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	Jack Paar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paar was the program's host from 1957 to 1962; after 1959 it was known as The Jack Paar Show.
		Less than a month later, Paar was convinced to return; on March 7 he opened his monologue with the now-famous line, "As I was saying before I was interrupted..." He then went on to explain his departure with typical frankness: "Leaving the show was a childish and perhaps emotional thing.
		Paar frequently responded that the show immediately preceding his was Henry Morgan's Amateur Hour (Morgan was a frequent guest on the show.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Paar (992 words)

	Jack Paar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918 – January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host.
		Paar was often emotional and unpredictable; in 1960, a night after one of his skits had been cut from the broadcast by studio censors, he announced suddenly that he was leaving the show.
		Paar came back for another late-night show in January 1973, on ABC — this time, as one of a group of rotating hosts, one week out of each month.
	www.parma.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jack_Paar (666 words)

	Paar, Jack
		Paar was given free rein to restore the show's luster and assembled his own freewheeling staff, including writers Jack Douglas and Paul Keyes, to give the show an extemporaneous quality.
		Paar also became friendly with the Kennedys and invited Robert Kennedy as chief counsel of the Senate Labor-Management Relations Committee to discuss his investigation of organized crime in the unions.
		Paar was also the first entertainer to originate a program from the Berlin Wall, which he did less than a month after its construction at the height of Cold War tension.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/paarjack/paarjack.htm (1310 words)

	Man who made 'Tonight' show, Jack Paar, dies
		Paar was outspoken in his criticism of the Batista regime in Cuba, which he said was propped up by organized crime and gambling interests, and he never understood why the United States didn't befriend Castro.
		Paar to "riding a bronco instead of a dependable horse [in that] everything that could happen, did" -- was stuck vamping one famous night in 1960.
		Paar began in radio as a teen, appeared in a handful of movies (including 1951's "Love Nest," in which he played Marilyn Monroe's boyfriend) and hosted a few game shows before "Tonight," where he followed Steve Allen and preceded Johnny Carson as host.
	www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nwx-xpaar28.html (864 words)

	American Masters . Jack Paar \| PBS
		Jack Paar began his career in broadcasting as a young radio announcer in Cleveland and throughout the Midwest.
		Paar wanted to spend more time with his wife and daughter and to branch out and travel.
		Jack Paar died on January 27th, 2004 at the age of 85.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/paar_j.html (634 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Jack Paar, at 85; witty host reshaped late-night television
		Jack Paar, who as host of "The Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962 effectively created the late-night talk show as a television genre, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He was 85 and had suffered a stroke last year.
		Paar succeeded Steve Allen as the host of "Tonight." But during Allen's tenure, the show was a variety show, an electronic vaudeville.
		Jack Harold Paar was born in Canton, Ohio, the son of Howard and Lillian (Hein) Paar.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/01/28/jack_paar_at_85_witty_host_reshaped_late_night_television (926 words)

	CNN.com - 'Tonight Show' pioneer Jack Paar dead at 85 - Jan. 27, 2004
		Jack Paar, who held the nation's rapt attention as he pioneered late-night talk on "The Tonight Show," then told his viewers farewell when still in his prime, died Tuesday.
		Paar also played host to Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay, to a pleasantly pickled Judy Garland, and to the outrageous pianist-composer Oscar Levant.
		Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1918, Jack Harold Paar left school at 16 for a job as a radio announcer, and soon found success on various stations as a comic-disc jockey.
	www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/27/obit.paar.ap (1153 words)

	USATODAY.com - Former 'Tonight Show' host Jack Paar dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Talk-host legend Jack Paar, who died Tuesday at age 85 after a long illness that had left him a self-proclaimed recluse, got his start in TV in the early '50s and made occasional appearances into the '90s.
		Paar cut back on the skits and comedy routines that Allen had made famous, focusing instead on the kind of talk that would make Paar famous: erudite, sometimes biting and almost always unpredictable.
		Nervous, volatile and prone to on-air mood swings, Paar proved you didn't have to be warmly bland to succeed.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-01-27-jack-paar_x.htm (524 words)

	"Tonight" Legend Jack Paar Passes - Jan 27, 2004 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1997, Paar was hospitalized after undergoing triple heart bypass surgery, complicated by an embolism discovered during the operation.
		Paar was brought in to rescue the ailing Tonight Show in 1957, six months after the departure of original host Steve Allen.
		Paar helped pioneer the current format of late-night shows, inspiring the likes of Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Jay Leno and spawning countless imitators.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,13363,00.html (679 words)

