My e-mail buddy (and fellow It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World expert) Paul Scrabo works up at NBC in New York. He writes…
I see Don Monday thru Wednesday when I do Last Call with Carson Daly (he hangs around to get some coffee) and also on every live SNL show. He comes to see me to rehearse the live opening. When Darryl replaced Don that time, it was because Don was ill. One other time, Don was sick and before he went home, we pre-taped his opening. He is still the SNL announcer and does it live.
Amazing that here is the guy who introduced not only Caesar's Hour, but Abbott & Costello on the Colgate Comedy Hour!
Amazing, indeed. Now, the next question for announcer fans is one that Dave Mackey also asked on his site. Is Jackson Beck still working? He'd be 91 by my count and just a few years ago, was still doing commercials for Little Caesar's Pizzas, among others. (By the way, here's a link to Paul Scrabo's fine site, with much stuff on Mad World and on Paul's own productions.)