| Birth: | May 1, 1918
Canton
Stark County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Jan. 27, 2004
Greenwich
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA | 
Legendary talk-show host and television personality. Started off in broadcasting as a radio announcer in Cleveland and the Midwest. During World War II he entertained troops in the South Pacific with his parodies of military brass, but didn't become a radio star until the post-war years as a summer replacement on Jack Benny's radio show. He hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1957-1962. He even quit the show briefly in 1960 as a matter of principle, after NBC edited out a joke that used the term "water closet." Almost in tears and clearly angry, Paar looked into the camera and said, "I am leaving The Tonight Show . There must be a better way of making a living than this." That famous "walk-off" and Paar's triumphant return a few weeks later had the country abuzz. His oft repeated, most famous phrase from the show was "I kid you not." In 1962, Paar left the show permanently and Johnny Carson took the reigns for the next 30 years. He next appeared briefly on an NBC variety series in 1962 that failed. 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 the show failed to garner the acclaim he was once famous for. In 1998 he underwent triple heart bypass surgery, complicated by an embolism discovered during the operation. In March of 2003 he suffered a mild stroke. (bio by: Anonymous)
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Record added: Jan 27, 2004
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Blackwasp
Added: Jan. 27, 2010 |
Jack Paar:the man who was hosting "The Tonight Show" from 1957-1962. I admired the interviews that you had with presidents Kennedy and Nixon, remembering you 6 years later, may you rest in peace!
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MFPS
Added: Jan. 27, 2010 |
God bless. Rest in peace.
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LilyPondLane
Added: Jan. 27, 2010 |
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