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18 records found for Oscar Levant
#9413: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR, THE
1958-11-05, WRCA, 51 min.
- Jack Paar ,
- Oscar Levant ,
- Jose Melis ,
- Genevieve ,
- Evelyn Rudie ,
- Hy Averback ,
- Peter Menjou ,
- Mary McCarty ,
- Adolf Menjou
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. Second broadcast from Hollywood, California. Announcer, Hy Averback subs for Hugh Downs. This was the first time that Oscar Levant appeared on television with Jack Paar. Apparently the repartee between Paar & Levant were in some questionable taste...some humor at the expense of the mentally and emotionally disturbed. Oscar Levant, having himself been in sanitariums for the mentally ill would always quip with sharp humor about conditions at these facilities as well as his own neurosis and foibles. There would be ten future guest appearances by Oscar Levant on the JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW, as well as the JACK PAAR PROGRAM and one special JACK PAAR PRESENTS. Those guest appearances included: (*Indicates archived by ATA). TONIGHT SHOW JACK PAAR 1-*November 5, 1958 2-November 12, 1958 3-March 6, 1959 4-March 13, 1959 5-April 26, 1960 JACK PAAR PRESENTS *April 26, 1960 JACK PAAR PROGRAM 1-*December 7, 1962 2-*February 8, 1963 3-October `11, 1963 4-*April 3, 1964 5-*December 18, 1964 On the segment "It's All Relative" guest is Peter Menjou, son of Adolf Menjou. *Most of this series does not survive in any broadcast form. Kinescopes were discarded, burned, decomposed...whereabouts unknown. 2" Quadruplex Video Tape was expensive ($300 for a one hour reel), weighting 26 pounds, requiring great storage space. Video Tape could easily be erased and was used for new program recordings...retained briefly for a re-run and then erased or discarded. Legend has it that even Jack Paar himself hired a junk man to come to his home garage and paid to have JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW recordings discarded (reels of kinescopes and video tapes) that were now cluttering up his space. During this era in television history archiving television programming was not a primary concern or vision, and considered an arcane pursuit. ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO, INC. retains over 70 complete and excerpt JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW air checks (34 hours), including the complete Jack Paar's first anniversary telecast which was broadcast live from Havana Cuba (June 28, 1958). These originally recorded off the air pristine sound direct line 1/4" reel to reel audio tracks, recorded at the time of the original broadcasts, represent the only broadcast record of a "lost" visual telecast. ATA is the largest single repository (one collection), in the United Sates of Jack Paar Tonight Shows recordings. The combined archives of The Library of Congress, Paley Center for Media, and UCLA Film & Television retain a composite total of 13 hours of representative JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts excerpts...none complete. For four years and eight months Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the TONIGHT SHOW with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melis, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conreid, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Jonathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host. There were 20 different substitute hosts for Paar over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times and Johnny Carson 15 times. All together there were 243 broadcasts which had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first video-taped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10,1959. Beginning July 20, 1959 Jack Paar began taking off Monday nights & guest hosts would substitute for him (approximately on alternate Mondays). The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1960. Theme music, "Everything is Coming Up Roses" was first used beginning in the Fall of 1959. Location broadcast telecasts of the program telecast away from the Hudson Theater in New York City occurred 14 times during this series run. Jan. 13-17, 1958 Miami Beach, Florida July 28, 1958 Havana,Cuba Nov. 3-21, 1958 Hollywood, California March 2-20, 1959 Hollywood, California Nov. 10-12, 1959 Nassau, Bahamas (Video Tape) Nov. 30- Dec. 10, 1959 Hollywood, California March 28-April 1, 1960 London, England (Video Tape) Nov.9-11, 1960 Hawaii (Video Tape) - b&w Nov.14-24, 1960 Hollywood, California March 21-24, 1961 London, England (Video Tape) Sept. 12-14, 1961 West Berlin (Video Tape) Nov. 14-17, 1961 Hollywood, California (Tape) Nov. 21-24, 1961 Hollywood, California (Tape) March 13-16, 1962 London, England (Video Tape)#9427: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR, THE
1959-03-02, NBC, min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. Guest Nelson Eddy comments about Oscar Levant.#13328: TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR, THE
