friends in those years in the clubs. then the early years of touring when we first started, we were driving out in a car. and then a car and van. and believe it or not, a bread truck. >> you're kidding me. >> a bread truck converted to carry musicians and instruments. and a horse trailer that was cut down to about this high. that's the way it started. >> wow. >> you know. >> you take nothing for those themmies. >> it's not about the money then. it's just about enjoying it. >> just want to go play. >> you're singing for the joy. that's terrific. there's another show that's coming out on nbc. it's called "off their rockers." it's a betty white show. i was here with lee bryce yesterday. a commercial came on. we saw how crazy it was. we thought we should show it. this is when older people are kind of punking younger people as in sort of a "candid camera" kind of way. let's check out the first one. >> would you mind taking a picture? oh, very nice of you. actually, i proposed to my wife right here on this spot 40 years ago. >> oh, wow! >> do you believe that? we thought, we're here visiting. we thought we'd get a picture. i know it's changed a little bit. i get over there and i'll tell you when and thank you so much. >> cool. >> yeah. >> i want to be old. >> get up there. yeah. okay. >> i love it! >> could you watch that all day? do you think that's a hit? >> i believe so. >> i think that's a hit. should we show one more. we have a little more. we've got to show it. i don't know what it is. >> my tooth is killing me. i was up all last night. a terrible toothache. you know, i called my dentist. he can't get me in till next week. >> oh, damn. that's tough. >> do me a favor. would you hold this for a second. >> yeah. >> screw it. i'm going to take care of it myself. >> no way! no, no. don't do that right here. you're kidding me! no, no. no, dude, don't do it. crazy punk. >> wow. that is so much better. should have done that a week ago. >> so there. that show premieres april 4th at 8:00/7:00 central right here on nbc. that's going to be pretty good, huh? >> i'm thinking i'll be watching that. >> "the voice" is a show that's pretty popular on nbc. we're going to do a kids voice contest. we ore are going to ask people to put in their entries. if you have entries between the ages of 8 and 16 please send in your videos and we are going to have a kids voice edition. they'll be out soon. i just want to give one quick shout out, randy, to -- in today's daily news, katie couric does this -- is a big advocate of stopping colon cancer. she had this big spin class the other day. a bunch of people went out. there's a picture in "the daily news" right down below there. a big way to go, atta girl to katie for her colon cancer spin class. we hope she raises a lot of money for her cause. >> great. >> hey, look at you. look at you just hanging with us up here. >> i'm happy to be here. >> we're so happy to have you. got a lot coming up. from "entourage," adrian grenier. he's going to tell us why he's on tour and it's not what you expect, right after this. 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>> where are the binoculars? >> where are the binoculars? >> that is "entourage" star adrian grenier in his popular documentary "teenage paparazzo." >> adrian is turning the success of this documentary into a teenage paparazzi empowerment tour. he's here to tell us more about that. >> look at you. hello. >> hello, hello. >> the documentary was successful in film festivals. you really wanted young people to get a look at this, didn't you? >> absolutely. now is the time to start a conversation with young people about media and the inundation of images that bombard them every day of their lives. right now, i mean, high school kids are the first digital natives. they're the first kids to grow up completely saturated by technology and media and images. i remember when there wasn't -- when there wasn't the internet. these kids, they have it growing up. >> how do you tell them about that? let's face it. you see snooki on the cover of "us weekly" pregnant and celebrated. you see reality stars who don't necessarily have lots of talent but are just famous for being famous. you see where a kid would say, hey, that looks like kind of a good gig for me. >> you know, media redirects our values. >> yeah. >> you know, kids need to be empowered to navigate through all of it so that they can make, you know, strong, smart, good choices. >> let me ask you this. on this tour you're out here with these kids. what are you doing while you're doing these programs? what are you hoping to teach some of the kids? >> what we've done is we've taken the film. sort of just the beginning, the opening conversation. we put together an art exhibit from artists that you may know. shepard fairey, banksy and others. get kids out of the screening