Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Don Pardo RIP

"Don Pardo, the magisterial announcer of Saturday Night Live for nearly 40 years — the highlight of seven heard and hardly seen decades at NBC — has died. He was 96."

5 comments:

ricpic said...

From little schticks big megillahs grow.

ricpic said...

The two greatest lives (they're not really careers): an announcer like Pardo or the guy who writes a jingle and then collects endless residuals.

Chip S. said...

"Don Pardo" sounds like a Cervantes character, but his parents emigrated from Poland.

William said...

I bet the first time anyone took note of his existence is when he died.

Chip S. said...

Yep. Nothing says "What a nobody!" like a long obit in the NYT.

But if you're serious about betting, I'm in.