Jack Paar: Smart Television

Jack Paar: Smart Television

2003•1h 0m

DocumentaryComedy

PBS documentary examining the work of Jack Paar.

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Production

LSL Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Fred Applegate

Fred Applegate

Narrator (voice)

Jack Paar

Self

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

Self

Hugh Downs

Hugh Downs

Self

Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin

Self

Tom Shales

Self

Tom Smothers

Tom Smothers

Self

Dick Smothers

Dick Smothers

Self

Hal Gurnee

Self

Richard Kennedy

Self

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Self

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Self

Liberace

Liberace

Self

Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Self

Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby

Self

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

Self

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters

Self

Robert Goulet

Robert Goulet

Self

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