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Dec 27, 2012 · On February 11, 1960, Jack Parr walked off The Tonight Show for a month after NBC censors edited out a segment, taped the night before. As he left his desk, he said, “I am leaving The Tonight Show. There must be a better way of making a living than this.”. Parr’s abrupt departure left his startled announcer, Hugh Downs, to finish the ...
08:43. Jack Paar is one of television's most intriguing and enigmatic talk show hosts. He served as the host of the Tonight Show from 1957 through 1962 and headed his own NBC variety series from 1962 to 1965. Both series were stamped with Paar's volatile and unpredictable personality and often a haven for witty, literate conversation.
Jan 27, 2004 · Jack Harold Paar was born May 1, 1918, in Canton, Ohio, the son of Howard and Lillian Paar. Howard Paar was a division superintendent for the New York Central Railroad.
Jan 27, 2004 · Jack Harold Paar was born May 1, 1918 in Canton, OH, the son of Howard Paar, a division superintendent for the New York Central Railroad, and his wife, Lillian. He was raised in Jackson, MI, where his childhood was marked by a series of personal adversities, from the deaths of an older brother and best friend to a bout with tuberculosis at the age of 14.
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar: With Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette. Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962.
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Jun 5, 2012 · Ms. Paar is remembered by many 1950s and ’60s television viewers as the cute, precocious girl whom her father, the late-night talk-show host Jack Paar, introduced to a national audience.
Jan 30, 2004 · When you factor in shorter commercial breaks, thats twice as much air time per week as the new boys have to fill. The Jack Paar Program, Paars weekly skein, dispensed with the couch. Now the guests sat in individual chairs, with a stand-up mike to the side of each. The celebs were tonier, and often from politics.
