{"id":16349,"date":"2017-12-21T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=16349"},"modified":"2017-12-21T06:19:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T12:19:25","slug":"theyre-saying-jerry-taft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/12\/21\/theyre-saying-jerry-taft\/","title":{"rendered":"What they\u2019re saying about Jerry Taft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Cheryl Scott and Jerry Taft<\/p><\/div>\n

Jerry Taft\u2019s announcement<\/a> Wednesday that he\u2019s retiring next month as chief meteorologist at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 drew an outpouring of comments from readers of this blog <\/a>and followers of my Facebook page. <\/a>Here are some highlights:<\/em><\/p>\n

John Fitch:<\/strong> Hey now, Mr. Feder . . . While I know you\u2019ll go to great lengths to find an excuse to post a picture of the ever-lovely Cheryl Scott in your column, isn\u2019t forcing Jerry Taft into retirement going a bit too far? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Fred Dreger:<\/strong> I figured his days were numbered when Cheryl Scott came on board. Then when I saw him working on Thanksgiving I knew it would be over soon. Story of life, out with the old, in with the new. . . .<\/p>\n

Jerry Taft:<\/strong> Fred . . . I worked Thanksgiving 24 years in a row.<\/p>\n

Kathy Brock:<\/strong> An original. Smart, genuine, hilarious and one hell of golfer. You, Alan and I have more than a quarter century of history together. Too many stories to tell. But we're sure gonna try the next four weeks. Love you Jer.<\/p>\n

Mark Giangreco:<\/strong> Hey wait, you still owe me money! Love ya, Jer. We had way too many laughs.<\/p>\n

Ron Magers:<\/strong> Together we had countless newscasts, golf games, dinners and conversations. It was my pleasure to enjoy them with you. There is life after tv. Quite a good one actually. Enjoy my friend!!<\/p>\n

Sherren Leigh:<\/strong> Jerry is the best. Love his laid back style, humor and meteorological knowledge of weather patterns. He gave a dimension to weather reporting that the current cupcake just can\u2019t do - and he never had to suck up his stomach on side shots!<\/p>\n

Cheryl Raye-Stout:<\/strong> Jerry was one of the original \u201cGood Morning Guys\u201d on WMAQ Radio in the late 70s early 80s.<\/p>\n

Emery Moorehead:<\/strong> A lot lot of young beauties coming up.<\/p>\n

Maria Esther Lopez Villagrana:<\/strong> **Sigh** I figured a transition plan was in the works when Cheryl Scott came on board. He has been a staple in Chicago and will be missed especially during weather emergencies. He was always fun to watch. That said, Cheryl is awesome. I love how she always showed him the respect he deserved. I've loved watching her since her NBC days.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Ali:<\/strong> Finally. He was too old. I used to see him out on his smoke break on lake St and I would say hi weatherman and then he would get all annoyed and mad at me lol wtf??<\/p>\n

Julie Schalk:<\/strong> You want folks bothering you during your break?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Taft\u2019s announcement Wednesday that he\u2019s retiring next month as chief meteorologist at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 drew an outpouring of comments from readers of this blog and followers of my Facebook page. Here are some highlights: John Fitch: Hey now, Mr. Feder . . . While I know you\u2019ll go to great lengths to find... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16355,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16349\/revisions\/16355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}