Al Roker Celebrates 45th Anniversary at NBC – See Him Through The Years (PHOTOS)

Today celebrated Al Roker‘s 45th year as a part of the NBC family on Monday (December 11), expressing heartfelt sentiments.

In the video below, co-hosts Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie, and Hoda Kotbcelebrate the long-time anchor and tease him with archive footage of him in the field talking to penguins. Today notes that Roker “has had more than 7,000 wake-ups at 3:45 am, 27 Thanksgiving Day parades, 13 Olympics, and more!”