It's a sunny time for Fritz Coleman

The former NBC4 weatherman marks two years of his comedy residency.

- BY GREG BRAXTON

COMEDIAN and longtime TV weatherman Fritz Coleman has been performing a frequently updated show about aging at El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.

(JASON ARMOND Los Angeles Times)

Don’t tell Fritz Coleman it’s no fun getting old.

Coleman spent almost four decades as NBC4’s whimsical weatherman, a key player in what was arguably the most veteran broadcast news team in Los Angeles. More than five years after retiring as one of TV’s most recognizable and distinctive personalities, he has transitioned to riffing on weathering the ravages of aging.

He will mark the second anniversary of his residency at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre Sunday by performing his one-man show “Unassisted Living.”

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COLEMAN, left, Chuck Henry and Colleen Williams at NBC4 in Burbank.

“This show is about all the relatable stuff that people go through when they reach a certain age,” Coleman, 77, said recently inside the Monroe Forum auditorium where he performs.

The monthly matinee (“The show starts at 3 p.m. so the baby boomers don’t have to drive home in the dark”) is a full-circle moment for the former weatherman, returning him to his stand-up roots. He had little knowledge of weather when he was first hired by the station to doweather reports as a fill-in. What started as a temporary job eventually turned into a full-time stint, and although he’s not on storm watch anymore, “Unassisted Living” is Coleman’s response toa different kind of storm.