The Jack Paar Program

Season 3

This was a variety show, hosted by Jack Paar, that had live and filmed interviews with famous people; comedy and musical acts; and home movies of trips Paar took with his wife Miriam and his teenage daughter Randy.

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34 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1Musical-comedy star Mary martin and the comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May are Jack's guests on the first show of the new season. Jack shows films of his recent visit to Miss Martin's ranch in Brazil, where she raises chickens and cattle. Mary also appears in person to sing on the program. The Nichols-May comedy team, which made its TV debut on Jack's "Tonight" show in 1957, makes the first of six scheduled appearances.
  • Jackie Vernon, Joe Garagiola, Malcolm Muggeridge
    E2
    Jackie Vernon, Joe Garagiola, Malcolm MuggeridgeJack's guests are comedian Jackie Vernon, sportscaster Joe Garagiola and humorist Malcolm Muggeridge. Garagiola joins Paar in a humorous salute to baseball that includes films of past World Series and All-Star games. Muggeridge, former editor of the British magazine Punch, discusses the coming U.S. elections and the "Mods" and "Rockers," Britain's two leading teenage groups.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Jack's guests are musical-comedy performer Florence Henderson, satirist Stan Freberg, ventriloquist Senor Wences and cast members of Julius Monk's revue "Bits and Pieces," who present sketches from the show.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Singer Nat King Cole, comedian Joe E. Lewis and teen-age actress Tippy Walker are Jack's guests. Miss Walker chats with Jack Paar about her favorite entertainers; Lewis jokes about himself; and Nat King Cole offers "On the Street Where You Live," "Don't Want to See Tomorrow" and "Hello, Dolly!".
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9
  • Liberace, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dickie Henderson, Mike Nichols & Elaine May
    E10
    Liberace, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dickie Henderson, Mike Nichols & Elaine May
  • Episode 11
    E11
    Episode 11From London, Jack's first guest Judy Garland cattily reviews Marlene Dietrich, then he has Morley basically talk about how weird he is, then Churchill joins them to have a confusing shouting match with Morley while Jack quietly smirks between them.
  • Episode 12
    E12
    Episode 12
  • Episode 13
    E13
    Episode 13Twelve former Rockettes relive some of their Radio City Hall dance days.
  • Episode 14
    E14
    Episode 14
  • Episode 15
    E15
    Episode 15
  • Episode 16
    E16
    Episode 16
  • Episode 17
    E17
    Episode 17
  • Episode 18
    E18
    Episode 18
  • Episode 19
    E19
    Episode 19
  • Episode 20
    E20
    Episode 20
  • Episode 21
    E21
    Episode 21
  • Episode 22
    E22
    Episode 22
  • Episode 23
    E23
    Episode 23Really impressed with Miss Lee, Jack gets her to sing "Boy From Ipanema" twice in a row. She also sings "Make Believe" and "Lost in His Arms." A film of British kids talking about America,then Wences does his act with assist from Jack. Nichols & May in a hospital receiving room sketch.
  • Episode 24
    E24
    Episode 24
  • Episode 25
    E25
    Episode 25
  • Episode 26
    E26
    Episode 26
  • Episode 27
    E27
    Episode 27
  • Episode 28
    E28
    Episode 28
  • Episode 29
    E29
    Episode 29
  • Episode 30
    E30
    Episode 30
  • Episode 31
    E31
    Episode 31
  • Bill Cosby, Helen O'Connell, Joan Rivers, the Muppets
    E32
    Bill Cosby, Helen O'Connell, Joan Rivers, the Muppets
  • Episode 33
    E33
    Episode 33
  • Episode 35
    E35
    Episode 35Jack Paar reflects on past shows, in his final broadcast, excerpts of special guests from past shows: Richard Burton, Beatrice Lillie, Bette Davis, Liberace, Jonathan Winters, Rev. Billy Graham, and Jayne Mansfield.

 

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