jeff musial is on the show tonight. he's a good man, we love him so much. [ cheers and applause ] you guys ready for some great, great music. gospel superstar, kirk franklin will be performing for us tonight! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: peace be with you and also with you, now shake the hands of your neighbor. [ laughter ] ♪ we are one in the spirit, we are one in the lord ♪ ♪ the spirit we are one in the lord ♪ ♪ and they'll know we are christians by our love ♪ ♪ they'll know we are christians by our love ♪ [ laughter ] hey you guys, it's time for late night hashtag. here we go. ♪ >> jimmy: these are lists on twitter where we give you the topic and you send in the tweets. so, yesterday i went on twitter and started a hashtag called "dad quotes." and i asked you guys at home to tweet out some funny or weird thing your dad once said. we got thousands of tweets, it was insane. within a half hour it was a worldwide trending topic, which is huge. that's crazy. so thank you guys for the tweets. no

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our crazy friend and animal expert -- he always tries to get me killed, jeff musial is here with some cool animals. [ cheers and applause ] for me check out, play with and get bit by. love jeff. and we got some great, great music from a good new band -- best coast, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] they are good. they are good stuff. we wouldn't give you the bad stuff. they're good. [ applause ] now, there's still two more orders of business that have to be taken care of. first is to show you all this picture of a camel. [ laughter ] second -- second is -- [ laughter ] second is to play one of my favorite games. it's time once again for wheel of game shows! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right. let's give it up for tonight's first contestant! come on over. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you. what is your name and where are you from? >> my name is martha and i'm from toronto, ontario, canada. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very cool, all the way up in toronto. i love toronto. it's got a -- street. welcome to wheel of game shows. now, you know the rules, a series

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i do worry about jeff musial. and, i can't believe we have -- i can't believe that this is happening tonight. one of my favorite singers of all time and piano players and performers and just -- he's a legend. joe jackson is here, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] joe jackson. joe jackson. tall dude. >> steve: tall. >> jimmy: joe jackson's tall. >> steve: he's a tall drink of water. >> jimmy: what, he's like 6'8" or something? >> questlove: uh, yeah. >> jimmy: he's something like that. he's tall. but he's like -- he's like. you know, joe jackson's tall, and he's like -- ♪ is she really going out with him ♪ ♪ is she -- is she really ♪ ♪ but if my eyes don't deceive me ♪ ♪ there's something going on around here ♪ ♪ around here >> jimmy: and he does that. he also does -- ♪ mmm don't you feel like making something new ♪ ♪ ♪ don't you feel i'm breaking out of breaking up with you ♪ >> jimmy: but he's -- you can't stump the band. >> steve: i didn't know he was a samba player. >> jimmy: you can

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please get this out of here. [ laughter ] jeff musial and his animals, everybody! what are you on twitter? [ cheers and applause ] >> jeffanimalguy. >> jimmy: jeffanimalguy, @jeffanimalguy on twitter. we'll be right back with claire danes you guys. come on back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i'd race down that hill without a helmet. i took some steep risks in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 years of research. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. you need simple blood tests to check for liver proble

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baseball great stan musial, honored before a standout nba career including five mvps and 11 championships in 13 seasons with boston. russell with the college start here at usf. he led them to two national championships. but before high school, there were a few bumps in the road. >> when bill russell was in junior high, he was cut from his basketball team. he got better after that. >> real good, in fact. >> he was almost cut again his sophomore year. i read about that. michael jordan also cut in high school. it happens with the great ones. >> he also sponsors a scholarship. >> bill russell, we like to say uniquely bay area. >> you like to say that? >> we do now. >> thanks for joining us. "the tonight show" is next with jay leno. good night. >> stay dry.

former musial director. loves classical music and crazy about jay leno and other tv stars on nbc. here is dorothy garfield, evanston, illinois. 103. lived in the same house all her life, never moved. loves doing cross word puzzles. she's crazy about jay leno. jay, you've got a big fan. here you go. this is ernie may, colorado springs, colorado. 100 years old. loves to play the saxophone. he and mr. clinton ought to get together. happy man. we love him. happy birthday to you, sir. and we have mae weiss of delta, colorado. 106. loves to go to church. contributes her longevity to eating lots of veggies and. fruits. good for you. gwen zischke, state college, pennsylvania. 100 years old. loves to play bridge and sew. makes fruit pies and i bet she uses large crusts. that makes it the best. and angelina maher. 100 years old today. and can speak three different languages. that's it, that's all. and now back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you so much. coming up next, just how healthy are hot dogs? everything you need to know about the summertime favorites. this is "today" on nb