I Heart Ann

Here's something to tide you over...

2007-11-28T13:56:00.000-08:00

Saving the best for last.

2007-11-23T09:40:00.001-08:00

This is the end of the line (or should I say annd of the line)...

Natasha Bedingfield was warming up when I got there.

Sean Kingston sang with her on one song...

She was wearing a nice hat.

This was the disco lighting.

I was let into a special area by my pal Richie... I took these photos of Ann.

and this photo of Meredith...

There was a story on the increase of prices on food...

There was also the obligatory story about Drew Peterson.

They switched things up and Ann was sitting next to Meredith at the anchor desk...

Matt was to the left...

Here's Meredith again.

Here's the crowd with Al.

It was very busy - the day before Thanksgiving and all.

Meredith talked to the family of sextuplets...

These are her shoes.

These are the sextuplets.

Here's Meredith smiling at me! (okay, she's just smiling in general but it looks like she' s smiling at me doesn't it?)

Here's Natasha before her set.

These are her boots.

Here's Ann, Al, Meredith and Matt...

Hey, Look! It's Terry and Bindi Irwin!

I wonder if they ever wear anything besides the khaki's?

Bindi reminds me of Pippi Longstocking... maybe it's the smile or the hair...

Everyone joined Natasha on stage...

John O'hurley stopped by to talk about the Purina National Dog show...
(the schipperke won best in show - okay, I just remembered that I'm lying about that... it was some afghan hound or something like that...).

Here's Linny (I just found out his name is spelled with an I).

I think these are Ann's shoes...
I know I should know these sorts of things...

Yeah, they must have been her shoes.

I have no idea whose shoes these are...

I think Ann is there in the background...

Here's Natalie again...

And her shoes... (okay maybe these are Ann's shoes... I'm mixed up... that's what I get for waiting two days to do the post...).

I DO know that this is Marlo Thomas' head.

and I DO know that this is her ankle to which her foot and shoe are attached...

This is the aftermath of the concert...

and this is the annd of my story.

Bindi Irwin and my sign.

2007-11-21T15:03:00.000-08:00

Bindi and Terri Irwin talk to TODAY

JT and my sign.

2007-11-21T02:10:00.000-08:00

He's a ‘One Man Band’

56 down, one to go!

2007-11-20T08:17:00.000-08:00

Guess whose initials are JT?

Here are the preparations.

Okay, JT is James Taylor as well as me...

Meredith was in Atlanta reporting on the Thanksgiving travel rush.

These next two photos if you toggled back and forth it looks like Meredith disappears... but I guess you have to see it in iphoto.

Behind that little megaphone is James Taylor.

More art shots of the tent... (and JT)

Here's Matt...

I guess I enjoyed that shot of James with the megaphone... I have about 20 of them.

Here's Ann getting ready...

Here we go!

Hello ATL!

Tim Russert talked about the campaign....

Ann happily reports the news...

I heart myself too!

Did you know Evan Almighty is on Pay per view today?

Star Jones commented on the Drew Peterson case.

Here are Thanksgiving travel tips from Peter Greenberg.

this is just a crowd shot.

I love you too!

Here's Meredith again...

Here's James Taylor again.

Look, it's Matt!

Here are the backs Ann and Al.

Here are their shoes!

CLOSEUP!

That is Ann's shoe... it's a grey patent leather...

Al has a new pair of shoes on...

Here's a better view of Ann's shoe.

Marlo was back again today.

James...

Here's James with Natalie, Al and Matt.

After the concert I went over to the window where I saw this setup for a segment on kids tables at Thanksgiving.

They had these spiffy barricade covers for the concert.

Tomorrow Natasha Bedingfield is playing...

These are James Taylor's shoes.

This is James Taylor!

This is James Taylor's autograph!

We end today with Ann interviewing a gentleman about his book...

These are her shoes as she was doing the interviewing...

And this is what they looked like to you all!

Okay, I can't believe only one more day and our love affair will be over. I will digest everything and spit back a final report eventually. Now it's time to get to work on my last sign.

Happy Birthday Ann!

2007-11-19T09:56:00.002-08:00

So I guess I'm not a "real" stalker. I didn't even know it was Ann's birthday today. I hope I look that good when I'm 51.

