Shameless InTown Westchester Plug: Matt Lauer’s secret Tom Carvel obsession
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Until a couple months ago, the question of whether Matt Lauer even grew up in Westchester was hotly debated in our offices. There were rumors that he might have lived in Chappaqua and/or Ardsley, but no confirmation about either. That is, no confirmation until intrepid reporter Jenny Higgons got on the set of NBC’s “Today” and ferreted the truth from him for InTown Westchester’s June cover story.
Here’s what she learned: Lauer did indeed live in Chappaqua—until the first grade. Then he moved to Ardsley, where he lived right next door to Tom Carvel. And, as Lauer explained to Higgons, the ice cream kingpin had a big impact:
“Tom gave us frozen flying saucers for Halloween, and he kept all the old Carvel trucks in a big wooded area behind his house; my friends and I would play in them and pretend we were ice-cream men. Life was an adventure in the woods.�
Just imagine how different things would have been if, during 4th grade, Lauer decided to go work for the Hartsdale Carvel instead of taking up an afternoon paper route. Would Fudgie the Whale be doing the weather instead of Al Roker? Could Katie have been replaced by Cookie Puss? We’ll never know.
What we do know is that after Lauer’s parents got divorced, he was forced to slum it up in Hartsdale (hey, I can say that ‘cause I live there!), until he finally moved to the greener pastures of Greenwich in high school.
“Lauer Power” [InTown Westchester]
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