In 1960, for example, NBC censors deleted a relatively risqué joke from The Tonight Show, causing host Jack Paar to abruptly resign on-air. “There must be a better way…” mused Paar in an emotional sign-off, “of making a living than this.” Within a month, Paar returned to the show, poking fun at himself in an uproarious monologue. “As I was saying before I was interrupted,” he began, “there must be a better way of making a living. Well, I’ve looked…and there isn’t!”
