With news today that longtime New York WNBC anchor, Sue Simmons, would be leaving the network after 32 years, PAPERMAG decided to look back at some of her most memorable moments. This collection of funny clips, bloopers and newscasts of days gone by show an entertaining anchorwoman who graced New Yorkers' airwaves for many generations.
WNBC News update c. 1984
Come for Sue Simmons' quasi-mullet, stay for 80s ads ("Now I know what it takes to look good, The Gap!")
Interview with The Pointer Sisters c. 1990
Watch for Sue rap-singing at 0:50.
Watch for Sue rap-singing at 0:50.
Simmons Falls Off Chair c. 2007
Oral hygiene makes Sue Simmons comatose, apparently. Go to 2:13.
Simmons Drops the "F-bomb" on Live TV in 2008
This still makes us laugh. (It also inspired one of our most favorite Videogum "You Can Make It Up" posts.)
This still makes us laugh. (It also inspired one of our most favorite Videogum "You Can Make It Up" posts.)
Simmons' Annual Groundhog Impersonation c. 2011
We gotta say, she's pretty good.
We gotta say, she's pretty good.