and into the three-dimensional world where they can actually interact and recognize other ways to communicate and express themselves. >> can we talk about "entourage"? when they see you that's what people think. everyone was kind of in a funk when it was finally over. is there any talk about turning it into a movie or doing more with the show? >> we're all waiting by the phone. waiting for the call. >> is that what you've been asked about, "entourage"? and when is it coming back? >> people want it, we all want it. it's a natural. >> this was on facebook, you were talking and written something to the effect that president obama had been in touch with you about doing a guest spot on "entourage" if and when you make the movie. you said, well, i'll make the movie if you will do the cameo. >> yeah. >> how did that come to be? >> you know, casual conversation, you know, he was expressing how he wouldn't mind seeing the movie happen. i was like, well, you know, o man, if you want it. >> is that how you guys are? >> have you started? is everybody on board and you're continuing to go forward with making the movie? >> we are all on board. we're just waiting for a script. >> real quick just about the paparazzi. i know you've had the paparazzi hound you and i know you have as celebs. often don't you hear how the paparazzi gets called by celebs because they would like to get a little more coverage and like to be out there a bit more? >> absolutely. there's a lot of working together, if you will. if you look behind the scenes at how it all works and how these stories are told, not just with the paparazzi but also the editors and just sort of the vices of how these stories are manufactured, it's important. that's what we try and teach kids, is to show how it's -- it's actually a construction. and that they actually can do it themselves and they have to take responsibility for what they put out as well. >> very cool documentary, by the way. when you see this 13-year-old kid with a camera chasing people down you can't believe it's happening. great lesson, too. >> go to our page, teenagepaparazzo.com and click on empowerment tour. and help us get this to kids. coming up, miss sara haines with the things that make you go, what? right after this. don't ask, randy. 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"falling of the rain" by billy joel or "it's a beautiful morning." >> "it's a beautiful morning." >> it's a good day for randy travis. the correct answer, bill, "turn! turn! turn!" by the byrds. >> written by pete seeger. even though he gets credit for being the writer, what's interesting, these words are taken almost entirely from the bible. look it up. >> back across. time for one more, randy. >> what's your name? >> christy from knoxville, tennessee. >> christy from knoxville, tennessee. i'm not working this mike so well sometimes. the question is which u2 song is about a man who lost everything but is somehow happier than ever? your choices are "the sweetest thing," "rejoice," "a beautiful day," or "like a song." >> do you have a hint? >> do i have a hint? they told me i can't -- >> i'll say "rejoice." >> no. and because you're a loser. >> all right. it is a beautiful day for randy travis. he gave away four cds. the correct answer, "beautiful day." >> a lot of u2 fans really, really love this song. if you were an old school u2 fan this song marked them coming out of their electronic period in the '90s and getting back to the classic rock sound. >> we love having you. come back and see us any time. coming up, does absence make the heart grow fonder? 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>> that's a good question. here with advice are debra shigley, editor at large of the career website thegrindstone.com, and ian kerner, author of "love in the time of colic." hello, you two. what is the deal with long distance relationships as compared to regular relationships where a couple is together? does one last longer than the other? >> actually, no. research has shown there's no higher rate of divorce for couples in commuter marriages versus couples in regular relationships. i know that's hard to believe. but this is actually huge numbers. 