Jack Paar
Birthday:
May 1, 1918 in Canton, Ohio, USA
Birth Name:
Jack Harold Paar
Height:
183 cm
Became host of the Tonight Show in 1957 and quickly grew very popular with viewers. So popular, in fact, that the show was renamed "The Jack Paar Show" after only one year of hosting. Paar's trademark was his great ability to engage in conversation with guests that went above and beyond the generic "chat" that other hosts n...
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Became host of the Tonight Show in 1957 and quickly grew very popular with viewers. So popular, in fact, that the show was renamed "The Jack Paar Show" after only one year of hosting. Paar's trademark was his great ability to engage in conversation with guests that went above and beyond the generic "chat" that other hosts never rose above. He was very emotional and was known to weep on camera at times. Once he walked off the show in a huff when the network censored a joke he made referring to a "water closet". On his program he developed a regular roster of favorite guests including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cliff Arquette, Genevieve, Hans Conried, Hermione Gingold, and Dody Goodman. After five years of hosting, he tired of the routine and switched to a weekly NBC variety series in 1962 that flopped. He next purchased a television station in Poland Springs, Maine, and sold it several years later. In 1973 he signed with ABC to compete with his NBC successor, Johnny Carson, on a limited schedule of one week a month, but failed to garner the acclaim he once enjoyed. Show less «
It's almost impossible to dislike me because I do nothing.
It's almost impossible to dislike me because I do nothing.
I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split, it's shredded.
I'm complicated, sentimental, lovable, honest, loyal, decent, generous, likable, and lonely. My personality is not split, it's shredded.
My life seems like one big obstacle course, with me as the chief obstacle.
My life seems like one big obstacle course, with me as the chief obstacle.
I kid you not . . .
I kid you not . . .
Everyone thinks Ed Sullivan discovered The Beatles. That's not true. I had them on before he did. I did it because I thought they were funny...Show more »
Everyone thinks Ed Sullivan discovered The Beatles. That's not true. I had them on before he did. I did it because I thought they were funny, not because I liked the music. I'm a Muzak kind of guy . . . my home's like living in an elevator. Show less «
[after returning from having walked off Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)] As I was saying before I was interrupted . . .
[after returning from having walked off Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)] As I was saying before I was interrupted . . .
I hate my emotion. Knock it off, I tell myself, but I just can't help it.
I hate my emotion. Knock it off, I tell myself, but I just can't help it.
[in 1960, just before his on-air walking off Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) when he discovered that NBC executives had censored his monol...Show more »
[in 1960, just before his on-air walking off Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) when he discovered that NBC executives had censored his monologue] There must be a better way to earn a living than this. Show less «
[on Steve Allen] I'm fond of Steve Allen, but not so much as he is.
[on Steve Allen] I'm fond of Steve Allen, but not so much as he is.
[introducing his favorite comedian] If you were to ask me the funniest 25 people I've ever known, I'd say, "Here they are--Jonathan Winters"...Show more »
[introducing his favorite comedian] If you were to ask me the funniest 25 people I've ever known, I'd say, "Here they are--Jonathan Winters". Show less «
