From diapers to cute gifts, Al Roker ’s fun take on Dad’s Day

Father’s Day is just around the corner – and what better way to get a perspective on this favorite family occasion than from “Today” dad Al Roker? We asked the weatherman and reporter, the father of two daughters and one son, for his take on Dad’s Day and fatherhood.

What will you be doing this Father’s Day?
Grilling and changing diapers

Since you became a dad, what is your favorite Father’s Day memory?
Now that I'm almost 50, I can’t remember anything.

What is your favorite memory of your father?
When I was 7 or 8 years old, I would ride my father's bus route with him. He was a New York Transit Authority bus driver in Brooklyn, and when I was off from school I'd go to work with him. We'd talk and I'd spend a straight eight hours a day with him.

What advice that your father gave you do you most often use?
That the two best words in dealing with your wife is, "Yes, Dear."

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What advice that he gave you proved not to be so good?
“This computer stuff is gonna be a fad, who's ever heard of IBM?”

What is the cutest thing one of your kids has said to you?
“Why do people want to take a picture with you? Don't they know you're just Dad?”

What are some of the favorite Fathers Day gifts they have given you?
Courtney made me a jewelry box when she was six and Leila's done a lovely self-portrait. The’re two of my most-prized possessions.

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