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. http://tvline.com/2014/08/18/don-pardo- ... announcer/
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:52 pm
by Beebs52
Oh man. Soundtrack of life. RIP.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:09 pm
by jarnon
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.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:51 am
by silverscreenselect
I'm sorry to hear this; SNL just won't sound the same anymore.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:13 am
by zachhoran1
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.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:07 am
by silverscreenselect
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.
I'm sure Don's death hit Zach especially hard since he didn't get a chance to deprive Don of his RIP.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:23 am
by silverscreenselect
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.
Re: R.I.P. Don Pardo, 96
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:53 am
by Bob Juch
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.