RIP Don Pardo, SNL announcer

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Wes R

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #1

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/n...e-of-saturday-night-live-dies-at-96.html?_r=0

You may not know the name but I guarantee you know the voice. He was also one of the very first announcers to broadcast the assassination of JFK.

 

dascoyne

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #2

Oh crap. RIP. He was SNL for me in the 70's.

 

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Wes R

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #3

He'd just retired earlier this year from SNL from what I read. He pretty much was the voice of everything for decades. Bob and Tom had a tribute to him on the radio show today as he' worked with him. He was a smoker but apparently quit when they went up to .25 a pack saying it wasn't worth the money lol

 

Michael Bergeron

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #4

Legendary voice on that man. RIP

 

Apollo

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #5

One long career....

 

robn1

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #6

This is Don Pardo saying, this is Don Pardo saying goodnight.

 

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blakeh1

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• Aug 19, 2014

• #7

apart from SNL...

I'll always remember his voice awesome narration at the beginning of Frank Zappa's "Illinois Enema Bandit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTiPAVzr3As

And now folks it's time for don pardo to deliver our special illinois enema bandit-type announcement take it away, don...

"this is a true story
About a famous criminal
From right around chicago
This is the story of michael kenyon
A man who's serving time at this very moment
For the crime of armed robbery

It so happened, that at the time of the robbery
Michael, decided to give his female victims
A little enema
Apparently, there was no law against that
But his name lives on
Michael kenyon
The illinois enema bandit!"

He also did narration for "I am the slime" and "Punky's Whip"

Don Pardo discusses working with Frank Zappa