I Heart Roger Clark

Guess what. It's still ridiculously hot here in NYC and that means Roger is still out on the street reporting on it. Today, he returned to Astoria, Queens to cover the latest power outage in that much suffering borough. Got to hand it to my main man for being able to keep it real even as he's living his own personal Groundhog Day. A few days ago he was chatting with beachcombers, today it was the folks who happened to pass through the parking lot of a local Burger King that's been closed because of a lack of power. There was the manager of that Burger King who had just started to talk when what sounded like a fog horn punctuated his sentence. Guess there was no time for a second take. Then there was the heavyset school teacher, off for the summer, in a wifebeater who was going to "refresh" in his pool. And lastly, there was Roger, dressed in a purple polo shirt that reminded me of Grimace (one of the mascots for that other famous burger chain), who closed his piece with a song based on the old Burger King commercial. Unfortunately, I've blocked out the lyrics but rest assured they were Roger-esque. He also mentioned that he'd be this particular BK's first customer when the doors finally re-open. Management can now rest easy.

Clark-o-meter: 8.5