Here's a story they did on her birthday.

Ann Curry, fabulous at 51

Today they had a concert with Faith Hill. It was broadcast live to Baghdad and Walter Reed hospital. Here's the set.

We were in the pen with all the others... it sucks when they have concerts. I like them, but you can't see anything. The only reason I got these few pictures is because I went to the bathroom.

These would be some art shots of the lighting for Faith.

It was rainy and cold.

Eventually they let us around the back so we could see from the side (my normal viewing area).

Here's the sound check.

Here's what the gang looked like outside.

Look at Ann's boots!

Marlo Thomas stopped by to talk about St. Jude's.

This is her shoe.

Meredith talked to her.

This is what she looked like to you.

Here's what Faith looked like when she came out for the concert.

This is what the side of her head looked like.

Here are the service people's hats.

Faith Hill sure is pretty. I liked her hat too!

This is Faith's hand.

She went inside and talked when she was done.

Ann did some more news.

Natalie and Matt were hanging out waiting for the news to end.

Here's Ann again.

These are the preparations for the fourth hour.

Here's Hoda.

Amy Roback was there from the weekend show.

Ann got a cupcake for her birthday.

Here's Natalie looking at the top five appliances rated by Consumer Reports.

These are her boots.

Here is Ann talking to some ballerinas...

Okay, that was a little less than thrilling.

Coming up tomorrow is James Taylor.

Getting rid of age spots with my sign.

2007-11-18T13:26:00.000-08:00

Getting rid of age spots

James Patterson and my sign.

2007-11-18T05:24:00.001-08:00

The guy behind me is James...

Patterson on the latest Cross thriller

TGIF (although it's really Sunday).

2007-11-18T03:27:00.001-08:00

Have you done all your shopping?

Meredith and Matt clowned around before they got started.

Now it's time to get to business.

This is the top of Andrea Mitchell's head.

It's time to get started...

One of the segments this morning is going to be on Mindless Eating (if you read my regular blog you will know that I love that book!).

Matt talked to Andrea about the Democratic debate that took place in Las Vegas.

and then he talked to Tim Russert.

Then it was time for the rest of the news...

Ann reported on children in Serbia...

These are her shoes.

Here are the backs of Matt's and Meredith's heads.

This is Brian Wansink (the mindless eating guy).

They talked about Marie Osmond's recent woes...

Now here's the segment on mindless eating...

Here's Al.

I think this man is a Taxidermist. I kind of like the jacket so I took a picture.

Here's Matt.

These are Meredith's shoes (sort of...).

Here comes Ann!

Those are her shoes! (and Matt's).

She came close today!

Look! Her shoes close up!

Look! My sign with Ann!

Ann is always very friendly... she gave away her hand warmers this morning...

I got some good pictures of her shoes... right after this photo I talked to her and told her that I knew she bought jewelery from my friend Tia in Antarctica. She said she was giving it as Christmas presents... (it's very nice jewelery...). I don't think Ann knew it was me... I think it was because I was wearing my hat... Well, at least Meredith and Matt know who I am. So much for being a friendly "stalker".

Hey, look! It's Trisha Yearwood!

Hey, look! It's Matt greeting Trisha Yearwood!

Hey, look! It's Trisha Yearwood singing!

Now it's time for models with Thanksgiving fashions...

These are Thanksgiving shoes...

Models...

Models...

Models...

Shoes...

Shoes...

Shoes...

Shoes...

Natalie!

Natalie's shoes!

Here's Hoda!

Here's Hoda's boots and Natalie's shoes.

Ann came out and joined them.

and their shoes...

Finally here's a closeup of Hoda's boots.

Only three days left! I have to start planning my signs and making cookies for my last day. If you're in town come by and get a cookie. I'm making chocolate chip!

Natalie Portman and my sign.

2007-11-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

Natalie Portman is still a kid

Day 53...

2007-11-15T08:01:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I couldn't think of the greatest sign...

Here's Meredith getting the once over.

Here's the opening... I arrived a little late today.

Here's the crowd...

Here's Ann at the news desk.

This would be the backs of Al, Matt and Meredith's heads.

There was much analysis of the Drew Peterson interview Matt conducted yesterday.

