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Savenok—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Sep 18, 2014 12:42 PM UTC Darrell Hammond, the longest-serving cast member in _Saturday Night Live_ history, [is returning](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/business/media/darrell-hammond-to-replace-don-pardo-as-the-announcer-for-saturday-night-live.html?%5Fr=0) to be the voice of the show. Hammond will take over as the show’s announcer after Don Pardo, the host for all 39 seasons of SNL, [died](http://time.com/3141928/saturday-night-live-don-pardo-dead-at-96/) in August at age 96\. The show’s 40th season begins Sept. 27. SNL’s Weekend Update segment confirmed the move—first reported by the New York _Times_ and USA Today—in a tweet: > [](https://twitter.com/SNLUpdate/status/512606197229563904) Hammond, the master of impressions, was a cast member from 1995 until 2009\. As host, he won’t be expected to replicate Pardo’s announcer voice, Executive Producer Lorne Michaels told the _Times_. “He had the greatest run and he’s a completely beloved figure. So I thought: Don’t turn this into something else. 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