Don Pardo

Born 2/22/1918, Don Pardo has been an 'announcer' for NBC since the early 50's. In 1975, by the time of his announcing for "Saturday Night Live", Don was a "trash-culture icon" - his name a 'household word' if you will - for his years with a few wildly popular game shows. When Frank appeared as guest-host & musical guest on SNL in 1976, he had I'm The Slime in the set-list - a song that calls for an 'announcer type' voice. Frank expanded the part to include the 3rd verse that preceded the "Don't touch that dial!" line. Zappa must have been pleased with the result, as he had Don reprise that role for the NYC Palladium run later that month. Don Pardo provided vocal for Zappa In New York and Läther.