3.5 million people are actually in commuter marriages right now. >> it seems like it would be hard if you lived in one city, your spouse lived in the other and you saw each other on the weekends. how do you make that work? >> first of all you need to emphasize the quality time, every day of connecting. i know the couples who do make this work. when they connect they're talking on the phone really listening to each other. they're not also checking e-mail and facebooking and being distracted. i think you really have to make an extra effort to put in that quality time to connect. >> you're saying there are people that really don't listen to you when you're talking? >> not necessarily your wife. >> in this age of crazy technology where you can text and you can tweet and you can do facebook, is that making it easier for us to communicate and a better type of communication? >> absolutely. that's one of the reasons this has risen. technology with skype. unlimited cell phone minutes. people can talk and be connected when they're apart from each other. the other thing, too, the economy. that's one of the main driving reasons. people can't find jobs where they live. one of the factors has been you find a job some place else. particularly for women there's been an uptick in the number of women in commuter marriages because they're more dedicated to their careers now than in years past. >> when you miss out, let's pretend the wife lives with the children somewhere. the husband comes back on the weekends. you're missing the day-to-day. >> you are. that's where technology can work. when you're with someone every day technology can be a distraction. but when you're in a long distance marriage, i say, you know, make your life a digital scrapbook. have your iphone on you. take photos. take videos. send little texts. you know, the ordinary really becomes the extraordinary. >> but it can't be -- it can't be forever. that can't be the way it is. you have to have a limit. >> are there any numbers who suggest how many people have these kinds of relationships? >> again, it's about 3.5 million are in there right now. >> 3.5 million right now. >> that's risen tremendously over the past decade. again, there's no sign it's worse for your marriage. again, this is self-reported data, right? these are people identifying as saying they live apart for reasons other than marital discord. you know, hopefully they're telling the truth. >> a lot of couples, it's not their first marriage. it's their second marriage. they don't have the same needs. they've met somebody, rekindled a relationship via facebook or online with someone who lives in a different location and it works for them because they don't have the kids and they don't have that same need. >> does it matter how far apart? if you're within driving distance you know you could be there in a few hours or however. but if you're on opposite sides of the country you have to plan it and make a point. >> right. >> i think you need to have the kind of temperament that really lends itself to that. my mother's currently in a long distance relationship with somebody in virginia. it's a ten-hour train ride. it's a big deal. >> it certainly doesn't work for everyone. we were talking about this before. i was in a commuter marriage, i guess, for all of one month when we were newlyweds. it lasted a month. exactly. we tried it. it just didn't work. it depends on the season of your life. a lot of other couples in blended relationships, it works. >> it can make it more enticing. you finally get to see them. other than there they are again. pick up the milk. >> you are vulnerable to things like flirtatious friendships, emotional infidelities. it has that excitement. but the flip side is there's loneliness as always. >> all right, thanks for the advice. coming up next, everything is coming up roses. we are going to throw a garden party. what do you think? >> all right. >> it could be fun. right after this. i'm meteorologist chris warren with your forecast. once again an area of low pressure, an upper level low is going to hang out around the southern plains and cause a mess. you can kind of see, you see this looks like a big comma. this is where the cold front is located. expecting to see heavy rain and with that, you can see some colder air, as well. we have the rain cooling and the clouds, so cooler air there. look at all the warm temperatures. once again, from the northeast to the southeast, upper 70s to around 80 degrees. 60s in minneapolis. close to 80 for chicago. looking ahead on friday, that system still moving through the south. we'll see a better chance for rain in chicago down to atlanta. still warm temperatures for most areas along the east coast. but you're starting to know kiss that yellow coming in. still warm but not as warm of what we've been seeing. and that low finally moves into the mid-atlantic, parts of the northeast on saturday. it's not going to be until saturday that we see this low that's been causing problems right now eventually moving out of the southeast on sunday. and then on monday, another system moves into the pacific northwest, all the way down to southern california, while things dry out, at least start to dry out through a good portion of the eastern third of the country. another system working through the northern part of the country bringing a chance for rain, but not spoiling the temperature party at all. minneapolis, a high of 73. temperatures rebounding in the south, as well. upper 70s and lower 80s. remember, weekdays on the weather channel, "wake up with al." 