Goodnight Funnyman
 

i'm old but not old enough to have seen Jack Parr but my Dad always told me about him and Steve Allen, that his show was very good. Jack Parr was the first host of the first late-night talk show, The Tonight Show, which is still #1 - god knows how. Jay Leno is a lightweight.

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JACK PAAR, 85, DIES
Host created late-night talk show format for NBC

Jack Paar, the early television luminary who pioneered the late-night talk show format as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962, has died. He was 85. Paar died at his Greenwich home as a result of a long illness, said Stephen Wells, Paar's son-in-law. His daughter and wife were by his side, Wells said.

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