They do it live as the home base stage for the monologue is also the stage for the cold open. It takes the 90 seconds or so for the titles to strike the cold open set. So if anything happens that they need to buy time, they can tell Darrell to stall and they have various lengths of the opening titles footage that they can cut too. Its very interesting. Check out these two videos from the official SNL channel: The Cold Open of the episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3Ar80sFzViw.html The Scene Change that followed over the titles: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-04kop3CvE_s.html
Darrell Hammond was a trooper during his time on the cast. Didn’t get the Will Ferrell type attention, but SNL wouldn’t have been as good without him. So many great characters.
I wholly understand that "New Yorker till death" comment. It's hard to explain how I'm more patriotic to my state than to my country. People in New York "get it". Watch Colin Quinn's The New York Story on Netflix, he gets it too.
@@suburbanindie Always loved Colin. He and Dave Attell: two consumate New Yorkers. Colin's Netflix special was really great. I enjoyed it. Lots of love to you and New York forevah!
@@blakepotter7937 Dave Attell is a Long Islander just like me. He grew up in Rockville Center. Saw him at Caroline's a few years ago, just as depraved as ever. Good shit. Have a beer on me dude!
This is one of the coolest things, especially considering that it's done Live. His voice is simultaneously projecting to everyone in the audience (which apparently he's sitting near the studio itself, because you can hear the rumble of the sound system), along with his voice going to millions of people in their homes on tv, Live. Just kind of cool to me.
I only heard “cue” before he said the musical guest and the host and when he announced the host as John was walking out. Maybe the rest were drowned out by something?
There were times when Pardo wasn’t in good health and Hammond stepped in and did the intros in Pardo’s voice. You really can’t tell the difference. After he passed, they (I think correctly) decided that Hammond should just do his own voice.
@@tcrebelguy there are certain parts he does in tribute to don, like the wavering nature of the announcements and the way he says “featuring” and “and your host”
I mean technically the show is only live for the east coast, as far as I know. Except those special nights where it airs at like 6PM in California, where it's live for everyone.
Glad Darryl is still involved with the show. He was the superstar during his time as a performer there. I was sad to hear he was so turn up not being asked to play Trump.
@@tripjet999 the whole band that performs for credits, everything is live so it's obvious that his room is beneath the stage so you can actually hear the whole rumble
@@priyachoudhary9896 yeah, you’re not supposed to particularly steal the show with announcements- you’re introducing other people. i think both pardo and hammond did/do a good job at that.
I always thought the recording booth was in the actual studio 8h, in front of home base. Like Don Pardo, would be there announcing it next to the audience or something.
I truly wonder if the second little mixer box on the left that's taped off with green tape, used to be Don Pardo's unit?! *past SNL Announcer* Not being used anymore in his memory, but keeping it in that room as to pay homage to his life.
You might be right bug then why would it be taped cross? Like, it's either a malfunctioning unit they didn't get time to unwire and put away... Or it is indeed his equipment
I remember about 25 years ago, Madonna was host, and Don Pardo had challenge with timing when he read her name live. For the repeat, it was corrected. Otherwise, no I don't recall ever seeing any issues with the announcers. Fascinating how they do it.
there are a few incidents where he messed up though... one episode in Season 33 he fully missed the cue for like 1 minute, so that's funny to listen to, lol
At this point Don Pardo voice is ubiquitous for Saturday Night Live. I don't know why Darrell Hammond didn't just imitate him, like he did that one time when John Pardo had lost his voice
Well he's the permanent replacement, he can't pretend what he isn't just cause the other one sounded a certain way. And the show has always tried to sort of build on top of itself throughout the years
