Jack Paar
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Jack Harold Paar 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. Time magazine's obituary of Paar reported wryly, "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."
Paar, c. early 1950s
Paar appearing on Dick Cavett's show in January 1973, when he announced his return to television
Paar (left) with Senator John F. Kennedy on The Tonight Show in 1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It aired during late-night.
Intertitle, with "Tonight" serving as a variant of the original Today logo
Senator John F. Kennedy, then a candidate for president, as a Tonight Show guest, 1959.
The cast in 1960 (L-R): host Jack Paar, announcer Hugh Downs and bandleader José Melis