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Jack Harold Paar (May 1 1918 – January 27 2004) was 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.

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birth date
1918-05-01
birth name
Jack Harold Paar
birth place
Canton Ohio
death date
2004-01-27
death place
Greenwich Connecticut
genre
Observational comedy
influenced
Bob Costas, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Robert Klein, Tom Snyder, Robin Williams, Don Rickles, George Carlin, Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld, Johnny Carson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alan King (comedian), Merv Griffin
influenced by
Will Rogers, Jack Benny
nationality
United States

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