This is his third wife's body being exhumed.

This is the bathtub where she was found...

This is a body language expert...
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Here's Matt and Meredith...

This guy was another expert who analyzed the Peterson interview.

In the last installment of the The Big Questions everyone was asked who their favorite Muppet was. This is Elmo...

And he is Ann's favorite Muppet.

Here's Matt outside...

Here is Meredith outside...

Suze Orman talked to Matt about how to make your life better...

Dr. Nancy paid attention to what Suze had to say...

Hey, Look! It's Natalie Portman!

This is Natalie with Matt.

These are Meredith's boots... she was on her way to the ice skating rink...

To see the cast of High School Musical on Ice.

This was some of the cast waiting for the second number... (I was on my way to Starbucks).

Here's Matt, Natalie and Al.

Here's Natalie talking to Robi Ludwig about bad relationships.

These are their shoes...

Then the rain started in... this guy passed out garbage bags....

I decided it was too messy to stick around.

On the way out I snapped this photo of Benjamin Bratt and Ann.

And these cookies (Mrs. Fields...).

Hopefully tomorrow the weather will cooperate and we will have more photos...
I think Matt and Meredith are off for a while... that probably means Ann will be anchoring! That means she'll come outside more often.

David Baldacci and my sign.

2007-11-14T11:54:00.000-08:00

David Baldacci takes on real-life crime

Kathie Lee Gifford and my sign.

2007-11-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

Kathie Lee Gifford guest-hosts TODAY

Star Jones and my sign.

2007-11-14T11:47:00.001-08:00

Star Jones on the Peterson case

Five to go...

2007-11-14T09:54:00.000-08:00

Only five more signs after this... I have to make them worth my while.

Here's Meredith telling us what is coming up this morning.

We have Drew Peterson talking about his missing wife...

This is his shoe.

Here's Matt.

Celine Dion is going to be on the show !

Look, I finally got the shot of Ann looking at Matt and Meredith from the news desk.

Here's Ann doing the news...

Here are the backs of everyones heads.

Here's Ann...

Here's Matt's interview with Drew Peterson.

Here are Al and Meredith listening to Matt's interview.

Matt sure is handsome - even when interviewing a suspected wife killer.

Hubba Hubba!

CELINE!

Celine's Boots!

Here is Joy Bauer telling us about five ways we can lose ten pounds in five weeks.

Switch to nonfat dairy products.

Open face sandwiches will save you bread calories.

you can read the rest...

Martha showed Matt some Thanksgiving decorating ideas.

Here's Celine signing autographs.

Robin Williams stopped by.

He made everyone laugh... he may have been censored for later timezones...

They also let him cook with Jamie Oliver...

Celine sang three songs... I'm a sucker for Celine (although I want to let you know I don't have any of her albums...).

Begin Celine montage now...

Hey, Look it's Kathie Lee Gifford!

Hey, Look! It's Kathie Lee Gifford's shoes!

It's Al's shoes!

It's Natalie's shoes!

Ann came out...

I really liked her shoes today!

Here she is with Kathie Lee!

Here's everyone...

and their shoes...

Hoda came out later...

She's wearing the boots again.

Ann and Natalie...

That's all for today... I will be back tomorrow for my last Thursday at the Today Show...

Dustin Hoffman and my sign.

2007-11-13T12:49:00.001-08:00

Dustin Hoffman is full of magic

A Dancing Day!

2007-11-13T10:30:00.000-08:00

I figured I should let people know what I am.

Here's Meredith getting ready.

Here's Ann (I'm sorry it's an unflattering picture).

There were high winds in the Puget Sound area...

I'm not having a good run with the Ann photos today.

They blew up a hotel in Las Vegas.

Here's everyone...

Here's the wind machine.

Suze Orman talked about money (did you think she'd talk about shoes?)

David Gregory did a story on Fred Thompson.

Here's Al.

Here's his shoe.

Here he is full frontal...

These are flying pig hats.

Matt was there...

Look! They gave him new shoes! Hmmm... suede!

These are Meredith's shoes!

It was at this point (relatively speaking) that Meredith asked me how many more days. She then asked me what I was doing for Thanksgiving. I said I was going to the Parade and that was about it.... maybe she'll invite me over.

