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OMG AL ROKER!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Geek / OMG AL ROKER! / Drunk / TV The Best Thing You Will See Today. Or Any Day, Actually.
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
OMG AL ROKER! OMG Al Roker! (Part II: Parks + Oh Yeah!)
Posted by Jane "the Intern" Carlen on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:31 PM
He's finally here!!
Iconic weatherman Al Roker arrived in town today, bearing gifts for the good girls and boys of North Portland! Jovial, enthusiastic, and chuckling at his own jokes, Roker's beaming smile was only matched by Kool-Aid Man, who was also in attendance. What occasion brought these two jug-headed titans together in the “heart of the Pacific Northwest” (a moniker I’ve never actually heard before but Roker used repeatedly)? Why, it was Today's charitable publicity vehicle "Lend a Hand Today." They came to announce the selection of Portland Parks Foundation as their newest donation recipient.
Roker and crew began broadcasting live segments to the East Coast at 4 am, and kept it going until the end of Today's episode at 7am (10 am EST). (Note: Early morning assignments are a great way to meet other newspaper interns whose superiors, like yours, are fast asleep. Thanks, Erik.) Behind Roker’s large head, which for some reason I keep harping on, was a giant truck, plastered with an even larger Roker likeness and filled with a chunk of the total $382,000 in gifts from corporate sponsors. At around 6 am, just as my caffeination was peaking, Roker cued the unloading of the truck revealing many useful, and some bewildering, contents....
(More pictures after the jump!)
Friday, June 19, 2009
OMG AL ROKER! Al Roker: The Mercury Interview.
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM
I know what you're thinking.
Holy shit, you're thinking. Did the Mercury really score an interview with Al Roker? THE Al Roker? Al Roker the weatherman, the cartoonist, the barbecue expert?
Yes. Yes, we did.
Roker's coming to Portland on Tuesday as part of his annual "Lend a Hand Today" series on Today, in which he visits various cities, surprising a local charity in each one with donations. Until broadcast, it's top secret which charities have been selected, so no one knows where Roker will pop up in Portland on Tuesday morning—but he will be here, and, as befits an occasion this momentous, the Mercury is on it.
So: Make haste. Read the Mercury's interview with Al Roker after the jump.
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