The Tonight Show Guest Host: Jack Paar; Guests: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jack Haskell, Alice Pearce, Louis Nye, Lu Ann Sims, Chan Canasta (Season 2, Episode 247)
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TV Episode | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

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The Tonight Show

Guest Host: Jack Paar; Guests: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jack Haskell, Alice Pearce, Louis Nye, Lu Ann Sims, Chan Canasta (Season 2, Episode 247)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Writers

Steve Allen (creator) (co-writer) | Stan Burns | Mike Marmer | Herbert Sargent (as Herb Sargent) | Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. (creator) (co-writer) (as Pat Weaver)

Producer

John Stearns (1953-1954)

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 4, 1956

Release date

Sep 4, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Jack Paar Self - Guest Host Self - Guest Host See fewer	Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Gene Rayburn Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Match Game (1973)
Jose Melis Self - Conductor Self - Conductor See fewer	Senior Prom (1958)
Chan Canasta Self - magician Self - magician See fewer	Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954)
Jack Haskell Self - singer Self - singer See fewer	Of All Things (1956)
Louis Nye Self Self See fewer	Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Alice Pearce Self Self See fewer	Bewitched (1964)
Lu Ann Simms Self Self See fewer	Cagney & Lacey (1981)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Death on the Nile (2022)