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Otto_Harper

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8. I still remember, back in the '70s

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 27, 2024, 01:33 AM

Nov 27

in the competition between Detroit area TV stations, there was an Ad aimed at Sonny. It opened with a rotund clown pointing at a weather map and laughing maniaically, uncontrollably. Then the voice-over came on saying that some stations treated the weather as though it were a joke, but we don't.

Must have been a pretty effective commercial for me to remember it clearly after 50 years or so.

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What the hell is my weather app [View all] dweller Nov 26 OP

an eclipse? LOL FirstLight Nov 26 #1

Maybe dweller Nov 26 #3

I make a modest wager it is AI bug related. nt BootinUp Nov 26 #2

I don't think dweller Nov 26 #4

You may be right , it's after 11pm and I have dweller Nov 26 #5

Clear+Foggy... Cloggy! JoseBalow Nov 26 #6

Maybe dweller Nov 26 #7

I still remember, back in the '70s Otto_Harper Nov 27 #8

Sonny Elliott was definitely a character JoseBalow Nov 27 #11

It's the sun coming back up from the ocean where it goes at night. rubbersole Nov 27 #9

Two bars fog. Three bars haze. usonian Nov 27 #10

I'm being hazed ! dweller Nov 27 #12

BAN HAZING! usonian Nov 27 #15

My daughter showed me a screenshot of her weather app Marthe48 Nov 27 #13

A little of this, a little of that EYESORE 9001 Nov 27 #14