It may be April but here in NYC there are no showers so what better day to pay tribute to the Weatherman. Here are our top ten comedy weathermen/women.
10. Harris K. Telemacher (Steve Martin) – L.A. Story
Okay, he was occasionally upstaged by a street sign, but when he wasn’t…weatherman gold. Plus, Telemacher also taught us that pretentious allusions to Homer’s Epic Poem “The Odyssey” can be cinematic gold (but they still won’t make you as good as Woody Allen).
9. Tom Brandston (Chevy Chase) – Snow Day
Anything can happen on a show day, even Chevy Chase being kind of funny in the past decade.
8. David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) – The Weather Man
Its funny because his name is also a name for a kind of light rain! Also he is a sad weatherman who hates his life. Everyone loves a sad weatherman.
7. Bill Ayers – The Weatherman
He was a funky terrorist who helped blow up buildings, and now he a a distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. That’s kind of funny. Also, he’s Obama’s best closest blood brother friend.
6. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) – Twister
Jo – “You’ve never seen it miss this house, and miss that house, and come after you!” She thinks twisters are alive. Crazy lady. Hey, is that someone knocking on door? Hold on, I’ll be right back. Who is it? What? I can’t understand you. Let me open the door. Oh my God — it’s a twister and a land shark. Why are you always coming after me!
5. The Weather Girls – Of It’s Raining Men Fame
Their prediction for a meteorological event as horrific as it is unlikely. The rivers would run red with the gore of countless thousands of men falling from the sky and splattering on the ground below. Lyrics by Paul Shaffer.
4. George Carlin – The Hippy Dippy Weatherman
Hell, he just as stoned as any other weatherman. (I’m looking at your Al Roker)
3. Phil Connors (Bill Murray) – Groundhog Day
According to Dan, this performance deserved the Oscar!
2. Ollie Williams – Family Guy
He’s Funny!
1. Brick Tamland – (Steve Carell) Anchorman
Sure, it was later determined he’s mentally retarded, but who doesn’t love a weatherman who’s not afraid to kill a guy with a trident? I love lamp and I love Brick…I love Brick.
UPDATE: With all of our comedic knowledge, it somehow slipped by us that David Letterman started out his career as a weatherman. So he makes the list too. Hmm…we left Letterman off our Top Ten List. There’s gotta be a joke in there somewhere…I got it! Nope. Just lost it. Thanks to Chad Riden for the heads up. You get a canned ham!
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you do a TOP 10 about comedy weathermen and don’t name David Letterman!? even after mentioning Paul Shaffer? for shame.
Wow. I had no idea. You are right. For shame us!
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