🔥 Al Roker: What You Need to Know Right Now!
Key Overview
Albert Lincoln Roker Jr. (born August 20, 1954) is an American weather presenter, journalist, television personality, and author. He is the weather anchor on NBC's Today, and occasionally co-hosts 3rd Hour Today. He has a lapsed American Meteorological Society (AMS) Television Seal of Approval (#238).
Early life
Roker was born in the borough of Queens, New York City, the son of Isabel, of Jamaican descent, and Albert Lincoln Roker Sr., a bus driver of Bahamian descent. He initially wanted to be a cartoonist. He was raised Catholic, his mother's faith, and graduated from Xavier High School in Manhattan. He attended the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego where he received a B.A.
Other work
Roker has hosted NBC's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1995 (with the exception of 2022), where he provides commentary along with some of his Today Show colleagues.
Personal life
Roker married his first wife, Mary Puglisi, who was his college girlfriend, the day they graduated from SUNY Oswego in 1976. While living in Cleveland several years later, the couple spoke openly about their experiences being in an interracial marriage. Following their divorce, Roker married WNBC producer Alice Bell in December 1984. He and Bell adopted a daughter, Courtney, as an infant in 1987.
Signature phrases
Roker often says "That's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods" when transitioning from the national weather broadcast to the local affiliate. On many occasions on Today he has used the phrase "man candy" to describe attractive males.
Other appearances and activities
In 1993, Roker appeared as himself in an episode of Seinfeld entitled “The Cigar Store Indian.” He was featured on the cover of a TV Guide that was a central focus of Elaine's storyline for the episode, and at the end of the episode joins her on the subway while replicating the pose on the magazine cover.
Works
2000: Don't Make Me Stop This Car! reflections on fatherhood ISBN 9780684868936 2013: Never Goin' Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good ISBN 978-0-451-41493-9 2016: Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom for Modern Times co-written with his wife Deborah Roberts. ISBN 978-0-451-46636-5 Billy Blessing novels 2009: The Morning Show Murders. Co-authored by Dick Lochte. ISBN 0-385-34368-X.
See also
Bahamian Americans New Yorkers in journalism
External links
Official website Al Roker at IMDb Al Roker at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television Appearances on C-SPAN
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