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Don Pardo, the Voice of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Dies at 96
The New York Times ^
Posted on 08/18/2014 9:30:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
Don Pardo, who literally introduced television viewers to some of America’s biggest stars and soon-to-be-stars as the longtime announcer for “Saturday Night Live,” died Monday in Tucson. He was 96.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: donpardo; pardo; snl
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:30:51 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
To: headstamp 2
To: dfwgator
Awwwhh. Fond original SNL memories.
RIP.
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:32:11 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: headstamp 2
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:36:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
A staple of radio and television for decades. He and Gary Owens had such interesting and distinctive voices.
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:38:04 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: dfwgator
That show was the greatest when he was on.
The categories were loaded with intelligent, academic questions. Since that bloviating egotist Alex Trebec has been on,the idiot categories of pop culture stuff have proliferated, Democrat politics has been introduced, and queers have appeared among the contestants.
Rest in Don Pardo, a product of a gentler time.
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:38:09 PM PDT
by
ZULU
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLDFiQcjlY Impeach Obama in 2015 !!!)
To: BradyLS
Silly me. Gary Owens is 78—and very much alive!
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:40:39 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:41:54 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: dfwgator
To: Jack Hydrazine
He was Art Fleming’s voice-over guy on the original Jeopardy.
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:46:01 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
To: dfwgator
Like Leslie Nielsen, Don Pardo made a hugely successful second career out of parodying the “serious” persona of his first career. That’s a cool kind of genius, right there.
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:49:55 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: dfwgator; All
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posted on
08/18/2014 9:53:18 PM PDT
by
oprahstheantichrist
(The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
To: BradyLS
To: dfwgator; All
Excerpt from biography.com
http://www.biography.com/people/don-pardo-259341#synopsis:
Don Pardo is a velvet-toned television announcer known for his work over the years on such NBC shows as Saturday Night Live and The Price Is Right.
With his smooth-sounding voice, Don Pardo is perhaps one of the best-known television announcers of all time, beginning his career in the 1940s at NBC Radio. Staying with NBC, Pardo made the move to TV in the 1950s, working on a number of game shows, including The Price Is Right. Pardo took on a new challenge in 1975, becoming the announcer for the hit sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.
To: Jack Hydrazine
He was great in Weird Al Yankovic’s, “I Lost On Jeopardy.” That's right Al Wolf -- you lost.
And let me tell you what you didn't win: a twenty set volume of the Encyclopedia International,
a case of Turtle Wax, and a years supply of Rice-A-Roni, the San Fransisco treat.
But that's not all, you also made yourself look like a jerk in front of millions of people.
You brought shame and disgrace to your family name for generations to come.
You don't get to come back tomorrow.
You don't even get a lousy copy of our home game.
You're a complete loser!
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posted on
08/18/2014 10:00:16 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
To: dfwgator
To: Jack Hydrazine
LOL! Great video/parody. I remember this. Thanks for posting.
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