RIP Don Pardo

[Munjibunga]

My main man.

 

[David Jayne]

Oh man. The voice of SNL. Rip, Don :-(

 

[line6man]

Take it away, Don Pardo!


96 years is a pretty good run.

 

[FilterFunk]

Take it away, Don Pardo!

This is the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title.

I bet Don Pardo got pretty hip working SNL. Or maybe he was already ironically hip well before it was cool. Either way, RIP.

 

[5StringBlues]

Aw man.....

 

[Munjibunga]

He was the announcer for every season of SNL except the first one.

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

Between Robin Williams and Don Pardo, my childhood is having a rough week!

 

[kobass]

RIP.

 

[mellowinman]

He died the way I want to.

God bless you, Don Pardo.

 

[Immigrant]

He was truly a broadcasting treasure and will be missed. RIP.

I don't know about you guys, but my first memory of him was as the announcer of the original Jeopardy! with Art Fleming.

 

[bluesblaster]

maybe, just maybe they will finally pull the plug on SNL, its been on life support for awhile now, and now no more Don Pardo, well someone should have the balls to put it out of its miserable existance. RIP Don Pardo, you were memorable to say the least.

 

[elgecko]

The Vin Scully of late night sketch comedy. RIP!

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

He was the announcer for every season of SNL except the first one.

I think I remember him announcing the very first show, hosted by George Carlin. That would've been in October 1975.

 

[stratovani]

A native of Westfield, MA, he was 96 when he passed. A good, long, full life. RIP Mr. Pardo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pardo

 

[GregC]

He was the announcer for every season of SNL except the first one.

I think I remember him announcing the very first show, hosted by George Carlin. That would've been in October 1975.

Gents, he did indeed serve as the announcer for the first season. According to his Wiki page, he did skip one season (1981-82), but there's no explanation as to why.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

A native of Westfield, MA, he was 96 when he passed. A good, long, full life. RIP Mr. Pardo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pardo

Yes, he was born in Westfield (where I used to work for a couple years) and grew up in eastern Connecticut (not too far from where I used to live). Knowing stuff like this makes me ponder what these familiar places were like back in his day.

 

[elgecko]

Gents, he did indeed serve as the announcer for the first season. According to his Wiki page, he did skip one season (1981-82), but there's no explanation as to why.

I heard a blurb somewhere that the absence was due to an injury or illness.

 

[FilterFunk]

Gents, he did indeed serve as the announcer for the first season. According to his Wiki page, he did skip one season (1981-82), but there's no explanation as to why.

I think that was when Lorne Michaels was on hiatus and SNL was making some ill-advised changes.

 

[Papazita]

I thought Lorne Michaels had Don Pardo's voicebox implanted in a tortoise that would live 150 years?

 

[fraublugher]