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After six

The tuxedo was invented by a tailor in Tuxedo Park, New York, some 125 years ago at the request of tobacco magnate Pierre Lorillard IV.

It wasn’t named after the tailor.  Not Pierre, either.  Nope, Tuxedo Park got that honor.

‘Cause where you’re from matters.

I learned this slice of history today in a one-page SKY magazine article on my Delta flight.  My holiday has begun, and I’m flying to Kansas City to visit my sister, brother-in-law and countless friends there.

You see, I used to be from Kansas City…for a little while.

Oh, I was born and raised in Kentucky, and only lived in Kansas City for seven years.  But during that time, I made a now infamous trip to New York City – the current place I’m ‘from’ – and ended up talking to Al Roker outside the Today Show windowAnd when Al asked me where I was from, I said, “Kansas City.”

My Kentucky kin have never let me forget.

‘Cause where you’re from matters.

Al Roker: overexposed?

Al Roker, ‘Today Show’ weatherman.
Al Roker, Food Network host.
Al Roker, Weather Channel star.
Al Roker…clothing designer?

Al Roker — what the hell is going on?

You are already wringing every dollar you can out of the weather.  Is becoming a fashion icon the logical ‘next step?’

I know you have three kids and live in perennially pricey Manhattan. Is the private school tuition starting to take a bite? Can you not deny them every shiny, pretty thing they want?  Is it time for wife Deborah to go back to reporting full-time?

Your recent ‘Today Show’ interview with Speidi was the talk of the Internet.  Everyone applauded your straightforward condemnation of their ‘bad behavior.’  Don’t inadvertently fall into one of their worst habits — putting your face on anything in the name of publicity and the almighty dollar.

America likes Al Roker in tiny ‘Today Show’ bites.  If you are served up at every meal, we may just lose our taste for you.