Jack Paar was a late night TV personality who made a tremandous impression on American Media. He pioneered the kind of program where the host stands in for the average viewer as much as possible. This book, which sold quite well, has a lot of biographical material and essays that were heavily reliant on his transcripts and used material additional to the broadcast stuff. ( )

Similar to his (later) book "My Saber is Bent," this is a collection of short chapters, some of which are autobiographical (in that they touch on Paar's career, childhood, and so forth), with some of the chapters giving insight as to the first few years of The Jack Paar Show (including an explication of the famous WC joke). Generally entertaining, though not very in-depth. ( )

A great memoir of and by Jack Paar. An interesting look at the making of an iconic TV show. I am old enough to remember most of the showbiz names he drops, and find this a very funny book. Younger readers might be a bit confused!! ( )