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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.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The Jack Paar Tonight Show) is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of The Tonight Show . Hosted by Jack Paar , it aired from July 29, 1957 to March 30, 1962, replacing Tonight Starring Steve Allen and was replaced by The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ...
Downs served as announcer and sidekick for Tonight Starring Jack Paar from 1957 to 1962, [2] [3] co-host of the NBC News program Today from 1962 to 1971, [4] host of the Concentration game show from 1958 to 1969, [5] [6] and anchor of the ABC News magazine 20/20 from 1978 to 1999. [7]
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The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. 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), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
Genevieve in 1960. Ginette Marguerite Auger (17 April 1920 – 14 March 2004) was an American comedian, actress, and singer, best remembered for her regular appearances on Tonight Starring Jack Paar and The Jack Paar Show in the 1950s/60s.
February 10, 1960 – Host Jack Paar announced his resignation from The Tonight Show and walked off during mid-broadcast, after discovering NBC had censored a joke. [10] [11] Paar returned one month later.
It has had six official hosts, beginning with Steve Allen (1954–1957), followed by Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–10), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present). It has had several recurring guest hosts, a practice especially common during the Paar and Carson tenures.