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{{quote|From NBC News, this is Today, with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza.|''Weekday opening from September 2006 to June 2011, as read by Les Marshak''}}
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* Willard Scott, [[Enforced Plug|in conjunction with Smuckers]], gives out birthday wishes to 100+-year-olds.
* Where in the World is Matt Lauer? For one week, Matt will effectively go island-hopping to various points in the world, and Meredith, Al, and Ann (and you at home, too!) must guess where he is. However, the camera is heavily zoomed in on him to start, and he gives out a clue, but [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer|it's very cryptic]]. Example: in 2001, he gave out a clue of "the manliest [[Pokémon]]" for Machu Picchu, Peru. Once Matt reveals where he is, he'll spend the rest of the episode talking with the locals and showing us some of the culture. This is an obvious ripoff of ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]''; in fact, during the first few years of the segment, they even ripped off Rockapella's theme song!
** Also in 2002, WSLS, the affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, did a similar segment called "Where in Virginia is Sean Sublette?" It was pretty much the same thing, only Sean (then a meteorologist, now a [[
* Gene Shalit's Critics Corner: The titular guy rips into some movies.
* Spanning the World: Sports bloopers segment done by the head of NBC Sports. Has a funny intro that appears to have gone unchanged since the 1980's, computer graphics and all, where the Earth actually splits open with the sound of a rooster crowing, and then the highlights for that segment pop out of the split. The bloopers are then presented as newspaper segments. The ending goes, "Tune in next time for Spanning the World! (rooster crow; split in the Earth heals) ...If there IS a next time! I'm Don Pardo!"
* The Toyota Concert Series: Originally founded as the Summer Concert Series. Bascially, in the second and third hours of the show, someone [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|gives a live concert]]. Prior to the concert, they'll be interviewed.
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The fourth hour of this show, active since September 2007, is slightly different from the first three. Hoda Kotb and [[Live With Regis And Kelly|Kathie Lee Gifford]] do a show that's more similar to [[The View]]. Among their more notable segments:
* They begin their hour with a review of some weird news stories, Ã la Keith Olbermann's ''Countdown'', but without all the [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarking]] at conservatives. That says nothing about what they ''do'' deadpan snark...
* While Hoda interviews a health/fitness expert, Kathie Lee asks random people in some place close by to Rockefeller Center questions that are tied to the segment. They often joke about the "prize" for a correct answer, which at one point was [[
* Ambush Makeover: A viewer with a particularly ugly friend or relative will submit that person for a makeover from some beauty experts in the show's staff.
* It's also a literal [[Drinking Game]] as the ladies (especially Kathie Lee) are known to consume morning libations quite liberally, finding any excuse for a segment to do so.
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