"Jack Paar is Alive and Well" (in 1987)
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- Опубликовано: 21 июн 2020
- Well, Jack WAS alive and well in 1987. This program aired on NBC-TV on December 19, 1987. I recorded it from WNBC-TV, Channel 4 in New York, including commercials and a tease for the eleven o'clock news. The program consists of black & white kinescope clips from the Tonight Show and Paar's Friday night program, plus a brief appearance by Pat Sajak, and guests Debbie Reynolds and Jackie Mason. One of the b&w clips is a complete routine by Mike Nichols and Elaine May performed on Paar's Friday night program in the mid 1960's. I recorded, on reel-to-reel tape, the audio of that routine from a re-run on July 9, 1965. In this posting, I substituted it for the soundtrack of the kinescope, which was of lesser fidelity than the original.
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Millions watched this, his return. Mother was glued to the TV. She adored him. He was a fantastic story teller.
I would say that Jack Paar was a combination of Jack Benny, Johnny Carson and Al Jolson for timing, suavity, interviewing and frenetic energy. God bless him.
He really was the best and paved the way for all the rest….
Paar was good, but Steve Allen invented the Tonight Show in 1954 to 1956.........the desk, the microphone, the monologue, the band, going into the audience to talk with people, "The Question Man" [which Carson's writers turned into Karnak] and the silly skits etc
In 1987, I was watching Johnny Carson and David Letterman, but did not know about Jack Paar until years later.
As far as “The Tonight Show” was concerned, Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson were the best of the best.
David Letterman should had inherited the show after Carson.
I moved to NYC in the fall of 1987 and remember watching this show! Jack Paar was before my time but I love his stuff. And those vintage commercials were fun to see again, especially those clever NYNEX Yellow Pages ads! Thanks for the upload!
As a teenager I would stay up late whenever possible to watch Jack Paar. I would have a snack all by myself and thoroughly enjoyed those shows. I am 77 years old now, and have so many enjoyable memories of Jack's shows. The art of conversation seems to becoming a lost art. I recently had close visitors who sat on my couch watching a basketball game while each looking at their phones at the same time. Obviously, we didn't chat much. See how I'm showing my age!
@carolyn Wilson... I'm77 also.
Remember...
Alexander King,
Genevieve,
Mrs Miller,
Jonathan winters,
Charlie weaver,
Peggy cass,
The Japanese woman who was married to an ex Army soldier (can't recall their names),
Hugh downs,
Jose meles..reconstituted...
Zsa zsa and her "working diamonds".
And so many others.
@@stephenperretti8847 Jack Douglas and Reiko.
That's so cool. The audio you recorded and dubbed in. Thank you for caring ❤️
This is gold, pure gold. Thank you for this.
Even the commercials were better then!
Charming and funny. Thank you.
The Debbie Reynolds clips are from the September 24, 1959 Tonight Show. The full unedited audio of this segment (seven minutes) just turned up in a transferred reel. I'll be uploading the combined version in the near-future.
Did you ever upload this? If so it's not turning up in searches ☹️
There is also a brief appearance by Jack's daughter..Ms.Randy Paar..she can be seen in the front row of the studio audience.."Believe It Or Else?".
In early 1964, he mocked the Beatles unmercifully. In 1967, he said he couldn't have been more wrong. "They're geniuses".
I forgot how hilarious Jackie Mason was.
Lovely,, funny and worth every minute!
Let's face it.
Carson got it all from Jack.
By this point, Jack Paar was already a distant memory. (The title of this show, "Jack Paar is Alive & Well" kind of says it all--he had to remind viewers in the mid-to-late '80s that he was still around.)
After leaving his post-"Tonight" show in the mid-'60s, he was mostly confined to hijacking the occasional talk show with a guest appearance (not counting his ill-conceived ABC late-night comeback in the early '70s). He was a very neurotic and thin-skinned, and prone to making passive-aggressive comments about Johnny Carson which weren't productive and made for a complicated relationship. And it didn't help that not very much footage of Paar's shows still survived by the '80s.
He had some heavy hitter guests on too. He was a well spoken interviewer. His nervousness was only apparent when he declared it. Like he was giving the audience a confession they didn't need to hear. I met jackie mason in the early 90's. He talked with me for about 20 minutes. I really liked him.
He was also homophobic. Hated gays. Self loathing, in other words.
Steve Allen brought the comedy.
Jack Paar took that and added the conversation.
Johnny Carson took both of those and added the showbiz cool and crackerjack timing.
Letterman took those and added meta-level commentary. The Late night show aware that it was a late night show.
Everyone who followed, even those who have expanded the space for diverse voices, are still tied to enough of what came before.
Don’t forget Dick Cavett.
That Debbie Reynolds was a wild woman!
WARNING: Do not watch this show if you have a bruised rib.
Laughing out loud has been painful while watching this great show.
Who is that on the panel with Hugh Downs at about 17:00 during the Debbie Reynolds bit?
I think it's Kay Thompson.
My guess is actress Nancy Kulp (1921-1991) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kulp
The late NITE people today can't hold a candle to the GREAT JACK PAAR
@@thejeffjohnsonshow Agree, it's Kay.
I think Jack Paar is a little strange, and I really can’t listen to him for a long time.
I'm pretty sure Jack Paar is stone cold dead actually ... Weird dude as well.
That doesn't stop the happy memories. He brought many people many tnjoysble evenings.
Jackie Mason was never funny.
An overly dramatic diva who probably should have been on a dozen different meds. In the same league as Arthur Godfrey and Ed Sullivan. Giant egos who managed to unduly influence key programming staff to put them in front of a mic/camera.