Yep, the hosts of 'The Today Show' both popped into the world on the same day, though not the same year. Meredith Vieira is 4 years Matt Lauer's senior. Tiger didn't appear on the show to celebrate (who knows where he is), but a guest equally as fascinating sure did. Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparable... Abe Vigoda.Happy Birthday: Matt Lauer, Meredith Vieira & Tiger Woods
By Sam Brand Posted Dec 30th 2009 11:02AM
Yep, the hosts of 'The Today Show' both popped into the world on the same day, though not the same year. Meredith Vieira is 4 years Matt Lauer's senior. Tiger didn't appear on the show to celebrate (who knows where he is), but a guest equally as fascinating sure did. Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparable... Abe Vigoda.Matt Lauer – It's 'The Today Show' host's birthday today. But that fact alone didn't get you Googling the 52-year-old televisin journalist. Perhaps it's because Lauer shares the birthday with 'Today' co-anchor Meredith Vieira. She turns 56 today, though she didn't appear on the show today. However she did call in from her couch in Westchester to wish Matt a happy birthday and to introduce special guest...
Abe Vigoda – Matt Lauer knew it was "his favorite guest" swinging through the 'Today Show's' double doors. He called it before he saw it. The 88-year-old 'Barney Miller' actor pushed a cart carrying a birthday cake onto the set, did a little shimmy to show he's alive and well, and sat amongst Lauer and friends. Before signing off, Matt spoke of others sharing their birthday: "You know who else Meredith? LeBron James on this day. Michelle McGann, the golfer. Tiger Woods, the golfer. All born on this day." He forgot Eliza Dushku, Jaime Faith Edmondson, and Heidi Fleiss.
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It's also former Monkees Davy Jones and Mike Nesmith's birthays as well.
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And Traveling Wilbury babe 1/2 Jeff Lenny!
And it's my birthday as well!! (sorry, I know it's not pop culturally relevant, but it *did* make me click on the link to read this article from another site...)
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Happy birthday Megan.
Happy birthday
It also is MY best friend's birthday, Kimmmy Angione of Millbrook NY.
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Let's all chip in and get Tiger a stripper , escort , waitress for his birthday !
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Let's all chip in and buy Tiger a personal proctologist! He's gonna need a new one when Elin gets done with him.
who cares.
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Three morons.
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2009,the year we lost the great walter cronkite,and yet we are left with buffoons the ilk of lauer,vieira,a talentless weatherman,something named hoda and kathielee whats-her-name.how very very very sad.
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Can't believe Abe Vigoda's still going strong after all these years...he def shouldn't have left Barney Miller for that short-lived spinoff, though!
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THANK GOD THE ONLY THING MATT SHARES WITH TIGER IS HIS BIRTH DATE!!!! THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH "FEET OF CLAY." WHO DO WE LOOK UP TO? LET'S HAVE MORE WONDERFUL PEOPLE LIKE MR. ROGERS!!!
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