. >> mike tirico, always good to see you, mike. happy new year. >> to you all as well. look forward to seeing you in 202. >> you can catch complete coverage of the winter olympics starting with that opening ceremony on february 4th and super bowl lvi february 13th only on nbc. >>> still ahead on this new year's eve morning, from the plaza all the way to tokyo, a look back at some fun in 2021. >> plus, it is a highlight every morning. hoe day's boost. we will take 12 months of those can't miss moments and narrow them down for our third annual boostie award. >> but first a quick check of your local news and weather. ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th your doctor gives you a prescription. let's get you on some antibiotics right away. you co

commentator for nbc sports, mike tirico. we've been talking about the coach, about the color commentator, about the video game that our boys love to play and know him from. can you talk about the way john madden changed what you do for a living? >> oh, my gosh, willie, in so many ways. and happy holidays. john madden made the color commentator in football the star of the show. so many of us who call games now have pieces of madden next to us in certain ways that many the analysts don't even know, how they draw on the telestrator, how they explain things. john had a special way of taking the complexities and making them explainable to your mom, to a kid who never played the game before. he did it with color and excitement and passion and emotion. i think going to cover the game up in green bay this weekend. we go in on fridays before a sunday game to do production meetings. that's a madden thing. madden pulled the curtain back a little bit on football and made us as broadcasters all find a way to bring it closer to people at