Sonny Eliot on 50 Years in Broadcasting

When you talk to Sonny Eliot about his career, you're talking about the history of television. This interview, in 1997, celebrated 50 years on the air

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[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...

[scorpio3738]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.