Don Pardo was a pro. That voice is recognized everywhere. ---Mike Sanburn
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:18:22 -0500 > Subject: [IRCA] Don Pardo R.I.P. > > Just heard today that Don Pardo passed away yesterday at age 96. Do a web > search on Pardo's name and a huge number of hits will come up (though most of > the news reports are based on the same AP story). No doubt most of us think > of him for his TV work on the original Bill Cullen "Price is Right," the > original Art Fleming "Jeopardy", "SNL," etc.etc., but he got his start at NBC > Radio in 1944 and did everything from the usual station breaks to announcing > on one of the last old-time radio daytime soap operas, "Just Plain Bill," to > filling in (once only, I think) for regular announcer Fred Collins on NBC > Radio's 1950s sci-fi series "X Minus One." The online New York Times article > has a clip of Pardo's very last SNL stint, the final show of the 2013-2014 > season this past May. Can't imagine what Lorne Michaels is going to do to > replace him. Not that there aren't plenty of people out there in TV land who > have great vocal chops, diction, etc., but Pardo's brand of network staf f > announcer is now truly extinct. > > Randy Stewart > Arts Producer > KSMU > 901 S. National > Springfield MO 65897 > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
