Break from the Grind October 1, 2013
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: Why did Jack Paar protest The Tonight Show?
October 1, 2013 - In 1960, Jack Paar left The Tonight Show for six weeks in protest. What was he protesting?
Reported by PS
Answer:
He told a joke the night before he announced he was walking out about a
“water closet”—an alternate term for a bathroom. The joke was
considered in bad taste by NBC censors and edited from the show.