These guys were called the Red Hot Chili Pipers... they wore kilts.

Al danced along with them as they played We Will Rock You.

Hey, look! It's the Rockettes!

It's the Rockettes shoes! (begin montage here)

While all this dancing was going on Dustin Hoffman stopped by...

Here's Ann...

Here are Ann's Boots!

Here's some more of the Rockettes!

Meredith and Ann danced along...

These are their dancing shoes...

More Dustin and the dog...

Back to the dancing...

Now it's time for Matt to interview Dustin.

After the interview they all headed upstairs to cook with Jamie Oliver.

This is what one of the crew members had for lunch.

Here's Natalie getting ready to interview an author...

These are her boots.

The Macy's guy went over some of the new floats for the parade.

Here's Ann greeting Bob Harper from the Biggest Loser.

This is the old Ryan who was voted out last week...

This is the new Ryan!

and this is his family!

Tomorrow we have Celine Dion! I better get to bed early!

See you then.

Ann's Back!

2007-11-12T10:38:00.001-08:00

Day 50 here's my sign...

The crew greeted Ann with her very own igloo at the news desk.

Here's the tree with all its scaffolding.

Back to the igloo...

What's Matt doing with his hands?

This is Meredith's reaction when Ann walked in.

Here's Ann greeting everyone..

Richard Engel gets ready for his report.

Ann put her parka on...

Natalie got to sleep in this morning...

Geraldo Rivera stopped by.

These are his shoes.

Prince Harry and his girlfriend split up over the weekend.

Here's what Geraldo looked like to you.

This is what he looked like to me.

Here's Matt relaxing a bit.

This bag was full of candy samples... I got one through some sort of fluke and it was pretty good. Strawberry & Balsamic Caramel in dark chocolate.

The folks did a segment where they answered questions about themselves... I will just cut to the end.

Meredith admitted that she can play jacks and she demonstrated.

Here's Ann at the news desk.

Here's a police horse montage...

Hey, it's a fiesta!

Here's Al.

Jamie Oliver showed Meredith how to cook fish.

Keri Russell has a new movie coming out.

These are her shoes.

Al said that there are storms coming to the Pacific Northwest.

Here's Al talking to Kerry.

There was a story on about a boy named Tucker. My dog's name is Tucker.

Here's a shoe from a segment.

This is a nice coat for the holidays.

This is Tucker!

Here's Hoda.

It's nice to have Ann back.

Here's the ladies...

and their shoes....

and we end with Natalie's shoe (okay it's just her heel).

I promise to be more sintilating tomorrow. Celine Dion is stopping by the show on Wednesday!

Celebrity stalker and my sign.

2007-11-11T17:12:00.001-08:00

Priest arrested for stalking Conan O’Brien

Christmas Trees, shoes and Ann...

2007-11-10T03:56:00.000-08:00

I thought some congratulations was necessary.

Richie was in a class so this nice young man was manning the walkway (I'm surprised I don't know his name... I'll have to ask on Monday.)

Here's a shot of Ann.

Here's Meredith getting ready.

That would be Ann's parka on the right.

Natalie gets ready.

Hey, look it's the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.

They reported on the Priest who is stalking Conan O'Brien. (some people are nuts... I'm just a fan.)

Ann checked in from McMurdo... she reported on her trip to the South Pole. (start montage here....)

Here's the tree again (from a distance).

Natalie reported the rest of the news... I wonder if she gets tired of filling in for Ann.

Here's a picture of the helicopter filming the tree from above... (as seen in the reflection of the studio windows.).

Here's Matt and Meredith... it was shortly after this time that Meredith and Matt asked me through the window how much longer I was going to be around. (now this is very strange - it's almost like they're my friends now...) I think Matt asked me where I was going when I was done and I said Miami and then Seattle... He sure is a good looking fella!

Here comes the tree! (Al's riding in on it but you can't see him in this picture).

Here's Meredith getting a touch up.

Look! It's my sign behind Matt!

They did a segment on girls posting drunken photos of themselves online (I keep all my drunken photos in a drawer!).

They did a story on the Christmas Tree...

This is the couple whose tree it was.

Here's to the tree!

