Lorne Michaels Engineers Another Inspired Succession
The choice of Jimmy Fallon to take over for Jay Leno will rank as one of the best decisions comedy impresario Lorne Michaels has ever made. As if that weren’t enough for the current calendar year, there is now news of an equally inspired move in the SNL announcer department.
Taking over in this 40th season of SNL for the late Don Pardo will be Darrell Hammond. From Andrea Romano’s Mashable item:
Hammond, who was a cast member from 1995 to 2009, also occasionally sat in for Pardo when he was sick.
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