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BrandonFG:

--- Quote from: Winkfan on December 04, 2024, 06:32:56 PM ---You forget, nowadays he's not quite present at the Trebek stage anymore.

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I mean...Don Pardo spent the last few years of his life announcing SNL from his home in Arizona but he was still an active crew member. The show paid tribute to Johnny a few months ago - complete with a standing ovation from the audience - and his name still appears in the credits.

He's still quite present on the show itself.

Chelsea Thrasher:

--- Quote from: BrandonFG on December 04, 2024, 06:42:01 PM ---He's still quite present on the show itself.

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The massive spike of applause and cheers in Pop Culture J! ep 1 when Colin mentioned that Johnny was announcing the show sounded very legitimate, and appeared to catch Colin a tiny bit by surprise (but delighted). He also for the same episode had a delightful and hilarious category, Johnny Gilbert: Film Thespian, where he voiced an entire category of deliberately hammy and over the top line reads from movies, and it was magnificent.

Even if he's no longer always present in the studio itself, Johnny Gilbert is just as if not more of a part of the show than he's ever been.  There aren't very many folks from the classic era of the genre left, but he's still going strong at 96 and I plan to cherish and be grateful for every episode we still have with him.

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