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Looking at Some of Jonathan Winters' Earliest TV Appearances

by | May 10th, 2013

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 150,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down).

Improv on TV is a mixed bag. Whose Line is it Anyway? did short form improv (and will again in the future) for years [...]

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Darrell Hammond Filled in for Don Pardo This Weekend Due to Injury

by | March 4th, 2013

Astute SNL viewers noticed this weekend that longtime announcer Don Pardo was missing from the show's opening credits and was instead replaced by a Don Pardo impersonator. TMZ reports that Pardo broke his hip last week but is recovering just fine. The 95-year-old announcer has been with the show since its premiere in 1975, only missing one early '80s non-Lorne Michaels season along the way. Pardo stayed with SNL after announcing his retirement from NBC in 2004. He moved from New York to Tucson, Arizona, after his NBC retirement but flies to the East Coast to announce each new show or pre-records his announcements from home. The announcer [...]

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