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0-2; A IS Saturday, May 3, 1997 ety show that Paar hosted on NBC PAAR Continued from Page 1 MiM'I'Ni 1 3 6 11 12 13 2 3 2 4 9 5 7 9 12 16 10 20 21 11 25 33 41 11 from 1962-1965; and Bobby Kennedy (a family friend) choosing Paar's show for his first TV ap- -pearance after the assassination of his brother. President John F. Kennedy. Also Cassius Clay, before he became Muhammad All, reciting his poem, "This is the legend of Cassius Claythe most beautiful fighter in the world today," while Ll-berace accompanies on the piano. And the first TV appearance of Kermit the Frog in what can only be called a wordless shaggy snout story.

Paar also took his shows on the road to Hawaii, to Africa, to London, to Japan. He wrote four best-selling books and produced a number of TV specials and travel documentaries. The one fault of this special is that you're never quite clear where In time you are along the almost 30-year trajectory of Paar's career. But you do get a feel for the man, which is what these specials are about. The title comes from a celebrated Incident when Paar walked off The Tonight Show because NBC censored one of his stories, put- ting a short newscast In its place.

The president of NBC finally apologized, admitting what had been censored a story about water closets was not obscene. Paar returned to the show and his very first line was: "As I was saying before I was interrupted. Says producer Hal Gurnee, 'The art of conversation began to grow and reached a brilliant peak on The Tonight Show. Carson was able to do It, but nobody has been able to have the wit, the art of listening, the art of feeding (lines) the way Jack did in that show." And now a new generation of Americans can see it too. An avid reader, completely self-taught, he overcame a stuttering and stammering problem by practicing with buttons in his mouth, much the way the orator Demosthenes had overcome his stuttering by talking with pebbles in his mouth in ancient Greece.

Eventually he moved on to Cleveland and became one of those famous voices you recognize but don't know. 'Swing and sway with Sammy That was me," he remembers. "I was the- happiest kid in the world, making $38 a week at WGAR Cleveland." The Jack Paar we see in this special comes across as a decent, caring, unprepossessing man whose primary goal was to make people laugh. His monologues, which he made up as he went along, were primarily stories, not jokes. He would talk to his audiences the way he would talk to friends in his living room.

And that was what made his show "must see TV" for insomniacs across the nation. He wanted his guests to speak softly, and protested when commercial interruptions were too loud. "You trusted him and you liked him. There aren't many like those around," says Averbach. Many moments to cherish Some of the best moments come from kinescopes and tapes of the old shows, with a young Woody Allen and Bill Cosby honing their comedy skills; Richard Burton describing playing Hamlet with Winston Churchill in the first row, repeating every line; Judy Garland and Robert Goulet in a hilarious duet on The Jack 5 12 44 How to use cable chart The table at left shows channel num- bers for American Cablevision, Comcast Cablevision and the upgraded Comcast Cablevision subscribers.

