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Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American talk show host, writer, radio and television comedian, and film actor. He was the second host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962.
Jack Paar was a producer, actor, and writer who hosted The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. He was known for his witty and emotional interviews, his quitting the show over a censored joke, and his later TV projects.
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- Canton, Ohio, USA
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- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Dec 27, 2012 · Learn how Jack Paar quit The Tonight Show in 1960 after NBC censors cut a harmless joke about a W.C. (water closet). Watch the clip of his return and the original joke text.
Jack Paar (born May 1, 1918, Canton, Ohio, U.S.—died Jan. 27, 2004, Greenwich, Conn.) was an American humorist who, as host (1957–62) of The Tonight Show (later called The Jack Paar Show), was one of the pioneers of late night television.
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Jan 28, 2004 · Jack Paar, prickly, often emotional and always unpredictable humorist who turned late-night television into national institution, dies at age 85; Paar hosted Tonight Show on NBC from 1957 to...
Jan 25, 2019 · Jack Paar, a wry, spontaneous and brainy broadcaster whose “The Tonight Show” and “The Jack Paar Program” pioneered the late-night television talk show in the 1950s and early 1960s, died ...
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Jack Paar. Actor: Walk Softly, Stranger. Became host of the Tonight Show in 1957 and quickly grew very popular with viewers. So popular, in fact, that the show was renamed "The Jack Paar Show" after only one year of hosting.
