They don’t make em like that anymore :)

I’ll miss him a lot! He’s been a part of my life since we got our first TV in the early ’60s. Good luck, Sonny! Enjoy all that free time!

Sonny: JOB WELL DONE!!!

Thanks for sticking around as long as you did Sonny! We all love you and hope you really enjoy the rest of it. Yup, you’ll be missed buddy.

There has never been or never will be a better weatherman than Sonny! The broadcast on TV in my opinion have not been as accurate as they were with Sonny and his chaukboard! Thank
You Sonny for all you have done for Detroit! All the best!

Thanks Sonny!!!!!!!!

Love you, Sonny! I will miss you like crazy. Enjoy retirement!

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Thank you Sonny for your TV show “at the Zoo.”

Sonny Eliott is the best weatherman I’ve ever seen or heard. His hilarious weather updates will be missed by all his fans. I’ll always remember him as a man of the people. I saw him in a parade in Ann Arbor during my long haired college days and I ran up and shook his hand! He took it all in stride with his exuberant smile. What a great guy & a marvelous weatherman, providing us with weather reports over the years exac-tic-al-ly as they should be delivered. God Bless You, Sonny!!!

i met him once. at his condo in the late 50″s i was solicitating the detroit free press and i got his subscription. he was great, and so very polite and kind. i’ll never forget him. i wish someone in flint would pick up his style

Sonny Eliot is and ALWAYs will be the best weatherman in Detroit I will miss his crazy weather forecasts and had the pleasure of meeting him LONG LIVE SONNY!

Sonny makes Detroit’s weather bearable. Snog, clilly and all. All Michiganders felt they knew Sonny personally and he was their friend. That’s a rare gift and one that will be missed.

Happy retirement, Sonny! And beautiful video tribute, WWJ.

Living far from Michigan now. But always look forward to dialing 950 to catch your forecasts and to hear a welcomed voice. Sonny, you’ve done good and you deserve to leave on your own terms. CBS had better give you one very big send off because you’ve more than earned it. God bless you and the family on your new adventure. But don’t be a stranger.

Sonny Eliot has brightened the lives of millions of us for over half a century on an almost daily basis! Who else in our lives can match that? More than a just a broadcaster, he has been every Detroiter’s friend … every Detroiter’s funny friend … for generations. Safe travels, my friend.

Thanks for the memories Sonny, and don’t be a stranger

I have been lucky enough to be around for 60 of those broadcast years. Best of luck Sonny! I got to meet Sonny once and he is the real deal…warm, sunny and blue skies all rolled into one of the greatest ambassadors of Detroit.
You have always been ‘Sonny’ skies in our lives here in Detroit. God Bless.

The weather will never be the same without Sonny’s sunny disposition in his forecasts.I grew up watching Sonny on the old WWJ-TV along with his big chunk of white chalk, Sol the friendly sun, and all those jokes about the little towns around the state. I continued to listen to him on the radio on the way home from work and no matter how rotten a day I had and foul mood I was in, I always broke into a broad smile and chuckling before I got home after enjoying Sonny’s weather.
You will be sorely missed!

Mr. Elliot, Please enjoy your new days not news days with the Mrs.I will miss your humer on WWJ. Thanks for the memmories

He’s such an icon. I’ll miss him

I enjoyed watching Sonny. I loved his combanation words and the “squeek” he did with the UP. It was a great pleasure watching and listening to you. You are one of a kind. ENJOY your retirement Sonny. You are the best.

But Sonny, you haven’t finished the job yet.

Best of luck to you Sonny. Thanks you for many years of entertainment and for being a roll model for kindness and caring. May love and happiness be with you forever

Thanks Sonny!!!! For At the Zoo giving the key to city to Santa with Jerry Cavanagh and arol after the prarde. A for EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!! IT will always be a SONNY day in the D.

One thing that almost no station picked up on was that Sonny is enshrined in the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame. He also made Colonel in the Air Force Reserves.

I was in the Kalamazoo area today, and I visited the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame at the Air Zoo. I paid my honors by specifically seeking out Sonny’s plaque and saluting him for a job well done.

Best wishes on your retirement, Colonel Marvin Eliot.