Match the vertical column for your cable company with the horizontal column for the channel you want to find. 20 9 13 35 26 43 25 29 WTTV 4WTTK 29 4 4 4 4J 4 4 WRTV6 7 5 6 5 6 5 WISH 8 9 7 8 7 8 9 WTHR13 12 12 13 12 13j 12 WFYI20 21 3 20 3 20 20 WNDY23 10. 10 23 10 23 23 WALV27 27 25 27 25 57 WHMB40 22 9 40 9 40 22 WCU42 43 6 19 19 58 WAV 53 20 26 99 26 WXIN59 11 11 50 11 50 11 WTBU69 13 99 69 99 69 59 34 32 39 39 39 40 AMC 27 36 35 46 35 33 Animal Planet 48 61 2'1 61 BET 32 45 57 45 57 BRAVO 37 54 55 54 39 C-SPAN 17 24 56 24 5642 C-SPAN 2 37 47 47 j54 Cartoon Network 53 86 49 Cinemax 15 22 45 2265 45 14 CNBC 40 34 24 51 24 46 CNN 38 15 42 15 42 26 Comedy Central 25 41 77 32 77 43 Discovery 33 28 37 28 37 34 Disney 18 18 53 53 16 Encore 66 92 Entertainment 57 63 ESPN 36 2 34 2 34 28 ESPN2 40 85 58 1 85 38 Family -23 31 47 38 47 31 Food Network 50 78 50 78 Fox Sports Midwest 20 34 78 34 78 41 HBO 2 25 33 25 33 7 HBO 2 69 95 HGTV 59 History 42 76 56 76 24 Learning Channel 46 51 52 51 50 Lifetime 29 23 46 23 46 35 LWS 48 18 Movie Channel 58 58 19 MSNBC 44 41 MTV 31 21 48 42 48 32 Nickelodeon 30 20 38 36 38 48 Sci-Fi Channel 37 88 54 88 Showtime 5 14 41 14 41 15 STAR2 1 67 72 TBS 3 17 43 29 43 10 TNN 24 19 49 43 49 30 TNT 35 30 52 30 52 27 USA 39 26 44 26 44 25 VH1 41 95 62 44 62 37 Weather Channel 8 49 61 49 61 36 WGN 14 35 55 31 55 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 5 6 9 8 7 8 12 12 12 13 7 3 3 23 10 10 10 52 27 22 13 9 15 42 6 11 11 11 11 16 99 40 31 32 27 33 34 36 26 41 98 39 42 36 24 48 6 16 39 49 44 21 17 22 46 33 38 29 26 30 15 32 43 27 41 34 32 28 9 20 15 18 20 14 28 24 2 30 38 40 46 31 26 31 31 ft 41 22 24 17 2 25 22 45 24 42 50 37" 35 28 23 47 g- ft ft ft -g 47 35 32 25 21 23 48 21 20 28 18 19 14 7 21 10 5 17 17 30 18 19 33 27 35 30 18 25 23 26 25 37 29 95 36 16 13 34 3 9 35 16 28 22 Shull's Mailbag is in today's Extra! section. The PlusCode number printed next to each program is for use with the Gemstar VCR system. If you have a VCR with the VCR Plus feature (identified by the VCR Plus logo on your VCR), you may record a program by entering its PlusCode number.

If you have cable' service, please make sure that your cable channel numbers are the same as the channel numbers in this program guide. If the numbers are not the same, you will need to match up the cable channels with the guide channel numbers using the conversion chart on this page. The procedure is described in your VCR user's manual. Should you have questions about your VCR Plus system, contact your VCR manufacturer. 24 RADIO DIAL All stations are 24 hours unless listed otherwise.

53 38 55 AM WSYW (810) Radio AAHS children's network (sunrise to sunset). WXLW (950) Traditional Christian (6 a.m. to midnight). WIBC (1070) Talk, news, sports. WNDE (1260) Talk, sports.

WTLC (1310) Gospel, blues, community talk. WMYS (1430) Music of the '40s, '50s, '60s, news, sports. WBRI (1500) Religious broadcasting (sunrise to sunset). WNTS (1590) Religious broadcasting (5:30 a.m. to midnight).

FM WICR (88.7) University of Indianapolis; arts and information. WJEL (89.3) J. Everett Light Career Center, North Central High School (7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.) WFYI (90.1) National Public Radio; news, bluesclassicalpublic broadcasting. WBDG (90.9) Ben Davis High School; commercial-free rock (6 a.m.-9 p.m. 17 35 weekdays, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.

weekends) WEDM (91.1) Warren Central High School (weekdays 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) WHJE (91 .3) Carmel High School; rock. WRFT (91 S) Franklin Central High School (weekdays from 6 a.m.) WNAP (93.1) Hits of the '60s, 70s and '80s. WGLD (93.9) Contemporary vocals and jazz. WFBQ (94.7) Rock. Modem country.

WPZZ (95.9) Gospel music. WHHH (96.3) Top-40 music. WENS (97.1) Contemporary adult WXIR (98.3) Contemporary Christian. WZPL (99.5) Contemporary. WIRE (100.9) Modem country.

WQFE (101 Oldies, news, sports. WRZX (103.3) Rock. WGRL (104.5) New hit country. WTLC (105.7) Urban contemporary. WGGR (106.7) Urban contemporary.

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