Bob Zany
(born Robert Laudon
; September 11, 1961) is an American stand-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 of Jerry 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.
Zany is in the Steven Soderbergh film, The Informant, expected to be released September 18, 2009. The movie is a dark comedy about a Decatur, Illinois agri-business giant's price-fixing scandal, and the bipolar whistleblower, Mark Whitacre, who is portrayed by Matt Damon. Zany plays a lawyer in the comedian-rich cast. The film is directed by the Ocean's movies Steven Soderburgh
Zany is a 1981 graduate of West Covina High School.
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Bob Zany
(born
Robert Laudon
;
September 11,
1961) is an
American stand-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 of
Jerry 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.
Zany is in the
Steven Soderbergh film,
The Informant, expected to be released September 18, 2009. The movie is a dark comedy about a Decatur, Illinois agri-business giant's price-fixing scandal, and the
bipolar whistleblower,
Mark Whitacre, who is portrayed by
Matt Damon. Zany plays a lawyer in the comedian-rich cast. The film is directed by the Ocean's movies Steven Soderburgh
Zany is a 1981 graduate of
West Covina High School.