ourselves about this. >> they came out of the blue, literally. >> there's a group called one direction. if you have teenaged girls, chances are they know who these guys are. they are a young british band. they're between the ages of 18 and 20. >> yeah. >> okay. we had -- usually we have throngs of people out here for concerts. >> yeah. >> a march concert, a little unusual. >> on a monday. >> they were camped out outside on friday in sleeping bags. these teenage girls packed the plaza, okay. they came in on a double-dutch bus -- >> double-decker. >> like in england. double dutch, whatever. >> the lads from britain. >> anyway, they are crazy. by the way, nile, the one with the blond hair, his mom was outside and she's crazy about some kathie lee gifford. she watches our show from i think ireland. >> that's what i heard, yet she walked right past me when i walked into the thing. >> she claims. yeah. anyway, i left the gym, which is on 51st street, trying to cross the street. >> uh-huh. >> it was a -- you can see it. it was a complete and total crazy mob scene. >> a very humbling experience. you think you've been in show business 45 years like i have, quite a few years for you, too, one name. you arrive on a day like this, get out of the way! god keeps you humble no matter what. >> by the way, these five guys were put together by simon cowell kind of on a fluke. >> he's a genius. did he do il volo? they're the three teenaged -- il bolo. take flight. remember, they were just here. i want to have a sing-off between those guys, the four older guys and the three upstart italian guys. so much fun. >> they were put together by simon cowell, just kind of assembled this group. they were in school and suddenly their whole lives just explode. >> they were all on the british "x" factor, and they all thought they didn't have enough to make it individually as stars, but he thought collectively -- and he's always thinking, you know. >> they're cute, those guys. really cute. >> the one thing about having my dressing room in the bowels of the earth here where none of the talent is. they put me downstairs. that's where everything is happening. they were all down there. they were all collecting their stuff. they could not be sweeter. i brought over kathie lee's picture and said too bad she couldn't be here. she'll be here in about an hour. too bad. they go, oh, it is too bad. >> very cute. all right. so the weekend -- >> good weekend for you. >> you know what? it was jay's birthday this weekend. i was racking my brain of something to do because he always does such creative and wonderful -- >> you can't beat him on that. >> never, ever. really hard. i decided it would be nice if he had a nice home cooked meal. >> because that's something he never gets from you. >> right. and i don't cook, nor do i have many pans. so i decided to call up a guy named -- >> a few dishes. >> a couple. jesse schenker. and he's from this great restaurant. anyway, he came to my house with -- >> look at. >> everything was prepared. i said i don't have many pans or anything. >> or utensils. >> he didn't need anything. he came with the stuff. that's jesse and his wife, lindsey. he set the table. it was delicious. it was halibut with lemon and thyme. he cooked it in foil, put it in the oven. that's jay with his daughters. >> aww. you got dressed up. you look beautiful. >> it was such a great night. i wanted to give a big thank-you to jesse, who happens to be here. >> here. hi, jesse. >> hey, guys. >> how are you? >> that was so good. >> thank you so much. i brought you a treat today. >> what is it? >> this is a blood-orange margarita. >> of course it is. >> we got a little spice, a little lime, some tequila. >> what was it like cooking for the love birds? >> it was great. it was great. so nice to be in your home and really cook for jay's birthday and meet the family. >> the nicest guy in the entire world. >> he's super, super, super nice. >> we're coming to rosette, jay and i have decided. the food you made was crazy. he had -- what are they called microveggies? >> baby root vegetables, beets, turnips. they're really small. >> so sweet. >> like pygmy fruit, pygmy vegetables. >> thank you for coming over. really appreciate it. >> thanks so much. what are you going to do next year? >> i can't top it. it's over. i was embarrassed about the lack of pots, pans, and everything. okay. if you were up last night -- >> remember we went to bobbie's apartment? she keeps her shoes in the oven. >> yes. >> and in the freezer. >> yes. in the cupboards. i forgot all about that. >> there's another bobbie, little bobbi kristina, who lost her mom so tragically a few weeks ago. apparently a big oprah interview last night. i didn't see it but -- >> i saw the chunk where oprah was interviewing bobbi kristina. it was interesting because i never heard her speak so i wanted to hear her. she sounded more grown-up than i expected. she's a young girl, obviously. >> she's 19. >> anyway, it's interesting because when she describes what happened, she says it in a way -- i don't want to say she's unemotional, because she clearly was very emotional, but i can only imagine with the camera and the feeling and oprah and everybody in your house. >> too soon. a lot of people were saying was it wise to do something like this so soon. >> i thought she was very revealing. i think we have a clip about just some of the time she spent with her mom. >> is it true you took as much care of her as she did of you? >> yes. >> you all were buddies and you would protect her? >> we were like that. we were just like that. just like that. there was no -- >> has it always been that way? >> yeah. you know, of course we had our arguments, you know, we had our disagreements about, you know, everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother. that was still my confidant. that was still my everything. i went to get her and said, you know, mom, just come with me. she stayed with me all night and all day. >> that was the last -- that was the last -- >> she has that memory. >> she's living in the house and oprah was asking is it weird with all her stuff and things. she says she feels her there, feels the lights go off and on. it's really sad. you