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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: donpardo; pardo; snl
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1 posted on 08/18/2014 9:30:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

“I beg your Pardo”


2 posted on 08/18/2014 9:31:51 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: headstamp 2

RIP


3 posted on 08/18/2014 9:32:06 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: dfwgator

Awwwhh. Fond original SNL memories.

RIP.


4 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")
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To: headstamp 2

My favorite Pardo moment:

Reading the lyrics to Zappa’s “I’m the Slime.”

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9nhks_frank-zappa-i-m-the-slime-1976_music


5 posted on 08/18/2014 9:36:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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A staple of radio and television for decades. He and Gary Owens had such interesting and distinctive voices.


6 posted on 08/18/2014 9:38:04 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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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.


7 posted on 08/18/2014 9:38:09 PM PDT by ZULU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qLDFiQcjlY Impeach Obama in 2015 !!!)
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To: BradyLS

Silly me. Gary Owens is 78—and very much alive!


8 posted on 08/18/2014 9:40:39 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: dfwgator

He was great in Weird Al Yankovic’s, “I Lost On Jeopardy.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvUZijEuNDQ


9 posted on 08/18/2014 9:41:54 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: dfwgator

Don Pardo on flubbing the first SNL open:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQbybXEg3s


10 posted on 08/18/2014 9:45:40 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Jack Hydrazine

He was Art Fleming’s voice-over guy on the original Jeopardy.


11 posted on 08/18/2014 9:46:01 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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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.


12 posted on 08/18/2014 9:49:55 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: dfwgator; All

JFK assassination Don Pardo recording by Phil Gries November 22, 1963:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgvwA8UUaC0


13 posted on 08/18/2014 9:50:33 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: dfwgator

That’s a riot. LOL


14 posted on 08/18/2014 9:52:07 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: dfwgator

#3.


15 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)
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To: BradyLS

John Facenda


16 posted on 08/18/2014 9:53:40 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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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.


17 posted on 08/18/2014 9:58:21 PM PDT by beaversmom
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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!


18 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.)
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To: dfwgator

Don Pardo on the Price is Right with Bill Cullen. Bill Cullen announces the birth of Pardo’s sixth baby girl and more.

The Price is Right - Don Pardo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAUI0XS936c


19 posted on 08/18/2014 10:02:43 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Jack Hydrazine

LOL! Great video/parody. I remember this. Thanks for posting.


20 posted on 08/18/2014 10:07:04 PM PDT by beaversmom
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