Here's everyone coming back to the studio.

Here's everyone in the studio.

Here's everyone outside.

Here's Lenny.

Here's the shoes.

Here's Meredith.

Here's Matt.

Here's Natalie....

Here's Giada (well, her head)... talking about recyclable fashions.

These are her boots... (do they not have a budget for different boots for her?.. not that I don't like the boots but she's been wearing the same ones all week).

Now these boots are nice... and leather free. I'm sure they cost a bundle though...
I guess I could just dream about owning them.

Here are the models backstage...

Finally here's Giada's face...

Fats Domino practiced for later on in the day...

Here's Natalie again... they are tasting the 25,000 dessert from Serendipity.

No shoes in this shot.. but it's as close and I could get today.

This is the dessert... it has read gold in it...

At this point I decided to head over to the tree. this is one of the monitors they had near it.

I got my own piece of the tree... I will cherish it forever.

Here's Hoda in front of the tree.

Here are her shoes in front of the tree.

Here's the tree on the crane...

Here's everyone coming back to hoist the tree... that is Jill Rappaport (I think)...

Those are her boots... (I think).

We end today with a montage of the hoisting of the tree... I ran out of room on my CF card...

Ann is currently in New Zealand and is scheduled to be back in New York for the show on Monday.

Paul McCartney's girlfriend and my sign.

2007-11-08T12:26:00.001-08:00

Is she Paul McCartney’s girlfriend?

Fantastic photos and my sign.

2007-11-08T12:22:00.000-08:00

Diana Walker’s photos tell a story

South Pole sighting

2007-11-08T09:31:00.000-08:00

Planning is always necessary.

Today we waited to see if Ann made it to the South Pole.

Here's the setup for a costume jewelry segment...

I don't know what this was for...

Here's everyone getting ready...

Here's Natalie...

Here we go!

Tim Russert was in the house.

As were his shoes.

Now for the moment of truth... Ann made it to the south pole!
Everyone gave her a standing ovation.

I don't think I could handle -53 degrees... ouch.

Okay, now back to the news with Natalie.

Here's Tim talking to Matt about the results of a recent poll about the upcoming election.

They updated us on the arrest of a University of Washington student in Perugia Italy...
I went to the University of Washington and have been in Perugia. Coincidence? I don't know...

Dude! This guy was attacked by a shark.

This gentleman works for security. He almost kicked out two girls yesterday for hanging on the lights by Chris Brown.

This is the side of Meredith's face.

This is her glove... it was chilly this morning.

If she weren't wearing pants you would see her shoes.

Dr. Nancy talked about relieving back pain.

Hey, look! It's the back of John Stamos' head!

and the side of his face...

This would be Caroline Kennedy on the right. My batteries were acting up because of the cold... I didn't have time to get her shoes.

Here's Al, Giada and Matt.

And their shoes (well, actually Giada is wearing boots - the same ones she wore yesterday...)

Here's Natalie talking to someone about Paul McCartney's new "friend".

Someone brought this sign today. They left it for Meredith.
Tubby sure is cute.

I thought I would throw in this photo taken by my lovely assistant Kristen of me meeting an elf on Monday.

I broke down and wore my Fred Clause t-shirt to bed last night... It will still go to the shrine though. Have I told you about the Today show shrine? I have a collection of items I get each day and am starting a collection of them in the studio. I have some t-shirts, perfume, hats, photo claim tickets (thanks William) and of course my signs. It should make for an interesting display when the time comes.

Well, sorry there's not more today - my batteries were draining quickly... as was my core temperature. See you tomorrow.

Day 47... 10 days left...

2007-11-07T11:32:00.000-08:00

I miss Ann...

Chris Brown was performing today... they were rehearsing when I got there.

The crew was getting ready. That's Mike on the right with the green thing sticking out of his head. (so, it's not really sticking out of his head but it looks like it...).

This is , she's inviting everyone to come watch the sunset with her tomorrow. There's going to be cake so you know I'll be there. Here she is seen touching Williams Today show gold medal.

Here's the website for the sunset watching public Come Watch the Sunset

I took a run to the restroom and took these shots on my way back... I couldn't be in my normal spot but that was alright...

Here's Natalie getting touched up.

