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(Credited cast) | Muhammad Ali | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Woody Allen | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | The Beatles | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
| Nat 'King' Cole | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Bill Cosby | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | John F. Kennedy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Liza Minnelli | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jack Paar | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Tom Smothers | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Jonathan Winters | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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An interview with Fidel Castro in 1960. Richard Nixon plays his own piano composition in 1961. Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) in 1963 declares that he will be champion of the world in 1964 (and later does so)--and then recites a poem about himself with Liberace providing musical accompaniment. Robert Kennedy's first television appearance after his brother's assassination. Johnathan Winters and Woody Allen being brilliant, early in their careers.
Paar, for those who need the history, was the original host of what became The Tonight Show. He may have been the best. At the least, this documentary makes it clear that he could give Carson a run for his money. (Carson played more for laughs with a human undertone; Paar goes for the human and gets the laughs.) The clips just leave you wanting more, and wishing that Jay Leno had half the brain or a quarter the courage that Paar does.