Was sorry to hear that Jack Paar the other evening. Over at MSNBC they have a nice obit, along with a video clip (which requires Windows Video Player). I remember my parents watching him and even sitting with them (on non-school nights) to see him interviewing some amazing people. Can you imagine Leno or Letterman traveling to Africa to interview Albert Schweitzer?

Happened to catch the beginning of REGIS & KELLY yesterday, since the university was closed due to snow. Pat Sajak was sitting in for Regis and had some nice stories about meeting Paar as a young man and actually corresponding with him since he was a teenager. I'd never noticed before, but Sajak really does sound like Paar and you can easily see Paar's influence on Sajak's delivery.