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Jimmy Fallon‘s iconic impersonation skills once tricked Saturday Night Live viewers for years.

The 50-year-old talk show host, who was a cast member on SNL from 1998-2004, revealed that he once stepped in and pretended to be announcer Don Pardo for an episode.

“[Don] was sick one night and Lorne Michaels said, ‘Jimmy, can you do Don Pardo?’ And I was like, ‘I think I can. I mean, I’ll try?’” he said while on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Apparently, his impression was so accurate, that Don‘s absence went unnoticed until Jimmy‘s recent revelation.

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“I totally faked. I was doing it live, my impression of Don Pardo. No one figured it out, I pulled it off,” Jimmy said.

If you didn’t see, last year, Jimmy revealed the celebrity impression that landed him his SNL gig.