On this day, 3-30
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:49 pm
1962-Jack Paar films his final episode of The Tonight Show. Paar had hosted the show since July 1957, six months after Steve Allen stepped down. Paar was known for his emotional outbursts, which included walking off the set of The Tonight Show on February 11th, 1960, to protest network censorship of his jokes. The unflappable Johnny Carson took over as host starting in October 1962.