By: QIbHom
He certainly was a Detroit institution, although not in the same league as Ernie Harwell, but I never could stand him. I was a very serious kid, and his frivolity interfered with the serious business...
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When the family visited my grandparents he would turn up on the television. I was about seven when he said something like "it's snowing and when it freezes it's going to get slippery... so yes, it's...
View ArticleBy: HuronBob
A few more Sonnyisms • It's colder than a former wife's hello. • It will be as pleasant as diaper rash. • The storm is as suspicious as a dermatologist with acne. • Driving will be as hazardous as tap...
View ArticleBy: NorthernLite
Have lived in Detroit area for approx. 30 yrs altogether. Never knew if I liked him or was a bit annoyed. Which means he was memorable either way. .
View ArticleBy: Lentrohamsanin
I've only lived here 12 years, so I'm a relatively new Michigander. And I basically only ever encountered Sonny when I would be stuck in horrible traffic and would turn to WWJ radio to see if the cause...
View ArticleBy: evilcolonel
60 years in broadcasting is an amazing run. I can recall watching him fill in a couple of times on the weather on Channel 7 back in the late 80s or so. .
View ArticleBy: marxchivist
Wow. I forgot all about him. I remember when the forecast would for like "windy & snow" he would come with some word like "snwindy". My Dad hated him, as a kid I thought he was pretty entertaining....
View ArticleBy: HuronBob
OK, that would have been "he piloted big airplanes".. sorry guys, thanks for catching the error.... evidently the neurons are not firing correctly today.
View ArticleBy: Palindromedary
Did he pilot B-52s while he was a newscaster? Because otherwise I missed the Third World War.
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Sonny Eliot celebrated 50 years in television back in 1997. Sonny, a B52 bomber pilot who was shot down and spent months in a POW camp in Germany, returned to Detroit after the war and began accepting...
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