Jack Paar's Legacy

January 30, 2004

This week, one of television's formative personalities passed away. During his reign at the helm of the Tonight Show between 1957 and 1962, Jack Paar chatted with rising stars and established ones. In the process, he showed America the human side of some of the world's most famous and powerful people. Brooke reflects on the career of Jack Paar.

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