Just fixed a whopper of a typo in my piece on Paar. Thanks to all nine million of you who noticed it…and how come no one ever corrects Sarah Palin the way you folks correct me?
One other point. You'll notice in the audio of Paar's resignation, he says, "I'm leaving the Tonight show." Well, two points, actually. The show in question was called Tonight when Steve Allen hosted it, not The Tonight Show, though I'm sure folks casually referred to it as such. When Paar took it over, it went through a number of names like Tonight Starring Jack Paar and Jack Paar Tonight. In TV Guide and similar listings, it usually just said Jack Paar. Eventually, it became The Jack Paar Show until near the end when NBC decided they needed to re-establish the name, Tonight.
It formally became The Tonight Show after Paar left. As you may know, his successor (that Carson guy) didn't start for six months after that due to a contractual problem so there were guest hosts. If you were ever asked to name the first person who hosted a program called The Tonight Show on NBC, I believe the correct answer is Art Linkletter. He was the first guest host. When Johnny showed up, it was The Tonight Show and Ed McMahon's opening voiceover would say, "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson." At some point — I don't know when — the official title of the show became The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. As far as I know, no one ever suggested changing it to The Johnny Carson Show.
I believe Paar said on several occasions that he never referred to it as The Jack Paar Show and the audio of his walk-off is consistent with that. He later did do a weekly prime-time program called The Jack Paar Show. Jay Leno made it The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and I assume that won't change. Conan O'Brien had The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. In Mr. Carson's honor, they seem to have retired the word, "Starring."