Sonny Eliot on 50 Years in Broadcasting

[SWhit62030]

I remember watching Sonny on Channel 4 when it was WWJ, which was owned by The Detroit News. And anchors like Dick Westerkamp, Robert Lyle, Dwaine X. Riley and Mort Crim after 4 became WDIV.

[jrh707]

Snow & drizzle - SNIZZLE! Who could forget Sonny at his best. Fond memories of childhood in the Detroit area in the 1960s and 70s.

[bobalverson]

I have so many great memories of watching Sonny as a kid. There was no one else like him.

[pokeopolis]

The classic chalk board. How old school Today everything is computerized. how things have changed.

[jityr2]

Let me know if anyone finds videos on Sonny Eliot's Treasury of Trivia.

[relimes]

ANyone remember when he said "Its about as cold ad the hairy ass mary from the county clair"? that was just halarious! It was on a chilly st. pattys day.

[av8tor17b]

Sonny has always been the most memorable guy on TV. I will remember him always.

[cinerama62]

The most trusted weatherman on TV (Detroit) I'm not joking, grandparents, great-grandparents, parents would not miss Sonnys weather forecasting on WWJ TV. thanks tvphile.

[IntellivisionDude]

I met him at the Detroit Zoo when i was a kid. The memory is a bit fuzzy but i remember he had a Boa or Python around his neck, i remember getting an autograph picture which i don't have anymore.

[coventrygardens]

when i was a kid in 1970s i often watcht sonny elliott. he was so funny doing the weather reports. every station should have one like him! i'm surprised that other weathermen don't try the kind of routine that he used.

[xvasilx]

I get to interview Mr. Sonny Elliott for my broadcasting class. WOO!! I'm so exicted.

[Gabbytheghost]

UNIQUE, ONE OF THE BEST!

[SoloRaven]

Snowy and rainy weather = a snainy forecast. Loved Sonny! 5* Thanks

[angusthethird]

Loved Sonny!

[frtw4428]

ENOUGH ALREADY OF THIS FAT-FACED OLD GEEZER! I'm sick of him and his dumb-ass remarks screwing up the weather on WWJ radio. Joe Sobel, Bob Larson, Heather Zehr, and the others do a much better job. Throw in the towel and RETIRE!

[hoosierlooker]

He was funny but I remember when there was severe weather like tornado watches or warnings, there were no jokes.

[drvannostrum1]

Awesome video -- thanks! Sonny was a joy to watch. It was great that when weather guys just started to go more hi-tech at the start of the 80s, Sonny stuck with the chalk. It was funny when he'd call Bad Axe "Nasty Hatchet."

[RevWrona]

Thank you ! Thank you ! Thank you ! I loved watching the clips!

[doohick133]

Watched Sonny religiously as a kid in the 70's. Three of his classics that I remember:

1) This warm front is moving slower than a 10 year old on their way to the dentist!

2) This warm front is moving slower than a helicopter over a nudist colony!

3) We need this rain, well we need this rain about as much as you need a screen door on a submarine!

Thanks Sonny...

[iranthing]

@doohick133

Earlier today, I heard it was Sonny's last day on the radio! HEY! I never knew he was on the radio! The last time I heard him was on channel 4 about 25 years ago doing the weather. So anyways, I listened to his final broadcast an hour ago!

I loved hearing him again! And by the way, I remember another line : "This warm front is about as strong as a minnows muscle."

If everyone was as nice as him, this would be a wonderful world.

[BrianMChampion]

What a delightful guy. I wish we all would stop trying to impress others with how impressive we are, and start spreading joy like Sonny.

[jsbach15]

I got to interview him for a school project back in the 60's. He invited me down to the TV studio, gave me a mini tour, and answered all my questions. He was extremely kind and generous.

[561REPRESENT]

Remember Inga dinga dine in the UP

[airdriver]

The last time Sonny did the weather was on a weekend newscast on Channel 7 in the early nineties. He referred to Bill Bonds as "The big anchor with a little toupe".

I guess channel 7 didn't bother to give him a job after that one.

[hobokenplayboy]

My family would tune in most nights to enjoy Sonny's wit. You don't find it today. I've also met a woman on a train who called him Sonny Idiot. His weather forecasts were mini Laugh-In segments in my family.

[cwecub]

i grew up watching Sonny Eliot...i friend of mine used to call him "silly idiot"

[M1u2s3i4c]

I used to watch channel 4 all the time and see Sonny Eliot do the weather, and also served as the J.L. Hudson's Thanksgiving Day Parade host as well.

He always squeaked the Keewenaw Pinensula, and we often knew the temperature in Paradise, and it was sometimes hotter in Hell (Michigan!) than Detroit.

Thanks for sharing - I last saw him on channel 4 back in the early 1970's!

[moondoggie71]

Sonny Eliot at the Zoo, Friday after the news in the mid 60s, I think.

[wwk68tig]

thank you. detroit native, living in new york. sonny was/is the best.

[tucsonia]

Thank you for this, the first time I've seen him in three decades. Loved him as a kid, and he seems to be a genuinely nice person and not a showbiz a-hole.

[Maxwell1901]

I interviewed Sonny Eliot two years ago for a project on the 1968 Detroit Tigers. He is indeed a gentleman among gentlemen whose sense of humour remains infectious to this day. Perhaps he's who Morecambe and Wise had in mind when they sang "Bring Me Sunshine."

[scorpio3738]

Sonny Eliot is my favorite weatherman I love laughing at his weathercasts,He needs to be back on television Back on LOCAL4

[WWJNewsradio950]

This is amazing! Thanks for posting. Sonny Eliot is a legend.

[jpalonus]

THANK YOU for posting this - I thought I'd never get to see Sonny Eliot's weathercast again! LOL, I'm surprised that no weathercaster has ever copied his signature act of mashing 2 weather terms into one to adequately describe the weather.