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August 19, 2008

Matt Lauer Takes Al Roker To Everything School

On this morning's Today, Matt Lauer and Al Roker performed some male tandem rhythmic gymnastics.

This video may seem like a couple of high-paid TV personalities just having a little fun between more serious segments on how peanut butter is murdering your children and what to do if there are no good parking spaces at the mall, but it's actually an important document of Today's talent hierarchy. If you will notice, Matt just totally owns this segment. He's clearly in on the joke, and yet he sells it with his straight face and his lithe movements. Meanwhile, you've got Al "Pull My Finger" Roker over there, who is doing his best to mimic Matt, but can't help but shuffle his feet in an apologetic half-step, as if to say "don't worry, guys, I am just kidding." He keeps himself from cracking a fart-eating grin, yes, but only by putting on his "serious face." I'm just saying that this video perfectly delineates why Matt Lauer is put in charge of the big boy news, and Al Roker is reduced to tossing it over to local weathermen and Willard Scott's Smuckers 100 report.

Because Al Roker sucks.

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Wow, you really aren't a fan of Roker, huh?

Posted by: wow at 08/19/08 2:27 PM  | Reply
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"cracking a *fart-eating* grin" = one of your best neologisms yet

Posted by: Clown Coffee at 08/19/08 2:38 PM  | Reply
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WILLIAMS!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sara profile link at 08/19/08 2:39 PM  | Reply
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Lauer looks pretty good in a body stocking. Who knew?

Posted by: Stella at 08/19/08 3:30 PM  | Reply
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whats more embarrassing is this bit was probably rehearsed several times

Posted by: nicole profile link at 08/19/08 3:41 PM  | Reply
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and also
roker was clearly out of breath just about the whole time

Posted by: nicole profile link at 08/19/08 3:42 PM  | Reply
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I happened to go to the same college as Al "Pull My Finger" Roker, and I can say with absolute certainty that he is an uber douche bag. Well done.

Posted by: Rommel at 08/19/08 4:52 PM  | Reply
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brian williams is in 1/3 of all things

Posted by: matt profile link at 08/19/08 5:20 PM  | Reply
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Glib, he's so glib.

Posted by: Steve Sanders at 08/19/08 8:25 PM  | Reply
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