Happy Birthday, Al.
Here's to 54 years of fake laughter, pandering likeability, calculated mediocrity, non-threatening blandness, and false geniality.
You did it!
Hate,
Videogum.
(Please feel free to sign Al's card in the comments.)
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Celebrity Gossip!
Tags: Al Roker | Birthdays | Mediocrity
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Well, I actually like Al Roker.
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Happy Birthday, Al!
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Al, over the past few years, we have come to rely on you to represent total childlike lack of self-control. From the fact that you had to have your stomach stapled, to the fact that you cannot say the word “Sunday” without doing the monster truck show thing, you have demonstrated how a seemingly innocuous likeability can invite so much violence. xoxo
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Happy birthday Al, congratulations on 54 years of being televisions armpit.
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