just are rooting for her. >> of course. she said she's going to follow in her mom's footsteps, in the entertainment industry. >> sing and dance and do everything. >> i hope she steers clear of the influences along the way and choose some wise friends. >> pick the right people to surround yourself with. >> look at me. >> hey. you're next to me. >> hey. >> okay. did you hear about this family on jetblue? so, there was a family flying, and they had a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old. >> that's trouble to begin with right there. >> the 2-year-old, they couldn't get her buckled into her seat. >> there was a reason for that. 2-year-old's throwing a tantrum. >> yeah. >> usually not that difficult to get a 2-year-old -- but throwing a tantrum, arms flailing and they become like jelly. >> anyway, they got kicked off the flight. they actually -- just watch for a while. that's the one that was not throwing the tantrum. >> the other one. >> i guess what happened is the little girl was running down the hall, finally got her -- down the aisle, got her buckled in the seat but the flight attendants called the pilot, the pilot called the ground crew and they decided it would be best if the family got off. they had to spend the night in the airport. they were in turks and caicos. >> a flight that connected someplace else. >> sure. >> i don't know. i have mixed emotions. i've traveled with young children before and it can get very -- you know, it can get dicey sometimes. but at the same time, you're one of several hundred passengers. and everybody's safety is at risk and everybody's enjoying the flight and -- >> yeah. >> i don't know. i see so much parenting -- i don't know these parents and i wasn't on the flight so i'm not making a judgment about it, but i see so little true parenting anymore when i look around. i see kids running the asylum. >> yeah. >> and the minute you give them that leeway, they're going to do it. >> yeah. it was weird. i was in the time warner center, a little shopping mall near my house. there was a woman pushing a stroller with a 2-year-old. she said do you want to go inside or outside, honey? inside -- please, tell mommy. tell mommy. it was going on forever. you're watching something and like, oh, my gosh. we went to a restaurant upstairs and a child at a table and big family around. do you want bread, do you want bread, do you want bread? constantly. it was weird. it looks like the pendulum is sort of swinging obviously -- >> people are doing that not for the kids but for the people that are watching you with the kids you know? >> oh, yeah. you're probably right. >> yeah. the best thing you can do is take that kid home, you want to go out next time, you behave. otherwise you stay home. >> yes. >> they want to go. they want to be -- >> no. you're right. you're right. >> until all of a sudden they're 21 -- cody will be 22 this month. >> what? >> and there's nothing you can say about pretty much anything. and it's so frustrating. the things about -- you wish you could have -- >> thought to say. >> he's turned out great, thank god so, far. although it is spring break. call me if you hear anything. >> well, if you're a parent and getting crazy stressed and you can't stand it anymore, we have a solution. don't we. >> yes. >> there is a room in dallas, and it is a place where -- >> you have to go to dallas. >> you have to fly there but it may be worth it. you smash your stress away. they let clients come in, hand them a baseball bat and they beat the you know what out of everything in the room. it apparently makes you feel good. you pay 25 bucks for five minutes and $75 for 25 minutes. until you've destroyed everything in there. then you go to a chiropractor because you wrenched your back and everything else. >> it's cathartic. >> i remember when time-out -- >> oh, wow. wow. so they just put new old items they get -- clean it up after each client? >> they must get a new tv and typewriter. >> the biggest clients are restaurant employees and people that work in hospitals. attorneys. and this is the best -- psychiatrists and their patients. girlfriend and boyfriend problems are big as well. so i see these as a wave of the future. >> i love it. makes you feel good. >> an hour with a psychiatrist, doesn't cost that much. >> i remember you beat the -- remember this day? >> i was going through a little -- >> she went crazy. we had just started working together. i didn't know what was going on. like a crazy person. wow. >> i've just been fine since, though. i let you yao take a whack. >> yeah, but i couldn't do a real thing. look at your hair. you were out of control. >> i take over again. >> of course you do. >> you know what, there was a hoda sighting today, though. you talk about all these teenagers were crazy about this -- >> yeah. >> guess what we saw? we're all in a meeting and think you're still there, and we look -- >> still there. >> we look and she's out there bopping with everybody. now, this is bull. because you don't know this band. you don't know any of their music. you just want to be young and hip and -- >> how about -- i wasn't in the meeting. i left the meeting and nobody knew. >> you often do. if you could see one day the stuff she leaves in the makeup room. it starts with hair stuff. sunglasses, newspapers -- >> yeah, yeah. >> some underwear, bowling balls. >> hey. >> all the way down. sometimes you just leave with stuff to take it -- we didn't even know you were gone. >> i was down at the concert. "favorite thing." >> oh, happy birthday, girl scouts. >> the girl scouts and their cookies. >> their cookies. how old? >> 100. >> 100 years old. >> happy birthday. we have a quick little video. i think we can show it. why not. a quick little video of girls showing how much they love the girl scouts. we'll eat. >> hello, everybody. my name is charlotte carol. i'm ready to rock the mall. >> why, because i'm a girl scout. ♪ girl scouts are helpful girl scouts are sweet girl scouts do things that are really neat ♪ ♪ where i belong ring me after dark ♪ ♪ thanks a lot! >> thank you. >> i was kicked out of the brownies. >> not surprised. >> i was bounced from the brownies. 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