Shes adorable. So in honor of kates birthday weve decided were going to do a full hour of one of the segments she produces called we were going to do that before we found out it was her birthday. Whatever. Ambush makeover. So this is a full hour of our favorite ambush makeovers. Louis and jill hit the plaza and find people and make them over. So were going to show you the best. Some of them are so amazing you cant believe its really the actual person. So we thought it would be fun to go down memory lane because every decade does seem to have its particular looks. We just thought this would be a lot of fun at our expense. Weve had many looks over the years. Some good, some bad, some downright ugly. Lets take a look at some of them through the years. Oh, god you know what . I hate thats hoda. Oh, really . I like my necklace. You know what . This is rude. Oh, my god. No need to get that dramatic. All right. Were making progress. Not much. Yes, thats when we first got together. We leapt right through the golden years. Thats when we first started oh, wait. Here we go. My turn. Oh the olympics with frankie. Yeah. That was good hair. I kind of like that look. That was also you do it with no, just a little curling rod. What about the sleek look . Im just looking at how thin my face was. I like the bangs. Get over it. Theyre gone. Come on now. Well, i say i win that one. Or has time rewritten every line oh, i could listen to Barbra Streisand all day long. She sings beautifully. Do you know what movie thats from . Hodawoman. The way we were. Thats the name of the song. Do you know do you know who wrote it . Dont try to oneup me. I already got it. The way we were. Who wrote it . One of your friends. The amazing marvin hamlisch, whom we miss desperately. Do you remember when you found your first gray hair . You know whats funny . In one of those pictures, not the first two hideous ones but the third kind of hideous one. When i was in high school, i started to get a gray, like a bonnie raitt streak. Wow. I had it no, i never sometimes thats what triggers it. Really . I had that gray swoop forever and i tried to cover it. You know how its hard with a stubborn gray patch. Especially if youre in high school. The end of high school, all through college. Did they call you raccoon lady . No, i had nice friends. Did they call you skunk head . You can kind of see oh, my gosh, its skunk head. Look. Its in there. Heres the thing. I am now gray all the way and ive been that way for a long time and im fine. Heres the thing. Again, my fear, my big fear on earth isnt to get mugged on the street. Rain. No. Rain is up there. But going to prison is a huge fear. Because i can they dont allow tweezers. Well, i will have white it will look like this it will look like that except white. And everyone will think i did it. I was wrongfully convicted. I didnt do it but i will look like i did. Shes a crazy lady. She did it. So so when did you get yours . Mid20s. Yeah, yeah. And everybody says oh, youre so blond. The truth is ive been wearing the exact same color formula on my hair for about 20some years. Its just that i have so much gray now that it takes the color differently. Some people get really, really its a traumatic experience when they discover their first gray. Like what happened to giuliana rancic. This is from her show. From the style network. You have gray. No, i dont. Im like shut the hell up. Shut your little face. I have a gray hair . Yeah, you do. Oh, my god, you guys. What are we going to do . You should have gotten your color done. Whats wrong with you . I didnt have time. Shut up let me see what i have. Youre like a hot old mess. This isnt even funny. I have a hair mask thing at my sisters. You have it with you . You do . Check. That would be good. Look at that. I do have some. You know what it is . I never go without coloring my hair so i never knew i had anything. Dont pull it out. Its not that im freaked out by the gray hair. It just that its come on so suddenly. I wonder if the baby gave me gray hair. Maybe it is the stress of handling work and the baby and trying to balance all of that. But you know, bill has gray hair, too. Dont tell anyone. Its our secret. Right. Only millions saw. I dont feel sorry for her at all. No. Because shes 38 years old when she finds her first one. We love giuliana. Yeah, we love giuliana. Shes awesome. This is one of those funny videos we love. No, were going to see what we would look like, hoda, if we were oh, no. Prison hair . Theres hoda now with lots of health. Oh, thats not so bad. I look good gray. Why am i fighting it . No, i say go for it, hoda. Lets see you. Lets see tan mother. Tan mom. Yeah. Before and no. No, no, no. Nobody wants that. Thats a nono. Ill keep looking