- While appearing on Today, Al filmed 2 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know. His topics were reading and parental involvement.
- Al had gastric bypass operation in 2002 and has been shrinking shirt sizes ever since.
- Al hosted MSNBC's information quiz show, Remember This?, which earned Al a 1997 Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Game Show Host.
- Al is a huge gameshow fan.
- Al holds the record for most guest appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, with over 30. Al is considered one of Late Night's "go to" guy whenever a scheduled guest cancels.
- Al is the weatherman for the New York smooth jazz radio station WQCD (101.9 FM).
- Al married Deborah Roberts on September 16th 1995. They have had two children. They are still married today.
- Al is a ten time Emmy Award winner.
- When Williard Scott retired in 1996, Al was offered the job as weatherman for The Today Show.
- After exposure with David Letterman, Al was given the job of weatherman for Weekend Today. He also began filling in for Today weatherman Willard Scott.
- Al worked weekends as a weather reporter at a station in 1974 when he was in college.
- While in college he doubled majored in graphic design and broadcasting/journalism.
- He wanted to be a cartoonist before he got into television.
- An author Al has written three books, Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood; Al Roker's Big Bad Book of Barbecue, and Al Roker's Hassle-Free Holiday Cookbook.
- Rumor has it that his salary on
Today is $1,500,000.
- Al (on his controversial interview with Heidi and Spencer Pratt): When I got the assignment they said I'd be interviewing Speidi, I thought, Tobey McGuire? Is it Spiderman 4?
- (Al's most famous catchphrase on the Today show when he segues to the local weather.)
Al: That's what's going on around the country; Here's what's happening in your neck of the woods.
- Al: (on if Katie Couric were to leave Today which then was unsure) None of us can worry about that, because it's not something we can control.
- Al: (on being weatherman on "The Today Show" as he told The Associated Press) I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
- Al: I ate myself stupid, I thought, `I'm never going to eat like this again.' The only trick was to make sure I didn't have a heart attack before I did the deal.
