What To Know
- Dylan Dreyer and Al Roker skilled important journey delays whereas touring to Springfield, Missouri, for the third hour of As we speak‘s particular Route 66 episode.
- Dreyer documented the crew’s extended airport wait and sleep-deprived arrival through social media.
- As we speak‘s Route 66 episode — airing on Thursday, April 30 — will characteristic appearances from John Goodman and Chris Janson.
Dylan Dreyer and Al Roker bumped into some street bumps whereas touring for the third hour of As we speak‘s upcoming Route 66 episode.
Dreyer and Roker have been absent from Today’s Wednesday, April 29, episode, with Weekend As we speak‘s Angie Lassman filling in for the pair. Wednesday’s episode of the third hour of As we speak, which featured Dreyer and Roker, was prerecorded.
Whereas issues have been enterprise as typical at As we speak‘s Studio 1A, it took Dreyer and Roker longer than anticipated to succeed in their last vacation spot of Springfield, Missouri. “We’re nonetheless within the airport…” Dreyer captioned a Tuesday, April 28, Instagram Story pic of herself and As we speak crew members ready at a New York airport gate.
In one other put up, she added, “We’re so bored, it’s gotten to the purpose I’m sharing movies of the children with @alroker … and @yoyosafe is…dancing?” The add featured a photograph of Dreyer displaying Roker her telephone display, whereas a coworker appeared to bust a transfer within the background. (Dreyer shares her three sons — Calvin, Oliver, and Rusty — along with her estranged husband, Brian Fichera.)
In follow-up posts, Dreyer shared extra snaps of herself and the As we speak gang killing time on the airport, from napping on chairs to accumulating free toothbrushes from Delta Air Traces. “Now everyone seems to be simply delirious…@alroker beginning a clap as I return from the dang toilet,” she captioned a humorous video of Roker and the crew applauding her as she got here again from a toilet go to.
Courtesy of Dylan Dreyer/Instagram
In an early-morning Instagram Story put up on Wednesday, Dreyer revealed that the As we speak employees had lastly arrived in Missouri at 3 a.m. native time.
Weekend As we speak co-anchor Laura Jarrett additionally arrived in Missouri to fill in for Craig Melvin through the particular episode, which is able to air on Thursday, April 30. “Shoutout to the group that makes us look awake after only a few hours of sleep! @getrusso_ @makeupby_vadee @laurajarrett,” Dreyer captioned an Instagram mirror selfie on Wednesday with Jarrett and their make-up artists.
The third hour of As we speak‘s particular episode in Springfield — a.okay.a. the “birthplace of Route 66” — is sponsored by The Missouri Route 66 Centennial Fee. “We’re going to take you alongside for an unimaginable tour of every part town has to supply: the native meals, music, tales that made Route 66 well-known,” Dreyer shared on the present’s March 30 episode.
The episode will characteristic an look from actor (and Missouri State College alum) John Goodman, in addition to a efficiency from Missouri native nation singer Chris Janson.
Courtesy of Dylan Dreyer/Instagram
“Come on down. We’re gonna have a good time…” Roker mentioned on Monday, April 27, to which Dreyer jokingly added, “With out Craig.”
Followers shared their pleasure for the episode through social media. “Welcome to Springy!!!” one individual commented beneath a clip from Monday’s present on As we speak‘s official Instagram web page. One other acknowledged, “We will’t wait! Welcome to Springfield.” Another person shared, “See y’all Thursday! Can’t wait to welcome you to 417-land.”
Third hour of As we speak, Weekdays, 9am, NBC