Sonny sez! : legends, yarns & downright truths / Sonny Eliot ; drawings by Draper Hill ; edited by Stanley D. Williams ; foreword by Dick Guindon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eliot, Sonny, 1922-

Contributor:

Hill, Draper.

Williams, Stanley D., 1947-

Series:

Painted turtle book.

A painted turtle book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curiosities and wonders.

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sonny Sez contains one hundred one-minute stories from Sonny Eliot, popular broadcaster and Detroit personality. Well known for his weather segments on WWJ-TV (now WDIV) and for hosting a variety of programs including At the Zoo and the annual Hudson's Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast, Eliot's unique weather presentation can currently be heard on WWJ Newsradio 950 in Detroit. The stories included in this volume were carefully selected from over 750 that Sonny broadcast on his syndicated radio show over the years and concern the strange, the humorous, and the useless.Sonny's stories address questions like, why do empty rooms get dusty? What is the meaning and origin of the phrase the whole nine yards? And why is a dog's nose moist? The answers are often fascinating, and Sonny promises that they are also mostly true. Sonny's trademark wit and wisdom is enhanced by over seventy amusing illustrations from renowned political cartoonist Draper Hill. Hill's intricate and humorous drawings bring Sonny's stories to life, guaranteeing that they will bring a smile, raise an eyebrow, and satisfy the reader's curiosity at the same time. A foreword by famed cartoonist Dick Guindon comple

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note from the Editor""; ""A Note from Sonny""; ""Cow-a-Bunga!""; ""Love Will Find a Way""; ""Ahoy and Goodbye""; ""Stork Legend""; ""Who�s Your Daddy?""; ""Eat Your Spinach, Kid!""; ""Immovable Meets Irresistible""; ""Moonstruck""; ""Son-of-a-Gun""; ""Believe It or Not!""; ""Lucky “7�""; ""Close Shave""; ""The Ring That Binds""; ""Bring Home the Bacon""; ""Hard-Hearted Hickory""; ""The Cultured Thief""; ""Crime Doesn�t Pay�Well""; ""Look a Book!""; ""A Caveman�s Best Man""; ""The Clever Cone""

""Hot Tongue and Cold Shoulder""""Mandibular Magic""; ""Pie in the Sky""; ""Wise Flyers""; ""Feet Hurt but Noses Run""; ""Cryability""; ""Creepy, Crawly Forecasters""; ""Whither the Weather?""; ""Bartley and the Whale""; ""Rust-Oleum Anyone?""; ""Barn Buddies""; ""The Whole Nine Yards""; ""Of Mice and Men, and One Silent Night""; ""Sing the Scale at La Scala""; ""Hobson�s Choice Is No Choice""; ""Explosive Headache""; ""There�s No Business Like Snow Business""; ""The News Knows""; ""Fancy Your Philtrum""; ""Streak Hitter""; ""Density, Shmensity�It�s a Home Run!""

""Are You in Good Hands with Lloyd�s of London?""""Peeping Tom Peeped""; ""Momentary Holiness""; ""Lady Fingers!""; ""Stoned in Blarney""; ""Legendary Nonsense""; ""A Noisy Noise Annoys!""; ""Echo-Centric""; ""Man�s Second Best Friend""; ""Time on Your Hand�or Wrist""; ""A Master Chef""; ""Sour Grapes""; ""One from Column “A�""; ""Big Apple?""; ""Inside Information""; ""Charlie Parkhurst""; ""I�m OK, You�re OK�OK?""; ""Flying Sorcerers""; ""Double Trouble""; ""Keep Cool with Cal""; ""Big and Bigger""; ""Big Bad Bogie""; ""Snakes Alive!""

""Ticking Cricket�A Noisy Thermometer""""Mausolus�s Tomb""; ""It�s All Greek to Me""; ""“K� Is for Kodak""; ""The Tin King�s Gold Wedding""; ""Melba Was a Peach""; ""Morsel Mania""; ""Cocky Roaches""; ""Ham on Rye, Please!""; ""You Are What You Eat""; ""Miracle of The Last Supper""; ""Play Crack the Whip""; ""Pish-Tush and Posh""; ""Center Stage""; ""Lost in Translation""; ""Box It or Bag It!""; ""A Little Zing in His Sting""; ""Little Armored Thing""; ""Dog Turning""; ""Blind Pig""; ""Advertising Will Give You a Haddock""; ""Dracula�s Blood Relative""; ""What a Nut""

""Baker�s Dozen, or Unlucky “13�""""Essence of Edison""; ""You�re Fired!""; ""Sweet Saint Swithin""; ""Prelude to Disaster""; ""Taxidermist�s Delight""; ""Lead Foot, Dead Foot""; ""Greyfriars Bobby""; ""Getting Rid of Your Overhead""; ""A Few Fun Facts""; ""Chinchillas Choose Chile""; ""Under the Influence""; ""Don�t Cry for Me, Argentina""; ""Contributors""; ""Sources""; ""CD Track Listing""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8143-3557-8