	Jack Paar @ Filmbug
		Paar began his broadcasting career in radio, working first in Cleveland, Ohio and later, throughout the Midwest.
		It was during an impressive stint as a guest host on Jack Benny's radio show that he caught the attention of NBC officials who eventually offered him his most well known role, host of The Tonight Show.
		Paar died at his Greenwich, Connecticut home as a result of a long illness at age 85 with his daughter and wife by his side.
	www.filmbug.com /db/296312 (303 words)

	'Tonight Show' Host Jack Paar, 85, Dies - The Advocate
		Paar, the smart-alec comic who pioneered late-night talk on "The Tonight Show" in 1957, died Tuesday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., after a long illness, said his son-in-law, Stephen Wells.
		Paar had kept mostly out of the public eye since the mid-1960s, engaging in business ventures and traveling.
		Paar played host to Muhammad Ali when the legendary boxer was still known as Cassius Clay, to a pleasantly pickled Judy Garland, and to the outrageous pianist-composer Oscar Levant.
	www.stamfordadvocate.com /entertainment/tv/sns-ap-obit-paar,0,3213889.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines (709 words)

	The List in Memoriam - Jack Paar
		Jack and Miriam Paar and their dog Leica strolling on a country lane in Connecticut, circa 1975.
		The college kid always fantasized the tourist’s notion of being a guest at Jack Paar’s dinner table where I could luxuriate in his witty conversation and story-telling, and then grow up and go out into the world and be clever and funny and smart like him.
		Jack Paar was one of the most remarkable media personalities of his time, a power still reflected, indeed, even ingrained in our culture.
	www.newyorksocialdiary.com /list/im/102im.php (1540 words)

	CTV.ca \| Tonight Show pioneer Jack Paar dies at age 85
		Jack Paar, who pioneered the late-night talk show format on The Tonight Show, before bidding his viewers farewell while still in his prime, died Tuesday.
		Paar's family said he died in his sleep at his Greenwich, Conn., home as a result of a long illness.
		Born in Canton, Ohio, in 1918, Jack Harold Paar left school at 16 to seek fame and fortune as a comic disc jockey.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1075231321012_70640521?hub=World (618 words)

	TIME.com -- Richard Corliss: That Old Feeling: Paar Excellence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Paar might not have thought twice about the ecclesiastico-scatological implications of the story, but the NBC censors did, and, without informing their star, they cut the three minutes from the broadcast.
		He walked onstage, struck a Jack Benny pose and opened with: “as I was saying before I was interrupted...” The thunderclap of laughter and applause finally died down, and he made a totally Paar apology: “When I walked off, I said there must be a better way of making a living.
		Paar had interviewed John Kennedy as a candidate in 1960; now brother Robert, the Attorney General, was on to talk about Dave Beck, the “thief” Teamsters boss.
	www.time.com /time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,585397,00.html (3451 words)

	Jack Paar Dead At 85 - CBS News
		Paar died at his home in Greenwich, Conn., as a result of a long illness, said his son-in-law, Stephen Wells.
		Paar had kept mostly out of the public eye since the mid-1960s, engaging in business ventures and indulging his passion for travel.
		Paar played host to Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay, to a pleasantly pickled Judy Garland, and to the outrageous pianist-composer Oscar Levant.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/01/27/entertainment/main596275.shtml (1036 words)

	JACK PAAR / 1918-2004 / Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Late-night talk-show legend Jack Paar, the droll, suave and unpredictably passionate host of "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962 and "The Jack Paar Program" from 1962 to 1965, died after a long illness Tuesday in Greenwich, Conn. He was 85.
		Paar, like his 1950s contemporaries and fellow radio-trained hosts Arthur Godfrey and Garry Moore, was not a joke-teller and didn't do skits.
		Jack Harold Paar was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1918.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/28/MNGQ04JDB91.DTL (1060 words)

	TV ACRES: Censorship & Scandals - Jack Paar's Water Closet ("WC") Joke
		The joke was based on the misinterpretation of the initials W.C. --an English lady thinking it was a "water closet" and the Swiss schoolmaster thinking she meant "Wayside Chapel." The NBC censors thought the joke was dirty and cut it from the February 10, 1960 broadcast without consulting with Paar.
		When Paar discovered that his four-minute story had been cut, he later walked off in the middle of the live show.
		Born May 1, 1918 in Canton, Ohio, Jack Harold Paar died in Greenwich, Connecticut after a long illness on January 27, 2004.
	www.tvacres.com /censorship_jack.htm (877 words)

