Word: paars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Funnyman Jack Paar appraised Songstress Betty Clooney (sister of Rosemary) with a businesslike eye last week and regretfully decided to drop her from his CBS-TV Morning Show. In her place he hired blonde Edith Adams, probably no better at singing than Betty. Why did he do it? Explained Paar: "We're on the air 15 hours a week, mostly without script, so everyone has to double in brass. Edith Adams can do any dialect, sing in Italian, German and French, and mimic personalities from Louis Armstrong to Marilyn Monroe. What's more, she's full...
...Morning Show, CBS's early-hour rival to NBC's successful Today, started the troublous week with a new star, dapper, 36-year-old Jack Paar, and a new format-fun and games instead of just news and weather. The fun turned out to be slightly repetitious. On his opening show Paar observed: "I went to Phila delphia once on a Sunday, but it was closed." The same joke turned up again on Friday. Paar's idea of early morning games included complaints about the placement of cameras and pretending to misunderstand the off-screen signals...
...Jack Paar Show (Sat. 9:30 p.m.. CBS). The première of a new comedy-music show, with Vocalists Betty Clooney, Johnny Desmond...