For the first time in 39 years, the weather has gone unreported, due to a dormant Al Roker.
The longtime NBC Today show fixture wasn’t stumped by a cold front or stuck in a freak blizzard; he simply overslept.
The weatherman on Tuesday missed his early-morning call for The Weather Channel’s Wake Up With Al, on which he had been working alongside co-host Stephanie Abrams since the show’s July 20 debut. The hour-long show airs at 6 am ET, but did so today without America’s favorite weatherman.
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Roker unabashedly tweeted the news of his mistake at 5:41 am ET:
After 39 years, it happened. I overslept and missed a show. Missed #WUWA. But will be on time for @today
— Al Roker (@alroker) August 6, 2013
He did indeed make it to the ‘Today’ set and was subjected to some playful jabbing from his NBC colleagues Savannah Guthrie, Matt Lauer and Natalie Morales:
Rip van Roker. pic.twitter.com/HLRDZjonTH
— Matt Lauer (@MLauer) August 6, 2013
.@alroker joking this morning that he’s going to change #WUWA to, “Al Wake Up!!!” #oversleeping
— TODAY (@todayshow) August 6, 2013
So add an alarm clock to the legendary weatherman’s Christmas list, right next to some Pepto-Bismol.
