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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 movies and variety shows.
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The Jack Paar Tonight Show) is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It aired during late-night . During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B (formerly the home of Milton Berle 's Texaco Star Theater series) inside 30 Rockefeller ...
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 ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Jack Paar 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. Paar quit school when he was 16 years old and went to work first as a radio announcer and later as a comic and disc jockey on a series.
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Jan 28, 2004 · Jan. 28, 2004. Jack Paar, the prickly, often emotional and always unpredictable humorist who turned late-night television into a national institution when he was host of the ''Tonight Show''...
Jan 27, 2004 · Jack Paar was a late-night talk show pioneer who hosted \"The Tonight Show\" from 1957 to 1962 and influenced Johnny Carson and others. He also had a prime-time show, interviewed celebrities and politicians, and retired young from TV.
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