1957-1962 NBC
THE JACK FAAR SHOW
Cracked #3, July 1958
a: Russ Heath
Incarnation of The Tonight Show in between Steve Allen and Johnny Carson. One of the first late-night casual format talk shows but also had a list of regulars such as Jonathan Winters, Elsa Maxwell, Genevieve, Charley Weaver/Cliff Arquette, and Dody Goodman. IM4U was a novelty 45 he had singing letters and numbers that were words.
JACK PARR MAKES UP WITH THE PRESS
Cracked #18, February 1961
w: Paul Laikin
a: John Severin
Paar temporarily walked off his show because a sketch of his was censored (see above) and it was a big deal in the news. Guests here are Walter Winchell, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Lee Mortimer, gossip columnists he was known for feuding with (see below).
WHO WILL REPLACE JACK PAAR?
Cracked #27, November 1962
w: Paul Laikin
a: John Severin
GOLDWATER ON PAAR
Sick #24, November 1963
a: Jack Davis
In the first Cracked article, the act on page 3, panel 4, is former president Harry Truman on piano, with his former opponent Thomas Dewey. In the next panel, the performers are Edward Windsor and the woman he abdicated the British throne for, Wallis Simpson. In panel 9, the guest in the fez is King Farouk of Egypt, who was known as a playboy.
ReplyDeleteIn the introduction to "Who Will Replace Jack Paar?", you get Walter Winchell and Dorothy Kilgallen again, along with Ed Sullivan and Mickey Rooney. Rooney is there because he once showed up to the show drunk, and Paar made him leave partway through his appearance.
Oh, and Sick gave Jack Paar an award in their first issue, only mildly tongue-in-cheek. It was just one paragraph, but it gave them an excuse to wedge his picture onto the cover.
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