QUICK TAKES - March 25, 2009

“Today” host Matt Lauer is recovering from surgery to repair the shoulder he separated when he fell off his bike while avoiding a deer that jumped in his path.

Lauer’s fill-in, Lester Holt, said on Tuesday’s show that Lauer hopes to be back later this week.

Holt held up a headline in the New York Daily News that read: “Matt Goes Splat.”