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wordygurdy	Post subject: Jack Paar's death Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:56 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	Just curious whether the employers of the people who post here had Paar obits ready, with just details of death having to be plugged in before they ran? Or was he not "famous" enough to have merited a prewritten obit? (I would find that hard to believe.)<p>[ January 27, 2004: Message edited by: wordygurdy ]</p>
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JB	Post subject: Re: Jack Paar's death Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:11 pm
Joined: Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 31 Location: 2 blocks from Scott Peterson's previous residence	At my previous gig there used to be a canned four-page special section ready to go in the event of Ronald Reagan's death. Here, I only know of one canned obit that's been used (and that was for Chandra Levy). In most cases, we're content to use what we find on the wires.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: Jack Paar's death Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:40 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wordygurdy: Just curious whether the employers of the people who post here had Paar obits ready, with just details of death having to be plugged in before they ran? Or was he not "famous" enough to have merited a prewritten obit? (I would find that hard to believe.)<p>[ January 27, 2004: Message edited by: wordygurdy ]<hr></blockquote><p> I have to admit, I'd not heard of him before. I'm 27, and until today I always thought Johnny Carson was the original host of the "Tonight" show. But then, no paper ever hired me for my pop culture knowledge.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Jack Paar's death Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 7:22 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	PBS has run two Paar specials in recent years. They are worth checking out. I wouldn't expect every younger person to know of him, but you should know that neither Johnny Carson nor Jack Paar was the original host of the Tonight Show.
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mcarlson	Post subject: Re: Jack Paar's death Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:21 pm
Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 59 Location: La Conner, Wash.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by jjmoney62: ...but you should know that neither Johnny Carson nor Jack Paar was the original host of the Tonight Show.<hr></blockquote><p>True. Steve Allen hosted before Paar. But the talk format started under Paar. Allen's show was more of a variety format.
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Gatekeeper	Post subject: Re: Jack Paar's death Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:13 am
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 309 Location: Upper Midwest	I used the 1-col AP graphic in our Newsmakers section ...
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