Jack Paar

Jack Paar ( born May 1, 1918 in Canton, Ohio; † January 27, 2004 in Greenwich, Connecticut ) was an American moderator. He is considered one of the most fascinating and mysterious talk show hosts in American television.

Life

Born in Canton, Ohio pair Jack moved a short time later with his parents, Howard and Lillian M. Paar to Jackson.

He began his career as a radio host in Cleveland. Later, he also worked in television. Pair functioned among others as a presenter on the CBS Morning Show.

In 1957 he followed Steve Allen as host of the Tonight Show. Under pair cable talk show was one of the most successful in the late evening program on NBC. In the broadcast of familiar faces from film, television, theater, politics and business were interviewed. In addition, we loosened the program with various vocal and sketch pads. This was for many young comedians such as Dody Goodman, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters or Bill Cosby, a springboard for a national or even international career dar. Even the young Barbra Streisand had on the show in 1961 her first TV appearance. Due to the great success we named the talk show in 1959 at The Jack Paar Show. In 1962 he handed over the Chair to his colleague Johnny Carson and the name of the program was changed to The Tonight Show.

Then he stood for the NBC until 1965 in a talk show, The Jack Paar Program for the camera. The show ran until 1965 every Friday night on TV. After that, Jack Paar retired from show business and occurred only rarely in the public appearance.

In 1986, he was seen again in the special broadcast pair Comes Home as moderator.

Aftereffect

Jack Paar pioneered the television industry. It is the words of talk show have used to describe his television show for the first time, which then prevailed in the use of language. Couple has revolutionized the transmission format and standards introduced that are still valid today. His casual nature and often provocative interview style set standards. He talked with his guests on a couch, which caused in them and also the audience for an almost family atmosphere.