I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him?

2011: The Talk Show Murders. Roker initially wanted to be a cartoonist. In 2005 Roker reported from inside Hurricane Wilma.

He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. Writing with Dick Lochte Roker began a series of murder mysteries in 2009 that feature Billy Blessing a celebrity chef turned amateur detective.