On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > The first person I thought of as a possible replacement was Joel Godard, > Conan's announcer on "Late Night." He replaced Don as the announcer on the > Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, so I don't know why he couldn't replace Don > on another job. > > > > On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 4:39:23 PM UTC-4, M-D November wrote: >> >> Well, sure. When Don Pardo was sick, you wanted someone who sounded like >> Don Pardo to do the open. >> >> Since Don Pardo is no longer among us, you don't want to have someone >> doing a (IMHO) hollow imitation of a once-great voice. I'd rather they >> find someone who can find the same power and tonal quality while making it >> their own. >> >> So I don't personally think Hammond has an 'in'. (Also, there are all of >> the other really good reasons why Darrell Hammond should stay as far away >> from SNL as he can...for his own health.) >> > Considering Pardo's age, I'm sure NBC prepared the succession years ago. It's their luck it happened in SNL's off season.
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