Don Pardo Doesn't Have Much Problem Keeping a Job
Those of you who are feeling like they've been at the same dead-end place of employment for what seems like forever ought to take a tip from Don Pardo, 88, who today celebrates his 62nd anniversary as a staff announcer with NBC -- where he has been employed since the age of 26. Yes, it was on this day in 1944 that Pardo was hired to work as an announcer and newscaster with the NBC Radio Network. NBC wouldn't become an actual television network for another few years. So Pardo has been there through its entire history as a TV entity.
Pardo is the only guy aside from Bob Hope ever to receive a lifetime contract from NBC. He's been the announcing voice of "Saturday Night Live" since its 1975 inception and has participated via voiceover on countless other NBC series and game shows, including the original "Jeopardy" hosted by Art Fleming in the 1960s. Hope made it to 100 years old. Pardo still has a dozen years to go and is miraculously still going strong. His single-job longevity is an astonishing achievement in a notoriously fickle industry where even 62 months (much less years) in the same post is rare.
Godspeed, Dominick George Pardo. May your voice never fade.
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So, would that be "Don Pardo" as in "Don Corleone"? Perhaps that would explain his astonishing longevity in the profession. He's got dozens of hit men out there clearing away all the other wannabe announcers... ;-D
Posted by: The Big Sis | June 17, 2006 at 10:22 AM
Amazing and WONDERFUL Career. I guess you could say thatr NBC "Likes Him...Really Likes Him..." and I'm glad they do! It is a comforting presence to hear his voice...!
Posted by: OldOldLady Of The Hills | June 19, 2006 at 01:04 PM
LONG LIVE DON PARDO, can't imagine SNL without him.
Posted by: Jace | April 07, 2007 at 09:31 PM
Today I found out that you may be related to
me through my Great,Great Grandmother Rosa
Mulgrum. ,you are the Brother of Joe Pardo
of Star Island. I last visted these cousins
in 1968 with Allan and Barbra Newman and
Lenore and Manny Levine my Mom and Dad. You
may live fairly close to Barbra as she is
lives in NY . If you want to Chat send me
E mail. I also talk for a living easily 6 hours a day. I hope I share some of your genes.
Posted by: Art Levine | March 04, 2009 at 07:21 PM
Rosa Mulgrum...interesting...I wonder if we're related. Drop me an email if you like.
Posted by: Craig Mulgrum | June 22, 2009 at 07:53 PM
cmulgrum@comcast.net
Posted by: Craig Mulgrum | June 22, 2009 at 07:54 PM
I wonder if we have a relative in common...drop me an email at cmulgrum@comcast.net
Posted by: Craig Mulgrum | June 22, 2009 at 07:54 PM