Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Premise

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night.

During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

Cast and characters

Leading cast

• Jack Paar as Host
• Dick Haymes as Self
• George Gobel as Self
• Milton Berle as Self
• Arlene Dahl as Self
• Alice Faye as Self
• Lenny Kent as Self
• Cedric Hardwicke as Self

Supporting cast

• Peter Lind Hayes as Self - Guest Host
• Mary Healy as Self - Guest Co-Hostess
• Skitch Henderson as Self - Bandleader
• John V. Lindsay as Self
• Charlie Manna as Self
• Henry Morgan as Self
• Stu Hample as Self
• Soupy Sales as Self - Guest Host
• Dick Smothers as Self
• Tom Smothers as Self
• Frankie Avalon as Self
• Joel Bishop as Self - Guest Host

Guest cast

• Dick Haymes as Self
• George Gobel as Self
• Milton Berle as Self
• Arlene Dahl as Self
• Alice Faye as Self
• Lenny Kent as Self
• Cedric Hardwicke as Self
• Peter Lind Hayes as Self - Guest Host
• Mary Healy as Self - Guest Co-Hostess
• Skitch Henderson as Self - Bandleader
• John V. Lindsay as Self
• Charlie Manna as Self

Episodes

This series spans 12 seasons with 307 episodes.

Production

Release

References

1. The Movie Database (TMDB)
2. TVMaze
3. IMDb
4. EpisodeTime Show Page