like tan mom. Keep doing it, girl. Now there is a video. This is one of those fun videos that scooter mcgruder does. This is one called the top 100 female lies. So he dresses up in drag like a woman. Yeah. So lets listen to him. Hes the one with the beard. I dont use photoshop. Im a model. It wasnt even that expensive. I can cook. Hes just my friend. Im not like that anymore. I love football. I wear size 2. You cant tell . I just have nothing to wear. Yeah, im on a diet. I didnt get your text. All men are the same. Like its ridiculous. Im not hating. I really dont lie that much. See, this is all natural. No, i dont have a boyfriend. Im done with him. Thats it. No, no. Thats it. Like im just im done. This always happens. I dont need a man, okay . I dont need one. I dont even want one right now at this point in my life. I hate drama so much. Like it follows me everywhere. I dont even do anything. No, i really do like the gift that you got me. Im serious. Like i love it so much. I dont even care about looks. I dont want anything for my birthday. Be ready in five minutes. Ill be ready in ten minutes. Ill be ready soon. Just tell me the truth. I wont be mad. I promise. Dont worry about it. Im fine. It was on sale wow he must have some females in his life. I love it. Is today what i think it is . Its time for ihoda. But youre going to love this one. This is a song real quick by sara bareilles. Oh, i love her. And the song is some of the greatest words on the planet are i love you. She has a song with equally great words called i choose you. It is a beautiful song. I can guarantee ill love it. The dawn breaks, comes down crashing sun came up to a dark sky can we have her back again, please . Its just effortless with her. Because i can live by the light in your eyes its my song. Im singing it. I like this line coming up. The first words of a lifetime i love when she does that. Love letter tell the world we finally got it all right im going to sing this part to you. No, im loving it. You one, two, three, four i want to tell the world i will become yours and you will become mine i choose you when are you going to sing it in her key . Cant wait to hear that. Because i think i would love it. I adore everything that woman does. What do you mean you cant wait to hear it . I didnt hear it, hoda. You were performing it in a different key the entire time. I got snippets. And i go oh, yes, thats sara bareilles. Shes genius. Ill have cassidy download it for me. Is it okay or not okay to have unusual backstage requests . This is what we said. Sure, its okay if its to guarantee a great performance. But if its just an ego boost, check your ego at the door, please. Nice, klg. If your demands are not divaish and make for a better performance for fans, then why not . I think i said that. I said it. I think i said it better. I said it second. Yeah, but not better. All right. Get ready. They are adorable. Get ready for the best of our ambush makeovers. Two women come to new york for the first time and we gave them a trip they will never forget. Thats coming up after this. I love you, hoda woman. Youre a lousy singer but i adore you. I choose you. Were back on this thirsty thursday with more of today and our plaza ambush makeovers when two lucky, lucky ladies get plucked off the plaza and surprised with hot new looks. And as always, our crack beauty makeover team. What does that actually mean . Crack. Today contributor and stylist to the stars louis licari la, la, la, la, la and today contributor and contributing editor to people style watch and author, jill martin. Good to see you guys. How was it today . Oh, its always great. And today we found two ladies, believe it or not, who have never been in new york before. Oh. Fun. Wow. Theyll get a trip to remember. Theyll think every trip to new york is like this. Shouldnt count on too many freebies when you come to new york. First up is pat dearman, 57 years old from virginia. She had just she just lost 40 pounds, so she was thrilled to have a chance to get a brand new look to go along with that brand new body. Lets take a listen. Well, we are in a state of shock here this morning. And first of all, i cant believe youre a grandma. But i know you want this for your grandma. So tell me why. Because shes awesome. I think she deserves it. And she told me she hasnt worn a dress in a decade. Yes, thats correct. So what do you think of all of this . Im scared. Well, youre in good hands. And youre going to have an even sexier new wife in about three hours. Yes, i am. Im excited about that. You can tell shes going to be knock dead drop dead, knockout gorgeous. By that face. Lets look at her people. Danny is holding the blindfold because it snapped. And her granddaughter jordan is