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Season guide
Tonight Starring Jack Paar: Season 5
81 episodes
Premiered Sep 14, 1961
Previously on Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Tonight Starring Jack Paar Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 5 Episodes
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S5·E111
Core
Episode 111
Mar 29, 1962
The guests on the last show were Jack E. Leonard, Alexander King, Robert Merrill and Buddy Hackett. Among those appearing in taped farewell messages were Richard Nixon, Robert Ken