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&# ...Show More
[in 1960, just before his on-air walking off Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) when he discovered th 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. Hide
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 . . .
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.
It's almost impossible to dislike me because I do nothing.
It's almost impossible to dislike me because I do nothing.
[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.
Everyone thinks Ed Sullivan discovered The Beatles. That's not true. I had them on before he did. I 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. Hide
[introducing his favorite comedian] If you were to ask me the funniest 25 people I've ever known, I' 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". Hide
Jack Paar's FILMOGRAPHY
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