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27. Dez. 2012 · Below is the text of the four minute bit in question which is based on an innocent mix-up involving the initials W.C. The NBC censors decided it was dirty and cut it from the broadcast without bothering to consult or even notify Paar. Here’s the joke; YOU decide:
7. Feb. 1992 · What sent Paar out the door was, simply, a joke — a joke that contained one phrase so faintly, quaintly off-color that these days it wouldn’t even bring a blush to Bob Hope’s cheeks. On Feb....
On February 11, 1960, Jack Paar famously walked off his show for a month after NBC censors edited out a segment, filmed the night before, about a joke involving a W.C. He abruptly quit [ The Tonight Show ] four minutes into programming after discovering that a joke of his that included the letters "W.C.", meaning water closet (a polite term for ...
29. Dez. 2021 · posted on Dec. 29, 2021 at 8:00 am. 123RF/NBC. What would have to happen for the host of ‘The Tonight Show’ to walk off on live TV? For Jack Paar, it was the removal of a single joke. On Feb. 11, 1960, two years before Johnny Carson took over hosting duties on NBC’s The Tonight Show, Jack Paar was the host. That night, he did something unexpected.
11. Feb. 2015 · On February 11, 1960, Jack Paar turned television upside down with a remarkable act of integrity. That I know of, this short audio recording is the only version of the departure segment in its entirety, starting with the NBC announcement at the beginning of the show that was added for the tape’s broadcast that night.
16. März 2023 · The most memorable moment of Jack Paar’s Tonight Show came from a controversy between him and NBC when the network censored a joke. In the joke, Paar used the term “water closet,” which...
19. Dez. 1991 · Mr. Paar actually quit the show twice, the first time in 1960, after NBC edited out a joke that included the term "water closet." Mr. Paar showed a clip of his famous farewell. Teary-eyed and...
