Don Pardo, whose voice was heard for 38 seasons on Saturday Night Live, died Monday. He was 96. The announcer did voiceover work for SNL's opening montage, and he also contributed to several sketches. Pardo was born on Feb. 22, 1918, in Westfield, Mass., and grew up in Norwich, Conn. After launching his broadcasting career at a small radio station in Providence, R.I., Pardo moved to New York City in 1944 to begin his six-decade tenure as a staff announcer at NBC. He was an announcer for radio shows such as "Front Page Farrell" and "Pepper Young's Family." He eventually transitioned into television, announcing for Caesar's Hour, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, The Kate Smith Evening Hour, Macy's...
- 8/19/2014
- E! Online
The iconic NBC announcer passed away Monday evening.
Don Pardo, the iconic announcer and voice-over talent for Saturday Night Live since the show's beginning in 1975, passed away Monday evening.
Don Pardo was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2010 and was the first voice-over announcer to receive the honor. He's perhaps best known for the SNL intro heard after, "Live, from New York, it's Saturday night!"
Although Pardo technically retired from NBC in 2004, he continued to lend his voice to the SNL intros every week. He has been a mainstay of SNL during all but one of its 40 seasons.
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When Pardo was hired by Lorne Michaels in 1975 to be the voice of SNL, he had already had a career that spanned over three decades. During his tenure, he often participated in a number of the sketches, lending his voice to SNL's various fake game shows, commercials and infomercials...
Don Pardo, the iconic announcer and voice-over talent for Saturday Night Live since the show's beginning in 1975, passed away Monday evening.
Don Pardo was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2010 and was the first voice-over announcer to receive the honor. He's perhaps best known for the SNL intro heard after, "Live, from New York, it's Saturday night!"
Although Pardo technically retired from NBC in 2004, he continued to lend his voice to the SNL intros every week. He has been a mainstay of SNL during all but one of its 40 seasons.
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When Pardo was hired by Lorne Michaels in 1975 to be the voice of SNL, he had already had a career that spanned over three decades. During his tenure, he often participated in a number of the sketches, lending his voice to SNL's various fake game shows, commercials and infomercials...
- 8/19/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Geoff Edwards, known for hosting the game shows “Treasure Hunt” and “Jackpot” in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his agent. Edwards died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Santa Monica, California, according to agent Fred Westbrook, who said the illness was “sudden.” Also read: Former La Times Editor Bill Thomas Dead At 89 “He was a fun guy,” said Westbrook, noting that Edwards in recent years had been doing radio appearances and writing a travel blog. Westbrook said that like other successful game show hosts, Edwards was “comfortable being himself.” Known for his.
- 3/6/2014
- by Reuters
- The Wrap
It’s been a really difficult year for celebrity deaths and Geoff Edwards is the latest star to be laid to rest.
The game show host legend succumbed to complications from pneumonia and died at 83 years of age at the St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday (March 5).
Among Edwards’ gigs were hit shows like “Jackpot!” and “Treasure Hunt” and he also had spots on “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Diff’rent Strokes.”
Geoff’s agent told press, "[He] helped change the look of game shows. He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had an unbuttoned shirt with a gold chain, jeans, and boots. In 1974, that was really dramatic."
Edwards will always be known for his catch phrase, “Right you are!”...
The game show host legend succumbed to complications from pneumonia and died at 83 years of age at the St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday (March 5).
Among Edwards’ gigs were hit shows like “Jackpot!” and “Treasure Hunt” and he also had spots on “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Diff’rent Strokes.”
Geoff’s agent told press, "[He] helped change the look of game shows. He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had an unbuttoned shirt with a gold chain, jeans, and boots. In 1974, that was really dramatic."
Edwards will always be known for his catch phrase, “Right you are!”...
- 3/6/2014
- GossipCenter
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said.
Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes.
"Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- People.com - TV Watch
Geoff Edwards, the hip-looking 1970s and '80s host of TV game shows including Jackpot! and two incarnations of Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday, his agent said. He was 83. Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica, agent Fred Westbrook said. Edwards also worked as a radio DJ and actor, appearing on TV shows including Petticoat Junction, 'I Dream of Jeannie and Diff'rent Strokes. "Geoff was one of the cleverest, funniest radio and television personalities I've worked with," said fellow game show host Wink Martindale. The two were deejays at pop radio station Kmpc in Los Angeles.
- 3/6/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood has lost another game show host legend. Geoff Edwards died Wednesday, March 5, at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., his agent confirmed to the Los Angeles Times. Edwards' death, at the age of 83, was caused by complications from pneumonia. Edwards hosted 10 game shows throughout his career in the 1970s and '80s including Jackpot! and Treasure Hunt. "[He] helped change the look of game shows," his agent told the Los Angeles Times. "He had long hair, he never wore a tie, he had [...]...
- 3/6/2014
- Us Weekly
The veteran TV game show host, actor and radio personality died today of pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. Geoff Edwards was 83. He hosted a series of game shows from the 1970s into the early ’90s, including Jackpot!, The New Treasure Hunt, a later version called Treasure Hunt, Shoot For The Stars, Play It By Ear and Chain Reaction. He might be best known to viewers in the Golden State as the longtime host of The Big Spin, the California Lottery’s TV show. He also appeared on a number of TV series ranging from Petticoat Junction and I Dream Of Jeannie to The Paper Chase, Diff’rent Strokes and Trapper John, M.D. and was the straight man to the star on NBC’s short-lived variety series The Bobby Darin Show in 1973. Edwards was a regular on Southern California radio for decades, starting in San...
- 3/6/2014
- by ERIK PEDERSEN
- Deadline TV
Geoff Edwards, a local Los Angeles TV host and radio personality who gained national exposure as the emcee of such game shows as Jackpot, Starcade and Treasure Hunt, died Wednesday. He was 83. Edwards died of complications related to pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, his agent, Fred Westbrook, told The Hollywood Reporter. In the 1980s, when he wasn’t working on game shows, Edwards co-hosted the daytime talk show Mid-Morning L.A. on Kcal-tv with actress Meredith MacRae (with whom he had worked on the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction during his time as an actor). He won
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- 3/6/2014
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bob Stewart, the prolific creator and producer of some of the biggest game shows in TV history, died Friday of natural causes. He was 91. Working at first for Mark Goodson and then for his own Bob Stewart Productions, Stewart created such popular game shows as The Price Is Right, To Tell The Truth and the various Pyramid games. The New $25,000 Pyramid earned Stewart nine Daytime Emmys for best game show. It was hosted by Dick Clark, who died April 18. Other titles Stewart produced include Password, Three On A Match, You’re Putting Me On and Jackpot. One quality of Stewart-created shows was their mix of celebrities and regular folk. Betty White was a frequent guest on his shows and, according to the Television Academy, often joined Stewart in playing poker. In 2009, he was inducted into the Academy’s Hall of Fame.
- 5/7/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
As a kid growing up in Toronto, I was struck by the radically different approaches of Canadians and Americans to TV game shows. While a housewife was winning a catamaran, car, or European holiday on Buffalo's channel 2, her equivalent north of the border was elated to take home an electric mop and 30 dollars cash on the CBC. With hilariously low production values, tacky sets, suspiciously loopy hosts and cheap, quirky prizes, Canadian game shows made staying home sick from school an inadvertent lesson in absurd comedy.
Canadian Game Show Hall of Lame:
The Mad Dash
What's not to love about players in ill-fitting polyester racing around a lit-up life-sized board game that could've been made by Dawn Weiner's Special People's Club? Hosted by the Franco-Vegas and notably distracted Pierre Lalonde (he often forgot the score, and on one episode had to be told by a team he'd incorrectly declared...
Canadian Game Show Hall of Lame:
The Mad Dash
What's not to love about players in ill-fitting polyester racing around a lit-up life-sized board game that could've been made by Dawn Weiner's Special People's Club? Hosted by the Franco-Vegas and notably distracted Pierre Lalonde (he often forgot the score, and on one episode had to be told by a team he'd incorrectly declared...
- 2/18/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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