Live television is always a gamble. A program can have a room full of professionals who have planned out every single second of a broadcast, and yet there always exists the potential for something to go wrong or… weird. For proof of this, one need only recall an incident that occurred a little over 16 years ago on the Today show that saw famed weather anchor Al Roker’s leg get humped by a fuzzy creature from the Star Wars universe.
This is a big week for Roker, as he is celebrating his 30th year as part of the Today family, and while his tenure on the long-running morning program has featured a number of positive highlights, he highlighted one of his oddest on-screen moments while recently speaking with People. The show in question was on Halloween in 2009, and he and his co-stars all participated in a special Star Wars-themed episode. Roker, who certainly knows how to have fun on camera, was personally dressed up as Han Solo (replete with wig, vest and blaster), and the production got a few bonuses courtesy of the folks at Lucasfilm, including a couple actors dressed up in Ewok costumes. He recalled,
