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accustomed to sitting around Sardi's having a drink, not above having a date with a young beauty (his marriage is broken up) , Carson's no controversialist. People will not be watching him hoping to see somebody get massacred.
The fact that he couldn't immediately take over for Paar is in his favor. Paar will have been off the "Tonight" show long enough that Carson'll escape some of the comparison that — regardless of his show — would have gone against him just because people generally want the old, established product.
Being "Mr. Nice Guy" worked pretty well for Perry Como. I say something approaching that will also work for Carson.
There's a magic to that "Tonight" show — due to the hour and the regularity.
Don't forget that Steve Allen was gigantic when he was doing it. It was he who "changed the sleeping habits of the nation." It was Allen who "kept more people awake than coffee." Look at the stars Steve Allen made on his
Kim Novak tells me she's changed her mind. Her "no" is now a "yes."
show: Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme and Tom Poston, for
example. And before Allen, there was Jerry Lester with the old "Broadway Open House." That program made Dagmar famous. It was only when they left that
show that they had trouble. Not that I think Jack Paar will have trouble. He's going to be ingenious enough to keep the excitement, the battling, the blood-letting raging, even though on the air only once a week. That talent — for excitement — is the one that Jack possesses probably in greater abundance than anybody on the TV scene . . . and the one that Johnny Carson lacks.
Don't Print That! Though some friends of Lucille Ball have urged her to build husband Gary Morton into "another Desi Arnaz" on TV, he doesn't seem to want to do it. Fact is, there was a TV series available at Desilu Studios for Gary, but he preferred not to get involved in any possible conflicts with Desi. . . . One of the most brilliant TV careers right now is menaced by booze. . . . Jackie Gleason's still able to give some orders at CBS. When Jackie was working on his new show for the fall, between golf games at Palm Springs, CBS announced it adored the new format and said: {Please turn the page)
Johnny will need those muscles to take Paar's place.
Glenn s away, Connie plays — here, with Bob Logan.
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