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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...
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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...
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  • The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014)...
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  • appearances on Jack Paar's shows of the late 1950s and early 1960s. On one such appearance, when Douglas was well established as a Paar guest, he was chastised...
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    to TV and took over as host of the late-night talk show Tonight from Jack Paar in 1962. He remained an American icon even after his retirement in 1992...
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    trademark character of Charley Weaver. Arquette accepted Jack Paar's invitation to appear on Paar's NBC Tonight Show in 1957. Arquette had previously created...
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  • Oscar Levant portrayed by Sean Hayes appears on the The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. The production received critical acclaim with Hayes winning the Tony...
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    as music, although the series' popularity was cemented by second host Jack Paar, who took over after Allen had left and the show had ceased to exist....
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  • Show starting June 2009. later joined TBS. Jack Paar (1918–2004) Hosted The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962 Seth Meyers (born 1973) Host...
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    Philbin. Downs served as announcer and sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to...
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    songs given only the title. Unlike when this routine was done during the Jack Paar years with the Jose Melis band, Severinsen's band almost never knew the...
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    Nothing but the Truth, published by Laufer Media. She also appeared on Jack Paar Tonite, where she clashed with Clement Freud. Barrett began appearing...
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    of Fiddler on the Roof. In April 2023, he starred on Broadway playing Jack Paar in the Tony Award-winning play Good Night, Oscar, opposite Tony Award...
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  • Tonight! America After Dark (Jun 24 1957 – Jul 26, 1957) Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar (Jul 29 1957 – Mar 30 1962) Art Linkletter The Tonight Show...
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    people Jack Oyugi, Kenyan entrepreneur Jack Paar (1918–2004), American author, comedian, and talk show host Jack Palance (1919–2006), American actor Jack Pardee...
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    best remembered for her regular appearances on Tonight Starring Jack Paar and The Jack Paar Show in the 1950s/60s. Born and raised in Paris, France, Genevieve...
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  • Center, New York City, which is the same studio in which Tonight Starring Jack Paar and then The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson were produced from 1957...
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    by Jack Paar and Arthur Godfrey, telling brash, often off-color jokes, and mugging at the camera. Hackett was a frequent guest on both the Jack Paar and...
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    that year and was renamed Tonight Starring Jack Paar. The even greater success of the show during Paar's hosting resulted in many NBC affiliates deciding...
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    Prinze made his first television appearance on one of the last episodes of Jack Paar Tonite. In December 1973, his biggest break came with an appearance on...
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    perform on The Jack Paar Show in 1964. While the artwork has been preserved over time – Henson showed it to Gene Shalit on Today in 1980 and Paar took David...
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    musical performance on the January 13, 1960, broadcast of Tonight Starring Jack Paar. Henderson also appeared on Broadway in The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963)...
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    – 1 episode Playhouse 90 Jane Millet 1 episode 1958 Tonight Starring Jack Paar Herself 2 episodes 1959 December Bride Niece 1 episode 1960 Shirley Temple's...
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  • programs, talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett (The Dick Cavett Show) and Jack Paar (Jack Paar Tonite), concerts, documentaries and specials; reformatted as ABC...
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    Bishop and Phil Foster and became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jack Paar. He originally partnered with writer Fred Freeman.[citation needed] In...
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    originating station for Wings Over Jordan and an early home to comedian Jack Paar. Eventually owned by the forerunner to Nationwide Communications, WGAR...
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    Love 1952 Omnibus Performer Episode: The Trial of Anne Boleyn 1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show Himself 1 episode 1969 The Mike Douglas Show Himself 1 episode...
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    days of television. He guest-hosted The Tonight Show substituting for Jack Paar, and then guest-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson at least...
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    appearances on shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Judy Garland, Merv Griffin, Jack Paar, and Ed Sullivan, and on The Hollywood Palace variety show. In 1984, Carroll...
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    seemingly sweet old lady with the barbed tongue. He was a favorite of Jack Paar, who hosted The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962, and appeared frequently...
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