Willard Scott
Willard Scott
Willard Herman Scott, Jr.is an American weather presenter, author, television personality and occasional actor, best known for his TV work on the Today show and as the creator and original portrayer of Ronald McDonald...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth7 March 1934
CityAlexandria, VA
CountryUnited States of America
southern baptists meteorologists
I'm Southern Baptist, not a meteorologist.
night saturday-night saturday-night-live
I'd like to do 'Saturday Night Live.'
weathermen endearing
There is something endearing about the weatherman.
reputation buffoons
I've always had a reputation as a buffoon.
dad average agents
My dad was an agent for Met Life. In the '50s, I remember the mortality rate was something like - you had - 58 was the average age. Then it was moved up to 62, and then 65, 68.
depressing august littles
August depresses me a little. I don't even feel like eating. And when I don't eat, that's a sure sign of stagnation.
tired want today
I want to get my own show because 'Today' will eventually get tired of me, or the audience will get tired of me.
weather complaining seems
Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever seems to do anything about it.
kind wonderful nice-thanksgiving
Thanksgiving just gets me all warm and tingly and all kinds of wonderful inside.
heart harry-truman soul
I loved Harry Truman with all my heart and soul.
minutes calisthenics i-can
When I can, I do 25 minutes of calisthenics every day.
nbc division fields
Tom Browkaw said it best. He said NBC could survive without him or the rest of the news division, but not Nancy Fields.
tragedy today unnecessary
It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary.
awful bryant calm grab jimmy leg morning stage start
I still start to get panicky each morning before I go on television. I'll say, 'I'm in awful shape, something is wrong,' and if I start to look like I'm going off the deep end, Jimmy Straka, the stage manager, will say, 'You're all right. Calm down.' Then Bryant Gumbel will grab me by the leg or something.