Editing Don Pardo (section)

===Television===
In the early 1950s, he served as announcer for many of RCA's and NBC's closed-circuit color television demonstrations.<ref name="New York Daily News">{{cite web |last1=Hinckley |first1=David |title=Don Pardo dead at 96: TV and radio favorite was 'Saturday Night Live' announcer for 4 decades |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/don-pardo-dead-96-tv-announcer-spent-4-decades-snl-article-1.1908341 |website=nydailynews.com |date=19 August 2014 |publisher=New York Daily News |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814031826/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/don-pardo-dead-96-tv-announcer-spent-4-decades-snl-article-1.1908341 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pardo made his mark on game shows for NBC in 1952 as the announcer on ''[[Winner Take All (game show)|Winner Take All]]'', and as the voice of the original ''[[The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' from 1956 until it moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1963. Pardo's next show was ''[[Jeopardy!]]'', which he announced from 1964 until the original version of the series ended in 1975.<ref name="New York Daily News"/> Pardo also announced New York-based NBC game shows such as ''[[Three on a Match (game show)|Three on a Match]]'', ''[[Winning Streak (American game show)|Winning Streak]]'', and ''[[Jackpot (game show)|Jackpot!]]'', all three of which were [[Bob Stewart (television producer)|Bob Stewart]] productions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Don Pardo, the Booming Voice of 'Saturday Night Live,' Dies at 96 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-pardo-dead-booming-voice-720129 |website=hollywoodreporter.com |date=18 August 2014 |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814043141/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-pardo-dead-booming-voice-720129 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pardo squeezed in many other assignments at NBC, including the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] (until 1999),<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web |last1=Memmott |first1=Carol |title=Don Pardo, longtime 'SNL' announcer, dies at 96 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/08/19/don-pardo-dies/14271641/ |website=usatoday.com |publisher=USA Today |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814031447/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/08/19/don-pardo-dies/14271641/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[WNBC|WNBC-TV]]'s ''[[Live at Five (WNBC)|Live at Five]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eck |first1=Kevin |title=WNBC Remembers Former Announcer and Voice of SNL, Don Pardo |url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wnbc-remembers-former-announcer-and-voice-of-snl-don-pardo/128249/ |website=adweek.com |date=20 August 2014 |publisher=Adweek, LLC |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814032734/https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wnbc-remembers-former-announcer-and-voice-of-snl-don-pardo/128249/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''[[NBC Nightly News]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baysinger |first1=Tom |title='SNL's Don Pardo Dies at 96 |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/snls-don-pardo-dies-96-133274 |website=broadcastingandcable.com |date=19 August 2014 |publisher=Future Publishing Limited Quay House |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814032936/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/snls-don-pardo-dies-96-133274 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pardo was the on-duty live booth announcer for WNBC-TV in New York and the NBC network on November 22, 1963, and he was the first to announce to NBC viewers that President [[John F. Kennedy]] [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|had been shot]] in Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web | url= http://www.atvaudio.com/jfk.php | title= JFK Assassination Coverage | work= atvaudio.com | publisher= Collector's Choice Archival Television Audio | access-date= 2014-06-16 | archive-date= January 25, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080125225403/http://www.atvaudio.com/jfk.php | url-status= live }}</ref>

His best-known announcing work was for the television series ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. His was the fourth voice heard on the show's premiere episode in 1975, after the first cold open sketch featuring [[Michael O'Donoghue]], [[John Belushi]] and [[Chevy Chase]]. Pardo remained the program's announcer except for one season ([[Saturday Night Live season 7|1981–1982]]), when it was announced by [[Mel Brandt]] or [[Bill Hanrahan]]. After "[[Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!]]", which is cried out at the end of the [[cold open]], Pardo announces the show's title, then names the cast members and musical guests in a voice-over during the opening montage. According to Pardo, his ''Saturday Night Live'' announcing booth during his tenure at [[NBC Studios (New York City)|Studio 8-H]] was almost exactly where [[Arturo Toscanini]] stood when conducting the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] in [[Rockefeller Center]]<ref name="New York Daily News"/> from 1937 to 1950.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In December 1976, Pardo participated in a musical performance by [[Frank Zappa]], reciting a verse of the song "[[I'm the Slime]]". Pardo reprised this role on the live-recorded version of the song for the ''[[Zappa in New York]]'' album<ref name="USA Today"/> (it was not featured on the first release in 1978, but it appears on the 1993 CD re-release). He also provided narration for the songs "The Illinois Enema Bandit" and "Punky's Whips". A business dispute between Zappa and his record company of the time led to "Punky's Whips" being removed from the 1978 album, but the song was reinstated on the 1993 CD.{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Pardo appeared in the [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] song "[[I Lost on Jeopardy]]",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adalian |first1=Joe |title=Legendary Saturday Night Live Announcer Don Pardo Has Died |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/legendary-snl-announcer-don-pardo-has-died.html |website=vulture.com |date=19 August 2014 |publisher=New York Media LLC |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814033458/https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/legendary-snl-announcer-don-pardo-has-died.html |url-status=live }}</ref> from his second album, ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D]]'', a parody of "[[Jeopardy (song)|Jeopardy]]" by [[The Greg Kihn Band]], and its refrain "Our love's in jeopardy."<ref>{{cite web |title=Lyrics for Jeopardy by Greg Kihn Band |url=https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/greg-kihn-band/jeopardy |website=songfacts.com |publisher=Songfacts, LLC. |access-date=25 October 2021 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160614/https://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/greg-kihn-band/jeopardy |url-status=live }}</ref> The song became the fourth music video released by Yankovic, and featured a number of cameo appearances including [[Greg Kihn|Kihn]], original ''Jeopardy!'' host [[Art Fleming]], Yankovic's mentor [[Dr. Demento]], Pardo, and Yankovic's parents. 

In 2009, he appeared in an episode of ''[[30 Rock]]'' ("[[Cutbacks (30 Rock)|Cutbacks]]") as Sid, TGS's announcer.