	Former ‘Tonight’ host Jack Paar dies at 85 - TELEVISION - MSNBC.com
		27: Jack Paar died Tuesday at the age of 85, and as NBC's George Lewis reports, he was a brilliant, complicated, funny man who proved television can be entertaining.
		NEW YORK - Jack Paar, the smart-alec comic who pioneered late-night talk on “The Tonight Show” in the 1950s and paved the way for Johnny Carson and others before walking away from television while still in his prime, died Tuesday.
		He offered the explanation that he was tired and ready to do other things, and he stayed true to his word, other than a brief return in 1975 as one of several hosts on a rotating late-night roster at ABC.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4077787 (1073 words)

	NewStandard: 5/1/98
		By then he had enjoyed tremendous success with "The Jack Paar Program," a weekly prime-time hour of literate conversation, and "The Tonight Show," which, almost from his first night as host in 1957, became a talk show everybody talked about.
		Here is part of a letter submitted to remind the Academy of Paar's accomplishments: He "introduced America to Hollywood stars such as Judy Garland, Richard Burton and Jayne Mansfield, brought sophistication to television with such guests as David Niven, Peter Ustinov, and John and Robert Kennedy...
		Jack Paar, the host of "The Tonight Show" in the late 1950s and early '60s, turns 80 today.
	www.s-t.com /daily/05-98/05-01-98/c01ae111.htm (737 words)

	Jack Paar - Britannica Concise
		As host of the late-night talk show Tonight, renamed The Jack Paar Show (1957–62), he established the now-standard format of celebrity interviews, monologues, and variety skits and was noted for his witty conversation, high-strung mannerisms, and mercurial temper.
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		jack - Any of more than 150 species of fishes (family Carangidae, order Perciformes) found in temperate and tropical portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans and occasionally in fresh or brackish water.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9374327 (456 words)

	Paar vs. Winchell By Timothy Noah
		The obituaries for Jack Paar, former host of NBC's Tonight show, make glancing reference to what may have been Paar's supreme accomplishment: He finished off the career of Walter Winchell, the most powerful gossip columnist who ever lived.
		When Paar became host of Tonight in 1957, Winchell's career was already in steep decline.
		Paar was furious at Winchell for refusing to retract an item several years earlier that had alleged, falsely, that Paar was having marital difficulties.
	www.slate.com /id/2094606 (569 words)

	Jack Paar Exits Hospital - Mar 07, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mar 7, 2003, 1:35 PM PT Jack Paar is back at home after a six-day stint in a Connecticut hospital.
		Paar helped pioneer the current format and inspired the likes of Carson, David Letterman and Jay Leno.
		The following year, Paar was hospitalized after undergoing triple heart bypass surgery, complicated by an embolism discovered during the operation.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11400,00.html?tnews (240 words)

	Jack Paar, former 'Tonight Show' host, dies \| wkyc.com
		Paar hosted the NBC program from 1957 until 1962.
		Paar made an emotional on-air departure from the show in February of 1960, but NBC managed to lure him back a month later.
		The joke that led to Jack Paar resigning from the Tonight Show: The Wayside Chapel
	www.wkyc.com /news/news_fullstory.asp?id=15171 (137 words)

	Jack Paar Timeline and Biography
		May 1, 1918: Jack Paar is born in Canton, Ohio.
		July 1959: Paar reduces his live broadcasts to four nights per week and airs "The Best of Paar" on Friday nights.
		10, 1960: Paar tells a joke about a "water closet" which is a euphemism for "bathroom." NBC censors edited the comment from the show.
	www.twoop.com /people/jack_paar.html (373 words)

	Morning Edition (NPR): Profile: Jack Paar dies at age 85@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Announcer: The NBC Television Network presents "The Jack Paar Show," with the Jose Melis Orchestra, conducted by Al Pinelli(ph)...
		Paar died yesterday at his home in Connecticut.
		Paar was charming, gracious and a master at the art of entertaining...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:89932464&refid=holomed_1 (188 words)

	Jack Paar
		Jack Paar - TV Personality, born 1 May 1918, The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson
		Profile: Remembering Jack Paar, who died today at the age of 85
		Pioneering talk show host Jack Paar dies at age 85.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0921141.html (220 words)

	Robert Novak, Meet Jack Paar - New York Times
		His predecessors have ranged from Lester Maddox, then governor of Georgia, to Jack Paar, the late-night host.
		In 1960, Jack Paar looked into the camera and announced: "I am leaving 'The Tonight Show.' There must be a better way of making a living than this."
		Paar had argued with NBC censors over the deletion of a joke in which the initials W.C. were mistaken for wayside chapel instead of "water closet." (Yes, times have changed.)
	www.nytimes.com /2005/08/07/weekinreview/07basics.html?ex=1281067200&en=d24fb3f5a322dc55&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (821 words)

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