Don Pardo

Dominick George "Don" Pardo (born February 22, 1918) is an American radio and television announcer who is most famous for his work on NBC's long-running Saturday Night Live, a job he still holds despite otherwise being officially retired from the network.

Pardo began his career in 1938 at WJAR-AM in Providence, Rhode Island, later joining NBC as a staff announcer in 1944; during World War II, he worked as a war reporter for NBC Radio.

For game show fans, Pardo is very famous for his work on many beloved (and mostly gone) games including the 1952 version of Winner Take All, Eye Guess (1966-67), and Three on a Match (1971-74). His seven years as "Brother Pardo" on the original version of The Price Is Right (1956-63) are notable for being the only time he hosted a game show, filling in for Bill Cullen on December 31, 1959 and December 28, 1962.

Pardo is also famous for his work on the original Jeopardy! (1964-75), returning as announcer for "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video "I Lost on Jeopardy" (which also featured Art Fleming). Amusingly, Johnny Gilbert, who does the current version of Jeopardy!, replaced Pardo on Price in 1963 and also filled in for Cullen.

Wheel of Fortune
Don's contributions to Wheel, announcing the nighttime weeks of November 12 and 21, 1988, may seem minor at first, they are in fact very notable – those weeks were the very first time the show went "on the road", specifically to Radio City Music Hall in New York.

As of today, Wheel remains Don's only game show work since the original version of Jackpot! ended on September 26, 1975.