1959-03-02, NBC, min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. Brief excerpt beginning with Jack Paar setting the record straight, stating "...the only way to kill a lie is to reveal the truth," referring to what he believes have been miss-truths said about him over and over again by columnist Walter Winchell. Nelson Eddy talks about Oscar Levant. Elsa Maxwell joins the conversation updating Jack about her gay card games, Belgium pavilion, and appreciation of South Pacific play. For four years and eight months, Jack Paar reigned supreme as host of the Tonight Show with a crew of regulars, but only two stayed with him for the entire run; announcer Hugh Downs and band leader Jose Melies, a former army buddy. Familiar faces who appeared many times with Jack included Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson, Elsa Maxwell, Alexander King, Genevieve, Jack Douglas; and wife Reiko, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hans Conried, Peggy Cass, Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette, and Johnathan Winters. Hugh Downs substituted for Jack Paar 79 times, more than any other substitute host there were 20 different performers over the period of the series run. Joey Bishop substituted for Paar 31 times. Arlene Francis, 30 times, Jonathan Winters, 26 times, Orson Bean, 21 times and Johnny Carson 15 times. Altogether there were 243 broadcasts that had substitute hosts filling in for Paar during Jack Paar's TONIGHT SHOW tenure. The title of the late-night broadcast changed to THE JACK PAAR SHOW which took effect on February 3, 1958. The first videotaped broadcast aired on January 5, 1959. "Best of Paar " Re-runs began on July 10, 1959. The first color broadcast aired on September 19, 1959, news bulletin on the "Explorer I" satellite, launched today. Guest is Nelson Eddy. Jack talks about Oscar Levant.
#19: JACK PAAR PRESENTS
1960-04-26, WNBC, 15 min.
Oscar Levant, Red Skelton and Jack Paar's famous walk out and return are highlighted. Also, the Rev. Billy Graham guests during the final 15 min. of this prime-time Special, the second of nine Specials which Paar produced between 1960 and 1986. NOTE: On another tape Alexander King appears for three minutes on this air check. *Mystery remains why on this date all research and reference information states another program...STARTIME: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF JACK PAAR with a different cast of guests. However, JACK PAAR PRESENTS was recorded off the air by Phil Gries on April 26, 1960 with the above cast and notated details.
#13559: JACK BENNY PROGRAM, THE
1961-04-23, CBS, min.
October 28th, 1950- September 15th, 1964 (CBS) September 25th,1964-September 10th, 1965 (NBC) Jack Benny's half-hour show mixed variety and situation comedy with a company of regulars: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, announcer Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, and Mary Livingston. Jack's guest is Oscar Levant.#337: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1962-12-07, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Paar welcomes guests Judy Garland and Robert Goulet. Most of the program is devoted to Garland who sings and reminisces about her early days in Hollywood; she gives anecdotes about her past concerts, Orson Welles, Oscar Levant and other friends.#7213: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1962-12-07, NBC, 00 min.
See number 337 for details. Dupe.
#487: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1963-07-26, WNBC, 44 min.
Jack Paar's guests are Oscar Levant, Jackie Mason and The Smothers Brothers. Re-run of program originally broadcast February 8, 1963.
#14244: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1963-07-26, NBC, min.
September 21st, 1962- September 10th, 1965 (NBC) A Friday night variety series starring Jack Paar. Jonathan Winters was a frequent guest on the show. Guests are Oscar Levant and Jackie Mason.#640: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1964-04-03, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Paar holds extended conversations with two old friends, Oscar Levant and Robert Morley. Also, a report on the Cannes Film Festival.#14483: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1964-04-03, NBC, 26 min.
September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965 Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety/talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe. Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films. Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant, and Jonathan Winters. This 10 pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory. Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace. After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late-night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973). Guests include Oscar Levant and Robert Morley.#953: CELEBRITY GAME, THE
1964-06-07, WCBS, 26 min.
- Gordon MacRae ,
- Oscar Levant ,
- Lee Marvin ,
- Mickey Rooney ,
- Carl Reiner ,
- Sheila MacRae ,
- Nanette Fabray ,
- Ann Blyth ,
- Sal Mineo ,
- Agnes Moorehead
April 5, 1964 - September 9, 1965 Host Carl Reiner welcomes celebrity guests Mickey Rooney, Lee Marvin, Nanette Fabray, Agnes Moorehead, Oscar Levant, Ann Blyth, Gordon MacRae, Sheila MacRae and Sal Mineo to this primetime comedy quiz. NOTE: Very few examples of this series in video or audio survive.
#19150: CHASE AND SANBORN'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
1964-11-15, , 60 min.
- Milton Berle ,
- Charlie McCarthy ,
- Jack Benny ,
- Bert Lahr ,
- George Jessel ,
- Beatrice Lillie ,
- Edgar Bergen ,
- Shirley Booth ,
- Fred Allen ,
- Tallulah Bankhead ,
- Kenny Delmar ,
- Leo Durocher ,
- Maurice Evans ,
- Portland Hoffa ,
- Oscar Levant
Chase and Sanborn's 100th Anniversary Show, starring Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. A special retrospective of radio highlights.
#V26: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1964-12-18, NBC, min.
September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965 Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety / talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe.Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films. Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant and Jonathan Winters. This 10pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory. Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace. After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973).
#14696: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
1964-12-18, NBC, min.
September 21, 1962 - September 10, 1965 Jack Paar elected to pursue a three year NBC series in prime time soon after stepping down as host of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR (1957-1962). These broadcasts took on the form of a variety/talk show format. Each telecast opened with a Paar monologue. Also shown from time to time were personal home movies shot by Jack on various trips by the Paar family to Africa, Russia, and Europe. Jack's daughter, Randy Paar would often assist her dad narrating these films. Appearing with Jack were many of his old regulars from the TONIGHT SHOW including Alexander King, Oscar Levant, and Jonathan Winters. This 10 pm Friday prime time slot attracted many notable guests, including Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Ted Kennedy. Also, given exposure were many young and veteran entertainers, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Peggy Lee, and stand-up comedians, among them, Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Jackie Vernon, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Burns & Schreiber, and Dick Gregory. Impact appearances occurred introducing footage of The Beatles, prior to the group appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show, and a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), singing and spewing poetry with Jack and Liberace. After three years (one and a half years less than his tenure on THE TONIGHT SHOW), Jack Paar called it quits and would prematurely retire from the business with the exception of producing and starring in a handful of Specials for NBC and accepting one brief return to regular television, for nine months, hosting an ABC late-night talk show, JACK PAAR TONITE in 1973). Jack's guests are Oscar Levant and Godfrey Cambridge.#V3: NIGHTLIFE WITH LES CRANE
1965-09-27, ABC, 10 min.
Les Crane interviews Oscar Levant.
#14949: NIGHTLIFE WITH LES CRANE
1965-09-27, ABC, 28 min.
June 28th 1965-October 22nd, 1965 (ABC) Guest: Oscar Levant.#984: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CHASE AND SANDBORN 101ST ANNIVERSARY SHOW
1965-11-16, NBC, 50 min.
- Jack Benny ,
- George Jessel ,
- Oscar Levant ,
- Fred Allen ,
- Milton Berle ,
- Bert Lahr ,
- Shirley Booth ,
- Leo Durocher ,
- Bing Crosby ,
- Peter Donald ,
- Beatrice Lillie ,
- Edgar Bergen ,
- Charlie McCarthy ,
- Tallulah Bankhead ,
- Major Bowes ,
- Maurice Evans ,
- Portland Hoffa ,
- Minerva Pious ,
- Parker Fennelly ,
- Kenny Delmar ,
- Alan Reed
A special retrospective of radio highlights with Fred Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Tallulah Bankhead, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Shirley Booth, Major Bowes, Bing Crosby, Maurice Evans, Portland Hoffa, Bert Lahr, Beatrice Lillie, George Jessel, Oscar Levant, Minerva Pious, Leo Durocher, Parker Fennelly, Peter Donald, Kenny Delmar and Alan Reed.