I have faint memories of Jack Paar , pre-Johnny, no Steve
Allen memories tho, I was mighty young.
I love watching some of the old comedy, all done live at the time., Ernie Kovacs too.
That’s about it for me too. My memories of Allen were based on video footage I’ve seen. I wasn’t particularly a Par fan, but like you I was very young.
I remember many nights on Carson when he was still doing the hour and a half show. They were absolutely magical. You’d have Hope, Martin, and Gobel, or a few folks with John Wayne. You really felt like you saw a little inside their soul, because they actually talked like normal people, and weren’t there just to show you a video clip of their latest movie.
Today’s night show isn’t 10% of what those shows were.