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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''...
Nov 21, 2006 · Television and radio pioneer Jack Paar has been called the most imitated personality in broadcasting. He virtually created the late-night talk show format as the host of THE TONIGHT SHOW, one...
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 ...
Jan 27, 2004 · He was 85. Paar died at his home in Greenwich, Conn., as a result of a long illness, said his son-in-law, Stephen Wells. Paar had suffered a stroke last year. “The Tonight Show” became a talk...
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.
Jan 27, 2004 · Before we go tonight, remembering Jack Paar, who died today. He was the man who essentially invented late night talk on television. He was the host of NBC's "Tonight Show" from 1957 to '62. And...
Dec 27, 2012 · Jack Paar: The Joke, Walk Out & Return…The Whole Story. Paar quits SM. Watch on. 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.”.