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>> do not mess with randy's lid. he does not like it. >> okay. so for our table, you know, it's spring. it's time for linen. this is just linen from the fabric store. for our runner we fringed the edges just to dress them up a bit. >> how do you do that? pull off the ends? >> pull off some threads. it does it super easily. for our silverware we bubbled them up with a little sprig from the backyard. a little springtime saying. >> that's a cute idea. you always want a splash of color on the table. that's clever. what did you do there? >> you always want a splash of color. these are super easy. >> a peony. >> a fake one? >> no. we cut off the stem with wire cutters to fit them in a stemless wine glass. >> okay. >> these are our faux terrariums. they're easy to do. a bell jar from the craft store. hurricane works just as well. >> randy's bored. i'm telling you. >> i'm amazed. i'm amazed. >> cheap moss and some ferns. easy breezy. for our snacks, add fresh baked breads to whatever you're serving. >> now randy's interested. kind of. >> for party favors, send every guest home with a little starter seedling. >> that's cute. >> isn't that cute? >> elaine, thanks, sweetie. >> i can't tell you how many times i've done that. coming up next, every kid loves peanut butter. we're going to check out these little peanuts. they're battling it out for the title of top chef. first, this is "today" on nbc. my good friend randy travis has a couple of cds coming out. don't you? >> they're already out. one, the greatest hits project with all the duets. then another project we had done for the cracker barrel, people. >> cool. you're a busy guy. good old-fashioned peanut butter and jelly sandwich. these are not your ordinary kids. they have made some extraordinary recipes. >> that's right. a $25,000 scholarship is at stake for the best peanut butter creation. plus an additional $10,000 for educational projects. >> jiff peanut butter's most creative peanut butter sandwich. we have the top five finalists. logan from tennessee. delvin from houston, texas. mike from jericho, new york. mallory from hilton head, south carolina. and sullivan from minnesota. hey, guys, how are you? all right. show us what you're going to make with your peanut butter. what have you got there? >> right here we are making a chomp burger. it's a peanut butter turkey burger. first we add the burger which is -- which since it's ground white meat turkey. now we're adding the slaw. >> an apple slice you clever guy. we're going to come down here and try it. here, randy. >> oh. >> come on, it's a peanut butter burger! show it some love. >> all right. >> while you're biting into that one, what are you making over here? >> pb all dressed up salad. >> pb all dressed up. how is that? >> you're not having it. >> i'm trying it, too. >> that's actually pretty good. >> you rock. go ahead. tell us what you're making. making a pb all dressed up. >> how do you make it? >> in here we have two tablespoons of honey peanut butter. two tablespoons of balsalmic vinegar. one-half cup of extra virgin olive oil. a pinch of salt. >> drizzle that on there. i'm going to give randy one to chew on. >> thank you, hoda. >> randy's our taste tester. how is that? mmm. mmm. that's great. come on down, randy. talk to us. we have more eating to do. what are you making down here. >> i'm making an egg sandwich with avocado, egg, lettuce and peanut butter. >> do your thing while we eat. randy, time to eat. time to eat again. peanut butter, avocado. >> lettuce. hot sauce. >> how did you come up with this? >> all my favorite foods. i added it together. >> how many times did you have to make a mix before you had it right? >> a couple. >> come on down here, randy. what are we making, mallory? >> a peanut barbecue chicken. >> how did you make it? >> well -- >> here, randy. tell us how you made it. >> first of all i love to eat. >> of course you do. >> so i decided to make some of my favorite foods. and it came out. >> delicious. >> what all is on here? >> tomato, green onion, corn curdles, tomato. >> good one. >> and cheese. >> good one. you like? come on, randy, we've got to eat down here. what do we have down here, honey? >> monkey breakfast pita. >> what's in this one? >> that's scary. >> we have blueberries, bananas and blueberries. >> what else? bananas? >> and jam. >> is there blueberries in here? >> yeah. >> how old are you? >> 7. >> 7. you guys, the winner is going to be selected later. congratulations. all delicious. these kids were so thrilled, by the way, when randy walked in. they said, oh, my god, it's randy travis. a big thank you to randy for helping us. >> who's making the selection? >> somebody else? >> randy, thank you for everything.