Let the show begin...

Here are Meredith, Matt and Al... notice no one is behind them this morning...

They let some of us up along the sides of the stage... this is Chris Brown's DJ... notice he uses an Apple that looks almost like mine... I bet his is newer and better though...

They brought out the buffer right before showtime...

Lenny waited anxiously.

Look, Matt's back from the Arctic!

Tara the director looked very excited to watch Chris perform... or maybe she was just cold.

This is Chris' bass player - he looked tired.

This light kept blinding me... it's okay though, it was worth it.

Here's a repeat of yesterdays dancing at McMurdo (my friend Tia is maybe having coffee with Ann tomorrow)....

Star Jones talked about something...

Here's Al. It was nice to have things back to normal.

These are Al's shoes.

Hey, Look! It's Tom Brokaw!

Hey, it's Al and Meredith!

Nice shoes Meredith!

More shoe pictures...

Here's a closeup of Matt's shoes.

Lenny must have said something funny to Matt.

Shirley Maclaine stopped by.

These are the shoes of one of Chris Brown's dancers.

William and Mecca get ready to enjoy the performance first hand.

There's Rick.

Chris Brown finally came out.

So did Tom!

Hey, look! Tom Brokaw wears Merrel Moccasins!

These are Chris' shoes.

This is a bonus shot.

Action photos.

Natalie came out later...

These are her shoes.

Vince Vaughn talked to Meredith. They passed out Fred Clause T-shirts. I got one that said Naughty on it. got one that said Nice. She gave it to me...

More action photos.

This would be the back of Matt, Giada and Al's heads (with Chris).

Here's Matt's face.

Here's Giada.

These are her boots here in the middle...

I snapped this photo of Jimmy at Starbucks... he didn 't see me.

Al did a cooking segment with Rocco DiSpirito.

They played one of the songs by Chris later in the broadcast.

If you look closely you can see mine and 's signs to the right of the dancers.

Here's the intro for the fourth hour.

Rocco came out and signed copies of his new cookbook... mine is going under my pillow so I can dream about him.

... and his shoes...

See you all tomorrow.

Ditto...(Chris Brown)...

2007-11-07T08:39:00.001-08:00

Chris Brown heats up the Plaza

Chris Brown and my sign again.

2007-11-07T08:36:00.000-08:00

I'm on the right of Chris...

Chris Brown sings ‘Kiss, Kiss’

Chris Brown and my sign.

2007-11-07T08:31:00.000-08:00

Chris Brown sings a fan favorite

2007-11-06T08:24:00.000-08:00

Since "Green is Universal"... (I had Richie hold my sign this morning).

Here's Natalie getting ready.

for a broadcast from THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!

Here's Al straddling the equator.

Here's Meredith.

There's Natalie in real life.

This would be the Arctic Circle.

Here's Matt, Ann and Al.

Ann looks happy... maybe that's because she gets to come home soon.

These are Natalie's shoes.

Here's Matt on ice.

I don't know what this is a shot of but it looks cold.

Here's a shot we haven't had before... the teleprompter.

This is the path that Al took to get to his location today.

Here's Al demonstrating that it's fall on one side of the equator and spring on the other.

Here's Natalie doing the news.

More teleprompter for you...

If you read the teleprompter from the previous picture you would know that this is a Woolly Mammoth tooth.

and here's Al with the weather.

Hey, look it's Greenland!

Hey look! It's Matt in Greenland!

Hey, look! It's penguins!

Hey, It's Ann!

Here's the insides of McMurdo... my friend Tia works there...

Hey, it's the McMurdo ATM.

Hey, look it's me there in the center of the picture... I'm to the left of the studio window and to the right of the gates that look like an arrow.

Here's Al trying to balance an egg on its end.

It didn't quite work...

Here's Matt in a snow shelter.

Here's Meredith again.

These are her shoes (you can't really see them today).

Here are some scenic shots.

There was a report on the writer's strike.

This guy Peter interrupted Matt's broadcast... it was kind of funny.

A woman walked by wearing these shoes... you can't really see them but they were kind of cute.

There was going to be a segment outside about the new book by Tiki and Rondi Barber... it was too wet so they moved it inside. It was football themed...

