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Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:10 am Post subject: Don Pardo

Last week we lost Robin Williams, one of the greatest comedians of our time. And now Don Pardo, one of the greatest announcers of all time, has died at age 96. He will forever be an inspiration to me.
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markt · Been Here Awhile Joined: 14 Aug 2009 Posts: 217

May God rest his soul…he was THE voice in all our hearts.
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:43 am Post subject:

he was the first voice i remember copying. for SO long i wanted to be don pardo. he was an icon.
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jasbart · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:14 am Post subject:

Sometime back in the 70's when Dinah Shore had her afternoon talk show (obviously I had too much time on my hands) her featured guest was Don Pardo. I remember nothing about the interview except that every time Don spoke she would burst out laughing. Of course by that time much of what he did had become kind of a parody of himself.

Even his name had become synonymous with Announcer. I was sent in for an audition with instructions that the client was looking for a Don Pardo sound, so I did my best to prep accordingly. When I got there it became obvious they were looking for a Johnny Olson sound.

Mr. Pardo was one of the best.

Jim
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Lapianoman · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:21 am Post subject:

I remember geeking out when I heard Don on Weird Al's "I Lost On Jeopardy".

Hopefully no more of my heroes leave us for a good while...
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AlanTaylor · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:31 am Post subject:

A great voice and a unique delivery. When I worked at an NBC affiliate, we would get a closed circuit feed of stories from around the country for use on our local newscasts. An announcer would introduce the feed and describe each story. "Cut one, from Dalllas, Texas, is about the Vice President's speech.", etc. One day, Don Pardo was pulled in to intro the feed. It was the most entertaining delivery of a rather mundane task I'd ever heard.

bobsouer · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:26 am Post subject:

More sad news, though he clearly lived a long and productive life. I hope if I make it to my 90s that I'm still working. Truly an inspiration.
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Mike Harrison · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:10 pm Post subject:

Both, having joined the network before television came about, Don Pardo and Bob Hope were the only two people to ever have a lifetime contract with NBC.

It was Don Pardo who first informed WNBC (New York) viewers of the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

The following year, with the debut of the original Jeopardy! game show from Studio 8G, he began receiving the daily acknowledgement many of us remember ("Thank you, Don Pardo.") from the show's host, Art Fleming. When Jeopardy! ended its run in January, 1975, Mr. Pardo's next steady gig began on October 11 of that year, just several feet down the hall, in Studio 8H: Saturday Night Live.

Thank you, Don Pardo. (Recorded in 2005.)
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Lee Gordon · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:35 am Post subject:

Art Fleming may have thanked Don Pardo by name on Jeopardy in the 70s, but Bill Cullen did it way back in the 50s on the original Price Is Right.
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Mike Harrison · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:26 am Post subject:

In the words of the late Dick Martin: "I didn't know that!"
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