Don was a great guy. I met him late one night at the 2007 Game Show Congress with a few other folks who encountered him in the hotel lobby. He kept everyone entertained with stories for two or three hours.
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R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
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I met Don around 1967, when I watched a taping of Jeopardy! I still remember how nice he was. And he kept announcing long after his "retirement." RIP.
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I'm sorry to hear this; SNL just won't sound the same anymore.
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Until his death, all three regular J! announcers were still alive. John Harlan of 1978 J! and Johnny Gilbert of course are still with us.
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I'm sure Don's death hit Zach especially hard since he didn't get a chance to deprive Don of his RIP.zachhoran1 wrote:Until his death, all three regular J! announcers were still alive. John Harlan of 1978 J! and Johnny Gilbert of course are still with us.
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Darrell Hammond, who did a great Bill Clinton impression (and played Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy), has been named to replace Pardo as announcer. Apparently, he subbed for Pardo on a few occasions in recent years when Pardo couldn't do the show for health reasons.
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I saw on the 10:00 news last night that he had moved here some years ago. NBC gave him a lifetime contract and flew him to New York every Friday night and back on Sunday during the SNL season.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.