Jack Paar
Jack Paar
Jack Harold Paarwas an American author, radio and television comedian and talk show host, best known for his stint as host of The Tonight Show from 1957 to 1962. Time magazine's obituary noted that: "His fans would remember him as the fellow who split talk show history into two eras: Before Paar and Below Paar."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth1 May 1918
CityCanton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
funny humor oscars
The only non-believer I encountered was Oscar Levant who wouldn't visit Disneyland because he said he had his own hallucinations.
funny believe humor
Disneyland is such a big thing to Californians, I discovered that when you cross the border you have to raise your right hand and take an oath that you believe in Walt Disney.
funny book son
Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something that enough critics were already doing.
fun vaccines people
Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
bridges painting ends
Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
funny two california
... Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, two publications read more faithfully in Hollywood than the Koran is in Mecca.
funny hurt fall
Then there was the time in Hollywood when I sat down in a breakaway chair and it collapsed on me. I was nearly knocked out and might have been even more seriously hurt but my fall was broken by the smog.
funny california fire
We were ensconced as guests of the exclusive Beverly Hilton Hotel, an edifice so swank that the fire ax in the hall outside our suite said: "In case of fire-break crystal."
funny california care
It was plain to see the Hollywood undertakers take care of everything. If you die you don't have to lift a finger.
dislike-me impossible dislike
It's almost impossible to dislike me, because I do nothing.
funny real breathing
The California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing.