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10 records found for Robert Morley
1962-03-13, NBC, min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. 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, news bulletin on the "Explorer I" satellite, launched today. Jack's guests are Robert Morley, Peggy Cass, Dickie Henderson, and Samuel Shenton who believes the earth is flat. Broadcast from London.1962-03-13, NBC, min.
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. Beginning London Shows with host Jack Paar in London, England.Hugh Downs host in New York with Jim Lucas, announcer. Samuel Shanton professes to Jack that the Earth is flat. Other guests include, Robert Morley, Peggy Cass, and Dickey Henderson.
1962-03-29, NBC, min.
- Jack Paar
- Hugh Downs
- Joey Bishop
- Jack E. Leonard
- Alexander King
- Richard M. Nixon
- Bob Hope
- Ed Sullivan
- Dorothy Kilgallen
- George Burns
- Buddy Hackett
- Jose Melis
- Nipsey Russell
- Robert Morley
- Walter Winchell
- Tallulah Bankhead
- Dr. Rev. Billy Graham
July 29, 1957- March 30,1962. FINAL FIRST RUN TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JACK PAAR. During the four and half years Jack Paar hosed the Tonight Show he clocked approximately 24,000 hours of programming of which only less than .1% survives!!! No video tapes survive. No color episodes survive. Only an handful of black and white kinescopes are extant. What does survive is only a total of 13 hours archived by Paley Center for Media, Library of Congress, and UCLA Film & Television, combined. The greatest number of surviving broadcast TV Audio Air Checks in the country, representing THE JACK PAAR TONIGHT SHOW, is archived by ARCHIVAL TELEVISION AUDIO, INC. (34 hours). Among Jack's many guests on this final first run broadcast are Jack E. Leonard who opens the show. He acts as host for the first 15 minutes..introduces, many celebrities in the audience including Tom Poston, Sam Levenson, Selma Diamond, Jack Haskell and Max Asnas of the Stage Delicatessen. Jose Melies plays all of the familiar theme songs associated with Jack Paar. Hugh Downs reads excerpts for Abel Green's column "Variety' about the show and Jack. Alexander King, and Buddy Hackett are live guests. On film Hugh Downs introduces good bye salutations from George Burns, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Richad M. Nixon, Tallulah Bankhead, Joey Bishop, Robert Morley, Nipsey Russell, and Rev. Dr. Billy Graham. . In Jack's last monologue he reminisces about his feuds with Walter Winchell, Dorothy Kilgallen and Ed Sullivan.
1963-02-19, WNEW, 53 min.
A one man performance with Robert Morley and what emerges is a many-sided portrait of a creative actor and writer.#14483: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1964-04-03, 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.1964-04-03, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Paar holds extended conversations with two old friends, Oscar Levant and Robert Morley. Levant discusses his neuroses and delivers tongue lashings to political and show-business personalities. Morley comes out in favor of obesity and also talks about his love for gambling. A filmed report on the Cannes Film Festival features Gene Kelly in an improvised dance Melina Mercouri singing "Never on Sunday" and Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren before and after stardom.
#3134: JACK PAAR PROGRAM, THE
Order1965-05-28, WNBC, 52 min.
September 21, 1962-September 10, 1965. After leaving the "Tonight" show in March 1962, Jack Paar returned that fall as host of a Friday-night variety series.#1864: DANNY KAYE SHOW, THE
Order1967-04-12, WCBS, 52 min.
September 25, 1963-June 7, 1967. Danny Kaye hosted his own Wednesday-night variety hour for four seasons. Regulars included Harvey Korman, four-year-old Victoria Meyerink & youngster Laurie Ichino.1968-07-16, WCBS, 52 min.
June 11, 1968-September 17, 1968. This hour-long variety series was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. Host: Don Knotts
#17475: JACK PAAR TONITE
Order1973-10-18, ABC, min.
January 8th, 1973-November 16th, 1973 Jack Paar returned to late night TV after an 11 year absence on a one-week-per-month basis as part of ABC's "Wide World Of Entertainment" series.This ninety-minute talk show featured Peggy Cass as Paar's announcer. Guest: Robert Morley.