Al Roker
Kyli Walls from Bloomington, Indiana visited the Plaza this past summer. We featured her photo (second one down on post) here on allDAY.
She "had a blast" and posted the following video about her experience.
There were a lot of people on the Plaza this morning who ran the New York City Marathon.
Al talked to Joy Johnson who is 82 years old. She has run 22 New York City Marathons in a row.
Congrats to everyone who ran!
At the end of a segment this morning about Halloween decorations, an Ewok started having his own party. The clip has gone viral and we thought we would share it here.
Editor's Note: Those who prefer not to disillusion small children about the predilections of Ewoks are advised to exercise viewer discretion.
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On Friday's, Al has been known to have some fun talking about the weather for Sunday night's football game. Enjoy the forecast below!
What’s a gal got to do to get on the Emmy-winning NBC sitcom “30 Rock”? In the case of TODAY’s Meredith Vieira, pretty much anything.
Fey knew, all right: When her “30 Rock” costar Tracy Morgan appeared on TODAY last year, Meredith had locked lips with him in a faux display of passion that was, as Fey put it, “almost inappropriate.”
While Vieira maintained that she “would do more than that, if that’s what it took” to gain a guest stint on “30 Rock,” Fey bemoaned her own lack of steamy clinches on TODAY.
“Who do you want?” Meredith responded eagerly. “[Executive producer] Jim Bell? You want Al Roker?”
“I would take Al Roker,” Fey replied. Whereupon TV’s favorite weatherman stormed onto the set, dipped Tina’s head back, and pretended to give her a huge smooch. After the pseudo-clinch, Roker shook his head and bellowed, “Hoo-ha!”
“30 Rock” begins its fourth season at 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday, and while the show has long been a critic’s darling, it’s also picked up viewers every season.
“We feel very lucky – I feel we’re like in that movie ‘Final Destination’ and we somehow cheated death and it’s going to come find us,” Fey said.
Will the real Matt Lauer please stand up?
Matt has his share of lookalikes out there, both real and fictional. Yesterday, People magazine unveiled a photo spread that shows TODAY hosts Matt, Meredith, Ann and Al rocking funky ‘70s style. The mustachioed Matt bears a striking resemblance to another anchor who’s “kind of a big deal”: Ron Burgundy, the fictional reporter played by Will Ferrell in the comedy film “Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy.”
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TODAY helped People magazine celebrate its 35th anniversary by re-creating the show’s set from 1974, and all four anchors got into the groove by donning '70s polyester and shaggy hairdos (check out those 'staches!). Here’s a sneak peek at the magazine spread, which goes on sale on newsstands on Friday. Far out!
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