Al did a segment on the Galapagos Islands.

This is a map from a segment on which countries have the rights to the North Pole.

More Matt.

More Al.

More Ann...

More Meredith.

It's Hoda!

and Giada...

Here's Ann and the band in McMurdo... My friend Tia is in the background somewhere...

Here are Natalie, Hoda and Giada saying goodbye to everyone AROUND THE WORLD!

Here's David and Kim from the Biggest Loser...

Here's the segment on the book by the Barber twins....

So, that's it... Hopefully things will be back to semi-normal tomorrow. Ann won't be there but Matt will... It's supposed to be colder but hopefully it won't be rainy...

Oh, I forgot to mention I did see Bob Saget go into the studio... he has someone carry his umbrella over his head. Maybe when I'm famous I can have someone do that for me too.

Ann in Antarctica with my friend Tia (but not my sign).

2007-11-06T08:17:00.000-08:00

My friend Tia works at McMurdo station in Antarctica.... she's in the crowd behind the band. She's wearing a green parka.

Matt and Al say goodbye

Elves and my sign.

2007-11-05T15:55:00.001-08:00

Meet the ‘Fred Claus’ elves

From the corners of the earth...

2007-11-05T09:34:00.000-08:00

Since we're going green this week and going to the ends of the earth...

Here is William's special Today show badge... he made it himself.

Before the show they did shots of all the places they were broadcasting from.

Just watching this makes me cold.

This van was covering the writers strike across the street.

Here's Meredith... she didn't even come out today.

Natalie did the news.

These are her shoes.

Here's Matt in the Arctic.

Ann in Antarctica...

Al in the Equator.

I had a problem with my camera and I took this nice photo.

Here's Natalie again.

So... I just realized that all the photos prior were before the show...

Matt is on that boat.

Here is a montage of cold weather and green info photos...

Begin the Equator montage...

Yo, Natalie...

Here's pictures from the writers strike...

More Natalie.

Here's the weather around the world...

Matt on boat...

My shoes...

Matt and a guy in a big orange puffy coat...

Ice Brrrrrrgh!

These people were waiting for Ann Curry at the South Pole... she tried to get there but couldn't.

The boat that Matt was on got really rocky...
luckily he didn't hurl.

Al Gore talked to Meredith about his work.

Those are Meredith's legs.

That is her shoe.

That's Giada Delaurentis in the upper left corner. She announced today that she's having a baby.

Natalie and Hoda seemed very happy for her.

Here's some of the writers on strike.

Hey look it's Leif Garrett!

Or should I say yikes! (notice how the Today show logo is Green today... that's cleaver!)

Hey, look! Elves and their handler.

They are in the movie Fred Clause.

ELF SHOES!

I didn't get on much today - so some nice people from Texas took my picture.

This is the back of someones head... it was a slow day.

Here is Hoda and Tiki meeting the Elves.

Hoda's wearing those cute boots again... (I wonder if they are the same boots or different?).

And we finish today's post with Hoda and Tiki again...

Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more exciting... at least I'm done early and can start working on my sign for tomorrow.

Friday, day 44.

2007-11-04T04:15:00.001-08:00

Hey, all you Washingtonians!

Since the show is going to the ends of the earth on Monday with the exception of Meredith I think they gave her a day off. Therefore, Natalie filled in.

Hoda did the News.

They teased us with images of Ann getting to Antarctica.

Louis Vicari walked around looking for two people for an ambush makeover...
He actually picked someone from Seattle...

These are his shoes.

Bright light, bright light!

Hey there ladies!

Al checked in with the polar bears at the Central Park zoo... I guess he's getting ready for next week.

He gave us our New York Marathon forecast.

This is Richie - he mans the entry to the "special" entry way. It's where all the employees and guest enter... these are the people you see walking in front of us gawkers behind Matt and Meredith (you know, those crazy people with their signs.).

This is the side of Natalie's head.

Here's Hoda and Jenna Wolfe talking about the marathon and how some races are banning ipods.

Matt went up to the Top of the Rock to talk about going to the ends of the earth...

Ann checked in from Antarctica...

I have a friend who works at McMurdo station (Tia). I sent an email to Ann telling her if she saw her to say hi.

Here's Hoda doing the news.

