PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar.
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Fred Applegate
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Jack Paar
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Dick Cavett
Hugh Downs
Regis Philbin
Tom Shales
Tom Smothers
Dick Smothers
Hal Gurnee
Richard Kennedy
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