Jack Was Not On Paar
Jack Paar hosted The Tonight Show between 1957 and 1962. He was embroiled in several controversies such as interviewing Fidel Castro. After a joke he made was censored while on air, he quit right then and there during the broadcast. He said: “I am leaving the Tonight Show. There must be a better way of, uh, making a living than this. You have been…peachy to me always.”
Jack Was Not On Paar
Johnny’s Opportunity
After this incident, Paar decided that he wanted to leave the country as well. However, he was convinced to come back to hosting the show, which he did for two more years. After he decided to leave for good, an opening in the host position meant that this was an opportunity for Johnny Carson to take over.
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Johnny’s Opportunity
