- Bob Zany
Infobox Comedian
name = Bob Zany
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caption = Bob Zany
pseudonym = Robert Tetreault
birth_date = birth date and age|1961|9|11
birth_place = U.S.
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medium = stand-up,Television ,Radio
nationality = American
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notable_work= Regular spot on "The Bob & Tom Show "
website = [http://www.bobzany.com BobZany.com]
footnotes =Bob Zany (born Robert Tetreault on
September 11 ,1961 ) is an Americanstand-up comedian . He is known for performing with his trademark cigar on stage. According to an article found on his web page, he "stuff [s] a cigar into a plastic bag with a couple of Bob Zany original postcards and charge [s] five bucks for the package. [He] call [s] it the Bob Zany Fun Kit."In the 1970s, he appeared as a contestant on "
The Gong Show ". Between that time and a 1986 appearance on the TV special "George Schlatter's Comedy Club ", he had gained a significant amount of weight, which he was able to lose by the time he appeared as a contestant on "To Tell the Truth " in 1990.Zany now appears weekly on "
The Bob and Tom Show ", and has his own segment called "The Zany Report". In recent years, he has also guest-hosted portions ofJerry Lewis 'Labor Day Telethon .Zany also had a small role in the film
Joe Dirt as the guy at the radio station who pushes Joe down at the beginning of the movie.On September 16, 2006, he appeared on the Comedy Central special, The Friends of the Bob and Tom.
In June, 2007, he appeared on Last Comic Standing. He made it through the initial interview, but was not passed on to the next round.
External links
*http://www.bobzany.com/
*http://imdb.com/name/nm0953135/
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