# Kathy Lee and Hoda **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349 "2012-02-29T15:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/1 "2012-02-29T15:39:15Z")
How dumb are they? Yes, I’m up there with them for watching them, but they laughed at a picture in which a hospital had a sign for gynaecology and restaurant (they must have both been down the same hallway). The juxtaposition was funny, but some of their hilarity was that the hospital had a sign with a misspelling. Are they really unaware that it is not a misspelling? Then they laughed at a sign stating a parking space was reserved for drive-through customers. I am guessing they never go through a drive-through, because most McDonald’s around here have those in order to get people whose orders aren’t finished out of the line so the rest of us can keep moving. Is it ridiculous for me to expect them, or someone on the show, to know this? There is a lot I don’t know, but I don’t have an entire staff checking things for me. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/2 "2012-02-29T15:52:38Z")
I can’t stand either one of them and it amazes me that they have a following and their own show. Yeah, they’re not very bright, I’m assuming it’s part of the draw as they make no attempt to hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Hurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hurk)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/3 "2012-02-29T15:56:21Z")
Hoda is hot, nothing else matters. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/4 "2012-02-29T16:11:03Z")
I have no idea what this thread is about. Got a YouTube link? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/5 "2012-02-29T16:18:53Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > gynaecology and restaurant I hear they do a good spread. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/6 "2012-02-29T16:27:27Z")
[sub]Minor housekeeping note: reported for forum change.[/sub] I have seen the show and wonder if it’s popular with people who like gawking at 10-car pile-ups on the highway. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/7 "2012-02-29T16:31:04Z")
> [@Hurk](#): > > Hoda is hot, nothing else matters. …for varying definitions of “hot”, up to and including gargoyle. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/8 "2012-02-29T16:31:50Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/9 "2012-02-29T16:35:09Z")
What, exactly, is her name Hoda? ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/10 "2012-02-29T16:39:31Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > What, exactly, is her name Hoda? yes. She is of Egyptian ancestry, born in Oklahoma. Wiki says that Hoda is Arabic for guidance and is a popular name in that part of the world. > **[Hoda Kotb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoda_Kotb)** > > Hoda Kotb (/ˈhoʊdə ˈkɒtbiː/ HOH-də KOT-bee;\[note 1\] born August 9, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She was the main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show Today from 2018 to 2025, and co-host of its entertainment-focused fourth hour from 2007 to 2025. Kotb also formerly served as a correspondent for the television news magazine program Dateline NBC. > Kotb was born to Egyptian Muslim parents in Norman, Oklahoma, and grew up in Morgantown, West Virg... ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/11 "2012-02-29T16:40:00Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I have no idea what this thread is about. Got a YouTube link? It was a segment on a talk show that aired this morning. I actually saw the segment mentioned by the OP and I had similar thoughts. During this particular segment the hosts show some photos of funny signs like “Ugly People Eat Free Today” and have a good laugh over them. One of the signs they showed was a parking space reserved for drive through customers only. Kathy Lee and whoever the other host is thought this was funny. I can only guess that either the writers of the show or the two hosts are unfamiliar with drive through fast food restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/12 "2012-02-29T16:51:43Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Are they really unaware that it is not a misspelling? [It’s a misspelling in the U.S.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/13 "2012-02-29T16:53:21Z")
I wonder if everyone on their staff is as clueless as they are, or if they let this stuff through because they think it’s funny for Kathy Lee and Hoda too look like idiots on national television. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/14 "2012-02-29T16:57:02Z")
Thanks for the move. I wasn’t sure which forum, but I knew it was mundane and pointless, so I chose that! I think women of a certain type think that looking stupid is charming and feminine. I thought those days were over. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/15 "2012-02-29T17:08:56Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [It’s a misspelling in the U.S.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences) Was the sign in the United States? ETA: I saw her pic on the wikipedia link above. “Hot” is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but I didn’t see her as particularly attractive. Skin tone looked a little leathery, imho. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/16 "2012-02-29T17:10:52Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > She is of Egyptian ancestry, born in Oklahoma. In a condo made of stoma? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/17 "2012-02-29T17:37:23Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > It was a segment on a talk show that aired this morning. I actually saw the segment mentioned by the OP and I had similar thoughts. During this particular segment the hosts show some photos of funny signs like “Ugly People Eat Free Today” and have a good laugh over them. One of the signs they showed was a parking space reserved for drive through customers only. Kathy Lee and whoever the other host is thought this was funny. I can only guess that either the writers of the show or the two hosts are unfamiliar with drive through fast food restaurants. Thanks for the explanation. I can see how that sign is amusing. People don’t really park in a drive-through. That’s why they’re called drive-throughs. Unless things have changed in the past few years. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/18 "2012-02-29T17:57:07Z")
I have lived in NYC, and love NYC, but have to admit the people in NYC are often quite clueless about anything that is not found in NYC. The Today Show is notorious for making blunders about anything that is not found/done/seen in Manhattan. This comes from the quite true stereotype that New Yorkers believe they live in the center of the universe and everything else is unimportant. (They do appreciate the rest of us farmers providing goods and services.) Kathy Lee and Hoda are perhaps the most obnoxious of the obnoxious. In our house, they have helped keep us fit and healthy! You have never seen people run so fast for the remote control when we hear either of their voices. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/19 "2012-02-29T18:07:50Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > In a condo made of stoma? hilarious ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349/20 "2012-02-29T18:47:11Z")
Here’s a clip of one of the greatest moments on their show. It is of a local semi-celebrity chef, Sam the Cooking Guy, who tells them to be quite so he can explain his recipe. And the two bitches get all bitchy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ov9k_yABNHU/hqdefault.jpg "Sam the Cooking guy tells Kathie Lee and Hoda be quiet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov9k_yABNHU) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kathy-lee-and-hoda/614349.md?page=2)