here. You guys, please keep your blindfolds on. Yeah, hold it. Hold it, yeah. Here is pat dearman. All right, pat, lets see the new you. Oh, my gosh. Are you ready . Take off your blindfolds, guys. Oh, my oh, my that is not my grandma. She is nobodys grandma. Thats not anybodys grandma. Turn right around. Oh, my lord wow. Wow. That is sexy. Wow. I love that. Oh, my goodness. Look right at that camera 12. Louis, louis, louis. La, la, la, la, la. Glamour. She looked young before. I had no idea that was your granddaughter. I thought that was your daughter. But right now you look beyond. Gorgeous. What i did is i lightened her hair and gave her this glamorous blond. But look, its a believable blond. Its like an ash. Isnt it . Its so pretty. Arsene gave her the great haircut. She had layers before but he relayered it. Its layered correctly. And look at the lift it gives her. Its sexy, its fun, its young. Danny. Danny. What do you think . She looked beautiful before. Shes even more beautiful now. Aw. Jordan, i know is shocked. So sweet. Aw. Wait a minute. Tell us about this hot dress. While we wait. We had an interesting time together. Its really difficult to shop after youve lost so much weight because shes like, are you sure i look good . You look great. And now you agree, right . How beautiful your body is. I dont believe it. I know. This is from maggie london. Color blocking for spring is so big. You look beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Join your groom right over there. Big round of applause for pat. All right. I have beverly jones. Shes 75. From knoxville, iowa. Shes never, ever colored her hair before and wears zero makeup. So she was very excited to glam it up for the day. Lets hear her story. So nice. Three generations here today. And what do you think of all of this for your mom . I think its awesome. Shes the best mom in the world. She brought us here for the trip to new york and she deserves it. Are you crying already or are you just freezing . No, i am. Im just tell me why youre crying. Well, i dont know. For her saying such a nice thing to me. Well, were going to pamper you for three hours and make you look even more beautiful. What do you think . Thatll be great. Aw. Same thing. Shes going to be a wow. Gorgeous. Absolutely. Shes here with her daughters lisa and kelly and granddaughter hannah. Lets take one last look at beverly before and bring out the beautiful beverly jones. Oh, wow oh, yeah. All right ladies. Take off your blindfolds. This one over here. Are you ready to see . Turn around please, beverly. Wow. Its different. It is different but you look sassy and beautiful. One little you can look right there at camera 12. Oh, you look beautiful. What a difference. The interesting thing here is this is a big, big difference. Its really except for the hair color, which is a dramatic change. This just shows you can wipe away at least ten years and i think we did more here with this look. You look unbelievable. Absolutely. Arsene gave her the most minimal changes in the haircut. But look at the difference. It went from it just gave it a sense of style that it didnt have before. That plus of course the makeup by ina doe. You look like a new woman. And you look very new york, by the way. You do. What do you guys think . She looks awesome. She never pampers herself, and so its fun to watch her do that. When people really deserve it, they dont expect it, its a lovely thing. Tell us about this beautiful red dress. Well, we wanted to go for it. You always go for it with a red dress. This is ellen tracy available at macys. And then just for spring a great pair of black pumps. These are nine west, available at macys. Beautiful, beautiful. Beautiful job, everybody. Lets bring pat out, too. Nice job. Thank you, everybody. Great job. One of our own crew gets in on the act. Find out how his makeover went right after this. Eating lunch isnt exactly hard work. So why do you feel so tired afterward . Instead of refueled and focused, youre foggy and sluggish. Its that 2 30 feeling again. 