Karry Sanders took a dive in the cold water in somewhere (I wasn't paying attention - sorry).

Janice Lieberman talked about something...

These are her shoes.

A SEGMENT ON SHOES! (insert montage here)

Hey it's Janice again. I guess she's talking about testing for lead in children's toys.

There was a segment on celebrity divorce...

Of course they bring Star Jones in as an expert... hmmm.

Andrea Bocelli sang. (I just saw the rehearsal... I completely missed the real thing - oh well.).

Look, it's Al back from the zoo.

Hey look it's my sign on the left.

Natalie talked to people in front of me... she has nice eyebrows.

Her hair is nice too.

SASHA COHEN (I like her almost as much as Ann and Stacy London... or maybe it's just the costumes).

I decided to run over to the rink to watch in person... here's the montage.

Here's Natalie being filmed by Jimmy doing the intro to Sasha's performance.

Here's the montage...

So this isn't related to the show but I had to show this woman's legs... ladies this is a fashion don't. Stacy London would say longer skirt not so tight... yikes. I saw here while I was waiting for my tall americano.

Noel keeps going!

Here's everyone getting ready for the "frenemies" segment.

The Big Apple Circus stopped by.

Lester did a preview of this weekends show.

Look, it's a cow dog.

Here's Hoda.

Here's her boots. I think I'd like to have some boots too!

Here are Natalie's boots.

Here's Al's head.

Here's Al's shoes.

Natalie looks like she's having a good time.

Here's a closer look at Natalie's boots.

Okay, that's all she wrote. Get ready for next week's ends of the earth installment...

"Frenemies" and my sign.

2007-11-02T18:38:00.000-07:00

‘Frenemies’: Half friend, half enemy

Charles Grodin and my sign.

2007-11-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

Charles Grodin learns from his mistakes

Jerry Seinfeld and my "sein"

2007-11-02T18:28:00.000-07:00

Jerry Seinfeld is a bee-liever

Halloween costumes and my sign...

2007-11-02T10:10:00.000-07:00

You can't see me until the end. I'm behind Domino's Pizza.

Halloween costumes on the Plaza

Friday Night Lights and my sign... again.

2007-11-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

‘Friday Night Lights’ is all about heart

Pinch annd a punch!

2007-11-01T08:33:00.000-07:00

Today's sign is in reference to a game my family and friends play...

Here's a hand I got from the American Red Cross people...

blah blah blah... here's the usual...

Matt getting a touch up...

Here's Natalie's forehead.

Tropical storm Noel is whirling around...

Al was upstairs tracking the storm...

Ann's still in Antarctica... so here's Natalie.

the back of Matt and Meredith's heads..

There were assorted stories about Oprah.

Heather Mills...

And Britney Spears...

Here's the back of Al's head.

Here are his shoes.

Matt's interview with Heather.

Al did the weather....

The open at 8:00 was right in front of us...

It was much easier to get shoe shots when the weather was warmer... say that ten times fast...

I was standing to the left but you can't see me...

Dr. Phil came in...

This is the yay-hoo who was tazed at the John Kerry speech...

This is some of what Britney had to say when she called into the Ryan Seacrest show yesterday.

These are Meredith's feet... sort of.

Here's Dr. Phil.

Here's his shoes.

He talked about the Heather Mills situation.

Here's the 8:30 opening... Natalie joined everyone...

She was wearing those cute brown suede shoes again...

Meredith was waiting for...

Jerry Seinfeld!

This is the back of his head!

Bee Movie opens tomorrow!

This is the back of Christie Brinkley's head.

Here's her face! (along with Al and Matt)

These are their shoes.

Matt had to get back in a hurry...

There's a cranberry bog set up by the skating rink...

Here's Charles Grodin. He has a new book coming out.

Here's Charles and Al.

Look, there's my sign on the left. A nice man helped me hold it up.

When I was done I went to check out the bog myself...

Hmmm... it's almost Thanksgiving.

Tomorrow Sasha Cohen is supposed to be on the show... I love her! Okay, I really just love the costumes...

See you tomorrow... all of you in Washington I have a special sign planned for you!

Halloween costumes and my sign.

2007-10-31T09:36:00.000-07:00

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!