"It's 52 degrees in Three Rivers; that's the highest temperature in the state. Three Rivers--that's where they started a new business, making the front ends of horses. Then they ship them to the Detroit council chambers for final assembly."
"It's 52 degrees in Three Rivers; that's the highest temperature in the state. Three Rivers--that's where they started a new business, making the front ends of horses. Then they ship them to the Detroit council chambers for final assembly."
Darn, I was listening then turned it, sorry I missed it!
Pardon my ignorance . . . I haven't lived in the Detroit area in 25 years and, obviously, we don't get very good Detroit TV reception here in Muskegon . . . is Sonny still doing the weather on local TV? He's got to be 90 years old or better. Still at the top of his game, though.
Not on TV--he's doing weather bits on WWJ.Pardon my ignorance . . . I haven't lived in the Detroit area in 25 years and, obviously, we don't get very good Detroit TV reception here in Muskegon . . . is Sonny still doing the weather on local TV? He's got to be 90 years old or better. Still at the top of his game, though.
Ah, Muskegon - where it's icy enough to make driving as hazardous as tap dancing in a canoe, and the traffic has to move more slowly than a helicopter over a nudist camp! Just remember, if you catch cold and get a sore throat, the best way to cure it is to rub it down with alcohol - from the inside. And did you hear about the woman who married five different husbands - all named William? She was a bill collector. Oh, it's freezing and it's drizzly - FRIZZLY weather out there, but dry and hot out here - DROT!Pardon my ignorance . . . I haven't lived in the Detroit area in 25 years and, obviously, we don't get very good Detroit TV reception here in Muskegon . . . is Sonny still doing the weather on local TV? He's got to be 90 years old or better. Still at the top of his game, though.
Sonny's not on TV, but he is very much alive and well on the radio - and on the Internet. I'm a fan going WAY back and even here in Arizona still occasionally get my Sonny Elliot fix at the following link - and now so can you from Muskegon!!!
http://www.wwj.com/pages/6684.php
I actually did meet Sonny in person once - at the Michigan State Fair in the late '90s. I teased him saying that "I got a 650 on my verbal SAT and I know almost ALL the fancy words you use in your forecast." Without missing a beat, he said, "Well you should have listened to me more often - then you would have gotten a 750!"
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Correct me if I'm wrong on this...but didn't he also own a restaurant called "Sonny's Weather Station" over by Detroit City Airport? This would have been probably in the mid-to-late 70s or early 80s.
I always loved it when he would remove the Keweenaw Peninsula from the weather map and tweak Copper Harbor to show his audience where it was.
Asked his age, he says "80-something," which I think is funny in itself.
Maybe this is an urban legend, but my dad told me that Sonny is Jewish and he got shot down and captured by the Nazis. If this is true, my guess is that he doesn't take sh*t from anyone. God bless him.
dharma,
True, and true.
Sonny is a hero. Ain't nobody bad like Sonny. I wish he would go back to the zoo and film a few new episodes.
I never met Sonny, but he's been a happy part of my life.
I always get Three Rivers and Three Oaks mixed up. The latter is a fairly middle-class town in Berrien County that went into receivership, last year.
Beautiful. Got to love Sonny!
How much formaldehyde to they pump him up with everyday to keep him preserved?
I worked at WJBK when Sonny was there. His first name, I believe, is Marvin, and the last is something like Schlossman...i don't really remember, but definitely sounded typically Jewish. I did some looking around online and found nothing for a last name other than Eliot, but I do remember that on the TV2 staff mailing list he had a different last name from Eliot.
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Yes, he was a POW during World War II. He learned his German the hard way.
http://www.wwj.com/pages/6684.php?
I love Sonny!!!!
Engadine.
Ringadee-dingadee-engadine.
For the few who may not have seen this.
http://detroitkidshow.com/Sonny_Elio..._TV_Topper.htm
"We've got a high-pressure system coming our way, and we need that like Richard Simmons needs his and hers towels." Love 'ya Sonny!
Wife and I saw him at a air show many years ago. There was a B-24 on display. The owner asked people around the plane to please step back for a few minutes. Sonny got into the plane and sat in the pilots seat for a few minutes. Must have brought back many memories, as it looked like tears in his eyes sitting there. Always enjoyed hearing his take on the weather.
Marvin Sonny Elliot. Born 1926, now about 83.
Graduated from Central HS when it was THE Jewish Detroit HS.
BA/MA Wayne State Univ.
Flew B-24s over Germany during WWII. Was shot down.
18 months in POW camps in Germany.
Still flies private plane today.
jjaba, Sonny Sez. Reporting in from Enga dinga dine, Michigan.
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