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Article: 'Good Morning, America,' from ... Tony Perkins: weatherman for ABC-TV's morning show has captured the nation's heart.
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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IT'S 4 a.m. in New York City. To some in the town that never sleeps, the night's still young. But for Tony Perkins, the night's over and it's the inhumane early morning hour that he has come to know all too well. His alarm clock goes off. He hits the snooze bar once, then twice, and then he drags himself out of bed, all the while thinking one thing--the same thing--he always thinks at 4 a.m.
"When my alarm clock goes off, my first thought always is: 'I can't keep doing this to myself,'" says the 45-year-old Good Morning America weatherman with his trademark laugh.
For six years, Perkins has been into it. With his unique mix of humor and heart, stamina ...