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But lets take a look at one makeover that got a lot of play from the ladies. You know what im saying . Good play on words. Check it out. This is jimmy. Jimmys had long hair for 37 years since he got out of the navy. He never cut his hair. Never. Weve begged him. Like mountain man. We love him. Well, he went to see arsene for a trim. For a trim, he said. And look what he did. Oh, jimmy oh, my gosh. How do you feel about it, darling . I feel all right. Goes a little better with my wardrobe. Look at his reaction. Your friends are shocked. You are all manned up. Are you going to grow it out again or are you going to keep it short . Im probably too old to grow it out anymore. Youre never too old. You look good. Jimmyv he ever told you how much we love you . Why, thank you. One of the nicest people god ever made and put on this planet. The greatest cameraman here. Well, dont there are others that will hurt your feelings. Yes. Hes among the greatest. Big round of applause. Coming up, more of our best of ambush makeovers. Including a woman who hadnt cut her hair in 20 years. What . She needed it. After your local news. Were back with more of today on this thirsty thursday. Its time to reveal our ambush makeovers. Two women from our plaza were given hot new looks by our crack makeover team. I dont like the word crack. Today contributor and stylist to the stars who oozes sex appeal. Louis licari la, la, la, la, la thank you. And today contributor and people style watch contributing ercontribute i or and future author her third book coming out very soon. Great to see you guys. How was the plaza . It was supposed to be snowy and then it wasnt. Brrr. It was so cold, but we found two ladies right away. Jill was very cold. So i wanted to speed it up. We found them quickly. Well, the first woman is alice gagne from maine. She told us she hadnt cut her hair in 20 years because she hated the last haircut she got. Oh, wow. Well, she was finally ready to try again. Lets listen to her story. She holds a grudge. You havent cut your hair in 20 years. And you want to do it with us. Yes. So thank you. Tell us why. Im almost 44 years old, and i want a new look. And you watch the show you said every thursday for ambush. I watch it every day. And you actually said youre ambushing your husband because he didnt know you were coming to do this. No, he didnt. So it was a surprise to him this morning when i called and told him i was picked. Surprise are you ready . I know were going to donate your hair. Your ready to make a big change . Im ready for anything they are willing to do. Wow. Uhoh. Them are fighting words. Shes here with her friend carrie who has the blindfold on. This was alice before. Lets see the new you. Oh, my gosh oh, wow all right. Carrie. Stop it take off your blindfold and buckle up, girl. Oh, my god look at you. Ive never seen you hold on. Alice, youve got to see yourself. Spin right around, sweetie. Oh, my god are you serious . Were oserious. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. So beautiful. Look at you. Alice, look right there. Louis, tell us about that hair. I dont know. I think i like the one on the left. Hoda hair. You know what . Obviously, if you have the same haircut for 20 years its time to cut it off. Im so glad youre here today. But the biggest change here today, if you notice, she put black hair color on her hair. Once your hair isnt black anymore, never buy black. Black shouldnt be on the market. You can use dark brown, darkest brown, but never black. Beautiful. Terry, tell us what you think of your pal. I think she looks beautiful. Were going out on the town tonight. Im taking her out. Oh, yeah. She deserves it. Shes the best friend ever. And shes ive known her through high school. Im so happy shes here and got selected. Thank you very much. Tell us about the outfit. Okay. Its snowing, so were wishing it was spring. So this is sort of a transitional dress by maggie london. She said she would never wear this. And thats a big thing. You should pick one piece for spring youd never wear. You look gorgeous in it. And feel as young as you are in that because you look beautiful. A big round of applause for alice. Wow. So, so sweet. Our second lady is kathy berg. Shes 42 from jupiter, florida. Recently lost 25 pounds, so she begged us to give her a brand new look to go along with her brand new baby body. Im sorry. Its body. Lets listen to her story. Come here from jupiter on a family trip and, surprise what do you think of all of this . I think its great. Why do you think she deserves it . Because she does so much for us and she doesnt spend that much time on herself. Josh, what do you think . Shes a really hardworking mom and she does an excellent job. So nice to hear. And, dave, were going to change her up a little bit. What do you think about all of that. I think she looks great the way she is. Smart hubby. All right. So are you ready for a whole new look as youre crying . Yeah. This should be great. This should be just a wonderful experience. Thank you. Shes got that husband trained beautifully because he said exactly what she wants to hear. Shes here with husband dave and their kids josh and kayla. Lets take one last look at kathy berg, and then bring out the brand new kathy. Wow hello. Okay, you guys, take off your blindfolds and have a look at mom and your wife. You ready, kathy . Turn around, sweetie. Oh, my