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An unlikely combination to be sure: On a 1963 Jack Paar Show, Cassius Clay (he was not yet Muhammad Ali) reads one of his self-aggrandizing poems while Liberace provides the piano accompaniment.
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Clay
Ali
Liberace
Paar
Added: 8th October 2007
Views: 2681
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
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Jack Paar interviewed Bobby Kennedy in March 1964. It was RFK's first interview since JFK's death.
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Bobby
Kennedy
Jack
Paar
Added: 7th October 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Here's something completely different: Richard Nixon plays a piano concerto that he wrote! This is from a 1963 Jack Paar Show. (The sound near the end of the clip mysteriously vanishes. Sorry!)
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Richard
Nixon
piano
Added: 22nd May 2008
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This clip shows the start of late night television. Starting with Broadway Open House, hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester, with the blonde bombshell Dagmar in 1950, late night programming began. In 1954 the Tonight Show debuted with comedian Steve Allen, and then in 1957 the witty Jack Paar took over. Classic comedy clips include Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shirley MacLaine, Johnathan Winters, and Charley Weaver (Cliff Arquette).
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inventing
late
night
tv
conan
obrien
steve
allen
morey
amsterdam
jerry
lester
jack
paar
dagmar
50s
television
Added: 7th April 2008
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One of late-night television's most famous moments: Jack Paar, the host of the Tonight Show, surprised his viewers by abruptly walking off the show on February 11, 1960 to protest the censorship of a mildly risque story the previous night. He vanished for a month before returning to great acclaim. The incident is revisited in this British interview with Paar.
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Jack
Paar
walkout
Added: 26th May 2008
Views: 7340
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Jack Paar called Jonathan Winters, "pound for pound the funniest man in the world." Accordingly, Paar often booked Winters as a guest on his TV shows. Here is a clip from an April 1964 episode of the Jack Paar Show. Jack simply hands Winters a stick and allows him to improvise a comedy routine.
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Jonathan
WInters
Improv
act
1964
Jack
Paar
Show
Added: 8th January 2014
Views: 2786
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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From January 24, 1960, the great Jack Paar, host of The Tonight Show, appears as a mystery challenger on What's My Line. (He had been a mystery challnger once before--in 1958.)
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Whats
My
Line
Jack
Paar
Added: 8th November 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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A few weeks ago I posted Jack Paar's mystery challenger appearance on What's My Line in 1960. Here is Jack's first attempt to stump the WML panel, on March 9, 1958.
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Jack
Paar
on
Whats
My
Line
Added: 17th December 2008
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
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Late-night TV was beginning to make an impact by the late 1950s. Accordingly, Jack Paar, the popular host of The Tonight Show from 1957 thorugh 1962, was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in this issue from August 1958.
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Time
Magazine
cover
Jack
Paar
Tonight
Show
Added: 4th April 2010
Views: 1998
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